Irene was in the bathroom wondering what is wrong her when the bathroom door and the stall door cast a shadow then a voice speak from the other side, calm and cold
"You're handling it badly", the voice said
Irene's blood turned to ice before the transfer student show his face
"You should learn how to mind your business", she said trying to keep her tone steady
" Tell me", the transfer student asked
"What? ", irene said confusely
His gaze turned to her neck" Who turned you? "
His question hung between then like smoke as irene replied"i don't know what you are talking about? "She saisaid
His gaze sharpened" Your smell is different", he muttered
"You didn't smell like a human and one of us either", he added
He stepped closer and irene's back hit the titled wall, the bathroom suddenly felt small for her"i wasn't turned , i was attacked", she replied inoccently
His expression changed instantly" Describe who attacked you",
"Why", she asked
"Because", he said calmly " If any of my kind broke law in this city i need to know"
Irene swallowed hard before she added"he has red hair, his pale with cold hands", her fingers brushed gently through the faint scar at her neck "he didn't finish"
His jaw tightened slightly "that explains it"
"Explain what? ", irene said
Then he studied her like a puzzle"you're a fracture", he said" The guy didn't finish the process"
"Any ways my name is lucian vale", he introduced himself" I belong to noctis virel"
The name meant nothing to irene bit before the way he said it makes it sound powerful
"What is that? A gang? " She asked
A faint smirk touched his lips before he corrected "A clan, one of the ancient bloodlines" He said as he stepped back slightly giving her space
"The noctis virel do not creat fledglings without permission", he added
" So whoever attacked me is not a noctis?, she asked
"Yes" he replied
"But", he said
" But what? ", she asked
"But if it was a nactis he would ensured that you didn't wake up", he said
"But you wake up", he pulsed" That means something intefred
"I'm i going to be fully turned? ", she asasked, barely above a whispher
Lucian's gaze dropped to her eyes as he studying the faint amber ring
" No", he said
Irene's pulse pounded in her eyes"then what i am? "
For the first time since lucian entered he seemed uncertain
"They are old stories ", he said slowly "about incomplete blood-binding, about humans who survived the turning but they are altered instead of transformed"
"Altered how? ", she asked
His expression turned darker before he answered
" They are stronger than humans, they have heightened"
A distant bell rang through the hallway
"You shoulsn't be alone", lucian said
" I've been alone since this started", she said
"You are unprotected", he muttered
"Protected from what? ", she asked again
Lucian vale's eyes shifted toward the bathroom door
" They are other clans", he said "and thay will smell what you are"
Irene's fingers curled into fist