I woke up as I felt the sun rays peeking through the torn curtain on my face. I opened my eyes slightly only to be met with the sight of an empty bed. Alexander was no longer sleeping next to me. I heard the shower running and relaxed. I sat up straight on the bed and rubbed my eyes and also stretched in a very un-lady like way. As I passed a hand through the tangled locks in the bird nest on my head, the door to the washroom opened revealing a very sexy looking Alexander step out.

He walked out wearing only sweatpants that were hanging low on his waist, revealing his perfectly built abs and V-line. Just like I had suspected, his chest was covered with tattoos and they went down his arms till his wrists. The tattoos had nothing in common. There were all simple and unique in their own way. Though they were all very different, they just seemed to fit together like the pieces of a puzzle.

His body was not flawless. Instead, it had several faint marks hidden by the numerous ink designs. Somehow, his scars made him even more attractive in my eyes. The scars and blemishes told many more stories that even the person could not tell. It was the symbol of his strength and proof of his bravery.

He had a towel in his hand with which he was drying his wet hair. The droplets from his hair fell on his chest and continued down his inked body until they disappeared in his sweatpants. Unknowingly I gulped at the drool worthy sight. Alexander cleared his throat and brought me out of my horny thoughts. I felt the heat crawl up to my face as I looked up at him.

"We will be leaving. Go get ready." I nodded and frantically grabbed my bags and rushed to the bathroom. I splashed the cold water on my face as an attempt to cool myself down and reduce the redness. He must be thinking of me as a horny teenager or even worse, he might taken me for someone creepy. I groaned as I proceeded to get ready. I wore simple shorts and a white shirt. I paired it with some jewelry and wore my converse. I let my hair cascade over my shoulders as I applied a bit of transparent lip gloss.

I got out of the shower to be met with the sight of Alexander talking on his phone. As I gathered the diary, I heard him cut the call. "Leader Elena called. Her and her team have made it to the forest they were assigned to go to but found nothing. They said that it seemed like nobody went there for decades. They did not even find ay clues."

"Well, Amelia is either at one of the two places left to check or probably at none. Let's hope at least one of us find her." I said as I matched his steps and got out of the room. We gave the keys back and were informed that our car was repaired last night. Thanking the creepy man, I got out and took my seat in the passenger's seat while Alexander got in the driver's seat.

I kept feeling Alexander's eyes on me as he kept peaking glances on me but did not say anything. Half way through, he finally broke the silence. "About your nightmare last night, do you often get it?"

His simple question managed to get my heart beat rising. "I don't want to talk about it." I said sharply, knowing that if he pressed the matter, things would not end in a good way. Taking the hint, he did not ask again and we remained quiet throughout the ride, both of us drowned in our own rivers of thoughts.

Eventually, after sitting in a rather uncomfortable position, we reached the forest. Since the paths were too narrow, we could not drive any further. We took out belongings and locked the car before stating to move deeper into the forest, using the map as a guide.

"Is it only me or did we literally got the hardest one out of the three places?" I commented as we walked down the small path.

"Let's get this over with once and for all" He grunted behind me and I rolled my eyes as I made sure we did not get lost.

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"How long before we reach whatever the hell we are searching for?" Alexander said as he moved another fallen trunk from the ground, making way for us to walk. We have been walking for hours but found nothing except endless trees and birds.

"According to map we should reach it......... right now" I lowered the map and scanned the area. The area was normal- trees everywhere with fallen leaves and trunks on the ground. The sun rays entered the forest through the small spaces between the leaves and the chirping of birds created a beautiful melody along with the whistling of the wind. Though it seemed like there was nothing, I felt something. I felt tied to this place and there was something that was pulling me. But towards what?

"I think we also failed in finding it. Let's hope the other team find something on the other spot." Just as he finished his sentence, my phone rang. I fished it out of my pockets and saw that Axel was calling me.

"Well we are about to find out about it." As I picked up the phone, I was greeted by Evelyne's cheerful voice "Hey bitch" She squealed.

"Eve?" I said as I could not help the surprise that was present in my tone.

"Yup. The one and only." She said, while popping the 'p' at the end. "Anyway, Axel and his team just returned to the palace and he told me to inform you that he did not find anything."

"Ok. Thanks for letting me know."

"Hmm. Good luck with the search. Let's hope you find something that could help us." I hummed and we exchanged our goodbyes. I turned to look at Alexander who was looking around for any clues.

"They did not find anything either."

"Until now, we did not find anything either. Should we leave? We can't find anything here except for trees." He commented.

"No." I placed one hand in front of me as a symbol to stop. "I feel like there is something here. I feel it. I know it does not make any sense but there is something here." I looked around and racked my mind for anything that might help us when out of nowhere a memory of when I was practicing witch craft with a teacher after school popped in my mind.

It was only a few years ago and the teacher was helping me to control my powers after classes in the forest. It was on spells about camouflage and invisibility barrier spells. "That's it!" I exclaimed.

"What?" He looked at me confused

"An invisibility spell! There is something here and I feel it. It is just hidden from our eyes and I know that magic is involved in it."

"The witches should have chosen this place. It would be easier for them to remove whatever spell there is."

I placed both my hands in front of me as I recited the counter spell I learnt. "Aldegra Univis" Just as I suspected, the thin barrier appeared around the place as thin lines started to appear on it, breaking into pieces until it disappeared in the air, like it was never there in the first place.

Underneath the barrier was a whole other world. The trees were really big but instead of being all around the place, they were in rows, each equally spaced from each other. A large path was in the middle of the many rows of trees covered with the fallen petals of the numerous Jade Vines that grew on the tall trees. Different types of butterflies were flying around. The air was fresh and a gentle breeze was felt.

"I think we just found what we were looking for." I said as I grinned at Alexander who was still perplexed by whatever happened.

"How did you do it?"

Shit! I forgot that he did not know about my magic powers and used it in front of him. Cursing in my head, I ignored his question and started walking down the path with him hot on my tail. "We should hurry up so that we can finally get this over with."

"You did not answer my question."

"Save it for later." I increased my speed and soon we reached a small cottage in a clear area surrounded by trees with countless Jade Vines on them, forming a circle around the house, like a shield from the world. The path by which we came, was the only entrance in view to this clear area. The small cottage itself had several flowers around it and I recognised them as the ones from Amelia's diary. I felt a glint of hope in me as I sauntered to the cozy looking cottage. Faint glistening rays could be seen swirling in the air as the butterflies played with them.

I knocked on the door and waited impatiently. My heart thumped in my chest as I heard footsteps from the other side of the door. I heard the knob turning and my nervousness sky rocketed.

Was it actually Amelia?

Was I actually going to meet her?

Could I know something about myself from her?

Would she help me?

What should I say to Alexander about the magic I used?

My brain stopped working as the door opened...