Leaving King Magnus worried … for the bleak future ahead, worrying for the rise of darkness.

Proven by what has just transpired with his most recent encounter that the legion of vampires has begun its own plans for expansion.

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For King Magnus, this was only the beginning of something much worse to come ahead.

[-In a vampire coven-]

After hours of being unconscious …

Lucas has finally woken up.

Groggy and feeling a bit disoriented, he wondered.

"S-Sel-ene?" Lucas called for his younger sister's name.

Then it struck him that it was her younger sister who knocked him out.

Remembering how he fell down and got knocked out.

Worry for his younger sister took over.

"Fluffy where is Selene?" Lucas immediately asked their guardian wolf.

Fluffy only whimpered in sadness.

Hinting towards Lucas that Selene has left them once again.

"Darn it!"

Realizing that his younger sister refused to believe him.

Now … more than ever, Lucas was completely convinced that Malia is his long lost younger sister … Selene!

The door was blown up into pieces as Lucas tried to let himself out from the isolation room.

Suddenly, Fluffy leaped and ran towards somewhere.

It made Lucas curious on what got Fluffy's attention.

Moments after following Fluffy, they found a portion of cloth which belonged to Malia.

Hope shimmered in Lucas' mind that maybe … Malia was somehow convinced from his words.

"Look at that … we have something to track on Selene. She left this for us." Lucas was excited for the thought that his younger sister was willing to see him again.

But another curiosity crept in.

What made Selene forget her memories?

Why she could not remember him despite his attempts of reminding her of their memories together?

Was there someone manipulating or trying to control his younger sister?

All these questions were running around Lucas' mind.

…

…

"What happened here?" a female vampire voice could be heard from a distance.

"Ingrid?" Lucas was trying to think of the right words how to explain what happened around.

Ingrid and the other henchmen were surprised to see the coven of one of their allies get annihilated overnight.

Marking of some blood …

Clothes and robes scattered, hinting the death of its owners …

Things all over the place …

Which evidently shows that there was an intense battle took place within the coven.

"Lucas … what happened here? When we left, the entire place was completely on a lockdown and secured. Where is the captive that you supposed to be watching over?" Ingrid asked Lucas and reminded him of his own task which was expected from him.

Completely loss for words because the looks on the eyes of other henchmen could show how suspicious they were with Lucas.

Until he found the right amount of courage to tell Ingrid about an attack from certain hunters.

He knew that there was one family of hunters that could have the skills and weaponries to take down a coven of vampires.

Hunters from the Rogers Family!

Decided to lie and make a flat out guess of what happened.

What he was not aware of … the lie that he was about to make was actually the truth.

"We got surprise attack from the Rogers Family! I guess they employed the help from the Rogers Family." Confidently stated by Lucas without any hints of hesitations.

Despite his attempt.

The suspicious mind of the other henchmen became more apparent.

"You mean … they wiped out an entire coven with a powerful henchman within. You make it harder for us to believe that you … of all henchman could be defeated just like that? Facing some hunters from the Rogers Family and letting you off the hook, makes it way harder to believe." One of the henchman was doubting Lucas' survival.

Another henchman pointed out, "Remember, you are as powerful as Ingrid. Being the fifth member of the elite group formed by King Lionel, more known as -Harbingers of Death- which makes you more capable than any of us here combined. One member of the elite Harbingers of King Lionel is equivalent of a dozen henchmen."

"And you being alive is truly suspicious … won't you say?" Caroline was straightforward with her words.

Ingrid who was contemplating and assessing the situation, finally decided to defend Lucas.

"Check for missing items in each piece of clothing. Because if Lucas was right, based on the intel given to us by our former spies … members from the Rogers Family love to collect items of their target." Ingrid instructed the others.

Instantly, the other henchmen swiftly moved and checked each scattered robes with ashes all over it.

"The daughter of the new president is a powerful dark witch. We underestimated her! She easily knocked me out. Good thing, my guardian wolf was here to chase her out. And getting a piece of cloth which belonged to her that we could use to track her down." Lucas had to provide them with something so he could ease their suspicion.

It will be troublesome to deal with powerful and skilled vampires on his own.

Unlike the pack of wolves, these bunch of creatures are far more too difficult to deal when they are together.

Some of the henchmen returned to the side of Ingrid.

"You were right. There were missing rings owned by the members of this coven. Hunters from Rogers Family may have annihilated this coven." Confirmed by one of the henchmen.

Another henchman added, "There is a blood of human on the huge spike made of rocks. And some hints of blood from a banshee on the floor."

Others were surprised at this information.

Including Lucas.

"I didn't know about that. I got knocked out before having the chance to assess completely the attack." This time Lucas was honest with his remark.

But Ingrid had an idea about it.

"If Rogers Family attacked this coven, some dark creatures took advantage of the situation and may have joined the battle." Ingrid explained to the rest.

When everyone was focused on her, she was became more serious after knowing that there were dark creatures involved in the attack.

"We need to return to King Lionel … NOW!" Ingrid declared.

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