Victor swallowed."None." Miss March noted on her clipboard. "You look fine. Don't shy away from Dodgeball. Alright everyone into your positions." Dom had black hair with spiky bangs, he had light brown eyes, a dark smile, and olive skin. He was big for his age. He looked like a human-sized Hulk now. His arms and calves twitched and the shortest boy fainted. Andrew the one with the nape-length blonde hair and a fang necklace grinned. He was Maks's nemesis from Summer School. He grinned like the dickens. "You scared to lose, Victor?" Andrew said drily and positioned himself. "Nope, I'm just scared that they'll break every bone in my body." Victor said gulping simply referring to the ghosts. In dreams and the astral plane as a matter of fact. He took a deep breath. [ I can do this. No, I can't ]The ghosts were still lurking. The game was about to start."Chill everyone," Maks said looking around. "It's not like we're not gonna last." He grinned."Easy for you to say." The shortest o

"Maks...I'm still being trailed by a pack of spirits."Maks blinked. Victor glared at the phantoms lurking by the fence. They did not approach him. They simply watched him wide-eyed. He heard small hints of their voices calling him. Their desperation hung over them like a thick cloud. He swallowed."Why don't you...ask them for what they want?" Maks pointed out.Victor scoffed. "Would you have me assassinate a person I never even heard of? I'm a guy, not a hitman."Maks wanted to say something about using his powers but then he clamped up. "Bring back the Zhou Dynasty?" He continued with frustration. "I see why grandma never listened to them. They're maniacs!" He raised his hands."First, the Yuan Gui are haunting me in my dreams, my home, they're at my school! I can't take this anymore. I have to get rid of them." Maks stopped petting the foal. "Good for you."Victor saddened. He was fresh out of ideas. Maks felt the foal licking on his palm. "Ew..." He shook slobber off his hand.

"I told you to stay down." Jessica played with her hands."That's what I said when you tried to play with my porcelain. I mean your father's porcelain." She groaned settling down. Maks sat up from the couch. "What's wrong?"Doreen looked pale. "It's nothing. I'm just feeling a little lightheaded.""Oh, good, just stay down. I'll help with the rest of the work." He muttered.Doreen marvelled at his offer and his physical strength. She blushed and rubbed her wrist. "Chivalry. Those classes of yours really do help, don't they?" "I suppose." He served lunch. Mashed potatoes with peas on the side, turkey sandwich and pot pie. He snorted. His dad was out making arrangements for a course overseas next week. That left three of them in the house again. Jessica stayed on a high chair at the dinning table swinging her legs. "I'll be turning five next week. I've been counting." She faced him. "October.""That's fantastic, Jess." He recited drily from the corner of his mouth. Sometimes, she wa

After all that shopping and moping, Maks strolled around the mall to style his rough hair, get manicures. He wanted to buy a nice surprise gift for Jessica for her birthday with the money he had literally saved up for the winter. He figured she would cherish a new bag or drawing book and some colouring pencil sets to 'channel her creativity' or whatever Doreen had been talking about the day she doodled on his wall. He got fed up with that and he decided to draw the line. He wanted to blow some steam after the fight with his dad, he knew that bringing her up would cause a minor rift between them especially now that staying together was best for the two of them. He hated his dad. He hated how he closed up about everything and shut him off. He decided that he just wanted to go outside until he got his head clear. Otherwise it was a battlefield in the house.The mall was large, there were showrooms for clothes, jewelry, tools, mobile phones and accessories. He grinned deciding to go windo

"Give it up and it'll be over before you know it." Ping said with a harsh voice. He stretched a hand toward Irma's hair. She turned pale when nothing happened yet and gasped. "I demand that you let us go. Get back!" Victor threatened and the beasts coming jumped back. "Time's wasting." The bat chided."I know what I am doing." Ping reminded through clenched teeth. He whirled at the sudden interruption. Maks stepped up. "No. You can't be sure if those beans will work on you." He said in his defence. "You seem better off with your powers.""That is none of your concern." Ping gripped the bag and pushed Irma down. "Pleasure doing business with you." He smirked.Victor took up her arm. Her eyes tilted and she looked down.A minion grinned. "The master will be very pleased." "I wonder what happens if I take two of these." He held it up like pills and they wilted falling out of like his hands.Victor gasped and Maks grimaced. "Pardon me." He turned off his powers. "Get me out of here