Chapter 9

"How do you know my name?" Evelyn asked the stranger

He chuckled. "I know a lot of things about you. I promise that I will answer all your questions only if the rest of these monsters leave us alone"

"You must be crazy if you think we would leave you alone with her!" Sam shouted at the man.

"It is okay Sam. Let us all clear the room and let them talk" Mr Wolf ordered.

"But Father we can't trust him" John protested

"We don't have a choice, do we?" Mrs Wolf told her eldest son.

"Evelyn we will be right outside the basement door if you need us," Jocelyn said.

"Don't worry about me. I will be fine"

They all waited outside eager to find out more concerning the man and why he shot Michael.

Evelyn took a chair and sat across from the stranger. "It is just you and me now so tell me what you know"

"Can I have a drink of the water over there?" He looked at the table next to him.

Evelyn stood up and walked to the table, She poured water from the jug on the table into the glass cup beside it and filled it to the brim.

She made him drink from the glass cup and stopped when the water was already half-filled.

" If you want more water then you need to answer my questions now and no stalling," Evelyn told him.

"Where do I begin?" The man asked

"You can start by telling me your name" She sat on the chair.

"My name is Don" he answered Evelyn.

"Can you answer my questions now?" She said

"I belong to a cult that has been in existence for a long time," Don told her " We have always been in the shadows striking whenever there is chaos and right now there is a lot"

"So what has that got to do with me?" Evelyn asked him

"Your parents were members of the secret cult right until their death" Don replied. "They were my mentors. After they died I promised to look after you by bringing you into the cult to continue with your father's legacy"

"You knew my parents?"

"Of course I did. We were very close. They had a lot of plans for you and this city"

"What plans?"

Don took a deep breath before answering." Your parents wanted to rid this city of the monsters pretending to be humans" he continued" Also, they wanted you to continue with their legacy"

"I can't believe my parents were..."

"Revolutionaries, they wanted the best for you and this city" Don interrupted.

"But to want to kill people even if they are different is just too canal, not all of them are bad," Evelyn told him

" You are naive to think that there are good ones, but the fact is they are all monsters even if they pretend to be humans. We must carry out their extermination because that is the only way to save this city"

"Is that why you tried to kill my husband?"

" Michael was just a means to get through to you. If I wanted him dead I would have shot him in the head. I did all this to show you who they truly are. You saw how they tortured me, this is who they are. They are cold, brutal and wicked"

"You don't have the right to call them wicked and cold after you shot a member of their family"

Don let out a soft groan and looked intensely at Evelyn for a while before replying. " You still do not get my point. Anyway, I am here to recruit you to join our ranks. Something big is happening soon and I want you to be a part of it, for your parents' sake"

"The answer is no. I will never be a part of mass killing and besides the Wolfs' are my family now"

"Don't you dare say that, you can not be part of their world and remain the same gentle, soft, and kind lady that you are. They would corrupt, betray and when they are done with you they would surely abandon you" he said to Evelyn.

"Are you okay in there?" Sam knocked on the door and asked

"I am fine" she replied

"Their kind are enemies to humans and you will see in time. After all, they took your parents from you" Don told her.

"What do you mean?"

Don laughed aloud. "Now you are interested?" He asked

"Tell me what you know about my parent's death"

"Your parents were murdered"

"That is a lie. They died in a car accident"

"Answer my question. Will you join our cause?"

"Never!"

"Then you will never know the truth about your parents' death"

Evelyn stood up took the wooden chair and broke it on the floor.

"You better tell me what you know or else"

"...or else what? Are you going to torture me like those heathens?"

"Yes I will if you don't answer my question," Evelyn said

"There is no need for that. If you want to find out the truth you just need to do as I say"

"I will never let you loose if that is what you want," Evelyn said to him

Don chuckled "No, I do not need your help for that. When I am ready to live I'll walk out through the door myself"

"Tell me what I want to know"

"There's a package that I left for you. It should have been delivered here by now. Look inside and tell me what you think about it"

"Is that it?"

"That is all I can say for now," Don told her.

John and the rest of the Wolf family barged inside after the noise from the basement had stopped

"Are you okay Evelyn" Jocelyn asked her

"Yes I am fine"

"Did he say anything?" Mr Wolf asked

Don looked at Evelyn and shook his head signaling her not to say anything.

"Nothing useful, sir"

"Then he is useless to us. Let us get rid of him" Sam brought out a gun and aimed at Don's head.

"No don't. We might still need him in the future. Don't let us be hasty in our decisions" Evelyn protested.

"That is a good suggestion. Sam stand down" John told his brother.

Everyone left the basement to their various rooms while Evelyn went to the main hall to look for the package Don told her had arrived.

"Miss a package arrived for you a few minutes ago". One of the house servants gave her a wrapped envelope.

"Thank you" Evelyn collected it and went upstairs to the room Michael was staying in.

She sat on the couch at the extreme of the room and opened the envelope. The package had a journal and a folded letter with her name inscribed on it. She unfolded the letter that read thus ;

My darling daughter,

If you are reading this then it means I am dead. For how long, I do not know but I hope you are doing alright. I instructed my mentee to give this letter to you along with my journal when he believes you are ready to know the truth. Please understand that all the words written in this letter and my journal are true however shocking the contents may be.

I had decided a very long time ago to write down my story in case I needed to pass it on to someone. But this letter was written not too long before my time of death. Yes, I knew that I was going to die and if you are thinking about why I did not try to stop it, I want you to know that I tried but in the end, it was out of my hands.

Read the contents of the journal that came with this letter from the beginning to the end. It contains everything you need to know about me and when you bear a child pass it on. This is my humble request

When writing this letter I deliberated on what to tell you but I just want you to know that I am proud of you and that you are my legacy.

With much love,

Blake Shelton.