Chapter 02: Palace   Tiffany had both of her eyes shut closed as the vampire got closer towards her. Her whole body shook but she still could not do anything. She was scared. She was helpless. She regretted taking this shortcut right at that moment. She initially thought that a pain will rush to her neck, but as time goes by, nothing happened and instead she heard a sound of something snapping apart.    “You–” She heard the vampire groan in pain as she opened both of her eyes. The man that was trying to attack her was now on the ground, with his head dislocated. He was dead.   Unknown to her, there were two more person beside her and when one of them coughed, she then jumped a little in shock and noticed them. She turned and looked at the two girls; one of them had a grin on her face while the other kept a cold look with her arms crossed.    “Are you okay?” The kinder looking and taller looking one asked out of concern as Tiffany found herself nodding her head. Right at that moment, her best friend then shot to her mind as she turned abruptly to look for her. But what she saw instead was the other girl that saved her was now grabbing onto that vampire who held onto Jessica earlier on. With one ease move, she then managed to snap the vampire’s neck as Tiffany and Jessica unknowingly let out a gasp.    Why is she so strong? Is she a… vampire too? Tiffany asked herself. She snapped out of her thoughts once Jessica pulled her into a hug suddenly.   “Tiff, are you alright?” Jessica asked softly while caressing her back. “I was so worried about you…”   Tiffany nodded against Jessica's shoulder, “yeah, I'm fine.”   Jessica pulled away from the hug to only look at her best friend guiltily, “I’m sorry that I couldn't do anything…”   Tiffany quickly shook her head and grasped onto the brunette’s arms, “it’s not your fault, Jess. There’s nothing to apologise for and besides… he was holding you at that time.” She was referring to the vampire.   Jessica smiled at her best friend with the reassurance before she then turned to the two awkward strangers beside them. “Who are you guys?” She asked with her cold stare which made the two raise their eyebrow up.    “Shouldn’t you be thanking us first? I thought that’s what happens when someone saved you?” The taller one chuckled but immediately stopped when she saw that everyone was being serious. “Sorry…” She mumbled out softly.    “Who are you?” This time, it was Tiffany who asked as she found herself cowering at the gaze that the shorter girl was giving her. She relaxed once that girl looked away.    “I’ll be straightforward since you’ve already seen what had happened.” Again, she looked at Tiffany before looking away. “The both of us are also vampires.” She said out with an emotionless face.    Tiffany looked at them in shock before she mumbled, “va-vampires…” Her hand found Jessica's arm as she clutched onto it tightly while taking a few steps back.    Jessica saw what she did so being the overprotective friend she is, she let herself stand in front of Tiffany and glared at the two vampires, “what do you want now? Two isn’t enough and now there’s more?” She sneered.   “We want nothing. We saw you two in danger, so we decided to help you out. It’s just that simple.” The shorter one explained with her arms still crossed.    While having many thoughts running through her mind like how the hell are there vampires in this world and the more ridiculous thing is why the two of them are the ones who met– not one, but four vampires, Tiffany then suddenly thought of the poor girl that was lying consciously on the floor. “I–is she going to be alright?”   The taller girl shook her head with a sign of sorrow on her face, “unfortunately, there's no way she could survive with the vampires drinking that much of her blood.”   “How can they be so heartless?” Jessica whispered out to herself but was still heard by the others.   “You could say that the girl is unlucky I guess. The two vampires that she ran into are from the Furer clan. They are the most feared clan in the vampire world because the members are all ruthless, also they enjoy killing not only humans but vampires as well. The thing is… she was lucky enough that those two vampires are of the lowest rank of the clan.” The shorter girl said everything out like an expert she is.    Tiffany shook her head in disbelief before stepping out. Jessica tried to stop her, but couldn’t as the brunette pushed her hands away and continued walking forward until she was right in front of the blonde. “How could you say that she’s lucky when she’s dead now?” Right now, all fears of hers were cast aside as she could only think how unfair this world was for killing an innocent person, not just a person but an ordinary student.    The blonde seems to be unaffected by the loudness from Tiffany as she flexed her jaw and controlled herself so she wouldn’t lose her temper. “If she did run into a vampire of higher rank, she wouldn’t be dead, but rather, she could be easily turned into one of them. Do you want that to happen, huh? Would you rather want her soul to be sold to them and never be free again?” She too, took a step closer towards Tiffany as the two began a glaring contest.    The friend of the blonde then quickly went forward and pulled her away to avoid any fight from happening, “alright, that's enough.” She patted onto the blonde's back so as to sooth her anger that is building up within her.    Jessica noticed the intensity in the air and even she herself also could not take it so she spoke, “then what clan are the both are you from?” All eyes were then casted onto her as she shrugged her shoulders, “I'm just curious that's all.”   “We're from the Menesis clan. It's the strongest and most religious vampire clan. Hmm, and if you’re wondering, we are from the good side.” The tall one explained with a proud smile on her face but it was soon wiped off as the blonde hit the back of her head.    She glared at the blonde but it did no effect as all it takes was a stare from her before the tall one looked away, “why did you even