"Jackson? Is that really you?" asks his mom. She quickly hopped out of the car and wrapped her arms around him. His dad also followed. No matter how hard I try to be pleased to witness a family reunion, I could not convince my wolf to feel the same way. Melvin was gone. He was the one who made this reunion happen. With his strong will to help his best friend, everything becomes possible. But now that he was gone, I don't know if a human like Jackson could think and do the same. I, myself, know that I don't have the will similar to Melvin. Since I turned into one of them, my wolf always depends on him even if he always convinces me that I am more powerful than him. "Of course, mom. It's me, Jackson, your son." Jackson replied, his voice shaking and his tears began pouring down his cheeks. "We're so sorry, son," his dad also burst out crying. Simon and I hopped out of the car and gave them enough time to reunite. Three hours later, one of the police officers asked us to clear the a

I enhanced my werewolf senses before Jackson could say a word. Even though I already know the answer to my question, my wolf was pretty convinced that he is going to deny my accusation. Jackson's eyebrows furrowed in confusion the way I expected, his eyes widening momentarily. He quickly composed himself and uttered, "What? No, that's ridiculous. Why would you think I know something about that?" I sighed, frustration creeping into my voice. "It's just that... you and Melvin used to be close. I thought you might have some information, maybe even a lead." Jackson's expression softened slightly, his eyes flickering with a hint of remorse. "I don't know anything about the incident, Karen. That is the reason Simon and I agreed to have an urgent meeting to find him. Similar to you, I was also saddened by his disappearance. But don't worry, we are going to find him. Just have faith, okay?" My heart sank at his lies. He has no plan of telling us the truth. "Faith, huh?" I

Melvin slides toward his broken mask and put it back to his face as if nothing happened. He never said a single word. Not even a simple hi or hello. And his expression never changes either. Right after putting on his half-faced mask, he turned around back to me. "Melvin, please, stop! This isn't you." I tried to convince him while buying enough time for the wounds in my chest to heal. "Don't waste your words, Karen. I highly suggest you focus on killing the love of your life. Because if you are not going to kill him now, he will to you." As soon as the wounds in my chest finally healed, I stood firm again and growled at Melvin. At the same time, I was thinking about how to beat him without us getting hurt. Beating him until he gets unconscious is at the top of my plan at the moment. But how am I supposed to do that? The rest of the men in masks have their eyes on my every move. "Melvin, wake up!" I exclaimed. And I stood my ground, my own glowing eyes focu

"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

"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