(Southern Province- New Rosen City)
(Unknown Location- Hospital Ward)
"How is she?" a gruff muscular man with a long unshaven beard asked the doctor standing outside a room.
The man wore a long black trench coat that fell down to his knees. A long silver sword was attached to his hip and the edge of the blade gleamed eerily under the light.
The doctor hummed softly and tapped the edge of his clipboard with a pen. His brows furrowed as he tried to think about what to say next.
"Better than expected... but..." Doctor Saunders hesitated for a moment and then turned to the man.
"I know why you're really here... listen... I don't think that now is the best time to..."
The man raised up his hand and the doctor's voice trailed off. He let out a heavy sigh and then grabbed the clipboard from Doctor Saunders' hands.
"Okay... so no broken bones... just minor cuts and bruises... some dehydration and lack of nutrition but that's from before she met us..." Dexter muttered quietly to himself.
As one of the strongest agents in the hunter's organization, one would not expect to see him be forced to babysit a teenager but...
This was an exception circumstance.
The teenager lying down in the hospital room had been tested for her talent in learning the sun technique and well...
Her talent rivalled those who belonged to humanity's ancient clans. Her potential made the higher ups sit up and take notice.
The hunter's organization was always on the lookout for new talent and this girl who belonged to no faction or family was the perfect target.
Dexter nodded his head in approval and then roughly shoved the clipboard back into the doctor's hands.
He reached for the handle of the door and despite the doctor's complaints, he entered the room and looked at the teenager sitting up on the bed.
She was nineteen years old with pale skin, beautiful sharp facial features, long black wavy hair that fell below her shoulders and piercing green eyes.
The teenager rested her head against the side of the pillow and stared blankly out of the window at the sunny day outside.
Why was the world so bright?
Her sister was no longer with her and yet... the day was still beautiful.
Lily looked down at the cuts on her hand and ignored the man who entered the room.
She trembled slightly as an unwanted memory surfaced in her mind once more. This was a memory that she saw every time she relaxed or closed her eyes.
She saw Mary screaming at her to run away and in the background, she saw the vampire grab her by the neck.
What had happened to her sister?
(You know what happened to her... she's dead... you useless coward...)
Lily sniffed slightly as tears began to well up in her eyes.
She remembered the feeling of helplessness and terror that she felt when she woke up in that van with her wrists and ankles bound by rope.
It was a feeling that she was very familiar with.
All her life when her father got drunk and beat them... she would feel just as she felt then.
Small... weak... helpless...
"Is there any word on my sister?" Lily finally spoke as she gripped her palm tightly and forced those dark emotions back down.
"Your sister... well... I am afraid that although we did manage to kill the vampire who captured you while you were fainted..." Dexter's voice lowered as he shot Lily an apologetic look.
"There were no human survivors... he went into a bloodlust frenzy and killed everyone in the van..."
There was a brief moment of complete silence in the ward and all Lily could hear was her heart steadily beating in her chest.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Why? Why was her sister dead and yet she was alive?
Dexter placed a warm hand on the young teenager's shoulder and got her attention. He muttered a few words of comfort to the clearly heartbroken girl.
Perhaps it was cruel to lie to Lily, but Dexter saw no other option.
Truthfully the vampire who had managed to capture her had escaped along with the humans who were imprisoned in his van.
While it was a pity that her sister was one of the humans who were transported to the northern region... she was most likely dead by now.
Lily was to be a member of the hunter's organization so she could not be distracted by the possibility that her sister was still alive.
"The rage in your heart... don't forget it..." Dexter quietly spoke as he placed a small silver dagger on the side of the bed.
"You have a tremendous amount of talent, and I am pleased to offer you the chance to join the hunter's organization."
"We will provide you with top notch training and the tools to become one of the humanity's sharpest blades in the war against the night monsters."
"Do not worry... you will be highly paid, and your family will also receive additional benefits... fact... we..."
"No," Lily harshly spoke as a dark look of hatred flashed across her face.
"The only blood relative I have left is that man and he was the one who sold us to the vampires... he means nothing to me..."
"I see... well in that case would you like us to kill him or send him to prison for the rest of his life," Dexter asked softly.
Lily gripped the sides of the bedsheets as a clear struggle emerged in her mind.
There was a part of her that wanted the man who had abused herself and her sister to die but... would that be enough of a punishment?
He was the one responsible for her sister's death... he should pay for the rest of his life...
Lily spoke with a fury barely contained in her voice,
"Lock him up... send him to the dirtiest and most dangerous prison in the country... I want a guarantee that he will never step foot outside his cell for a lifetime."
"All he will know are those grey walls, the viciousness of the prisoners and the guards and the knowledge that I was the one who left him there to rot."
"If you do that then I will join your organization."
Dexter smiled savagely and then reached into his pocket and pulled out a plain black cellphone.
He typed in a few numbers and then made a call to an unknown individual.
The conversation only lasted for less than two minutes.
Two minutes was all it took for the order to send Lily's father to prison. That was just a taste of the influence that the hunter's organization possessed.
"Welcome... I will make you the greatest vampire hunter that the world has ever seen," Dexter proudly spoke as he stretched out his hand and gripped Lily's palm.
Lily shook his hand and her piercing green eyes stared at the dagger on the bed. She may have been unable to save her sister but...
She would prevent others from falling into the clutches of those monsters.
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