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Perfect distraction

Cassian stared at her for a moment. Then he slowly leaned back against the chair.“You have less than fifteen minutes.”Velvet’s brows drew together. “To do what?” she asked.“To decide carefully what you are going to say and then tell me everything written in the last page, and what Julianne is trying to do.”“And what happens when I don’t tell you and the time is up?”“Trust me, you don’t want to know.”Something about the way he said it made Velvet wary. She noticed he now looks so relaxed and unbothered.Cassian turned his head just slightly to stare at his blood that dripped down from his wrist before looking back at her.“You know me well enough to understand that I’m not asking because I’m curious.”Velvet raised her brows just a bit.“I know Julianne is reckless, but if you lead her to danger, then I won’t be able to forgive you for everything you’ve ever done.” He continued, “I don’t care what people think of me anymore. I don’t even care what Scott does to this place, or if

The bait

Julianne stirred and woke to darkness. It was not the kind that came from closing her eyes, but one where she couldn’t tell whether they were open or shut.She blinked several times, trying to make sense of her surroundings, but nothing changed.Then her head throbbed. A sharp pain pulsed from the back of her head and she winced as she tried to move. She wanted to sit up, but that was when she realized something was holding her down.She tried pulling her arms out with force and she heard something scrape against the floor. Then she decided to make sense of her surroundings.Her wrists had been tied behind the back of a chair and her ankles burn, making her realize they had been bound too by a rope.It was then she had a memory refresh and she remembered what happened in the forest. She remembered the blow to the back of her head. Someone had hit her from behind, but the person she saw before she lost consciousness was Headmistress Eldryn.She swallowed hard and pulled against the rop

When trust is tested

By the time morning arrived, everyone in the dorm was already exhausted and no one was speaking to each other. They had used the time of their rest to put out the fire and some had even gone out to search if there was any hunter around.Scott had his brows knitted together as he oversaw everything. No one had planned for a sudden attack, and it was disappointing that even now, no one knows who had started a fire. It seems like it was meant to shake them up, but he just can’t point out who would attack them if not the hunters. Still, he isn’t convinced that it was the hunters doing.Ryker soon walked up to him and he reported, “Everything is under control now. We still haven’t figured out the source of the fire and we still don’t know who the culprit is.”Scott only nodded and he moved his eyes toward a room. “Are the prisoners safe?”Ryker looked toward the direction. He hasn’t thought about the two since the fire broke out. “They should be lucky they are in there. The fire didn’t spr

Secret basement

Cassian moved through the forest without slowing down. His eyes scanned the whole place and they avoided mostly the area they knew the hunters would be. Velvet already marked the places and told them. It made it easier for them to move without being discovered.The night had grown colder. His wrists still felt sore and dried blood covered parts of his hands, but none of that mattered to him.Julianne was somewhere close to dying, and finding her was the only thing that mattered to him.Kaidan followed closely behind while Velvet struggled to keep up. She was wiped out of exhaustion and was only running on fumes at the moment. They needed to find Julianne, but the problem was finding her before Eldryn did whatever she had planned.“Where are we going?” she finally asked.“Anywhere that leads to her,” Cassian answered.“We don’t even know where that is,” she said and stopped next to a tree. An exhausted sigh escaped her lips as she sat at the foot of it. She couldn’t go any further tha

Nothing but a pawn

The three entered the basement and looked around with the help of the torch that Kaidan lit. Velvet examined the place, especially the damp walls from years of neglect. “This place is old,” she said. “It must have been here before the academy.”Cassian looked at her and asked, “You didn’t know about it?”Velvet shook her head and sighed. “I know, it’s a shame, but I never had any reason to suspect her before so I could never have thought she was up to no good.”They continued down, and the further they went, the colder the air became. “What do you think the headmistress does here?” Kaidan suddenly asked.Velvet shook her head, having no idea. “You think she has been prepared all along?”“I wouldn’t cross that,” she said. “I mean, it makes sense why she wants the journal back and had to kill Marianne for it. She doesn’t want anyone uncovering what she thought was buried.”She soon went completely silent after the mention of Marianne. She knew her death was partly her fault. She sho

