Quickly driving to the lab, still very cautious of my surroundings, I stopped the car in front of the entrance of the building without bothering to look for parking. There was no time to waste. I needed to find out what that old lady knew and what role she played in everything that was happening.I ran into the lobby, finding a woman tapping on a computer behind the counter."Welcome to—""Mrs Zulu. I need to know the address of Mrs Zulu." I quickly said, breathing heavily from running. The lime green-haired woman looked up at me, too stunned to speak."Please, this is really urgent." I begged her. She blinked for what seemed to be forever and shook her head at me."We aren't allowed to give out that kind of information, ma'am.""I'll pay you whatever amount of money. Just her address is all I need." I asked again, biting my lip and tapping my toes against the floor. There was no time for this... "I'm sorry, I just started working here and I just..."Her words faded as I looked aroun
"You're a witch? Like casting magic with a wand type of stuff?" I asked her with raised eyebrows. Mrs Zulu, or better as Precious, nodded at me. I pursed my lips, wondering how I had missed all these years that a woman serving me food was a witch."Sorceress is a better term. I don't use a wand nor do I have a magic broomstick. I'm just a normal elderly lady.""You live in a pumpkin-shaped house with a fairy, pretending to be a lunch lady at a science lab. There's nothing normal about this." I objected. I had so many questions for her but I needed to let her explain."My job isn't pretense. I love it and all of you who worked at the lab. You're the only family I have left." She said sadly, staring at her tea. "I was removed from my homeland when I was just a baby and was forced to grow amongst supernaturals because I was a magic bearer. I was their most prized possession, the one who could heal them and make any sort of potion they desired.""So why are you here?" I asked her softly.
"Where are we going, Daffodil?" I asked, jumping over large fallen logs and getting slapped in the face by branches. I brushed my hair back and followed closely, wondering why I was blindly following a stranger into the woods again. This is exactly how I got into this mess in the first place.Some things just never change.Finally, the thick trees and bushes cleared out and we stepped into an open space. I sighed in relief and took a few breaths before opening my eyes to look around. My jaw slightly opened at the sight I saw before me."It's beautiful..." I muttered, staring at just hundreds of purple and pink flowers that were surrounding us. I spun around, taking my time by looking everywhere. It was like a secret garden, a beautiful and peaceful place I never wanted to leave. One thing I didn't fail to notice, was the pure silence. No birds chirping. No crickets. Not even a single bee. It was just isolated. And that was kind of unnatural."This is one of the many hidden incubator
"Akielia?" Silas called out, "I can smell her around here somewhere." He mumbled to his brothers.Freaking hound.I got up from the floor and ran out of the pumpkin, ducking under a piece of broken wood by the doorframe. I jumped into Silas' arms, not wanting him to suspect me of anything. "Goodness, I'm so glad you guys are okay!" I told them, hugging Sei and Alexander afterward.Silas looked around the area while Alexander prodded my body, checking if I had any sort of injuries. Sei patted my head, softly telling me that he was glad that I was okay."You sure gave us a run-around," Silas said, staring at the pumpkin house with a look that I couldn't read. "Your scent was everywhere. Your workplace, some random man's house, the river just a few minutes from here...""Uh, yeah well I've been in those three areas, kind of," I said hesitantly. Alexander shrugged, "It doesn't matter. You're here now and you're safe. That's all that matters to me.""But how?" Silas asks me with raised eye
After Sei finally calmed down, which took nearly an hour, he left the house to take a breather. That was a long time ago, half the day probably went by when he stepped into the forest. Alexander and I haven't seen or heard from him at all after that.Why do I feel like this is all my fault?Silas did this to us... He ruined everything.Why did he run? Why couldn't he admit to his own family and the woman he hurt that he was lying this whole entire time? Why would you believe someone you barely know over him?Because the story just made sense. Silas has been acting strange with this whole 'make the world bow before us' stuff. How could that not be suspicious?"Akielia, would you please tell me what is going on. I hate being left in confusion." Alexander said, approaching me. I was seated on the spot Daffodil found me sulking on, staring at the beautiful sunset. I can't believe how a day has almost gone by. Yesterday at this time, I would have never thought that Silas and Sei would fal
Discomfort.What is discomfort?It's the terrible feeling I had as I sat down in front of a large bonfire while nearly a hundred different creatures stared back at me with unrecognizable expressions. It reminded me of the competition I had witnessed just a few days ago, where I accidentally exposed my identity in the middle of a battle.This time, no one was here to protect me.Sure Valedria instructed them to not lay a single hand or claw on me... But that never did stop the hungry gazes I received from the vampires of the group or the demons that were probably thinking of many ways to torture me and jerk off while they watched.It didn't help that these were the best fighters of the island either. Why else would they be here with the vampire leader himself?"Enough gawking! Get back to securing the area!" The green-skinned woman screamed, making all of the males stop staring and get back to work. I sighed in relief and gave her a look of gratitude. She handed me a tin can that had w
"Darling? It's time you woke up." A voice whispered in my ear, my body being shook slightly. I groaned lowly as my sleep left me. "No..." I mumbled, rolling over. The hand shaking my shoulder slid down my arm and landed on my waist, gently shaking it. "Baby, we need to depart now. Wake up so you can freshen up.""Depart where?" I asked, still barely awake. I could tell that it was Alexander speaking to me, but I haven't had such good sleep in a while that I didn't want it to ever end."Back to Lunaria. Word has it that the sorceress managed to get through the borders. All of our strongest creatures are here so everyone back home is in danger." My eyes snapped open at that and I quickly sat up, nearly falling over cause I was still really sleepy. Alexander held my shoulder to keep me from humiliating myself. "Is Sei okay?" I only just remembered that we were at Valedria's tent."He's fine, still going on about killing Silas... But he's willing to fight."I sighed softly, "how am I goi
"Alright, everyone! It's time to head back to Lunaria. Don't forget to split up to minimize human contact." Valedria instructed outside the tent.I gulped down the last bit of water from a tin Alexander had given me. After our first time together, which definitely did not disappoint, he made sure that I was cleaned up and dressed before giving me a moment to catch my breath. I felt a bit weak from the blood loss but I was glad that it didn't hurt nearly as it did the first time.Maybe I even enjoyed it a little bit. I stood up and stepped out of the tent, squinting my eyes at the powerful rays from the sun that hit my face. I held my hand up to shield myself from it and looked around. Some creatures gave me glances as usual but didn't say anything. I know for sure they heard Alexander and I. After all, we only had the thin sheet of a tent separating us from the others. Sex is something done a lot by these creatures. Hearing it must not have meant anything to them. I saw Valedria sp