Adriana knows the moment she steps once again in the party hall that it was a mistake as she finds most of the people in the room happily enjoying the party she always dreamt of attending.

Her breath stuck in her throat as she sees the couple on the dance floor, dancing together.

Suddenly the idea of joining in the party makes her dizzy and shameful, but try as she might she cannot seem to move her foot as time stops for her and her eyes seems to not see anything but the happy couple in front of her.

If seeing them together before had hurt her, seeing them happy together now crushed her heart, with a sad face she watches both Devilin and Ariel dance.

Ariel's ever so perfect looks flawless in Devilin's arms and she realizes the reason why he chose Ariel and not her.

Because anyone with eyes could see the difference between the two girls, where Ariel had a gracious way to carry herself, Adriana, she was just a babbling, clumsy idiot.

While Ariel with her red, bright hair shines in between people, her plain black hair makes her go unnoticed.

No wonder, Dante always calls her an ugly duckling and for the first time as she stands in between the people, she has known her whole life while they are unaware of her existence, she Adriana feels like an ugly duckling.

"You were right, this is not the place for me," she whispers slowly as she faces where Dante was.

With a sad smile, Adriana turns around and slowly walks out of the party. No one notices her leave and the ones who do, does not care to stop the girl.

"Raine, wait" someone calls stopping her on the way.

She turns to find one of the men who were working for the night as a guard in the party.

"Yes?" she asks the man.

"Are you leaving?" he asks standing in front of her.

"Yes, why?" she asks him not knowing what it was about.

"Well, you can't go, Dante..."

"Why, does he want me to stay?" she asks him hopefully.

"Yes, he does, there is some problem with one of the monitor's in the security room we need you" the man states pointing towards the door they need to pass.

"Oh, of course, is that all?" she asks disappointed.

"Ya, if you want you can stay and check the screen with us?" the man offers as he shows her the way to the security room.

"Nah, I can always do that from my den" she waves his offer with her hands.

*******

Adriana sighs as she gets out of the hotel the party was organized in; she stands at the gate looking around. She finds a few vehicles stopping and more people walking inside of the hotel to join the party.

Biting on her lower lip, Adriana pulls off her shoes and holds it in her hands before she makes her way, walking towards HP, as she knows no taxi goes that way and she is sure everyone is too busy to offer her lift.

Just as she walks out, the rain starts to pour heavily, which definitely was like the cherry on top.

"Someone above there must hate me so much, its fine...it's okay, now I don't have to go through the process of washing this dress...

I really should not have come here; I do not know why I keep doing this to myself anyway. It is not as if anyone was waiting for me to show up...

I mean...why anyone would anyway, it is not as if I have friends in there to catch up with...or my mate to notice me...

Why, would he even notice me anyway, when he has a beautiful girl, who has such a humble parents, loving brothers, she is perfect...

Unlike me, an orphan, ugly duckling, what do I have except my IQ's; I do not even have a bloody surname...

Pity, you really have a pathetic life Adriana. All you can do is fix computers; all you are good at is that...

They want you to stay for only that, don't get bewitched Adriana, wake up already, they only need you for stuff like that"

Adriana self-talks as she walks alone in the pouring rain, feeling bad for herself.

"But why do I feel so small and sad?" she asks to no one stopping in the middle of the road defeated.

"Idiot...you are really an idiot" she sighs as the first teardrop falls from her eyes.

Adriana cries with her head down, as she feels so alone and miserable, her once happy life was not so happy anymore.

"What? Do not cry...don't you dare cry...who the hell does he thinks he is?

I do not need him; he can be with his Ariel all he wants. I can cry as much as I want, I will cry everyday of my life, I will cry when I eat, sleep, walk, talk, laugh, who is he to order me to, not cry...

Look, look I am crying, I am crying freely, you son of Dante!" she shouts turning back to the way she came from, crying all of her frustration.

"Who is he to make me feel so miserable? Ah, what is so great about that damn party anyway, it is not as if they got any celebrities in there...

Moreover, who needs a mate, when I can do whatever I like not worrying about impressing him...who needs a family anyway, I have been living my life without them for so long, I can live some more as well...

Anyway, I would rather have brains than beauty any day; it is not so hard to buy beauty these days and I believe in beauty from within than outside...

Do not worry, come tomorrow morning everything will look bright and sunny and happy. People...they can stab and cheat you but if you are alone, you will be stronger and better person, you do not need all of them to tell you what and who you are...

I am Adriana, I am a survivor and I do not need those people in there, who do not want me around...

I am Adriana; I am smart, tough and I can be happy. I don't need anyone," she shouts once again, still looking back on the road.

*******

Finally, after walking for more than an hour Adriana reaches the HP grounds, she makes beeline to the bathroom and takes a hot shower before she walks to the kitchen for some hot coffee.

"Good, this is good" she murmurs sipping on the hot coffee.

She walks back to her den with the cup and goes to check on the computer to see if anything new came up for her to work.

