Chapter 40: Chapter 40

Jace's POV

Everyone scampered away for safety, and I could see how Torian's grip slipped off Lola's neck before he took quick steps back, his legs trembling.

The werewolf scent was gone and replaced with that strong royal scent and the heart-wrenching aura of a vampire, which left everyone terrified to the core. I knew, in no distant time, the hunters would be here to hunt him down, as every wolf here would quickly send a mind link to the hunters' base. They would come in large numbers, and it wasn't going to be easy for him.

"You are a vampire?" Sophia's voice was stressed out as she grunted, peering at him, but Jason seemed to have lost his mind entirely as his eyeballs glowed in strange colors and his gaze was fixed on Lola.

"You... are..." You are mine. " His husky voice rolled out again, each word at a time. This time, it wasn't laced with anger, but passion. He was looking straight into Lola's face like that was where his life depended on it.

"Blake..." Lola cried out, blinking tears as she dragged herself up from the ground. She was the only one who wasn't afraid of Blake and had gotten the courage to make any move. Every other living thing in the classroom had frozen into the scary form of Blake.

I had always heard stories about vampires, but never in my life had I seen one. The fangs were so pointed and sharp that they could clearly cut through steel. His skin was dry and dead with those glowing eyes, giving him the monster look. But what frightened me the most was his increased size and bulky muscles, which were already tearing his school uniform.

His dark hair flowed down to his back region.

"I can remember you now. Who dared to hurt you in front of me?" Blake added, taking graceful steps forward to Lola. The aura around him made the environment tense, and I was already feeling my inner wolf tremble.

Vampires are our greatest, and here is one. But why isn't he killing us all as we had been told? Yes, the Alpha and elders had always made us believe they were ferocious and wild when in the vampire form, killing every wolf they sighted without restraint.

Lola's POV

I was crying. I was shaking terribly as I watched his claws draw closer to my eyes. My head was on fire, burning with intense pain that seemed to sear my skin. My blood was dripping down my face till I could taste it seeping into my mouth.

It was like hell as my body shook in response to every wave of inexplicable pain that burned through me like a wildfire.

My back, which was badly wounded from the teacher's whip, had torn open again after being bandaged in the school hospital, causing a stinging sensation all around it while blood trickled down to my legs.

I was about to lose my eyes and arm. That was the order from Sophia, which I knew without doubt that Torian would carry out. The terror was becoming reality with everyone watching without making any move to save me. Jace was the only one to make an attempt while the man that had caused me all this sat and stared at me with a blank expression.

He didn't seem bothered, or was hiding it, but in all, he wasn't coming to save me. After now, my pretty face would be gone, and not just that, I would never get to see the handsome face of Blake again. My world would be in peak darkness with hallucinations hunting me day and night.

This was enough to make me shake more vigorously. Maybe I would be able to save myself, but the beast in front of me was bent on putting me through that trauma forever as he punched my face so hard that I felt my face swelling up with my vision going bleak.

My blood forced out my lips as my face hurt so much, more than I could bear. Blood was almost covering every part of it. I knew I was passing out as my strength sapped out.

Then once again, I caught a glimpse of Blake. His expression had changed into a strange one that I still couldn't understand, but in his eyes, I saw tears, I saw pain, and fright. He was scared I would die.

Just when Torian was about to end it all, I saw the necklace dangling over his neck, and that made me recall that he gave me a ring. He'd forgotten everything about me, but I'd give it one more shot before I went blind.

That was how I showed the ring to him.

"Blake, can't you remember this? " With the last ounce of strength remaining in me, I bawled. Although my voice was loud, it was faint in my ears.

Torian grimaced and paused his attempt to pluck out my eyes, as he must be wondering who Blake was.

But just then, he called my name with the most furious but passionate voice my ears had ever heard. I felt the powerful aura and compelling force that lashed out with his tone, shaking the pillars.

Once again, that most pleasant earthly scent from Blake whiffs into my nostrils mixed with his strong and intoxicating vampire scent.

Torian had quickly released his grip on me and scurried away for safety, letting me fall heavily on the ground as my shaky legs could not hold me up.

Every part of me was bathed in pain that made hot tears sear my eye sockets and stream down like a flood over my cheeks. I was in that depth of pain which seals the lips and muscles, letting you shed just tears with no strength to whimper or cry out loud.

I needed to recuperate, but more injury was what my body kept receiving. The additional pain in my heart was making me go insane. That pain of seeing the man you loved staring at you without remembering If he had ever met you before. It was just like a stab, not once, but countlessly.

Why did I meet him again when he wouldn't recall anything about me?

I pulled my heavy, aching head up to see Blake's eyes glowing with his vampire nature fully unlocked. The powers around him were so dangerous and deadly that no one could get close to him. Vampires are so powerful, far more than wolves. Mom had warned me to stay away from them and kill anyone at any given chance because they were devils in disguise.

The thought of this made fear grip me as I wondered if Blake would kill everyone in the class, including me. He looked so deadly in his vampire nature, but why was he still calm, peering at my face.

A few minutes later, after calling me "mine", he said that word I had always longed to hear.

He just uttered it. He said he could remember me and asked who dared to hurt me.

I was standing but my entire weight was leaning towards the desk behind me as he took those leopard-like steps forward towards me.

His sweet and spell-binding smell of the forest after a heavy downpour, mixed with sandalwood citrus and the pleasant scent of mint and chocolate, all swirled around him, battering my nose and spreading inside me so that I almost got lost sniffing more and more as it seemed like a fresh breath of life.

He was standing in front of me already, towering over my height as our eyes locked. For the first time, I saw tears in those eyes. It was just in his eyes, but they were rolling down slowly till they hit the ground.

"I have failed you." He breathed, moving his soft but powerful palm over my cheeks, drying the tears on it.

"I will kill everyone who put you in pain right now. Just sit back and watch, and I will never forgive my mother for making me forget you. How? How did I forget my mate and vampire queen?" he snarled, his voice filled with anger towards his mother and possession over me. The way he called me his mate and vampire queen was so dominant and I could tell clearly how much he wouldn't bear to share me with anyone else.

Before I could say anything, he turned sharply at the students, causing them all to flee to the single door, jamming themselves as everyone was struggling to leave first.

Just then, the scent of thousands of pack hunters rushed through the air, swishing into my nose and causing my jaw to drop.

"Blake!" I screamed his name in terror. I was a pack hunter's daughter and was the first to get the scent. My eyes flicked at Sophia, and she looked so unbothered with a cheesy smile.

My call made Blake scurry to me with curiosity at what had prompted the scream.

I pulled him into a tight hug, whispering into his ears.

"Take me out of here now! Sophia might plans to stop you from running away once the hunters get closer, but I have sensed their presence and perceived their scent before anyone. We only have now to leave. "