ROZETA:"I need an answer." I say as I make a deliberate attempt to reach the entity in my head. Call me stupid but then I really needed more clarification on what I discussed yesterday with Jax.'To what?' almost as soon as that did I get a response from the entity in my head. Just enough to know that it was indeed there."Tell me the truth about the mark on my neck. Is it the reason I'm like this? The reason I can hear you? The reason things around me seem to be more different than normal?"I stand up from my bed and then walk up to the mirror to take a look at what I was trying to talk about with the voice in my head.As usual I reach for the mark and feel around it. I still have no idea how a mark that disappeared can come back to become a scar.'First I'll need to know what prompted your curiosity...'I give a ridiculous face that I can see through the mirror. "What other information do you need other than the fact that I'm not comfortable with the new change I'm going through?"
JAX:All day I have been trying to reach Wade. I'm not comfortable with knowing that he left my apartment just like that last night. Who knows what he could have done during the time frame of me trying to ensure Rozeta's safety?One thing I know for sure is that Wade was good at tracking someone down. I won't be surprised if he actually did look into my sudden disappearance... that's if he noticed. Which is why I have to ensure he doesn't do anything like that."Manuel, what have you got now?" I say into the phone as I pace about in my office. I should be talking to him through the mind link but then my state of mind wouldn't let me get that done the proper way I should."Nothing yet," Manuel says, "But do me a favor and wait for me to reach you. You're not helping me out here with your numerous calls.""How do you expect me to wait on you? It's nighttime and I still haven't been able to get to my brother. Who knows what he could be doing now?"I hear Manuel sigh from the other end. T
ROZETA:I get no response which then leads me to call his name again. Although I was extremely surprised, I still was kind of excited to see him."What are you doing here?" I ask, following up on me calling his name.I was going to take another step forward toward his direction but the voice of Dera in my head puts me to a halt.'That's not Jax!'I was instantly whelmed with confusion. How can she say that is not him? Is that a doppelganger or something?"How can that not be him?" I ask, whispering to myself."Whatever doubt you have about my identity is correct." comes the voice from the figure that has been standing there all along. How in the world did he hear what I said?He comes into the light as I get quipped with confusion. And that confusion actually starts to lead to reality.This looks a lot like Jax. I don't want to believe that it's not him but then there was a notable difference between them. The dark soft-looking hair was not there. Instead what I was seeing was a brown
ROZETA:The voice from behind gave me an unexpected sensation. Even though it took me a while, I was able to process the voice's owner and I was swept with a flood of safety immediately.The sense of safety didn't stop my heart from beating so fast as I was still scared from the fact that a knife — which I can clearly see now — was still being directed at me. A single motion and I would be incapacitated instantly.The man didn't even look like he was struggling to get his hand free but he kept his focus on me, a smirk forming on his face as he did so."I see you really have a lot to tend to as you said," the man says, his voice a combination of calm and terrifying. He was definitely not talking to me, I was sure of that.I feel a soft grip on my arms and then the words get to my ears, "Come behind me, Rozeta."I nod once and then start to adhere to what I was told to do. Right now I wasn't bothered about being caught in a position I still have no idea about. I'm bothered about how I c
JAX:Everything looked busier than usual on the streets of Cape Mobil, a street miles away from where I had an encounter with my brother.For about an hour now, I've been looking through the window of the building I'm in as I try to detect any suspicious movement from down there. My sight was more than enough to catch anything that quick but the wariness of what could escape my eyes was what was putting me on edge.My hand was gripping tight the curtain as I looked through and the force I used on it felt like I was planning to pull the curtain apart.A groan catches my hearing. And although I didn't need anyone to tell me it was the person I brought in here with me, I still chose to look over my shoulder at her.I saw she was trying to sit up from the bed she was laying on and that was when I decided to look away. She would notice my presence in no time and that was enough. Hopefully, she doesn't shriek from the sudden realization.I could hear the ruffling of the bed as she keeps gro
ROZETA:As I stare at the floor of the room, I couldn't help but take my hand up to the side of my neck just to have a feel of the spot around it. The realization of knowing that it wasn't just a mark as I guessed it to be made it make sense now.I always want to forget the night it happened but circumstances keep taking me back to it, so much that it was starting to be a significant part of me now. At least I can say now that getting the bite mark was not just something ordinary."So that explains everything," I say without speaking out too loud. "That explains why I've been seeing more of you often. I wondered why but never would I have thought it would be because of this stupid mark on my neck,"I look up at him. His eyes were fixated on me and he had a worried look on his face. Seeing him even have an atom of sympathy got me infuriated and I didn't know when I start to get riled up."What was your motive when you did this to me? Were you even ever going to mention that it was you
JAX:I was right in front of her almost as soon as she pulled the door open. I could have prevented her from opening it but then I wanted her to see for herself what lies in wait for her once she gets out there.Right outside the room, standing in the hallway, was a being in corporate wear. But the silver piece of clothing on the collar of his shirt made me aware of one thing: They found us already.Rozeta was quick to move back which gave me the chance to grip the hands of the intruder who moved to attack. With a head butt, I send him dizzy, and then a swipe to the leg sends him to the floor.To avoid any other issues with him, I go down and knock him out by hitting him hard by the side of the head."Come with me," I say swiftly once I turn around to face Rozeta. I grab her by the arm and then start to pull her out of the room.We couldn't stay in there any longer. Being in there would mean that she was prone to be attacked and that was one thing I would want to avoid.I knew already
JAX:After looking through the front view mirror and confirming Rozeta was indeed asleep, I shift back to my initial position of leaning on the car door while looking out the window.Hours of driving has made her exhausted and was at the brisk of tiring me out as well. It was mostly due to the energy I used in protecting her from harm's way."You've caused havoc to the human world, you know that right?" I hear Manuel ask from beside me in a voice that was silent enough for me alone to hear.I shut my eyes close first before dishing out a response to him. "I know," is what I say.He continues with his driving while I take my time to relax my head for a while. I was certain of the fact that he was going to ask something else soon which is why I half-heartedly await him.I was worried about Rozeta. Her reaction when I looked at her was something I didn't think I would see after seeing how well she was handling the situation before then. She opened my eyes to one thing and that was the pa