"Now we can talk privately without any interruptions." Walter's spine chilling words made your stomach twist. You gulped down the lump in your throat before slipping a question through your quivering lips, "May I know what is the thing that you wanted to talk about?"

Walter lean his back against the desk right next to yours' while crossing his arms against his chest. You watch his hand fidgeting with his glasses, he heaved a sigh then stares at you with his sharpest gaze before he asked, "Do you know about one of the prestigious family that had been exterminated?"

You shift your gaze and look straight at him in the eye. He curved a smile on his lips then tilt his head up, staring at the ceiling. "Once, there was a Vampire lord who fell in love with a lady from the realm above. Of course, it may sound absurd on how he knew that lady, but the ones' who live in the realm above can come in and out of our realm with no problem at all, they have no restriction of movement while its the other way around for us who live in this realm. The vampire lord confess his love to that lady and they eloped, from their marriage they gave birth to a baby girl. Sooner it was found out that the lady is actually the Princess of the realm above and before they could spend enough time with their child, they were killed and the child was raised by the Vampire lord's family. Unfortunately, due to the fact that she's an offspring from a forbidden marriage, she was cursed to only live until the age of 18."

You were so endorsed on listening to Walter's tale talk. He look down at you then asked, "Don't you remember who you really are, Pandora?"

You were caught off guard from his question and is lost for words. Walter then continues, "You know, you may forget of who you actually are, but..." he paused then leans in to whisper in your ears, "Wilson will never forget his lover and I will never forget the lady whom I loved all of this time."

The door suddenly swung open with a loud bang, Walter move away from you and you watch as Wilson stride towards the both of you and hid you behind him before he grabbed Walter by his collar, you were shocked at what Wilson is doing. Wilson groaned, "Just what the fuck are you planning on doing, Walter?"

"Woah woah, chill out my friend. I am just having a conversation with my dearest student here, isn't that right Pandora?" Walter tilt his head to the side to get a better view of you who is standing still like a stone behind Wilson. Wilson let go of Walter's collar then grab your wrist, "I'm taking her home now." He said before pulling you out of the classroom.

The drive back home was eerily quiet and everyone of you is exchanging glances with each other. "What happened just now?" Melissa whispered in your ears. You shrugged both your shoulders before whispering back, "I was talking to Sir Walter after class and brother Wilson just barge into the classroom in rage."

"Quiet!" Wilson scolded from the driver's seat. The both of you immediately shut your mouth and gave in to the agonizing silence.

Once you reach home, like usual you were the last to leave the car, Wilson grab your wrist and teleported into your bedroom. You asked, "What are you doing?" Wilson then pushed you down the bed making you let out a yelp, he pinned both of your hands right next to your head.

"Tell me, what did Walter said to you." Wilson demanded while trying to keep his cool. You did not say anything because you don't know where to start, even telling him about the tale that Walter told you felt so wrong. Wilson scoffed, "Why are you not saying anything?"

"I-I don't know what to tell you..." You stuttered, scared of this side of Wilson. He groaned, "Just tell me everything!"

His grip onto your wrist got even tighter, you bit your lower lip. "Tell me!"

"He told me a tale!" You yelled. Wilson raised an eyebrow and his grip loosen a little bit. He asked again, "What tale?"

"About the family who had been exterminated... for being in a forbidden marriage."

"And?" Wilson ask for more information. You hesitantly replied, "a-and he said that you will always remember your lover and he will never forget the person that he loved."

Your eyes grew wide as you stare at his bloodshot eyes watering up, his lips are quivering and he let go a sigh, "For fucks sake..." he muttered under his breath before letting you go and rose up from the bed.

"Who is this girl?" You asked.

"You don't need to know, Pandora." He replied with his back against you. You shook your head and insisted, you stood up from your bed and asked, "I need to know, Wilson. Who is this girl? Why does everyone keep on asking me whether I remember or not? Is there something that guys hide away from me?"

Wilson remain silent, he turned around and stares at you in the eye. He said briefly, "I'm sorry." His pair of ruby eyes turns blue and you immediately blacked out. Wilson caught you in his arms before you manage to fall to the ground. He hugged you tightly and cried against your chest, "Why... why does it has to be you..." He sobbed.

You open your eyes to see that you're in an unfamiliar room, you sat up and look down at your body. Your eyes grew wide when you realize that you've shrunken into the size of a small child. "Pandora..." The voice of a boy caught your attention and you turn your head to look at the child standing by the window. The moonlight behind him shines the whole room and you look at this familiar looking boy infront of you with blood dripping from his lips.

"Wilson?" You gasped. He took out his hand then said, "Lets run away from this place. I will bring you into the Van De Gore's household."

