<div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family:Assistant"></span>​</div><span style="font-family:Assistant"> </span><br/><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 18px">"Their blood is a threat, a warning and a promise." </span></span>​</div><span style="font-family:Assistant"><br/>
Three vampires were circling around the what looked like a small human being, while the last remaining bloodsucker appeared to have been distracted by something. Chalyse found herself turning her head into different directions, trying to figure out where the sounds and smells were coming from - until she heard the voice of a male behind her. She could hear Levana's furious hisses and the low growls from Isaiah while she tilted her head to glance over her shoulder, indicating that the presence of the stranger wasn't exactly wanted. But he looked like the kind of man that would refuse to bow down, especially while he was carrying a blade in the both of his hands - his voice demanding and somewhat strict. The dark-haired woman raised one of her eyebrows, before she finally turned around to face the man. Her expression revealed nothing but coldness - even the very weak grin that threatened to curl around her red lips, did not hold any type of warmth. She was stone cold.<br/>
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"Our kind does not negotiate." As the words rolled over her tongue, Chalyse could feel the pointy ends of her fangs press into the soft flesh. Her dark pupils widened slightly. It was obvious that she had been lacking what she needed, and she was not the only one. The youngest vampire of the clan, the small Katrina, started to snarl impatiently as her slender fingers desperately tried to claw at the trapped victim. It was needless to say that she was struggling against herself and her dark desires, for none of the others made an attempt to stop her from jumping on top of their fresh prey. Chalyse buried her icy blue eyes into the enemy's orbs. "Are you going to tell me where the other one is, or should I ask someone to find them for me? Dead or alive, for all I care. Make your decision."<br/>
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Suddenly, she could hear the sound of muffled screams behind her. Those awful screams that were entirely familiar to her. They did not even cause her to blink anymore, let alone flinch or shiver. Even that little part of raw emotion within her seemed to be frozen. She simply exhaled with a sigh and shook her head just briefly while she listened to Katrina, who had started to feed herself from the so called prey they had been chasing after. While the sounds were somewhat disgusting due to realising how much they sounded like beasts during these vulnerable moments, they were also oddly satisfying. It made her throat burn with desire, but the knowledge that she could finally drink again, managed to soothe her mind. <br/>
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"She will not kill him." Although Chalyse was completely aware of the blade, she remained surprisingly calm as she slowly started to step backwards. Perhaps she remained as solid as a rock because she knew that the weapon would barely do any harm to her, or maybe she felt safe because both Levana and Isaiah were still flanking her sides as they stood close to the suffering prey. But the suffering prey would also be their biggest weakness, for the distraction of the scent of his now spilling blood and Katrina giving in to her demonic nature, was putting them in a slightly vulnerable state. "In fact, nobody will die today if you do as I say. I can make her stop. I do not have to send someone after your friend to take him down. All you have to do is listen to me." <br/>
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She was not the type that would bow down to anyone either, but Chalyse would take it one step further than that. She tried to bend everything to her own will, used her abilities, skills and her personality to get what she wanted. And the prize she would have to pay for that? As long as it did not kill her, she would stop at nothing. Nothing would stand in her way to the success of her clan, her race and her kind. <br/>
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