086 Switched At Birth

"Who are you?!" Sarah screamed at Killian, and at the same time shot a fire ball at him, to which Killian just waved his cane in an almost lazy move, and the fireball extinguished into the air.

 

"Calm down," Killian frowned lightly, dusting his spotless sleeves, "you don't want me to alert the authorities now, do you?"

 

Sarah's eyes glimmered in delighting -- Killian wanted to report her, meaning he wasn't sent by the Triskaideka Coven, or he would have been there for her life.

 

And she already knew she was not his match.

 

"What do you want?" Sarah tried to calm her voice, but she failed to hide the fear.

 

"What all wandering mage wants with a criminal?" Killian laughed brightly, "Rewards, of course."

 

"I have money!" Sarah blurted in panic, only to remember that Killian was the heir of Dunn Group, the empire with assets that measures by billion, "I -- I have a totem, from which you can drain power!"

 

Mages would protect their totems well because they would get hurt if their totems are hurt, just like wolves to werewolves, and what was worse, was that a mage can drain one's power through another's totem to add their own.

 

It was the worst thief in their world.

 

"Hmph, why would you give it to me when you could have used it yourself?" Killian cocked an eyebrow, sitting down on the sofa gracefully with a leisure posture, waiting for a chance to get close to the basement door.

 

"It's sealed, of course," Sarah tried to maintain her calm, "I can't break it, but you are more powerful."

 

"Interesting," Killian curved his lips, "show me."

 

"I'll be right back!" Sarah hurried upstairs, and Killian rose his cane and shoot a beam of ocean blue spell at the basement door.

 

Red waves spread across the door and Killian let out a cold sneer.

 

"What are you doing?" Sarah came back with a wooden box in her hand, her eyes traveling to the basement door nervously.

 

"Are you trying to trick me, witch?" Killian put on a cold face, "You think I can't tell the strongest seal in this house is on that basement door?!"

 

"But--" Sarah stammered in confusion.

 

Killian didn't want to go against Sarah directly by demanding Evelyn -- he wanted to be on Ava's good side, and crossing Sarah might get Ava to be angry at him.

 

"I came here to offer my help, and I hope you can see that by noticing I haven't alert the authorities about you yet," Killian faked an angry look, "yet you are trying to trick me with that box in your hand when clearly the treasure is in your basement!"

 

"It's not like that!" Sarah's fear overcame her suspicion, "The seal on the door only works as a lock, and there is no treasure in there! Here is the totem I told you about, it belongs to another criminal and you can use it with no worries!"

 

"Really?" Killian tuned down his anger, taking over the totem, "Whose is this--?"

 

He pursed his lips when he saw the quill pen lying lifelessly in the box because he recognized it instantly. How could he not? He read all about the Walters sister when he came onto this mission--

 

It was Scarlett's totem.

 

"You knew about her!" Sarah laughed, and it was the ugliest smile Killian had ever laid eyes on when it was an awkward, yet cocky smile that mixed with fear, "You can find ME, then you must know about HER! It belongs to Scarlett Walters, my twin sister, Wanted Mage No. 125!"

 

"What's your story?" Killian let out a light laugh that didn't reach his eyes, "Because you are twins, so you have to follow your sister even in crimes?"

 

"She thought she was the prophecy one!" Sarah snorted coldly in anger, "She thought she was better than me on everything?! She--"

 

Sarah took a sudden halt, looking even more awkward when she realized she let her jealousy took over her.

 

"She's also wanted, and you can pay her a visit, too," Sarah fawned at Killian with vicious eyes.

 

"Thanks," Killian curved his lips evilly, "I just might."

 

With a snap of his finger, instead of turning red, the mark on Raymond's palm disappeared.

 

"So do you think you can cut me some slack?" Sarah begged with her hands gripped together in front of her chest, "I gave you the most precious treasure I have, and I swear I'll straighten out my crime with the coven right away!"

 

"And how do you plan to do that?" Killian snorted coldly -- her existence was a crime because the crime was mating with a werewolf -- it was strictly forbidden by the Triskaidake coven.

 

Sarah even committed the same crime as Scarlett, except Scarlett did it out of love, when Sarah thought Scarlett wanted to give birth to the hybrid in the prophecy and so she found herself a werewolf, too.

 

Sarah didn't even love Noah White.

 

But the prophecy was made about them -- the golden gemini, the Walters twins, and one of them was bound to give birth to the hybrid that would one day lead the coven.

 

And Sarah would rather die than let Scarlett be that legendary mom, or else she would never even think about mating with a filthy werewolf!

 

That was why she hated Evelyn so much, and why she stole Ava from Scarlett when they gave birth at the same time!

 

It wasn't a mistake.

 

Sarah sought out Scarlett and hid in the hospital Scarlett was staying at-- she needed to take the hybrid child at all cost, and she knew it was Ava when Evelyn was born a wolfless, so she switched the babies.

 

It wasn't even Sarah's due day, but she pushed it forward with magic and gave birth to Evelyn when Scarlett gave birth to Ava first.

 

Evelyn was a premature, and that was why she was weaker than most throughout her childhood.

 

Evelyn was so tiny and weak, and almost died at birth, and Sarah left Evelyn in that thundering night, with Scarlett's totem.

 

Scarlett lost half of her power when Sarah sealed her totem, and that was why she couldn't defend herself later and caused William to die for her.

 

Sarah was worried that Scarlett might find out about the switch and come looking for Ava, so instead of leaving Evelyn with Scarlett, Sarah exchanged Evelyn with a random werewolf kid born that night, and that was how Evelyn ended up with the Stones--

 

A werewolf couple that died tragically.

 

They died at the hands of the Triskaideka coven when mages were sent to look for the hybrid -- they traced Evelyn's totem, a painting brush, the only thing about the hybrid they saw in the prophecy.

 

The totem that Scarlett sealed, and therefore stopped the coven from tracking Evelyn, until two years ago when James called the coven out, and almost cost the life of Evelyn.

 

"Let's just say, I know what the coven wants," Sarah gave him a cocky smile.