My Vampire Harem Will Dominate Everything

Gen sat in the back seat of the car with her hands crossed. "What if he comes for me?" She asked. "You know I'm not one to sit, waiting for someone to save me but I can't do anything!"

"I'm a fucking ghost! I can't interact with the living except you guys. And now, we have the one person that can harm me. A ghost catcher."

"You said it yourself, Ezra. Tom can do more than just sense me. He can influence and absorb ghosts. He can force us to act, bend our will. And he's coming for me."

Ezra leaned back in his seat, also crossing his arms. "Don't worry, Gen. Tom won't do anything until he sees an opportunity. And I won't give him one."

Olivia reached out and rested a reassuring hand on Gen's shoulder. "Gen, you have nothing to worry about. We won't let anything happen to you. You're with us now."

Gen hesitated before nodding, steeling herself with a grin. "I guess being dead does change a person, huh?"

No one said anything.

"I lived with the fact that my death was inevitable. In fact, I welcomed it. But now…" she paused. "Now that I'm dead, I don't want to die." Her words cracked at her last words.

Olivia pulled her into a hug and Ezra turned his attention to Tom, thinking carefully.

He could stop the mutant now, but would it be wiser to let him follow, to lure him in at the right moment? Confronting him immediately would be simple, but simple didn't always mean best. He exhaled slowly and made his decision.

He pulled out his phone and called Akiko, who was traveling in a car ahead in the convoy. The line connected quickly, and her voice filled his ear. "What is it, brother?"

"I need an empty hangar. Can you prepare one for me at the airport?"

"An empty hangar?" Akiko echoed.

"Yeah." Ezra nodded even though she couldn't see him. "I have business to take care of before we leave. Once I'm done, my coven and I will join you on the private jet."

"Understood." Akiko replied and the line went dead. A minute later, directions to the hangar were texted to him.

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They finally got to the airport and as the rest of the convoy proceeded toward the waiting private jet, Red took a different path, guiding their car toward a secluded hangar.

The tires crunched against the pavement as they came to a stop inside the large, dimly lit space.

Ezra opened his door. "Stay in the car." He ordered. There was no room for argument as he stepped out, shutting the door behind him.

A minute later, another car pulled into the hangar. The beams of the headlights shined over them like a giant sun before they turned off. The engine died, the doors opened, and Tom stepped out, his girlfriend stepping out of the passenger's side.

Ezra stood casually against his car, arms crossed. "Took you long enough."

Tom chuckled as he stepped forward. "The blind one noticed me, huh? For a while, I thought maybe you guys didn't but you're professional mutants after all."

He had thought they were mutants? Ezra chuckled. The changing of the weave had really helped with the Law of Secrecy.

"I thought I wouldn't get my chance but then you just made it easier for me, bringing me here alone. That was stupid."

Ezra tilted his head, humming curiously. "Was it?"

Tom scoffed. "You think you're untouchable. You think because you're in a gang or something, you own the world? But you made a mistake giving me this opportunity, and I'm going to take it."

Ezra straightened. "Surrender. Walk away, and I'll forget this happened."

Tom laughed, shaking his head. "You must be out of your mind. You think I'd just give up? No. I came for power, and I'm taking it."

Ezra sighed. "I gave you a chance."

His attention flicked to Tom's girlfriend. "She doesn't need to be here. Let her leave first."

"Of course." Tom glanced at her before nodding. "Go. We'll meet at our usual place."

His girlfriend hesitated but then got back in the car. The vehicle reversed out of the hangar and she drove off. Once she was gone, silence filled the hangar.

The air grew colder. Darkness began to bleed into the edges of the hangar, tendrils slithering along the walls, sealing them inside. The lights flickered.

Tom's body tensed. "I knew you were powerful, but this? You're wasting your energy."

Ezra didn't answer. He took a step forward, his Aura pressing down slightly on the room like a storm. There was no need to unleash his whole Domination Aura for this. It'll be a waste.

Tom moved first, lunging with unnatural speed, his fist charged with energy the same color as Gen's ghostly body. But as he struck, a wall of darkness surged up between them, absorbing the attack.

Ezra didn't stop walking.

"You want power." Ezra mused, his voice calm, almost pitying. "You think it's something you can steal. Something you can just take if you fight hard enough. But you don't understand power, Tom. You don't understand what it means to seize it."

Tom gritted his teeth and attacked again. Another strike. Another block of darkness stopped him cold. Ezra continued walking, unhurried, regal in his movements.

"You chase strength without knowing its weight." Ezra continued. "You see obstacles as things to be broken, not overcome. That's why you'll never have the power you desire."

"Because power isn't taken. It's wielded. And you? You're just a man grasping at something far beyond your reach."

Tom roared in frustration and threw everything he had at Ezra. The darkness moved in response, shifting fluidly to intercept each and every attack.

Ezra was untouchable, his pace never slowing. Tom's strikes became more desperate, his blows growing heavier.

Then, in a blur of motion, Ezra was behind him.

A single strike to the back of the neck and Tom's body went rigid before collapsing to the ground, unconscious. Ezra crouched beside him, studying his face for a moment. "You should have walked away."

With a touch, he sent the unconscious man into his pocket dimension, his body vanishing instantly.

Ezra exhaled, brushing the dust from his coat before turning back toward the car. He opened the door and slid into the passenger's seat beside Red.

"It's done?" She asked.

Ezra nodded. "Let's go."