When Emily got home, her parents bombarded her with questions about why she hadn't come home last night. She couldn't answer any of the questions because whenever she opened her mouth to talk, she got interrupted by another round of questions.Victoria barged into their house, startling them. Rebecca rushed to her with a confused expression on her face. "Vicky?""Where's that foolish girl?" Victoria's eyes searched the room. "You idiot!" She started walking towards Emily when her eyes fell on her."You can't come into my house and call my daughter names." Rebecca stood in front of her, hindering her from proceeding further into the room."How dare she? She's an intruder! " Victoria screamed.Emily was dumbstruck. She stood there and stared at the angry and violent woman struggling to move past her mother."Vicky! What are you talking about? " Rebecca screamed the question."She..." Victoria pointed at Emily. "She had the guts to tell Jacob the truth about who he is." She backed off a
Weeks rolled by; Michael visited Emily frequently. He hung out with her a couple of times, but he ended up having a mood swing and leaving with a lame excuse.Richard had moved in fully with them, but Emily had refused all his efforts to make a conversation with her.She was in her room. She kept jumping on her bed, trying to pop out wings and fly. She didn't know whether to expect fiery wings or coal-black wings. Her father opened her door halfway and peeped into the room. She fell on her bed and quickly composed herself."What were you doing?" Richard asked, stepping into the room."Why didn't you knock?" She answered his question with a question that wasn't in any way related to his question. She was being unreasonable. He sat on her bed and let out a sigh. "I know you're mad at me. I'd be too if I were you. " "I'm not mad at you." She stood up from the bed and strode to her window."You've always been avoiding discussions with me." Richard stood up. I know you have a lot of ques
The closer they got, the more she got gripped by fear. One of them drew out a golden dirk, and Emily's heart jumped to her throat. As he strode up to her, she stiffened. "For a hybrid, I thought you'd put up more of a fight." He raised the sword and Emily shut her eyes, expecting the worst, but she heard the sound of a lightning striking someone instead, and a groan followed. She fell to her knees and looked beside her and found the guy with the golden dirk on the floor, smoke emanating from his body.She looked up and saw Chris standing in front of her. He stretched out his hand to her and she took it. He pulled her to her feet with a grin plastered on his face."We came for the girl. Give her to us and we might let you live." The guy Chris had struck with lightning spoke as he struggled to his feet. Emily rushed behind Chris, who strode a little towards them with a smirk. "I'll give you a chance to run. "The guys gazed intermittently at Emily and Chris, their wings slowly coming
When they were gone, Michael fell to his knees, shivering slightly as he gazed at his gory claws. He looked around him, terrified by the countless bodies of ravens on the ground. He muttered, "What have I done?""That was incredible, Mike," Chris applauded. When did you learn how to do all that? You seemed like the dark one a few minutes ago. ""I told you I didn't want to do this.""Yes, but you had to do it."Michael rolled his eyes and said, "Take care of the bodies." Before Chris could talk back, Michael accelerated home. *"Michael," his father called, rushing up to him as he had just walked in. "I think I've found a way to bring Chris's good side back."Michael kept mute, walking slowly to the stairs. "Are you okay?" Nicholas asked, pausing for a minute. "What happened to you?" He noticed the blood stains on his lips and hands, and some splashes of blood on his shirt."Since when do you care?" Michael retorted."That's not fair." Nicholas spoke in a low tone.Michael shook his h
Hot tears flowed down Michael's face. He looked down at Emily, wishing he was dreaming. He tried to convince himself that she was just asleep and that she would wake up soon, but the blood oozing from her neck was enough to tell him that she wasn't sleeping. "She's part phoenix; she'll awaken." He held his hopes high as he tried to solace himself. He wiped his face with his hands and lifted her off the ground."Where are you taking her?" Giselle asked in a tremulous tone as he started walking away. She sniffed her nose, and Michael realized she had been crying the whole time."Home." Michael replied. His gaze was fixed on the road as he kept walking further.As they walked to Emily's house, Elsa frowned, noticing Sydney's facial expression. He didn't look woeful, he looked rather exultant. Elsa watched him suspiciously. His thrillingness baffled her.When they got to Emily's house, Giselle knocked on the door. But Michael didn't wait, he barged in, startling Richard, who was seated o
Giselle sat beside Emily on the couch, crying intently. She looked up at Emily and noticed smoke issuing out of her."Does anyone see what I'm seeing?" She looked up at Emily's parents."Rebecca?" Richard called."She's coming back." Rebecca's face lit up. "The couch is burning." Giselle jumped off of the couch."Rebecca, put her out." Richard commanded."I create and manipulate fire, not quench it." Richard tried to take Emily off the couch, but he yelled as her body burned his hands. He readied himself again and quickly took her from the couch and placed her on the floor.They stood and watched as Emily ignited into flames and continued burning until what they saw on the ground was a heap of ashes.After a while, they saw Emily's hand stretched out from underneath the ashes. She sat up from the ashes and looked at herself. She looked up at them and asked with a frown, "What happened?"************Michael opened his eyes slowly and observed the room he was in before he sprang up.
Elsa hesitated. She looked at the men as they climbed the stairs. "No," she shook her head, "I'm not leaving you here." She spread her palms out to them, casting a spell that sent them falling back to the ground with a thud.She held her hands to both sides and floated as she descended from upstairs. She used her supernatural power to throw a flower vase at Sasha.Sasha left Philip and held her fist in the air. The vase shattered into pieces and fell to the ground. Philip dropped, free from Sasha's spell. He noticed the two guys going after Elsa, and he flung himself towards them. He punched one of them and threw him to the ground. ***********Michael walked to Elsa's house, he wanted to express his gratitude for what she did for him. When he got to her house, he noticed that something was happening inside. He threw open the door to observe what was going on. Everyone was engrossed in the fight, so no one appeared to notice his presence.He witnessed the two men beating Philip. He wa
Michael opened his eyes after a few hours. He sat up, squinting and scratching his eyes. He lifted himself up from the floor and tied the towel he found covering him firmly around his waist. He had shifted fully into a wolf without the presence of the full moon. It was something he hadn't done before. Memories of the previous night flashed in his head. As much as he'd wanted to deny it, he really had to talk to his father. He had heard what Sydney knew, but it wasn't enough for him. He wanted to know his origin, his real family, and why they gave him up. "You were trying to say something hours ago, before you passed out." Sydney's voice drifted Michael out of his wonder zone. He swiftly turned in response to the startling voice, his eyes flashing in that direction. "Yeah," Michael agreed, when his eyes fell on Sydney. "We need to find the golden dirk before the ravens do." He gazed at his shredded clothes lying on the ground and thought of what he'd wear."Here!" Sydney hurled a shir