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Stacey's POV 

I stare at Ray longingly as he takes slow, predatory steps towards me.

My mouth slightly open and I can already picture myself drooling all over.

He stops right in front of me and leans forward, his eyes on my lips as his moves closer to mine.

I close my eyes and waits for his lips to touch mine, but it didn't... rather I heard a scoff.

"I just wanna tell you to go freshen up!" He whispers in my ear.

I snap my eyes open and push him away with all the strength I have.. I snatch a pillow and throws it at him.

He catches it and laughs.

"You... You..."

I'm short of words right now.

I thought he wanted us to make sweet love or have a hot make out session this morning. 

"I... I... What?" He asks.

My hands involuntarily move to my lower lip as I glare at him... He sees this and smirks.

"Or where you expecting something else?" He asks ignorantly.

But from his tone I can clearly tell that he's actually mocking me.

I huffed and look away from him, I got up and head towards the bathroom... bumping his shoulder by the way.

"Bast*rd!" I growled and slams the door shut. 

He walks towards the bathroom and stops outside the door... I picked my brush and glare at his brush.

I feel like using it to scrub the toilet!

"Mom said your event planner has arrived, she wants us to come by the ballroom so you can choose your theme!" He said.

"But it's so early!" I complain.

"We're going to school from there!" 

"Hmm!" I hummed.

I begin to brush my teeth.

"I'll go make breakfast!" He said and walked away.

"Finally, I was thinking I'd come pull you out!" Ray said when he saw me walking down the stairs.

He's already dressed and he's being waiting for me to come down, so we can have breakfast...I guess.

I drop my bag on an empty chair and sat on the chair Ray's pulled out for me.

"Don't you ever get tired of eating meat?" I asked as I look around the table.

Meat everywhere.. it's making me wanna puke! 

Which is a bit strange cause I normally love meat.. the fact that I'm a wolf or witch aside.

"Baby, we need meat to make our wolves stronger!"

"Well, I'm not a wolf, so I don't need any wolf to be strong!"

He drops a buttered bread on my plate and add some veggies.

"You're a wolf, that seer is a fraud!"

I raised an eyebrow.. I pick the buttered bread and take a big bite.

"What do you mean?" I muffled out.

"He lied about the prophecy, dad said that prophecy has long happened in his great grandfather's time!"

I paused and slowly drops my hand on the table.. I quickly swallow the food in my mouth and take a sip of water.

"It has happened?!"

He nods.

"So I'm not a witch?!"

"No, baby!"

I frown, my stomach growls silently and I quickly take another big bite from my bread.

"Then how do you explain my eyes glowing and Karen disappearing?" I asked.

I tried to reach for the small kettle on the other side of the table but couldn't.

Ray picked it up and helps me pour some hot water in an empty glass and hands it to me.

"What do you need hot water for?" He asked.

"To make tea, now answer my question!"

"Well, dad said he did some tricks to make your eyes glow and also sealed your wolf!"

He sealed my wolf?! I nod thoughtfully, that makes sense.. but something else crosses my mind.

"But I had a dream and some unknown people were calling me their queen!"

He laughs.

"I believe that's his handiwork too, he manipulated your dream to make you believe you're really a witch!"

I stop stirring my tea and stares at him seriously.

"Does that mean I'm not a witch and Karen will come back?"

"Yes, dad said she'll come back when his magic wears off... which I believe won't be long!"

I nod, that explains my passing out everytime I fought with someone.

I sigh loudly and smile.

"Thank goodness! I didn't like the sound of being a witch, thankfully it's a lie... I'm still a wolf!"

Ray chuckles lightly.

"Maybe being a witch sounds like a bad thing!"

I scoff.

"Watch THE ORIGINALS or THE VAMPIRE'S DIARY you'll know why I hate witches!" I told him.

Things I have always thought we're folklores are really in existence... And I'm one of those folklores... Life!

"Wait.. uncle knows the seer is fraud?"

Ray nods.

"Then what action have you guys taken?"

"Nothing for now!"

"Nothing?! You clearly know he's a bad guy, why not arrest him or... " I move my hand across my neck... Making the killing sign.

Ray laughs at my expression.

"We can't kill him because we think he's not acting on his own!"

"You mean he's working for someone?"

"Yes and we don't know who his boss is yet or what's his motive... killing him is like throwing our only clue in a fire pit!"

I nod.. they're right, the seer should be kept around for now... to make his boss let his guard down.

"Well, we should be extra careful now... we don't know what they are up to!"

"Yes, ma'am! Oh, right, I talked with Anna and Jessy.. starting tomorrow, they'll be teaching you some fighting skills.. they'll be your trainers!"

I simply nod. I look at Ray's plate, he's been talking and haven't eaten much.

"Baby, eat!" I said.

Ray stilled and stares at me, blinking rapidly.

"You.. said...?"

"I said you should eat!"

He shakes his head.

"No, you said something before eat"

I tilted my head.

"Baby?"

He grins widely.

"You called me baby! Not Ray, baby!"

I frown slightly, then I think about what I said... I blush when I realize I really did called him baby.

"You called me baby!"

"It's not a big deal, you call me baby all the time!" I said.. shrugging it off like it's no big deal.

"Yeah, I call you baby but I haven't heard you call me that before... I'm not used to it"

I smile at him and blows him a kiss.

"Then get use to it.. I'll call you baby more often now!"

He nods and grins wider than before. He puts more meat in my plate.

"Eat more!"

I rolled my eyes.

"I just told you that I don't want meat..you eat more, we're leaving soon!"

He nods and starts eating.

Anna's POV 

Rivera's apartment...! 6:03am...!

Blood.

Blood.

Blood.

I frowns deeply as I stares at the blood trailing the floor...why is there so much blood here?

"Josh?"

No reply. I steps into the living room and walks towards the kitchen.

"Josh?" 

Still no reply. My eyes zeroed on the trail of blood and some unknown fear grips me.

"Could it be....?" No!

I quickly follows the blood trail...it leads me to Josh's room, I opens the door and rushes into the room.

I glanced around the room, Josh is not here...whose blood is this?