Here is the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it💜




"She's alive!" The asian girl cried out, her beady eyes looking over at the dying girl.

"It's no use, she's going to die anyway", Luca said, his face grim.

The girl opened her mouth, trying to say something but she choked on her blood, her eyes looking up at us in desperation.

I shook my head silently, she's a lost cause.

Her arms laid beside her detached from her body and a dagger was embedded into her stomach. It's a wonder she isn't dead yet.

"Move!" Ani said, her African accent thick in that one word. I moved out of her way, she had been sobbing earlier and Alex had to press his hand over her mouth from the fear of getting caught. The said guy was sitting on the trunk of a tree with his back turned to us, his dog beside him.

Ani bent beside the girl who had completely gone stiff now, wide grey eyes still looking up at us. She whispered something like a prayer then reach over to cover the dead girl eyes.

"At least, let's take her with us to bury her", Hoang chi said, her question directed towards Alex.

"No". Was the single reply that came from the emotionless statue.

"She deserved one", Ani said, standing up, wiping her tears with the back of her hand.

I kneeled in her stead, muttering a quick sorry to the dead girl before reaching to remove the dagger out of her stomach, grimacing as it made a soft squelching sound. Chi gagged.

I quickly hid it in my tattered cloak before Alex could turn around, giving Chi a pointed look but she just arched a brow at me.

Alex turned around then, his face stained with mud. "No", He said, before he start walking towards the shelter. Serpent looking back once at us before following him.

"He's so heartless", Ani said, looking at the dead girl with pity before following him.

I stepped up beside her. "That's not new", Chi and Luca followed behind us, listening on our conversation.

"Is he always like this?" She asked.

"Ever since I've knew him", Luca replied quietly.

We kept silent after that, the leaves crunching under our feet the only sound in the forest. Luca stood at our rear, no doubt looking out, if ever the beast tried to pop out of nowhere. I sighed, thinking about the girl, looking up with desperation in her eyes, they are always desperate. Desperate to live in this hell hole called a life, my gloved hand felt the dagger over the hard clothing of my cloak. The beast left his dagger in the body of the victim, it's very unlikely. From the little information I gathered from others, they always carry their weapon with them.

We reached the shelter in no time, just a small dingy hut we found three days ago. We couldn't stay at a place for a long time, for the fear of the beasts finding us. Alex knocked on the door once waiting as the door opened revealing a Mexican girl, her clothes dark with dirt. Louisa let us in, quickly closing the door and bolting it, though I doubt that would stop the beasts, the door looked like it would broke off its hinges with just a push, Raine appeared behind her, quickly taking in our grim faces.

"What happened?" She asked, moving to Alex with concern flashing in her eyes, she placed a hand on his shoulder and tried to look into his eyes for a reaction but expecting a reaction from Alex is like us running from the beasts. It's impossible.

Alex did not reply in his usual Alex self. Shrugging Raine's hand off, he slide down a wall to sit down, serpent sitting beside him. A flash of hurt passed across Raine's face but it was gone as quick as it came.

"We found a girl", Luca explained, cutting through the tension.

I frowned, I'll never understand the dynamics between Raine and Alex. Leaving Luca and Chi to explain what had happened, I went to sit beside Josh, his brown...