"Thank you, Karen," Jackson replied. Perhaps he already noticed that Alex and his vampire friends are not aware of what he did to Melvin. Simon and I haven't told them yet. And we will keep it that way. But, eventually, they will uncover Jackson's mask. After all, Alex and his friends were vampires. "Anyway, we still have our classes in a few minutes," Alex said. "See you later, Ms. Karen." "See you later," I replied with a smile on my face. "Don't forget what Simon asked, later, okay?" Right after that, As Alex and I parted ways, I could not help but feel a sense of urgency. We did not get the chance to discuss everything they need to know about the plan to save Melvin due to Jackson's unexpected appearance. My wolf already learned its lesson not to trust Jackson and considered him our enemy. Taking him out of the picture is the best and right thing to do if we want our plan to be a success. As Jackson and I entered the classroom, my wolf sensed a heavy s
"What about Melvin? We should do something to get him back." I insisted as I tried to remove Simon's hands away from me but his grip was harder than I expected. "Believe me, I know that, Karen," Simon replied. "But today is not the best time to get him back. We need a plan." As soon as we got out of the school exit, Simon grabbed the phone from his pocket and dialed someone while his left hand remained clamped with mine. Apart from us, hundreds, if not thousands of students were also in a race upon reaching the school's exit. Cars, including police patrols and ambulances, were stuck in the middle of the road because the road was swamped with running humans. So I shortly glanced back to the road we took, back to the rugby field. But I don't see Melvin or those men in masks anymore. "Where are you?" Simon asked the second his call was answered. "We already got out of the school, Simon. We don't want to get hurt you know." Alex was on the other line of the ph
"Do you think your plan on separating Melvin from those men in masks is going to work?" Jennie broke the silence between us in her car. At our battle against Melvin, my wolf noticed that those men in masks were all humans. And as a human, Simon agreed that they also have their weaknesses. We plan to use that to our advantage to get Melvin away from them. Since we have no idea how many of them are in that masks, the rugby boys offered to extend help. They played a very important part in achieving our goal. For what is worth, Simon and I manage to clear their thoughts about Melvin being the antagonist of our story. But in order to do that, I dragged Jackson's name to the case. "Why?" Simon replied. "Do you have something better in mind? You were there at the meeting but you barely said a word." "Nah, I don't want to be chased out from the store just like you guys did to Jackson," Jennie said back. "I know you all doubted my dad's sincerity. But I can't blame you
"We are not here for that, Mr. James." I cut him in the middle of his long and nonsense speech. He keeps on explaining things about his work in the laboratory and how he applied them to the school as the owner. None of them was even related to the incident that happened recently as though he was trying to avert our mindsets. Either way, it doesn't change the fact that Melvin and I are still suspicious of him. Diverting things only prove to me that he was hiding something from us. Something that he doesn't want to be caught. "We are here to ask for the list of the monsters you have in the laboratory underneath our school." I continued. "I don't know if you are aware of what was going on in your school but all your monsters got escaped. And yet you're here hidden in this laboratory." Jennie and Simon exchanged glances. Even his very own daughter nodded in agreement as though she was supporting my claims. "We need the file. Just the file for us to know everything
"All right. Thanks for filling us up, dude." Simon heaved an abrupt sigh before clapping Joseh's shoulders. Determination started to light his mood. "Let's start discussing our plan." He then handed us one by one a piece of paper. "Those were the list of the monsters whom Mr. James and his scientists kept in his laboratory underneath our school for months now. All thanks to our friends, Melvin and Karen for capturing them for us." he continued. "If not because of them, perhaps some of us would not be here right now." Undeniably, I felt overwhelmed by Simon's statement. I did not do much about capturing those monsters yet he still gives me the credit to it. It all thanks to Melvin. Simon and some of our friends have been part of those missions, successful ones, to be precise. He was too humble not to mention his name. "Let's begin with the number one on the list." Simon continued. "The Chimera." As far as I could remember, the Chimera was the first monster those men in
"Are you guys just going to look at us?" Simon's dad asked, his voice was a bit rough which caused us startled even more. "Help us with the snacks." Joseph and Glester immediately came to the rescue. Glester grabbed the pouch from Simon's dad filled with food packs while Joseph assisted Simon's mom in distributing the bottled water to us. Still, all of us remained silent when we just lied to Simon's parents that we doing some school project in their warehouse. "Anyway, we heard that the school was in chaos right now. Is this what are you guys discussing?" Simon's mom continued. "Aren't you all supposed to stay away from the school?" My wolf cannot blame them to feel terrified or worried for their son's safety. After all, Simon's rich parents are both humans. And both of them are still unaware of Simon's secret. I'm not even sure if he already considered telling them the truth. But eventually, they will know the truth. "It was tragic. Deaths are increasing." I r
My only assurance to them is that they are not gonna them face them alone. We have the werewolves and vampires with us. United we stand divided we fall. "You're right about that, dude," Simon replied on my behalf. Behind him are Alex, Glester, and Joseph. Perhaps they have agreed to one thing already. "I know all of you are scared even if just reading those papers. We cannot blame you for that." The three vampires then grabbed their seats at the back, trying to avoid getting eye-to-eye contact with anyone, including me of course. And the guilt of what happened earlier was still all over their faces. "But getting scared." Simon continued. "Do you think getting scared could save you all from getting killed by those monsters? No. The more you get scared, the more those monsters hunt you even in your sleep." "That is why we have to do something," I added. "Something that can protect us. Not for our friends, family, and classmates, but for ourselves too. Please, put in
"You missed the fun this morning, Miss Karen." A familiar male voice suddenly appeared behind me. When I turned around, my instinct was right when it was none other than the werewolf guardian who was assigned to keep an eye on the city. As far as I could remember, the lifeless old man in front of us was one of the building's security guards. No wonder I didn't see anyone standing in front of the main entrance of the apartment building. However, my wolf could not help but blame me when I did nothing to help those people around us. I did not even warn them the other night when I got back from the meeting. If only Melvin is around. He could have warned everyone about the danger that was lurking all over the city. I did not even think the same when I simply smiled at the security guards the other night. "My wolf has been struggling to face the Behemoth monster," he added. "I failed to protect them. I failed to do my duties and responsibilities to the city. Am so sorry.