"That child is getting crazy, Jessa!" Julian snorted angrily at his wife. Jessa did not speak. Only a sigh was released. "What? Do you have no intention of stopping your son? He's asking for his death if he follows that girl!" "Because he loves her…" Jessa took her eyes off to her daughter who was just staring into the dark space and faced her husband. "I know he wants what Claire wants too. He wants to live a normal life with the woman he loves." "Are you telling me that love is suicide? Love means death?" Jessa gave another sigh. "In their case, yes. Love for them also means death." "Then I won't allow that love between them." Julian's jaws were hard and angry. Even his flaming blue eyes were telling how much anger he had inside. "Only Jacob will decide about it. Let him know the consequences of his decision." "Damn! Your son doesn't think anymore! Are we going to act when he's in the claws of death?" Jacob could hear his parents' conversation even though they were on the to
Brought with extreme frustration and restlessness, Claire shook the papers that were on the countertop in their mansion. It was midnight and she was still continuing her research on Jacob's condition. It's been a month since the night she gave the folder to Jacob. And she regretted it too much. She missed him so badly. Claire closed her eyes tightly as she fixed her hair. Unconsciously, she stood up and went upstairs to her room. She went out to the veranda to let go of the bad feelings. On the many nights she misses Jacob, she looks up at the dark sky and thinks that they were both looking at it, watching the same moon, the same stars, and the same sky. But that is not enough. She wants to see the vampire. She wants to be with Jacob so badly. Claire was no longer aware of the tears running down her cheeks. That's how much she misses Jacob. It is not just plain sad anymore. She was now crying. "Jacob..." she said softly into the quiet night. "Please... come back to me. I won't force
Jacob felt his eyes heat up. Tears of anger and pain threaten Claire as the perpetrator. He trusted her but that would be the return. He still thought that somehow, Claire also had feelings for him. He thought that Claire was also happy to be with him always.But despite Jacob’s anger at Claire's greed, he was unable to harm the woman. Either way, it had a heavy weight for him. It must be a stupid thing, anger is overcome by intense love for her. He knew his family would never forgive Claire if they found out what she did to him. They might even kill the girl. And he couldn't harm Claire.So, until when? How long will he stand for stupidity?Jacob felt the bedroom door open and close. He pretended to sleep. They will definitely take samples from him again. And he was not mistaken when he felt the needle in his vein."Why is there no blood in here?"Jacob heard a mixture of surprise and amazement in the voice of the newly arrived foreign scientist."That's what I'm saying. He has no bl
The emergency alert of the room Jacob is in is loud. The apprentices began to panic as the monitor beeped and Jacob began to flatline. Doctors entered the room one after the other and tried to revive the body. But some CPR has been done. The maximum joules for defibrillation protocol have also been reached in those who have cardiovascular malfunction or cardiac arrest."What's happening? Why did he suddenly have a cardiac arrest?" a chemist asked in panic."We still don't know yet. We will find out later," replied the other who also reviving Jacob."Oh, hi, Claire!" greeted Doc Mia enthusiastically when Claire went to the house. They don't talk much anymore so he did it on purpose. She needs someone to talk to now and as the doctor said, she is always willing to listen to her.But Claire was surprised by the actions of the doctor. First, the guards guarded the area. Second, she hardly ever goes to the hospital where she works at. She used to stay in the hospital office more often than
Claire gasped as Gami let go of her hand. Her tears flowed again. She felt the pain in her chest from the past. The sins she committed. All the guilt and tiredness. Now, she is free from that life.But is her soul free from guilt? Did her death pay the guilt for the death of the vampire she loved? I do not think so. Why is her chest still heavy despite of everything?"Let me tell you how you ended your life," said Gami who started walking.Claire seemed to lose the ability to think and just followed. She accompanies the soul reaper in walking unlike other souls who are ahead of this soul reaper."Of course, I've been following you because I know it's your time. When you got to the place with the high cliff, you just left your car on the highway and approached the cliff. You apologized to Jacob several times before you finally jumped. When you fell down, your head hit a large chunk of rocks. Your skull was cracked. But then, the moment you landed, you didn't know that the vampire was f
"In exchange for me returning to the world as Claire?""Yes. But while you're still working on our deal, I'll take your memory first. Maybe you'll cheat on me and do your unfinished business before our deal is done. I'll give you your memory back when I get the soul of two illuminati. But there's more!"Gami raised one leg on the center table, then propped his elbow on his knee and then caught his chin facing her. Claire could only see his red lips. And his smile seemed to have a deep meaning."I'll light your life candle, Claire. Forty-five days. You have to make the deal within forty-five days. When your life candle runs out and you haven't done what I'm asking you to do, then the deal is over.""Wait... just wait. What’s life candle?" Claire seemed to want to panic about the condition. What if she can't do that within forty-five days?"Don't you have unfinished business? You have an allotted time to resolve that or else you will become a soul reaper with no memory of your past life
