Stepping on the broken concrete blocks that lay on the floor and walking further into the dark opening in the temple, Chloe couldn't do anything but gape at everything she saw. A ten feet tall and five feet wide wooden structure that looked like a box stood alone in the middle of the huge room where she had seen the book. After reading the book, she had plenty of unasked questions and she tried to satisfy her curiosity. However, she needed to know more without Maya's knowledge.Chloe swallowed and inhaled shakily, her hand stood firm on her sword. Not like she wasn't expecting to see anyone in the temple, because it was clear to her that this was Maya's home. However, the emptiness of the place was disturbing. Was she supposed to leave her home? And to where? Much as she would like to know, Maya's whereabouts aren't as important as scanning the whole place. Until the day she came back after Zeidan's encounter with her, Chloe never would have thought that there was possibly a place exa
The morning sun was warm, especially as it beamed through the breakfast room through the slightly opened windows overlooking the park. At the table, only Styx sat there with a magazine in hand, focused on what was written in it. The rest of the family had started moving to the table, each of them mumbling a 'good morning, Dad'. George and Georgina sat side by side as usual, while Olivia was led by Reb to the other side of the table. Lyne and Zeidan took their seats at the farthest end of the table. Charles walked in majestically without a greeting and his presence made the atmosphere tense. "Where is Korba and Azrael?" Styx asked but Charles butted in."Aren't you ever tired of playing the Father role, even for a day?""Charles?" Lyne called, her brows furrowing. She always knew Charles to be a spoilt brat but when he became this worse was what she couldn't lay a finger on. "Yes? But I'm right. I mean, he kept you protected for the rest of your life while we were out there fighting
Zeidan pressed the doorbell twice and the door was opened by the white-haired wife of Dan, Marianne. She was wearing a purple simple long-sleeved cotton dress that reached her knee and had an apron around her waist. "Hi, Marianne.""Hello, Zeidan. Do come in, Dan has been expecting you. And Roderigo." She opened the door wider so he could enter and his nostrils were filled with grilled cheese, maple, bacon, and also french fries.He nodded and turned into the drawing room where Dan stood holding a glass of scotch and Roderigo was sitting across the room too. They seemed too deep in thought or analysis. After the revelation made by Styx about how Lyne's mother had died, she hadn't been herself. He left her in the suite while she was still asleep to come to Dan's so they can talk about what he heard. "Hello, Dan. Is there still room for a third?" He called and the two men chuckled, inviting him in."Sure, man." They exchanged handshakes before he sat on an empty chair as well."So, I
Lyne picked up a file she had gotten from the clerk downstairs. It had on it several names of clients that had come to buy artifacts from the company and she shook her head at how much people waste just to get a hold of something that doesn't belong to them. Zeidan had left her since morning and she couldn't blame him for going without her. She had been sulking alone, thinking of what she had heard about her mother. But could she just sit there and think all day of her mother who had died choosing the pack over her? When none of her family members refused to talk about her mother, she thought that maybe her mother was a bad person to them, and talking about her would only bring up traumatic memories, which explains why her siblings never liked her. Turns out her mother had been bad to only her. Her mother had rejected her even right after she was born. Picking up another sheet of paper, a file fell to the floor. It was a printed CCTV footage of a black cloak moving past the hallway
Chloe approached the dome-shaped structure with torn roofs that stood in front of her. Maya had asked to meet her here. "Why had she been acting strange? Especially after I read that book." She thought aloud.She accessed the old and abandoned temple located on the outskirt of Vampire City. As she went closer to the big door at the entrance, she could smell the dust that covered the building. She entered the dark hall and proceeded toward what looked like an altar. The room where she had picked the book up before. This she did with serious caution.Chloe looked around the big, well, almost empty room and began to pace about the altar. She could see the sky from where she was beside the altar as the roof above was either torn away or missing somehow. Strange but thanks to that anyway, it provided lighting from the moon to the dark hall. The walls had a lot of cracks with broken windows and it looked like the building could collapse at any moment. Beside the altar was an opened coffin,
Maya had gotten information that Zeidan was going to Los Angeles and she had waited on the side of the road connecting the driveway to the main road that leads to Los Angeles in by the side of the road. She waited for about twenty minutes before she saw Zeidan’s black Audi car speeding onto the main road. She quickly turned on her heels and followed him.She followed patiently, waiting for the right time to engage him. Very soon, they were on the main road with bushes on the sides of the road, this was the best time to engage him she thought. She jumped on the bonnet and the car surged forward. Zeidan noticed this and increased his speed too, and the hot chase began. Maya began to gain on him quickly. An indication that her ancient powers cannot be underestimated. She had chosen the right time for this mission.She swerved to the right side of Zeidan’s car and opened her door. Swiftly she jumped on the windscreen leaving the car to turn three sixty and moving to crash into the signpo
Lyne sat still on the bed with her arms wrapped around Tina's cold body when the elevator dinged and Zeidan rushed in. He was looking just as pale as she felt but she was glad he was around. As soon as he got inside, he slowed his pace and walked to her side where he crouched and placed a gentle hand on the girl's forehead."She didn't deserve this," Lyne muttered, tears rolling down her cheeks with every word she said. "She was just a cherry kid who was just embracing life. Unfortunately, life decided to throw its hurdles at her. Doing what it knows how to do best. Being cruel."Before she knew it, Zeidan sat on the edge of the bed and swung an arm around her, pulling her in an embrace. "You're right. She deserves the best and not this. But you've got to know it wasn't your fault.""I should have asked her more questions and tried my best to protect her but I didn't." Her voice was shaky and if she wasn't sitting, she would be afraid of slumping."You did the best you could. Stayed
"I think it's high time we go back home." Zeidan's deep voice boomed when they got back to their suite. She flung her purse on the bed and her shoes went flying as well. She tried hard to hold back the tears welling up inside her. Thinking of when she had first met the girl, her pretty round face had caught her heart. Her red hair complimented her eyes. The freckled sprawled over her forehead and nose. Her defiance and confidence whenever she spoke all changed in a jiffy.To a pale skin, lean and sick. Her dry, purple lips and pleading words. There was no atom of confidence when she was faced with death. It felt like every wall of strength she had built was torn apart by her weakness. The way she squeezed her hand and begged that she didn't want to die."I don't want to die." Her tiny frail voice faded in her head and she slumped on the bed, crying hard."No!" She screamed, yanking her golden hair. If only she could see the bastard. The ninja who had caused Tina pain. Her eyes were