An alarm blared into the ears of Evan and he stood up from where he sat watching the television. It was an alarm that rang every day. His call alarm to get up and carry out his secret research.He went straight into the small laboratory he had set up in one of the rooms in his house. Of course, no one knew he had such a thing in his home and he was determined to keep it that way. No one should ever find out his secret.Which was what had made him remain at home for the past three nights. He couldn't believe that someone had tailed him when he had gone to treat the little boy. If not for the fact that he could mask his aura, he was sure that the man would have found out that the scent he had followed belonged to the man who had bumped into him.He sighed as he pushed the tiny door open. All he had to do was just to be more careful than he already was, otherwise, his secret would be out and he would be the target of many cruel forces he knew existed.He took his mind off the thought as

Alijah got into the kitchen, poured the last of her oatmeal into a bowl, added some milk to it, and made her way back to the room where she had left the stranger and his cat. She shook her head as she realized that the cat she had grown fond of would no longer be hers since the owner would want to go back for his pet when he was leaving. Even if the cat wanted to stay with her, she was sure the man would insist on taking the cat away.She would miss the pet. She had come to rely on the companionship the cat gave her. Now, there would be no one she could talk to and tell all her worries. She would return home to only her furniture and the silence her house provided her with. She sighed as she tried to shoot the depressing thoughts away. She was already used to being alone for most of her life, so returning to that circle again shouldn't be such a hard thing for her.It was a hard thing, she thought. Whether she admitted it out loud or not, whether she thought of it in her mind or she d

Alijah was pretty sure that her brain was broken by the end of Scott’s and Renee’s explanations.She was speechless for more than a couple of seconds and Renee turned to Scott with wide eyes.“I think we’ve broken her,” Renee aptly remarked to which Scott refrained the urge to roll his eyes at his sister.He never believed a human would be able to understand the intricacies of the supernatural world, anyway. They were far too mundane and ordinary to perceive anything beyond their own lives, just like cattle. But at the very least, wouldn’t she be able to understand a simple concept as her life being in danger?“Um,” Alijah spoke up, clearing her throat as she tried to regain her senses. “So, what I’m getting is that you have no intention of leaving here. Or rather, leaving me the hell alone.”She decided to go straight to the point and cut out the talks around her blood. She’d heard the word ‘blood’ too many damn times in less than a couple of minutes.The two regarded her with unread

Not now.Why am I experiencing this? Alijah thought to herself. The same overwhelming feeling of weakness she used to feel seemed to have taken her by storm. "Uhm, who are you?" Alijah asked, scrambling backwards, her steps seemed to slow down even though she wanted to move away as fast as possible. "A friendly neighborhood man, I am." The man lifted his hoodie and she saw his face. Dread filled her eyes.It was a friend of her boss, Alfred Ray, he used to constantly bully her and say derogatory words to her like her boss did. The memory of how he and her boss molested her at one of the first Christmas parties at the office. The started with staring at her constantly, looking at her butt and her breasts, making her feel uncomfortable, they made her feel weirded out. After they got to a particular stage of the party, the both of them had gotten really drunk but they still had their senses.They backed her up into a corner, touching her breasts and her butt, this man in particular,

Renee and Alfred hurried to Scott's house, their hearts heavy with the weight of the news they carried. They knew that delivering this information would not be easy, but it was necessary. There was no explanation to make the news any better but they had to. With great determination, they approached the front door and knocked, steeling themselves for what lay ahead.Scott opened the door, his expression wary as he took in their somber faces. "What's going on?" he asked, his voice tinged with concern.Shocked, mouths opened.Confusion engulfed the entire room.Scott turned back slowly, he is met with a confused faces of Arden and Renee. He slowly backed up and moved away from the unconscious naked body of Alijah. "Before you say anything, this is not what it looks like." His head rambled, explanation seemed to have been stuck in his head.Scott went silent, as if expecting a miracle to happen and the situation would just explain itself. "Well, since you have refused to talk or say a