"And here I thought that I'll be able to fool you. Tsk tsk...! You really deserve that position of the Supreme Sire, My Lord."

Shadow and Domenic stared at the woman who suddenly appeared in front of their car.

"Who's she?" Domenic asked as he too came out of the car and moved to stand next to Shadow who was busy glaring at the woman.

"Seriena..."

Shadow answered as he kept his eyes fixed on the woman, not even blinking once.

"..."

Domenic was shocked but he made sure to keep his expressions as neutral as he always used to carry.

He remained silent for the next few seconds as he tried to analyze the situation. Only a minute before Shadow told him that he had been fooled by wrong information and just a minute after that, the person whom he had been trying to meet for the past seven months suddenly appeared in front of him out of the blue.

"You purposely planned all this, making me believe that you will be appearing in the Direspell." He accused the woman in his usual cold tone as he too glared at her.

There were very few people who could dare to manipulate his information sources and unfortunately, Oracle Seriena was one of them.

A small smile appeared on her lips as she finally turned her attention to the handsome and powerful man who was standing beside the Supreme Sire.

Even though Domenic Alessandro was not a supernatural and had no magical powers, he was still someone who held the power of swiping almost half of the supernatural races in his hands. He was someone who was respected and also feared.

Even though he was a mortal, he's still one of the most dangerous persons walking on the planet and that's because of his huge business empire and the influence he had over human government and even some of the supernatural councils. His connections with some of the most powerful supernatural clans also did not help the situation.

"Don't be so quick to judge, Mr. Alessandro. I have no hands in spreading those rumors. I don't waste my energy on such trifle matters. And you know that an Oracle never lies." Seriena spoke in her defense as she gave a slight nod to the man as a greeting.

"Then who did it? And what are you doing here?" Shadow asked as he looked at the woman with suspicious eyes.

He could tell that the woman had created some kind of barrier around them. He could break it but for some reason, he knew that he should not be wasting his energy.

"I came here to fulfill my promise to a benefactor of mine. I owed this to him and could not refuse even though I was really not that happy with his plans. But I'm kind of pleased now since I've fulfilled my promise to him and no longer owe him anything." Seriena answered as she sighed a little dramatically.

"Why are you here, Seriena? Don't make me repeat my question again." Shadow spoke in a chilling tone that made the woman halt for a mere second but she immediately resumed her usual unaffected appearance.

"I'm here because I don't want to be known as a companion of a rogue group of sups. Since I've already fulfilled my promise to him, I'm no longer obliged to help him. That's why I want to let you know that you should not waste your time here anymore. Your sister probably doesn't have much time left."

This time, the woman did not beat around the bush as she told them about the danger that was lurking around their precious Emily.

For a moment she saw deathly energy surrounding her as Shadow's eyes started filling with a killing aura but before he could do anything, Domenic Alessandro decided to stop him.

"We don't have time for this," Domenic told the other man as he pulled out his phone to call Mark, only to find it switched off.

"If anything happened to her, I won't let you off, Seriena."

It was a promise, a promise of death that she received from the Supreme Sire himself.

He did not wait for the woman to speak as he took hold of Domenic's arm and teleported both of them to the scene where he was sensing Emily's presence because of the ring that he had gifted her.

And as soon as they appeared there, both of them were left in shock as they watched the dead bodies that were surrounding a very familiar car.

Domenic's eyes landed on the figures who were present in the middle of all the bloodbath.

***

Half an hour ago...

"Mark..."

Emily whispered as she felt her heart beating rapidly. Her eyes tried to see through the fog that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, surrounding them in a blanket of secrecy and fear.

"I'm here. Let me c....."

Mark did not get the chance to complete his sentence as a loud howl broke through the ire silence that had just taken over their surroundings.

The sun was nowhere in sight. Dark clouds had taken over the sky and the wind stopped blowing as the darkness intensified.

His hand tightened around his sister and he realized that she was shivering as her eyes refused to move away from the spot where she had been constantly looking for some time by now.

Even he could tell that something wrong was about to happen....actually, it had already started.

Mark opened the passenger door of the car to pull out a gun from the compartment box and moved aside a little before he spoke.

"Em, get inside and lock the doors. I'll handle this." He said as he pulled his sister closer to the open door.

Emily stopped in her tracks as she turned to face her brother.

"Mark...."

"Sssh! Everything will be alright. I won't let anything happen to you, okay?" He immediately tried to comfort his baby sis but she started shaking her head.

"What about you? If you will be protecting me then who will protect you?" She asked in a small voice.

Even though she had been learning self-defense, was it enough for her to save herself and her brother?

"Well well well...what a touching moment between siblings! I'm apologizing for ruining this lovely moment of yours."

The sudden unfamiliar voice made Mark and Emily turn towards the direction of the said voice, only to freeze when their eyes landed on the scene in front of them.