The group reaches the forest, and now they are so well adept to the path that it takes them about fifteen minutes to reach the clearing. Evarius carried Tasha, as usual, and when he did so, Esther winked at her.All of them take shelter behind trees and bushes as Tasha begins to cast her shield a few meters away from the target place. It takes her merely five minutes to do. She is getting very good at all this now, although she knows that it could have been done even faster. But she'll get there too. Then, she proceeds to work on the Junta’s shield. This takes a bit longer. The undoing usually takes slightly longer. But she manages it all right. About twenty minutes later, the group is standing on the periphery of the clearing full of small huts that are now clearly visible. But they can’t see Lilia or anyone else for that matter. This strikes as odd to them.“Maybe the junta sleeps early?” Sabina suggests in a whisper“The few times we met them, it didn’t look so,” Damion says.“I am
“Home?” Echoes Damion. “You mean Byfall?”“Yes!”This puts a damper on the mood in the house. If Carl is home, then most probably he is not working with the Junta anymore because why on earth would the Junta go there?“Maybe they got sick of his shit and didn’t want to associate with him anymore,” says Damion. “Not the first time for that to have happened.”“Maybe,” says Tasha sadly.There is no one else to track, and for the first time since Lilia was kidnapped, they literally have nothing to go on. They have no idea what to do or where to go. The most they can do is sit in the jungle and wait for the Junta to return with Lilia. But what if they do not plan to return until the new moon? That might be too late.“No,” says Nadia slowly, and everyone looks in her direction, “what if the Junta really is in Byfall County?”“Why would they be?” Tyrus asks.“For the same reason that Tasha stayed back there. She needed a place that was close to her. Maybe the Junta need a place that Lilia ha
Lilia wakes up in a dark room. As her eyes adjust to the darkness, she notices that she is not in the same room she had gone into after the Head had done the spell to ‘protect her baby.’ This room is more spacious, and it doesn’t look like it’s in a hut like the previous one. The bed is also comparatively bigger and comfier. If she had not known better, she would have thought that she is in a safe place. This room certainly did not look like a place you would keep someone who is being held hostage.Lilia gets off the bed and scrambles to the window. It is dark. It either means that she has only been unconscious for some time, or it means that she has been knocked out for almost an entire day. She does not know which is more terrifying. She pulls back the curtains and sees a vast stretch of darkness in which she can make out some trees but nothing else. There is no way of telling where she might be.She then hears a noise from behind her. Someone has entered the room. They switch on th
The morning comes, and now Lilia sees where she is. She still does not recognize the place, but she can tell that they have left their previous sanctuary because the vegetation here is quite different. The trees are taller and larger, and the undergrowth is sparser than it was in the last place. But she is still locked inside a room. The only ray of sunshine is that at least this one has enough space for her to roam around, and the window is large enough to enjoy a decent view outside. She feels that the house is at some height and wonders if she is up in the mountains. She also thinks that she is at the back of the house because there is only a small open space that she can see, the rest is just rows upon rows of trees. Also, she can spot no one. She wonders if it’s just her and Chiara in this place. That would be very odd though. But she can't spot or hear anyone else.Why did they bring her here is what she does not understand. Is it because of the baby? Do they think that it would
After Sabina, Tasha goes to talk to Evarius. She takes him to the back garden where she had practiced last time she was here and was also almost kidnapped.“What is it?” He asks, looking concerned.“Nothing that serious. I mean, it is serious, but yeah... well... the thing is... I think I have found a way where if you choose to die, you will not be taking other people down with you as well, and in other people, I am including Sabina because I think she is linked to you, and she will be affected too. Not sure how, but she will be.”Evarius just stares at Tasha and there is a weird expression on his face. Does he not like what she is saying? Then she realizes what he might be thinking.“Oh, honey, I don’t want you to die right now!” She says. “I mean eventually when I get old and die. Then!”“Ohhh...”He exhales, and the relief on his face is clearly evident.Tasha laughed, “You think I will let you slip away so quickly? Never! You are trapped, Mr.Silvan.”Evarius kisses her lightly on
Everyone looks from Evarius to Sabina to Tasha in shock, but Tasha smiles because she knows that Sabina’s fainting means that it has worked.“What happened to her?” Tyrus asks, kneeling down beside her, looking scared.“She’ll be okay Ty and so will Evarius,” says Tasha. “Can you guys please carry them inside? Their bodies are going through a change and they might be down for some time.”Tyrus carries Sabina in and Damion and Brent carry Evarius. They place them on the two sofas and Tasha asks, “Did you guys feel something when Evarius fainted.”“Yes,” five of them say.“No,” says Damion.“Of course, you didn’t feel anything, D. You are a werewolf. The rest of you, what was it?”“A swooping gust of wind inside,” Esther says.“Yeah, like a blood rush,” says Nadia.“Does that mean it worked?” Brent asks.“In my humble opinion. It does.”“Is there any way to check?” Tyrus asks“Not really,” says Tasha, “at least nothing that I know of. But I am sure we will find something out once Sabina
Carl, Luther, and Garrit and sitting with the Junta head. Her name is Amyra. They are discussing the arrangements that Carl has provided the Junta with and something else that he has found out recently.“Are your plans for the new moon set then?” Carl asks her.“We are almost done. We’ll be ready by then, don’t worry. We’ll be off your hands after that. You’ll get what you want.”“Which is the binder?”“The binder, yes.”“Good. But there is something else that I think you should take notice of.”“And what is that?”“The binder’s friends are in town again. Does this mean that they know she and you are here?”“How can I tell you that? This type of thing should be your concern. Anyway, I have no idea how they can possibly know that we are associating with you. We never associate with werewolves and vampires, or at least that’s what everyone believes.”“Right,” says Luther, “but let’s say they do know and they try to sabotage our plans. Will you help us fight them?”“Of course, we will. H
The junta is gathered on the first floor of the mansion. This entire floor Carl has given to them for the time being. It is in the backroom on this floor that they have kept the binder. They don’t want Carl to get close to her before they have no choice.“I have given her the food,” Chiara tells Amyra.“How is she?”“She is fine. I told her she will be going home today and she looked happy with the prospect.”“Good. Now, we just need to make sure to get her out of this place before Carl lays his hands on her. Make sure that no matter what happens he can’t get to her. Once she is back home, we will place the spell that keeps Carl and his people away from her back and she will be safe.”“I will make sure that everything goes as planned,” Chiara says.“It should because if it does we will be able to correct the grave historical blunder that our ancestors had committed. We will finally be able to wash our hands off it.”Amyra turns around to look out of the window thinking about all the g