Roman rubbed her back, pulling away to look at her. He said, "Nothing will ever happen to me. My mother kept me alive with the help of the dark stone, her efforts won't go to waste. But I am very hungry right now. I don't think drinking from you is advisable."

  Julie scrambled out of her bed, and she said, "Let us head to the lunchroom. I will treat you to blood cans."

  "I would like that," replied Roman, and once they got ready, wearing clothes and their shoes.

  They stepped out of the dorm.

  One of the human girls was talking to another girl from the next dorm, "I don't know what happened last night. I swear I thought something was haunting the girl's Dormitorium and I cannot help but not want to step out of the room now."

  "Really now. There's no ghost. I heard there was a power outage," replied the other girl.

  "I am not lying! It was really strange, and not to mention, I saw this shadow-like thing walk past my dorm under the door. Everything was working fine, and when was the last time Veteris ever had a power outage?" questioned the first girl. "And it was just us who had the issues. Most of the dorm's bulbs had to be changed as they broke in heat."

  When Julie and Roman walked past the girls, Julie turned to Roman, "What was that about?"

  "You sucked in all the energy. Electricity. Or it was just too hard for the electricity to stay stable before it broke down in the entire building," replied Roman, putting his arm around her.

  One of the girls who saw the couple walk past them spoke, "Looks like the rules of Veteris are going to change soon. Especially the rule with no guy or girl allowed in the opposite sex's dorms."

  But a lot more things than just the rules were going to change in Veteris, which the humans weren't aware about.

  Roman's hand slipped into Julie's hand, intertwining their fingers as they walked to the lunchroom. Once they entered the building, they took their usual table, where Maximus was sitting with Melanie and Conner.

  "How are you doing, Julie?" asked Melanie in concern for her friend.

  Julie smiled, "Much better. Thanks to Rome."

  Melanie's eyes met Roman's, giving him a nod, and he returned the nod. On their way, Roman had mentioned to Julie that Cillian had returned from the grave, which had considerably elated her mood, and she looked around.

  "Where is Cillian right now?" inquired Julie, she was used to him hovering around the lunchroom without anyone's notice.

  "I told him to go meet the elders. It would skip a lot of hassle to explain things," answered Roman.

  "Oh, don't speak about the hassle," muttered Maximus under his breath, that gained stares from the people who were sitting at the table. With Roman, who raised his eyebrows in question, he said, "Luciano has been hounding every vampire in this property, questioning and demanding where Griffin has disappeared to."

  "Where did he go?" asked Julie, questioning the least liked person on this property.

  Maximus shrugged his shoulders, "I have got not one bit of clue. Luciano believes Donovan and my uncle have something to do with it. Frankly, I don't know what even gives him that idea."

  "Isn't that the usual way his head works. Griffin should be around somewhere. Didn't he leave any note to Luciano?" questioned Roman, and Maximus shook his head.

  "Nothing at all. His room is clean and the weird part is that the guards who have been guarding on the West side of the Veteris, they have gone missing too. Wasn't it the same spot where the cameras had been manipulated?" asked Maximus.

  "It is," confirmed Julie, finding it rather strange that people had disappeared.

  "I must agree though, it is very unlike Griffin to not let Luciano know. Considering how he likes to inform his Elder about every little detail," remarked Roman with a thoughtful expression on his face. "I am sure he's somewhere here, ready to bury his grave for another mistake he makes. Anyways, have you heard anything from Olivia about the new vial of glass that the hunters brought in yesterday?"

  Melanie's parents had tried to use the vial of liquid in the lunchroom, in the vampire's food.

  "They have been working since last afternoon, but I doubt they have been able to create an antidote for it. There were a few rogue vampires, and the sample tests are being tested against them," replied Maximus in a tone of indifference.

  Hearing this, Conner turned alarmed and asked slightly alarmed, "Aren't those vampires on your side?"

  "Rogue vampires aren't of much use when they turn into wild animals. All they can do is hunt and feed without anything else on their mind. The infirmary doctors make sure that the other regular vampires are not harmed, and it is just the ones who are rotten," explained Maximus, that left Conner in deep thought. "But I believe there is going to be a situation being caused here. The little glass of vial isn't enough to test, and it is exhausting quite quickly." He then turned to look at Melanie and Conner, "Do you think you will be able to arrange another glass vial to be brought in here. You can go home back home and get it too."

  "I don't think it is feasible today," replied Roman. "But maybe once you are done with your exam?" the question was directed to Melanie.

  Melanie bit her lip and said, "I have never been allowed to step foot in this underground basement of our house all these years. I am not sure if I will be successful in stealing one of them. But I guess I can try."

  "I can help you look for it," came the words from Conner, and everyone turned to look at the curly-haired boy. "Two is easier than one."

  "Then it is decided," said Roman looking at the humans, "Melanie and Conner will be bringing us another vial of the same liquid next week."