"I came as soon as I can, boss!" Cora closed the SUV's door in a loud "bang" as a not-so-silent protest against Lilith. "I don't remember giving you that order though, Cora." Said Edmund in a slow, restraining tone-- He was not happy, but Cora was not one who would back off from protecting him that easily. "She doesn't deserve you, boss!" Cora came up close with her eyes fixed on Lilith, "She lied to you! How could you tolerate that?! Not to mention she's only a human!" "What the--?!" Lilith took a deep breath, feeling like she was going to burst from the anger, "Are all magical creatures racists?! I don't judge you for turning into an animal and howling at the moon!" "You knew I'm a werewolf?!" Edmund rose his eyebrow, staring at Lilith. Lilith shot him an angry look: "I GOT to know that, because she just yelled about 'you marked me', okay? Are you always this suspicious to everyone?" "Just to bitches who lie for a living!" Co

"Secret again?" Lilith rolled her eyes at Edmund's silence, "My head is all better now. You won't scare me." "I just don't think it would a necessary information for you before you accept me." Said Edmund with a straight face. "I'm sorry?!" Lilith blinked with a shocked look, "Am I being interviewed to be your mate here?!" Edmund shrugged: "Sure, you can call it that." "Do you have any idea how arrogant you are?!" Lilith put her palm on her forehead trying to control her temper, "This is ridiculous!" "I have a pack to take care of," Edmund frowned but answered in a calm tone, "I can't take risks--" "You don't have to!" Lilith cut him off, "It was supposed to be THE easiest question! And I'm not even saying that I WANT to be with you!" "It's not an easy question to me." Edmund squinted his eyes, trying hard to fight the impulse to just command a peaceful conversation out of her, "Please do understand." "So you can't tell

"What happened after you wakened The Shadow?" Damon curved his lips, "Think about it."Ann sighed in relief--This man didn't know that she wasn't the one who wakened The Shadow.There was no way for him to know, but Ann just feel a strange dangerous feeling from this "Damon"."Not much, I couldn't really use it." Ann shook her head."Think." Damon smirked an evil smile, "Something happened, something strange.""I lit it up again, but only once." Ann sighed as she tried to remember when she suddenly opened her eyes, "Oh my God!""Yep." Damon took a sip of his drink, "Wow! Interesting taste.""It's just normal gin." Ann rolled her eyes at Damon, "So, you mean I used the Dragon Eye when I tried to use The Shadow?""Yes." Damon nodded, "You lit up The Shadow only once, and that was AFTER you put up the necklace of yours, right?""How did you even know about my necklace?!" Ann demanded with an alert tone."I ha

"You got The Shadow out of your coven's protection pretty fast." Damon sneered at Ann with a smirk. "I visit the archbishop all the time, he trusts me." Ann handed over the wand to Damon, "Just do your thing and get the Dragon Eye out of there." Damon didn't take the wand but just stared at Ann with that annoying smirk. "You think it's a fake?" Ann frowned at Damon, "Why would I even lie to you?" "I don't know." Damon shrugged indifferently, "On the top of my head I would say...you want my Darkhole without risking anything?" Ann pursed her lips. "It's the coven's sacred wand," Damon shook his head at Ann with a sneer, "How innocent do you take me to use such a lame lie?" Ann squinted her eyes at Damon: "How would you know it's a fake if you are not a wizard?" "Because," Damon sat down with a polite smile on his face, "I AM the Darkhole." Ann opened her eyes wild in shock. "I told you, the evil witch cons

"Status, Buster." Edmund's rough voice came through the mic. "No one has yet to approach the bait, boss." Buster mumbled with the telescope pressed on his left eye tight. "And the man who was there when I set the bait?" "Still there, boss, standing by the well. I think he's waiting for someone." Buster moved his stiff body slightly -- He had been groveling on the rooftop of a nearby building for hours, even longer than the man by the old stone well in the backyard of the old chapel, watching the whole area closely. Edmund was hiding across the street from the chapel, waiting in the bush. He couldn't let whoever blackmailed him get away with his blood, but he couldn't let anything happen to Lilith either. His phone lit up but no sound rose. Edmund put the phone call through: "Cora, talk to me." "No sign of forcefully breaking in here at Miss Hayes's house, boss." Cora reported speedily, "If anyone broke in, it was clean.