The Love of a Lycan

Chapter 525 - A SACRED PLACE

That man moved closer towardsLidya and sniffed her.

"Are you a dog?" Lidya crossed her arms as her sharp eyes, glared at him, loathing his rude, unacceptable gesture.

"You smell like one," that man countered. "Don\'t play with shapeshifters too much, I almost mistaken you from them," he sneered and walked away with the woman in his arms.

Hope\'s shoulder, which was pressed against Ian\'s chest, could feel the rumble of rage inside. Ian truly hated the way that man said about his kind. Fortunately, Ethan\'s temper was not as bad as Ian, he put his hand on his twin brother\'s shoulder to stop him from shaking out of anger.

Once that man and his woman were out of their sight and the glowing circle around them had vanished, Ian roared, expressing his anger.

"Why didn\'t you say anything when he insulted us?!" Ian stepped forward and stood in front of Lidya, trying to confront her after what just happened he could not let go of.

Meanwhile, the witch only stared at the angry teenager, fully unconcerned. "Why should I say anything?" she walked past him. "You are not my kind and we barely met for me to stand up for you."

Hope now understood why Serefina could be friend with Lidya. AlthoughLidyawas not as sardonic as Serefina, but in terms of insulting people, both of them were on the same level.

How frustrating it would be to have the two witches around at the same time. Hope started to think of some unpleasant scenes would possibly happen once their temper flared at the same time.

"Can we go now?" Hope grabbed Ian\'s arm to stop him from unnecessary argumentation that he definitely couldn\'t win it. Hope knew better not to argue with a witch.

Lidya gave them last glance before she walked ahead. "Stay close."

They walked towards the same direction as the other witches and vampires ahead of them. The dead apple tree beside them. Its dried branches canopied them, looked frightening as if it were alive and the hole in the middle of its trunk, looking like an eye that followed them.

"Ian, are you sure we have to go to the other realm?" Ethan stopped his twins from following Lidya and Hope.

"Do you want to leave her enter the realm alone?" Ian answered him with another question.

"You know that\'s not what I meant." Ethan frowned. "We can convince Hope to go back with us." But his voice sounded hesitated.

"Even you know what the result would be." Ian picked the doubtful tone in his voice.

"How about father and the other? They will look for us." They came to the festival with their father, but split somehow when looking for Hope, while their mom and Rossie stayed at home.

"We wouldn\'t be gone for long," Ian reassured him. "Once we find Kace, we\'ll ask him to talk father out, so that he won\'t beat us to death." He patted his twins.

"How do you know that we won\'tbe gone for long?" Ethan squinted his eyes. "Don\'t tell me you just made it up."

Ignoring Ethan\'s protest, Ian smiled cheekily. "Besides, don\'t you want to know about the world outside of that village? You\'ve been reading thousands of books, but has zero experience. This is the right time for you to experience something real, in actual real life!"

They knew each other so much that Ian knew the right words to say and what was his twin brother\'s deepest desire. Well, it was not only Ethan who had gotten bored with the life in that village, but Ian as well.

"Guys! What are you doing there?!" Hope shouted a few meters ahead from them. "Come on!" she was afraid Lidya would leave the two of them alone.

"Let\'s go!" Ian slapped his brother shoulder and ran towards Hope happily.

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"Stay for ten minutes more and then leave after midnight." Christal eyed the lycan before her eyes. Her attitude didn\'t warm up a little bit even after what had happened.

Kace was putting on his shoes. Though he still wasn\'t fully recovered, but he didn\'t want to stay there any longer. He wanted to meet the priestess as soon as possible, so he could return to Hope immediately.

For some reason, he felt restless knowing he had broken his promise to her. He didn\'t do it intentionally, but after the vision that he saw, as if his strength was sucked out from his body, Kace collapsed and fell unconscious for three days straight.

Christal shrugged her shoulder, "I just want you to know that the land where the priestess lives is not the place for shapeshifters like both of you." She sat down on her old squeaky rotten chair, supported her weight.

"What do you mean?" Lana took her backpack.

"That land is a sacred place, where many weak creatures seek asylum from those vampires and witches. I am sure you have seen what those weak creatures turned into after failed experiments," Christal said, her eyes turned a few shades darker. After all, most of the creatures were human-shape like her. If she was not gifted as a candlemaiden, she would be one of those poor victims.

What Christal said, reminded Kace and Lana about those people that they met in the border between two worlds. The feral beast…

The witches and vampires never considered them as beings, they were just guinea pig…

Kace didn\'t show it on the surface, but there was a rumble in his chest that showed his resentment.

"What I want to say is, you need a human to ask for permission from the priestess to enter the land." Christal added.

But, before she could talk further, there was a knock on the door.