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
The sun has gone down the horizon and because it's a new moon, the night is very dark. Lilia has been brought out of the house and she sees that it’s not a small house, it’s actually a huge mansion. The junta has cleared the space for the ritual and other than cloaked figures, Lilia can spot some other people. This makes her wonder. Who are these people? All the time she has been with the Junta, she has only seen them in cloaks.She walks to stand in front of the fire beside the Head who gives her a little smile. The smile makes her otherwise rigid face softer and calms Lilia’s nerves.“How long will it take?” Lilia asks.“A few hours. It’s a long process. We will be done before dawn, I hope you have rested during the day.”Lilia nods.“Then, you’ll be fine,” the Head says.Lilia glances around the scene. There are a lot of people here. Much more than there were before. There is a lot more commotion and people are talking continuously and moving in and out of the house. It almost seem
Evarius is clenching his chest and breathing heavily. It feels like someone is stabbing him in the heart continuously.“What is happening? I don’t understand,” he can hear Tasha say, as if from a long distanceHe cannot speak for the pain that he is feeling and just as he feels that he is going to pass out from the pain, it starts reducing in intensity, and soon it is gone. He massages his chest, but it feels absolutely normal now. What the fuck was that?“Evarius,” Tasha says, on the verge of tears.“I am fine Tasha.”“What? No -““Yes. The pain is gone.”“But why did it come in the first place, that’s the question,” says one of the witches.“Exactly. What did it feel like?”Evarius explains it to them. The more he talks the more confused Tasha looks.“Nothing like this happened the last time,” she says, “Did it?”“No.”“Then why now? They are targeting my bloodline, but I don’t feel anything. This is just weird.”“But the Serafina line is related to vampires,” a witch suggests.“Yea