We froze the moment we stepped out. Dad and grandpa were sitting on either side of the desk with a chessboard in the middle. None of them passed us a glance but I knew they were well aware of our presence. "About time you played your move," grandpa's eyes were on the wooden chessboard but I felt the words were directed towards me. "What's your next move?" I questioned.He turned his sharp squinted eyes in my direction, "You tell me, Eleanor, what do you think about the filthy creatures."I clenched my fist tightly but kept the neutral face, "Ironically that's exactly how the werewolf who tried to kill me in the woods addressed you.""Eleanor, that's not a way to talk to your grandfather," Dad said calmly. Just then the door opened and everyone else walked in. "What is happening here?" Mom asked sternly looking at the four of us slowly."Our little Eleanor seems confused," grandma said moving

I tried not to react to what Faith just said, "I don't know what you are talking about?" Faith put a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth, "I have a feeling you do know what I am talking about."I decided to stay silent. "What's the point of hiding the truth, baby sis? We all know you can not lie," she added the last part with a small smirk on her lips."If you are here to get any information about him, I am not telling you anything."I put the bowl of ice cream down and was about to stand up but Faith stopped me before I could."Oh, I know you are not going to tell me anything and that's completely fine," she smiled giving me the bowl again.I was about to walk out of the room to check up on Ruhee but Faith called my name, "How did you get in this mess, Ela."I paused when I heard her call me by the name she had not used since childhood."It was inevitable, I guess," I whispered."It's a shame after eve

"What happened there?""They kept on asking me questions about your soul mate," Ruhee said in her soothing voice, "and I kept on changing the topic." "They didn't hurt you, right?" I asked with worry. I did not want her to suffer more because of my family. Ruhee shook her head with a smile, "Your mother was there the entire time and she did not let them take any extreme measures. In fact, she was not happy with their decision at all."I bit the inside of my cheeks. "Get some sleep."I stood up and left the room silently. Ruhee probably did not get the chance to sleep and needed some rest. I did not get much far before Faith stopped me, "El...""Save it," I continued walking."That is not a very nice way to behave with your sister," a gruff voice made me stop. I turned towards grandpa with a frown, "I was not trying to be nice." The corner of his already down lips turned f

"You little...""Father, enough...I am ashamed to call you my father. How could you murder a child?" mom yelled furiously. It was the first time I saw her raising her voice at anyone."No. It is all her doing," he pointed his finger at me, "she is on their side, she is working for the filthy creatures. It is their plan. they want to destroy us."Grandpa was trying to make everyone believe his words, his voice held urgency as he stared at everyone begging with his eyes to believe in him."It is not about sides. I just don't want innocents to die....innocents like Adam. The fight between the hunters and werewolves was over ten years ago and you are just trying to start it again. They are not bad people, they have suffered the loss too," but my words meant nothing to him. There was only hatred in his eyes as he looked at me.I inhaled a long breath, "I have lived with them, if they were bad I would be dead a long time ago but those people did everythi

I loosened my hold on the dagger when the man fell on the ground and Amber was standing behind him with a smirk.She took a large step and extended her hand in my direction. I looked at her hand skeptically and dragged my eyes towards the man on the ground. There were no signs of injury on his body but he was not moving at all. "Is he..""Yep," she did not let me complete the sentence. "But how..""Burrowed a little gift from your sister," she answered taking her hand away when I stood up without her help. "What did you do? If anything happened to my sister..." I pointed my index finger at her. She rolled her eyes, "Relax, I have no interest in getting my nails dirty with the hunter's blood." "What are you doing here?" I kept an eye on my surroundings not trusting Amber. If she was here, it meant trouble was around as well."In case you failed to notice, I saved your life," she ended the sen