Night Life
The moment Arabelle looks straight to the ghost, it vanishes. Seems like she has to wait for it to show up again. It might take sometime before it happens since she's not afraid. Ghosts seem to appear in most random places. She can see them for as long as she can remember. Although she didn't tell anyone about it because she doesn’t want to be known as the weird girl. The paranormal seems to be just a normal occurrence for her. She's not surprised that the castle has a ghost though.
The castle looks like it's been there for centuries already. It looks really old by now but seems to have a lot of elegant parties back in its prime. Now, it already looks so haunted since it's just her and the boss living in this huge castle. She decided to just ignore the ghost earlier and prepares to sleep. Although she doesn’t have a lot of things to do around here, she still needs to wake up early. It's her job to attend to the castle and the boss after all. She lay down her bed and closes her eyes to rest.
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Ralph wakes up from his slumber. Whenever the night falls, it's his time to be awake. He gets up from his black coffin. It's the only comfortable bed for him ever since he became a vampire. He doesn’t need to worry about getting burned by sunlight. It also protects him from other elements that might harm him. He woke up really thirsty when the glass fell down and crashed. Good thing, the glass is still empty. It will be a hassle to clean up the blood if it spilled all over the place.
"Darn, I only have one bag left!" he exclaimed when he checked his fridge.
He placed the blood bag into the microwave to heat it up. It's not going to go down easily if it's still clotted. He wants to drink it, not eat it like a steak. Good thing he got everything he needs inside his room. The new maid needs some time to get used to his ways. Let her discover it on her own so that she will not panic when she learns that her boss is a vampire. It's going to be messy if she will know about it as early as now.
Ralph takes the blood bag out from the microwave and takes a new wine glass from the rack. He looks at the broken glass from the floor and decides to ignore it for now. He can just ask the maid to clean it up later. Although she might be sleeping by now, he realized. He poured some blood into the wine glass and took a sip. The taste of warm blood made him feel better. Although it will not be enough to last him the entire night.
"I need to go out tonight then!" he told himself and drank the whole glass of blood.
There are two types of vampires existing in modern times. One who drinks human blood by victimizing humans. The other one also drinks human blood but from a blood bag. When it's not enough, they need to find another source which will be from the animals. Ralph usually buys blood bags from hospitals and blood banks. Although when the supply is not enough, he usually finds animals from the forest near the castle.
It's been a long time since he has bitten a human to suck up blood. He did that for sometime when he was still just a new vampire. Until now, he still didn't know where that vampire turned him. Is he still alive? He has no idea but if he ever finds him, he will kill him. That vampire is the reason why he is blood thirsty for centuries now. He's also the reason why he lost Sofia, the love of his life, without even being able to fight for her.
"Lucious, that darn vampire!" he exclaimed, clenching his fist while remembering that pale face and blood stained fangs.
He never wanted to be an immortal but because of Lucious, he became one. Nobody knows how sad it is to live for hundreds of years. From being royalty, he became a beggar, and then became rich again. He's just lucky that he was able to keep this castle after all these years. It became his shelter from every change that has happened. The only thing that keeps him holding on is the hope that Sofia will be reincarnated.
Ralph sighs from the thought of Sofia. When he saw Arabelle, she looked exactly like her. He can even see her with the same mannerisms. It will be a shame if she is not her reincarnation. He needs to show himself to her soon. That way, he can observe her better. Maybe she can also remember him from her past life. He made another sigh and then prepared to get out of the castle tonight. Maybe he can check on her before he heads out.