I wake up, only to find myself lying on the grass. I quickly get up and rub my eyes to look around in the dark, but the only thing I can tell is that I am surrounded by humongous trees. I look up at the sky and Aurora lights light up the night sky.
Suddenly, I feel thirsty. My throat goes dry and I start running, looking for water. A state of panic courses through me as if I will die if I can't find water soon.
I stop as I hear the sound of water splashing. I follow the sound and with what light there is, I reach a pond. A sense of satisfaction washes over me as I sit down and cup my hands to drink some water.
"Be careful" A voice warns me. His voice is smooth yet deadly. He sits besides me and drinks from the pond.
"Be careful about what?" I ask the mysterious guy. I can't tell who he is in the dark, but his aura is oddly familiar.
"About what you're reaching for. Sometimes, things are not what they seem like."
I brush off his warning and take some water in my hands because all I can think about is that I am thirsty. But when I drink the water, it's taste catches me off guard.
"Blood?!"
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I sat there, reading a novel on my phone, Alexis was listening to music and Nyxis was shouting at one of the characters of the shitty gay stuff she was always reading.
Everyone of us had their obsessions. Mine was reading novels, Alex's was listening to rock music while pretending he was listening to jazz. Nyx was either reading shitty gay stuff or using something called Character ai, which she said was a good thing but I could tell it wasn't by the way she turned red when she received a message from the Ai bot.
And Nazira's obsession, well, it was obvious she was obsessed with food.
But when I looked up from my phone, expecting to see her stuffing scones or cupcakes in her mouth on the chair in the corner of the room, it was empty.
"Where's Nazira?" I asked Nyx. She shrugged in response.
Alex took off his earphones and scanned the room for her. "Where's Nazira?" He asked the same question.
"That's what I am asking."
Suddenly, the door burst open and Nazira stepped in with two bags full of juices and snacks. "Guess who got promoted!" She said in an almost too cheerful tone.
"Where were you, Nazi?" Nyx asked, slightly annoyed by her sudden disappearance.
"Chief called me. Got promoted!" She announced again, grinning, like she hadn't just scared us by disappearing all of a sudden.
"Congratulations." Alex smiled. It was one of those smiles that we rarely got to see and you could tell it was sincere.
"Thank you, Sir" Nazi replied.
As soon as Nyx started reading that comic again, Nazi pushed her chair with her foot and started closing all of the tabs that she had opened.
"Who's up for a game of Candy Crush!" Nazi said loudly and both Alex and I got up from the sofa.
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I reached home at night, a subtle headache making it's way through my senses. The dream I had been having for a week now was disturbing me.
I quickly went to my room, changed into a pair of pajamas and quickly went to the kitchen to make dinner. If I were even a second late to enter the kitchen, Mother and Abbigail would be there, standing, looking at me like they would kill me any second.
"Where were you?" Mother asked, staring down at me, like a worthless piece of trash. Well, you could expect that when you were adopted forcibly.
"I- I'm so very sorry, Ma'am. I got late due to a last minute mission." I explained, hoping that she would understand.
Abbigail, who was standing beside her rolled her eyes. "How many time have you used that excuse again?"
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again."
"It won't." Mother said picking up a glass of cold water and pouring it on my head, and it felt like she was pouring fuel to the fire. It took all my courage to not shiver as the cold water went down my back. She grabbed my hair, forcing me to look up at her.
"Because if it does, I will make sure to teach you a lesson. Understood?"
"Yes, Ma'am." That's all I had to say. A high rank D.hunter being tortured by her foster mother, and yet, that's all I ever had to say.
Of course I couldn't talk back, they had done a lot for me. I couldn't just brush it off like that.
"We're waiting.Get us our dinner, quick." Mother ordered and left.
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🔸Tip: Ages of characters who have been mentioned till now:
• Emery: 20
• Rumis: 23
• Nazira: 24
• Alexis: 24
• Nyxis: 27
• Abbigail: 19
• Abbigail's Mother: 40