A wave of shock and fear passes through Lilia when she hears Damion’s words. A birthmark in the shape of a crown on their back. But she had that very mark, in that very place. She doesn’t know how to react to this piece of information. She just sits there motionless and then she feels Brent’s hand closing around hers more tightly. She looks over at him and sees that her shock is mirrored on his face, mingled with fear.She looks around at the others but Damion is looking at Esther and both Esther and Tyrus are looking at Damion. None of them know what this piece of information actually means. She looks at Brent again who shakes his head slowly. She understands that he is asking her not to say anything. She doesn’t think she could have said anything, even if she wanted to. She didn’t know what to say.The rest of them are now discussing how to find this person with the crown birthmark but she is not listening to anything they are saying. It does not matter what they are saying because

Tyrus’ mind is racing with ideas about how to best protect Lilia from this danger. He looks over at her sitting on the bed and thinks that she is handling the fact that a lunatic may be after her blood quite well.“I think the first thing that we should do,” says Brent, “is to delete her records from any orphanage or foster homes she has stayed in and any place she has worked in.”“Yes, that would be a good place to start,” says Tyrus, “Lilia you can list out every place you remember being, living, or working in and we’ll get to work. The less information there is about you lying around, the better.”“Does anyone else know about your birthmark?” asks Damion.“Tasha does,” Lilia replies.“We’ll have to compel her to forget that information,” Damion says.“But she’s my best friend. I trust her.”“Lilia,” says Brent softly, “It’s not a question of who you trust, if Carl somehow reaches her then the fact that she has this information will be dangerous not only for you but also for her. Do

Damion walks to the park holding a bag of donuts. Lilia’s classes were about to finish and they had planned to meet here. Tasha had gone to meet a relative of hers nearby so Lilia was alone today. Damion had spent the past few weeks with Lilia and it had been his best three weeks in years. He had found work in the accounts department of the University and because he was quicker than usual people, he finished it way earlier. The rest of the time he spent talking, walking around the city, and eating with Lilia. Many times, Tasha and her boyfriend joined them. But a lot of times, it was just him and her.He often visited Lilia’s room in the hostel. She shared it with Tasha and they played games or watched television together. He had spent such a long time in the pursuit of the mission that he had forgotten what it felt like to just enjoy life as it is and as it came and it was so easy to enjoy with Lilia. She was funny, witty, and up for adventures. They had gone around to a lot of adven

“Damion, come on, let's leave.”Damion sees Tyrus beckoning him in the direction of the cars.Damion suddenly realizes that he has been standing staring at Garrit stirring on the ground. He had been so shocked to see him that he had forgotten they were here to save Lilia.He turns back and starts running. They have to leave before Garrit informs the others. He must have healed by now. They jump into their cars and drive off as quickly as possible.*Lilia is in shock. She is sitting in the car with Brent who is driving at top speed.“Where are we going?” asks Lilia“My lake house. We obviously can’t go back to the University. It won’t be safe and we can't go back home either. If they know where you study, they probably know where you live.”“Who are they?”“It was Garrit.”“What?Only when Lilia thought she couldn’t feel worse, she did.“It means that Carl knows I’m the descendant, doesn’t it?” Lilia says.“I guess so.”They drive for another hour and a half and finally reach the plac

Lilia is sitting in the main hall of the lake house with Damion, Brent, and the Junta lady. They had decided to invite her in. After all, she was here to protect her, or at least that’s what it looked like. Lilia is feeling nervous. She has no idea what is going to happen.She comes out of her reverie as the woman starts speaking, “My name is Chiara. I am the second in command of the Junta. We have been given the responsibility to protect the binder, that is you,” she points at Lilia, “and we have gathered that the sanctity of your blood is in danger. We are here to cast a protective enchantment over you. You would be able to return home after this because Carl or anyone related to him or working for him would not be able to enter within five kilometers of where you are.”“What? That’s amazing,” says Damion.“But the question is, how the hell did Carl find her out in the first place?” Brent says, “Don’t you have mechanisms against that sort of thing.”“We can’t know what is going on i