That morning the Garuda Indonesia plane cut through the misty sky that was definitely choking bones. Linda looked at the Bangka Belitung Islands below, which had shrunk so that it was no longer visible among the pile of clouds and dew on the plane window.
The female vampire shivered. The AC was not the cause, but the bad thoughts that suddenly flashed through Linda's vital organs hidden between her skulls. It hurts when you cannot keep a promise to a friend who has died.
Linda leaned her head back as her hands clenched into her lap until her knuckles turned pale. If Linda could have acted selfishly just once, she would not have cared about Barbara any more while her beloved husband had died because of someone who wanted that girl.
The vampire woman's throat felt like a hollow emptiness. In her hidden heart, Linda admitted that she was a little hurt and felt unacceptable about her husband's death. Even though she knew it was not Barbara's fault, but she could
I have never felt so miserable, even when Mom and Dad restricted my freedom. Several hours after the girl who brought me the morning meal came out, I just sat quietly leaning on the bed. I drank the water in the teapot but the food on the plate was still intact. I really don't want to eat it, no matter if there isn't a single poison there. I know I sound stupid. If I meant to die, I should not have to drink that water. I should not swallow something or anything. I should just lie down until my body is weak and emaciated. However, my brain seems to remind me continuously. Always gave me hope that somehow Gran and Mom must be trying to find me. I do not mean to be arrogant, but I am sure the rest of the Black Wolf pack will definitely come looking for me. I don’t know shit, really. However, judging from the things I have seen and heard so far, it seems like my existence is quite important to them. Whether I deserve to be saved or eliminated, both depend on whom the person gets to me.
I woke up in another room that was darker than before. My head was dizzy when I got up and sat down from my lying on the cold floor. For a moment I blinked without being able to see anything, but a moment later I was sniffling.This can't be true. Damn!I frantically grope the cold stone floor beneath me. I don't know for sure, but my visibility that is getting clearer even though it's just dimly convinced me that this is another ability of being a wolvire.I stood up, surveyed the situation around me. I was in a small, humid empty cave. The darkness at the mouth of the cave convinced me that it must be night. Before I thought I was alone here, but then I heard a faint voice not far from this cave.I crept up to the mouth of the cave and peeked, wide. A few meters beside the cave, I saw a group of people dressed all in red. They all appeared to be wearing something like black batik scarves and necklaces of jasmine wreaths that were draped around their necks. I twitched when I saw anot
“You should have died, damned child!”I gasped. My head turned to stare at a young man below me. His expression looked angry and hated me.My teeth grit. “What do you mean?”The young man looked at me with disgust that was clearly in his eyes. “Your parents should know that keeping you alive was a mistake! Look now! See! The world will fall because of you!”My breath is short. My body feels hot when my gaze is fixed on him.I screamed, “I didn't ask for any of this! You—”“Who cares?” the young man cut loudly. “Whether it's the Cursed or anyone else, things will be the same! Whatever will happen after this ritual, all because of you! Did you hear that? You!”I froze without being able to say anything. The truth contained in the young man's words hit me so hard. Blood filled my mouth as I bit my lip hard.Another voice that sounded weak from behind me joined in, “Immortal laws have become too soft in this century. In the past, babies born with holy blood always ended up in the arms of d
“We're late, Dad!”Linda shuffled her feet worriedly. Her eyes stared at the line of trees darting outside the window of the car they were traveling in towards Alas Purwo (Purwa Forest). Aryadi held the woman's two hands, who constantly squeezed each other nervously. Linda turned to the man who had been her adoptive father for years. Aryadi embraced and patted the vampire-woman's shoulder gently.“Think positive, Lin,” Aryadi said calmly. For a moment he was silent, then took a deep breath. “Or at least you can … consider this all the result of my mistake, as you said earlier at the Black Wolf tribe headquarters. If that could make you a little more relieved.”Linda jerked her hand and looked at Aryadi with a look as if she had been offended.“That won't change anything, you know,” Linda hissed, suddenly feeling angry. “Yes, I could think of you that way, but this worry won't diminish one bit. I feel like ….” Linda half raised her hands in the air, then threw them down in despair. “It'
“Dad, are you okay? Dad? Hey! You looks angry! Are you okay?”Aryadi gasped from his reverie. He turned to look at Linda with a smile on his lips. The man nodded in response to his adopted daughter's question. Linda smiled, releasing herself from Aryadi's embrace. The two of them then turned to the car window beside each of them, without realizing that they were simultaneously sighing heavily. Exactly what they thought was different, but the point was the same.Barbara and Burhan.Just then the car stopped. Aryadi, Linda, Elder Brahma, and the driver named Arto got out of the private vehicle. They arrived at the edge of the forest, in a clearing a few meters from the main road. Linda looked up for a moment. Her eyes then explored the towering trees with thickets below.The roar of another car that was heard grabbing the attention of the four of them. A white Avanza stopped, followed by an army green Jeep behind it. Six people got off from the Avanza while only three people left the Jee
A few meters after they entered the depths of the forest, Elder Brahma stopped his steps and turned around. The remaining nine people looked at the elder with questioning eyes.“Use your supernatural running speed,” said Elder Brahma, greeted with nods from the rest of the group.Everyone except Linda suddenly let out a growl. In a split second their bodies yawned and turned into black wolves as big as bears. Linda took two steps back unconsciously. Secretly she was intimidated. Being alone in the midst of a wolf-shifter horde is arguably not good for the calm of a vampire like Linda, but once she tries to suppress her feelings. It's not the time to be overreacting. Time is wasted enough without having to add to this trivial problem.The wolf Elder Brahma growled again, this time sending command through mind to all the wolves at once to Linda. In a flash, the nine wolves and a vampire-woman were already running at inhuman speeds.The sky was completely dark as they cut through the sile
“It took more than ten hours to get to Pacitan by car! Can't the witches create some kind of portal to get there?” Linda yelled at almost everyone in the room. Everyone was silent, didn't know how to respond.The group that came from the Bangka Belitung Islands was already inside the headquarters with a feeling of anxiety that they could no longer be detained. Elder Brahma tried to calm Linda down, but the vampire-woman brushed his hand away. Aryadi's expression also looked extremely frantic. Ever since he entered this room that looked like a large meeting room, Aryadi could only pacing around restlessly.The door to the room suddenly opened and a burly man in a red coat entered. Linda recognizes him as Rokan Allegro, a vampire who leads the Indonesian Immortal Center or INDICENT as well as this headquarters. The man had a stern face with blue eyes and dark skin. Just like Elder Damar, he is also a Caucasoid of the Halmahera Tribe, which is mysterious in the eyes of humans.“Master.” L
Those seven figures dressed all in dark red suddenly just appeared somewhere in the Demon Forest. For a moment they stabilized themselves. The Body Transfer is not a convenient instant transport option even for the witches themselves. It felt a little wobbly when they had hit the ground at their destination. For a witch who isn't used to it, the worst thing a witch can feel is vomiting and extreme dizziness. However, the more familiar they were with the Body Transfer, the less effect they felt.A certain flash of lightning and thunder cut through the sky in the middle of the forest. The witches rushed rushing towards the source of the lightning noise. One of them briefly glanced at the shadow of his own body.“The Wrinkled Ghost follows us,” he warned the others as he continued running.They all glanced at the shadows of each other's bodies, which looked odd and too solid to be called shadows. However, that didn't stop their steps at all. The Wrinkle