As soon as Jacob entered the night bar, his eyes caught what he was looking for. It was a party of a group enjoying themselves in the hidden part of that noisy and chaotic bar.Jacob walked closer to the group which if he is not mistaken is a group of those who made a deal with the bad elements in exchange for a huge wish and is called the illuminati in the country. He was staring at a particular woman that he couldn't mistake for anyone else. He could feel the familiar loss of his heart. He could smell its appetizing blood energy. He only felt that with one woman... Claire. The mortal he loved and thought betrayed him. What happened twenty years ago would not have happened if he was not late to save her.Remembering the old days, it made a deep prick inside his heart. And it's as if yesterday is happening now.As he got closer, the woman's form became clearer and Jacob's heart beat faster.She was kind of different now. So wild, so hot, and alluringly sexy.But like before, Claire st
Claire has to finish the mission within forty-five days. Or else, she would be dead!She will be definitely dead."What happened to you? Why are you like that? Have you traded your soul for a short life in this world? Tell me, what did you do and you're here again? Who did you trade life with? What are the conditions you did? Answer me!"Claire was stunned. “What is this man talking about? Is he going crazy? What does he know about my life? If he speaks it's as if he's known me for a long time." she said to herself. "Please let me go, Mister! I also have things to do. My time is really precious and I don't have time to talk to you!" She struggled furiously.Jacob still hasn't released her. Instead, he grabbed her by the waist to get closer to her body.Claire began to feel feelings she didn't know how to explain. “Who was this man, really?”Claire stared at him for a long time. And she couldn't understand why she seemed to see a mixture of anger and excitement in the boy's fiery blue
"Where's Kaitlin?"Milla don't want to ask that but it's necessary. She hadn't seen the woman since her family arrived there. She wants to know everything about the house they will live in temporarily."She's in her room. She's not feeling well," Renz answered."Is she sick?""No, she just feels bad."Milla immediately suspected something bad happened. If the woman isn't sick, if she wasn't wounded in a fight or bitten by a wolf and didn't come down to meet them, there must be something wrong."Doesn't she want us here?" Milla asked."Oh, no. She doesn't care about that. We are just having a few personal problems. You don't have to worry about her."Milla did not comment further. She no longer cares if their problems are personal. She continued to walk. Renz followed her. She waits for what he has to say as if it won't come and she drowns in the tension between them."Shall we talk about the plan?" Milla reminded."Oh, that. Yes, of course. I just suddenly remembered when I left you o
The helicopter still in the air, Milla already knew something bad had happened. A distant view of the smoke coming from the location of the estate. The underground town is under the mansion and the entire subdivision where it resides."Renz, w-what do you think is going on?" Milla asked.He didn't say a word and maneuvered the helicopter down. He immediately slung the bag containing the weapons over his shoulder and ran through the estate. Surrounding the subdivision, are the members of the Armată. Renz immediately asked one of them. They find out that Rollin blew up Rasulo three hours ago. Many were killed, the estate and the houses in the subdivision collapsed. For now, the situation is under control although the lives lost cannot be brought back.Milla's steps are fast to find her daughter. She immediately saw her, along with her grandmother. The girl was holding the Barbie doll and the music box that Renz had given her before."Are you all right, sweetie?"Ryana nodded."When we h
"You didn't have to come here, Renz!"Milla was irritated again when she saw Renz at the door. She was ready for a bloody fight when she felt the presence of their kind outside the cabin. Laura would never linger outside the house so she thought it was an enemy. Renz was the only one there."You might be late.""You've been walking around outside for a while.""I was checking security."Milla can't accept that Renz will join her on a mission but she can't do anything. She also couldn't give up her job. She will not be content in a quiet place if she knows that she is not doing anything to end the ongoing war. Maybe one day, she will wake up without her daughter. She can't forgive herself when it happens.When the bedroom door opened, she immediately turned to her daughter. She just held the walking doll while staring at Renz. "Go back to your room, Ryana."A few moments passed before she obeyed. She carried her bag. There were her weapons."You gave her such a masculine name. Why coul
