»Kyran, Cassian, this is my cousin Valentin Jones. He is here to get me to return to Canada to hunt down the rogues.«
»Fuck, that's why his face seemed so familiar,« I spat out and let Cassian put me down.
I hadn't thought it through because the moment my feet touched ground the dizziness returned and I felt like throwing up again. Immediately I felt one arm around my hip and leaned against Cassian, sighing in relief.
Our former dispute was completely forgotten and now only left was the disappointment that our first date turned out like this.
»It's seriously a coincidence,« Valentin said and got up from the couch. »I will return to my hotel now. Chat, I expect you there tomorrow.«
Chat's cousin threw us a short look, nodded and then left. And now when I realized that he was a hunter, shivers went down my spine.
I poisoned myself with wolfsbane in his presence and he could have hunted me down without me being able to do anything against it. I could be glad that he was a hunter of Chat's clan and not a hunter that hunted without exceptions.
»You hunter's should have a scent on you so we recognize you,« Cassian growled and made Chat laugh.
»But then we can't hunt,« he returned.
»Then don't hunt at all,« Cas shot back, clearly tense.
»Well, my family doesn't hunt those who are innocent. Only those who are a danger for themselves and others. So, those who lost control. Such as the rogues that we're about to hunt.«
Quietly Cassian snorted and turned his head in my direction.
»I still can't believe how the wolf inside of you won't go crazy knowing that it lives together with a hunter,« he grumbled and made me laugh, but it was more a croaked laugh because I still tried to suppress the urge to puke.
»As long as I don't need to sleep in a room with Chat my wolf is quite satisfied. Above all, I clearly know that it wasn't Chat that gave Fynn the weapons to shoot at me.«
Cas furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head with a scowling expression.
»Mom is quite treacherous,« Chat laughed and crossed his arms in amusement.
»Your mother gave Fynn hunter weapons with whom he attacked Kyran?« Cassian asked warily, and Chat and I nodded in sync.
He cursed under his breath so I couldn't really understand what he mumbled. But I thought I heard the words his friend, like, mate and murder.
»On the other hand, it was for a training session from the pack,« I quickly said and Chat nodded in agreement.
»My family and the Canadian pack have a treaty, something like a peace-treaty, so we help in emergencies or help hunt down the rogues. And the pack won't attack humans or break the rules we agreed on. But because not every hunter is like the ones raised by my family, we had a... seminar? Can I say it like that?«
He looked at me and I shrugged my shoulders. »Crash course would also be okay.«
»Anyway, we introduced all kinds of weapons hunters hunt with and showed what they do and what you can do to escape them. And Fynn, who was there too, asked if we could show an example with one of the wolves and just like we know Fynn, he provoked Kyran and our dear Kyran reacted to it. Mom should have been the one with Kyran to show how to escape but as treacherous as she is, she gave Fynn the commando. And now that we know that Fynn is a Valkyrie, it's clear why Kyran didn't have a chance.«
Puzzled Cassian met my eyes and I smirked.
»Three arrows in my right leg, one in my thigh, one in the back of my knee and one in my calf. Two other arrows in both upper arms. And the cherry on top was the electricity with the special electricity arrow that hit right in the middle between my shoulder blades,« I laughed and was quite glad the arrows back then weren't poisoned with wolfsbane.
»It would be best if we go to your room now before I think about killing Fynn slowly and painfully,« Cas growled and cracked his jaw, followed by him grinding his teeth.
»Then we should go,« I agreed and took Cassian's hand, he immediately entangled our fingers.
»I will go to sleep too,« Chat said goodbye and went to his room. I glanced at the clock and noticed that it was pretty late already.
»Ah, yes, before I forget, I should tell you that Toby and Fynn went out,« Chat said shortly, opening his door a little bit before leaving again. I rolled my eyes with a grin on my lips.
»Went out?« Cas asked confusedly and carried me on his back up the stairs. Alone I wouldn't be able to handle it and would have probably fallen down.
»They look for a hotel or rent some place, I don't know, and then they do it like rabbits,« I explained and he understood.
»Beneficial for you guys. You don't need to get out of here or need to listen to them making out.«
Agreeing on that I nodded and made him laugh. My expression must have been funny.
Carefully he let me down on my bed and just when I sat down Coffee snuggled herself against my back, purring, and then climbed onto my lap where she rolled her body into a fluffy ball.
»And how was your day, love?« I purred and she looked up at me with big round eyes. She meowed and made me laugh heartily. »Sounds interesting.«
»You sound cute when you talk with her like that.« Surprised, I looked up and immediately met his gentle green eyes.
»Do you want to sleep here today?« I asked and didn't react to his words.
»I think I would have slept here anyway and if you would have banned me from your room, I would have slept in the living room. It's too late to drive home now and I'm too tired.«
»Perfect, because you can help me undress. I'm too exhausted for that,« I said and he tensed up.
»S-Sure,« he stammered and closed the little bit of distance between us. Coffee jumped off my lap and sat down next to me.
Cassian's hands slightly trembled as he pulled my shirt over my head. His eyes shot to my scars and again the suffering expression appeared in his eyes.
»Stop thinking about it,« I said and let my body fall backwards onto the bed.
»But-« he tried to say.
»No,« I cut him off.
I opened my pants and just when he wanted to help me pull them off, loud screams filled the house. I sat up and forgot my dizziness and feeling like I needed to throw up.
