Chapter 449: Marvel: Awakening the Little Universe at the Start, Chapter 235

Caroline's pupils contracted rapidly.

It wasn't because Hawk was handsome.

Nor was it because Hawk had a sturdy build.

It was because...

She hadn't noticed there was a second person in the study just a moment ago.

Although she hadn't been a vampire for very long, she was clever and had quickly mastered how to restrain her bloodlust, control the strength that had suddenly surged, and manage her now extremely keen five senses.

Yet, after becoming a vampire, her heightened senses had failed to detect a second person in the study.

Of course.

It would have been strange if she had.

Let's put it this way.

If she could have detected Hawk, it wouldn't mean she had become stronger; it would mean Hawk had become weaker.

Hawk took in the changes in Caroline's pupils but didn't show it.

Still the same point.

He was here to accompany Gwen to visit her grandfather and take a vacation, not to play some game of pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.

"Caroline, let me introduce you."

"Hawk Phoenix, my fiancé."

"Hawk, this is my cousin, Caroline Forbes."

"Hello."

Hawk extended his right hand with a smile.

Caroline steadied herself, looked at the hand offered to her, and shook it: "Hello."

Hawk smiled slightly, choosing not to interrupt the sisters' reunion. After withdrawing his hand, he said to Gwen, who was standing to the side: "I'll go for a walk outside the estate. You two chat."

Gwen gave a hum, watched Hawk walk toward the door, and cautioned him: "Be careful."

She remembered Hawk saying there were vampires in Mystic Falls too.

Although there were some in Niuyuecheng, New York was huge, and they were right under the nose of S. H. I. E. L. D.

But Mystic Falls was very small.

Even though in Hawk's eyes, let alone one vampire, even if a whole clan of vampires stood side by side, Hawk would be fearless.

But Hawk not being afraid was a different matter from her reminding him to stay safe.

Hawk waved his hand without looking back and walked out of the estate.

Caroline watched Hawk's departing back, her brows slightly furrowed.

Once again.

Her five senses, enhanced after becoming a vampire, could not hear Hawk's heartbeat, could not smell Hawk's blood, and could not even sense any fear from him.

It seemed this person was fearless.

Yet this person was not a vampire.

Caroline had just shaken hands with Hawk. At that moment, she could clearly perceive, through Hawk's warm palm, his pulse, his blood surging like a tide, and his heart beating as if it were the birth of a universe.

But once they parted, her senses could no longer perceive Hawk.

This person...

Had a problem.

Caroline thought to herself.

Gwen, standing to the side, saw her cousin staring blankly at her fiancé's back and waved a hand in front of Caroline.

"Hey."

"Sorry."

Caroline snapped back to reality and looked at Gwen: "Gwen, your fiancé is very handsome. How did you two meet?"

Gwen glanced at Caroline and said with a smile: "Not telling."

Caroline understood. She grabbed Gwen's arm, shaking it, her voice turning soft and sweet.

"Cousin~~~"

"Whoosh!"

After Hawk walked out of the estate, the moment he turned right, his figure vanished from the spot. When he appeared again, he was already in a patch of forest, looking at the male vampire in front of him whose pupils were shifting into astonishment in slow motion, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"Hello!"

"..."

Damon Salvatore looked at Hawk, who had appeared silently before him, his heart jolting. His figure moved like a ghost, wanting to flee.

He succeeded.

The moment Hawk finished that sentence, he became like a blur, quickly darting into the forest behind him.

But...

Just as Damon stopped after fleeing, unable to see the Forbes estate anymore, and was about to think about what kind of monster that was, Hawk's voice came from behind him again.

"Too slow!"

"... Whoosh!"

Damon's hair stood on end; his heart, which hadn't beaten for who knows how many years, even trembled slightly.

He didn't hesitate, turned around, and with ghostly movements, raised his right hand, preparing to strike directly at Hawk's heart.

The result!

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Damon, who had been lifted into the air, flew backward like a cannonball. The towering trees behind him, which had grown for who knows how many years, were cracked one after another by Damon's impact. By the time he hit the fifth tree, Damon's pale face flushed, and he spat out a mouthful of dark blood, slumping onto the damp, muddy ground.

