006 His Enchanting Smile

"Get back here and take care of her!" Hank shouted at Jacob.

His rare temper shut Jacob up effectively.

"Ann would face a much more severe punishment if this one dies." Hank added in a lower voice.

"What do I do!" Jacob turned back to Emma quickly hearing that.

"Tell me where Lilith went, please." Hank turned to Emma, who was in a lot of pain and was at the edge of losing her consciousness.

"I know you care about Lilith, and I'm the only one who can save her now." Hank fixed his eyes on Emma, "You don't want Ann to hurt her, right?"

"Sh-she is leaving town," Emma said with great hardship, "Hig-highway 18, she's bound to take that one..."

"She owns you her life." Hank nodded before he put her finger on Emma's forehead and she fell into a deep sleep.

"I have stopped the bleeding for now," Hank told Jacob briefly, "Take her back to your house and your mom will know what to do. Do NOT take her to a hospital, do you understand me?"

"Yes, sir. I do!" Jacob took Emma into his arm, who was already out cold by then, "What about Ann?"

"I'm going after her." Hank said as he took out his wand, "Just go!"

Jacob ran towards his car without another word.

It didn't take Hank too much time to hijack a car, but it was long enough for Ann to catch up with Lilith first.

Ann was driving a sports car when Lilith was only in a secondhand Audi. And it took no time for Ann to spot the lone Audi on the highway driving in zigzag.

Ann took a deep breath before she hit the gas and drove up to Lilith's side, and her foreign car brought her right next to Lilith's driver's side.

Lilith didn't even notice the car beside her, let alone the driver.

Ann didn't take a good look at Lilith earlier at Jacob's place, or rather, she didn't care enough to.

This time Ann really paid attention to this human girl who was driving in her tears as she wipes her cheeks with her sleeve from time to time.

This girl was nothing out of ordinary. Not her looks nor anything. How could this ordinary human girl be the one that would steal everything from her?!

Ann couldn't hold down the burning rage in her chest.

She didn't want to test the wand anymore. She didn't dare to. She wouldn't be able to live with herself if this girl really could waken The Shadow.

Ann hit the break and Lilith's car passed her ahead quickly. Ann took a long breath before she mumbled her spell. Light came out of her palm and reached Lilith's car slowly under the dark night.

Yet it wasn't light that Ann was bringing Lilith, but eternal darkness.

Lilith screamed when her car suddenly took a right-angle turn to the left of the road, and the car jumped into the air as the tire bumped into the curb. The car spun in the air as it flew forward still when it was already over the left side of the highway, and that was when it happened--

The car landed on its hood dashing straight into the driver's line of a convertible that was heading in the other direction of Lilith's path before Ann crashed her car.

Ann stopped her car and walked over to the remaining of the Audi as the dust finally started to fall down. She approached the two cars twisted together as she took out The Shadow from her pocket.

The deadwood slept sound in Ann's palm.

Dark smoke broke forth from the cars as Ann approached, and the trees afar only added a shade of terror to this fateful night.

All of a sudden, Ann heard a groan coming from the other side of the car.

Ann's heart sank.

She rushed over around the ruins of the cars, only to see Lilith lying on the ground with her face covered in blood. Looked like Lilith bumped her head in the crash but...

How did she survive such a crash?!

Before Ann could make out the situation, the wand in her hand moved.

Only a bit, but it moved.

The metal grain carved into the wooden body shone as if it just came to life and was flowing into the ocean blue end of itself.

The Shadow was wakened.

It flew out of Ann's hand, slowly but sternly, higher and further to the direction of Lilith.

Ann made a loud groan as she grabbed the wand back, and even though small, she felt resistance from the wand, as if it was a baby taken away from its mother.

Tears fell down Ann's cheeks.

She got what she wanted -- she finally confirmed, The Shadow belonged to the ordinary human girl who was now lying on the ground, barely alive.

But even so, the wand wanted Lilith, not her, the most talented witch of her time, but the human!

Light rose from Ann's hand.

But before she could aim her hand at Lilith, a man's voice burst out from the shadow of the cars--

"What are you doing!"

It was only then Ann realized that they weren't alone. But how?! There was no one around! Unless...

Was he on that convertible Lilith crashed in?! But, was that even possible?!

The light died away from Ann's hand fast.

"I... I saw the crash so I just came to see if I could help..." Ann stepped closer to the cars, "Are you alright?"

The man didn't answer her "concern": "What was the light from your palm?"

"What? Ohh, I had my phono's lights on. It's super dark here." Ann lied, "Are you hurt, Mr...?"

"Interesting." The man chuckled as he stepped out into the light, and with a smirk on his lips, he said: "Could you call an ambulance then?"

"Of course!" Ann answered without even knowing what she said as she couldn't move her eyes away from the man. It was as if something nailed her sight on the man's eyes.

From the look of his pants, he was in a suit, but right now he had only his shirt on, which was also ripped open.

He had one of his hand in his pocket as he stood between Ann and Lilith, and the lights of his convertible were like the spotlight of his personal show.

Ann knew the man's evil smile was yelling out danger, yet all she could think of was the perfect figure showing under the unbuttoned shirt...

"Miss? Answer me." The man laughed, but Ann didn't answer.

She barely realized it was a mock directed at her for her getting lost in staring at him.

The man's lips curved into a dangerous smirk: "You are a witch, aren't you?"