***Gin***

How typical. With everyone else he plays a good old man. Now I’m about to see Hell.

“What were you thinking? You know your position! What would you do if someone found out that the son of leading family of vampires bit underage human?” he strated his rampage while leaning back into his chair. Old man has troubled expression on his face.

"Can't say I was or wasn't thinking. I simply wanted to taste her."

Well, it’s not like I’m proud of my actions, really. I know that they were wrong and that it would cause uproar if anyone found out about Melissa. But I can’t explain myself either. There is something magnetic about her. What’s strange is that she’s on surface ordinary. But deep inside her, I can tell there is something unworldly... And I plan to find out what that is.

“What are you going to do with Sarah?” – Fox asked me with interest.

“Crap. I forgot about her.”

“How can you be so cruel? Who in his right mind forgets about his own fiancée?” – Tom is really such fun to look at. His facial expressions are so pure and honest. I know he had a crush on her since grade 5.

*sigh*

Alister starts to massage his temples. “There are so many things to cover-up… Honestly, I never would have thought you would be the one who’d get into this kind of mess.”

“That makes two of us.”, and I’m not lying. This is our last year in school and I was reeeally looking forward to being an adult vampire. Since I’m not into leading family and formal stuff, I would be able to travel and explore so much. And there are so many places I want to visit as well. In this world there are a lot of unanswered things and my plan is to discover the answers to them. Right now, Melissa Waters is among those things…

“Do you think this is some kind of joke? There are more lives than just yours that will be influenced by your actions!” wow, he really does become redder when he’s angry; I never noticed that until now…

“Well, what’s there to do now, we’ll just continue to act like nothing happened. Melissa Waters is a new transfer student who we haven’t met. Yet.”.

 I don’t like how Fox acts… he’s definitely planning to get together with Melissa again.

“There is no ‘yet’, Fox. Stay away from Melissa Waters. At least until she meets other students and becomes friends with them. We shall just watch her behavior for now and plan our actions later. You three will go on winter vacations tomorrow and when you come back, act like you don’t know her. Understand?”

“Yes, Headmaster.”, all three of us answered.

“Good. And now, Tom and Fox please leave me with my grandson. There are some things I need to ask him.”, old man pierces me with his gaze. Those eyes I inherited from him really do have significant power. I am almost unable to move. Almost.

Fox stood up.

“We understand. Have a good evening, sir.”, he said while giving a little bow. He has always been the one with good manners.

“What? No! We still haven’t got the answers to our own questions! He never answered anything! Why are you pulling me with you, Fox, I’m not done here, you hear me?”, and Tom has been the passionate one. I actually feel a little sorry for him while he’s being pushed by Fox toward the exit.

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The doors slammed and I am left alone with my grandfather. Heavens help me.

“Listen, grandpapa…”

“Don’t you ‘grandpapa’ me. And don’t look at me with those eyes, you hear me? There is a punishment awaiting you…”, while saying that his face becomes darker.

Whole room changes its’ appearance and I find myself hanging upside down. My legs are tied with a rope that comes from the sky.

The room turned out to be a weird and spacious place. Sky is both where ground and sky should be and it’s painted in orange. Clouds are red and are passing by fast.

“Considering you are my grandson, your punishment shall be harsh.”, he already disappeared somewhere and all I am left with is his voice echoing in my head.

“What?! But what about equality you always demand between your students?!”, while saying that my arms are being pulled down towards one of the clouds. A strange red rope stretches from it and ties my hands so I’m being pulled from both sides.

I’m already used to the punishments by my dear grandfather since he’s been the one who was actually raising me ever since I was a little kid. One thing I learned is that there is no end to his imagination. Well, there couldn’t be an ending since he’s using victims’ imagination as well.

Ability to change matter combined with ability to easily read people only makes things easier for him. You don’t even know where does illusion and reality change its places. I’ve been through so many levels of fear that I started to think of it as training. Putting me in this kind of position is too light for him. He’s definitely planning something more.

“What next? Flying chainsaws? Or pulling out my limbs?”, I’ve already been put through those kind of things so I’m ready to prepare my mind if something similar awaits me.

“Fufufufufu… my dear grandson… who do you take me for?”, his voice is getting deeper. I knew it. That sadist is starting to enjoy himself…

Suddenly, ropes are starting to move and I realize something. Clouds from which ropes came from weren’t ordinary clouds just like those ropes were no ropes. Ants. An army of red fire ants is moving toward me…

“Solenopsis invicta. Aren’t they cute? Just like that passionate color, their nature is the same. Firey…”

As he speaks, my hands and feet are getting bitten by those nasty creatures. The pain is beginning to get unbearable; I start to tremble. They are getting under my sleeves and trousers and deeper into my clothes…

“I will make them move slowly toward the center of your body until you are completely covered by them. Don’t pass out on me ♥!”

If only I could pass out! That’s also one of the tricks to escape from this unreal reality and he knows it. Small stings are keeping me awake. The itch is also getting stronger by a second and I don’t know if it comes from biting or simply walking on me.

This is really gross. I can feel them under my shirt walking on my back and biting me here and there. Just when I started to hope this will end soon and that this isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, they start to crawl on my neck, across my throat an up my face toward my mouth and nose... I can’t take it anymore. I  scream out of resentment and despair…