"You're gay, you were madly in love with Astrid" Rhea muttered, and he staggered.
"But not to worry, your secret is safe with me" she smiled knowingly and entered the hall, leaving Aragon standing.
She met Master Duran in the open room, it's like he was waiting for her.
"You knew I'd be coming today" she smiled.
"I felt it" he replied.
"So you haven't completely lost connection with me, I feel good hearing that" she said, drawing closer.
"Why are you back in Delos?" He asked blankly.
"I can't come see my husband anymore? C'mon I know you still adore Kira even after her death, and you only married me for show, but you shouldn't let that show, it hurts" she said and tried to touch his chest, but he held her hand, and she paused.
"You've aged a lot" he said, and she scoffed.
"Of course I age! I'm not an immortal like you and I'm not an immortal like Kira who lived two thousand years and still remained young till her death. I'm human, Duran" she said, and he let go of her hand immediately.
"You should leave" he said.
"We're still married, you have no right to tell me to leave your sight" she replied.
"Leave, Rhea" he said more gently.
"You didn't shed even a drop of tear during Astrid's burial, I'm still in awe of that" she said.
"Are you here to talk about Astrid who's dead?" He replied.
"I know his death means nothing to you so far you still have Kira's children with you, but we both know thousand of Kira's children can never match up to Astrid! Orion is a monster and Sheila is a bloody vampire! They're both demons who needs to be killed!" She shouted.
"What's going on here?" Chief Water came in, and Rhea turned to him.
"Rhea? Wow" he smiled.
"Duran doesn't wanna see me, he told me to leave" she replied.
"Now that's too bad Duran, she's your wife. Ok I accept the child she had for you is gone, but...
"But nothing, Water. Tell her to leave" Duran interrupted.
"I'm lonely! I'm all alone, can't you just be soft for once?" She said.
"Throw a ball and and invite everyone in Delos then you'd have a full house. There's no better way to treat loneliness" Duran replied.
"That's actually a great idea" Rhea said immediately, and Duran frowned.
"I'm gonna throw a grand ball tommorow, but I don't want people from Delos, I'm sending invites to the disciples of this Institute. It'd be better to have young blood around" she said.
"Do whatever" Duran said and went in.
"Have a safe trip back" Chief Water said, and as she walked out, Chief Feathers came in.
They didn't talk to each other before she was completely gone.
"Why is she back? Wasn't she in Berlin?" She asked.
"To disturb Duran as usual" Chief Water replied and made to enter the inner room, but Feathers held him back.
"We have somewhere to be" she said, and he raised his brows.
*
RUTHIE'S ROOM*
Ruthie had to go back immediately she saw the vision.
When she saw the one about Lissa, she waved it off easily, but this has been roaming her mind since she had it, and she has to understand it as soon as possible.
She sat in front of her mirror with her spell book, then she lightened a candle, and as the liquid began running down the candle body, she read that one line.
rogamus secta nos spiritus.
Almost immediately, the spell book started opening on it's own, and she waited, watching calmly till it got to a particular page where it stopped flipping.
The light on the candle went off immediately, and she quickly grabbed the book, focusing on that page.
There are several drawings on the page, but of the several drawings, she saw a black coffin, exactly like the one she saw in the vision.
RESURRECTIO was written beside the coffin in Latin, and her eyes widened.
"Resurrection? Wait... I saw her with a witch in the vision. Does that mean the witch helped her resurrect the person in the coffin? I definitely saw vision about the past, the resurrection happened already, but who did she resurrect?" She muttered curiously.
*
CAFETERIA*
It's breakfast period before the morning class, so the cafeteria is full of disciples already, all stuffing their faces with foods.
Merlin brought Echo have a full table of food to themselves, eating like there's no tommorow.
Raven and Peony were the first to settle with them, then Ruthie. Ceres joined them too.
"Why are you both eating extraordinarily today? The world isn't ending tommorow" Peony said.
"We fought crazy beasts yesterday, it's only normal that we recharge with food" Echo replied over a mouthful of food, and Ruthie shook her head.
"You both didn't even get wounded, so what's the exaggeration" she said.
"Just leave us alone" Merlin said, and Raven laughed.
"Of course"
Ruthie made to start eating, but her spoon fell from her, so she squatted under the table to pick, then she saw Merlin and Echo holding hands underneath.
"Oh my gawd! You both are dating? You're holding hands!" She shouted.