"What do you mean?" You asked. The door to the room suddenly swung open with a loud bang and there stood the man who came to you during your first night at the Van De Gore house.

"My beloved niece, why are you still awake?" He asked. You furrow your eyebrows and turn to look by the window, the little boy is gone. You turn your head back to face the man before asking, "Why are you here?"

"Can't I check on my lovely niece? I'm worried that some rat may try to take you away from me." He took a few steps towards you and you immediately yelled, "Don't come near me!"

"Oh now now, don't be scared, Uncle Raymond will sing you a lullaby, okay?" He said with an eerie smile curved on his lips. Your breathing started to grew faster and your heart is racing while you terrifyingly stare at this man walking up towards you. When he reached out his hand to grab you, you let out an ear deafening scream.

You woke up from your sleep and rose up from bed, you're breathing faster than normal and your heart is racing so fast that your chest felt so light. The door swung open and Wilson is standing by the door. You totally forgot of what happened before you knocked out just now, Wilson had erased that part of your memory. He run up to you then asked, "Hey, whats wrong?" You started to tear up and wrapped your arms around him catching him off guard. "I-I had a nightmare..." You sobbed against his chest, Wilson can feel your racing heart and your trembling body against him. He wrap his arms around you and stroke your back, "Its okay, I am here... its just a bad dream, you will be okay." He whispered under his breath while trying to comfort you who is a crying mess.

Morning came and you're sleeping against Wilson's chest, Lucas appear by the door and was shocked to see you sleeping in Wilson's arms. He turn to look at Lucas and place a finger on his lips to tell him to be quiet before he lay you down on the bed and cover your body with the duvet. Wilson walk up to Lucas then close the door behind him, "She will be resting for today."

"Don't tell me you did something nasty with her last night. I know that she looks like—" "—no, I was just accompanying her last night." Wilson cuts Lucas's words off before he could say the name of Wilson's old lover.

"Whats wrong?" Lucas asked. Wilson sigh, "I'm not sure... she had a very bad nightmare last night and was crying the whole night."

"That sounds pretty bad... well, I guess I will inform Faith and Kiara about this." Lucas replied then walked away. Wilson took in a deep breath and heave a sigh, he check you for a brief moment by the door before he close the door back and teleported into his study to make a call with Arnold.

You finally woke up in the afternoon and stretched your body, you could feel that your eyes are swollen from crying so hard last night. The door to your room swung open and there stood Faith with a tray of food in her hand. She smile gently before saying, "You're awake. I made some chicken porridge and medicine for you to eat."

"I'm late for school." You mentioned. Faith shook her head as she place the tray on the small table next to your bed, she said, "Today, you just need to rest, alright? Once you're feeling better and ready, you can go to school."

You nodded your head and took the bowl of porridge from the table next to you. Faith strokes your hair gently, "Just call out our names if you need anything okay?" She said, you nod as a reply then watch her leave your room.

After finishing your food and taking your medication, you lay back down and turn your body to the side looking out of your window's view. The trees gently swaying left to right as the wind blew. The scene itself is so therapeutic, you snuck your hand under your pillow and was shocked to feel a metallic object is under your pillow. When you take out the item from under your pillow, it is the hair ornament from the lady back then when you wanted to know your destiny.

"That castle... it appeared in my dreams a while ago... I need to find out more about that lady and know where that castle is located." You said before closing your eyes shut and drift into a deep slumber from the medication's effects.

Wilson is standing infront of a grave and he kneel down on one knee to place a bouquet of 18 red roses. He greeted, "Hey there my love, I brought for you exactly 18 red roses just like how you always wanted." Wilson cleans off the short weeds growing from the sides of the grave, on the tombstone is written 'Pandora Yvane Nikolaevich'. He covers the tombstone with his coat, imagining that his lover is freezing from the cold. He began to talk about his encounters ever since he met you, "You know what, I rescued someone who looked exactly like you, even her personality is similar to yours'; sometimes feisty, extraordinarily intelligent and well blended with her surroundings. She didn't remember who she was back in the mortal realm, so Faith decided to gave her a name that pops up in her vision. Turns out the name was also Pandora... For a split second, I thought everything was just pure coincidence, but I started to believe that she is a reincarnation of you. I know, this might sound crazy, but I can't help to see you in her... Well, I hope I'm just having wishful thinking and that she's just someone who looks like you... because I can't bare to see your life end twice by my sight."

"Well well, if its not that little rascal who always try to run away with my beloved niece." A voice called him out from a distant, Wilson tilt his head up to face the current head of the Nikolaevich family.

Wilson stood up from the ground then wore his blazers, he said, "I'll take my leave now." Raymond scoffed while crossing his arms against his chest, he then stopped Wilson on track before asking, "Give me that young lady that you've just recently took under your care."

