In the morning, her parents were already at the dining table having lunch when Aniya arrived, yawning. She sat at the table and mumbled ‘good morning‘ while grabbing a piece of toast.
Dan Rossi frowned and asked, “You didn’t sleep? You went to your room rather early.”
“Yeah, but I was thinking about what happened yesterday, about my friend that is in that group, about what I have to do today… Too many things to worry about.”
While the others were whispering among themselves, the same man answered, “He did, but he also said that he couldn’t explain how he got that list, and that is kind of suspicious.” Aniya shrugged, “Well, it was me that got that list, but it’s better if I explain some things before because if I tell you right now how I got my hands on such a secret, you will panic.” “I can’t speak for the others, but I don’t panic that easily.”
The man in a grey dark suit took one step forward, unable to stop staring at Lisa, and he asked, “Miss Aniya… I think that if the general public knows about Werewolves living among them, they will panic, but maybe if they are told that Werewolves are not mindless beasts and they can keep their reasoning, they will accept that scary fact…” Aniya rolled her eyes, visibly annoyed. “Yes, because we all know what happens when different people walk down the street! No one looks at them, no one badmouths them behind their back, no one marginalises them. For the time being, or at least until we have a larger group, it is best to keep everything you saw here hidden. I also found out rec
Aniya frowned when she saw her assistant poking the man’s face to check if he was out or not and asked, “Since when did you have a taser in your purse, Anna?” “I have had this for years, Miss Aniya, but today was the first time I used it.” Two men got up after glancing at each other, and they reached for the holsters of their guns that they were carrying at their waists. Aniya took one gun from her purse and pointed it at one man, while Lisa was pointing her gun at the other. They stopped with the
Aniya got up and approached the man. She bent a little to sniff his head, and wondered, “For a moment, your question sounded kind of suspicious, but you smell like a Werewolf. You can’t tell that all of us have a similar smell?” “Well, I know everyone has… How do I say this… like a familiar smell? But until today, I never knew there were more people like me! I thought I was the only one cursed with this! It helps a lot in my line of work because I am stronger than my colleagues, and I can smell people inside a burning building, but… My parents never knew about anyone in our family that was like me!”
While Aniya was in her company talking with the big group that Anna Kent had invited, Nick was walking along a path in the woods with Adrian Gordon and three of his friends. The journey from the apartments to get there took them almost an hour, and while Adrian was talking with his friends during the voyage, Nick remained most of the time looking at the scenery and talking as little as he could. Not enough to disclose more than he wanted, but not too little to make the others suspect his silence. When Adrian turned left from the main road to a side str
Aniya gasped and assessed the situation with her usual quick thinking. Now everything made sense. The Hunters gathered such a huge list of suspects because they had not only spies everywhere, but they could also rely on a Werewolf working for them, someone that could sniff other Werewolves and serve as proof. She made a forced grin and said, “Internal Affairs special agents. Need to know basis, and you don’t need to know. What you need to tell me is why the Hunters let you join the first assault team, considering they are so against women doing fieldwork.” “Let’s just say I know someone in the High Council that took pity on me when my older brother suddenly changed into a mindl
Nick reacted the moment he saw Aniya’s blue eyes. Three shots to the heads of the men seated at the table with him took them down. Violet kicked the porch’s floor hard to increase the speed of her movement and turned to point her gun at Aniya’s back, only to get her hand sliced by the elbow by Lisa’s light-speed reflexes. As the assault rifle fell to the floor with Violet’s hand still holding it, Lisa stuck her sword on the wooden porch, covered Violet’s mouth with her hand, and dragged her inside at the same time the Werewolves outside attacked, follo
Nick faced Aniya and made a low growl, and she answered with a big smile. “Thanks for the help. They were way more than we expected and really hard to kill. What about their leader, that big grey Werewolf?” Nick made a weird smile and made the movement of his hands squashing Adrian’s head. Aniya nodded and asked, “What do you want to do with them?” Aniya bit her lower lip when she saw Nick slowly shaking his head. She understood what he meant. Then, the noise of a gun being clutched made her look