In the following months after Mr. Black's death, things on the farm did not improve. The people of the town said that it was a curse that had fallen on the Black family.
Nothing remained of that family, everyone thought that Mrs. Black had led her family to death. Because her greed brought about the death of her son and then of her ex-husband. The farm slowly declined, went bankrupt and everything in the small town changed, people did not like to pass near the farm, because it gave them a strange feeling when passing by, and they felt strangely cold, some neighbors said they always felt chills when passing by it.
One of those cold nights, even though it was summer, the feeling of desolation that used to be felt after so many strange events that began to happen after the death of the entire Black family, that night the vibe was different, the families had felt something out of the ordinary in the environment, "that cold is not normal," was what everyone was saying.
That night, all the people closed their houses with a lot of security and some stood guard standing inside them. Many sins were happening in this town, many abuses, the control of what is called "values" had been lost, comments that the town had been abandoned by God, so many supernatural things happened, the town was basically already very poor. The town needed to be destroyed to end all the crap that happened in it.
In the central part of the forest, in the darkest part of it, he could hear the whisper of the wind, the sound of leaves falling from the trees and the occasional noise of some nocturnal animal.
He slowly opened his eyes, the sound was somewhat strident to his ears, but at that moment it was a murmur, everything felt different, he could not yet move, his body was very heavy. He did not know where he was, he did not remember where he was or even who he was.
His eyes could see everything, even the smallest particle in the air, it was as if his senses had become more agile. He managed to sit up after a moment and looked at his naked body; as he looked at himself, he noticed how his skin was so white, and his hands had long, thin fingers. He tried to stand up, but his legs did not respond at that moment. He had to wait a little longer and when he finally stood up and looked around him, he heard running water. It was a river, so he walked in that direction.
He approached the river and could even see the fish swimming under the water, he approached the shore, he tried to observe his reflection in the water. He managed to see his reflection and noticed that his gaze was strange, the color of his eyes were red, his eyes also had a fierce expression. He stepped back, he was completely confused, without understanding what was happening he stood still for a moment.
He raised his hand and touched his face, when he touched his own skin, he felt it cold, and his muscles hard. Suddenly a scent of something sweet entered his nostrils, he felt like an impulse, his eyes sharpened and he quickly turned his face in the direction where that scent came from, he felt like his throat was burning, an uncontrollable thirst that despite being close to the water, that was not what attracted him at that moment, he wanted to put his fangs in something to feed himself, it was a pain like something burning his throat.
He started walking quickly in the direction of that incredible and delicious aroma. He found an apple tree and, thinking that maybe that was what was giving off that aroma, he took an apple from it. He sniffed it, but the smell didn't suit his taste. When he finally got his teeth into it, the flavor, which was now more intense, spread throughout his mouth and made him spit it out and throw it away. No, this is not what he wanted.
Again, that seductive aroma reached his nose again and that attracted him. It was a delicious smell. His eyes moved extremely quickly in the direction where it came from. His five senses had sharpened, and he followed the smell. Soon he arrived at the back of a house; the smell was stronger right there. He approached, stealthily trying to find where the smell was coming from. Like a feline stalking its prey, once he got close enough, a young woman came out from behind the house, he hid so as not to be seen.
That sweet aroma came from that young woman, he cautiously approached behind her and with a blank mind he was going to attack her, that was his only thought; that aroma was driving him crazy; he opened his mouth exposing his long fangs and when he was about to jump on her, she turned back and saw him.
She was scared and screamed. He placed his hands over his ears, because that loud noise surprised him, he took a step back, she did too and fell to the ground next to him.
– I'm so sorry! You surprised me. Are you okay?
He didn't answer at that moment, it’s because he didn't understand what she had just told him.
This young woman managed to crouch down to get closer to him, as she approached, the air changed direction against her, and so the scent she emanated reached his nose again. His eyes turned red again and his gaze became fierce, his fangs protruded from under his lips and a bloody red mark appeared over his left eye.
A hissing sound came out of his mouth, and he positioned himself to attack her.
– Are you okay?
He launched himself at her and she screamed in pain when she landed on the ground.
He was on top of her; she was shaking with fear and with her eyes wide open looking directly into his eyes. The smell of her blood was a delight for him, he approached her neck and inhaled deeply. He opened his mouth ready to sink his fangs into her neck, he was just excited to taste her, he was not a reasonable being at that moment, he was like in a trance. Tears began to come out of her eyes from fear, she tried to fight to get free, but he was extraordinarily strong.
- Please let me go!
She screamed, he reacted to her voice. He raised his head looking for her eyes and there he saw that she was crying, scared to death and trembling. She opened her eyes when she noticed that he did not move anymore and when she felt how her hands had stopped being pressed by his, she noticed how his eyes were no longer red, now they were hazel again. He noticed her fear, he could smell it and jumped back, put his hand to his mouth and backed away. She was lying on the floor; he managed to get up and sat down immediately.
- Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you; are you okay?
She asked him, even though she was the one who was about to be killed by him.
- Who are you?
He reacted even without answering her questions and backing away, he stood up and ran as fast as he could into the forest and disappeared. After fleeing the place because he did not understand what had happened to him, why was he going to attack that girl.
During the day he realized that the sunlight hurt him, so he hid during the day and at night it was when he went out to look for food.
A few days passed after that encounter, he still had not eaten anything, and he still felt the need to eat all the time. When he recognized that aroma, he walked away and began to eat everything he found. Vegetables and fruits did not taste good to him, so he avoided them as best he could.
One of those nights he could not resist any longer and little by little he began to feel like he was losing himself. That night his wild personality appeared, that animal instinct, it was that monster that tried to come to the surface. That same monster inside him controlled him. He took control and during the night he found a man in the middle of the forest. It was the first time that he finally fed on what he so desired. That frenzy that awoke in him was insatiable, so he dedicated himself to hunting humans as soon as he could. Despite not doing it so often, when that beast took control was when he fed. His conscious part was gone, but he understood that the only way to keep it under control was to let it feed.
The towns he passed through began to talk about the existence of a monster that ate people, that demon that appeared at night feeding on people's blood and leaving them practically dry. “These beings were hungry for revenge”, that's what the people of the villages said. Even without knowing why it was like that, he spent his time observing the humans, and he knew that he was different.
He tried to maintain his sanity for longer by hunting and feeding on human blood, when he had managed to quench his thirst, he visited the human he had met the first time, she had managed to get close to him in a different way, she helped him communicate, the language the human spoke was English and he managed to learn it with her help. They became good friends; he took a special liking to her and for that reason he did not want to hurt her, so he tried to feed himself before going to see her.
- My name is Enovi, E-no-vi. What is yours?
She pointed at herself when she was pronouncing her name and then she pointed at him. But he only imitates her movements; She understood that he didn’t have a name.
- Fine, we will look for one for you in our next class.
He smiled and nodded.
One night, he was hunting, he caught a human that he said was an "evil human" that was about to bite him, when he heard the pleas coming from afar, those pleas were in Romanian, that language that he knows well and speaks perfectly well. He stopped immediately, As the man was unconscious, he just let go of him and he fell to the ground, paying more attention to what that other human in the distance was saying.

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