“What happened? Why do you look like that?”Eileen Russel looked up from the steak and potatoes she had been stabbing with the fork and knife as if she was murdering her food, to the elegantly dressed woman who just walked in the dining area of the equally elegant house.The woman was well maintained. Even if she did not look that pretty, she looked as if she was still in her late twenties rather than someone closer to forty years of age. She had an oval shaped face, and thin lips, thickened dramatically by lipstick, making it pouty. She had long chestnut colored hair that fell over her shoulders in soft waves courtesy of the salon. Unlike Eileen, whose real eyes were brown, the woman’s eyes were hazel— soft brown with flakes of green and gold in the middle. She wore an aqua colored chiton style dress partnered with a pair of silver high heeled sandals.“Why do you think so?”Eileen retorted sarcastically. She was in a very bad mood since the morning. All her carefully laid out long t
The clock on the wall ticked, and Eileen became more and more upset as she was forced to wait for her mother to finish her meal. She was boiling inside, but she had to stay put in order not to annoy her mom. Vivienne might spoil her, but not enough to let her daughter be rude towards her. It was not impossible for her to be slapped or be depraved financially for a while if she so much as angered Vivienne.In their little family, Vivienne called the shots. Eileen could only get advantages when her mother’s in a good mood or when they’re in the same boat. That was why she had been looking forward to controlling Evely Hunt for a long time. It would not only make her mother happy and be more caring towards her, she would also be more financially independent as she had heard that the idiot had a huge inheritance she was about to get on her eighteenth birthday in a few months.But no! Evely Hunt already put a hamper to her plans! That other woman had lied to them too! Her hands on her lap b
Today was Friday. Days had passed since classes commenced, and until now, Evie was surprised that nothing eventful really happened after the first day. The crazy cuckoo seemed to be behaving herself, although she still acted and looked pitiful whenever they crossed paths, and her minions would glare at her.At least, Evie did not hear any nasty rumors about Liz and a twisted version of the truth, and so she was sure that Eileen did not dare spread misinformation after her warning or she’ll get face slapped by the truth. In any case, a person could only spread lies if no one would question her.Her parents had gone to Japan since Tuesday to attend the funeral of her father’s business partner. Because they would be gone for a while, Liz had returned Eli to her parents’ house for them to take care of him which they did so delightedly. Liz was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, and the youngest among their four children. It was understandable that Liz was their darling girl, and he
“Observe and wait?”“Well, aside from those, do you have any other ideas on how to deal with those monsters?”Evie was amused. The boys must have been thinking that she would be doing something amazing to get rid of the shadow lurkers. Well, technically, she could. But not right away. She’s still too weak.“None. But if we’re not doing anything either, then what’s the point?” James asked back. “Wouldn’t that put us in a dangerous position since as you said those things infect others?”Good point!“You’re right,” Evie agreed, and when the two looked confused due to her complacency, she decided to explain. “We can only observe and wait— at least for now. I cannot do anything at the moment, but the same thing cannot be said after a few months.”“A few months?”“Yeah. Like I said, I cannot do anything until I recover my strength. Those things cannot be eliminated easily. There is a special method which I cannot tell you what kind right now. But I will explain and show it to you when I re
Evie decided that for now, she would not tell them the consequences if the shadow lurkers matured earlier than she recovered her powers. For now, she would like to hold on to the faith that she would recover enough to purify the host or hosts if there were any before they matured. After all, another consequence of letting it mature was to have more victims to follow. It would be chaos.Although the probability of the shadow lurkers fusing with the host’s body and turning him into a monster was pretty low, the point was that it was still a possibility. Back in her world, there was at least one who turned into a monster among five hundred infected hosts. But the thing was that, even if the host did not turn into a monster, when the shadow lurker matured and left his body, he would be just an empty shell. After all, the shadow lurker fed on the host’s soul. In short, he would be disabled until his body expired.“Don’t worry about it for now. We will check first then I’ll let you guys kno
“Excuse me?”The girl looked offended. Her expression was akin to someone who just got her shit thrown on her face, and it would have been funny if it were a joke. But the girl was seriously offended even though she was the one who was rude first.“I said you’re an idiot,” Evie repeated without mincing her words.The group looked shocked. It seemed nobody had ever told them that they were stupid before. But it was understandable considering the class they were from. But that was not the point.“Are you talking about me?”“Is there any other idiot here— ah my bad. You’re a group. Birds of a feather, flock together, and so you’re all probably stupid if you came looking for her with the same stupid reason,” Richard mocked.“How dare you call us stupid?”“But aren’t you? We’re quietly having our meal here and you came spouting nonsense disrupting us.”“We’re not spouting nonsense!”“Oh, and which part within your reasoning makes sense? Why do you claim that the boss is dragging Hanz Jense
“You…”The class monitor of Class One was shocked at how Hanz Jensen had spoken to them. The Ice Prince might be cold and aloof to others, but he never scolded nor criticized anyone. They had never seen him this angry either. They tried to defend themselves but Hanz cut them off.“We were just concerned—"“I don’t need you to worry about me. I can take care of myself. You should worry about yourselves. When you attack or harass other people with your self-proclaimed justice without bothering to know the truth, that’s called bigotry. You should reflect on your actions.”Evie mentally clapped her hands as she could not do it while the people Hanz just scolded were still there. Even if she agreed with Hanz and she was displeased with the group, she didn’t feel it was correct for her to visibly gloat over their public embarrassment.Yes, public embarrassment. Because the group had caused a ruckus when they suddenly arrived with scary expressions and started scolding Evie’s group, they at
“You have scary fans,” Evie told Hanz in amusement as soon as the group left the cafeteria.The drama has ended, and so, the students who hung out at the canteen started dispersing. Actually, even if they disagreed with the group for being rude, it was still a fact that Evely Hunt was famous for her fighting skills, and so most of the students were afraid of her.Also, Hanz Jensen, the top student was also there and he just got angry at the group earlier, and so they did not dare hang out longer. Even those who were still eating hastened their pace. Why? Because they didn’t want to have the attention of the group consisting of Evely Hunt, Hanz Jensen, James de Lancy, and Richard Simmons, who were all famous at school.All four people, plus the missing Yann Bouchard, comprised the people who were not supposed to be crossed at school. Hanz was the top student and he had tons of fans who were ready to slap people who would dare cross him. As for the others, they were from the leading fam