STEFAN'S POV.I was shocked to see his reaction. If he smirked, it means it didn't work on him, and if it didn't work on him, it meant that he is supernatural? Suddenly, his expression changed. He looked clueless. Could it be that as my body is gradually turning into a spirit, taking my strength away, my vamp powers could be weakening too? Oh, no. That won't be good, at all. Since I found Melissa, I have had to use my vamp powers more than often."Uhm.... I'm sorry boss, but I'm kind of lost." He said, looking baffled."I do not understand. What do you mean?" I acted clueless."I know this might sound absurd, but I do not remember being called here.""Since when did you start pulling pranks on me? This is unlike you, Mr. Edward. Or the respect i have accorded you has gotten to your head?" I pretended to look a bit offended."I'm sorry, boss. Uhm may I know what you called me for?" "Never mind." I said as I walked out.I went back to the conference room and met Melissa pacing around
MELISSA’S POV.I watched as Layla called Stefan and my bones continued to crack. I felt really scared and thought I was going to die.“I’m scared, Layla.” I said and then a serious bone crack occurred which caused me to growl hard.Layla looked really scared and she was in tears as she managed to run out of the room. This got me excited. My meal threw in a challenge and I was ready to chase her around the house, if that was what she wanted.I ran after her until she got to the sitting room, panting heavily. As she unlocked the door, I pounced on her and threw her to the sofa.“Melissa, please spare me. What has gotten into you?” “You have the wrong name, miss. I am Jana.” I said, with a sharp growl.Then I moved at a fast speed towards her, and picked her up. I slammed her against the wall and pinned her neck to the wall, with a smirk on my face.“How does it feel to look death in the eye?” I smile enjoying the fear in her eyes.I watched as she choked and I tilted my head, left and
STEFAN’S POV.While I sat in the sitting room, sipping the blood I poured into a glass cup, I scrolled through my phone. I had planned to finish my drink before Melissa came back as I wouldn’t want her, feeling even more cringe, seeing me drink blood like it was nothing.I gulped it down in one go and then I heard her screams. I immediately ran up the stairs at a very fast speed, but was flustered, seeing her naked.“Uhm… What’s wrong?” I asked as I took my eyes, off her.“A demon. It’s in the bathroom.”“Oh, no. Not my bathroom.” The demons’ blood was really annoying and I wondered why they spilled blood. There were just a lot of things in the supernatural world that are still left, unexplained. But I understood. If not, I wouldn’t have kept mute without telling Melissa who exactly gave her that wrist band. I also was baffled as to the reason she gave her. The moon goddess had graced her with a visit, which was a rare experience.I snapped back to reality, and threw Melissa, a blan
STEFAN’S POV.I got to Melissa’s house, but her door was shut tight, and so, I decided to pass through the window. I rushed to her room, only to find the demon about to pierce her. I growled and charged at it.The demon looked at me and then left Melissa, then also charged at me. It was a cruel fight between us and I had gotten several injuries from it, and it was weakening me by the second. I knew I had to kill it before I dropped dead or something. Fortunately, I managed to kill it.“Are you okay?” Melissa asked me, looking worried.“Why wouldn’t I be okay? We have completed this part of our mission.” I gave a slight smile, trying to hide my pain.Then the wandering spirit appeared.“Well-done both of you. But you have to leave this place, right this instant. The portal that would transport you to the ghost world would start closing up, since you have killed the demons.”“Why the heck is it that way?” “Because it is a challenge. Now, off you go.”The wandering spirit disappeared a
MELISSA’S POV.“If you are thinking morning will come, do not be deceived. We have no sun over here. This is to test how bad you want what you came here for and how confident you are.” He said as he turned around slowly to look at me. I felt I was going to faint if I saw his face, I dreaded seeing his face because I knew he was going to be scary.To my surprise, he was faceless. It was just a cloak that seemed like a ghost, and then I passed out, only to wake up later.Everywhere was still dark, and I knew that this was serious, and I had to take this head on. Those scary things won't allow me to move forward, and that won’t be good. I stood up and kept moving forward until I saw a dark alley where I could see nothing but somehow, I knew that was the way to where I was going to. Fear gripped me as I made my way into the alley and couldn't see a thing, then I felt a cold hand hold my wrist. “Gotcha!” It said, in a husky voice.I screamed out loud and released myself from its grip an
MELISSA’S POV.“Oh no! I didn't make it?” I said as I found myself back in the ghost house. The little bottle had probably dissipated, since I wasn't able to get the child's tears. How certain am I that I can pass the others? Does it mean I'll be here until I grow old? Until forever? Oh, no! What did I get myself into?“Alright. I'll have that, thank you.” The first ghost said as it stretched its hands to my neck and dragged a necklace on my neck as it cut.“Ouch!” The necklace gave me a sting as it was dragged.To my surprise, the bottle was the necklace pendant. It had appeared on my neck in the form of a necklace, and it's pendant. I was overjoyed that I was able to get the teardrop for the ghost. But as the first demon sat down, he changed into an ugly creature.It had an oblong head with little tiny tentacles all around its face and head, leaving space for only the ugly eyes, which looked rotten. The body was like that of a big octopus with long tentacles. I screamed in horror
