CHAPTER 1

"Li Sun!" Li Xiao shouted from the kitchen, placing the dishes on the table provided. A dim light illuminated the room making it harder for Li Xiao to work in the room. Well it was for the best actually. Since Li Sun had been complaining about the room being too bright for her eyes they had both found the candle much more convenient at the moment than the neon chandelier that hang arrogantly above them. Li Xiao wiped off his hands on the dishtowel he found by the sink a light frown creeping on his face.

"Li Sun, get down here or the food will get cold!"

He waited impatiently for the reply he well knew for himself that it would never come. 'Four days....'he repeated in his head, counting the meals that his sister had missed.

"What a pain!" Li Xiao muttered looking at the food on the table. A small smile crept on his face replacing the frown that had been there before when he heard the silent creek of Li Sun's bedroom door opening slowly as if hesitant to leave its hinge.

Li Xiao watched in disbelief as his sister descended down the stairs in a sweat polo neck and ripped leggings. Her black hair was tied into a bun with a few strands of loose hair hanging from her forehead.

"Where are you going?" he asked after regaining five of his senses. Li Sun kept quiet or pretended like she did not hear her brother as she ambled towards the fridge to take a bottle of milk. They were both similarly two peas in a pod except for Li Xiao's overbearance and Li Sun's ill-temper.

The stilling gray-blue ocean eyes that consumed your soul into an unknown valley, the plump red lips that tempted anyone who laid their eyes on them, the porcelain skin that was flawless like pure jade and the gentle temperament that sipped through the cold facade made the people around them wobble with conflicting emotions.

Pouring herself a cup of milk, Li Sun shrugged her shoulders. "Why do you want to know? Mind your business, Li Xiao," she stated bluntly. Li Xiao's blood sizzled in his veins like a volcano that's about to erupt. He made a tremendous effort to kept his temper in check. It was probably best if he controlled himself than to lash out at her.

"Li Sun, mind your mouth. Also, heat the milk before you drink it or else you will have a stomach-ache," he said calmly, swiftly taking away the glass of milk from Li Sun who was now burning with rage.

"Will you please stop?"

"Hm? Stop what?"

"Stop trying to replace them."

"Replace them? What are you talking about, A-Sun?" Li Xiao asked with his back turned on her. He stopped his motion and sighed. He knew exactly well how it was to be like and how it was going to end like with all of its twins and twindles. It always ended with the both of them pantry at each other.

It had always been like that since both their parents died seven years ago. Their father was the first to leave them after he was brutally sucked dry by those bloodthirsty beasts. Hopeless and helpless from the sudden loss of her husband, their mother was bed ridden.

Maybe it was a trick from fate twirling with their emotions like a spinner, scavenging their souls like a demon, threading the remaining hope in life that had been illuminated by a dim light that looked like anytime its glow would just fade away, it took their last alter ego.

She was murdered the same way their father was, sucked dry until all the blood vessels were empty. After that heartwrecking loss of both their parents, Lu Xiao took it into responsibility to take care of his younger sister since he was a bit older than the nine year old Li Sun who looked scared and lost.

After all, the so-called good relatives of theirs abandoned them ,leaving them with only threads of ill-stared glances. What else could he do except act out as the parent when they had no shoulder to cry on and a soul to relay on?

Taking such a big responsibility at such a tender age, the parent habit grew into character. No matter how hard he tried to wipe out its traces it always had a way of coming back to him. It couldn't be helped. Sadly, Li Sun never understood his sacrifices neither did she want to know them.

"I hate that part of you ,brother. I hate the slave in you. So what if you're older?! It's merely a two year age difference so why .........Why are you like this?! Can't you at least be selfish for once and do what makes you happy?! Why are you a slave...." The tears were flowing freely on her cheeks, blurring her misty vision. She bit her lower lips to avoid the miserable, ugly sobs that were crocking at her throat. Wiping away the tears from her eyes, she looked at her brother with a mocking smile.

"I'm going to the Karaoke bar that has been opened, big brother," she said, walking out of the house without another word.

Li Xiao glanced at his watch and frowned. It was almost past midnight and the curfew had already started yet Li Sun was not yet back from wherever she had wandered off to. The vampires had been causing a lot of trouble for the werewolves and also the petty humans. Not only have they been lethiferously drinking the werewolf blood but they also had the audacity to kill most of the werewolves on no account.

A few weeks ago nine teenage werewolves were found dead. Surprisingly there were no bite marks only a few scratches from razor sharp claws. The cause of death was not revealed but it was quite obvious as picks Jeff that the coldblooded devils had done it.

Deeply oceaned in his thoughts, Li Xiao was brought back to reality by the vibrating ring of his phone. Snatching it from the table he swept his eyes over the screen and his expression softened a little.

"Zhang Kee, why did---"

"A-Xiao ,is L'Sun at home?" Zhang Kee asked hurriedly cutting edge of Li Xiao's greeting.

"No, why?"

"Where is she right now?"

"She said she was going to the Karaoke bar that has been opened," he answered quickly.

"Ditch! That bar has been set on fire by those beasts!"

"What?!" Li Xiao exclaimed the phone slipping out of his shaking hands onto the tiled floor. Scrambling for his shoes he dashed out if the house, running without destination, inflicting the physical pain into his muscles.

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