"So, you were working undercover?" asked Melanie.Dalton nodded again. "For Brian's safety, Edward appointed me to watch Brian in secret. I'm sure he has other Nightbirds watching Brian secretly too.""Sounds like something Edward would do," Melanie said."OK, can someone explain what a Nightbird is?" Brian interjected, getting confused with the Nightbjrd talk."Oh, you don't know yet. Well, your father has three categories of workers and men. The Nightbirds, Gray Guardians, and Butterfly. Dalton is a Nightbird, while Charlene and I are Butterflies." Melanie explained and pushed back some strands of her hair.Brian blinked. "And why am I just hearing this now?" They only shrugged. Brian shook his head. "So my father has...Nightbirds...watching me in secret?""He didn't tell me, but I'm sure he does. He can't assign just me." Dalton said.Brian hummed. He wondered who the other Nightbird might be. It could be anyone. People he knew, people he didn't know. Anyone."Well, this explains

"Brian Ashton and Melanie Spears, the chancellor called for the both of you." An unknown student announced in Brian's Financial Accounting class. Brian sighed. He had been expecting the announcement since he came to school that day. After getting permission from the Financial Accounting lecturer, they left the class amidst the stares from the whole class. They walked in silence to the building where the office was located. They climbed the staircase to the office and entered when they arrived. Gabe, his friends, Charlene, Raymond, and Dalton were already in the office. Miss Claudine stood beside the chancellor who was seated on his swivel chair. The office was quiet except for the creaking of the ceiling fan and the vibrations from the water dispenser. Brian could see a view of the school from the window behind the chancellor. "So, can anyone tell me how the bloody fight started?" The chancellor joined his hands and interlocked his fingers immediately the door slammed shut. His

Christabel emerged from the taxi when it arrived at the rental apartment building. After paying the taxi driver, she turned and looked at the building. She frowned. This was Brian's old apartment building. She wondered where Brian lived now. Probably somewhere rich. Hmph, lucky him. She thought. She tucked some strands of hair behind before walking in. She climbed the stairs to the next floor and headed to apartment 25 and knocked on the door. "I'll be there in a minute." Margaret's voice responded from inside. Some minutes later, the door opened. "Welcome, Christa." Margaret beamed at her. Christabel became dumbstruck at Margaret's new appearance. Her dark skin seemed to have become lighter, almost fair. Her hairstyle was now a round afro hairstyle. Makeup beautified her face greatly. Two gold round earrings hung on her ears and she wore a crop top and bum shorts. "Are you coming in?" Margaret's voice snapped out of her daze. "Uh...yeah." Christabr got a hold of her

Richard walked up to him and patted Brian's shoulder. "Welcome to the Addams Manor, kiddo." Brian gazed with amazement. How can this magnificence be secluded in an isolated place like this? No one should be deprived of this magnificence. It's like walking into a castle. "Brian, your jaw is practically on the ground," Richard told him. Brian closed his mouth before drool could slide out. "This is amazing." He couldn't believe he was going to own this one day. "Yeah. I'll give you a tour around tomorrow. Let's go in. Everyone must be waiting for us." They walked past the hedges to the front door. It was a large double gold metal door with a lion's face design on it. Two guards stood beside the door. They opened the door for them to walk into the entrance hallway. The hallway was large, and dimly lit, with a red carpet covering the floor. The left wall held portraits of abstract art while the right displayed portraits of different men. Brian guessed the men were from the Addams

The backyard wasn't your typical backyard, whether common or wealthy. It was more like a military training area.The backyard was filled with different training equipment and facilities. It was like an outdoor version of the training rooms, only wider. Edward said this was the main training area, where everyone comes to train together. The area was brimming with training activities. Different groups trained in different areas, either hand-to-hand combat, sword fighting, gun shooting, and the rest. There were about twenty people in the area now.The perimeter of the training area was marked out by one-step bricks. Beyond the training area, two buildings were constructed, one in each corner of the fence. Brian noticed that the building on the left was too small for someone to do anything inside. Two guards stood by this building.Brian followed Edward as he walked behind the row of Grey Guardians practicing gun shooting. None of them missed their target dummies. They seemed so good at