LOVE ME KILL ME

11: A MAN WITH A FANG

"Sure" the man replied without hesitation.

Janus was lucky because someone was kind enough to help him reach the pearl center, which was situated near the palace of the king. The building is huge. The walls has sculpture design of an image of a mighty wolves, the ancient human-wolf in history, it was form by stone and pearl in it's eyes.

There are five guards securing the entrance. All of them are warriors.

Janus Marasigan followed the man that led him to get inside the building, so the guards would not notice that he was not registered in the city, which means he would be treated as a rouge, which may take him into 10 years of imprisonment until the king approves his citizenship in his kingdom.

When Janus Marasigan entered the pearl center, he was amazed at the spaciousness and design of the interior. The whole area is decorated with shiny pearls. Inside the center, there are sellers of beauty products, shops and restaurants. That's why there are many people here who can be likened to a lark.

He observed that both young men and women enjoyed the place. But since Janus Marasigan knows the type of creature, whether it is a human, wolf, or vampire, it is easy for him to understand the nature of each of them. This trait is unique, and only his grandfather knows about it.

"So, I think I should leave you here" the man bid goodbye.

"Thank you for bringing me here. I'm fine being alone" Janus Marasigan smiled at him before he left.

Janus Marasigan sat in the common room where he liked the most kinds of games. There is a young human girl playing a game of stones with one of the girls, a cute brunette with a freckled face.

Ever since Janus, as Alice in his true identity, has never experienced playing with other girls like this in her teenage years. There are many things she missed from her childhood. She deeply thought.

"I win again!" one girl said with a giggle.

Janus Marasigan handed her a copper.

"Another game?" he asked, and she nodded eagerly. Few of the girls in the room would object to earning an easy copper or two.

Caught between fear and boredom, Janus Marasigan had spent the day filled with fear and worry, and before long the small room had felt like a prison cell.

Eventually, boredom had won out over fear, and he had headed down to another room inside the pearl center.

The next few hours he spent playing games of stones and cards with other girls. He missed all but a few of the games, and at the same time, he had no idea that someone was watching him from a distance.

It had been two hours since he came to that room, and there was no sense of vampires in the place. Or maybe they had still not appeared. He decided to wait for another hour, before he could leave.

With a sigh, he forced himself to abandon the thought. Worrying now would do him no good.

"Want another drink?" he asked the brown-haired girl, and she agreed happily.

Janus Marasigan invited the girl and walked over to the bar.

"A strong and sweet wine, please."

The bartender gave him a warm smile as he put down some coppers, then handed him the drinks.

Janus Marasigan had been generous to these girls, who had quickly won him a friendship in the games room- a friendship that would last exactly as long as his money did, without thinking about running out of coins, he thought.

As he moved to turn around and walk back to his table, he bumped into a large man, half of the wine in his mug spilling over the man's shirt. He could hear the growling anger inside of him. As he slowly raised his head to look at the tall guy, the ugly expression on his face made him uncomfortable, and he instantly sensed trouble.

To all the people around, they knew that this man was a mercenary, a thug who had started multiple confrontations with the other patrons.

Alice as Janus Marasigan felt the bouncer would have thrown him out if they got into a fight. At the same time, Janus has come to a halt for a while because he detects the scent of a death in him, the scent of a vampire.

"Sorry about that," Janus Marasigan quickly said.

"Let me buy you a drink."

"A drink?" The mercenary's square face twisted in a cruel grin.

"You think I'll let you off that easily?" The man added.

Janus Marasigan saw the man's two fangs begin to emerge from the bottom of his mouth.

"What if I end up being the worst nightmare of your life right now?" this man added to say and show his evil smile, the smile of a bloody vampire.

"How did you get inside the city?" Janus Marasigan asked him in a low voice instead. The man seriously looks at him, and that makes him questionable on the side of his mind.

I stay in the city for years, nobody noticed my words and actions. Nothing can stop us, but you? How did you know that I am-"

"It's not an important thing, all I know is that I must kill all of your kind" Janus Marasigan strongly said.

But before Janus Marasigan could say another word, the mercenary's fist swung toward him. It was only through his luck that he managed to avoid it. If the man had the blood of a pure human-wolf, there was little doubt in Janus's mind that he would have been hit squarely in the face.

However, people around gathered to witness the scene, and nobody attempt to stop the fight between the two.

The man took a step forward, and Janus Marasigan launched a punch at him with all his strength; he wasn't excellent at fighting, but he was skilled at dodging attacks, which was his technique. Because he only fights with his whole strength with a sword. As a result, he would not simply stand there and allow the man to beat him.

To his surprise, his fist connected with a loud crunch as it smashed into the mercenary's face. Instantly, blood gushed from the man's nose, he raised his head to stop himself from the flow of blood, and he stumbled back several paces.

"You bloodless son of a w***e!" the mercenary said, his left hand reaching for his face.

"You broke my damn nose! You're going to pay for this!"

Janus Marasigan was shocked to see the mercenary withdraw his blade, a heavy saber filled with the scars of battle. His own hand immediately went to the sword at his side, only to find it missing.