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Jayden’s POV

It's so late at night; I’m lying in bed, deep in thoughts of the funny and, at the same time, ridiculous scenario that happened earlier at the club.

I'm Jayden Crane, the one and only ruler of all mafia bosses in the United States. I’m known as the vampire lord amongst my kind in the underworld, and I’m the only vampire lord left. I’m only known as the mafia Lord in the mundane world; no one dares cross my path and go scot-free, including the vamps.

I decided to visit a club and go look for a fresh drink on my own, not knowing tonight wasn’t a regular. I sat at the VIP, expecting a meal to come over like they do, and then my eyes caught a perky butt packed in a hot red dress. I looked above the butts and found out she’s a blonde, then I suddenly felt the urge to see her turn around and see her face because she was backing me while facing the bartender.

That wasn’t me at that moment. "Why the fuck would I be checking a lady out!?" I furrowed my brows as I thought of this while lying in bed, facing the ceiling. I am not finding it funny anymore.

When I was about to manipulate her to come over to me, which is not my thing, she turned around in my direction, and our eyes locked immediately. I got more interested in her by seeing her eyes, face, and lips. Damn! The mundane was looking so hot and palatable, no doubt! But how dare she? How dare she have an ulterior motive!

I knew it was Damon the moment I felt her inject something like a needle into me to withdraw my blood. I was wondering what he was up to when he finally revealed himself as the top mafia boss. I should have gotten rid of him immediately after getting full details about his whereabouts. Now, the calamity that befell both the underworld and the mundane world a thousand years ago is about to repeat itself.

Something seems off about this lady. "How was she able to make me weak with the vervain spray?" I was confused.

Vervain makes all vampires weak, but that could only happen if the vervain was ingested. Only one’s mate can use the spray and make it have an effect on you through sniffing, and my mate is long gone. It hurts whenever I recall her death.

We vamps are only bound to a mate; if one dies, the other would live a lonely life for the rest of his or her days, for there’s nothing like a new mate or second mate.

I knew the blonde lady was going to approach me, and I also felt her confidence when she decided to whisper the funny truth into my ear. She didn't seem ordinary. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t wait to feed on her, and that’s not like me either.

I acted rashly tonight; I already sniffed in the spray before I could sense danger from her, and surprisingly, my whole system was already damn weak—more like a paralyzed limb. Although I was still very aware of what was going on around me, she had already succeeded and escaped before I could get hold of myself and gather up enough strength.

On a regular basis, I could still catch up with her, but I hadn't fully recovered from the vervain.

After recovering a little from the vervain, I decided to move closer to a girl, draw her close, and plunge my fangs deep into her shoulder. She didn’t seem bothered; she submitted to me even without me manipulating her or anything; all these bitches find it painful. These weak, mundane people are ready to give me their heads as long as I give them the chance to come close to me. All I need is to ask.

After feeding on them, the two holes made by my fangs would close up immediately on their shoulders automatically—we all have that in us, including a newborn vamp.

I don’t drink them dry. If I want that, I’d go for their neck; the same thing happens if I want to convert them, but I don’t seem to see the need to drink anyone dry yet, and I guess that will change soon.

The indiscriminate conversion of mundanes into suckers happened a thousand years ago; only I have the conversion fangs now. No one among the vampires can turn any mundane creature into a vampire, even if they go for the neck. Only I have the conversion blood running in my veins. Many vampire lords used to, but now I’m the only one existing ever since the incident that happened a thousand years ago.

I knew what happened tonight would happen if we didn’t get rid of Damon first; now he’s succeeded after his betrayal 500 years ago. He’s been planning on making the whole realm filled with our kind; he wants to put an end to the mundane world.

Now that it's gotten to this, I guess I have to go to Cyprus and head to the underworld. It’s no longer safe here. But first, I need to deal with this daring soul that dares cross my path. I’ll use her to teach his other followers a great lesson. I should remind them of the big consequences they’d encounter if they tried to mess with me again.

I was thinking of going very early tomorrow morning, but that’d be too creepy. Who knows if he’s already injected my blood into himself and started turning his followers into suckers already?

I need to act fast before he sends the blonde away. She deserves to be punished by me; she can’t escape that. I know what Damon's capable of.

After enough thinking, I got down from bed, went straight to my closet, looked for a matching plain black palazzo suit, and dressed in it. I loosened the first three buttons of my shirt from up, which made my bare chest expose a little. I used my favorite blueberry-mint cologne. After giving myself a perfect killer look, I took a brief glance at my reflection in the mirror and made an attempt for the door.