"What!" Everyone else looked under the table immediately, but their hands are apart already.
"You saw wrong" Merlin quickly said.
"I know what I saw" Ruthie narrowed her eyes.
"We're JUST BEST FRIENDS" Echo said.
"I'll keep extra eyes on you both from now on" Ruthie said, and they all laughed.
"Hey everyone! I've missed you guys!" Samara's voice made them all look up, and their eyes widened at once.
Merlin and Echo lost their forks to the ground, and Ruthie stood with Peony.
"You look prettier! Did you eat something overnight?" They chorused.
"Don't start again, y'all" she smiled.
"For real, you're f**king gorgeous" Peony said as she settled with them.
"Seriously" they all chorused, well except Ceres who rolled eyes at her jealously.
"Where were you last night? We fought demons but you disappeared with Superior Orion" Raven asked.
"I was with my Superior, we were together and... nothing" she smiled.
"Why did you say that sweetly?" Echo said suspiciously.
"My Superior, is there another way to put it?" She replied, smiling again
"You're saying his name and smiling? Now it's more suspicious" Ruthie said.
"Guys stop" Samara said.
"We expect gists later though" Peony said.
"Sure" Samara smiled.
"Heard Astrid's mother visited this morning" Merlin said.
"Really?" Samara blinked.
"Wait...the woman with the long robe like Chief Feathers is Astrid's mother?" Ruthie asked shockingly.
"Sure, that was how they described her" Raven said, and her eyes widened again.
Does that mean...she resurrected... ASTRID!
*
Meanwhile, Orion is currently on his way to the cafeteria, and he bumped into Sheila at the hallway.
"You're not planning to have breakfast?" He asked, but she only walked past.
"Hey Sheila" he blocked her.
"Do I know you? My name is Sheila Alarm for now" she said funnily.
"Don't even say the next line" he replied.
"Ding dong!" She said, and he almost laughed.
"You seem too happy this morning, what's this about?"
"Nothing much" he replied.
"Let's go for deer hunting tommorow night, I see you ran out of blood in your bottles" she said and patted his shoulder before leaving.
Orion made his way to the cafeteria, but when he tried to step in, he couldn't, a barrier blocked him.
From inside the cafeteria, Aragon is smiling as he watched. He's sitting with Agatha.
"You think he won't be able to break it?" Agatha asked.
"There's nothing in the world that can break it, he'd stay away from Samara for a while if he can't come in" he replied, drinking water.
Orion tried coming in again, but he bounced back yet again.
"Oh that's bad, no one stops me" he smirked and removed the earring in his right ear.
He pricked his finger with it and dropped his blood on the doorstep.
The barrier disappeared, and he came in stylishly.
"No one can stop me! It's hightime you lay low Aragon, otherwise it'd only take me a minute to eat your heart" he said and walked to Samara's table, pulling her up.
"Let's go" he told her.
"Where? I need to eat"
"You will, just come with me pretty girl" he said, and she followed him out.
"What just happened?" Ruthie blinked.
"I can't believe this" Peony blinked too.
"When did they get this close" Echo said.
"Beats me" Merlin said, and Ceres stood immediately.
"Samara isn't the only person in here so stop with the talks about her! Boring people!" She spat and stormed out.
"That hurts her" Ruthie said, and Peony started laughing.
They resumed dinning, and Raven suddenly felt goosebumps on his skin.
He looked back, feeling like someone is staring at him, but he saw no one.
"I don't think we'd be able to keep them away from each other" Agatha said from their table.
"I'll think of another way" Aragon replied.
*
DELOS CITY, HUNTERS HOUSE*
It's a beehive of activities already as different deliveries are coming in, and Jameson is busy taking them all in while Rhea sat on the sofa, drinking bourbon again.
"Must we really do this?" Jameson said after taking another package in.
"You're the one who said you want us to kill them and get out of this city as fast as possible, and throwing a grand ball is the fastest way. Everyone in the Institute will be in attendance, and that includes Sheila the main target. You'd be the one to stake her" she replied.
"You said it yourself that he has a monster as a brother, how do we handle him?" He asked.
"He'd surely go crazy after her death, and that crazy period is his weak period. We'd get him by then" she replied.
"Why am I feeling like this ain't gonna work?" He said.
"We have to make it work. The council payed us to stake them and this is what we live for. We make money by staking vampires and we have never failed, keep that in mind" she replied rigidly.
