I felt someone watching me from behind and pivoted quickly, but no one was there. It seemed that my imagination became vivid because of all the things I have seen. While walking towards the last room that I didn’t check, I heard someone crying I heard someone crying at the end of the corridor. This was, definitely, not a normal thing. Yet, I couldn’t stay still. I ran, following the sound. I had to move left, right, left and right until I arrived at a sealed door with planks.
« Rasha, use your powers to feel if there is anything strange behind this door, » I waited for a reply but nothing was heard I turned around and called Rasha and Jack. They weren’t here.
I walked back, but I couldn’t find where I left them. Great, we were separated because of my foolishness. I turned around and noticed that the door was still behind me. I was sure that I walked yet I was in the same
« Alpha, can’t you use your flames to make things a little bit brighter ? » she stated.« I forgot that werewolves could also see in the dark, unlike other races, » said Jack.«Don’t talk to me. Avoid me like you always do.»« Alright. Could you stop it? We aren’t in a situation where we can be in discomfort, » I said.I could differentiate the shape of various objects but not their entire forms or what they serve. Night must have fallen a long time ago; it is the perfect time for the infected to roam freely. I thought of going around for a bit, but I dissuaded myself because we are in a position where a slight mistake could take us to our doom. After all, we are in Dahlia’s territory, and I doubt that she is a benevolent soul.
What shall I do now? I don’t have any idea how to fix this kind of situation?I don’t think that I would get my body back if I act the classic way, and Tiara doesn't help. It is practically impossible to achieve what they want me to do; as if they are trying as many souls as possible. But who would do it? And more importantly; for what?I should investigate. I must be careful because I don’t know what would happen if I followed what they want. Sometimes, we must think outside the box to be able to understand what is going on.The gardener’s words still replay in my ears. I was able to restore his relationship with his lover because of a letter. There was a misunderstanding between them caused by the postman; he had a crush on her, so he wanted to ruin their love to have a chance.The gardener was happy and gave me his satisfaction, I was able
I still remember it like yesterday. My sisters and I were orphans confronting the whole world. We were filthy in others’ eyes. We only had each other. My big sister used to say that no matter what happens to us, we have the whole world as long as we’re together. I knew that it was only a lie that she told us to make us happy.One day I stole a loaf of bread. I was almost in trouble, but he helped me. He gave me warmth when I needed it the most. His hands were so warm. I liked him and thought of him as someone from my family.Little did I know that he was conspiring against me! I was still a child but a Grande’s power manifest early.I helped him to come to this world unconsciously. Maybe it was because I wished for someone to help me.Khomad, one of the spirits of the wind.To th
« Hey, Rengoku !!! » I shouted, hoping that they can hear me. I scanned the place where they were. It was familiar.The basement; where we used to sneak in.«I thought that I was hallucinating but, is it you sister?» a voice spoke.It was the voice of a young child. It also felt familiar. Dahlia, my twin sister, it was like her voice. Dahlia Lilian RENDAL. Mother used to give us two names, one that was for outsiders and one for us. I used to call her Lila or Dahlia, Lilian was for outsiders.« Lila. Where are you? »She appeared out of thin air. She smiled mischievously.« I am happy that you are well. Where are you? You are really in a creepy place. Did you get yourself in trouble like you always do? »
I pivoted and saw the mirror that showed Rengoku and his friends once again.«I thought that the transmission was cut off,» I replied.« It was, but I regenerated the circle used in the incantation. Well, it was partially Jack’s fault so mine too. So it is my responsibility to restore it. I mean you seemed too immersed in looking at each other that I felt bad it happened. »« Lila, it seems you are caught,» I smiled.I looked at my own sister, who wasn’t bothered by my remarque. She was drawing with a stick on the muddy ground, peeking from time to time at us who were chatting happily. I was disturbed bu the fact that this place was empty, that I wasn’t discovered yet. My doppelganger did a wonderful job then. I noticed the flickering ray of the fire orb. It must be Rengoku who has cast it. He al
