CHAPTER THREE.

Finally, Home.

Scott thought as he looked around the familiar room he had teleported too. He plopped down into a seat, rested his head on the edge of the seat, and crossed an arm over his face.

He knew his sister would not be coming there anytime soon, and that only pleased him well. How could she have even thought that the next best thing to do was take him to the hospital? What if they had been discovered?

We could still be discovered.

The tiny voice in his head reminded him.

He shouldn't have fed from the girl. He knew it was extremely dangerous, but he had woken up very hungry and her blood had smelled appealing to him. So he had done the most stupid thing he had ever done in his life.

He couldn't deny that her blood was delicious though. It had taken him all the willpower he had left not to suck her dry. It hadn't helped that his inner demon had roared at the scent of the girl, and he had felt aroused for the little girl like an untrained youth. Worst of all, he had forgotten to erase her memory.

In all his 2000 years of existence, he avoided humans like plagues. He only got anywhere near them when he was forced to feed, no other entanglement. Today, he had fed from a human girl, and had even gotten aroused for her. He had even risked his discovery and told the nurses about her.

While feeding from her, he had felt the mating bond. He had felt like removing his fangs from her arm and sinking it into her neck instead.

Life must be playing a cruel joke on him. How could he be mated to the existence he hated the most? To a weak creature? He hated humans, and that too, with passion. Their life was nothing more than a flick of light in his sight. He still can't understand why they bother carrying on that race when they know that they would cease to exist someday.

Humans. A mere human. How dare fate test his patience? How dare that damn mating bond get activated to a human girl? Or maybe he was wrong. It truly could have been a coincidence, or maybe a hoax. Because, never in a million years would he accept a human for a mate.

Humans were just food bags to him. Nothing more than that.

A familiar scent greeted his nose and he groaned. So much for thinking she wouldn't come anytime soon.

"You can come out," Scott told his sister, who made herself visible immediately.

"She doesn't deserve that treatment you gave her," Renee told Scott.

Scott looked at Renee. They were siblings, but he hadn't known she existed until about 300 years ago when they were searching for the lost ones.

The lost ones are those who had a tinted bloodline. The vampires didn't know they existed until his friend Arden had accidentally found one of them about 500 years ago.

When Scott had found Renee, she had been looking for him too. He had thought she was a true blood, but he soon realized the error of his judgment when she had taken an arrow directly to her heart for him. He had thought he lost her just as he found her. But, she had turned into a cat before his eyes and she was back alive. Since they both share the same father, he knew her mother must be someone from the cat family.

The cat family aren't so famous in the underworld, neither are they famous in the stupid scary stories the humans told their little ones. Vampires on the other hand, tops the list. They were painted black, and were always the villain in every story involving the humans and the vampires.

Renee was too friendly and too kind for her own good. She treats everyone as a friend, even in the face of danger. Where he saw the bad in people, Renee would only see the good in them. But, all the same, he loved her more than anything in the world.

"Why in the world would you even take me to the hospital in the first place?" Scott asked Renee.

"What should I have done? You weren't responding to the smell of blood. And she offered to help." Renee said.

"You should have brought me back home. Or call Arden for help." Scott reprimanded.

"Still, she doesn't deserve that." His sister told him.

"She's off limits, Renee. Did you find the lost one we were looking for?"

Renee shook her head in a negative way. It's just as he thought, the lost one was out of their reach once more. It would be hard finding him again. Every time he was close to finding the lost one, something would happen to stop him. It was almost like that certain lost one doesn't want to be found. The elders would start demanding an explanation.

There wasn't much information on the lost one anyway. Other than the fact that he had been spotted multiple times near the area he had collapsed, nothing else was certain. Scott wondered what special power the lost one possessed.

"You are impossible today," Renee broke into his thoughts before disappearing. He chuckled to himself.

His mind went back to the mating bond. If he is bonded to that girl, that would mean that he can feel when she is in danger, when she is happy, when she is sad, and more so, when she is aroused. He doesn't need that kind of drama in his life at this stage. He needs to do something about the bond.

There has to be a way to break the bond. Arden would know. And if he doesn't, Lucas would. Lucas was the oldest vampire alive, and he also has the gift of healing. Not that vampires really needed healing. We have a special blood that heals us of every wound almost immediately.

But, there are times Lucas skills came in handy. If Renee had brought him home when he collapsed, Lucas would have healed him.

Why had he collapsed though? He can't seem to remember what happened that night. All he remembered was that he had smelled another vampire within the vicinity and had gone to search in the direction the smell was coming from thinking it was the lost one. After that, he couldn't remember anything else.

One thing was clear though, the person who had ambushed was really powerful, and was definitely a vampire. And he always thought he was the most powerful in the vampire clan. Having a vampire for a father, and a demon for a mother had given him powers that even the elders of the clan feared.

Every vampire has a special power they could wield. Some have the gift of invisibility, some telepathy, some mind reading, some mind invading, some can control the elements of the earth, some can change forms and looks, some like Lucas can heal, others like Arden can possess other people's mind and body. But Scott possessed all the powers ever known to the vampires.

It could probably be because of his demon blood. Scott didn't care, as long as he can protect himself and the people he loves.

His demon blood had also given him some more powers. With the flick of his finger, he could defeat a thousand soldiers at once. He can also form things out of the air. If he needed a sword, he just simply commanded it to appear, and it did.

As far as he and the vampire clan knows, Scott and Arden were the only tinted blood ever, until Arden had found a wolf boy on a full moon who had turned out to be a vampire. Scott had also found his sister who was also a cat apart from being a vampire. It had convinced them that there could be many others out there they never knew existed before, hence, the search for the lost one had begun.

And now, there was another vampire out there who could possibly be more powerful than Scott. Was that even possible?

Anyway, the most pressing matter now is to find Lucas and make him break the mating bond.

As Scott stood up to move, he felt strange. He felt the urge to vomit, and he did. What he vomited was blood. He felt so weak after that, and felt his power decreasing. He touched his hair to be sure he wasn't hallucinating, and he saw the familiar white hair.

Beads of sweat creased his forehead. The white hair is only visible when he has lost almost all his powers. How could he lose his powers when he had just fed?

Arden, I need help.

Scott sent a telepathy message to Arden, and prayed his power was not too weak not to make it through. In another second, he threw up more blood.

Will be there in a jiffy.

Scott had the reply faintly.

In a minute, Scott saw the familiar figure standing in front of him. He felt a strong pair of arms around him, and soon, he felt like they were flying.

Arden is here.

Scott said to himself. And feeling another urge to throw up, he did. And that was the last thing he knew before fainting.