Julie's eyes widened on seeing Griffin being pulled out from inside the coffin. He looked nothing less than a ghost because of his pale skin and the dark circles that had formed under his eyes. She looked back and forth between him and Cillian, and Cillian's eyes silently met hers, and they didn't speak a word.

  "Are you alright, Griffin?" questioned Luciano, looking at the younger vampire, who had a dazed look as he hadn't consumed blood in the last three days that had weakened his body.

  Donovan nonchalantly commented, "He's not a human, but a vampire, Luciano. The boy will be just fine even if he doesn't drink blood for one week. Isn't that right, Griffin?"

  Griffin's voice was low as he spoke, "I need blood."

  "Hmph, weakling," remarked Donovan, looking down on Griffin.

  And though Griffin was in a weakened state of body and mind, he tightly clenched his hands into fists. He wanted to beat Cillian and throw him in the coffin to make sure how he felt. He still didn't understand how a human could be this strong. He had never met anyone like this, and he raised his hand, pointed it at Cillian and complained, "This person attacked us!"

  Castiel was watching the whole situation with an apprehensive look on his face. Before Luciano would pop another vein on his forehead, he said, "Griffin, did you attack your professor for no reason?"

  Griffin's eyes squinted, and he asked, "Which professor?"

  "Me," replied Cillian, folding his hands behind him.

  When the fuck did this person even appointed as a professor in Veteris?! Shouted Griffin internally in his mind.

  Luciano glared at the other two Elders and said, "This creature has no sense of what, when and how to do things. I cannot believe that Dante picked someone this useless to be part of the staff."

  "Now now, it was all just a misunderstanding. And if you ask me, Griffin can use a little rest. After all, he has been working so hard in keeping the Veteris ground safe from people intruding on it, isn't that right, boy?" questioned Donovan, unable to resist the smile that had now pulled upon his face.

  Griffin didn't know if he was supposed to agree that he had been working hard or accuse the Corvin. But Luciano didn't take the matter lightly, and he turned more annoyed, "And look what happened after he was trying so hard. He was pushed into the coffin?"

  "There are some others who were put in the coffin… I think," murmured Griffin, making sure his Elder vampire heard it well.

  Everyone turned to look at Cillian, who stood there with calm composure, while he stared at a bird perched on one of the nearest trees, singing a song. Sensing the people's gaze upon him, he turned to find them staring at him— some amused, some sigh, and some who were glaring down at him.

  "I demand that you put him in the dungeon. The next thing you know, he will be putting every other vampire in the coffin," stated Luciano, crossing his arms across his chest and waiting for Castiel to speak in his favour while knowing there was no point in talking to Donovan.

  "How about we first try to get everyone out of their coffin and then decide on what to do next," Castiel suggested, hoping they could sit down and think about it with a calm mind. Because Cillian was not an ordinary person, who they were dealing with right now, as he was a witch and a former Corvin or the other way round.

  When every person was pulled out from the Coffin, Castiel could only watch in awe that a witch had handled so many people at a time. Cillian would be a great asset when fighting with the other vampires, the Elder vampire thought in his mind.

  "Why does this boy look like he was put in here long ago?" questioned Donovan, staring at one of the boys he had caught in one hand and had pulled out of the coffin.

  Cillian's eyes fell on the person, and he said, "I didn't put him in there."

  "Maybe he was never woken up from his coffin since the last few decades."

  Julie, standing at the side, watching everyone, her eyes fell on one of the vampire boys, who lay near Donovan's feet. Why did he look familiar? A second later, her mouth fell open when she realized who that person was.

  She turned to look at Roman, who already knew it was the same vampire who had almost turned her into a snack some time ago when she had just found out about the vampire's existence.

  Roman replied, "It was me."

  "This is fantastic," came the dry sarcasm from Luciano. "Your entire family has a record for creating trouble. We might as well just put them all in the dungeon. And why did you even put a fellow student in there?"

  "He was about to kill Julie. He should be grateful that I didn't push a stake through his heart," retorted Roman, and Luciano's eyes snapped to look at him.

  Luciano took a couple of steps towards Roman and warned him, "Count yourself lucky that you aren't someone whom I turned into a vampire. I would have made sure you understood what it meant to respect the Elder vampires. I would have killed you for your disobedience."

  "Well, it is good that Rome is not any turned vampire but my son. An Elder vampire's and a witch's son," came the proud words from Donovan.

  "A witch? I thought she was a human," murmured Griffin, and he lifted his gaze to look at Roman, who stared back at him. Given the right opportunity, Griffin would have chosen to get back into the coffin for the number of news he was getting this week. Who knew that the next would end up with Roman being called the next Elder vampire.

  Luciano turned to look at Cillian and said, "I will make sure that you don't stay in Veteris. You harmed an Elder vampire's boy."

  "I was merely following the protocols, Mr. Sterling," reasoned Cillian, and Luciano glared at the Corvin as if the Corvin believed that he was a dumb vampire.

  "I will fucking kill you," Luciano threatened Cillian through gritted teeth.

  Castiel placed his hand on Luciano's shoulder and said, "This is not the time for it. We have other important matters in hand."

  Cillian wasn't done speaking, and he said, "I had to show my skills for the current job. It is my duty as a detention teacher, to make sure all the students follow and respect, as you said. Respect the elders."

  Before the matters could get worse, Castiel turned to Julie, "Go ask Mr. Borrell or Isolde to arrange some finest quality of blood for our young vampires right away."

  Julie nodded and decided to pull Cillian with her while Roman stayed back with Donovan and the other Elder vampires.

  On their way, she asked him, "How could you do that? Everyone knows not to mess with the direct disciples of the Elder vampires."

  "The boy and his friends attacked me first," not to mention, the boy was planning to harm Julie, thought the Corvin in his mind.

  "And you didn't remember to tell me about it?" Julie raised her eyebrows.