“Well, hello there, guys.” She said, smirking, putting aside her dagger and propping her palms on her back, and leaning backward. “Shall we have tea?”She couldn’t be serious? They just walked the news that some people were brutally killed by some anonymous people that they – for a certain – did it, anyway. Shadow. “Are you for real asking us to have tea with you?” Aidan spoke in a shaky voice.The aftereffect of his father’s power didn’t wane completely. It left a bitter taste in his mouth watching that Shadow didn’t even affect much. She looked relaxed and blissful.She killed someone. No, several people.They knew that she did it, yet had no single hesitation or spark of remorse in her eyes. As much as they were the monsters, themselves, it didn’t occur to them to do a killing spree. “Why did you do that?” Aulia took a step forward, placing her warm hand on Ibrahim’s forearm. He was agitated, angry and so fierce. But, confronting their daughter wasn’t an easy job either. Who kn
The fragment of memories shared by Shadow didn’t stop till there. She proceeded with whatever problem she’d dealt with in the Underworld during her ruling years. At first, they internally questioned the relevance of the memories, but they soon ground their teeth afterward.The Bulteo group kept on coming up at every chance it got.It was supposed to be an insignificant group, somehow they grew immensely like an unwanted weed.The memories ended with the Bulteo group nearly slaughtering one of the SQE members. Vampire.She was one of the experimental subjects. Her power was blood manipulation. She was a beauty but a wolf in a sheep's dress. Her father was a crazy scientist that experimented on his own child.Shadow rescued her and made her one of the prominent figures in the Underworld.She was the best at working alone, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t work in a group. She was an excellent assassin taught by Shadow.She was inevitably captured during one of her conquests. Thankfully,
“That’s why I need it,” Shadow said curtly.Ali simply let it fly over his head. “What shall I do with the unregistered one?”Unregistered people were usually coming from poor families that couldn’t even bother to put themselves in the system or the war refugees or fugitives or could be anyone.“Pictures are fine. I don’t exactly need their background story or anything.”“It will be tricky,” Liliana interjected. “I’d already supplied the drive inside the envelope, Shadow.” She called Shadow shyly. Her face was tinted pink.“Thank you, Ana.” She gave her a thankful smile. “And Ali, you can do whatever with the unregistered one. If I were you, I'd put them into the system but if they were to be your enemies or fugitives… you need to tread this carefully.” “I see. There’s more to it, right?”Shadow nodded. “I need to identify them myself to make it easier for me.”“For?”Shadow pinched the bridge of her nose. “So that I can protect you from behind. Anyway, except for Ali and Liliana, al
A shadow loomed around the empty kitchen area after a long day, feeling extremely dehydrated. With tiny shuffles, that shadow pulled open the refrigerator and delved inside it. A tiny hand pulled out the cold bottle and twisted open the cap and at the same time kicked the refrigerator close. Haggardly, the shadow’s feet brisked toward the counter and stools. As soon as the butt sat on the stool, the kitchen lamp was switched on from the other side of the room and the familiar face peered not far from the shadow.“Af?” “Shadow?” Af as in Malikul Afdal blinked a few times at her. Shadow gave a simple nod and took a sip. The first sip was miraculous, outrageous, pure, cold, incredible, unbelievable, spectacular, magical, supernatural, breathtaking, and unnatural. Her body reenergized dramatically.She felt a presence stalking behind her, and she ignored it, taking a second sip.The second sip was mediocre at best but she didn’t want to waste the water, so she drank it, anyway.From
The late-night talk didn’t end with what she was hoping for. Malikul disappeared at early dawn, leaving the topic behind with his crew. Even if she wanted to discuss it, she had no opportunity to do so as she was also swarmed with work.Lots of them.Her people came and left with mountains of paperwork and haggard faces. None of them complained, though, as the pay was exceeding the average rate. Working with Shadow was hellish but the pay was worth it.Furthermore, Shadow was easier to work with. She wasn’t a difficult boss.However, she valued efficiency. Luckily, everyone was worth every penny. They were extremely good at it. Therefore, when Shadow called Priscilla and Midas to talk about the technology and satellites - their frowns deepened. A hint of scowl could be traced on their faces and their eyes were staring at her as if she was crazy.“What do you mean by satellites, My Lord?”Midas, the red-haired guy with a lanky body and slim torso leaned in while sitting on her desk. H
Three days later, Priscilla and Midas escorted her to one of the caves that were purchased by Shadow. It took them countless blank checks that exceeded the usual amount of a normal noble.Again, they couldn’t judge Shadow by the normal standard.In the Underworld, she was the pioneer of the weaponry business and a lot of other businesses. Even though she might not be actively involved with them anymore, the countless royalties were still under her belt. Not only that, she had countless investments.As SO and SQE operated differently, five percent of all businesses under SO would be religiously donated to SQE. The numbers of SO and SQE were like the group of ants and the family of elephants. SO or Shadow Organization consisted of countless factions which involved hundreds of people under it.However, SQE members were not more than 50 people. Still, their strengths were vast like an ocean. Except for Shadow and a group named Hyena – which was also under SQE – each one of them was st
A couple of days later, Shadow dragged Daud toward the sketchiest place that she managed to find at the earliest morning. The day had just barely begun and Daud was still pretty much sleepy.They sauntered into one of the dangerous forests called Darkest Woodland and they went deeper which was near the blue river.Blue river.Blue river referred to the plants that were located along the river. It didn't refer to the color of the river, nevertheless. The river was deemed to be the deadliest river not because of the water flow, but simply because of the plants near it. The blue plants and grass that were buried along the river carried the higher toxin that could kill the dragon. And the plants were only located inside the Darkest Woodland, along with the river.Therefore, the Darkest Woodland was named to be one of the most dangerous forests in The Unknown.However, for someone immune to all types of poisons, Shadow had no problem breathing in the river direction. She was also the only
“Vampires? And this… this is not from the Feather clan nor the Wingsman clan.” She traced the pad of her fingers on the feathers. The feathers were slightly unique. It was pointy and rough around the edge. It was somewhat larger than either clan.The Feather clan consisted of numerous bird feathers and the Wingsman clan’s feathers were limited only to their wings. There were striking differences between the Feather clan's and the Wingsman clan’s feathers. The differences were also prominent. But, they also had another hidden tribe that had similar feathers.“Dragons,” Daud mumbled, craning his neck long enough to see the feathers.“It seems so,” Shadow said under her breath, unintentionally holding his breath.“Wait? What?” Mad ruffled his crew-cut red hair. Crazy leaned in and whispered his sentence carefully. “Do you have dragons here?” Those sentences drowned with his uncertain tone.Shadow thoughtfully nodded her head. “Yes.”“We also have dinosaurs, in the other part of the