It is fishy. Why does he know that I investigated? As far as I know, Khomad was the only one that saw me. I offered him a handshake. He hesitated for a moment, then executed. I held his hand strongly—this one of the moments when I prefer strength over intelligence.« Did you think that I wouldn’t notice? You are far behind me, Khomad, Marlad or even the gardener. Which one of you is the real one? Aaah! Did you deceive me in prison? Do you dare lie once again? »He laughed hysterically.His face changed under the moonlight to the Khomad I know, a young man with green eyes and hair. What a shame! I was almost deceived.« You didn’t change for one bit. What did give me up? »« The fact that you always knew what I was doing. What? You probably made this whole city to deceive the victims, right? I bet that this was all an illusion that you created. You show a complete perfec
When I saw myself in that painting, I thought that I was a bad person since that asylum was a terrible place, but when I saw her, my mate, I had the feeling that she would make it crumble into nothingness. My worries were founded on nothing.The only thing now is that I must focus on returning to the kingdom to make things a little bit better for the citizens. I know it’s going to be hard to fight them, but if I want to make the world a little better, I must fight, and my fight will be tough to win.Adelia scolded her sister then she led us outside. I couldn’t forgive her for killing my pack, but I can’t change what happened.I must seek the truth behind everything. My instinct told me that there is something important that I am missing.«Do you think that we can make it to the city in two days?» asked Maya.« No, I don’t think so. Why? » Jack replied.« The bakery will
I learnt a lot from the library. Apparently, I was an employee in the first branch. That is right; the asylum had two branches; the first one had the purpose of finding a way to separate the Grande from her powers. The second one was to enhance human strength and resistance; they wanted to have the upper hand when the operation would be successful. However, it failed, and the world we know of nowadays is the result. Infected and strange places like this castle came to exist; even ghosts had a physical appearance and could touch anything if they wanted."Our parents did not want us because we were troublesome. Well, that is what my sister told me, but I believe otherwise. When we returned to our hometown to ask them why they gave us away, we did not find them. A local told us they moved after becoming rich all of a sudden," Dahlia shrugged her shoulders to show she did not care about them."If you died early, how could you come back to your hometown or help your sister
"Now, I want you to get out of here, and I hope I would never see your faces again," Barbara pointed at the back door and urged us to go. I stopped right in front of the door after Edward left, waiting for me outside."Is it really alright to go like that? I can help. I know I can do it.""You were the only one who was called traveller, you know. You may not know who you are, neither I do. However, you must be someone who had already seen enough and chose to experience the same thing all over again. Please stay out of it. This is our battle. Zadimus must have already knocked your friend. Take him and go. We will take care of these things. Since you exist, our battle will be successful."She pushed me outside and closed the door behind us. I did not know what to do. Suddenly, an idea came to my mind. We can help them kill the demons that will emerge from the portal using Xavier and his pack. I looked at Edward briefly and ran to the hot spring. I was confident I
"We also have a legend about your deeds... more like it was about the portal. No one knew it existed beside a few nobles and the Rayginaz family," I explained."This is strange! I do not dare show off. The portal indeed exists, and I am keeping it at bay. However, it was a matter that I had to do in exchange for debt. We do not dare to blend with people, and also, we do not dare to take a human bride. It is already odd for me that you exist. From your words, that means I took a human as a friend and another human as a bride. It will shorten our lives if we do so.""In every generation of the Carmander royal family, there was a human bride. As to strengthen the bond between humans and vampires.""Then that means you are dhampirs. Vampires have a long lifespan, we like living in isolation, and we cannot stand humans. I am already doing my best to coexist with them.""As I thought. I found it already strange that the royals do not live as normal vampires," s
"I was wondering for a while, young man. Why can't I read your thoughts?"It was a question that made me panic. I did not want to say who I was exactly, and at the same time, I admired the man in front of me. He was sitting elegantly, showing signs of wisdom and a lifelong experience. I never imagined that I would be meeting the ancestor that everyone admired."He is your great-grandson or great-great-grandson, I do not know exactly," Bonine held my hand and smiled at me. Thinking it was fine to tell him."That is surprising," Zadimus laughed, and his laugh was contagious. I laughed at my turn. I did not expect him to believe us. I truly wanted the wisdom of such a great man, "from the way the young man looks at me, I guess I must be someone you really look up to. You see, young man. I am no great man. I wander these lands keeping the door in the dungeon under us in control. I do not know exactly how to seal it. How is it, the life in the future?"
