Erza's eyes widened as a hand gripped Gavin's shoulder. "Nuh uh red. No fast movements. Not unless you want to cause a scene." The distinctly male voice behind Gavin said.
Her eyes narrowed and she sat back down from the half risen position she had already taken. She glanced at Gavin and stayed quiet.
"That's a good kitty cat," the voice taunted. The grip tightened on Gavin's shoulder. "As for you, wolf. There is one hell of a bounty on your head. Five million credits alive. Ten if I bring in your head alone."
"You'll be dead before you can try it," Gavin's low rumbling growl filled quiet space between them.
"See, you won't do anything because of one reason," the voice replied.
Gavin scoffed and tried to turn his head. "What reason would keep me from gutting you after that threat?"
"Nuh uh. None of that now." Another hand clamped down on his other shoulder. The voice leaned in close, his breath burning against Gavin's cheek. "Because you don't know if I'm alone, with a Hive, or if a Vampire Lord is nearby. Seeing how hard you protected these students from a group of humans, imagine how much harder it would be against a Vampire Hive."
Another chill ran down Gavin spine. His eyes glowed crimson in his fury. His eyes darted to where he had seen the first Vampire, leaning against the cafeteria wall.
He was gone.
A hand clamped down on the wrist of the man behind him. "Stand down, Nikolaj. This isn't the time, nor the place." Another male voice, stern and commanding spoke.
Erza's eyes glowed amber and her mana slowly filtered around them in a fine mist. "I suggest both of you remove your hands from him, before you lose them."
Gavin sighed, having enough of the veiled threats and spun. He kicked the back leg of his chair out, knocking it into the first unknown male while he reached behind and grabbed onto the wrist of the other. He slammed the second male down, face first onto the table and wrenched his arm behind his back.
Soon as Gavin moved, Erza reacted and jumped. She cleared the table and grabbed onto the male that Gavin kicked back with the chair. She ducked low and swept his legs out from under him and landed on his back. "Now, what do you boys say we have a proper conversation away from prying eyes?" she asked.
Soon as the conflict started, it was over with both Vampires pinned without much struggle. "I'm surprised you didn't put up any fight. You just let us pin you down. You are either baby Vampires, or there's other motives at play here." Gavin said as he tugged on the male's arm.
The man grunted and eyes turned to watch them wearily in the cafeteria.
"Can't that mangy wolf go five minutes without getting into a fight?" someone complained as they moved their trays and left the cafeteria.
"He's always up to no good. When will they just expel him already?" another person asked their friend as they walked away.
Gavin sighed as he released the Vampire under him. "Now, does this really need to get bloody, or can we be civil about this?"
Erza slowly stood up from the Vampire keeping her eyes locked onto him. "I suggest a more private conversation."
The smaller Vampire rose from the floor and glared at Erza. "Touch me like that again, house cat, and I will drink you dry."
Erza sighed.
"You really need to watch that tone." She warned him.
Gavin's fist came flying faster than the Vampire could react. It landed square against his nose and sent him flying backwards, head over feet out the door of the cafeteria. He turned and narrowed his eyes at the other one that he had originally pinned to the table. "Outside, now," Gavin growled.
The Vampire lifted his hands in a placating gesture. "I did not come for a fight. Remember, I pulled him back from starting something here and now. My names Viktor." Viktor introduced himself and turned to head out the door after Nikolaj.
"You really have to stop resorting to violence whenever someone insults me or makes a threat," Erza chastised him. But, the corners of her mouth lifted into a thin smile and she shook her head.
Gavin flashed her his charming grin. "We both know, that will never happen. Come on, let's go see what fresh new hell awaits for us."
He led her out of the cafeteria and found the two Vampires, Nikolaj and Viktor waiting nearby.
"Now, you got once chance to explain what you want, why you are here, and why I shouldn't put you six feet under," Gavin said. His eyes glowed vibrant crimson and he crossed his arms over his chest.
The front of Nikolaj's shirt was already stained red from blood as he tilted his head back and pinched the bridge of his nose to try staunching the flow. Viktor stepped forward, careful to keep a few feet distance in front of Gavin.
"First, allow me to apologize for this idiot behind me." He said and gestured to Nikolaj. "He's an arrogant fool and thought taunting you into open fighting would be a fun experience."
"The last person to insult my mate, ended up dead during the attack on the academy," Gavin said. "I suggest he thinks about that before deciding to be that stupid again."
Viktor nodded. "As I would expect, from an Alpha Wolf. Protective. Loyal." He glanced to Nikolaj and irritation crept into his tone. "Not the blind, mad rogue the council led us to believe was out here."
Gavin glanced at Erza out of the corner of his eye who shrugged. "You gonna explain yourselves, or are we just gonna dance?" he asked.
"Apologies," Viktor said returning to face Gavin. "As my idiot companion said. You have two bounties on your head. The council wants answers for what happened to a Vampire hive that went missing. Evidence points that you were the one that wiped them out. But, certain individuals from the Vampire race merely want your head."
Gavin narrowed his eyes on Victor. "The reason we aren't fighting then is because?" he trailed off at the end.
Viktor tried to give Gavin a charming smile, but it looked wrong with his pale features. "Because I find you interesting. The way you defended the students during the attack, not even hesitating to take the life of the enemy soldiers. Not many so young could be so heartless. Yet, you don't appear to be someone that bully's the weak, targets the unfortunate. So, I have a hard time understanding why you would slaughter a Vampire hive-If indeed that was you."
Other students walked by and Gavin stayed quiet for a moment. "Why would I bother answering any of your questions? It's not like it's going to change anything. The bounties will still exist, the council will still be a pain in my ass," Gavin said, his tone quieter.
A shadow dropped down from between the buildings and a knife was pressed to Viktor's exposed, pale throat. "Viktor? You're the assassin they sent?" A familiar voice called out. Surprise was clear in her tone as the knife hesitated.
Gavin's face twisted into a grin. "Welcome to the party AJ, we were just getting started with some answers."