We wasted no time and left his house in no time . Beth was still locked up in her room . I didn't even know what to ask her because our secret code was already known by Nate . I thought that it would be best if she stayed in her room itself and headed towards the living room , holding the chest with me while Kate had the key . "What did you find ? "
They could clearly see that I had a chest but the curiosity seemed to tear them to shreds . The fact that they already knew about Beth's misfortune was a good thing because none of them shocked , or betrayed .
I kept the chest on the living room teapoy . Kate took the key out and opened it . We stared in awe seeing a shiny , yet small pocket knife . It looked elegant and since it was from the chest , we were sure that it was more than just a mere pocket knife .
I took it and was surprised because it weighed so much ! "Woah! It weighs a lot . It'll be really hard to handle if I were human !"
"How did he get hold of a chest like this ? Only a Morkoth can get hold of this AND get out easily !" Cora said .
"What if Fredrick and Nate and together on this ? I mean , it IS possible , isn't it ? Right now , both Nate and Fredrick hate Kate and this COULD lead to them working together , right ?" It was Dad talking . And it made mad sense to all of us .
I sat down on the sofa loudly , the springs weren't ready for me . I was exhausted , I had no idea why . My only problem was that every time we discussed about solving and defeating Nate and Fredrick , I would feel that it would be easier if I just joined my rival . That way , I would know both teams plans , see who had the upper hand , and join the team .
That was it ! I could join our rival team , and snitch on them ! I didn't know if it would be completely successful , but I guess there is no harm for the rest of them if I tried, right ?
"Guys , I have a plan ." I explained what I had in mind to all of them . They gaped at me , shocked .
"You might get caught , Rene ."
"Exactly . I might get caught , no one of YOU guys."
"You think that we would rather stay safe and let you put yourself in danger than sacrificing ourselves ?"
"I didn't say that . I just want to do this ."
"I've only found you now , Rene . You're my daughter ."
They were very much worried for me and it was heartwarming . Except , I wouldn't think of backing out . "I'll find a way to join them . I'm going to be staying out from now on . I don't want them to find that I stay here if I pass their evil vibe ."
I tried to sound funny and lighthearted but failed miserably . They knew that I was worried about myself too . Nate still thought that I was a human so I could try my first move there . I needed Nate to hear that I wanted no part with Kate , dad , and the others , and leave.
Sadly , Beth was back again . Nate had left her body for then because she was locked up anyway . I also didn't think that he would be coming soon because maybe he found out that WE found out what he was doing . Unless he was naive and thoughtless , he would come back , taking more time than usual because he would think that Beth was still in the room .
I wanted Nate to come back as fast as possible . Worse , now that he knew that Beth's behaviour had changed , I wasn't sure if I would be able to see or feel the difference of Beth's behaviour . Regretfully , all of us had to plan this excluding Beth now . We couldn't risk being caught .
The first phase of our plan was to make Beth feel that something was wrong with us . We shouldn't mind Beth that much , or give too much care because what might happen with her , and act as normal , yet abnormal as we can be .
That night , I was back to Nowhere and talked with Samantha ... A lot.
"Sam , I feel like I might drift apart any moment now . I want to join the rival team . Also , I had stupidly told them a plan that included me to join our opposite team . I don't trust myself ."
Samantha tried so much to console me but it was totally in vain . I wasn't mentally charged at all but I put on my act as soon as I woke up the next morning .
Beth LOOKED normal but I didn't want to trust her at the wrong time and mess up everything . I felt incredibly distressed because we had to be FAKE in front of Beth , someone I had become very much close to these days . I had actually hoped that she would become the type of person to whom I could share anything and everything , but I was wrong .
As part of the plan we had put up , I acted grumpy and moody when Beth showed up in my room . " I have to go to Maria right now . I need some fresh air."
Beth scrunched her face at me in confusion . "You seemed pretty positive yesterday! What happened ?Is something wrong ."
I felt even more despondent when she said that . I couldn't share my worries at all . Thankfully , I didn't mess up anything . I had no idea when my plan of getting into our enemy's group would become successful so I took the pocket knife with me and headed out .
I froze in shock when I saw Fredrick about to knock on our front door . Why are these people literally coming here without even giving a warning ?
It wasn't like he could meet Benjamin because it was clear that he had tried killing Benjamin once so then why was he here ?