"We have confirmed he isn't human. I will run a background check on him in the community." Fear creeping into me and through my mind. The battle with King Cain wasn't as scary as this. I don't think I would be able to fight this time. The atmosphere was cruel and it was sending a strong vibe towards me. My stomach twisted in fear. I don't think I have ever been afraid like this before. "I am scared, Theo. I am scared of what is heading our way. I don't think I will be able to fight this time. I know I have become stronger, but these powers are too strong for me to handle. This is too heavy. You saw me earlier. I still can't control my powers when they meet blood. It looked as if they were enemies." "You have to fight," Theo said and looked at me. "You are the chosen one so you have to protect the people here from what is coming. We have to visit the council tomorrow." "You are coming too?" Theo didn't know I said a lot of words to hurt the council head and I didn't want him to know
He watched the young witch move through the room, pausing to speak here and dance there. Now and then her shining black eyes found him before darting away. They moved closer, stalking her through the ball gowns and frock coats like a tiger slipping through tall grass.The music changed, and the dancers obediently separated into groups of eight, one couple at each corner. They ended up one group over from his new prey— was it his imagination, or had she begun to move away as she saw him come closer?—but that was easily remedied. The dancers stepped and turned to the music, and the man let them carry him and the girl toward each other. He watched until she was just behind him, and then he spun."May I cut in?" he asked flatly, not waiting for an answer as he pulled her into his arms. Her partner stammered something and then backed away. The man didn't bother to watch him go.I could see the tension between them. The girl's red lips curled up in a rueful smile. "Poor Michael," she sighe
"Do you see that?" Nick's bloodsucker friend sighed, talking while rounding a column to join his other friend in the dark. "Trust him to find a way to get in the middle of everything, without even knowing what it is.""We have to tell him now," he growled, sure of their mistake. "He'll be even worse if he finds out on his own.""Has he ever been better, in order to become worse?" Apparently content with that parting shot, has bloodsucker friend returned to the dance floor, her gown sweeping across the polished floor. She frequently made it clear that she believed there wasn't a way to handle Nick, but his refused to stop trying. The three of them had managed to stay together and survive this long—for almost a thousand years. There was no future for them without one another.He tried to signal to Nick, but only managed to catch his attention for a short second before Nick returned his eyes to the half-witch. His friend Aron wondered what the girl was saying to him; somehow he doubted
Fey must have seen it, too, because she moved between them, cutting off their brother's line of sight to the half witch. "This is serious," she argued urgently. "Our place here was precarious already, but the werewolves will have more influence now. With Gered in their ears, the witches might decide to stop ignoring us.""You know what I'll suggest." Nick leaned back a little, trying to catch another glimpse of Cleo. "Army, slaughter, safety.""No army," Elijah disagreed vehemently. "We can't break the deal first. Just one new vampire will be all the excuse they need. They won't just drive us out; they'll band together to destroy us."Fey looked from Nick to Cleo and back again, her expression thoughtful. "But there's already an army here," she mused. "The French have a permanent camp just a few miles away. They're human, obviously, but turning them can't be the only way to get them on our side. We have other methods of persuasion. Isn't that right, Nicholas?"Nick frowned in surprise
"Magical spells can be forged but it can never be as powerful and dependable as the real spell. Cleo is also here because of the same issue. She saw things too and came here for help after so many years. I just didn't expect the person behind the problems.""How old is she? Cleo." I wanted to know more about the girls. All I learned about her earlier was that she was the daughter of a witch and a werewolf. "She is around your age. Her family moved to California before she was born. Her mother died just last year and we suspected she was killed by her kind. She is an interesting kid and I know you all will get along just fine.""What do we do? How do we defeat this thing that may cause a threat to my city?" "Take this." The head of the council handed Theo a book. "You might find your answers there." Theo collected the book. "I need to see my parent before I head back to school. Have they been, okay?" I asked. The head of the council stood up. "They are fine. Make sure you send for
"But I do. He isn't my father." "Inez!" Theo called. "Come and see something." He said and I walked to him. "Look at this." He pointed to the book he was reading. "Did you find something?" Denise asked. I nodded and she walked to us. "It is a Kanima." I read and collected the book from him. "How is this possible?" I asked. "What do you mean?" Theo asked. "Have you come across one before?" "I only saw it in a series I watched. Teen wolf. How do they exist? I thought it was frictional." Theo scoffed. "Bloodsuckers exist too, don't they? So what makes you think Kanima didn't exist? I told you he used ancient magic." "That still doesn't explain this. In Teen Wolf, Jackson was bitten by Derick hale and he was a werewolf so how does ancient magic create a Kanima?" Theo ran his hand through his hair. "I do not know Inez. We all saw what the dean was up to and stop using movies for this. This is real life and in that book you hold, it says they existed during the ancient times and the
I didn't want to distract him so I watched him read as we boarded the plane back to California. I couldn't want to tell Ava everything that happened in NYC and about the new girl I saw. It was my first time meeting a girl whose mother is a witch and father is a WereWolf. I mean, how did those two fall in love? How come their love story was legal but not mine? They said I couldn't end up with a human but a witch ended up with a werewolf and gave birth to a witch? Wow, that was forbidden to me. We spent five hours on the plane and I got to the institution around 2:30. Theo went to the community. Ava told me she was still In class and she was excited to hear I was back in California. I took an Uber to school and went to class.I entered and waved at Ava who was talking to someone. I couldn't see the person's face, clearly. Ava ran to me. "I have missed you. The weekend was boring without you." She gasped. "Do you know Lydia became a banshee?" Ava said."What is a banshee?" I asked. "
"Please get my necklace back," I said. Cleo and I continue to track both of them down whole Theo and his siblings went to hint for them. Every three minutes, we tell them where they were heading. There was a way a Lycan could make people do what they want or maybe the other person with Jackson had an ability I wasn't aware of. I couldn't get anything that belonged to him so I couldn't get what he is but the way he talked with Jackson, I could tell they were in the same packs. "Do you have them?" I asked. "Just as we suspected, they are heading towards the Cave. Inez, I don't think we can save those humans." Theo said. "What do you mean?" I asked. "They are many outside the cave and with one mistake, they might release the Kanima to the city. We have to attack them when they are not aware of it. "Does that mean we failed?" I asked. "No, we didn't. I don't think he would find your necklace in the next two days. We still have chances of catching them before they execute another pl