55. Ethan. I was a little lost in the city. I sat in the park, eating chips in public like every tough-looking guy like me would. The park was emptying every passing hour because it had gotten darker. Aside from that, there seemed to be a form of tension in the air. I could see it on people's faces as they hurried home. That faint sign of worry on the face, the creasing of the lips. The slight gritting of the jaws and the furrowing of the brows. Everyone knew something was up. In the little silence that followed, I started thinking about a lot of things. I thought of the attacks, the altercation with the man from before and I thought of Rachael. She mentioned once that humans faced discrimination from werewolves, but I didn't know it was like that. It made me pity the humans working in this part of the city since the area was pretty dominated by werewolves. I would have to do something about that sometime in the future. I glanced at my watch and nodded. A lot of people would be h
54. Ethan. After some serious thinking, I realised that I couldn't do much behind the walls. To obtain information on the rogues and the weapons, I had to go into town. I had to become.... a commoner. No one but Chekov knew of my plan. I didn't even tell my brother, not that I didn't trust him. But he wasn't around at the moment. "Sir, this doesn't feel safe at all. Why don't you tell our men to escort you and keep watch from afar? It's the city, anything could happen because we aren't there," Anton Chekov explained. He flexed his wrists several times, a sign that he was very anxious. I turned back at him, and the chair felt shaky like it hadn't been used in a long time. "Chekov, no one can take me. You know that, and you know very well it takes more than an explosion to kill me."Chekov closed his weary eyes and sighed. "I'm just stating the obvious." He brought out a pair of clothes. "I brought what you wanted. I've prepared a room for you in the back of the storage room, just n
53. Rachael. "Promised to him? What a joke, disgusting," I muttered on my way back to the room. Nathan wanted to scare me, that was his strategy. It must have been pleasing to him, to see me rattled Ahead, I saw a train of guards coming in my direction. At first, I thought it was the visitors Nathan had talked about, I was planning to sneak into any room when I realized that it was just Naomi. "Oh." I might have said out loud. I continued walking as they drew closer. It's not like I was supposed to be wary of her, right? I continued on the right, why she approached on my left side of the corridor. Her eyes were trained on me, and I remembered that look. It was that same look, the one from the ruins! I felt uneasy as we got closer. I couldn't show it out, because I didn't want to look weak in front of another woman. Just as we were about to pass each other, she called my name loud and clear. "Rachael Quincy?" I snapped my head around and raised a brow, finding it hard to talk.
52. Rachael. I stayed at the institute for two days now, and Ethan hadn't returned. I was a bit worried, but he occasionally sent word or sent his men to drop essentials for Sarah and I. The priestess Lyanna paid a visit once, but it was only brief. "Hmm, anytime soon." She had said when she appeared at the doorstep. "Sorry, what's that?" I asked her, but she merely shook her head and turned. "I have a lot of work, since our castle has been attacked. I hope we will have time to talk again, in the near future." And just like that, she left. I could remember that meeting, because it had happened last night. On the fourth day after the attack, I returned to the castle with a fully fit uniformed Sarah. Security was a little bit relaxed compared to the past but I could still sense the tension. There were a few eyes that rolled my way, from the patrol and I could sense that they were wary of me. Yes, they were scared of what would happen next. I was starting to think I was a burden t
51. Ethan. "Rutherford did what?!" I adjusted my earpiece, but I didn't hear my brother well. "Look, get your ass down here and get ready to welcome Rutherford. He heard about the attack and is on his way," Nathan's voice came clean. What the hell was that fat man thinking? The line went dead and I removed my hand from my ear. The elevator dinged, the door slid open and health workers were surprised to see me using the normal elevator. "My lord! What a surprise, you are here!""Thank the Goddess our young Lord is fine! Glory be to her!" A woman held her hands together in prayer. "Thank you, thank you very much. Also thanks for the prayers and the good work, we need you now more than ever." I encouraged them as I left the scene immediately. A black car waited for me at the exit, and I jogged to it. "Status report?" I said as I got in. Chekov was at the front, with another man from my special team who was at the wheel. "Nothing my lord. I just got an important update that the alp
50. Rachael "Please strap in, my lady," the paramedic advised. She wasn't that old, maybe in her early thirties. She showed me a seat in the ambulance. "It's alright. I can watch over her like this." I insisted. The van shook a little but I steadied myself by holding the walls."My lady, I meant to sit down. You don't want to hit your head against the metal," she explained further. I accepted the offer and sat down on a vacant chair. Sarah had been given mild pain meds and there was a large amount of fluids, replenishing her body. The ambulance arrived at the hospital, which turned out to be the institute where I had gone recently with Ethan. The medical team waited at the entrance with a stretcher and they moved her away faster than I could catch up. They entered an elevator, which I caught in the nick of time. We arrived on the fourth floor, and she was moved straight to the emergency room. I attempted to follow but the nurses stopped me. "My lady, sit back. We've got it from