It was completely dark and Sana was roaming here and there looking for Sidharth.

"Sidhaaaarth!" She called him. "Kaha ho tum? It's very dark. Mujhe kuch dikhayi nahi de raha. Sidhaaaarth!"

Suddenly she felt someone wrapped his strong arm around her shoulder. Sana recognised his touch and smiled.

"Sidharth, don't go away from me. I love you." Said Sana.

"But I love your blood." He said huskily and immediately gave a bite on her neck.

Sana opened her eyes and sat up with a jerk. She was breathing heavily and even sweating in the cold weather. She wiped her sweats and realised that it was a nightmare.

"Phir se bura sapna dekha?" Asked Saanjh while getting ready.

"Haan. How do you know?" Asked Sana.

Saanjh smiled and said, "Teri shakal dekh ke hi paata chal raha hai. Upar se kaal puri raat tu neend mein ajeeb ajeeb awazein nikal rahi thi."

"Sorry. I disturbed your sleep nah?"

"It's ok. It happens with us also.....I think tujhe ab jaldi se ready ho jaana chahiye... Breakfast ka time ho raha hai. Uske baad college jaana hai."

Sana nodded and got up from bed. Suddenly her eyes again fell on the marks on Saanjh's neck. But this time something clicked her mind. She remembered Sidharth biting the girl last night. And Saanjh also told that a guy ditched her few months ago.

"Sidharth!" She took his name and Saanjh immediately looked at her.

"Jis ladke ne tujhe ditch kiya tha, kya woh Sidharth tha?" Asked Sana.

Saanjh's face turned pale. She became quiet for a moment and then finally nodded in yes.

"Tu baata sakti hai exactly kya hua tha tere saath?" Asked Sana.

"Main aur Sidharth ek park mein mile the. First meeting mein hi main uski taraf attracted hogayi. Uska charm hi kuch aisa tha. We started seeing each other. Ek do din hi mile the hum isliye maine uske baare mein kisi ko nahi baataya. Then one day he took me inside the forest. Obviously we were going to hook up. He was kissing my neck and then suddenly I felt unbearable pain on my neck. After that I don't know what happened. Subah jab hosh aaya toh woh nahi tha. I didn't have his phone no. Isliye main usse contact nahi kar paayi. Phir woh mujhe kabhi nahi mila. But yeh marks jo usne diye hai, yeh aaj tak nahi gaye. Many of my friends asked me about this but I didn't tell them the truth. You are the first one with whom I'm sharing this." Said Saanjh.

Now Sana was certain. Sidharth had bite Saanjh also and sucked her blood. But she was fine. She didn't even turn into a vampire. It means that girl whom he bit last night would also be fine. So Sidharth was saying the truth. He never killed anybody.

"Lekin tu Sidharth ko kaise jaanti hai?"

Sana's thoughts broke by Saanjh's voice.

"Did he ditch you also?" Asked Saanjh.

Sana smiled sadly and said, "No. I ditched him."

Meanwhile...

A girl was silently entering her house when a woman stopped her.

"Alice! Kaha thi tum puri raat?" Asked the woman coming towards her.

"A...apne ek friend ke ghar." Replied Alice without looking at her.

The woman didn't believe Alice as she knew her very well. She was going to say something when she saw her neck. There were bite marks which the woman saw earlier.

"Yeh kya hai?" Asked the woman and was going to touch Alice's neck but she moved back.

"I'm asking you something. Tum jhut bol rahi ho na mujhse? Tum apne friend ke ghar nahi thi."

"Haan nahi thi." Said Alice getting irritated. "Main puri raat ek ladke ke saath thi. Yeh marks uss hi ne diye hai. But listen I'm 18+, an adult. Main jo chahe woh kar sakti hoon. And don't try to be my Mom.... Aunt Stella."

Alice was going to leave when Aunt Stell grabbed her hand and asked, "Kaun tha woh ladka? Tumhara boyfriend? Jaanti thi usse?"