I only have two guards with me; they are both suckers, and they are the only vamps in the mundane world with me; the rest are in the underworld, which is hidden far away from the mundane in Cyprus; it’s dominated by vampires; ordinary humans can never locate its whereabouts; one can only gain access to it through teleportation, and only vampires and the ones with superpowers can do that.

Jimmy and Jeremy, my two personal guards who are also brothers, help me with information about how things are going in the underworld. I asked them to watch secretly for me without letting them know, and they’ve been giving me both negative and positive feedback, which I’m finally going to attend once I’m done here. They were already set up downstairs, awaiting my commands as always.

They saw me approach and bow. I signaled to them, and they understood we have a serious issue to deal with immediately. I chose to go in a black sports car. Jimmy and Jeremy went for the front seats while I sat at the back, taking some shots from my blunt.

"The D Clan," I said to them. They understood immediately, and Jimmy, who’s in the driver’s seat, plied the road smoothly at a very high speed, like someone going on a suicide mission.

We arrived at Damon’s clan in just 45 minutes. By the time we got there, it was already 11 p.m. I knew Damon would be expecting me to come the following morning. I set out of the car, threw away my remaining blunt, and made to go for the daring blonde’s suit.

It's so easy to locate her. I asked the JJ brothers to make everyone present in their gathering hall by making an urgent call through their callers' alarm bell. I asked them not to go for Damon because he might be too strong for them to handle now. I know my blood is running through him right now, and I also don’t stand a chance of taking him down at the moment; I haven't fully recovered from the vervain.

He really planned this thoroughly, but I’m sure he’s not expecting what I’m about to do tonight either.

After getting the location of the daring blonde through her scent, I disappeared in thin air and made to go for her door. I unlocked her door with my eyes, which turned red in the process, and went back to normal after unlocking the door. There I met her, still asleep in bed. I angrily woke her up with a hot slap. She made an attempt to fight back, but I restrained the dummy blonde with just my thoughts, making her hang in the process. Then she stared at me with her emerald eyes, looking perplexed.

I couldn’t figure out the emotions in her eyes, but I know she’s weary right now. She made an attempt to talk, but I sealed her mouth just by furrowing my brows in the direction of her mouth and did the vampire lord thing. Only I can do as much as these, but I guess that will change soon.

I noticed she didn’t want to get up from her position; she seems to be a stubborn type. Her behavior got me more angry, and I manipulated her to act according to my thoughts for her. I said in her head to stand up; she did, and she got down from the bed. I dragged her by her hair and made her go to the hall.

The members of the clan were all present, as expected. I made her kneel with her head bowed in front of all her fellow members. Their minds were perturbed. They couldn’t make any attempt; they sure know who’s in front of them right now.

Then I began to place my warnings; as you all mundanely can see, they all looked confused upon hearing the word "mundane," and that’s literally what I want. "Although they would later know what I’m talking about," I thought in my head. Then I continued with the warning speech; this dummy who’s also a member of your clan crossed my path, and she’ll be losing her head for it tonight. I felt her shake in fear—exactly what I wanted—and they all gasped aloud on hearing that too. Then I continued placing the last warning: if you know you still value your life, I advise you to get the hell out of this place tonight before it’s too late because, in the future, y’all are sure going to vanish, I promise.

I guess their boss is still struggling to adapt to the changes going on around his body system and can’t make it here. I asked Jimmy to drag her away and put her in the car’s boot. I walked away with Jeremy following behind and left Damon’s clan members to their thoughts.

We got out of the clan and went for the car. Jimmy was already in the driver’s seat. waiting for our arrival. After getting set, he finally drove towards the house.

We got to the villa, took all the necessary documents, and went back to the car. We teleported from the car straight to the underworld. They would have to book a flight to Cyprus and teleport from there before they could enter the underworld if I hadn’t been with them.

We appeared at the underworld's only exit, which is also the only entrance. We appeared without the car; it's just the four of us on our limbs. We teleported again from the entrance and appeared at the front of my chamber.

I asked them to put the dumb, daring blonde in one of the single-chamber rooms and lock her up for now while freeing her from my manipulation in the process. I heard her struggling to be free from Jimmy’s grasp. Jimmy carries out tasks the most because he's the younger vamp.

It is still night in the underworld around 8 p.m. I asked one of the J brothers to announce my arrival tonight so they could all get ready for the gathering tomorrow morning.

I went straight to my chamber and started jotting down new rules.

Now that I’m around, I need to put some things back in their right places and see if I’ll

be able to stop Damon and his new emerging followers-to-be as soon as possible.