Chapter 53: True Identity
– Brother, when I went to eat with Calantha before, I tried garlic and found it very delicious. Later, please add garlic to my food. Lucasta suddenly put down the spoon and made a suggestion.
– You know I’m allergic. I can’t touch garlic. If you like, you can eat it outside.
– But now I have to limit going out. Calantha invited me to eat but I had to refuse.
Samson said nothing more, bent down, and finished his meager portion of food. He understood the temperament of his sister who was not related by blood to him.
When she begged, if he couldn’t agree, it would be best for him to stay silent, otherwise, she would struggle and cry.
Although she will quickly realize her mistake and apologize, he doesn’t want a conflict between them.
However, this time Samson was wrong because Lucasta deliberately said that to test him one last time before using the cross to test him.
In her heart, she still hoped that what Michael and she were suspecting was not true.
Even if he is not her biological brother, she still wants him to be a human being, only then can she feel secure and live with him.
She was very afraid of him but didn’t want to lose him at all. This feeling is extremely uncomfortable.
After the meal ended, the two of them went together to the bus stop and then to Star Corporation.
However, as soon as Samson got on the return bus to return, Lucasta also hurriedly took a taxi and followed.
To avoid Harvey discovering her absence and asking Samson, she took out her phone and texted him, telling him that she had an unexpected appointment with Calantha and asked him to give her a day off. She also did not forget to tell him not to tell her brother.
– Stop, stop. Lucasta leaned forward, urging the driver to brake quickly when he saw a department store on the side of the road.
After five minutes of running in, she rushed out with a bottle of garlic water. Just thinking about what was about to happen, she was sweating, soaking her white shirt.
Michael said that once she decided to test Samson, she had to call him so that he could arrange someone to protect her if Samson wanted to attack her and also so that the police could capture the target.
However, she was still wondering, she really did not want to personally put the man she loved with all her heart into the hands of the police and the group of vampire hunters.
If Samson was really a creature that sucked human blood, she would run away from him, and whether he was captured or not, she didn’t want to know.
Because she was afraid Samson would discover her, she asked the driver to stop at the beginning of the alley and then walked in.
The spare key in her hand trembled as she inserted it into the lock, successfully opening the gate and main door without being detected by Samson because the house was quite large and he was busy diluting the dried blood in the room.
The blonde girl’s appearance at this moment was like a thief, her eyes were secretly observing the surroundings and walking as gingerly as possible. In her hand was an opened bottle of garlic water.
After passing through the living room, Lucasta walked to Samson’s bedroom because she saw the door was ajar and what met her eyes made her extremely scared.
He was holding a glass of red liquid in his hand, drinking it leisurely as if enjoying a glass of wine.
– Lucasta.
Samson turned around in surprise when he discovered a very small sound coming from Lucasta’s little feet rubbing against the floor.
He did not expect her sudden return because he had seen her approaching the main gate of Star Corporation.
– Oh my god, how… how could that be possible… – Lucasta unconsciously stepped back, stuttering.
– Lucasta, I…
Before Samson finished speaking, he received the entire bottle of garlic water from the hand of the girl he loved and cherished with all his heart because he was trying to approach her and he didn’t expect her to throw garlic water at him so he had no intention of avoiding it.
– Ah… ah… ah…
Samson’s loud scream terrified Lucasta so much that she couldn’t even lift her legs. She was horrified as she watched his white skin turn red and his claws appear.
The ruby-colored eyes that she once felt were beautiful and wished to have suddenly turned red like blood.
The two sharp fangs that grew longer gave her a more accurate answer than ever, that he was a vampire, not a human.
– Don’t… don’t come here… don’t… ah…
Lucasta trembled and fell to the floor and then crawled back, shaking her head frantically when she saw Samson struggling step by step towards her.
She regretted it, she should have left as soon as she heard what Michael said, instead of testing Samson like this.
After so many years, this was the most terrifying moment for her. Compared to being hit by a car or falling from the third floor, this moment was much scarier.
– Lucasta… Lucasta…
The sound of him calling her name when it reached her ears was like an echo coming from a cold hell. Fear had overwhelmed all reason, making her unable to recognize his suffering.
The pain in his body did not hurt him as much as the pain in his heart when he saw the girl he considered as his life trying to separate the distance between them gradually.
– No… no…
Cold sweat broke out all over Lucasta’s body. She tried to crawl faster to escape the bloody, burned hand waving in front of her.
Even though her body kept bumping into objects, she no longer felt pain.
When she thought he was close to reaching her, she suddenly remembered the cross in her bag and quickly took it out, closed her eyes, and held it straight forward.
– Ah… ah… ah…
Another scream of pain rang out from Samson. The pain from the mysterious light that only vampires can see made Samson no longer able to endure.
