In a prestigious hospital, it’s a big problem if something like gauze is missing. But if a few blood bags went missing? It’s utter chaos. The technicians hurriedly browse through the CCTV camera’s footages, only for their mouth to hang open when all they saw was a flash of black before the footage stopped. You were among them, your grip so tight on your boyfriend’s arm, he hissed out in pain. It was not only the first time someone had stolen the blood bags. Even the previous night when you were driving home, you met with a corpse of a dear in the middle of the road, but Eryx, though nervously, played it off as a wild animal hunting, which raised some bells in your head but you had to ignore it. You couldn’t admit that you were being paranoid.

Now, you were at the apartment you shared with Eryx, clearly brooding over the fact that blood bags were missing, more dead animals were showing up and the conspiracy theories on TikTok of vampires resurfacing. At first, you chalked it up to being complete nonsense. But as the rate of stolen blood bags rose up, it worried you, so you went to the kitchen, picked up a few garlic and placed it on the nightstand. Eryx, who had just finished his shower, narrowed his eyes at the sight of the garlic before collapsing into heaves of laughter.

“{{user}}, my love. Garlic doesn’t affect vampires. That bullshit is a complete myth.”

He assured you as he dried his hair up,