The Devil’s Bite

Chapter I

Author's note: 

(Please read it before you continue with this book.)

Good day, readers

I am a new writer in English, and I’m not good at it, but I'm trying my best to write it the way you will understand. If you have high standard in reading books with good grammar, then don’t read this book. I repeat, I'm a new writer in English and I am a Filipino writer. English is not my first language. Thanks for understanding.

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DEMIRE started to arrange his stuff and shoved his laptop into its bag. He yawned, stretching his arms and leaning his back on the backrest of his swivel chair. “Goddamn, Demire, you’re going home late again and again.” His eyes glued to the old wall clock hanged on top of the door of his office. He left alone inside his own company, only with some guards scheduled to duty tonight at eleven o’ clock in the evening. It is him normally, who has nothing to do home since he is living his life alone. A monster living inside a huge, stilly house; no maid and anyone to take care of his mansion, he reserves extra time to clean and take care of it alone. It’s been a long time since he last tasted a human blood, thousand years from the current year 2021. His world was ruined and he has to act like human in order to live his life with freedom, to live his life away from avoidance of mortals; who never accepted a creature like him—A vampire. He has sharp and eerie fangs, red eyes, strong nails, strength and power like how immortal he was. He watched how human born, live and died. Living his life beyond infinity is not a curse, but being alone, indeed. As the time passed in swift, he learned to transformed himself into human and had the wealth he worked for so many years, he studied many things about human world, read quite plenty of books and learned farther than human capability. From the year 2021, he is managing his own company with thousands of employees, had his luxury and different personalities to hide his immortal identity. He hid his red eyes with black contact lenses, cut his nails, controlled his fangs and his power; he could describe as a perfect human now, a ruthless CEO and loner.

“It’s time to go,” he groaned. Stood up, walked heading the car park and reached his own car. A latest model of sports car. He can have everything he want, he worked hard for it since the last one hundred thousand years of living. As arrived home, Demire directed to the bathroom setting himself under the shower head and let the warm water shed. This is his normal routine before he fell for sleep.

Watching himself in the mirror is satisfying, he completely transformed himself into human. He has to remove the contact lenses he uses to hide his b****y eyes. He learned to control when his fang will show, how to control his strength and power. He was the only survivor among his clan when the gigantic disaster eradicated their existence. He was too young that time and his power saved him. He could not believe of what happened, his deep thoughts tangled on the other side of his mind. It left him devastated and empty but he won against the pain the disaster left him. He survived, and now he is living with human now with his new look.

The next day was quite normal for him.

“Lorraine, you’re fired.” He was staring at his secretary, Lorraine Soriano, she worked for him for almost one year. She’d been a good employee but he has to fire her, this is his way to avoid anyone have the hint of his deepest secret.

“S-Sir, I didn’t do anything bad, right?” Her eyes were wondering and bothered. “I need this job, please…” She couldn’t believe he will fire her that easy after one year of being trustworthy and docile secretary. She did her best to maintain her job despite of how mean her boss was.

“I don’t have to explain things to you, just leave my company.” He tossed a white money envelope on top his study table. One hundred thousand cash was inside the envelope, this is to sip her mouth and forget about the company. He stared at her eerie, it made her distracted and immediately took the envelope. “It’s more than just you needing, you can still have your resignation fee.” He sighed and went back to his laptop. Though he had done his work this early, he pretended to be busy.

Lorraine left his room. She was happy about the money specially that she’s in deep needs now. Her mom was sick and she has to pay their loan now, despite of the big money she received, there is an agony inside her for having the thought of leaving her dream job. It was her first job and yet she accepted the money and will leave today. “Aish! He’s totally crazy! Mr. Goddard really unbelievable.”

Demire called the secretary of his COO and ordered her to post they are hiring for a new secretary. Yally, was not surprise after all, she knew him doing it every year. She just nodded and stepped out of his room.

The first day of hiring, he saw a range of fifty applicants on the lobby as he entered the building of the mother company of Goddard. “Good morning, Sir,” everyone is greeting him, only a curt nod is his answer. For him, words and energy are too powerful and should not waste. He only chose when to talk and to whom he needs to waste his energy and that is, only when it comes to business and money was engaged. He may be the coldest CEO anyone can have and there is no way to deny it, he avoiding too much interaction with human. He does not want to feel what human feels such as love and affection, these what made them weak.