Mr. Reynolds got to Zack's father's office and was welcomed with a smile. "We have been expecting you, Mr. Reynolds. I heard you would gladly help me fund my presidential campaign." Mr. Frank, Zack's father, looked up at his face. "From what I heard from my son, I heard Zack and him are best of friends, and I heard you have the ambition of becoming the president of this country." Mr. Reynolds said with a smile playing on his lips. Darius's father was seated on the other couch, looking at the two men. "We need some funds if we are going to be able to beat our opponents." Mr. Williams looked at the men's faces. "How much are we talking about here?" Reynold asked, making the two men look at themselves. " $300,000,000. That should be more than enough." Williams looked at Frank. Both men nodded and looked back at me, Reynold. "I think that is the exact amount we will need for the campaign. We need to get many of the elites on our side before the next campaigns begin. Reynold looked at

I looked at my front and saw rolls of cars packed with Thier riders still at the driver's seat. "Is this an all-out war?" Stephan wouldn't dare fight me in front of the university. I was sure—not when the police were looking for both of us. "Don't be scared; we can just pretend we didn't see anything." I looked at Boyd and back at Evelyn, who seemed a little tensed. "Just stay with me." I looked into her eyes and kissed her gently on the lips. We got out of the car and made our way into the main campus, but we were stopped by Stephan and his minions. "Don't tell me you didn't see me back there." Zack said it with a menacing face. I looked at him and saw Flora beside him. She smirked and looked at me. "I can see you are still as lonely as ever." She looks satisfied to be seen with Zack. "And you? Are you happy that you associate yourself with a bull?" I stopped and looked at Zack in the face. "A bully? You had better watch your mouth, Max." Zack shouted, clenching his fist in anger.

My world faded into darkness, a strange sense of calm washing over me despite the chaos. I was dimly aware of Derek's voice and of the sounds of battle raging around me. The last thing I saw before everything went black was Derek’s anguished face. I had tried to block the attack, but I wasn't fast enough.When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the gym. Instead, I found myself standing in a vast, barren landscape. The sky above was a sickly yellow, and the ground beneath my feet was cracked and dry. In the distance, I saw figures moving, their shapes distorted by the heat waves rising from the ground. "Welcome, Max," a voice said from behind me.Max turned to see a figure cloaked in shadows. I couldn't make out the figure's features, but I felt a strange familiarity emanating from it."Who are you?" I asked, my voice echoing strangely in the empty space."I am the Guardian of the Rift," the figure replied. "You have been brought here because your fate and the fate of the worl

I lay on the ground, pain radiating from where the unseen force had struck. I struggled to get up; my vision was blurred. My eyes shifted colors again, and the mirror powers within me awakened with a flicker of light. The alley was dark, but the faint glow from my eyes illuminated the surroundings just enough to see a shadowy figure approaching."Who are you?" I demanded, my voice shaky but determined. I couldn’t afford to show weakness now. I tried to know the level of the demon, but I couldn't sense it. I raised my eyebrows in fright. The fact that I couldn't gauge the level of the demon scared me. With the rift open, I knew a lot of demons were going to crawl out of the underworld.The figure stepped into the dim light, revealing itself to be a fire demon, its eyes burning with a menacing glow. "You think you can stop us?" the demon hissed, its voice like crackling flames. "The rift is open, and your world will burn."I took a deep breath, trying to steady myself. "We'll see about

I flew with great speed as my mind raced with different thoughts. I had seen Elena and Elizabeth dead in my dreams. The demons had killed them to spite me. "Is this the night they died?" I thought to myself as I increased my speed. The thoughts of failing Elena were all I could think of. Her screams and noise got louder as I flew, trying to get there before anything happened to her. A wave hit me suddenly, and I lost balance for a while. I came soaring down to the earth as I tried to balance myself once more. I looked up, and I saw two demons staring at me with a menacing look. My mind raced seeing that some of the demons can fly. I flew into the sky, forgetting Elena and Elizabeth for a while as I tried to tackle the fire demons before me. I don't need to sense their level to know they were way above my league, but I was more than a grim reaper now. I was a hellhound and also had mirror power inside of me. I plunged at the demons, and the fight was heated. It was a battle between