Katie's POV “Like I said Dracko, it's fine. Let's focus more on the more delicate matters like not dying.” I pat them both on their shoulders, brushing past them to the pay counter.“Come on guys, we don't have all day. You should be done with what you need by now.” I said without turning back to see if they were trailing behind me.Dracko rushed to my side, his height bending a bit to accommodate our height difference.“One more thing, Katie. Nobody who isn't you, me, or Roman can know about this.” He emphasized. “Sure. Your secret is safe with me.” I assured him in a discreet voice even though the male cashier looked uninterested in whatever we were talking about. I dumped the basket on the counter allowing the cashier to begin processing it. I crossed my fingers that it wouldn't go beyond my budget.I wasn't expecting Dracko to draw me to the side. His eyes dark from the way he backed the light shining behind him.“Katie…” He started, turning around to meet eyes with Roman who nod

Killian's POV Now it was my turn to speak up finally.“Do you want that little creature out of you or not?” I shot at her. Her lips hung low, exposing her perfect set of lower teeth. She blinked once, then twice before shutting her mouth. “Exactly, that's what I thought too.” I said, turning to the rest of the group.“You all get some rest. Everybody here has a role to play and it is important that we all embark on this with our full strength. I still can't believe you all are eating that stuff by the way, isn't it supposed to be stale by now…” I looked at Melissa and Stephen munching on the strange snacking they found in the fridge.“I don't know man, I'm just hungry, that's it.” I shrugged it off, there wasn't much to do again aside from all that had been said. I knew no one was actually going to take any rest knowing what was ahead of us was unknown. I walked out of the house onto the front porch and stood there. The sun was even lower now, casting a fresh golden light upon the

Katie's POV I jumped in with my panties and white shirt on.He lied. The water was colder than at night. It creeped up my skin and iced my nerves till my whole body went still. It took a lot of convincing of my feet by my dying lungs as I yearned for the air above the surface. It felt like it would fix my entire life problems right now, which was surviving.My head broke above the surface and it didn't feel any better. A dash of cool breeze hit me across the face and passed through me like the ghost of the lake. It almost gave me a brain freeze. I dragged in a deep breath, my lungs hurt a bit from the freezing air that was everywhere. It felt like hell. My face muscles trembled as my jaw shook from the insane cold.“Awesome huh??” He yelled from a distance. I could make his shirtless top peeking out of the water as he perfectly stabilized his body.“I don't like it!” I deadpanned, slapping the water, completely pissed that I let him talk me into it. The cold brush movement from the l

Roman's POV I pronounced the spell and activated mine, turning into Katie. The process was discomforting as hell. It felt like I was being folded into a carriage box, while the outside kept flipping itself up until there I felt my height significantly reduce to her height.I made sure to do this in front of everyone according to Killian's instructions. Jessica's eyes widened in fear as she stumbled backwards repeatedly until she was solid against a tree.Katie was struck into silence. Her eyes were latched on me like a hungry leech and they wouldn't move.“Keep staring hard enough and they might just pop off.” I said no one is specific since everyone was ogling me.So yeah, maybe I might have told a lie when I said you couldn't transform into the opposite gender. With the right spells and the mud as an aid, it was pretty much possible to not only look exactly like the person but also talk in their voice.“This is so fucking…I can't even wrap my head around it man…” She came closer,

Katie's POV The son of the beast tag soon made sense.At first all I saw was the view of a man holding on to the thick bar rods, then the red markings started to glow in the night again. The ground began to vibrate, trembling beneath our feet. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was a level one earthquake. We witnessed it happen, the cracking of the side walls where the hinges disappeared into the concrete. Killian groaned out, sounding like he was going through intense pain until he finally let go of the bar.He took a step back from it.“You know if this completely falls off, we are not only going to be able to go through but creatures from within would be able to come out too, right?” Roman said to Killian whose head was still faced down and his sleeves rolled up.“Yeah…” He sighed. “That is the least of my worries right now. We have a few hours till they realize the protection is gone. I would let them worry about it. Let's go.” His voice is weak.With one last final