Jordan arrived in an underground chamber and a staircase led down. he walked down the staircase and it led to a specific room where a large number of books were securely saved. The space was lined with shelves packed with books. As Jordan approached forward, a glass case stood still where the forbidden book was being kept sealed. And as Jordan got closer, the lamp at the library's entrance flickered on, this made Jordan freeze in place, his legs pausing to the ground. “Did someone follow me?” Jordan wondered, his eyes darting around the room. When he saw no one, he slowly opened the glass case, placed the book inside, and quietly shut it closed.“Wow… I have finally returned the book, what a relief,"Jordan gasped, turning to leave—only to hear footsteps echoing from above, along the path that led to his father’s room.“Shit. Could it be my father, coming to check on the book?” Jordan muttered, quickly hiding himself in one of the pillar shadows. Moments later, just as he feared, the

Jordan offered a nervous smile as he tried to form a lie, “I mistakenly hurt myself while walking out the door.”Fiona raised a brow at his response, she knew something was wrong, walking past the door wouldn't course such a burn on his skin. “Really? Are you trying to pull out some games with me here, do you think what you have just said will make me foolishly believe that this injury is from a door, it doesn't even look like a cut, it looks like a burn,” fiona said angrily, pushing herself closer to Jordan as she navigate her eyes over the injury. “Let me have a clearer look at your hand,” she demanded. Fiona's eyes trailed down to Jordan’s hands as she carefully examined it, and in an instant, her expression changed.“The burns on your hands isn’t ordinary, it looks like something of high class attacked you, something out of the ordinary,” she said, her tone tightening. “You need to tell me the truth, Ryan. Don’t make me angry.”Jordan realising he had been caught in his lies, ga

Just then, Julien’s voice sounded. “I noticed some things that aren’t right, and I want to confirm them with you, Ryan.”Jordan was stunned, unsure of what Julien meant. The only thing that flashed through his mind was the forbidden book he had taken, which he was pretty sure he had returned it safely without being seen. And on the way round, if Julien truly knew he had taken the book and returned it, which was what Fiona was scared of, he could be in serious trouble.“Yes, Father. Please go on. I’m listening,” Jordan replied with a smile. Julien nodded slowly, then began, “It’s about Ethan—your private teacher. Have you noticed anything strange about him lately?”Jordan hesitated for a while, not knowing what to say. His father's question caught him off guard. Clearly, Julien suspected something, but Jordan knew he had to stay in character, he shouldn't make a mere question break his pretence of the secrets his hiding. He had to stick to Fiona warning and promise he had made, which

“My lord, it’s rare to see you in a place like this. Do you need our help with a mission?” Thomas asked, relaxing his hands on the table as he stared at Julien. Julien shook his head as he replied calmly, “No, Thomas. I’m here with my son. I just wanted to take him for a walk.”“Hold on a moment—is this the young Lord Ryan?” Thomas’s eyes widened in surprise as he shifted his gaze to Jordan, and Jordan eyes met with Thomas and he snapped inside, Thomas was so huge and has a large cut on his face that turned to a mark, making him look scary, his premolar teeth were all replaced with pure gold, and at the right hand side of his wrist, he has a coloured tattoo of a bird, and in his chest, he has a tattoo face of a lady, touching her hair, and at some point, Jordan could swear that she moved. “What in the… did that thing just move,” Jordan thought to himself completely dumbfounded. “It’s been so long since I last saw him. The last time was when he was still a baby. Looking at him now,

Soon, Julien and Jordan reach their destination, A house looking like it's hunted. Just by looking at the creepy house, Jordan felt a wave of unease wash over him, he began getting uncomfortable and he could feel his hands shaking. They stood before a house secluded from the main town somewhere in the out sketch of the forest creeping with darkness and insects of different species. It looked old and rumpled, almost as if no one had lived there for years. Jordan, staring at the house, and also notices his father not saying a word as the both stared at the house suddenly got curious and asked, “Why does that house look so mysterious and scary, Dad? It looks like no one lives there,” Jordan whispered, still puzzled as to why they had stopped in a place like this.Julien chuckled. “The house you see is your grandmother’s,” Julien announced gently and Jordan raised a brow in surprise. “Wow father, are you for real,” Jordan mumbled with disbelief. Julien chuckled with a slight laughter b