Brace yourself

Velvet placed a hand on the wall and dropped down slowly. Her knees touched the ground and she stared blankly before her expression soon changed to that of someone that was deeply hurt.She couldn’t for the life of her understand why they have to go as far as to using her as a pawn, when from the start, she willingly accepted to come here and expose the monsters. She was stupid enough to trust that they considered her as family.Her parents had died early, but before that, they trusted her with someone, also a hunter. If she remembers correctly, her parents were good hunters and she has good memories of them. But to think that the people her parents had trusted her with would dispose of her like that…She lowered her eyes and stared longer at the ground. It soon started to make sense to her that Cassian could have killed her the day Fiona died and he suspected her. Cassian has always been ruthless, and she knows. And killing one of the people close to him means the person had to die t

First strike

(Minutes before the explosion...)Maximus took another walk around the dorm, inspecting the damage from the previous night's attack. Broken furniture had been pushed aside, some windows were shattered, and the smell of smoke still lingered in the air. The others had taken turns guarding the dorm, but the tension among them remained impossible to ignore.He soon came across Remus, who was standing near one of the damaged walls.“Do you really think Cassian could have done something like that?” Remus asked.Maximus frowned at the mention of his name. “Put us in danger and not care if we get hurt in the process? Yes. At this point, it shouldn't even surprise me.”“That's not what I mean.” Remus sighed. The past few days had taken a toll on him, and there was a tiredness in his voice that Maximus hadn't heard before. “I feel like we're overlooking something important.”“Like what?”“Why would Cassian have a plan we knew nothing about?”Maximus looked away. “Remus, you need to stop making

Prey and predators

Thirty minutes had passed since the first explosion tore through the dorm.The students had been forced out after several more blasts damaged the building, and that was exactly what the hunters had been waiting for. The moment the vampires and wolves stepped outside, attacks came from every direction. Arrows flew from the trees while gunshots erupted from another side, sending everyone scrambling for cover.The students ran blindly into the forest, hoping to escape the hunters long enough to regroup and come up with a strategy. Instead, they were separated almost immediately. Some disappeared between the trees while others were chased deeper into the forest where the hunters had already prepared their positions.It had been planned perfectly, and it was working in the hunters' favor.Maximus and Remus crouched behind a large tree, watching several hunters move through the forest in search of the students. Scott was with them, his hand pressed against his shoulder where a bullet had to

Fire without restraint

“Where is Maximus?” was the first thing Kaidan asked.Ryker shook his head, clearly having no idea where he is. “The hunters attacked the dorm and we all got split. I haven’t seen him since then.” He noticed his mood and then asked, “What about Cassian? Where is he?”“Looking for Julianne,” he replied and walked past them.“He hasn’t found her yet?” He turned and called after him, “Where are you going?” “I need to find a dry place.”Ryker exchanged look with Lena and she raised her shoulders at him. They followed Kaidan and whispered behind him.They had not walked for long when Kaidan stepped on a dry leave that crumbled beneath his boot. He stopped and looked down before looking around and up the trees.“This is it,” he muttered and turned to Ryker. “How many hunters did you see?” he asked.“20?”“There’s more than that.”“Okay, so what are you trying to do?” Lena asked impatiently. “Why did you stop?”Kaidan looked at her and crouched down. “You said you’d give anything to watch m

Breaking point

Another attack broke out in the clearing. It was a fight for freedom and survival.Maximus stepped out of the part of the forest that had burned down with Remus behind him and they watch the fight take place in front of them.“That must be the leader,” Remus said, looking at the one Scott fought head-to-head with.“Okay.” Maximus breathed the words out. “Will you go or should I?”“Are you seriously calling dibs right now?” Remus frowned at him.Maximus gave him a confused look. “That’s not what I’m doing. I’m just anxious that’s all. I can’t wait for this to end at once.”“And then what?” Remus asked. “What will you do once this is all over?”Maximus gave it a few seconds of thought and replied, “I might take a year off and disappear. It’s not like we can continue to live here anyway, and after today, the school will be under new developments.” He said seriously, “I’m thinking of finding a job. I’ll see which one I’m good at.”He caught Remus countenance and quickly added, “You know,

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