Lilia and Damion are sitting with Tasha in her room. For the past hour, they have been filling her with details about vampires, werewolves, hybrids, witches, the ritual, the binder, the curse, etc. Lilia can see that Tasha is feeling her head pound, but they don’t have much time and they have to present her with all the relevant information.“I still keep wishing for you guys to say that this is all a joke,” Tasha says looking at Lilia and Damion hopefully. When they don’t say anything, she looks at the ceiling saying, “Apparently not.”“Tasha, I could transform into a wolf to make you believe it,” says Damion, “but I need a space slightly larger than this room filled with so many things. I will break something in here. But I have shown you how fast I can move. That’s not natural.” “I know. I know. But this is bizarre. If Lillia hadn't been here, I am telling you I would have run out of the room screaming. Why didn’t you tell me all this before, Lilia?”“Because the information was no
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard you curse before,” Esther says, getting out of her cage and moving to Brent’s to unlock it.“I have never seen you bang someone’s head into metal bars,” Brent says, getting out of his cage.“Fair.”Both of them run to the gate and Esther asks, “Now what?”“We need blood or any chance of fighting our way out of here is down the drain.”“What about the second guard who would come in any moment now.”Esther looks over at Brent as she says this and sees a little hesitation on his face. She knows that he doesn’t hunt this way. Neither does she.“We’ll have to,” she says.“I know. It’s either kill or get killed. Get ready.”They stand on either side of the door, waiting for the guard. A minute later, he enters, and Brent grabs him, covering his mouth. He bites into his neck just as Esther does the same from the other side.*Lilia, Damion, and Tasha are driving to Damion’s grandmother while Adeline and Tyrus are following them in their car. They reach the park
Anastasia had been teaching Tasha for about an hour. Lilia is watching her follow Anastasia's instructions. There is no way for her to judge how Tasha is doing because she didn’t know what they were doing. Anastasia had taken Tasha to a small clearing in the forest and the rest of them had followed. Since then, they have been watching her roam around, lie down, wave her hands in all sorts of ways, and use weird words. Tasha had just managed to light up a line of salt that Anastasia had spread in front of her. To Lilia, it looked quite impressive, but Anastasia said that it was just preliminary stuff.Tyrus and Damion had gone to contact some people that they hoped would help them in rescuing Brent and Esther. No matter how much Lilia wanted to go over to save Brent and Esther, she knew that the rest of them would do everything to prevent it. She understands why. The amount of power and say Carl will have after the ritual, no one wants that. But she did not want the blood of two people
Brent had seen Esther jump between him and the werewolf, but he could not do anything before it bit her. He shoves the werewolf off her and then shoots him. It crumbles down to the floor. Brent turns around to see Esther lying on the ground, unconscious. He looks around for more werewolves, but there are none. The ground is littered with unconscious or maybe dead werewolves. He lifts Esther off the ground and runs out of there. They had been kept in a storehouse type of place, and he could not see any more werewolves and places of living around. But they may be able to smell him and Esther and may come at them at any time even if he can't see anyone right now. It is their area, so he cannot stop. He keeps running. He doesn’t recognize where he is, and his only chance is to go with his gut. After running a few minutes, he recognizes where he might be. His mansion is quite far from this place, but his lake house is nearby. So, he starts running down the hill with Esther still unconsciou
Brent carries Esther inside the house and up the stairs to his room. He places her on the bed and goes down to look for some things. He comes back with a pair of tweezers and a bottle of yellowish liquid. He sits beside Esther and takes off her shirt. The bite on the side of her stomach is quite deep. He pours the wolfsbane on it. Then, he uses the tweezers to pull out the bullet from her shoulder. He gets a pair of tissues and wipes her wounds clean. There is some blood on her face as well, he wipes it clean too, remembering the fighting scenes and how strong and brave she had been. He gets one of his shirts and puts it on her. After the tending and dressing, he places the blanket over her and leaves to wash. All his injuries had already healed, it was just dried blood and mud now. He takes his time while showering. It had been an experience to remember. He had not thought that they would manage to get out of it. They probably wouldn’t have, if not for Esther. His mind goes to images
“Of course!” Brent exclaims, facepalming. Lilia notices that he is smiling too, and so is Tyrus. “The main thing was to save Brent and Esther,” says Damion, “as for the ritual, Carl can’t do anything for now.” “What does that mean?” asks Lilia “Yeah, the rest of us are missing the point completely,” says Esther. “Remember,” says Damion, “I told you that Carl can’t reach the third ingredient i.e. the book because I have it.” Everyone nods. “Well, he tried,” continues Damion, “I knew he would try to get his hands on the third ingredient now that he thinks he can get Lilia. So, I went to that place to see if he would. He was going
Tasha and Lilia lie in silence for a few minutes, and then Tasha asks Lilia, “Do you like him?” “Who?” “Damion.” “I - I know you don’t like him...” “Who said I don’t like him?” Tasha asks in an incredulous voice. “Well, you guys are always bickering so I assumed- “ “Oh, he just annoys me on purpose, and I give that back to him. But it doesn’t mean I don’t like him. I know he is a fine guy. But I am not asking you if you like him that way.” “I know. The thing is, I don’t know, or maybe I do, but I am not sure.” “Why?” “I h
The group had decided to inform the Junta. They felt that since the Junta wants to protect Lilia from Carl too, it would be appropriate to inform them that they are planning to have Tasha cast a spell on her. It would assuage their fear too. Damion’s grandmother had said that she knew a way to call the Junta, so Brent and Tyrus had gone to her. Meanwhile, Esther had gone for a walk. Adeline didn’t feel like going anywhere, so she decided to stay home and watch TV. As she had been asleep for almost a century, she had tons to catch up on.It had just been fifteen minutes since Esther had left when the bell rang. It took Adeline by surprise. No one other than the people who lived in the house came here. Not without informing, at least, so who could it be? With the events of the past few days, Adeline doesn’t know if it would be prudent to open the gate. As long as she is inside