She tries not to think about the party or anything that will make her sad, busying herself checking on all the mail she got and answering any queries by the warriors.

She makes a round check on the ground as well re-check the alarm as most of the men were either at the party attending it or on duty so it was just her all alone in the HP.

She yawns as she finishes the last of her mail and pouts when she finds the empty cup, so getting up she once again walks to the kitchen to make her a cup.

As she walks through the dark corridors of the building, she hums to herself when suddenly a shadow passes by that startles her.

"Who is it?" she calls trying to check if anyone was inside.

"Anyone in?" she asks and waits for anyone to come out.

She shakes her shoulder as she keeps walking to the kitchen thinking it was no one as she was all alone in here and if there were, any intruder the alarm would have gone off anyway.

Just as she thinks of it, the alarm goes off with that her eyes widens, she throws the cup away before she runs towards her den to inspect on it.

She bumps on the door, as it does not automatically opens as it usually does.

"What the hell, I don't remember locking it" she speaks as she goes to put the code but it denies her access.

"What?" she looks at the machine in shock, as she tries few more times, to, open the door putting her lock, but every time it denies her access.

"What the hell?" she shouts hitting the door with her fist.

"Whoa, whoa" she shouts as her computer starts to light up and work at once.

"Hey, yay" she looks through the door inside in shock as the system starts itself and to her horror the files starts to transfer itself.

Her eyes widens as she watches as if in slow motion when the pictures of the warriors one by one starts to show up in the screen.

*******

Having enough sense, Adriana rushes out of there and tries to log in through one of the computers at the front desk. She tries to stop the transfer while also trying to figure out where it was transferring.

"You got to be kidding me, whose face was it I saw this morning that my day has gone from bad to worse?"

"May be it was mine" a voice whispers right behind her halting her movement.

"It will be better if you move aside Miracle," Eric requests as he get hold of both her hands stopping her.

"What's the meaning of this?" Raine asks as she turns to face Eric.

"What do you think?" he smiles politely before trapping her between the seat and him.

"I don't know, seeing as how you are the one doing it all, hacking into my computer and taking the data which you should not, but why?" Raine asks unfazed by his closeness.

"Hmm...shall I tell you it all?" he asks playfully.

"If you have decided to show your true colors so why not?" she asks him instead.

"Right, my true color you say what might that be? I do not even remember what that is anymore, my true self...

I mean I do not have the habit to color my hair like you sometimes, blue, blonde, black whatever you like"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Something you will not understand, you are new to all this stuff Miracle"

"Stop calling me that"

"What, Miracle? That is what you are a miracle, Adriana. Try to remember Adriana, as you said this is not the first time I called you that and no it is not the first time I called you so in the hospital...

So, remember the things you have long forgotten" he states moving away from her while she sits on the chair.

"I don't...."

"You don't know, then who does, I mean are you not the one who knows everything in here, so why not now" he asks shivering and shaking a bit.

"What is that?" Raine asks as he rips off his shirt a bit from his wrist area.

"Something to calm me down" he mutters pulling out a syringe from the pocket of the bag.

"You do drugs?" she asks with narrowed-eyes.

"Not drug Miracle, its medicine I need to use to stay alive"

"Are you sick?"

"Yes, I am a very, very sick person" he sighs as he pulls the syringe out of his skin and slumps down on one of the chair.

"No, I think you are creepy, a very, very creepy person"

*******

"You have grown up to be a good kid Adriana, things would have turned out worst but I am glad it did not"

"What are you talking about?"

"Ssh, let someone else talk sometimes will you? You talk so much that sometimes it irritates the hell out of me...

Today, I want to do the talking and you, you listen"

Eric walks near her once again, he pulls his tie off before tying her hands behind the chair and he pulls out his shoelaces before tying her legs to the chair.

He walks towards the desk where the bag was, pulls out an empty syringe, Raine frowns seeing it, and tries to move away.

"You are not" she warns him but he just holds her in place before injecting it in her skin and pulling out her blood.

"Am...what do you think you are doing?" she asks hissing a bit as it stung where he injected the syringe.

"Something, I always wanted to do," he answers before putting the blood back.

"You know anyone can come in here anytime and if they saw the situation we are in, it will scream trouble for you" she threatens him but he just ignores her.

"I don't think that will happen tonight, why do you think I chose this very day to do this," he asks before taking his seat back.

********

"You were not supposed to meet Jasmine that day nor were you supposed to go with her to her old pack...

Surprised, how I know that, there are many things, I know about you that no one in here knows Raine. For instance, you were not supposed to meet me that day when Ariel left with Devilin...

You turned the tables meeting me, gave me a reason, reason why I should not do few things. I was a happy person, doing experiments but you pulled me out of my shelter and bought me here...

You were not supposed to have any contact with Jasmine or anyone of them, but you did and then I had to step in, I had to lure Ariel out as a distraction....