MELISSA’S POV.I gulped down my saliva in fear. Surrendering right now was a theory I had to try out, risking my life. I really hoped that I was right, as I didn't want to die right here, without living the kind of life I want. And I really had to be certain if Stefan was okay.Then I laid down on the floor, waiting for him to charge at me. He laughed and came at me with full force. It was as if my heart was going to come out of my chest with the way it was beating fast.“I know you aren't a murderer.” I yelled, then he stopped in his tracks.“What do you mean?” He asked with a voice that sounded curious.“I believe you didn't kill the man. The world is cruel and dirty and I know that. That is the reason I understand you. And I have someone I need to be certain he is okay. Help me, so I won't end up dying without fulfilling all I have ever wished for.” I said, softly.Then he calmed down and made himself visible, then bent down to me, looking torn by my words. He was an handsome youn
MELISSA’S POV.“How’s that possible?” I asked, with my eyes, widened in shock.“You picked the wrong iced cream.” The third ghost said.“But you passed two tasks out of three, so you are now free to leave this world. Take the five coins you need for the wandering soul.” The first ghost said as he handed over the five coins to me.I collected it with so much joy in my heart and ran out of the ghost house, seeing as the third ghost seemed displeased with me. It wasn’t my fault, anyways as she was being too tricky. I was just grateful that I got lucky with the second task which looked both scary and proved difficult.I ran to the portal and there it was, wide open for me. The lady must have known that I was on my way. I jumped into the portal and when I got to the garden, I looked around for Stefan, but he was nowhere to be found and I became worried.“Hello? Anyone here?” I called out to whoever could be in the garden.There was no response and I got scared that I would have to continu
MELISSA'S POV.Bonus Chapter.I got out of the swirling portal and wiped my hair to the back as it had scattered due to the wind. Oh, my. It has been a long while since I got here. It feels like second home.I walked out of the woods and then when I got to the road side, I brought out the currency I had kept since I left here and then hailed a cab.“Taxi!” I hailed the cab and got into it. I sat back and exhaled, ready to enjoy the ride.“Where to, ma’am?” He asked, politely.“Stefan’s Design, please.”I wanted to see how Edward was doing after all these months. I was certain he was doing well as he was a good leader and was capable of leading the people well. As soon as I got to the company, I ensured I put on the cap I brought along with me, so I won’t be recognized by anyone here. What explanation would I give them all if they caught sight of me? So, it was best for me to go unnoticed.I walked up to the vending machine and smiled as I recalled beautiful memories here, especial
STEFAN'S POV.It was a bright new day and this day felt different. Of course, it was the day to determine if we were going to win this war or not. But I had faith that our fate had something better in store for us all."It's time, right?" Melissa asked."Yes." Then I turned to the three warriors, Diego and Natasha. "We might face fear, hurdles and problems that seem bigger than us all, but we'll never back out until we win. Are we ready to fight this war!" I voiced out in confidence."Yes, Alpha!" They all chorused and then we headed out of the witches' kingdom back to the woods.While walking in the woods, Diego spoke up."The witches were really selfish this time, apart from giving Luna Jana back to us. If they couldn't fight the war, they could have at least, given us something which could be helpful to us." Diego pouted."It's fine, Diego. I believe we will win this war." "With or without them." Natasha added, with confidence."That's the spirit! It's time to show Valon the grea
MELISSA'S POV.I was in the room which they had kept me in, with my wounds magically healed. I was thankful that the witches had saved me, but I feared that they would be just another enemy whom I had gotten into their hands.Suddenly, the door creaked open and I noticed one of the witches at the door."You need to come out. Our Queen has asked for your presence." She informed me, without a smile."Do you think she wants to strike me dead or so something really nasty to me?" I asked, out of anxiousness."Please come out before things get nasty." She replied.Why were they so uptight here? I guess that's why they still stood strong, because they didn't allow any slight weakness to destroy them. They were queens over their weaknesses.I slowly followed her out to her meeting hall and to my surprise, I noticed Stefan, standing right before her."Melissa." He called out to me, looking touched."Stefan." I called out to him, softly as I covered my mouth with my hand.I couldn't believe it
