Chapter 3 - Prey

"Are you trying to focus your gaze on her now?"

Jackline did not say anything and just shook her head while her eyes were fixed on Angelina who seemed to be slightly nervous whenever she would look at Jackline. As fast as she could run away she tried her best to avoid his gaze and disappear from her sight. Jackline started to get a sudden bad feeling about this. What was she actually seeing? Was it her illusion or it was really the case? Before she could reach a certain thought, her mind travelled back to what her aunt had talked about in the morning. 'Not a normal human being' - this phrase was stuck in her mind and no matter how much she wanted to forget she could not. She knew something must be amiss with her seeing all this and her aunt talking about the royal lineage. She turned towards her friend and asked.

"Hey Miranda, that girl, did you see something different about her?"

"Of course everybody sees that."

Jackline felt a certain wave of anticipation over her chest when she heard her. She quickly questioned what it was. Probably what she just saw was not an illusion, and Miranda must have seen it as well.

"Isn't she quite good? I mean there are so many suitors for her." Miranda's voice contained some jealousy.

Just as Miranda answered, all the anticipation which Jackline had suddenly washed away. She was actually expecting something else. Sighing softly she pitched the space between her brows and nodded.

"Are you interested in her? Seriously? You can get any man yet you..."

Jackline pressed his lips together and glared at his friend before chiding her.

"Only you can be interested in her. Don't you know I had already dated a man a few years ago? Only you are the one who hasn't dated a single man."

"Alright alright. Let's go back." Jackline raised her both hands in surrender.

Miranda sat on the driver seat while gesturing to Jackline to get in the passenger seat. After this they need to go and check the accidental spot once again or else this time as well the case might get closed due to lack of evidence. Jackline and Miranda had not realised that just as they had left that place, a certain someone from a corner from behind was gazing at their disappearing car. Angelina looked at the car that seemed to move away far and far before she took out his phone anxiously and dialled on a number.

"I want to meet you!"

"No, I can't wait. Same spot in one hour." Without waiting for the other person on the other side of the call to even reply, she hung up and left the place. Today for some reason she lost her composure while looking into that woman's eyes. She wanted to confirm whether her doubts about that cop being a protector was true or not. Every supernatural species, especially those creatures who were, tend to be the ones whom the protectors killed in order to protect the human race.

After an hour, Angelina stood at a corner of an abandoned factory site while she waited for that person to arrive. Her fingers clenched her handbag tightly when she recalled what happened back outside the law firm. She would get goosebumps all over her body just with that thought lingering into her mind. She completely lost her composure and had exposed herself. She knew her instinct told her to not look at her but a certain part of hers could not control her anymore. Just as she was about to take out her phone to give another reminder, the sound of a car engine travelled through her ears. Subconsciously, she looked at the direction from where the sound was coming and noticed a familiar number plate and a familiar black car arriving there. She walked towards the spot where the car was being parked. The moment she reached, she knocked on the glass window.

The windows rolled down and a man seated in the driving seat with black glasses was sitting there. He looked at Angelina and asked.

"Why did you call me so suddenly?"

Angelina clenched her teeths and yelled.

"All of a sudden? Do you even know what has happened? Outside my law firm, I felt the presence of a protector. She is a cop as well, do you know about this?"

Angelina was completely freaked out at this very moment. The man furrowed his brows and could not help but mention.

"In this city, women are working in every field. Am I supposed to be surprised that women are indeed very dominant and matriarchal? Are you suggesting that?"

Angelina was losing her patience. She could not help but grit her teeth and answer.

"Did I talked about it? I just want to say that you have been promoted to be the head of bureau last month, yet you don't know that there is a protector working under you? Don't forget this position was giving to you because of me or else there would have been some other woman in your place.

"Angelina, take deep breaths and calm yourself. She did not do anything, did she?"

The man was annoyed by the way she was freaking out. She was probably aggravating the situation for no reason. However, his words fumed her anger while she snapped back angrily.

"What do you mean did not do anything? If she would have done something, then do you really think I would be here, Dwayne?" Angelina closed her eyes and took deep breaths before finishing her words.

"You better find her and get her killed."

"Are you really sure she is the protector? Wouldn't you be dead by now if she would have been the one?"

Angelina bit her bottom lip. She knew she was not sure but she lost her composure the moment she saw her. However, she could only understand this herself. Gritting her teeth in anger she was about to say something when somebody came there.

"Hey! You girl, what are you doing here? Do you know that this place is not good for a woman like you."

The man probably looked like a thug who looked at Angelina with some disgusting look. Lifting the corner of her lips into an evil smirk, she looked at Dwayne who was in the car and said.

"You leave, I will take care of him." The car soon left while she and that thug man was there.

"Believe me, I love to teach lessons to those who underestimate women. The city is being ruled by women. Time for men like you who look at women with this disgusting gaze is over." Walking at a steady fast speed, she walked towards that man and shook her head which turned her eyes red and face into a deadly creature which looked no less than a monster with sharp two teeth at front and half of the face looked as if it was melting like wax. The thug widened his eyes and was too shocked to even run away. But before he could get back into his senses she had extended her claws, grabbed his neck and after taking a deep breath took him in as her prey.