A very bad distraction, which caused more problems for me, no gains, only pains. Devilin has something I need, something he should have never got his hands on, it was of no use going after Jasmine now...

But you see, your mate he has this soft, very soft spot for Ariel, and to call him out I needed Ariel to be on my side, to get what belonged to us I needed Devilin to trade it off with Ariel but she...

She fought the attraction I put on her and then you came into my life and changed everything. What a surprise to find out you were Devilin's soul mate, fate is so cruel sometimes, plays her cards perfectly...

These so-called warrior's are causing some real problems for us, they are getting near our hideouts, I need to know, who and what they are. Those files I am transferring gives me perfect information on who I have to destroy and how, they cannot learn more on us so we have to learn more about them...

For that, I have to be close to you, get to know you better so I know what is where in this place and it paid well...

I am sorry to leave you like this but I have to make my move now, so have fun till the boys find you, don't forget to say my good bye to them" Eric grins getting up and collecting his stuff back in the bag.

"What about your parents, don't you think with this step of yours it will cause them trouble?" Raine asks stopping him.

"My parents, don't you think I would have met them if I cared about them?" he asks with a chuckle.

"Don't do this Eric, you still have a chance given to you, if you throw this up then there will never be turning back" she asks of him.

"Raine, Raine, Raine, don't you get it there is no turning back for me, the only reason I was even here was to collect as much information as I can and now that I have it all, I will go on my way"

"I don't think so" Ariel speaks as she walks through the door surprising both Eric and Adriana.

*******

"Well, well, well, hello there Ariel, what a surprise" Eric smiles seeing her in front of him.

"Back away from her Eric" Ariel warns as she points a screwdriver towards him.

"Do you really think you can defend yourself with that?" Eric asks still smiling.

"If need arises then yes" she states asking him to move away from Adriana.

"Too bad then" Eric grins before in a blink of an eye he runs towards her in full speed and take the weapon away from her hands.

"Oh come on, have you not seen enough movies to know never confront the villain without back up?" Adriana groans shaking her head.

"Yes, like you know better, at least I am not the one tied on the chair" Ariel snaps back at her.

"Well at least I am not the one dying on her engagement day" Raine throws back.

"At least I am engaged to my mate unlike someone's one night stand" Ariel fumes in anger at the audacity of the girl.

"One night stand, oh my god is that what he said, we did not even have our date night"

"Good, because he will never date someone like you"

"I know. That is why you have a ring on your finger while I have a tie around my wrist" Raine spits back in rage.

"Okay, girls I think that is enough bitch fight for the night"

"Whatever...go ahead and run away" Raine states bored.

"No Eric, do not, don't go think about your parents and sister," Ariel requests while Raine scoffs at it

"What is your problem?" Ariel asks as she hears her scoff.

"You are my problem, do you think just because you said so he will stay, what do you think I have been trying to do have a one night stand with him?" Raine asks her in disbelief.

"Okay that's enough girls, Ariel I am sorry but I don't care what happens to anyone after I leave, but you I cannot just leave you like this...

I have to do something about you" he sighs before pulling out a syringe.

"Run, you idiot" Raine shouts but Ariel just shakes her head no.

"Please, Eric don't do this, Erika has awaited for you to come home for so long, think about it" Ariel begs trying to make him understand but Eric just sighs before walking closer to her and injecting the syringe all the while Ariel takes it without a fight.

"Awesome" Raine mutters as she sees the girl so easily giving in.

"Shut up Raine, Ariel here is a good girl" Eric smiles before he ties a sleepy Ariel on the chair next to Raine.

*******

"What did you do?" Raine asks as she watches Ariel loosing her consciousness.

"We will find in a bit"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You ask a lot of questions and it's irritating the shit out of me," Eric snaps loosing his control, which shuts Raine for a while as she quietly, watches what he did to Ariel.

Ariel moans in her unconscious state, which makes Raine frown.

"Pleas don't tell me you drugged her and now she is sexually frustrated" Raine comments but she gets no answer back.

Therefore, she turns around to find the room empty leaving her more like tying her in the chair alone with a moaning Ariel.

Raine frantically looks around the room for any sign of Eric but do not find him, she shuffles in her seat before mentally beating her self as she realizes the chair she was seating has wheels in it.

Therefore, she pushes her body around so she can move the wheel and she does it successfully, she wheels around the room trying to find anything that will alert the men who are guarding the faculty about the situation they all are in.

She is sure not all of the men are busy tonight. She easily wheels towards the emergency alarm but sighs in defeat as the alarm was out of her reach and her arms are tied down.

"Why did I even bother to wake up today?" she mutters as she searches for the other way out to save their asses, she has to alert someone, anyone before Eric runs away with the vital information about the faculty.

However, before she could take another wheel around a sound more as a growl stops her movements, she slowly wheels around to face the source of the sound, and what she sees stuns her to death.

"This is one hell of a day," she mutters as she crashes down along with the chair on the ground.