Chapter 3 THE DENIAL

And soon after getting ready she reaches in the office in hurry as she totally forgot that she has to reach quickly in office as there is an important meeting because of which she has to reach there by 7:30 rather than 8

And soon after getting the fact she tells the taxi driver to drive as fast as possible as she reads the text from Suzie asking where she is as she is the one who will do the presentation in the meeting and simultaneously she even reaches her office on time as she is just 5 minutes late for which she excuses as the traffic jam which is very common in London

Anyways she completes her presentation and soon walks out of the room as she starts feeling bit uncomfortable there as it always happens with her after eating human flesh as it takes time to get digest in her system until which she is little weak

But anyways she takes the lift in order to reach the cafe early and have something to feel fine as by eating humans she has also developed some basic habits like them in her , which is to get treated in the same way as normal human get for small issues like vomiting or feeling nausea and many other stuffs which are normal for human beings in daily life

And she calls a waiter to order a coffe and some snacks to change the taste of her taste buds as she is feeling like someone has put a ton of salt in her mouth and that too forcefully

"Your order please", A waiter with shiny brown eyes asks her by standing next to her

"Where is uncle Salmon ?, I mean I haven't seen him from last one week here ?, I heard that he is in hospital , is he fine now ? ", She enquires the waiter in a form of continuous question format

He is no more madam as he passed away from heart attack last night in the hospital itself and today is his last rites day", The waiter responds in a slow voice which seems like a bullet which hit the Monica's thinking with a great velocity as she is left shocked with the fact

Because he was the only one who became her first friend here within a week after she joined this firm as everyone else behaved as if she is from some other planet and the most shocking thing which hits her is that he was just 45 which is very less as compared to the average life span of normal human being which has increased in the years passing by

Suddenly his vision starts floating before her eyes as she listens this sad news and he sees a tall and handsome man who is in his mid 50s and his body structure makes everyone believe that he could have been a wrestler in his time because even though humans developed so much in last few decades , but still the one thing which remained common between them is the class division of rich and poor

And he told her about his struggles in his childhood until he set up this cafe which changed his life as here he met his love Jenny at the age of 25 , but unfortunately she also left him when he was just 40 due to cancer as they cannot afford for the costly treatment

While she is lost in her thoughts suddenly she hears the voice of something falling on the ground which brings her to normalcy and instead of ordering anything she asks the waiter about the location of his final rites as she also wants to join his last journey to heaven

"St Anthony's crematorium ground", The waiter responds after which she just orders a chocolate bar which was favourite of uncle Salmon from the counter and leaves the cafe and instead of joining back to work , she goes to her house reasoning her ill health

SAME EVENING

Monica reaches on the location as told by the waiter and there she sees some of the close friends and family members of uncle Salmon , some of them are teary eyed whereas some are trying to control their emotions while the pastor is reading something for the assurance that his sould should rest in heaven and peace after he leaves this place called earth

And after the reading session , uncle Salmon is finally buried beneath the groud along with the coffin in which he is kept for the loved one's of him to have his last glance and suddenly heavy rainfall starts as soon as a drop of tear falls from the left eye of Monica which shows the sign that she is in grief

Which leaves everyone in shock as it's next to impossible to rain in London and that too in the month of April which is considered as the driest month in London , because of which everyone gets wet in the process of saving themselves from sudden and heavy rainfall

But Monica still stand near the tomb of uncle salmon and starts thinking about all the sweet memories which she had with him and soon she takes out the same chocolate from her pocket and keeps it on his tomb stone

"I wish that you should have better life next birth because you were eligible for what you got as you were fortuned for even more which never came to your path"

And suddenly she sits near his tomb and starts crying even more harder as if she lost someone very special with whom she spent her whole life and with the intensity of her cry , even the rainfall also starts getting out of control which now leaves everyone scared more than shock as suddenly the thunderbolt starts hitting the ground very severely

But anyhow she tries to control her emotions looking the people scared in her surroundings and as soon as she leaves the place , the whole situation again turns normal and instead of going home she goes on the outskirt of the city which is her favourite place where she likes to spend sometime when she is happy or sad

And she just sits on one of the benches kept there and opens her diary which she always carries with her and notes down her emotions in it especially when she is sad and thus she starts penning down her emotions right now in regards to which she writes some of the important conversations between her and uncle salmon and after completing it

She just gets up and starts walking towards the city only to stumble across someone who arises before her out of nowhere , she is a lady who is cladded in a dark black attire which is matching with her long hair which is touching the ground whereas her eyes are dark red in colour as if the blood of her body is collected in it which looks very scary

But instead of getting scared Monica bows down before her with a statement , "Hail leader Shoma"

"I am very much upset with you because you tried to break the rule which is set by us for our safety as you went out of control of your emotions because of which you could have given birth to a circumstances which won't really be well for anyone of us", She responds in a deep voice

"I am not bound by any law of yours and I really don't care about the circumstances because I have always been against your policies and you know it very well mom", Monica responds in a careless tone

"This is not done my child because you are the next one who is going to be the person to acquire the throne and hence it's your responsibility to know about the wants and needs of your subjects... "

But before she could complete Monica intervenes," Which subject are you speaking about ?, The one who eat humans like cannibals or the one who disguise as a good human beings when they are with them , I am telling you for the last time that no matter what but I am neither going to accept you nor your so called subjects"

"Don't forget Monica that you are one amongst those so called cannibals who you are insulting and even you also like to drink human blood and feed on human flesh and body parts for your survival", Shoma shouts on Monica as soon as she completes her sentence

"You just have one month to take the throne and I want you to get ready not just physically but mentally as well because as per the rule , you are going to be the contender of the annual competition that takes place for the supremacy of underworld between vampires and warewolfs as I will complete my successful 125 years and hence now the throne and it's responsibilities will be passed upon you and I am sure that you will be even more great leader then me", Shoma tries to make Monica understand the whole situation

"But in the beginning of the year our astrologer told me that this year I will finally get my partner with whom I am going to spend rest of my life and since from that very day , I am desperately finding him because it has been around 350 years since I am alone and even today I look just 24 years old as I never aged since I got bit by one of the vampire of your Neopatra clan

So I don't have time to think about or do anything else as I am already fed up of my life and hence only alive with the hope that I will surely find him this year and then atleast my life will take certain turn which I have been waiting from infinity", Monica clearly puts her intention before Shoma

"And just because you saved me by donating your blood , that doesn't makes me your daughter , so please find someone else who could do what you are asking for", Monica once again warns Shoma and walks out of the place before she could speak anything further