"No. Kaal party mein mili thi. I was drunk and somehow I became senseless. Uske baad kya hua mujhe yaad nahi." Replied Alice.

"I was right. Yeh uss hi ka kaam hai." Said Aunt Stella.

"Kiska?" Asked Alice.

Aunt Stella took Alice to her room. After that she opened her old trunk and found a photo. She gave it to Alice.

"Yeh toh Mom ki photo hai, after she died." Said Alice with teary eyes.

"Dhyan se dekho. Uske neck pe same marks hai jo tumhare neck pe hai." Said Aunt Stella.

Alice noticed the photo carefully and then looked at herself in the mirror. She realised that those marks were the same.

"Jo ladka kaal tumhare saath tha, woh koi aam insaan nahi tha. Vampire tha."

Alice got scared hearing Aunt Stella's words.

"Vampire? Woh real mein thodi hote hai?" She asked.

"Hote hai. Tumhe paata hai meri Behen yaani tumhari Mom ki death kaise hui thi? She was killed by a Vampire. Main uske nishan dekh ke samajh gayi thi lekin uss waqt kisi ne mujh pe yakeen nahi kiya. Sabne socha kisi zehreele keede ne kata hai jiski wajah se tumhare Mom ki death hui. Lekin maine Vampires pe research kiya hai. Jaanti hoon unke nishaan kaise hote hai. Apni Behen kl khone ke baad maine aur bhi gehrai se research kiya. Sorcery sikhi taa ki apne powers se uss Vampire ka saamna kar saku. Aur maine kiya. Iss duniya se uss Vampire ka naamo nishan mita diya. Phir tum badi hui aur tumhe le kar main idhar Dehradun mein aa gayi. Socha apni shaktiyo ka istemal phir kabhi nahi karungi."

"Matlab aap ko sach mein sorcery aati hai? You have seen a Vampire?"

"Hmm. Aur lag raha hai apni purani shaktiyo ka wapas se istemal karne ka waqt aa gaya hai. Agar woh Vampire sach mein hai, toh usse khatam karna hoga. Iss seher ke logo ko bachane ke liye." Said Aunt Stella.
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Some days passed. Sana was trying to forget Sidharth but it was not easy. Every moment she was only thinking about him. Now she knew his reality. He was a Vampire. And she couldn't love a Vampire, right? But the fact was, she had already fallen hard for him. Will this thing change so easily after knowing his reality?

Sana's mind was so messed up. She didn't know what to do. So one day she went to the church and sat in front of Lord Jesus.

"Why do I love him so much? Mujhe paata hai woh mere jaisa nahi hai. Woh ek Vampire hai. Lekin phir bhi main usko bhul nahi paa rahi. Mera dil aaj bhi uske liye dhadakta hai. Accha kya usse bhi yeh sab mehsoos hota hai jo iss waqt mujhe mehsoos ho raha hai? Kya ek Vampire ke andar feelings ka hona possible hai?"

Sana remembered when she was so close to Sidharth but still he didn't bite her.

"Uss din usne mujhe bite nahi kiya. Jab ki uske paas mauka tha. Toh kya iska matlab woh bhi mujhse pyaar karta hai? Lekin ek Vampire aur ek insaan kaise.... Nahi. Yeh kabhi nahi ho sakta. Mujhe usse bhulna hoga. God please help me! Please!"

Sana started crying silently. Suddenly she felt a hand on her head. She saw a nun sitting beside her.

"What's bothering you my child?" Asked the nun.

Sana wiped her tears and said, "Sister, main apni life mein bohut akeli thi. Meri chhoti behen ke alawa koi nahi thi meri life mein. Then I met someone. I started loving him very deeply. Aur ab mujhe nahi paata main usse kaise bhulu."

"Pyaar karti ho toh phir bhulna kyu chahti ho?"

"Kyu ki hum dono bohut alag hai ek dusre se. Humara pyaar karna sahi nahi hai. Hum kabhi ek nahi ho sakte."

"Bacche pyaar mein kuch sahi yaa galat nahi hota. Kyu ki pyaar humesha sahi hota hai. Aur agar tumhara pyaar saccha hai toh God khud tum dono ko ek karenge. Have faith in him."

