"I was the one who persuaded her to do it," Danica said quickly as she heard Brient's angry voice. "I'm really sorry."Helia's head was bowed to the ground. Today was the first time Brient had raised his voice at her. "Danica, stop trying to take the blame for my misdeed.""Helia," Brient called out in a mellowed voice. Helia raised her head and she saw Brient and Rendall standing in front of her. "I apologize for what I did. I just thought that it'd help if there was an elevator in place of a staircase.""Helia," Brient called her name again, gently. "This is dark magic. You shouldn't toy with it. For every spell you make, there's always something you would have to pay. Nyx's last pay was death. Don't ever make magic potions again. Okay?""Okay," Helia beamed and Brient gave her a pat on the back."I know that Helia shouldn't have used Nyx's spell book but can you imagine, she used it and it worked. She isn't a witch and it worked." Rendall was excited and Danica frowned at his exci

"Wow!" Damien exclaimed in wonder as the door opened when the elevator reached their destination. "I can't believe such a room has been existing all this while." Damien stepped out of the elevator, strutted to the center of the room, and turned around to get a better view of the room."Damien." Helia was terrified to see him."Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. I'm great at keeping secrets," Damien said, knowing what she was concerned about."You told us everything your grandpa told you in a heartbeat," Helia reminded him. Helia did not believe he could keep the secret."That's because it was no secret.""Helia, leave the child alone. He had hidden us from his grandpa well. He deserves to know about this place," Brient said as he made his way to Damien."Nice uncle," Damien beamed as he looked up at Brient's face. "You know about this place too? This place is wonderful!""If you think this place is wonderful, then you haven't seen anything yet. This room is just the workshop o

"Are you seriously leaving for Ocean Ville?" Rendall asked as he watched Brient arrange clothes in his bag."Nice uncle, please don't leave," Damien pleaded in a brittle voice."If you leave, I'd be all alone here. Helia hates me and Danica is being a bitch," Rendall lamented."I want to fix my love life. Fix yours," Brient said nonchalantly."So, you've agreed that you love Selene," Rendall teased and Damien giggled."Go away! If Helia sees me talking to you, she'd be mad at me," Brient said dryly and Rendall frowned."You know I did not rape Danica, right? You know Danica is just doing this to come between me and Helia, right?"Brient sighed. "I've known you long enough to know what you can and can't do. I know how Danica could be too. So, I think I have an inkling of who is saying the truth. If not, you'd have been dead by now. I would have killed you. Were-creatures of Khron have so much hatred for rapists so I have to warn you. You have to prove your innocence fast or you'd get in

Helia and Damien gasped as Damien's grandfather slumped."I wonder what he was doing here?" Damien shrugged casually."Your grandfather saw us.""Don't worry. Just help me take him to his room. He'd be in a deep sleep for hours and when he wakes up, I would just tell him he was dreaming."Helia chuckled as they both stepped out of the elevator."And he'll believe you?""Why won't he?" Damien said confidently. "Just help me take him to his room and leave the rest to me. I know how to deal with my grandfather perfectly well."********************"Your grandfather had seen Helia?" Rendall frowned at Damien. He was sitting on the only chair in his room, eating dates like nothing big had happened. His grandfather had seen him and Helia walk out of an elevator that was not supposed to be in his underground and he was not bothered."Yes, he had but he's asleep now. When he wakes up, I'd fix everything," Damien answered nonchalantly."What are you doing here? Why aren't you with him now?""D

Helia stared at the opened journal blankly. Before her eyes were words describing Danica's atrocities. These words were plastered on the pages before her for her to see and be tormented.Helia's face turned white as she flipped the page.‘I tricked the fool today.’ Helia gnashed her teeth as she read the first sentence of the page. ‘I made her make a love potion that will help me take her mate away. She would face the pain while I'd gain. Hehe! Hehe!’She scanned through the paragraphs and continued reading from where had caught her attention.‘I just tricked everyone into thinking that Rendall had raped me. That foolish mate of Rendall seriously does not deserve him. Even I, who is not his mate would never believe that Rendall can rape a girl. I'm the one who knows Rendall better so I'm the one who deserves him and I'd get him. The nitwit he calls his mate is helping me greatly.’"That bitch," Helia cursed in a whisper. A tear dropped as memories of how she had insulted Rendall flash