The Flashback 1

CHAPTER THREE

It was a bloody war between two most powerful clans of all time, The Vampire Clan and The Wolf Clan. For centuries, as long as the books have preserved the data, they have been blood enemies. Wars after wars were fought between them for land and power. This was one of the bloodiest wars, at the shore of river Yuri, which lines the border between the human world and their realm. The Vampire clan was led by the most ruthless prince the world had seen in centuries, Zane Xian, and The Wolf clan was led by Jack Hwang, who was known for bringing the most advancement in wolf arms in the last few centuries.

The war was at Its final chapter, with vampires having an upper hand over wolves with their new war weapons. Zane and Jack had found their way to each other for a duel in the middle of the battlefield. They fought with everything they had, too intense a fight, for the spectators to be able to keep track of their speedy moves. For hours they fought. Not one ready to give up, even if on the verge of fainting from fatigue. Jack smirked deciding to use his final card. He swifts into his half-human form and slides something out of his back pocket and keeping it at his side runs towards Zane for a head-on. As soon as Zane blocks his wolf’s head, Jack stabs the silver dagger in his gut. Zane growls loudly and pierces his teeth in his wolf’s neck. They both fall backward. There was a roar on the battlefield, wolves had started to step back. Some came and picked up their leader to get him out of there quickly. Zane ordered his men not to follow them and stay to protect the castle.

Adam came running to help Zane up but he refused and told him to go help others. Zane stumbled to get up and reach the river shore. He bent and cleaned his wound, but what he did not know was that the dragger that pierced his skin was made of silver and no vampire, not one, has ever survived the wound made from silver. He started to lose consciousness and in his weak and half-conscious state, he was unable to call for help. He slipped through the mouldy soil by the river and fell into it.

Zane opened his eyes, flinching. He outlines a female figure over him and he blinks, his vision clears. A teenage girl was leaning over him, she had blue eyes… before his mind could make out anything else his nose found a delicious aroma and his eyes fell on her neck. The next second he flips her over, holding her wrist, and bit her neck, sucking the blood he needed so desperately. She shrieked and tried hard to push him away but he didn’t bulge. She screamed for help but there was no one there except them. After a while, her screams stopped and her limps went limb, her movement stopped completely. Zane had lost his control over himself, either due to the fatigue of the days-long battle or her overpowering taste of blood. Like a drug, one very addicting his mind resonated. Either way, he had a hard time getting off her when he realized her movements had stopped and his subconscious mind kicked in that if he continued, she might die. He stumbled off of her and ran away towards the forest, opposite the river.

After a while, the girl woke up hissing with pain in her neck. She looked around in horror, remembering the earlier events. She relaxes once she confirms no one’s there. She touches her neck “What a terrible man… I was just trying to help him with the wound. It looked …painful. Grandma was right I should stay away from strangers. They are weird” She sat there some more minutes thinking about his weird behaviour “Uhuh! Maybe he was just scared looking at me touching his wound so he bit me in defence..?” She doubted her statement. “I know this sounds insane but that’s the best excuse I can think for him right now” She thought some more and stood up in annoyance “Hell with his looks! He’s stupid enough roaming off in the forest with that wound” She kept her small knife and herbs in her pocket and decided to go find him before a wild animal did.

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A lion was hiding in the bushes, silently studying every move of the little dear from a distance. It awaited an opening and as soon as the dear bent down to grasses, he leaped out, ready to get a hold of his prey. Something very fast caught it before it landed on the dear. Lion roared and the figure that leaped over him rolled it down to the ground and bit its neck. The little dear, alarmed, ran away. After drinking the lion’s blood and fulfilling his appetite, Zane with some difficulty climbed on a tree to rest.

On the other side…

Mie Lan walked deeper and deeper into the woods, carefully hiding here and there whenever she heard the shuffling of branches or traces of animals. She was quite familiar with the outer parts of the forest but the deeper parts were still a mystery to her. Her grandma never allowed her to roam near the forest yet she had rebelliously explored the region in years. She was quite scared but some motivation to find the man from earlier kept her going.

“Now, I know I’m inviting trouble but if he wasn’t injured I’d never go to such an extent to find him, and you see it would be such a pity if a pretty face such as his gets eaten by a wild animal,” she told herself with a fake sigh and continued walking ahead.

Suddenly out of nowhere, a wild boar came running in rage from a distance. She noticed it running straight to her and in fear screamed, turned around and ran with all her might. “AAAAAAHHHHHHH NOO! HEEELP … someone HELP… don’t come here AAAAHHH!” she screamed aloud while running away from the boar.

Zane having predator senses heard her screaming and recognized it from earlier. “That girl again” he sighed “What trouble did she get into now?” he jumped down the tree and then disappeared towards the direction of the voice.

^^^To be continued...^^^

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