LOGINKain’s door was locked but I was almost certain he was in there. “Kain.” I knocked at first, but there was no answer.“Kain.” I hit the door harder, my patience growing thin and the next second, the door flew open and I almost fell in. Kain was glaring at me and I could see that he wasn’t alone. He had company. I swallowed hard, my eyes shifting to the tall, bulky man with full beards and body covered in tatoo. He was sitting on the bed and was equally sizing me up, eyes filled with suspicion. Who was he? I’ve never seen him on this ship.“You can leave, Ray.” Kain said dismissively, still glaring at me.Ray stood slowly, and slowly backed away, his eyes not once leaving mine, like he was trying to send me a warning. “Who was that?” I turned to Kain the moment the door closed.“None of your business.” Kain walked towards the balcony and opened the glass door. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it. I followed him. “Are you really not going to say anything about what happened betw
“Nara?” A familiar voice called and I turned to see Leo approaching us. He had a frown on his face and a worried expression, his eyes shifting from me to Gavin. “What are you doing with him?”“I…”“Ah, Leo. I was just curious about her—“ Gavin started, smiling sheepishly but was cut off.“Don’t ever meet her again.” Leo barked, his eyes filled with warning as he glared at Gavin. Then he took my hand and he didn’t care if I protested. He dragged me away from there, angrily, until we were standing in a hallway in the direction of my room. “What were you thinking talking to someone like him?”“I don’t know him.” I said, my voice had long gone soft from nervousness. “He just suddenly started talking to me.”“What does he want from you?”I looked at Leo and there were worry line on his face. Was it because of me?If he was this worried because I was meeting Gavin then Gavin must really be a dangerous man.And yet, I didn’t dare tell him why Gavin had summoned me. “He was about to tell
Day 10For the past thirty minutes, I’ve been pacing around my room. My heart was pounding furiously and my palms were sweaty from anxiety. Someone knows that I am human and it wasn’t just anyone, it just had go be the person in charge of killing humans. What was he going to do to me?Why did he want to meet me for dinner?Surely, it was not because he liked me and was trying to hook me up.I was chewing on my fingers and my mind raced. How did he even know? How did he find out?I’ve been so careful. I’ve done everything just to hide what I was and blend in with this crowd of monsters and somehow, he could still find me out? How?Time flew by and it was only when my stomach rumbled in protest that I realized it was evening. There was still nothing about Landon. At this point, it was safe to assume he didn’t make it. My heart ached at the thought then chilled with fear when I remembered Gavin and his threats. I needed to meet him, and I needed to prove I wasn’t what he thought I wa
“You said Landon had a mate?” I didn’t know why my stomach turned uncomfortably at that. “A fake mate, yes.”“What’s a fake mate?”Emily sighed deeply, “Kain was drowning in his sorrows but couldn’t see that Landon was also drowning. Lan was like that. He always puts on a tough font so others would think he was okay. Kain hated it. So he schemed with a girl and planned to make her Landon’s mate.”“How can he do that? I thought the goddess..”“There’s a ritual for it. They won’t become your real mate, but you’ll feel the same pull and attraction. But then, it’s dangerous and forbidden because whoever does the ritual would die in a few months.”“And she went through with it knowing that?”“She didn’t know. Kain deceived her, guided her into doing it with the promise of a huge payment. So she didn’t ask questions.”Emily continued. “It worked. And she managed to get close to Landon. Lan knew something was wrong but he still played along with the game. He wanted to see how far Kain would
“Get inside!” Someone was yelling but I couldn’t even listen.The divers had just apologized, saying they’ve tried their best and they were going to continue tomorrow because the storm was getting worse. They were going to continue and leave Landon to what fate?When I didn’t listen, the guards forced me against my wishes, ignoring my curses and threats. They took the others too. Only Jeffrey was level headed enough and tried to convince us to go with them.“If Landon was here, I’m sure he wouldn’t want you risking your life.”We were all taken to a room underground. A safe room. There were others here as well, hiding from the storm while the authorities handled it. We were all huddled close. Me, Emily, Ivy, Leo. Dina had disappeared at one point and Kain was taken somewhere else. The air was heavy with gloom and uncertainty. And regret. Leo kept lightly hitting his head on the wall, blaming himself, murmuring how he shouldn’t have said anything. And I was too weak to speak. I
“I wasn’t.” Kain said, his jaws clenched tight. “If it weren’t for you, would Maria even have been targeted at all? Don’t you think Nara is bound to fall into the same fate as well?”Landon’s gaze hardened and darkened dangerously, “She’s mine to protect. What is it to you?”“I see. And Maria wasn’t?”Landon was clenching his fist, literally drawing blood from his palm. He was shaking with anger, like he’d explode any second. “If you had been there for her Kain, you could’ve protected her that day.”“And how about you then? If you had stopped causing trouble and offending everyone like you were invisible, my mate wouldn’t have been targeted.”“You’re going too far, Kain.” Leo said and Kain gave him a deadly look but Leo didn’t back down. He looked fed up.“It was your fault as much as it was Landon’s. And I thought you two would’ve gotten over this already. Why are you still pointing fingers like an immature kid?”And perhaps, I underestimated just how agitated Kain was getting becaus
I started to bring the glass to my mouth but by some saving grace— well, I wasn’t sure if the woman that was approaching us with Emily holding her arm was a good sign or bad sign but it definitely stopped me from drinking.“You!” A snarky voice called and I noticed how even Harold stiffened.I inst
I slapped Landon.One of the monsters that could easily tear me apart here on this ship.The moment I realized that the reason he kissed me, was just to prove a point to Kain, I felt stupid that I’d just fallen into his arms the moment he made a move and anger consumed me.Now I regretted it. Every
I swallowed back the sound, trying not to freak out and blow my cover. Kain’s hair was an absolute mess. There were claw scratches on his skin and I tried not to think about which girl had done it. He didn’t seem to care one bit that he was naked.I gulped heavily, unable to tear my eyes away from
At night, I was all alone in my room. Kain didn’t return. Brielle too. My head was still pounding. My chest still felt tight with anger. But I could do nothing about it except lie in my bed pathetically. When I couldn’t take it anymore, I moved to the balcony. The lights seemed to have gone off