‘My life was quiet, you came again and all my strategies were ruined again. I really hate you, Renz!’ Milla was restless. Renz is determined to tell the Consilium about her. She just agreed because she was given no other choice. Apart from that, she is also struggling to find out where she lives, if she is safe there because Rollin's men are said to be scattered all over Romania. Rollin wanted his homeland to be the center of his power. Rather than Renz finding out about their son, she preferred to agree with him, comforting him for the time being by agreeing to appear before the Consilium. But she will not allow him to come to her house.As soon as they entered Rasulo, nostalgia filled Milla's heart. It had been a long time since she last went there but it was still as beautiful as before."Do you remember our many dates here?" Ren asked her."Shut up!" she returned irritated."What's wrong with you?""I'm not happy when married men want to reminisce with me," she blurted out.Renz i
"Renz, this is a very important mission."Renz immediately nodded at what Sorin said. The mission was not sanctioned by the entire Council. Only the two Supremes Sorin and Stevan know."You are going there alone and once and for all, will find out if there is indeed a mercenary."Renz nodded again. Even if the two didn't say it, he knew they doubted Laura. Laura always carries information that is said to be from one of her trusted personnel. No one knows who that person of Laura is or if there is such a thing. Although all the information from that "mercenary" helped a lot, they didn't know if it was true. What if Laura herself, is just making up all those stories and her loyalty has also changed? Information can be helpful, but it might just be a pitfall in a larger plan.It seemed impossible but at this time they could not trust anyone. Their allies are turning their backs, loyal allies are doubting their ability. Rollin's time had come.What Renz witnessed that Rollin did in some o
"Are you all right?"Milla couldn't answer Ryan's question. They were already on the plane and she hadn't slept much. Her eyes were puffy and she was sweating coldly while suppressing body tremors. She knew that her bad feelings weren't just because she was angry. Something inside of her was crippling her. She would have thought that she also had typhoid fever from there but she was not in the last mission where they went to drink water from there."What are you feeling?"That's when Milla's stomach felt a terrible pain. Almost all the passengers looked at her, maybe because of the loudness of her shouting. They were immediately attended to by flight attendants.Milla screamed several times inside the plane. Unfortunately, they were going to Singapore and the trip was short.When the plane landed, an ambulance was waiting and she was taken to the nearest hospital. They tested her. She was hooked on dextrose. The pain does not go away and she is crying because of that."You're pregnant
It's like Milla is back to being a teenager. She didn't know what to wear. She even bought a new dress at a mall for that day. She and Renz will talk in depth later because they haven't been able to talk clearly in the past because of Kaitlin's appearance.That time, She would make sure everything was clear between them. She hopes that the result of their heart-to-heart talk will be good. She saw no other reason for Renz's words than that they shared the same feelings. It was obvious. Renz himself said that if his feelings for her were simply love for a friend, he wouldn't have done all that. Maybe Renz is only now realizing his feelings. Maybe like all men in the world, he had to experience what the world can offer before understanding that there is only one woman who is different from everyone else and the one, he loves and wants.“That's me!" Milla laughed and spoke. She was so happy that she couldn't hold a single thought in her head.It was only three in the afternoon, when Renz
"You're awfully quiet."Mill turned to Ryan. They are in a lodge and tomorrow they will drive to another province. Their mission in the Province is over. She just couldn't help but regret because she didn't see Renz. He didn't know when she got here that she was in the province. She is not sure if his cousin said that.According to Renz’s cousin, Renz also at that place but the man chose not to show himself. What exactly is new there? Why is she still sad? Didn't she decide that that phase of her life with him was over?"I'm just missing my family," she just said to Ryan."Are you going to be, okay?"Milla answered with a nod and a smile. She went to her room. She sighed steadily while peering out the window. Renz’s cousin said, he will just watch until they leave. He did not appear to his companions but before they returned to the plains, he appeared to her. He was a kind guy, indeed, and funny, too.‘Renz, you jerk. Why am I missing you so much?’ Milla decided to lie down. They stil
"She's looking at you. Damn."Renz secretly winced at what his cousin said. They were in a pub and there is a nice woman looking at Renz. It wasn't the first time something like that had happened. "Sorry, cousin.""Hey, don't tell me you're sorry, man. You're adding insult to injury."Renz laughed. He glanced at his cousin female target. She was so beautiful, all right. He likes Latina. She is... What exactly does he want in a woman? But he no longer knows now. He had tried them all. And he vowed to keep on trying. When he promised Ronnie's grandmother he would not take her away, a part of his life stopped and a new and different life began.He made it begin, forced himself for it to begin. He taught himself to play and join the dance that he should have been joining. Why couldn't he be like his cousin who would screw any pretty lady who was interested in him? He planted in his mind what his mother had said."You're at the prime of your life-live well or regret not having lived. Go ou