Shadow Realm

20

The man sighed "Emerude is a good woman and she doesn't deserve such a death! The boy really has to pay and I think..."So Cam's dad knows who the killer is...

"NO!" her mother snapped "Don't tell me you want to be part of the group again because I don't agree at all! He doesn't deserve such a death, but we can't help it! Killing the only heir to Wistledes will not revive Emerude and will never heal Casalia's wounds!"

"He's not the only heir! That girl..."

"What Tom? Can you take his place? You also know they're gonna kill him!"

"The flock will protect her and Robert and Nathan White too."

Mother Cam laughed coldly "Are they going to protect her? They're Nephilim!" The spell worked so well that even his parents were unaware of what Whites really were.

"It was enough that they did not hand it over to Wistledes' own hands! And I'm not surprised if it turns out they keep it in their house just because that's the real purpose..."

"Robert White was a good person and was a friend of Casalia's father. He won't hurt her."

"After all, they won't be able to protect her forever."

"They don't but, as I said, the herd."

The information was buzzing in Cam's ears all day and when he reached the Academy, not seeing his friend, he started to worry. Maybe her father wasn't wrong, maybe the herd would protect her better than the White family. He had promised himself that he would protect Cassie as well, but only now did he realize that he could not do it alone. But there's a solution, Cameron. There was a solution, and he didn't need to think too much about it. He also has to protect her.

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Nathan couldn't make the meeting from the night before out of his mind. The last time he saw the wolf was a few years ago, right before his mother was killed.

He had tracked her down in the forest and presented himself in a human form. She was like all kinds, but as soon as she saw her, Nate immediately understood that she was not just a wolf, that there was something. She recognized the woman's eyes, very similar to her eyes, with those of her father.

Nathan is not surprised when the woman in black tells him that she is his aunt, that her father had died a few days earlier, and now her mother will pay. At that time he should have panicked, trying to warn his mother, but he did not. He knew in his heart that his father really did not want to leave him, that his mother was a bad person, otherwise, why had he been hiding it in the forest all this time?

"Don't worry, I'll take care of you!" and then he told Nathan that he would come looking for him, that he would take Nathan with him, that he would protect Nathan.

Two days later, his mother releases Nathan and tells him to leave, taking care of himself. But how can it be? Nathan is just a kid! There she understood that her aunt was right, that this cruel woman should die. He goes and says nothing about the encounter, does not tell his mother that he is in danger and he knows the truth about his father. She left and never came back, she tried to find her aunt, but she did not know where to find her, so after two days of being free, she decided to leave the place.

The next story is known to everyone: Robert finds Nathan and raises him. But there is more that people do not know besides the fact that he is half wolf and half Nephilim, and it is a fact that, in fact, he is, a strange boy raised by a professional hunter is actually the heir of one. The dynasty has not collapsed, it still exists.

The thing is, if you want to call it that, Nate doesn't want to go out and let people know who he really is. He would rather continue his life as usual. He was eager to meet his father but unfortunately it was impossible. He knew nothing about his father, yet as far as he knew, whatever his real last name or whatever family he came from, he was and always will be Nathan White. Robert is a father and has shown as much love as possible to a man who has nothing in his life, and the same goes for Nate. Nate has Robert and Robert has Nate. There used to be a Maia, but it wasn't smooth, so now just stay alone. Not just the two of us, the boy thought. He smiles at himself as he steals a glance at Cassie.

Cassie walked slowly, deep in thought. His hair was draped and fell onto his shoulders and his eyes were fixed straight ahead. Nathan had seen them turn into molten silver the night he was angry, but now the color became green again.

No, it's not just Robert, it's Cassie right now and her job is to protect Cassie, by any means. After all, as Robert had said, it was his responsibility.

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With everything that has happened in the last period, Cassie hardly believes that the training has been completed, that she has succeeded: from tomorrow she will be a reliable hunter. He knew he should have shown a little more enthusiasm, but he couldn't.

There were no other unexpected visitors, either from the wolf or from his brother, but he knew that he would see the latter at the ceremony with his grandfather.