"But I'm still baffled by how I know nothing about my past life. Feels like I lost my memories" he said, and she smiled, coming closer.
"You'd understand everything after this hunt. Tommorow is the day" she smiled
*
BATHSHEBA'S HOUSE*
The entry of the two chiefs interrupted Bathsheba on the book she's reading, and she dropped it immediately to look up.
"I was expecting you both" she smiled.
"What do you mean?" Chief Feathers asked.
"Aren't you here to ask about how to change the destiny of the cursed child? You want to have him all to yourself" Bathsheba replied.
"You're really a witch" Chief Water said.
"It's not about being a witch, it's about the legend. You're part of it" Bathsheba stood.
"Me?" Chief Feathers asked.
"You both" she replied, and Chief Water's eyes widened.
"The legend says you'd try hard to change the destiny of the cursed child, but you'd fail and die a painful death" Bathsheba said.
"What are you talking about!" Chief Feathers spranged up.
"And you, Water. You'd help her in every way you can, but you'd die same day she dies" Bathsheba continued.
"Cut the nonsense and tell us the way!!! I'll change the legend!" Chief Feathers fired.
"The only way you can switch to Samara's position is to get the book of their legend and rewrite it. Insert your name as the lead female and erase Samara's name" Bathsheba said.
"And where do I find the book of their legend?" Feathers asked.
"It's with Orion's dead mother in the afterlife. Travel to the afterlife to get it" Bathsheba said.
"Kira?" Feathers eyes widened.
*
A RIVER*
Krishna showed up first, then Mali came behind him, shaking as she stared at the large river.
The wound she got on the chest when she saved Krishna yesterday is still there, and it hurts as hell, but she's trying hard to keep it down.
Bakasura stripped her of all powers already, and she's literally human now.
"Step into the water, and if it burns like you said, I'd believe you" Krishna said, and she nodded before stepping forward.
She swallowed when she got to some steps away from the river, and she looked at Krishna before proceeding.
She dipped her two legs at a time, and the burn started immediately.
"Help!!!" She cried out, and Krishna quickly pulled her out.
His eyes widened as he stared at her burnt legs, It's true!
"I'm not lying to you" she sniffed, and he bent in front of her.
She got on his back, and he summoned wind.
They were carried away from there, and they landed in front of a herbal clinic.
He took her in, and they started attending to her immediately, including her wounded chest.
It was still going on when Krishna stood to leave, but she grabbed his arm.
"Please don't. If Agares and Karazi gets me and takes me back to Bakasura, they'd kill me" she begged, and he he made to take his hand from her, but she held him with her second hand.
"Please...you only have to help me find a witch to reverse the spell she cast on me so I can return to the river"
*
INSTITUTE, 9PM*
Orion and Samara returned to the Institute just now, and they never stopped chatting till they got to his doorstep.
They actually entered the Streets together and had fun while eating street junks. It was fun and merry..
"So... tommorow?" She said.
"You can just sleep over again" he replied.
"And leave my friends again? No please" she said.
"You don't wanna cuddle tonight again? Let's spend more time together and recharge" he replied.
"What if a beast appears just like yesterday. We'd be cuddling and the others will be suffering again" she said.
Without waiting for the voice, Orion pushed her, and her back slammed on the pillar.
He was already kissing her in the next second, and though Samara tried to resist, she couldn't.
She held him tight and kissed back for two minutes before pushing him away.
"Bye Onion!" She said and rushed away.
"Aish! It didn't work" Orion muttered.
"Join me in the roof if you're hearing me now!" Sheila's voice penetrated into his ears.
He took off immediately, speeding his way there.
*
RAVEN'S ROOM*
Raven and Peony were kissing hard, tongue on tongue as they entered the room, taking turns to strip each other.
They were so impatient about it that Raven had to destroy her bra hook when it wasn't cooperating.
The bra got flung away, and his pants slid down his legs before they both climbed the bed, still kissing hard.
Raven slid her panties to a side and was about to insert his fingers when the lights in the room came on, stopping them.
"I know Raven is irresistible, but you should be careful, he's not meant for you, witch" a voice said, and they both turned to see a petite looking girl.
She's sitting on the chair, kegs crossed with Peony's bra in hand which she's swinging sassily.
She's smiling meanly, looking like danger herself, but the smile turned dangerous when her fangs grew among her teeth, and she threw the bra at them.
"Zara?" Raven muttered shockingly.
"Yes? My love" she smiled.