Starlight Central Academy was an elite institution that stood at the heart of the education sector of the entire city of Starlight Bay. Churning out even more revenue than was poured into it every year, the establishment had proven to be a pillar in the inner workings of the city. With such a high reputation to its name, it was little wonder that a good percentage of the student populace was comprised of the spawn of the beau monde of the society. But that was the thing about latter generation noblesse: they were far more prone to carelessness. No society was without its dark side however. There were various less than appropriate establishments that attended to the baser desires of the student body. Of course these establishments were kept afloat solely by the multitude of backroom deals that went on in the shadows. In one of these numerous establishments, a wild rave continued to rock the walls of the night club to its foundations. Within the building, a flurry of multicolored par

"Ignis Pila!" "Centum Tormenti!" "Flamma Serpentis!" "Ventus Compressio!" "Inferno Advocans!" Following each order shouted, a massive burst of energy accompanied by an elemental invocation ravaged the trees of Starlight Forest. Flaming snakes crashed into blades of wind, further boosting the potency of the spells to the point of vaporizing entire swaths of the surrounding woods. In the middle of the chaos, a slightly exhausted brunette leaned on her knees as she sought to regain her breath. Around her stood two women, one platinum blonde and dark skinned, while the other had beautiful straight coal black hair and a fair complexion. "Remarkable," Elena muttered as she surveyed the destruction around them in some awe. "All those high level spells yet she's barely winded." Whitney on the other hand merely eyed the area with a modicum of disinterest. "That still isn't enough. You and I could do the same with half the effort in half the time." Elena simply rolled her eye

The Hunters had shown up on invitation by Antonio himself, along with Mia, Elena and Whitney. The latter had needed to be dragged to the event by Elena whose intention had been to make things with Mia who had yet to speak with them since the day they had revealed the truth to her in the forest clearing. Along with them was Lisa whose presence had been more of a demand by Dean than a social call. After they had arrived and exchanged pleasantries with the young hostess and her father, Dean had wasted no time in dragging the rest of his pack along with Lisa, to the outer balcony that overlooked the rest of the city. None of the kids had been allowed past the primary corridors that separated the penthouse's main building from the outer balcony to avoid any accidents. There, Dean proceeded to recount the encounter he had experienced earlier in the day, up until the moment he had mysteriously blacked out. "Wait a minute," Lee cut in, his voice unusually serious for once. "You said she

The tracking spell led both girls across the school grounds, through the academy stadium where a crew of maintenance workers were getting the field and stands up to stuff in preparation for the first game of the season. Whenever they seemed to get a fix on the Hunter's location, he would start moving, leading them to continue the increasingly annoying search. Every call they made to his cell went straight to voicemail. "This is so frustrating!" Veronica growled as she reached up to pick out a fallen leaf out of her hair. "Can't you just use your magic to pinpoint his exact location?" "You think I haven't tried that already?" Mia retorted and raised her palm with her middle and ring fingers curled inwards. An intricate pink magic circle appeared around her hand and her eyes narrowed in concentration at the slowly rotating symbols. A few seconds later, the glyph suddenly flashed with a dull gray light before fading away. Mia groaned at the spell's failure. "His Erasure ability is

"Why did you wait so long to tell me about this?" "It didn't seem that important at first!" "'Didn't seem important?' How did that not seem important?" "Clearly you don't know as much about vampires as you think you do. Because if you did, you would know that it is impossible, even for a Royal Blood like me to completely shepherd such a large number of vampires! We are creatures of the night and its desires! We don't play by the rules of your day world!" "Well apparently neither does this mysterious killer and guess who's winning in the score sheet now?!" After a long talk where the three of them had explained–Mia had explained, while Veronica had just stood there glaring at Lee who never stopped smirking mockingly in return–the reason for their impromptu battle, Veronica had finally revealed her reason for seeking out the leader of the Hunters. A week ago, one of the vampires had left to feed but had failed to return the following day. According to his roommate, he never