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Book:Marked By My Mate Published:2024-6-3

After I read the letter, I came down. Even though I don’t want to think about what is written there, it keeps flashing in my mind. What does he mean? When I tell what happened will he do something bad? Is that so? I really don’t understand what he means to me, besides when I saw him earlier it was like I knew him. I always see him but I can’t remember where I saw him. On the road? At school? Or maybe here inside the house.
“Summer? Are you really okay? “You’re murdering me when you eat,” Michaela said, causing mom and brother to look at me. What Michaela said was true because the food on my plate was already crushed. She quickly forced a smile before answering her.
“Yup, you’re really bad at murder. because I like something crushed before eating, You know?” I answered. I looked at my plate and started eating, I simply started to cry. I don’t know myself, I seem to be annoyed with my friend. They pay too much attention to me.
“Eat your food, you didn’t eat last night. I knock on your door but you don’t answer. What morning did you go to bed?” said mom while eating. I looked up before thinking of an answer, I didn’t want to tell the truth.
“Because I’m tired, besides I ate a lot of chocolate” I answered. while separating the rice from the dish, Samantha immediately reacted to the last thing I said.
“What? You eat a lot of chocolates? You really went solo, huh? You didn’t even call us. Hmp! I’m sure you didn’t live with us” when Samantha pretended to sulk at me, I only answered with a smile. I’m not in the mood to talk right now especially since my mind is full of questions. Since I know people with fangs, they are called Vampires. but I don’t know anything about them except that they aim for blood in a person, I’m sure that man’s aim is only blood because it’s obvious that he’s ready to take my blood.
“Mom? Can I double lock my door and window?” I will ask. im not sure if double locks will work on a Vampire. I know, Vampire’s are powerful. But I don’t know what they do, so I just want to secure my room so he can’t enter. It was traumatizing when he approached me earlier, I felt like I was about to lose my breath.
“Why? Does someone want to rob you or what?” my brother replied. I just shook my head at him, I don’t want anyone to ask me questions connected to the village incident.
“Nothing. I just want to put a double lock, why? do you want to have an opinion too?” I pretended to piss off Kuya so that his mind would turn to something else. It’s just my problem, No one should feel sorry for me.
“Okay, if that’s what you want” when mom agreed, I just smiled as if excited. Ha! let’s just see if that man can still enter, I’m 100% sure that he won’t be able to do what he planned.
“Damn! Mother’s spoiled, Wahahaha” when Michaela laughed so I just made her suffer. Maybe mom will change her mind about what this woman is going to say.
*Ding Dong*
“Who is that?” even Michaela stopped laughing when she heard the sound of the doorbell, I have no idea who it is because my friend is here. My brother’s friend is in the States, so who is that?
“I’ll open it” I said goodbye then stood up from the chair to go out. a man was standing outside the gate, based on his clothes he was a delivery man.
“Who are they?” I asked as I opened the gate.
“Are you Summer Sylvester?” the delivery man asked. I immediately nodded. What does this man mean?
“There is a delivery for you. please sign it.” he said. I immediately shook my head. What? I don’t remember that I ordered anything, I just woke up.
“Are you sure? I’m not ordering anything” I reassured when he gave me the not-so-large box. The delivery man only nodded so I signed so he could leave.
“What is that? Do you have a secret admirer?”
“What is that? Do you have a secret admirer?” Michaela still seemed to be excited but when I turned my gaze to Samantha, she was looking at the box with a bad look, as if she had a text.
“I don’t want to eat anymore, I’m going upstairs” I said goodbye and even though I hadn’t heard mom’s answer yet, I went up to the room to open the contents of the box.
When I got in, I locked the door and window because that vampire might show up for me. Maybe he will continue with his plan, I don’t want to.
“What is… this?” I asked myself when I saw the contents of the box, a teddy bear with the letter R in the middle. what is the meaning of L and R? Are they really the same or not? I’m really confused.
I saw a From: R, no letter or envelope, just the letter R, seriously? It’s really creepy. but even so, I hugged the gray teddy bear, I was about to put the box away when the C. R. door suddenly opened. I was so scared, I backed away.
Oh! God!
“Where did you get that?” he asked while looking at the teddy bear. His eyes are very red, but that’s not what I’m worried about. I said it! I know him!
“W-what are you d-doing here?” I asked nervously, he was approaching me so I didn’t know if I should run to the door or not. Until I grabbed a pillow and threw it at him but he avoided it.
“Is that why you didn’t go in to receive a stuffed toy from that guy?!” I trembled when he said that. What the hell is he talking about?
“Did you mean that, huh?! Answer me, Summer!” he said in shock, he suddenly went in front of me and grabbed my jaw. It hurts! why does it seem like I did something wrong?
*Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!*
“Summer?! Who are you talking to there?!” I heard brother Yuri ask outside the door while still knocking. I was even more scared because his grip on my jaw got tighter.
“How dare you cheat on me!” He yelled at me, I cried when he let me go. Mom! Please help me! He has no right to accuse me because we have no relationship!
“Let’s see, if you can cheat again after what I’m going to do” he still smiled when he said that before I completely closed my eyes because he flicked some white powder on me.
“I’ll punish you, darling.”
To be continued…