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But at the same time, Roman spat a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and the referee realized it was the other way around. "Griffin, foul."

"What the fuck?!" exclaimed Griffin.

"Foul conduct caught. Red," declared the referee.

Roman stood up from where he was sitting on the ground, and he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"The fuck, I didn't even touch him like that," said Griffin, looking at Roman and then at the referee. "Nobody throws up blood like that!"

Roman stared at Griffin and then said, "It must be because my body is weaker than yours. You know, half vampire."

Griffin was about to get into a fight, but the referee blew the whistle one more time for him to leave. He glared at Roman in rage before leaving the field, and a subtle smile appeared on Roman's lips. The blood he had thrown up wasn't because of Griffins' hit, but because Roman had been drawing blood in his mouth while knowing Griffin was going to attack him.

Not all vampires had good hearing abilities, not even the referee, but Roman had been blessed with it since he had been turned.

When the game finally ended, the referee declared the Hawk's team to be the winner of the match, and soon the crowd cheered and applauded the team. The vampires players were then asked to congratulate each other with the team members before the loser team left the field . The winning team stayed back, hooting and making noises of their victory.

The team players congratulated each other before leaving the centre of the field.

The elders stood up from their seats and Elder Luciano had a sour expression on his face as if he had swallowed something bitter. Donovan watched Roman with a pleased expression on his face. The other Elders took the game to be something fun for the vampire students, holding calm expressions on their faces.

"Are you alright?" asked Simon to Roman, as he had seen Roman being hit by Griffin.

"Never better," replied Roman with a half grin.

They walked towards where the Elders stood as they hadn't left the bleachers. Roman brought his hand forward, running it through his hair, before his eyes, for a fleeting moment looked at where Julie stood, who had a smile on her lips.

Donovan, who stood there talking with the other Elders, noticed the flicker in Roman's eyes. It had happened during the half-time of the game too.. The Elder's eyes subtly moved to the corner, noticing a group of students standing at the bleachers.