Chapter 4: Clash

Chapter 4: Clash

I was shocked when Gideon the werewolf stood looking pissed, the chair he was sitting before fell onto the ground. He exasperatedly walked and stopped in front of me and the Cravens. Is he going to hurt me?

They both looked at me as if they read my mind. Are they? But based on my basic knowledge, only vampires had an ability to do that. Werewolves usually use their strengths to prey and to protect themselves. Gideon pulled me beside him but the Craven didn't let go of my hand. I became anxious as I was in the middle of the highest rank in the caste system. 

“ Am I in a movie? Who will she choose?”

I looked at the woman who commented and she's smiling looking so amuse. And I am starting to belittle myself as much as I don't want to feel that way. I decided to pull my hands away from the two of them as I moved backward before bending my back. It is a sign of respect that I cannot get rid off because even the slaves needs a respect from the likes of me.

The next thing I knew, Gideon is holding the Craven's neck, pinning him on the wall. Everyone was alarmed. I heard the windows crack and several vampires entered the window and at the same time I heard the werewolves howl.

“ I told you not to touch her!”

Gideon growls as he presses the Cravens into the wall making a crack on it. I looked at the Cravens to see how he would react and it confused me as he was smiling? He is so calm and he's mocking Gideon, in this kind of situation? How could he do that?

“ You do not own her”

Craven simply said and removed the hands strangled  him with ease and put both of his hands in his pockets. Why does he look so cool? I shake my head, this is not the right time for that Calliope.

We all looked to the Craven when we heard him chuckling.  We all became tense when the Cravens became serious and everything went fast now that the Craven is holding the werewolf face. I held my mouth in shock when he dropped Gideon on the floor, he rifted the floor using Gideon head.

“ Know your place wolf, remember that this is not your territory”

Says the Craven, his eyes turned into a bloody red, his mouth is slightly opened and I noticed his fangs.

I heard a loud thud coming from the door like someone is trying to get in, on the other side of the room I heard scratches from the concrete that seemed to be coming from the claws. The door opens and more than twenty vampires enter the room. Simultaneously the werewolf enters the room using the concrete wall of the room. How can they be so strong? They move and encircle the Craven and Gideon who is still lying on the floor with Craven's hand on his face.

The werewolf and the vampires face each other and in a minute a clash is going to happen. The vampires release their fangs and the werewolves who are in a human form morph into a werewolf. The atmosphere changes when someone laughs in the corner of the room. It is one of the people sitting in the middle a while ago. He is laughing while sitting in the windows with cracks and shattered glasses in his foot. He looks so young and based on how he dresses, he is something important.

“ Oh man, why did you stop them? It is entertaining though”

The woman asked, raising one of her eye brows, the man snickered and smiled again. The way he moves resembles a familiar person to me.

“ It is enough”, he said to the woman while smiling and looking around particularly at the vampires and werewolves who were glaring at each other until now. “ Don't you know how to respect the elders, especially the Cravens?”

He is smiling but it is making me nervous. This person holds authority without even trying hard. It looks like he was born to rule and no man should stand against his way. Who is he? I was taken aback when he looked at me smiling. He wave like we have known each other for a long time.

“ If you don't mind, can you stop those two?" , he asked politely while pointing at the Cravens and Gideon the werewolf. But what? Did I hear it right? How can I stop these two? “ Nevermind”, he said and waved his hand looking so thrilled.

“ Aziel, Gideon, can I take her?”, he asked and jumped to the window where he was sitting. He walk beside me and put his hand around my shoulders as he said the words that creeped me out, “ I like her, and I want her to be my personal assistant”

Everyone looked at us as I looked at him with shock, do I need to serve someone again? But what's new? I wonder what's going to happen next in my life if I serve someone again. Will I experience the same suffering too? Or even worse?

The Craven flinches as if he heard something he didn't want to hear, so his name is Aziel huh? If I'm not mistaken, the meaning of his name defined God is my strength and it suits him very well.

They both stood and glared at the man beside me who seemed to be enjoying the scene. “Just joking”, he said, raising both of his hands while laughing. Is he crazy?

Gideon walked and pulled me towards his back, “ Did I give you permission to touch her?” Gideon asked as if he owned me. I look at the man who he was talking and his smiled faded, he raised his arm in the level of her chest as he holds the ring in his fingers. He played with it as if he was inspecting it thoroughly, “ I don't need permission, I can do whatever I want without asking permission especially to someone as lowly as you are”

I was really neurotic towards this man, he is someone I don't wanna encounter. He may seem an easy going person but this man has something off to his sleeves and I don't wanna know what it was.

“Know your place, lowly creature”, he added word by word while looking at Gideon who seemed pissed off at the situation, he was clenching his fist and he was breathing heavily as if he was controlling himself.

The man clapped his hand as if he was getting all the creatures attention inside the room, “Everyone get out of this room!”, he yawped. Whoever this man is, I'm sure that he is one of the highest officials in the town of Cromoria, he holds power and authority more than the woman who greeted the packs of werewolves a while ago.

All the vampires followed him and bowed before leaving the room while the werewolves were insinuating something, “Follow him”, Gideon commanded and some of the werewolves transformed again to human form while the others jumped to the window. I look away when I realize that the wolves who morph are not wearing anything.

I heard a whistle that came from the woman, it seemed like she was enjoying the view eh? The wolves leave the room and even though it's awkward I followed them as per the man commanded.

“Hep!” The man stopped me and that weird smile is plastered into his face once again as if nothing happened. “ You are excluded,” he said, smiling widely as he put his hand on my shoulders and pushed me towards the long table in the middle. He pulled the chair and signed me to sit down.

I slowly sat as I looked at him confused, confirmed, this man was out of his mind, a moment ago he was dead serious and now he was smiling like an idiot. Nevertheless, what he do make me move, this is the first time when someone did this to me.

I looked at the man who pulled the chair beside me, it was Aziel. His name is something unique that I want to pronounce everyday, it feels surreal. On my left side, Gideon sat and l don't know why but I became worried as I saw bruises on his face. His lips is bleeding and it looks like my hands have its own mind as it move toward his face, I touch his left cheeks as I run my fingers through his bleeding lips.

I quickly removed my hands and apologized for my inadequately move but he just smiled sadly. Why do he looks so sad everytime Im seeing him. I looked around and I was thankful that they are busy discussing with each other. Why am I even doing here?

My eyes landed to Aziel and I deverted my gaze when I saw him looking at me, he didn't even bother looking away, did he saw what I did to Gideon? I hope not.

I look at the man who is seated in the middle of the table when he cleared his throat, among the people who are here, he looks the oldest one.

“Miss Calliope, you are with us today to choose between the werewolves and the vampires”

Huh?