The icy blue eyes which would make others shudder through a single gaze stood outside Xiran’s hotel. A sly smile was spreading on his thin lips and the aura being radiated was extremely dark.

An army of chimeras, hybrids, tribrids and vampires had accompanied him tonight to destroy his son’s city and burn it up in flames. Killing and pulverising everything that stood in their paths. A city that had taken decades for Xiran to build was on the verge of destruction tonight.

Most of the vampires guarding the premises had been slaughtered while others were fighting the hound-vampire hybrids he had brought along. Gliding forward his movements so swift and fluid, he opened the front door and entered the hotel lobby. Xifin had told him there was a dungeon where a few parties had been held, but he knew the dungeon meant secrets.

A vampire came running toward him with his fist extended but the Phantom caught him by his neck and lifted him as if he was a tiny rabbit. A twisted smile adorned his face while a horrified scream emanated from the vampire’s lips as his veins began to turn black.

"Where is the dungeon?" he asked ever so calmly and the vampire unable to breathe, pointed in the direction. Tossing him aside he made his way to the dungeon door and kicked it open, it rattled on its hinges and dented forward to reveal a staircase.

Keeping that evil smile intact he climbed down the fleet of stairs and arrived in a hall where two vampires stood, one trembling in fear while the other glared at him.

"What a pleasant night it is outside and here you two are hiding in a dungeon," Phantom spoke in a sing-song voice and made his way to a high chair which sat in the centre of the hall.

Squatting on it, he crossed his legs and clasped his hand before giving a mirthless smile to the couple that stood in front of him. The girl looked scared out of her wits while the boy had a phone in his hand, which told Phantom he had recently called someone, most probably his son as he was not there.

"So, now that we are comfortable, where is that who*e my son keeps close these days?" he addressed the boy with sandy hair.

"I am not sure what you are talking about," the boy confidently replied.

"Ah! You have always been a loyal one. My son is lucky in this sense, he has so many loyal people around him. I wonder how many will remain after this night though," his words sent chills and the female vampire began to visibly shiver, the whole atmosphere of the hall seemed to have fallen a degree or two.

"Hand over the girl and I promise no harm will come to you or your girlfriend here, not complying with my orders will have repercussions. The choice is yours," the boy gulped hard at his words but responded:

"Sire doesn’t keep anyone here. You are free to have a look, he has let go of all the women in his life."

"Hmm, that’s not what I have heard though," Phantom’s frosty eyes shifted toward the stairs, two of his vampires had just descended them.

"Master, everyone else from our group got annihilated," one of them spoke in a shaky voice.

"I would have been disappointed if they hadn’t," a peal of hollow laughter left him which echoed throughout the hall as he ordered them:

"Go and rampage through every nook and cranny of this hotel and find an elven girl with long golden hair and green eyes, bring her to me, alive."

They nodded and left in the blink of an eye, ransacking the hotel. It was empty. Sandy-haired boy and the security guards had evacuated the guests staying and sent them to Mazitine’s shelter as soon as he knew the city was under attack. Knowing very well that hotel will be targeted.

Phantom turned his attention back to the couple and asked in a low but threatening voice: "So where is my son anyways? It’s no fun without him."

"He didn’t tell us the destination of where he was headed," the boy cautiously answered, trying not to give away any information.

"Hmm, of course, how naive of me to assume his right-hand man would know his whereabouts. You know I have a right-hand man too who disappeared in this very city. He was a Wendigo, you saw or heard of him?" he casually asked eyeing the sandy-haired boy up and down. His rugged look might melt hearts if he wasn’t so cruel.

"Doesn’t ring a bell," the boy answered fearlessly hoping for his Sire to return soon and to hold the fortress in his absence. Boy had informed him of his father’s arrival.

The vampires sent to search for Aselia returned empty-handed, they didn’t even detect any scent meaning no elf had lived here for a while. The rooms had been stripped clean earlier on orders of Xiran, in case of such familiar circumstances.

"Hmm, so he has hidden her well, the question is where?" uttering these words he didn’t let the couple blink and moved at an insane speed and tried to grab the girl. The boy had anticipated such a move so he had shifted her behind him, instead, he offered his own throat and the girl fell back, scampering away in fear. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Ahh! So much love, that you want to sacrifice yourself for her. Give me the name and the location and I will let you go," he drawled on his face while squeezing his neck and black veins began to spread from his neck to his face.

Boy jerked and foam began to form at the sides of his lips while his eyes bulged out. The girl was screaming: "Let him go, please."

But he was cruel and merciless, there was no sympathy in his heart. The boy had no intention of speaking or betraying his master so he just closed his eyes and let the pain wash over him.

Phantom was disappointed, he had wished for some information reveal but knew he was not going to get it from this stubborn boy and his precious time was being wasted.

"Well your Sire took my right-hand man, it’s only fair I do the same to him," his hand shifted like lightning and reached inside the boy’s chest ripping his heart out. He casually threw it towards the screaming girl and licked his fingers.