Chapter 4: Kiss Of Chaos

The tower was silent, yet the weight of unspoken truths pressed against Evelyn like a storm waiting to break.

Her fingers trembled as she clutched the letter she had received earlier that night. The words burned in her mind:

"Everything you believe is a lie. The truth is hidden in blood. You are not who you think you are."

She hadn't told Damien. She hadn't told anyone.

But now, as she stood before him, his gaze locked onto hers with something dangerously close to amusement, she knew.

He knew something, and he wasn't going to give her answers easily

You don't know the truth, Damien murmured, his voice silky and taunting.

Evelyn grabbed her fists. "Then tell me."

His smirk deepened. Are you sure you're ready for it?

Her grip on the letter tightened.

Damien took a slow step forward, his presence suffocating, predatory.

Then, he said it. Something that made her entire world tilt.

"You are not human, Evelyn."

The letter crumpled in her hand as her breath caught.

The words echoed in her mind like a death sentence.

She shook her head, refusing to believe it. No. No, that's not true.

Damien's eyes shimmered. Then why don't you ask yourself why have you always felt different? Why do you dream of things you've never seen? Why does your blood call to creatures like me?

Her body barely moving.

It made sense. Too much sense. The strange visions. The pull she felt toward the darkness. The way her body burned when he was close, like something inside her recognized him.

Evelyn took a step back, her pulse pounding in her ears. "You're lying."

Damien let out a low chuckle. Am I?

She wanted to scream at him, to call him a monster and walk away, but then he said something else, something worse.

"Your mother wasn't full human either."

Evelyn froze…

Her mother. The woman she barely remembered.

The letter…

"Everything you believe is a lie."

She felt sick.

"You're playing games," she whispered. "You always do."

Damien's smirk faded. His expression was dimmed, his voice softer now, almost… regretful.

I was there the night you were born.

The room spun.

"No," she choked. "You weren't. You couldn't be."

But Damien didn't flinch.

And deep down, she knew he was telling the truth. A sharp, cold fear gripped her chest.

She was about to demand more when suddenly….

 BANG!

The doors to the tower flew open with a force that shook the entire room.

A gust of wind howled through, snuffing out the torches, plunging them into flickering shadows.

Something dark. Something unnatural had arrived.

Damien's body tensed, his eyes snapping toward the doorway.

Evelyn barely had time to react before a figure emerged from the darkness.

Not a man…Not a vampire…Something else…Something monstrous.

It had no face just shifting shadows where eyes should be, its body made of twisting darkness.

It let out a roar growl, low and inhuman.

Evelyn's breath almost ceased.

What the hell is that? she gasped.

Damien didn't answer. His jaw tightened, his entire body coiled like a predator ready to strike.

Then, the creature moved.

Fast.

Straight for Evelyn.

Damien lunged.

CRASH!

The impact sent both Damien and the creature slamming into the wall, cracking the stone.

The monster screeched, its form flaring like smoke.

Damien moved fast—too fast for her eyes to follow his claws slicing through the air.

The creature retaliated, its black veins lashing out, cutting through Damien's shoulder.

Blood splattered.

But Damien barely flinched.

Instead, he smiled.

A dark, wicked grin that sent chills down Evelyn's spine.

"Wrong move," he muttered.

Then, he vanished.

In a blur, he was behind the creature, his canine tooth sinking into its shadowed form.

The creature let out a piercing shriek.

Its body twisted. Convulsed.

Then….It disappeared.

Silence.

The only sound was Evelyn's rapid breathing as she pressed herself against the wall, trying to make sense of what had just happened.

Damien stood there, his chest rising and falling with slow, controlled breaths.

Then, he turned to her.

His lips were stained with blood. His eyes glowed like molten fire.

You… Evelyn swallowed hard. You saved me.

Damien wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, his smirk returning.

Don't misunderstand, little one. He took a step toward her. No one touches what's mine.

The way he said it sent shivers down her spine.

Evelyn looked down at the letter in her hand.

"Everything you believe is a lie."

She had no idea what she was anymore…No idea what Damien's role in her past truly was.

But one thing was certain, the lies were just beginning to unravel.

And the truth?

The truth was going to destroy her.

 ….Continue…