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DARK MYSTERIES

DARK MYSTERIES

Author:Frankie Nero

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Introduction
Daniel Johnson is a university student hunted by an age old vampire who isnt after his blood, but after something something Daniel was born with. Along the way, Daniel meets a mysterious female,Annabelle who is around his age but also affliated with the vampire after him. What is that within Daniel that attracts his assailant? And who is Annabelle?
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Chapter

  Daniel listened intently to the deep voice of

  the dean of his faculty booming over the

  mic. It had been almost three hours since he

  started his 'introductory speech' and it

  didn’t seem like he was going to stop

  anytime soon. So far it was talks of

  welcome, rules, how to excel in the

  university and of course, the olden days

  speech of how he suffered in his youth and

  was able to breakthrough with

  determination.

  Daniel sighed for the thousandth time in annoyance, wishing the old man could just get it over with. Another

  thing he regretted was not eating before

  entering the big hall as the results began to

  manifest in form of a growling stomach.

  He glanced at his watch: it read 2:30pm.

  Throwing his head backwards, he let out a

  frustrated groan which caught the attention

  of his friend sitting beside him.

  “Dude, just try and endure,okay.”

  Daniel turned to him. “ Easy for you to say,

  Jake. My stomach is killing me. You know I

  didn’t eat before leaving the hostel.”

  Jake chuckled. “ And who’s fault is that?”

  Seeing the glare Daniel gave him, he became

  serious. “Oh come on, we were already

  running late.”

  “You mean late for a speech that started

  two hours ahead of time?” Daniel rolled his

  eyes.

  “Well pardon me for not realizing African

  time exists in universities” Jake said.

  “It exists everywhere, man.” Daniel replied

  “Tell that to your boss when you go late for

  work in future.” Jake laughed..

  Daniel leaned back in his seat and was just

  about to doze off when a sudden feeling

  overwhelmed him. That familiar feeling that

  had felt for almost a decade now. The

  feeling that he was being watched. But

  who? He sat upright and glanced around

  the auditorium, his eyes narrowing in

  suspicion. The auditorium was crowded

  alright, but his instincts never failed him in

  the past and it wasn’t going to fail him now.

  He glanced to his right and his suspicions

  were confirmed. He saw her.

  Sitting a few seats from him was a girl of his age with a

  no-nonsense look and sharp eyes. She was

  wearing a black T-shirt and dark blue tight

  jeans. She was dark in complexion, with

  pointed nose and red lips. Red? He kind of

  found that weird. Her long unbraided hair

  was tied back in a ponytail and it glistened

  under the lights of the auditorium. What

  fascinated him was her eyes. A light brown

  in contrast to the dark black of the average

  Nigerian. As soon as she saw him staring,

  she narrowed her eyes at him and he

  quickly glanced away.

  “The hell is her problem? She stared first” He

  grumbled silengtly.

  “What was that?” Jake turned to him.

  “ Oh nothing jare, don’t mind me.” he replied

  leaning back to his seat once more and

  closing his eyes.

  Jake looked at him for a while and

  shrugged. Daniel was always one to keep

  things to himself. More of a reserved dude.

  He had known him like that from primary

  school to secondary school to well…now. He

  had stopped bothering on that a long time

  ago.

  “ And finally.” The dean announced. “

  Remember there is a difference between

  passing through school and letting the

  school pass through you. Have a wonderful

  semester and I wish you the best . Thank

  you”

  With that, he dropped the mic to a reception

  of applause and relieved sighs. Daniel

  laughed at this. Apparently, he wasn’t the

  only one tired of the 3 hour speech. One by

  one, the students filed out of the auditorium

  to begin their normal activities.

  “Hey, Dan.” Jake said as they trotted to their

  hostel.

  “ Yeah?” Daniel replied.

  “There’s a welcome departmental party for

  freshers this evening at the park. You

  coming?”

  “Well…” Daniel hesitantly replied.

  “Before you come up with your lame speech

  on how 'Terrible things' happen in parties”

  Jake interrupted using his fingers in quote. “

  Alcohol is banned from the party. Plus it

  would give you the chance to mingle with

  people and socialize. I don’t want you

  graduating from this school a miserable old

  man”

  “ Screw you too.” Daniel grumbled and they

  both laughed.