STEFAN’S POV.It was a new day, and finally, we had gotten to the witches’ kingdom. I was glad that at least up to seven men made it with me and I hoped that what we came here for was going to be successful and not abortive.The witches were hard to please and to plead to them was a really difficult thing to do with a low chance of being helped. I was lucky that I was helped many years ago without too much effort and I hoped it would be the same, this time, because we didn’t have much time to waste anymore.We got to the large gate and we were stopped by two of their female guards. As fragile as they looked, they were really powerful. One could sense power going through their veins and you wouldn’t want to upset them.“Please allow us in. We have an important matter to talk about to your Queen.” I pleaded.“Our Queen do not want us to allow people in, so you have to go back.” One of them said, with a straight face.“Please you have to allow us in. We came all the way here and tried o
STEFAN'S POV.“Holy shit!”I knew that there were different supernatural but I never knew that there was one like this. She charged towards us and in one strike, she killed three men and then slashed Diego’s skin.“Aaargh!” Diego groaned in pain as he dropped down to the floor.“Her slashes are painful. The only way to kill her is to aim our claws at her heart.” Natasha informed me.“Alright, I guess we have to watch her moves closely as she is really fast.”“Exactly!”I nodded and Natasha and I charged towards her and we were able to avoid her claws. We successfully darted our claws at her heart and she became weak and fell to the ground and was dying slowly.“I think we should stop digging into her heart. Probably we can give her a chance or sort. She might agree to join us in our journey.”“No, Stefan. Do not be in a hurry to gain more people to fight with you. Her kind are deceptive in nature and the second chance you give her, she will ensure she kills you and trust me, that sec
MELISSA’S POV.What am I going to do? I began to think hard and it felt as if my heart which was beating fast was too loud for me to hear my thoughts and I almost screamed at this. Then a thought came to me and Immediately, I put in action.Any wrong move or wrong act could take away the bit of trust he had given me today. I quickly sat on his bed and crossed my legs, then I tried to calm myself so I do not look suspicious.“Phew! You can do this.” I sighed and encouraged myself.Then the door creaked open and my chest heaved up, refusing to go down. Valon walked into the room and his expression showed how surprised he was to see me.“What are you doing here, Jana? What do you want or should I say to what pleasure do I owe your presence?” He inquired while he stood, gazing at me.“I came to ask for a favor.”“What favor is that?” He asked, with his furrowed brows, becoming more obvious.“I want a personal guard. In fact, I need a personal guard. Ever since you gave me one just to tes
MELISSA’S POV.I didn’t know if this could be a trap or not and I wouldn’t want to fall into something like this, so I had to carefully choose my words and know the right action to take while in this dungeon.“I guess a lot of things have gotten into your head. Help me check if there is anything like a letter in your cell.” Then he scoffed. “I know about the letter which you are looking for.” He blurted out as he held the bars of his cell.If truly he knew what I was looking for and could say something really informative, it was best to ask him but I needed to try my best not to sound desperate.“You know about the letter, really? Well, if you do, where is it?” I asked, hoping he was going to tell me without I having to go through any sort of stress.“Not so fast, Luna.”“What do you want?” I let out my frustration.“I will tell you all you need to know if you are able to persuade Valon to set me free from the dungeon.”“But you do not deserve to be there. You and I both know that.
STEFAN’S POV.Night had fallen and Natasha, Diego and I, were brought out and the crowd gathered to watch the fight between Theodore and I. Some of them seem excited while some had expressions of dread on their faces.“Now Alpha, it is time for us to have a match. Are you ready or you are still warming up?” Theodore asked, looking down at me.I glanced at Natasha and Diego. Diego was looking angry while Natasha was calm. I also stared at the crowd and I could feel the atmosphere was tense around them as well, then I looked back at Theodore who was acting foolish.To me, he was just like a boy whom I needed to correct and knock some senses into his head.“I know very well that you are mocking me and if I were to look at our age, I am very much older than you. I am not interested in bragging about how I could knock you out in a second.” I said to him and he snickered.Then I turned to the crowd.“You all are wasting the strength and the time that is needed for more important things tha
MELISSA’S POV.I mustered up my courage and walked up to him.“So, you requested to see me. What do you want to see me for? I am all ears.” “I actually agreed at the last minute to do what you wanted me to do back then, but the guard decided not to allow me out of the drum.”I had also planned that I would use the guard’s hatred towards me to my advantage. After all, the wicked go down.“So, what you are saying is that he intentionally left you to die.” Valon tried to make sense of what I had just said to him.“That’s correct.” I affirmed, trying to maintain how fast my heart was beating.I wouldn’t want him to be suspicious of my moves.“Well, I do not believe you. If I have to believe you, then I will need evidence.” He replied as he clasped his fingers and rested his chin on them.“What evidence do you need? Because I am certain that you will get evidence. I know he hates me and wants to get rid of me.”“The only way I can get my evidence of what you claimed is if I make him your