Hawk, hands in his pockets, appeared before Damon again, looking calmly at the vampire leaning against the tree and spitting blood.

"Name!"

"... Who are you."

Feeling the gap in strength between himself and this person after just one blow, Damon was shocked. He then thought of a sentence his ex-girlfriend, whom he and his brother had joined forces to lock in a tomb not long ago, had said before being sealed away. He looked up at Hawk, who was standing before him, looking down at him from above: "Klaus?"

Hearing this, Hawk laughed: "I'm not a vampire!"

What level was he?

And what level was a vampire, to dare to come and try to touch porcelain with him.

Hawk sneered inwardly. Looking at this vampire who seemed somewhat familiar, just as he was about to speak, he looked up toward the direction of the Forbes estate.

Just then.

Damon Salvatore, his aura withered, didn't hesitate. He went full speed again, and with a whoosh, darted toward the town center at the foot of the mountain.

But his speed was still very slow.

At least in Hawk's eyes, it was.

However...

Just as Hawk's eyes turned crimson, his heart suddenly stirred. He seemed to think of something, chuckled, and retracted his Phoenix Ray.

The reason he came to find this vampire was simple.

Who told this vampire to lurk at his doorstep.

How did that saying go.

One does not allow others to snore beside one's bed.

Under the shroud of Hawk's sixth sense, he had discovered this vampire the moment Caroline approached, and he had also discovered this vampire following Caroline here.

Someone who didn't know might have thought it was a stalker.

How could this be allowed.

But just now, Hawk suddenly remembered who this somewhat familiar-looking vampire was.

Wasn't this Damon, one of the famous Salvatore brothers.

This Damon and his brother Stefan were quite the interesting pair.

Let's put it this way.

Both brothers' ex-girlfriend was the same person.

He had come here originally intending to teach this vampire, who felt exactly like he was tailing or scouting, a lesson.

After all, he had just arrived, and a vampire was already targeting him. If he didn't strike hard, once again, it would easily make those enemies hiding in the dark think he was soft-hearted.

But it was clear Damon wasn't that type.

He should have been following Gwen's cousin, Caroline.

As for why, that was no longer important, as long as he wasn't stalking him or his fiancée.

This was also the reason why he gave up on killing Damon.

Hawk thought to himself, watched Damon, who had run far away but hadn't left his attack range, retracted his gaze, and vanished from the spot.

Gwen was currently standing in front of the car, looking for Hawk.

"Hawk!"

"Coming."

Hawk's figure appeared behind Gwen.

Hearing the sound, Gwen turned around, looked at the returning Hawk, and just as she was about to speak, her nose wrinkled. She leaned in toward Hawk, sniffed, and then looked up at him.

"Blood smell?"

"Not mine."

"Then whose is it?"

"A vampire's."

"Hiss!"

Gwen took a sharp breath, her gaze scanning the surroundings: "Where? What did he come for?"

Hawk looked at Gwen, who seemed to be confirming the direction, and laughed.

"Ran away."

"Ran?"

Gwen looked at Hawk with some disbelief: "You missed?"

Hawk was amused.

"If I wanted to kill him, he wouldn't be alive."

"Then..."

"Thought he was here to tail us, found out it was a misunderstanding, so I let him go. Isn't that what you said? To be kind."

Hmm.

That was indeed what Gwen had said.

Gwen listened to Hawk's explanation and smiled slightly.

Hawk then changed the subject: "Your cousin is still inside. Why did you run out? Finished catching up?"

Gwen snapped back to reality and handed the phone in her hand to Hawk: "Almost forgot, Natasha just called. I came out to find you. She said she has something to tell you. You should call Natasha back quickly. I'm going back to find my cousin; we haven't finished chatting yet."

She had been telling her cousin her slightly embellished story of how she and Hawk met, got to know each other, and stayed together when Natasha called.

This was why she had run out to find Hawk while they were chatting so well. ===== CHAPTER 451 =====