Wilson gave him the sharpest death glare, he calmly said with a threatening tone in his voice, "You need to stay away from my family."

"Your family? Since when is she your family?"

"Her name is Pandora Van De Gore and not Pandora Yvane Nikolaevich. Therefore, she is mine, not yours'." Wilson replied. Raymond curved a smirk on his lips before he said, "She does not carry your blood. Therefore, she is not your Pandora."

"Neither is she with yours'. She is my Pandora, your Pandora is already sleeping peacefully under this grave." Wilson's harsh words stings his heart a little bit. He tries to hold back his sadness. Raymond giggled, "So does your lover."

Wilson had enough and decided to just leave that place, before he left he said to Raymond one last time, "Just so you know I am here to pay my respect for her and not to have a fight with you. So please, don't you dare do anything towards my family." Then he vanishes into thin air leaving Raymond standing alone in the huge empty field. He muttered under his breath, "I will get you back Pandora..."

Meanwhile, you woke up and saw that the sun has set and stars is sparkling up above the sky like dust of glitters. You turn your head to look to your right and saw Wilson, sleeping on the chair with his face resting on his palm. You stare at his beautiful features, nice sharp eyebrows, long eyelashes, thin nose and soft looking lips, for a moment he looks just like a human when he sleeps peacefully. The eyebags under his eyes clearly tells you that he had been pulling an all nighter for a few days, well that makes sense since he's the only one you know to check on everyone whether they are asleep or not. You slowly rose up from the bed then gently cover his body with your duvet, making sure to not wake him up. When you step out of your bedroom, a hand tapped your shoulder nearly causing you to jump out of your skin. You turn to face Genevieve who is hugging a thick book against her chest, she asked, "Are you feeling okay?"

"Yeah, I feel better now. Why are you here, Gene?" You asked with a smile curved on your face. Genevieve said, "I thought that I could take care of you and read you a story book while you're in bed." Her sweet intentions caused you to melt inside from her cuteness. You gently stroke her crown, "Well, why not we read some books together in the library?"

"No no, the walk to the library is far. Lets just go to my room instead, I have a few books kept there!" She excitedly exclaimed. You giggled then nod your head before you let Genevieve drag you to her bedroom by your wrist.

Her room is just a few doors away from yours' and when she swung the door open, your jaw dropped from seeing the tall bookshelves being arranged against two whole wall of her bedroom. "Wooooowww!" You gasped. Her bedroom itself is like a library, to say that she only has a 'few' books in her room is quite an understatement. Genevieve gesture you to sit on the bed while she pick a few books that she had been longing to recommend to you.

She settle down right next to you and place the stacks of thick box on your lap making your jaw drop on just how many book she wanted to recommend to you. You place it next to you and read the title one by one, "Hmm, A Vampire's Love Letter... Bonded Souls... A Sacrificial Love Story—" you paused when you read the title of this one book, Genevieve crawl up to you and look at what you're reading, she said, "Aaah, I really love this book. It kinda gives out the vibe of the Nikolaevich household incident and I swear, I cried for a week straight."

"Woah woah, chill. You might get dehydrated from crying too much." You teased. Genevieve giggled, "Well, it is a good book if it bonds with the feelings of the reader. Plus, nobody knows who the author is, mysterious like a real ghost~" You nod your head with your eyes still fixated on the book's title, 'The Rose Garden Behind The Abandoned Castle'. The title is not that extraordinary, but its appealing enough to grab your interest. You flip the book open and read the first paragraph from the first chapter.

'The realm has always been separated into 3, the realm above, the human realm and the immortal realm. For every realm has their own restrictions, anyone who dares to break it will have to bear its consequences.

One fine evening, a lady with an enchanting beauty that is envied by every living creature step foot into the immortal realm for the very first time. Her gold strands of hair and sapphire blue eyes could easily catch the attentions of several pedestrians in the realm. William, the eldest son from the respected Kysor household is surveying around the bazaar at that time when he came across the beautiful damsel from the realm above. To him, she's like a diamond glowing so brightly in the dark. William nudged the arm of his butler whom is standing still next to him, "Hey, Nicholas, who is that?" He asked out of curiousity.

"I am not sure myself, Sire. Judging from her appearance and dress code, she seems to come from the realm above." Nicholas replied while he is examining the lady with his eyes from top to bottom. William who is caving into his curiousity planned, "Lets follow her then."

"Wait, Sire, the—" Without even sparing Nicholas to speak up, William pull him by the wrist and went to hide behind the shadows while he sneakily follows the lady from behind—'

"Pandora!" Wilson's voice could be heard calling out for your name down the hallway, you cussed under your breath when realize that he must be panicking from the fact that you're not in bed when he woke up. You open the door to Genevieve's room and there stood Wilson with his eyes as wide as a tennis ball, he grabbed both of your shoulders, "Fuck, I thought you went missing!"

