CHAPTER 23

  "Damn it!" Duke punched a tree and it fell to the ground with a loud thud. "We've combed this damn forest and still haven't found a trace of her," he said to the unhappy duo before him.

  "We had just this chance. This was a grand chance to become vampire kings and we just blew it like this. Unbelievable!" Martelio said in between pants.

  "Maybe we should keep searching again?" Brian suggested.

  They were close to the seashore and they recalled that the girl wanted to head to a water body before they could grab the chance to capture her at her weak moment.

  Maybe she'll surely come here?

  They need not think for too long as they could hear the sounds of fast running.

  "Seal your smell, brothers," Duke ordered and the others obeyed. Now all three had hidden their rotten scent and hidden behind high shrubs.