  “So what do you say?” Jake pressed on.

  Before Daniel could reply, his phone rang

  and he fished it out of his pocket. Looking at

  the screen, he sighed.

  “ It’s my mom” He turned to his friend. Jake

  nodded understandably and Daniel picked

  the call.

  “Hello, baby” The feminine voice of his mom

  came over the speaker. “ How are you?”

  “ I’m fine, mom” he replied. “ And you?”

  “ I’m alright. In fact am in front of your

  hostel”

  “Really?”

  “ Yes . I brought some things for you.”

  “ Alright hold on. Ill be right there” he

  replied and cut the call. Turning to his friend,

  he blurted. “ Jake, she’s in front of our

  hostel”

  “Good, let’s go” Jake replied.

  The two boys hurried over and saw Mrs

  Johnson standing by a Toyota camry. She

  was wearing a white tight blouse and dark

  jeans that showed her curves and her hair

  was fixed in a brazillian hairstyle. She held a

  big white nylon in one hand and the other

  was placed on her hip. she removed her

  hand from her hip and started drumming

  her fingers on the bonnet of the car patiently.

  On seeing her attire, Daniel

  groaned inwardly at his mother’s attempt of

  once again trying to look younger. Not to

  say she wasn’t good looking. She was still

  attractive at the age of 42,having had Daniel

  at a young age. But after the death of her

  husband, she still wanted to make sure men

  found her attractive much to the chagrin of

  her son. He never hesitated to make his

  grieviances known to her on that issue

  which she found adorable and wave it away

  with a pinch of his cheeks, leaving him more

  frustrated than before.

  “ Good evening, Mom.” Daniel said as he

  approached her. She smiled and drew him

  in a tight embrace.

  “ My baby.” She smiled warmly, ignoring his

  protests as he struggled against her, while

  Jake laughed at this.

  “ Mom!!” Daniel choked out and began to

  panic as their embrace drew in a little

  audience. “ This is embarrassing!!”

  “ Hush, boy” She replied with a giggle. “ You

  don’t know how it feels being alone in that

  house.”

  She finally released him, much to his relief.

  “Good evening, ma” Jake said, bowing a

  little.

  “ Jacob” She turned to him. “ How are you?

  it has been a while. Wow, you are looking

  like quite the young man.”

  “ And you look beautiful, ma'am.” He smiled

  back.

  “JAKE!!” Daniel glared at him.

  “Oh, lighten up." His mother replied. “ It’s not

  everyday I get compliments from the male

  gender.” Turning to Jake, she continued.

  “Thank you dear. That means a lot.”

  Daniel rolled his eyes at that.

  “Anyway” Mrs Johnson handed the nylon to

  her son. “This is for you. Provisions,

  mosquito nets and other stuffs.”

  “Thanks mom.”He smiled warmly, collecting

  the bag.

  Reaching into her purse, she counted some

  money and gave Daniel. Then gave some to

  Jake which he politely declined.

  “Ma, I don’t think…” Jake began.

  “ Just take it, dear” she smiled. “ Or you

  want to start forming big boy?” she

  added and they laughed. Jake smiled and

  accepted the money.

  “ Thank you ma.” He said.

  “Okay, boys.” she said as she opened her

  car. “ I'm off. I will check on you from time

  to time. Remember to study well and stay

  away from distractions. Make friends but

  sensible ones. Socialize and interact with

  people. Don’t join bad gangs okay? And

  always remember to pray.” She hugged Jake

  and gave a tighter hug to Daniel which he

  rolled his eyes at but he smiled at returned

  her embrace all the same. “You know..” she

  whispered in his ear. “ You are the exact

  copy of your father. In image and character.

  Even if he isn’t here, I have you to remind

  me of him and that is all I ever want. I love

  you, my baby.”

  “ Love you too, mom.” He whispered back

  and rubbed his hands soothingly over her

  back. Daniel never knew his father as he

  died two months after he was born and the

  cause of his death was never known. His

  mom and paternal grandfather had been

  the only family he knew and they made sure

  to take care of him. Overprotective? sure.

  But they were the best people in his life and

  he wouldn’t trade them for anyone.