Hi everyone. A warning for graphic descriptions of abuse, torture and death in this chapter. If it's not for you, please skip the italic. Thank you.

Aidou reluctantly left Akane in the dorm library with the two other books he'd gathered. Akane had spent some hours with each, reading over the theories, ideas, and stabs in the dark Vampires had at explaining the Unfortunate phenomenon. From what Akane could gather, the Unfortunates had been around for nearly as long as Vampires. In the past, they had been overlooked. A Human dying at the hands of a Level E or even a Pureblood were commonplace. So, there was not much documentation to solidify the claim. However, the testimonies of the Vampires that had tasted Unfortunate blood perfectly described the carnage Akane had read in the first book.

One Vampire, a man simply named Lex, had described with avid whimsy, and delight the murder of two thirteen-year-old, twin boys, nearly seven hundred years ago;

"I caught their scent in town the day before when they had travelled passed me by carriage. They lived, contained within a grand estate, wealth running long and old in their veins, it seemed. I found my way inside the house and coaxed the boys from their games in their room to the garden. It took so little effort, they were eager for attention, as their lofty parents left them to the staff.

Their scents were exquisite! I had to restrain myself from turning feral at the mere sight of them coming from the house. Once we reached a secluded corner I then forced them into slumber and carried them away to my own home, where I proceeded to have the most enjoyable and fulfilling meals of my life.

Once the doors and windows were secured, I wasted no time and dived into the first boy. My bite had woken him, and his beautiful cry of pain woke his brother. I was oblivious, my senses overcome. Pleasure, as I have never experienced in my long years, assaulted me, a burning hunger I had felt since scenting them was quelled, but so was all hunger. That quiet inferno inside every Vampire that most of us ignore, until it becomes as insistent as a crying babe, was gone.

The relief was exalting, beautiful, and over far too quickly. I hadn't even realised my fingers had dug into the Human and torn the very skin from his bones until the screaming from the second boy became no more than whimpers. I sucked desperately at the limbs and scattered pieces of flesh left behind until all the blood had been spent. But it wasn't enough! The hunger was gone but now, the desire was mounting. I ripped the heart from the torso and took it into myself. Ripping and tearing, chewing, and swallowing the thing. It was as if I had become a beast, with nothing but desire to guide me.

The brother was cowering in the corner, his large brown eyes and pallid, angelic skin, mocking my hunger and desire in his terror. I wished to take my time with this one. The first had felt so perfect, so encompassing, but had ended so unsatisfactorily. With this boy, I was going to savour every ounce of flesh and blood and take all my pleasures from him.

I had him for one, whole, blissful day. I bit into him as I took pleasure in his flesh, biting off his fingers and sucked on the stumps as I fondled him. His screams and cries had been a symphony, but his blood had been the utmost pleasure. The taste of these boys had been, simply, perfect. There had never been a food, or Human I had tasted before or since that could compare. It had soothed yet riled me, satisfied me, and yet left me wanting, but it did so much more for me than that.

The intense rush of adrenaline was invigorating as was the jump on my stamina. I sustained orgasm, as I fed on him, for much longer than I ever had before. My strength, senses and power grew with every drop. He was like a drug, and I was loth to put him down.

Alas, all ended, with my cock embedded deep inside his anus and my jaws clamped around his shoulder, his last weakened breath shuddered from his lips. I had become the beast again, and my desperation forced me to tear my fingers through his flesh, finding any pocket of sweet nectar left behind, until all that remained was limp dry meat.

I have yet to find a Human quite like them and lament that I may never have the chance to experience that feeling again. Also, the effect of their blood wore off at the awakening of my hunger, which came much quicker than with Humans before, and I found myself hunting for another young thing to ease my hunger, within a few hours."

Akane had left the book, sickened, and enraged. It was never mentioned what level of Vampire, Lex had been, but an educated guess led Akane to believe he was either, a Level B or C Vampire. Akane knew a Level E would be unable to control themselves long enough to get the children to their nest or den, as they weren't even able to control themselves around ordinary Humans.

If he had been a Pureblood they would have mentioned it numerous times, as they had with Purebloods in every Vampire book Akane had read thus far. The possibility that he could have been a Level D Vampire had been stomped out immediately and violently. Akane could not imagine someone who had once been Human, committing such a crime and describing it in that way.

Akane knew Humans were capable of terrible things, but she just couldn't picture an ex-Human talking about the murder and consumption of children like this, Lex character had. Also, Akane hated the thought that she could, one day, become so detached from the humanity she still clung to, that she could describe killing people in the same way.

A Vampire from birth thinks like this, Vampires like… Aidou. Akane shook her head. That was unfair and incorrect. Aidou was nothing like this Vampire, plus, this had been written over seven hundred years ago. Opinions change! This school was living proof that Vampires and Humans have the capacity to exist side by side, without killing each other.

They were all here by choice, except, Akane remember Aidou mentioning once, that they were here because Kaname believed in Kaien's pacifism. That meant, they were only here, because of Kaname. Is that true? Did they not think this was worth doing, or did they regularly devour Humans outside of Cross Academy's boundaries and rules? The Hunters exist for a reason, Akane rationalised as she walked the empty corridors. With a confused and fed-up sigh, Akane went to her room and began work on understanding the science behind the blood tablets with the books Aidou had dropped off to her before he left.