The night air was damp and cold, and Su Yue followed Ethan through the alleys of the old city.
The footsteps echoed on the dilapidated blue bricks, as if countless eyes were hiding in the dark and peeping.
She didn't dare to speak, and couldn't speak.
Everything happened too fast. The revelation of her mother's identity, the legend of the blood contract, the cold gaze of the silver-haired man, and - Ethan's words "You shouldn't believe me".
He walked in front of her, his posture upright, his cloak fluttering in the wind, like wings spread in the night.
"Don't lose me." He whispered.
"I'll follow." She gritted her teeth and quickened her pace.
The two of them passed through the ruins of the church from the old city, bypassed the unmonitored railway tracks, and finally walked into an old and dark mansion.
"Isn't this where you want to take me?" she asked in a low voice.
"This is just a 'transit'. The real safe house needs to bypass the hunters' tracking."
He pushed open the rusty door, and a strange fragrance came to his face. It was like a mixture of blood, lavender and some ancient incense ash.
"Do all vampires live in this kind of place?" Su Yue frowned.
"It's not a vampire." Ethan said lightly, "This is an altar built by werewolves."
Su Yue was shocked: "Why did you bring me here?"
"They wouldn't think I would dare to come here." Ethan's mouth corners slightly raised, "Sometimes, danger is hidden in the most dangerous place, but it is the safest."
She was about to refute, and suddenly heard a low howl from outside the house.
The sound seemed to penetrate the bone marrow, making her scalp numb.
"They are chasing." Ethan's eyes fixed, and he immediately blocked her behind him.
The wind outside the door suddenly changed, and then a black shadow broke through the window and rushed in!
It was a werewolf covered with dark grey mane, two meters tall, with ferocious fangs and a cruel light in its eyes.
"Su Yue!" It roared, "You deserve to die!"
Ethan flashed, and a blood-red long sword appeared in his hand, and he slashed it out.
The werewolf's body was directly forced back, knocking down the antique chairs and walls in the house.
"You're not leaving yet?" He growled.
"Didn't you say it's safe here?" Su Yue's face turned pale, but his legs couldn't move a step.
"I didn't expect them to use the 'Silver Blade'." Ethan gritted his teeth.
Su Yue then noticed that the werewolf had a narrow knife with a silver glow hanging on his waist -
Silver Blade, a special hunter among werewolves, only executes the "Blood Moon Hunting Order".
Ethan was obviously also in a hard fight, his figure was forced back many times, and a deep wound on his left arm was cut, and blood kept dripping.
"Run..." he said with difficulty.
"I can't leave you behind."
"If you stay, we'll all die!"
The werewolf's claws pounced, and Su Yue subconsciously raised her hands in fear.
At this moment, something strange happened -
Her pupils turned red, her blood vessels glowed silver, and a violent energy suddenly rose from her body!
"Get out of here!!!"
She roared, and a wave of blood surged out, directly knocking the werewolf flying, crashing through the wall of the entire mansion, making a loud noise that shook the earth!
Ethan was stunned, his eyes narrowed.
"Blood awakening... so fast?"
Su Yue stared blankly at her red fingers, her chest heaving violently.
"How did I... do it?"
"The original blood in your body was awakened by the fighting spirit." Ethan stood up slowly, "You are beginning to awaken, Su Yue."
"Am I really... a monster?"
"No." He approached and slowly lifted her chin, his eyes gentle but firm, "You are the king."
She looked at him and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of security.
"Let's go." He took her hand, "The real hunt is far from over."
At the same time.
On the other side of the city, on a clock tower surrounded by black mist, Xiao Yeche stood on the top of the tower with a cold look.
The "Blood Moon Hunting Order" in his hand turned into fragments of light and dissipated.
"She is beginning to awaken." He said lightly.
"Aren't you going to stop it?" A man in black next to him asked in a low voice.
"She can't die now." He closed his eyes. "She has to complete the blood contract to become... my key."
"Do you still hate her mother?"
"Vera betrayed me, but Su Yue... she may not."
He opened his eyes, looked in the direction of the night, and whispered:
"You will come back to me eventually."