All Chapters of Incognito : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Acquaintances“She couldn’t have gotten far.” Claud said. “We have to find her.”“How can we know if she’s still in the building or not?”“She’s a human.” Lupa said. “Humans are not that fast but just to be sure, you’ll go round the building to look for her since you’re faster and I’ll go outside and secure the area. I’ll look around to see if she got out already.”“Wait…” Claud said in realization. “Did she release her demon?”“She didn’t. She just ran off the moment she broke free. She didn’t think of releasing her demon for support.” Lupa said when she saw the demon in the exact spot that they left it. “I think we underestimated her.”Lupa went outside while Claud went around the building checking every corner for Elena. ***“What’s that stench?” A familiar werewolf thought to himself. “It smells like another forest werewolf. A very young one. Taking it out shouldn’t take long.Lupa kept moving around the area scanning for any sign of Elena when she saw a shuriken flying towards h

Hoia Baciu againThe journey to the Hoia Baciu Forest began at midnight, when the moonlight pierced the dense canopy of the ancient trees. The air was crisp and cool, laden with the earthy scent of moss and decaying leaves. Claud, led the group with long, confident strides. His eyes, a piercing blue, scanned the path ahead, ever watchful for any sign of danger.Beside him walked Lupa, her lithe form moving with a grace that belied her strength. Lycidas and Elena got a hint of her relationship with Claud because of the small, tender gestures they exchanged. A touch on the arm, a shared glance, a quick smile and occasional giggles.Elena, the person who had unwittingly released a demon into the world, followed closely behind them. Her face was pale with worry, her eyes wide and darting at every rustle and shadow. The weight of her mistake hung heavily on her shoulders, and the presence of the demon within her cast a dark shadow over her soul. She clutched at her coat, her fingers trembl

Fairies“So we’re finally here?”“Not quite.” Lycidas said. “The village of the pixies, their hive. Is the last stop before the tomb that harbours the eldershard crystal. If we can get past their village without making noise or alerting them. It’ll be perfect. That way we’ll only have to deal with the guardian pixies, the astral but if the village finds out that we’re here, they’ll attack us and make us lose the element of surprise. We’ll definitely prevail and beat every pixie in the village. They’re no match for us but the astrals, they’re a different type of pixie. Stronger, faster and smarter. If they see us beating their whole village, they’ll resort to severe measures to protect the eldershard crystal. I don’t know what they’ll do but I’m sure we won’t stand a chance anymore if they get that prep time.” “So what should we do?”“Wait for nightfall.”“Nightfall again?” Lupa asked. “We have just one day left. If we don’t get back tomorrow to the demon it’ll free itself from the bi

Clash With Pixies IILycidas studied the pattern. “It looks like a cycle, a balance of elements. We need to activate them in the right order to unlock the door.”Claud frowned. “But what’s the order?”Lupa looked thoughtful. “If I remember correctly, the ancient texts spoke of the cycle of creation and destruction. Water nourishes earth, earth produces life, life creates fire, fire produces ash, and ash becomes earth again. It’s a cycle.”Lycidas nodded. “So we need to follow the cycle.” He pointed to the symbols. “Water, earth, life, fire, ash.”They studied the door, noting the connections between the symbols. “But how do we activate them?” Claud asked.Lupa noticed small depressions in each symbol. “I think we need to press them in the right order.”“Let’s try it,” Lycidas said. He reached out and pressed the water symbol first. The symbol glowed faintly, and the light spread along the lines connecting it to the earth symbol.Claud pressed the earth symbol next, and it too began to

Mistakes“We have to get to Elena and take her back to Verdant.”“Let me see the crystal first.” Lycidas asked.“There will be time to explore the powers of the crystal after we banish the demon.” Lupa said. “Let’s go now.”Lycidas didn’t say anything again as they ran towards where they told Elena to wait. They saw Elena just standing and staring into space.“Elena we got it! We got it!” Lupa said excitedly. “What’s with that look on your face?”“It’s 12:13am” Elena replied.“So?”“It’s tomorrow already. The demon has been released.” Elena said.“How do you know this?” As if waiting for it’s cue, the demon came out from the darkness, hands on Elena’s shoulder then whispered into her ear. “I’m the master now.”After saying that the demon moved backwards with her slowly before vanishing completely into the darkness.“Shit! Shit! Shit!!!” Lupa exclaimed hands on her head. “How did it find her?”“The bind between them works both ways.” Lycidas said dryly. “She can track the demon where