"Hey, Michael! Why are you up so late?" Aliyah asked after finding him sitting on the steps outside."I can't sleep," Michael responded."Yeah, me too. You mind?" Aliyah asked, pointing at the spot beside him."Not at all."They sat side by side and stared at the crescent moon high in the sky and stayed silent for a while."So, I hear you and Max were born as werewolves while the others were bitten and turned," Aliyah said as a conversation starter."Yeah, we are," Michael responded."That must have been cool. Being born with these amazing abilities!" Aliyah said."Cool? Is that what you think my life has been, or Maximus' life? Cool? You don't know what it means to be a True-born. It happens so rarely that there's usually not more than one in a pack. I was the only child in my family and yet, they hated me." Michael told her, looking very sad like his childhood had forever left him scarred."Why would your own family hate you?" Aliyah couldn't understand."You wouldn't understand! It
Jennifer and Peace teleported all of them back into the mansion. They saw all the damage that had been done to the interior of the house and realized that the vampires had already come and left but, the question was; Did they get Aliyah or did Michael manage to protect her?"They're upstairs!" Mira announced after catching their scents.She sped up while the others ran behind her. She burst into Aliyah's room and was devasted to find them lying almost lifeless on the floor."Aliyah!" Jess called out and ran over to her and Michael.The others came in as well and Maximus went over to Michael who was also back in his human form. He wasn't doing well at all."Michael? Are you okay?" Maximus asked in concern."I, I tried...to protect her. I'm, I'm sorry...I, failed." Michael barely managed to say."No, you didn't fail, buddy. You did good." Maximus said to him."Can you help him?" Mira asked Peace."He's a werewolf. He'll survive his wounds, in time.""And what about Aliyah? Can you help
"I don't know about this, Jess. We don't know what will happen to Aliyah if we do this." Maximus said."She'll be alive!" Jess shot out."But, she may not be herself anymore," Maximus added."She won't be herself if we let her turn into a vampire and she certainly won't be herself if we leave her to die. This is the only reasonable option, Max. We have to do it." Jess tried to convince him."Let's run it by the others. This is too big a decision to make on our own." Maximus said and folded up the scroll.He left the library and Jess quickly followed behind him. They went back downstairs and walked over to Leon and Mira. The rain had started and it added a doomed feeling to the tension that was already in existence."How is she?" Jess asked after moving closer to Aliyah's body."She's getting colder and her heartbeat is getting fainter. The change is happening." Mira said."Hope you found something? We're almost out of time." Leon said.Maximus and Jess were silent and stared at each o
Peace, Jennifer, and Nelly appeared in her home and as soon as they did, Peace felt light-headed and dizzy. She stumbled and was about to fall when Nelly caught her."Peace? Are you alright?" He asked."Yes, I'm fine. I just got a little dizzy there." Peace replied and stood straight, shaking her head to fight back her lightheadedness."You're feeling the effects of using the revival spell. It will pass." Jennifer said.Peace took a seat and Nelly went to the kitchen to get her some water. He returned with a full glass and gave it to her."Thank you, Nelly," She said and took the glass.As she drank the water, she thought about her compass being tampered with by the other witch."Who do you think did it?" She asked after she was done drinking."My bet is Jorish," Nelly said blatantly."I don't think so. It couldn't have been her. I mean, I know she can sometimes be a handful but she wouldn't go this far." Peace said."Maybe she would. She made it clear how she felt about the werewolve
Jess and Aliyah met up with the rest of the pack in the living room of the house. The silence as they walked in was very intense as everyone's eyes fell on Aliyah which made her self-conscious, embarrassed and uncomfortable. Aliyah was looking a lot different from when she was still human. Her skin was smoother and a bit darker, her eyes were still dark but they gleamed white under the reflection of light, her hair was somewhat longer and thicker, her voice was deeper yet thinner, and she was a lot heavier judging from the creak the chair made as she sat on it."You're not going to attack us again, are you?" Leon asked jokingly."She's fine now. There's nothing to worry about," Jess said."Guys" Aliyah said and stood up, "I'm sorry about what I did to you, to all of you. I didn't mean to, I just... couldn't control myself. I was so angry and unstable that I hurt you but that was never my intent..." "Stop! You don't have to apologize, Aliyah. I should be the one apologizing. It's my
The thrift shop was a bit scanty and didn't have a lot of merchandise inside it. It was old and dusty and there was this putrid smell that filled the air.There was a counter a few feet away from the entrance that had a young lady behind it. Maximus looked down at the compass and it was pointing up ahead to the young woman."That's her," Maximus said to Mira and Leon and they moved closer to her.As they got closer to her, they picked up the girl's scent and could tell that she was human and although they didn't say it, they were all thinking it; What would be the use for a teenage human in a supernatural war?"Hi! What can I help you folks with?" The girl said. She looked like she was in her early teens, definitely not up to eighteen years old."Hi there, little girl. We, umm...we would like a, umm..." Maximus tried to say but he felt like he was suffocating a little bit."Are you alright, sir?" The girl asked."Yeah, I'm fine. It's just, umm, there's a strong smell in here and I thi
Aliyah continued rubbing Jess' neck and the pleasure was almost unbearable for her. Jess felt like she was on fire and it didn't take long before she exploded with satisfaction. Aliyah pulled her face up and smothered her with multiple passionate kisses and then, she heard herself growl. She was losing control of herself and she did not want to hurt Jess.Aliyah closed her eyes to try and regain control and Jess noticed."What is it, Aliyah?" Jess asked, "Why are your eyes closed?""I can feel it trying to come out. You should go, I don't want to hurt you.""Open your eyes, Aliyah and look at me," Jess said but Aliyah did not open her eyes.Jesse held Aliyah's face in her hands and told her that she was not afraid of her. "You cannot hurt me, Ali. You won't, I know you won't." Jess said."You don't know!" Aliyah growled out and opened her eyes. Her pupils were white.Immediately she realized she was about to lose herself, she lifted herself upwards and hung on the ceiling with her
"Why would a demon crawl out of the underworld just to kill you guys?" Michael asked and waited for an answer.Mira, Max and Leon were all silent because they never revealed to the others what happened the night of the vampire attack, they never reveal the fact that they died and had barely even spoken about it since that time.Jess was also quiet and Aliyah held her hand and turned her to face her."Jess, what is it? You're scaring me." Aliyah asked her."The night the vampires attacked the mansion and tried to kill the both of you, they also attacked us when we were out," Jess mentioned."Yes, we know about that," Michael replied."But what you don't know is that we...we didn't survive the attack," Mira said."I don't understand," Michael said, looking confused."They killed us, with wolfsbane. We were dead for a minute or two before Peace and her Witch friend brought us back." Leon finished."We haven't really talked about it since then but, we died and after we were brought back,