Immortal Desire
Chapter 30

The sweet-savory taste of b***d in Latina’s taste buds made her roll her eyes. She sipped on it with excessive thirst. Her eyes glowed in the dark, cold room as she sank her fangs deeper in her victim’s skin, allowing the liquid to flow out and fill her mouth. She felt warm by drinking his b***d. It pumped her nerves up. Latina seemed energized. She inhaled the air with the metallic scent of b***d to fill her nostrils. It was like having something she never had before and it was giving her exemplary sensation.

“Ah!” she exclaimed as she threw her head back, tossing her long black hair. With her burning eyes, she stared at the man in front of her. Licking the edges of her lips, Latina caught the guy’s terrified face.

“You’re a vampire!” Mathew roared, pressing his palm on his neck where Latina dug holes with her fangs. “Damn it!”

Latina went back to her senses when she felt a hand covering her mouth. She looked up and saw Azrene.

“Did you realize?” the alpha asked the girl. “You learned that she’s a vampire and tried to hide it from me,” he continued, taking a closer step towards the ladies.

“I didn’t know until now!” Azrene said in her louder voice. She walked in front of Latina and spread her arms. “Do nothing to her. I saw another shadow when I got inside. She must be his victim!” she added, trying to convince the alpha to spare Latina’s life. No other reason. She just wanted to take the chance to flee while causing panic to everyone about the enemy’s infiltration.

Mathew stopped on his track, glaring at his sister, “Another vampire?” he asked.

Azrene nodded her head.

“Sire.”

They all shifted their gaze at the door when a servant came, huffing. The alpha raised his hand, gesturing to the servant to speak.

“Sire, there’s a commotion in front of the dwelling. A vampire boy with a blue-flame sword is causing a mess,” the servant informed.

Azrene picked up the robe on the floor and handed it to Latina. She held the older lady’s hand and looked at her meaningfully.

“Bullshit! What about the palace guards?” Mathew asked, walking out of the room. It diverted his attention to something else. “Inform the werelions, we can’t let that lad escape after getting in our territory,” he stopped and turned to go back to the chamber. “Don’t let her be taken away. Lock her in the basement,” he told his sister. “I’m counting on you Azrene, don’t disappoint me,” he added and left.

“Goodness!” Azrene exclaimed when the alpha was gone. “You were a vampire? You didn’t tell me,” she said while examining Latina’s body and face.

“I-I didn’t k-know…” Latina whispered, bowing her head. She felt different after taking the alpha’s b***d. Her strength seemed to increase a lot. But she was still collecting herself. Finding herself drinking b***d was too shocking for her to accept immediately. And she thought she was just dreaming. After what happened, she knew she wasn’t. A certain man occupied her mind again. “Sebastian,” she uttered.

“Sebastian? Your vampire lover?” Azrene asked. She let her guard up when she heard footsteps coming towards them. “Enough talk, let’s get out of here while they’re busy.” The girl dragged Latina to the secret passage where she took her bath. They made sure to block the entrance before proceeding.

Latina followed the girl, ‘She’s right. We need to take this chance to escape.’

“Faster,” Azrene urged as she led the way to the open area. Latina watched her twist the bowl-shaped stone. It moved and revealed a tunnel, enough for one person to get into, only horizontally. “Here it is, this hole will lead us outside the kingdom. My mother dug this when she was still alive. It should be safe. Better than passing through the palace gates,” Azrene explained.

“Right,” Latina responded. “Are we going to slide in?” she asked. Looking at its structure, they couldn’t possibly walk, it doesn’t even look like a tunnel. It was more like a tube.

“The alpha could hear our conversation as of the moment, but it will be too late for him once we jumped in. We’ll just have to run as fast as we can when we’re already outside,” the girl said and held Latina’s hand. “You go first, I need to seal this place just in case someone followed us here,” she continued before pushing the other in the hole.

“Ahhh!” Latina shrieked when she dived in with her head.

“She’s so loud,” Azrene muttered and activated the traps she prepared before following the lady.

“Waaaaah!” The girl cried when she slid down. The surface was polished that would allow anything to glide without getting hurt. It just lets one drift at a fast pace because of its smoothness.

“It’s so dark!” Latina yelled when she realized that the girl already followed her. Her skin was rubbing on the cool marbled floor. She rolled her eyes when she recalled wearing nothing but the robe that Azrene had handed her earlier.

“I know right. Why don’t you check if we’re near the exit? Do you see any light?” Azrene responded. She hugged herself and let her back glide.

“How would I know? I feel like I’m falling with my head first. Besides, we left in the middle of the night, don’t tell me it’ll take us until daybreak to get to the end?” Latina asked. She was sweating a lot. If she stayed any longer in the dark tunnel, she’d go crazy.

“No worries, we’ll reach the end before we die of suffocation. Yeah, that’s for sure. Haha!” Azrene laughed, enjoying their escape.

“Ugh! I feel like puking…”

“Don’t you dare! I don’t want to slide on your puke,” Azrene protested as she held her head to see the lady before her.

“This sliding makes me dizzy,” Latina complained. “But it’s better than staying in that place so yeah, I’ll try not to vomit.”

“Right. Hold it in until we reach the exit,” Azrene advised.

“I hope I can…” Latina whispered.