Lukas had a couple of problems with the way Hunters outfitted themselves, but as he slipped on the dark gloves and twitched his fingers, it didn't feel so bad.
"This reminds more of ninjas than anything." he said, imagining the black ensemble that he once watched on shows in the past.
"What, Lukas?" Chaerin turned to him.
She wore a very skin-tight long sleeved black top and leggings that accentuated her curves and thighs. Without the cloak across her shoulder, she looked more like a fashionable person who just liked to wear black all the ti.
Lukas couldn't help but smile.
Despite the fact that he had lost the ornate dagger and didn't exactly end up discovering what F and I ant in the End User License Agreent—he felt like he could almost do anything by just having soone he loved by his side.
More than that, his eyes suddenly widened slightly when he noticed sothing across Chaerin's hips.
"Is that…?"
"A whip, yes." Chaerin smiled teasingly. "Would you have preferred if I'd actually brought this out before?"
Lukas coughed but couldn't help but comnt. "That's an interesting choice of weapon."
"It's easier to immobilize soone and then attack them… now I don't think this will work on bigger enemies because my strength rank isn't so high unlike my parents, but this will have to do."
Lukas wanted to ask more, but he was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door.
When he went over to open it up, he saw Theodore wearing the sa outfit that he saw when they had first t. The weird oni mask was at his waist and he looked positively grumpy.
It seed like Lukas' suggestion for him to rest wasn't exactly the most effective one.
"We don't have all day to wait for you. It's easier to travel when the sun isn't out yet—even with our cloaks and gear, it's still far too hot for the most of us." Theodore explained.
"We'll be right out," Chaerin called from the back.
"I hope you've packed light." Theodore said and then went down the stairs. "The Vardokens are waiting."
"Vardokens?" Chaerin looked up at the na and so did Lukas, but for completely different reasons.
The couple grabbed their things and went out of their apartnt and ended up not seeing one, but two Vardokens. Lukas was relieved to see Stacy standing there in a similar outfit, a cloak tightly wrapped across her shoulders but then there was the person standing right next to her.
Alexei, if Lukas rembered his na correctly, was Stacy's older brother.
The sa guy that tried to steal his blood water from him along with his group of other Vampires. The older Vampire glowered at him upon seeing him but didn't say anything else.
If anything, it was Theodore who looked positively upset that more than three had co along. He massaged his forehead and muttered underneath his breath—but still audible for everyone to hear.
"If I had known that everyone was going to bring a buddy, why, I should have brought one too."
"Can you speak any less louder?" Alexei sarcastically said. "We can actually hear you since we're standing so close to you, Tenebris."
"Alexei," Stacy hissed and yanked her brother's arm, tugging him slightly away from Theodore. She didn't want any fight to spring up all of a sudden when they've all just t.
Lukas couldn't help but feel the sa thing, it almost felt like all three of them would butt heads eventually, but first, Lukas cleared his throat.
"Chaerin decided to co with , she wanted to help—"
"I can't speak for the Atticus couple because they've actually done a lot to help this city, but what can their daughter whose lived her entire life under an apartnt actually do?" Theodore crossed his arms and jerked a chin towards Alexei. "I know he at least has a couple of bad fights on him."
"Alexei!" Stacy looked at her brother aghast.
Stacy's older brother looked a bit pleased himself, but eventually frowned and narrowed his eyes at Theodore. It was a little concerning that his accomplishnts had been heard enough that the Hunter Association was alerted.
It could spell out trouble for the people he had been working with.
"I… isn't the Hunter Association aware of my capabilities?" Chaerin frowned and pressed a hand to her chest. She normally wouldn't speak about her ability proudly, but she wanted to convince what seed like the de facto leader that she was an asset and not a liability to the group.
"When we're facing a herd of beasts—let your transformation ability help find us a way out, shall we?" Theodore spoke, sounding less impressed than anyone Lukas had ever t.
Serena Weisse had made it clear that Chaerin was an asset, but Theodore was far from happy. It also made Lukas a bit self conscious since he had started his first ability similar to Chaerin's…
However, before a further argunt could spring up, a van strolled up and parked in front of them. The vehicle parked a bit too close to the Vardokens that Alexei had to tug his own sister out of the way.
It beca clear that the driver had a vendetta because a blonde lady's face ca into view. It was Katarina, Serena's maid and soon enough, Serena herself went out of the vehicle and t them.
Theodore instantly stopped talking and bowed his head.
Alexei scoffed and kept to himself while Stacy looked unsurely at the silver-haired woman. Chaerin also made a small bow, that Lukas felt like he almost needed to do the sa but then Serena started speaking.
"Thank you so much for coming together to help save Councilman Tenebris' daughter. This will be a difficult task and since the Hunter Association has refused to provide much help and anities, I have taken upon it myself to help."
Lukas didn't think much of it before, but as he stared at the vehicle behind Serena, he had one question in mind. Did this van actually ca from humans before?
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