Withering Roses
“Wow, a real-life vampire!” he awed, scanning the familiar woman as if she was a stranger.
“You’re looking at me like I’m a whole new person,” the woman commented, rolling her eyes at his childish gesture. The man smiled sheepishly at the humourless woman.
“It’s no surprise that you turned out to be a vampire. You did not bother hiding it,” he admitted cheerfully. The woman furrowed her eyebrows, wondering how the man could say something as stupid as that. “What? You act really aloof and always seem to have some red in your skin; don’t think I didn’t notice,” he clarified after seeing her confused expression.
“Want to know why I told you, Riley Dwyer?” The woman asked.
“Sure,” Riley replied with a shrug.
“There’s this building in a land far from here and I wish to start a school— the name shall be Withering Roses Academy—for vampires. I had to educate myself and I know that not everyone wasn’t born as smart as me, so why not make a school?” she explained.
“There’s some Caroline Paisley twist to this, isn’t there?” Riley judged, turning to see his close friend smile wickedly at him.
“For my entertainment, I want special students, those who specialise in a certain area without even knowing, to compete in a game of survival named…” Caroline was stumped for a name and glanced at Riley for help. He sighed and thought with Caroline.