“Are you doing okay?”Lady Phoenix turned around to the sound of the voice and she saw Elder Donovan walking towards her. He joined her at the gallery and seeing her wrap her arms around her body, he pulled off his coat and covered her with it.“Thank you, Donovan,” she thanked him and looked at him briefly before staring ahead of her, into the night sky.“How is Sage? I didn’t get to talk to him,” she said, shaking her head.“He is in my room, asleep,” he let her know and didn’t take his eyes away from her. Finally breaking after few seconds, he said, “Listen, I know it is hard for you. I know how you feel, but please trust me, I never wanted this for you.”“No no, Donovan, don’t say that. You can’t be feeling pity for me now,” she said, turning fully to him. “You also lost your brother today. It might be hard now but it’s going to pass. And don’t blame yourself for any of this. It was never your fault. Renee was my friend and she would have wanted me to do the same. I couldn’t watch

Rune walked with Elder Donovan on the cobblestone and they both seem to be in deep thoughts. His men sighted him and they came to him immediately.“What happened? Where is the man?” one of them asked him.Rune looked at him and said, “We didn’t find him. That is what you should say if anyone asks.”They looked at one another and Rune called their attention by saying, “Do you trust me?”They returned their eyes back to him and nodded one after the other.“Then from now on, only do as I say,” he said.“What about the Council?” another asked.“The Council have deceived us for too long. There has been a new change as I speak. Silver-Crest Coven will now be ruled by the Elders. Right now, we can only trust Elder Donovan,” he said and looked at him with a nod of approval. “Let us return to Athens.”His men turned around and at once, they leapt into the air, returning back. Rune turned to look at the building and he asked Elder Donovan, “Can you accept it? Being mortal?”“It is a hard choice

Caitlin’s eyes were fixed on the side of the bush where the leaves had moved and she could sense that someone was there, but most importantly, she could perceive the scent of blood in the air. The person must have been wounded, she thought, but still, she felt wary as she took daring steps towards the direction. The person seemed to have stopped moving as she got closer and then she brought her hand forward to part the shrub.Her eyes went wide immediately at who she saw and she called, “Bathilda?”Bathilda stared back at her, writhing, as pain dominated her face and her hands trembled as she brought it close to her left shoulder where she pulled out the arrow which had hit her. “Aunt Caitlin,” she called faintly as she struggled to breathe.“Bathilda!” Caitlin was surprised to see her here in the forest but also covered in blood. “What happened? Where is Kathryn?” she asked.“All dead,” she whispered, “they killed everyone.”“Who did?” she asked, already feeling a mix of anger and pa

Bathilda jerked back to consciousness and she split her eyes open to stare at the sky which was starting to clear gradually. She could still feel the sting of the blade cutting her but the wound was not deep, it was just enough to make her pass out as it was sudden. Realizing that so much time had pass, she raised her upper body to sit up and her eyes searched around frantically to the spot where she had seen Kathryn last. She could not find her there, but she could see the blood that had wasted on the ground. Her eyes moved a little further from the spot and lying still was a body which she recognized to be hers. She quickly got up, not minding the stabbing pain she felt as she dragged her feet as fast as she could towards her and she got on her knees beside her.Her heart ached badly when she saw the state she was in and yet luckily, she saw that she was still conscious but it won’t be for long. She could hear her ragged breath already as she struggled to keep her eyes opened and he

News about the deaths at Old-Vine Town was quick to spread throughout the other towns and people have started to talk about how they were vampires hiding amongst humans all these while because of the fangs and the black blood which they recognized to be a night blood. It was in the stories they have read and heard which has been passed on and knowing that it was real only made them shiver in fear because they now believe there are the others who might also be living among them. And while gossips and fear spread in all the towns, Caitlin packed few of their belongings as she prepared to leave the town tonight with her daughter, believing it was not safe to stay anymore, while on the other hand, there was Martinez, who despite everything that was going on, the only thing on his mind was to make Caitlin regret what she did to him.Meanwhile, at the other side of the border, all the other Covens has been thrown into uproar when they learnt about the news of the Blackburn and about the boo