"How did it go? Have you convinced her?" Clarisse immediately asked as soon as she entered the training grounds.Johan scoffed hearing his old friend’s question, "Thank you for coming all the way here to fetch my hard headed hunter. I hope I didn’t bother you so much, even though I know how awful the situation was back in your division. Yes, you’re welcome, Clarisse. No problem at all." he answered sarcastically.She chuckled and went to embrace her old friend. They’ve been on the same team for years. Johan could have been on the list of people who fought alongside with Clarisse against the pureblood that killed her whole team. It was a lucky moment that Johan was sent to help another division. He regretted it, thinking that he couldn't do anything for his fallen friends, but Clarisse healed with him. It was hard for the both of them, but they moved on."I miss you too." She responded with a joke and finally let go of him. They haven’t seen each other in a while despite being part of t

Alice grinned and motioned for the trainee to attack first. One thing about fighting is that physical prowess isn’t the only important thing . You have to be mentally prepared too. Once the enemy has broken you from the inside, it will be hard to win.The trainee quickly attacked. Alice easily dodged his careless attack and quickly went behind him, "You were bitten by your enemy. You’re good as dead." She whispered, teasing the man around twenty two or three. He seemed to be the eldest in the class too.He quickly tried to elbow her in the face, but Alice was fast enough to dodge, duck, and kick his leg to subdue him."You can’t head into the fight with a hot head and no actual plan. A combat like this was the last thing that should happen. No matter what we do, vampires are stronger and faster than us. You can’t just attack me like a hoodlum. Think before you attack, and don’t fall for petty taunts. Do you know how cunning vampires can be? You’ll lose even before the actual fight if

"You said it yourself, Alice. All of them marched in that very place in their own accord because they wanted to save their friend. If you managed to convince them, then they believe in you. That no matter how dangerous the situation was, you would lead them. Now that is a true leader. You might not see it, but you’re more than capable of leading a team. Especially that kind of team."Alice heaved a sigh and finally decided to give up, "You perfectly know why I am doing this, Clarisse. Please don’t make it hard for me anymore. I just wanted to keep those people out of my mess. I’ve seen what Elijah could do firsthand, and you also experienced what it was like to fight a pureblood. I can’t let them be in that situation because of me." Her voice broke. She was almost pleading, and it surprised Clarisse.She has always been strong willed and good at hiding her true emotions. Seeing Alice break that mask also breaks her heart. Clarisse stood from her seat and quickly went to embrace her, k

Everyone except Alice was surprised when Black Lotus pulled them out of the class."Did we do anything wrong?" Arianne couldn’t help but ask as they watched Clarisse check out papers that looked like the profile of a vampire. She was concerned that they had done something wrong and that one of the trainees or even the new mentor would complain about any of them. She already felt very guilty about them being suspended, and an extension wasn’t really ideal.She lifted her head and took a good look at everyone before speaking, "Not really. In fact, I called all of you here to tell you that I’m shortening the duration of your suspension." Clarisse went back to reviewing the information about the vampire that they needed to hunt.Karina looked at Alice for an explanation, but the latter chose to let Black Lotus do the explaining. She’s been agitated thanks to a nightmare that kept her up the whole night. It was the same memory she had recently been remembering from an older life. Until now

Alice remained confused. Her emotions were all over the place, and now that there was only Clarisse and her in the room, she could finally sit and think about the peculiarity of her life."What’s happening?" Black Lotus asked with obvious concerns. She could see Alice’s hands trembling, from fear or any other emotion— she wasn’t really sure.She shook her head, "I don’t know why I feel so sad and furious…" Alice was having a breakdown from memories that one of her old lives shared.She felt emotions from the memories she could see in her dreams, especially when she was younger, and doesn’t know what she is dealing with yet.But it was never this intense. Her heart felt like it had shattered into a million pieces, and she couldn’t mend it no matter what.It felt... hollow.Clarisse immediately stood from her seat and knelt in front of Alice, "Listen to my voice. Breathe with me." She wasn’t new to what Alice had been experiencing. She had seen it happen to many of her colleagues and ev