5. Are You A Werewolf?

Seeing the look of fear on her daughter's face, Lysandra discouraged her from entering. She returned to the dining room and resumed the dinner that had been interrupted. Callista also rejoined them. She looked very pale, her fingers trembling as she held the spoon and fork. She really looked like a traumatized person.

"Cally, are you okay?" Kairos noticed the strange thing that happened to his daughter.

Callista looked up, she nodded slowly with a forced smile. She was really scared to death right now. She was afraid that Caspian would kill her because she knew his secret.

"Dad, are you really human?" Callista asked with a weak and trembling voice. Her voice was barely even audible.

"What? Are you asking me something?" Kairos asked to make sure, because he didn't hear clearly.

Callista shook her head slowly. She was getting more and more scared now, scared if it turned out that her stepfather was also a werewolf.

"Sir, ma'am, we have a visitor. They say it's Professor Ethan who was asked to come by Mr. Caspian." A maid came to tell her.

"Ah yes, where is Caspian? Why hasn't he come down yet?" Kairos realized that only his wife and daughter had returned to the kitchen, while Caspian still didn't show his nose.

"He said he was sick, the professor came to check on his condition." Lysandra told him what she knew.

"Sick? It's very unusual for him to be sick. He's usually very healthy." Kairos was quite surprised, but he thought that it was a human thing.

"Cally, finish your food quickly and bring your brother something to eat." Lysandra commanded.

Callista nodded slowly. She even felt that the food was very difficult to swallow.

"I'm already full." Callista said as she got up from her chair. Her face looked even paler, her body heated up, suddenly she was attacked by a fever because she was too shocked by what happened.

"Are you sick?" Kairos asked with concern. Because, Callista didn't usually leave food like that, plus her face looked pale.

"I think she caught it from Caspian. I was going to go in to check on his condition, but Callista said Caspian's disease is contagious and she's already contracted it."

"You rest, Caspian's food will be brought by the maid."

"It's okay, Dad. I'll do it." Callista still insisted on bringing food to his room.

With heavy steps, Callista climbed the stairs and passed through the corridor to Caspian's room. She knocked on the door first, then entered with a tray containing a plate of meat and also a glass of water. She looked down when she stepped in, because she was afraid after Caspian had given her such a deadly stare.

Professor Ethan seemed to be checking Caspian's condition. He brought a vaccine that was a different color than before, and injected it into Caspian's body. Caspian bit his lip to muffle his scream. It felt as if his skin was on fire, his fingertips like sharp needles. Five minutes of pain, he finally returned to human form.

Callista who witnessed it all could only remain silent with a stiff body.

"You told her about your condition of having mutated into a werewolf?" The professor glanced at Callista with the corner of his eye.

"You don't have to worry about her. Shutting her mouth is easier than turning a palm." Caspian said in his usual haughty tone. Now he began to feel his body returning to normal. All the pain that had attacked, has now disappeared.

"Next time you should be more careful before injecting the vaccine into your body. I'm developing a new drug that might be able to kill all the werewolf cells in your body. I need an ingredient that I have yet to find."

"What is it?"

"I don't know what that substance is yet. I'm trying to find out."

Footsteps could be heard approaching the room. The door to the room opened with Kairos and Lysandra appearing behind it.

"Is it serious?" Kairos stepped closer, he put the back of his hand to Caspian's forehead to check his temperature. However, the man's body temperature was normal.

"He's already fine." Professor Ethan replied with a smile and hospitality.

Callista who had been holding back all the feelings, now she could no longer hold back. Fear, shock, and a great deal of inner pressure made her collapse. She fell unconscious.

When she opened her eyes again, Callista was already in her room. Both of her parents were sitting on the edge of the bed, her right hand was infused, her forehead was taped with heat medicine.

"Mommy." Callista tried to grab her mother's hand. She really needed protection right now.

 "The doctor said you dropped due to trauma. What exactly happened?" Kairos really wanted to know.

Callista wanted to tell, but she was afraid her life would end if she told him.

The door to the room opened with Caspian appearing behind it. The sharp look in his eyes made Callista feel terrified. She gripped her mother's hand tightly to calm her fear.

"I have a call for you." Caspian lied to his father.

Kairos rose to his feet and walked out of the room to take the call Caspian said.

"Can you leave us alone?" Caspian said coldly, but it sounded so piercing.

Lysandra looked up, she gave Caspian a probing look. Their relationship had been bad all this time, but in recent days they had suddenly become close. However, she was suspicious of their closeness, as it was being paid for by Callista's health. She don't know what had happened to cause Callista to develop this strauma and make her sick.

Callista squeezed her mother's hand, as a sign that she did not want her mother to leave the room.

"I want to discuss serious matters with her. I won't do anything, I just need five minutes to talk."

Lysandra released her daughter's grip, forcing her to leave the room to give them some space.

Caspian sighed harshly. He approached, then gripped Callista's jaw firmly.

"You've seen what you shouldn't have seen. Make sure you don't remember anything tonight. If you reveal my secret, I will not hesitate to kill you. I can even give you something more terrible than death." Caspian said quietly, but with emphasis.

Callista could only nod with a trembling body. She did not dare to do anything, until Caspian moved out of her room.

After Caspian disappeared from her sight, Callista's tears finally broke out. She grabbed her cell phone and called Orion.

"I've been thinking about it. I want to stay with you, pick me up tomorrow morning." Callista said with a sob. She would not be able to stay in that house, as she would always be haunted by Caspian's threats.

"Are you crying? What's going on? Did you fight with your parents, or did that bastard hurt you?"

"I can't tell you, but I want to stay with you."