Chapter 45

Zoey’s Pov

I walked passed at the streets, the kids were playing outside in the snow, and their parents had hot chocolate in their hands, I smiled at the sight. Just then, I heard Alex.

“Are you ready?”, he asked from afar.

I nodded and continued walking. I walked into an alley that Alex said I should walk into, I was calm because I could feel and smell Alex close by and I could also hear the same footsteps. It must be them that was following me. I kept walking until I was further enough into the alley and I turned around. The two men that were following me, bowed their heads. The bald guy hands me the silver knife that was wrapped in the cloth and I took it from him.

“There’s no need to bow to me.”, I stated as I opened the cloth, the knife had a claw, a normal hand, and fangs on it, I guess it represented the beings like us. “Don’t worry about Romano.”

“We don’t work for him.”, the other man spoke which made me freeze. “We used to serve under The Great Queen Mary.”

“Oh! I had no