He ran away in panic, grabbed a black cloth to cover his broken body covered in red blood, and escaped. This is the only way for him to preserve his life.
After a long while, Lucasta slowly opened her eyes. When she could no longer see his figure, the cross in her hand also fell and her whole body was completely exhausted, lying on the floor, her eyes still wide open but the scene kept fading, fading…
Everything that just happened was a terrible reality, not a dream.
While Lucasta fainted, Samson was trying to run away from the eyes of passersby.
Everyone was surprised to see a person wrapped in black cloth, walking unsteadily and constantly tripping.
Samson had only experienced one serious injury before. That’s when he went with Vincent to save Maris.
He thought history would never repeat itself on his body, but he never expected that the girl he loved would turn him into this disgusting form.
Under the destructive force of garlic water and the cross, Samson no longer had the strength to use his ability to heal himself immediately. Furthermore, the harsh sunlight above was burning his skin even though it had penetrated several layers of fabric.
Seeing the abandoned house ahead, Samson tried to walk over and collapsed on the damp, dirty ground.
The cockroaches scrambled to scatter due to the noise and the rats quickly dispersed.
– Lucasta, why do you… treat me like that? Could it be that all the love I have for you doesn’t make you think well of me?
Hot tears flowed from his red eyes, mixed with the blood on his face, flowing down to the cold ground. His heart ached as if someone was stabbing him with a sharp iron stake.
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But Lucasta was different. He raised her for ten years, loved her like his own sister, and gradually loved her deeply, to the point where he thought she was half of his life and soul.
So, even in his wildest dreams, he never thought of her cruelly attacking him.
The moment she threw garlic juice at him, did she remember anything about those warm days in the forest?
He should have been suspicious when he saw her distant attitude and when she suddenly wanted to eat garlic.
It wasn’t until nearly noon that Lucasta slowly regained consciousness. Everything in front of her told her that this was not a nightmare.
She tremblingly searched inside her bag and took out a piece of paper with Michael’s phone number written on it. However, she only looked at it for a moment and put it away without calling him.
– Samson, why are you a vampire? Why did you lie to me?
The tragic, bloody image with blistered skin and scary face made Lucasta’s emotions fall into chaos.
She both pitied him and loathed him. She both felt regretful and hated him.
Struggling to stand up, she quickly packed her clothes and left the house that she once thought was her home.
After a long time sitting in a taxi without knowing where she was going, she took out her phone and called Calantha, asking her friend to help her because she had just quarreled with her brother and wanted to move out to live independently.
Of course, Calantha trusts Lucasta absolutely because in the eyes of the heiress of the Workday company, the innocent, lovely blonde girl like her friend does not know how to lie.
As soon as the meeting ended, Calantha drove to the meeting point on the main road and took Lucasta to the luxury apartment located on the fifth floor of a luxury apartment building.
This is where Calantha used to come to stay when she was angry with her parents, however, when she grew up and was mature enough, she only came here when she felt the need to be alone.
Looking at her friend’s disheveled appearance and puffy eyes, Calantha felt more amused than sorry for Lucasta.
– You stay here. At the end of every week, I will come to visit you and we will go out together and go shopping. Before, you lived with your brother, so I was hesitant to invite you. Calantha said while helping Lucasta bring things inside.
– Can… can you lend me some money?
Lucasta asked because she realized she forgot to take the money from the room with her, and she couldn’t use the bank card Samson gave her because she didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore.
– Of course. You should feel happy because you have a rich friend like me. I will support you.
As soon as Calantha finished speaking, she quickly pulled out her wallet, took out a thick stack of money with large denominations, and placed it in Lucasta’s hand.
Calantha originally planned to stay with Lucasta and comfort her friend to overcome the shock of leaving home, but because she suddenly remembered that she had another meeting with an important partner, she had to say goodbye.
– The grocery store is across the street and the refrigerator also has food available, you can cook whatever you want. Please rest assured and live here until your brother misses you and comes to pick you up.
Calantha gently pinched the opposite person’s cheek and quickly left.
When Lucasta was alone in the apartment, she started crying again. There will never be a day when she and Samson get back together.
She also didn’t know where he went and whether he was okay or not.
If she had quietly left him, she wouldn’t have been haunted by his hideous appearance.
– Maybe he’ll contact Harvey or Aurora for their help. But does Aurora know they are vampires? Why is she not afraid? – Lucasta said while arranging clothes in the closet.
Fortunately, Calantha brought her here. This apartment is both private and located in a crowded residential area, so she feels secure and doesn’t have to worry about Samson coming here to take revenge.
She made him look like that, so he definitely hated her very much.