Exhausted, frustrated, and confused, Rio sat alone in the library. Books are scattered at the table in front of him. These books were all about paranormal beings. Creatures that are believed to have existed among us but stayed hidden from the mortal’s eye at least. Rio massages his forehead removed his reading glasses and closed his eyes.
His imagination ignited, and all those details he had just read started to form in his mind. As if he is watching a film, but in his mind, while his eyes are closed. First, there are wolves lurking in the dark woods, only the red yes of these creatures’ glow in the dark. Then there is a man, a naked man, a naked man that looks like it is in pain.
The man is trying to scratch his own skin heavily and wounds his own body. It cries in pain as if something wants to come out of him. The man started to have claws, sharp claws that grew from his own nails. This man started tearing his own skin in his chest, it is li
Chapter 7A week before Rio’s thirtieth birthday, he had decided to have a personal visit to their tobacco plantation. He wanted to see how things are going for their farmers, it is due to the rumors that there was increased tension in the area. Some natives in the area have been relatively claiming that the land belongs to their ancestors, they do not recognize the pertinent documents being presented to them. The legal team concludes that their behavior only shows how uneducated they are, or are they?….It was Friday, the sun shines but is being covered by cumulus clouds, Rio drove alone in his land Rover. The tobacco plantation is bit situated in a nearly remoted area of Quantelama. The road is now covered with thick fog, Rio switch on the light, and all of a sudden, an unknown creature crossed the road. He cannot stop the car because it happened in a split second, the next thing he knew is he heard and felt that he hit the creature by accident.
Chapter 8After fixing the issue on the plantation, Rio decided to go home. Though Guillermo invited him to stay for the night and have him as their guest, Rio refused and stated that he wishes not to offend the natives’ invitation and promised that he will come to visit them next time.Rio gets in his Land Rover and hits the road. It was already a day before his thirtieth birthday, and it seems he has been experiencing strange things more often than before. He remembered the guy in the woods, he thought to himself that it was impossible for that man to just disappear in an instance. This thought plays back and forth inside his head while he is driving.His head started to hurt again; his heart is beating fast as if it is going to explode. He stops the car and pulled over. The moonlight shines and he felt an intense pain inside him. He looks at the night sky and saw that the moon is almost full. He calmed himself down by exhaling deeply but his body does n
In his room, Rio is in agony. Something wants to break its way out of his body. It was his thirtieth birthday but how can he celebrate if he is like this. Leonard cannot do anything to help his friend at this point. He too experienced things that Rio had been experiencing but the difference is that Rio feels almost thrice of what Leonard had experienced. Leonard is two years younger than Rio.Uncle Ferdie had successfully convinced Aunt Petra to reveal a secret to Rio.“Dear, can you please let me in?” Aunt Petra softly begs Rio to open the door.He is calmer now than a while ago. He stood from his bed and forced himself to walk towards the door to open it. He feels nauseous and a bit dizzy.Aunt Petra was not able to hold her tears when Rio opened the door at last. Her poor boy looked like he has been having a rough time. The bed was wrecked and the sheets were torn out. The bathroom mirror was broken again. Books are on the flo
A large white wolf in front of the chained Sigma lets out a long howl that echoed through the large hall of the mansion. It transformed back into a woman. The woman reached out to the beast and touched its hairy cheeks with her soft fair hands. The beast started to calm down, then the naked woman removes her medallion from her neck and transferred it to the werewolf in front of her. Rio slowly returned to his human form and had fallen to his knees in front of her.The woman lowers down and held Rio with both hands in his face. She then kissed Rio on the lips and they both glowed up. Fireflies appeared around them; these fireflies are no ordinary insects but are spirits that seem to be rejoicing with the two souls that have finally reunited.Rio was shocked by what has just happened. After the woman kissed him, it fell to his arms unconscious. Petra and Ferdie saw everything and they knew that the prophecy has been fulfilled. Rio carried Deadrei in the gue
Chapter 11George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in blue is being played on the gramophone. This music complements the classical motif of the room. But the ambiance in the area seemed to be changed when the next piece was played. Mondestrunken, a Pierrot Lunaire Pieter composition. To the owner of that room, the music cleanses his soul. His legs are crossed at the top of the table while he enjoys a piece of a Cuban cigar.Dante lets a cloud of smoke out of his mouth. To his imagination, he began to see an image of Esmeralda forming out of it. He smiles a bit but this was erased in a sudden when an image of Viktor emerged and kissed Esmeralda in the cheeks. Dante whips the smoke whit his hands to his disappointment. He stood and walk towards the glass window.Outside, he sees the whole vicinity of his kingdom. While he was taking a good look of the view, he hears a knock on the door.“Who is it,” Dante inquired.“Pardon me, my Lor
At last, Dante knows where to find the last group of sorcerers, little did he know that they also have the most important thing that he is obsessed with, Esmeralda’s reincarnation, Deadrei.…Rio’s life was so dull until he met Deadrei. She was unexpectedly the person who watches him wearing a black cloak to conceal her identity. Her timing was right, truly, everything falls into its proper place at the right time. But where is she now? Rio seems to be agitated, he just met Deadrei once but he cannot erase this memory of her in his mind. He is so hooked on Deadrei’s mysterious personality. He must see her again; he should at least get a glimpse of her somehow. He can feel his heart beats so fast and he is having dreams of her that sometimes he does not want to wake up anymore. Who is this Deadrei anyway, why is he longing to see her again?He had become more anxious to know her whereabouts. He’s been troubled by night
It was dark, the long hall is filled with the cold crisp breeze of air entering through a small vent. The footsteps of a man echo along the tunnel. The man lit a fire in one of the torches hanging in the wall. One after another, until the underground tunnel, is filled with enough light, enough for the members of the sect to used in their secret meeting. These people are part of the faction that opposes the leadership of the current Alpha, Eloy.…People still call him Eloy inside Amberwood, but in the human world, he uses Dante as his name. When Eloy became the new Alpha after defeating Adrianus, his people rejoiced. They thought that he is the chosen one in the prophecy that would lead his people to greatness. Adrianus had caused half of their population to be wiped during the war he had declared against the immortal vampires. The former Alpha king was truly the most powerful creature that has walked on earth and no one can argue with that, but in
“We are being followed,” Theodore imparted to the elders in the campfire.“Yes, we can feel them, their stench of bloodlust is so high that they cannot hide their present properly,” Dolores replies to her husband.“Let them be, there is no need to engage in a bloody fight against these barbaric creatures,” One of the elders named Aldous stated.“Then we should set a perimeter seal, it may not stop them from entering the camp but at least they cannot transform inside our domain,” Theodore suggested.Deadrei was just silent and listened carefully to their conversation.“We must protect the Luna or wrath will be brought to us by both the Sigma and the Alpha.” Theodore continued implying their daughter’s safety.Deadrei has been restraining herself to be with his mate because the last time she went outside their domain, he was tracked down by some rogue ones on the w