After a good bath, I met Bonine sitting on a bench right outside in the street torturing the bird."I was wondering for a while but, aren't you an odd fellow? You have the intelligence of a regular person. Who is that master of yours?""He is the mighty Diego. How about you become my master's bride instead of staying with that good for nothing? My master is a good man. He will give you the life you dream of. I feel like you desire a normal rich life where you have everything you want, with many servants and girls... I mean boys, handsome ones..." I flinched. I wonder what she will answer?She grimaced. "You deserve another beating. Do you know who he is? The one you are badmouthing.""Whatever he is, my master is better. It is not like he is a king.""He is a king."The bird screamed and flew away. "Excuse me. I do not want my feathers taken away. I guess there is no future for you and my mater. Goodbye! I hope you will have all the ha
We travelled as soon as we finished Bonine's ideas. She got depressed when her castle was not complete. However, great concepts must take time to flourish. There were approximately twenty members in Xavier's pack without counting children since they stayed back in the mountain. We were going for a war. Therefore, taking weak people with us is considered a hindrance.Westineof is a little far from here. We had to walk a great distance before arriving at a weird village. It was crowded with pacifist people, and a peaceful atmosphere crowned the air wherever you went on that land. The first option we had is to relax in a hot spring that was available in the village. It was surprising that it still existed and was not infected by the disease's virus. It was a blessing for us since we did not relax for a long time. Bonine rejoiced with the idea and disappeared immediately, searching for the items that we will use.Our whole gang threw himself into the spring, splashin
"Good morning, Guardian deity Grazar; I hope that I did not disturb you," I looked around me and caught a glimpse of Edward and Davina sleeping, "I did not want to create a disturbance. However, I need your assistance.""You are a Grande, yet you need help from a guardian like me. I do not find anything to help you with."I looked at my bare hands then clenched them. There was something that had to be done. I stared at him with confidence. It was better to keep this a secret from the others. "I do not want to fake anything. I am not Adelia. I do not know what I need to do to fix all this mess, even if it was not my fault or hers to begin with. What I intend to do will be good for us as well as for you.""You got my interest. What can I do to help a worrisome soul like you? I already knew who you were. Words travel with the wind, and my friend told me about it. In fact, the future Adelia must have connected the two eras. That is why you ended up here.""Sh
I was thinking for a while now. Wouldn't it be fine if we left something for ourselves for the future? Something to prove that one day we walked by here and contributed to a great cause. If we were to fix everything, the results would be attributed to our respective roles, not our true selves. This idea kept ringing in my head for a while now. I could not accept that our success would be given to someone else.I mean, since the future we know of is a fine one. We live in a society where we do not know even about these dark times. That means we will succeed; it is just that we have to make our decisions according to our judgements following the great cause. It means that Grande was only following history since if she did not send us, the future we know of would not exist.My head started to hurt. It isn't obvious. How did she know we were in this time? Does it mean we are already sharing the same body, and I am the one dominating it? It is really confusing.
As I described my relationship with Edward, of course, I left our real identity out. There was a jolt of numbing cold in my back. I did not cry in pain, but Edward darted to my side, pulling me under a tree. As he turned his eyes searching for the culprit, a cloaked man barely visible in the light since he was hiding in the shadows, jumped forward followed by other clocked men. They had daggers, and one of them had a wand.The one with the one was pointing his hand towards me and holding the wand with the other. I understood immediately who they were, assassins. They came out when we sent our three companions. Even Alisha was not with us since she stayed behind studying the werewolf silver pack condition members.Xavier unsheathed his sword and charged towards the cloaked man with a wand. The first thing you had to do in a battle was to eliminate the healers, supporters and offensive magicians. As I slumped back against the ground, pushing Edward forward, t
"Indeed, they must have touched it in its sleep. Some creatures lived since ancient times and have established their own domain in this world."It was authentic of them to do it. If no one harmed them or trespassed their own personal space, they would show generosity and kindness. If you happen to meet them one of those days, they would only stare at you and move away. Some could be dangerous. However, they did not harm weak creatures since they consider themselves above all of them.We found a village in a normal state, there were only some nasty smells here and there, but it was normal since food could rotten. We looked around each on their own; I went to one of the houses; it was completely normal besides the unusual scene of people taking their mean; they were all stones. I pitied them; they could turn back to their usual form. However, the magic had to be dispelled. There are two options; whether to talk to the guardian deity or leave it alone, it will wear