"Lekin Sister, agar pyaar saccha ho par jis se main pyaar karti hoon woh insaan hi nahi hua toh?"

Without getting confused or scared, the nun smiled and said, "Maine bhi God se pyaar karke apni puri zindagi unke naam kar diyi hai. Woh bhi toh insaan nahi hai. Hum jis se pyaar karte hai woh chahe perfect ho yaa uss mein khamiya ho, woh insaan ho yaa naa ho, pyaar toh pyaar hota hai. Aur saccha pyaar saari muskilon ko paar kar sakta hai. Love conquers all.",

Sana smiled and said with teary eyes, "Thank you!"

"God bless you my Child." Said the nun placing her hand on Sana's head.

After that Sana left from the church. She remembered her moments with Sidharth. She smiled thinking about him.

"I still love him." She said in her mind.

She decided to do something so that they could stay together. She had faith. There must be some way.

To find that way, she searched on internet about Vampires. There were several information but those were not of any use. Then She talked to some old people of her locality. They suggested her to visit the local library. It was very old so there would be several books on supernatural things.

Sana went to the library. There she found a very old book on Vampires. After reading few pages, she realised this was the book she was looking for.

At Midnight...

Aunt Stella and Alice were standing in the forest. There was a huge bowl filled with blood in Aunt Stella's hand. She kept it on the ground.

"Aunt Stella aap ko yakeen hai woh aayega?" Asked Alice.

Without saying anything, Aunt Stella took out a blade and made a cut on her finger. Few drops of blood fell on the bowl.

Then she said smirking, "Jaisa tumne kaha. Agar woh iss Jungle mein hai toh zaroor aayega. Insaan ke khoon ki khushbu usse yaaha kheech ke le aayegi."

"Aunt I'm scared. Humein kuch hoga toh nahi?"

"Trust me dear. Nothing will happen to us. Aaj uss darinde ka anth tay hai."

After that Aunt Stella and Alice hid behind the bushes.

On the other hand, Sidharth got smell of human's blood and became attracted towards it. He could not hold back himself and flew to that place converting himself into a bat.

He sat on the edge of the bowl and started drinking the blood. Suddenly a net fell on him from the above tree. He converted into his human form as the it was a holy net which decreased his powers and started struggling to come out.

Alice became shocked seeing his face.

"This is the same guy with whom I was." Said Alice.

Aunt Stella gave a smile of victory.

Meanwhile...

Sitting at the study table, Sana was reading the book she took from library.

"Human usually turns into vampire if he or she dies a tragic death and then is bitten by a Vampire....... Vampires are immortal and but they need blood to survive, especially Human's Blood...... If Vampires comes in contact with sunlight it burns and turns into ashes...... Vampires can kill or convert human beings into vampires by biting them but only if they want....."

Sana got many information in that book but she was looking for something else which she got at the last page.

"How can Vampires again turn into human beings?"

Sana's face lightened up reading this. She started reading the passage. There was a way using that Sidharth could again turn into a human. But after she read the whole passage, she became numb. This was toughest way.

She turned the page to find another way but it was the end of the book. She hold her head and started thinking what to do.

Sana's thoughts were disturbed when Pragati's phone started ringing.

Pragati who was sleeping in her bed, picked up the call. After sometime the suddenly sat up and started listening something carefully.

When the call was cut, she said, "Guys there's a big news."

Sana looked at Pragati. Saanjh had also woke up by then.

"What happened?" Asked Saanjh.

"Meri ek friend ka call tha. Suna hai humare yaaha ke Jungle mein ek Vampire pakda gaya hai. Usse seher ke peeche wale khali jagah pe leke gaye hai. Kaal subah Suraj uth te hi woh khatam ho jayega. That's why people are gathering to see the Vampire. We only have tonight. Let's go and see the Vampire." Said Pragati excitedly.

Sana became shocked hearing that.

"Sidharth is in danger!" She thought.
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