Nate had told the herd that he would take care of it, but nothing had happened in the past three weeks, no one had died, and no more talk of his mother in Holding, he said, that's an old story now. He and Nate have separated again. After the night of the break-in, they began to rarely speak to the point where, now, they did not speak at all, even during training at the Academy. They were still sleeping in the same room, eating at the same table facing each other, but they were not talking to each other at all. At first, this situation annoyed him, but he was used to it now. It was not a one-way thing, he knew that this situation was also good for Nathan, especially for Nathan, and therefore he never wondered why they behaved this way, and consequently, he said, he didn't ask either.

Cameron is also very strange. Robert eventually gives her permission to leave without Nathan being her bodyguard, but Cameron is always busy and gives unreasonable excuses that, of course, she doesn't believe.

Only Robert remained, but it was clear that he often felt uncomfortable with Cassie. He was used to training warriors and not being the father of a girl like him.

Since Cassie had no one to talk to, she decided to go see Maia. Someone told him that Maia would be a good friend and would definitely help him cope with the situation. In the worst case, thanks to his rather unique personality, he would make her momentarily forget what happened in that period and, above all, what she had to face the next day.

It's not easy to find Maia's house, but after circling around a few times, Cassie realizes that the house is where it used to be, just looking different from the last time she went there. Maia might notice him and just tease him with one of his little games.

"Good morning chef cake!" Maia was wearing a blue robe, possibly silk, and her long gray hair was draped on her back. He knew that gray hair was not due to old age. Considering her character, Cassie thought Maia must have had that color on purpose.

"Yes, but don't worry! It's always nice to see your pretty face!" Maia made a sign for him to come in and take him to the kitchen.

"Is everything okay?"

Cassie smiled "Tell me because you can read my mind."

The woman returned her smile "Trust me, I can only imagine how you feel after everything that happened to you and I'm sure living with two men like Robert and Nathaniel doesn't help at all! I can't imagine how you can hold them!"

"Well, you should know what Robert looks like" Hearing the expression, the woman's smile disappeared and her lips thinned. Cassie felt guilty. How would he think of saying such a thing? He didn't know why they were separated, but it turned out that he didn't remain indifferent.

"I'm sorry, Maia! I don't..."

"Don't worry!" said Maia, showing her wide smile again. Still, there was something convincing about the woman.

"Coffee?" Cassie nodded and Maia got up to make coffee. For a moment, Cassie had the instinct to ask why she used a simple gadget instead of magic, but Cassie said nothing.

"Why did you come?"

"It's not easy to explain" the girl admitted.

"Try it! I don't think you came all the way here just to see my face in the morning!"

"No, it's just... " Cassie sighed and looked into Maia's eyes.

"I feel so alone... Robert always goes to work and when he's at home we don't talk much. He was almost afraid to talk to me... When he passed by we were just talking about practice and last night we were talking about tomorrow's ceremony. She always told me to be careful, to never leave the house alone..."

"In short, a caring father!"

!Say yes."

"Casalia dear, I am very sorry if I tell you, but there is no solution to this problem. Robert is like that and time will never change. He did not know how to treat a woman, let alone a girl! With Nathaniel easier, he's a boy! Looking from the outside you look tough, but he already understands that in reality you are fragile and he is afraid to say or do something that could hurt you, just like Robert. He thinks so too."

"What does this have to do with it?"

Maia walked over to the table and handed her the coffee cup.

"You think of him while you're talking."

"I didn't realize it..." Cassie looked at her cup.

"Freak stuff has happened... I feel strange sensations, things I have never felt in my life..." It was surprising how easy it was for Cassie to talk to Maia about these things.

"Did you kiss?"

Cassie's eyes widened "How do you know?"

"I don't know, so I'm asking you. But with your expression say that it happens."

"Well.. yeah. but..."

"That? I want to know!"

"She rejected me" Cassie still felt a little embarrassed to think about the incident.

The woman smiled "She was just scared."

"Fear what?"