Twelve

Ziah

Fighting off sleep, I joyfully surrendered my precious time (note the sarcasm) to my brother, Kai, barking orders in the name of a lecture in the silent pavilion.

My restless foot engaged in a tap dance against the wooden floor. Kai better wrap this up in five minutes, or I'm out of here with no second thoughts.

Campus security could stumble upon this unauthorized meeting and punish us for sneaking around campus at this time of the night. We were under constant scrutiny by humans for posing danger to their perfect lives.

But we needed to fish out our enemies before they caused more harm than the previous time. They already made a huge dent in our lives and it seemed unlikely that we would recover from such an event unscathed.

As Kai's Alpha-blood brother, the expectation was for me to be interested, but I've never enjoyed being told what to do, no matter how crucial. Kai doesn't need assistance; he's always on top of things and ready to handle tasks without our help. If he w