»Enzo,« I breathed horrified and jumped up as fast as I could and left my room.
To my luck Enzo's room wasn't that far from mine which was why I arrived pretty quickly, and I was thankful for that.
Hectically I threw open the door and saw him screaming and crying in his bed, trying to fight something off we couldn't see. He hit and kicked the air and pulled a tormented grimace.
»No, no. Don't! You can't! Stop it!« he screamed and turned abruptly to the other side, tensed like he froze to a statue before he started to scream as if his stomach got ripped open.
Behind me I could hear the others coming.
»Damn it, Enzo!« Emily yelled and ran to her brother. »Zack, Sean, hold him down!«
Desperately she tried to grab Enzo's face but couldn't get a hold of it because he threw it back and forth, to each side.
The vampire brothers stood right and left on Enzo's side and pushed him onto his back.
»Enzo!« Emily yelled again and finally grasped his face.
Whimpering he squinted his eyes and I slapped my hands over my mouth and felt tears in my eyes after he started screaming again.
»Get out of the darkness! No, they are coming for you! Get out! Save him! No, no, no! Stop it! You can't do that! It will kill him! Stop it! NO! STOP, DON'T DO IT!«
»ENZO!« Emily screamed louder and slapped her brother on his cheek as hard as she could, and he jerked his eyes open. But they weren't clear, they were dull. Just like they were when he had a vision.
»The darkness will come, turns him black, soils him with blood, makes him feel pain and torments him. He will feel death and will carry the darkness at his side. Children of light and shadow. Five will live, he will die. Who... God, light, healing, death, hero... Shadows everywhere. No, stop! Stop it! You will kill him... AH!«
Enzo's body shot up and his breathing was rapid. Just now I noticed who stood behind me and pulled me against his chest. His face was irritated and shocked.
»What did you see?« Emily whispered quietly and closed her hands around the trembling hand of her brother. Empty he looked at her.
»Death.«
***
»How do you feel, Enzo?«
Blankly he looked at Zack and then out of the big wall of windows into the dark forest.
It was around four o'clock and we sat for one hour already quietly in the kitchen. Enzo still hadn't taken a sip of the tea, which we had prepared for him to calm down a little bit, but he only held onto the cup.
»I'm fine,« he said softly and Emily wanted to protest, but he started talking again. »Except for the lack of sleep, the tension of the constant tormenting fear that something horrible will happen and the constant, nerve wracking, scary visions.«
His empty dark-brown eyes glanced at our group.
»A psychologist would call those symptoms hypervigilance,« Genevieve said and furrowed her eyebrows worried. Genevieve always wanted to be a psychologist.
»What does that mean?« Naika asked and the blond girl sighed while she pushed her long hair back.
»You could describe it as the feeling of being constantly under the fear of being in danger.«
»It's not just a feeling, Genevieve!« Enzo yelled and scowled at her angrily. »My visions get worse and I can't sleep at night because I fear the end up in a state of panic! I can't breathe sometimes!«
»It's as if you drown in your visions,« I whispered and Enzo looked at me now. Something changed in his expression, but it disappeared before I could understand what it was.
»Yes, it is as if I drown in my visions.«
»What do you guys mean with vision? I know what visions are but why do you have them?« Cassian asked – he was the only one that didn't know about it.
»Enzo is a Witcher. Emily is more of a sorceress because her combat power is stronger than his. On the other hand, Enzo's mental abilities are much stronger than hers, which makes him more of a witch. So, to say it shortly, he can see a bit of the future with his visions,« Sean explained.
»And since we arrived in Germany he had the same vision over and over again, it almost didn't change at all,« Cameron added.
»What exactly happens in those visions?« Cas asked, troubled and his concern was okay after everything he just saw.
»He sees a darkness that has the appearance of a human. How his vision works, I don't know, but that is what he told us,« Leandra said.
»The only thing that changed from the first vision is that a white light appeared and makes the darkness disappear. But even though the light makes the darkness disappear, Enzo doesn't feel alright,« Zack mumbled.
»I see too much and too little. My visions are too vague so I don't even know what will happen or who it will affect. The only thing I know is that whoever it will affect, they will die,« Enzo whispered and lowered his head.
»And the closer the day gets where the vision will come true, the worse it gets. It not the same with every vision, but the ones with terrible fates are like this.«
»But if I think about it, you say the light makes the darkness disappear. Shouldn't that be a good sign?«
Exhausted Enzo shook his head.
»It isn't easy like that. First, I need more information. I don't have visions without a good reason, they should help the person who is about to get killed, well, I hope. Furthermore, I can say that all of my vision foretold horrible fates, until now that is.«
Frustrated Cassian tousled his hair and sighed.
»I will try to understand my vision more. But I can't promise anything because I can't dig too deep into them or I will get swallowed by them.«
»Do what is in your power. We can't and aren't allowed to ask more of you, Enzo,« I said gently and he nodded but suddenly halted in his movement and a veil covered his eyes again.
»Again?« Emily breathed, and her eyes widened. »His visions never came that fast after another!«
»He will die, you won't be able to save him, he five will mean his death. End, darkness, death,« Enzo croaked in a ghastly voice that wasn't his own, as if possessed by a demon.
A mad giggle left his mouth before the veil disappeared and Enzo's eyes turned around so only the white was seen before lost consciousness and crashed from the chair to the ground.