"Sorry, I didn't want to wake you up so I just let you sleep."

"Next time just wake me up okay? Seeing you not in bed when I open my eyes scares me so much." Wilson exclaimed. You thought he was just exaggerating but the terrified look on his face clearly tells you that he is indeed scared if the worst did happen. You curved your lips downwards while looking down, "I'm sorry..." you apologized briefly.

Wilson sigh then place his huge hand on top of your head, "Its alright, at least you are safe, but, don't ever do that again, okay?"

You nod your head as a reply. "Wilson..." Faith called him out while walking towards him. The both of them have a serious expression on their faces when they made eye contact with each other, Wilson turn his head to look at you with a forced smile, he said, "Well then, I want you to stick around with Genevieve and don't go wandering around on your own, okay?"

"Alright." You replied, he shift his attention to Genevieve then said, "If anything happens please alert us immediately."

"Yes, brother." Genevieve obliged. You close the door shut behind you and walked towards Genevieve who is laying in a prone position on her bed. You asked, "Is it just me, or do you feel like brother Wilson is getting even more paranoid?"

Genevieve nodded her head then said, "He is, but it's logical at the same time for him to do so since he is actually a very caring person despite of having a cold demeanor."

You just shrugged it all off and went to join Genevieve on the bed, continuing the story that you've left a while ago. Meanwhile, Wilson and the rest of the adults were having a discussion in his study. Lucas asked, "It is indeed rare of you to gather us around without the girls."

"Yes, this matter is confidential." Faith said. Lucas fix his sitting posture and sit up straight, he could feel that this is way serious that he thinks. Kiara has already expected this event to happen as she have the power to see what lies ahead of time. Wilson heave a sigh then said, "The Nikolaevich is on their move."

Faith and Lucas's eyes grew wide, Lucas asked, "How did you know about this?"

"I met Raymond back at Pandora's resting place just now and he wants to get his hands on our Pandora."

"Okay this is confusing since both of them have the same name. Can't we change their Pandora's name to something else?" Lucas said while massaging his temple, his head spins not only from the shock but also the fact that you share the same name with the deceased Pandora. Wilson sigh, "Fine, I will change it to Yvane then. So back to where we left, I assume the Nikolaevich is planning on reviving Yvane using Pandora."

"Why would they want to revive her when they could just take Pandora in her stead? Isn't she a perfect reincarnation of Yvane?" Faith asked.

"She is just a vessel that carries the blood of Yvane in her veins... What the Nikolaevich wanted in the first place is Yvane and only Yvane. By binding Pandora with Yvane's remains, it will be a perfect rebirth of Pandora Yvane Nikolaevich." Kiara said. Wilson then interrupted, "However, we are not yet sure whether she is indeed a reincarnation or she is Yvane herself who have lost her memory."

"Wilson, this is the very first time ever I heard you said some nonsense theory." Lucas said. "Its not nonsense, Lucas. It is what had been mentioned in the book." Wilson said then place a huge book on the table while flipping open to a certain page. He points at a paragraph, "It was found that some of the immortals that had been disposed by the deities was shifted to the human realm as a soul for a newborn child with their memories about this realm being erased from their minds. However, their lives continues in the human realm as a human themselves with no traces of immortal blood." Lucas read, he look up at Wilson then raise an eyebrow, he said, "Then that means she is a reincarnation of Yvane."

Wilson flips to the next page and a drawn picture of a devil and angel blend like yin and yang was shown, and written below the picture is, "When a child was born with the blood of the realm above mixed with the immortal realm's bloodline running in her veins, they shall be cursed to live a short life. However, their blood will last for thousands of years, hopping from one life to another and the curse will be broken once it reaches their last life where they will still have the mixed blood but, their life span is as similar as a human's."

"Okay this is getting confusing..." Lucas said. Faith who had been silent since just now made a thinking expression, she tries to connect the two paragraph together to make it make sense. A few moments later, her eyes grew wide and she turn her head to look at Wilson, Wilson who knew that Faith had cracked the code nod his head, he said, "The chances is that she might be Yvane herself. Especially the fact that Pandora's blood is mixed with an unidentifiable blood, we can't come to a solid conclusion just yet and could only set the chances that she might be Yvane or maybe they wanted to use Pandora's body and bind it with Yvane's soul that they have kept hidden in the Nikolaevich's mansion."

"And that is also why the Nikolaevich is making their move now... because Pandora is in her last life... The day when we took her in is her last life and her curse had been broken, therefore they wanted to get their hands on her because they wanted to turn her into an immortal by using her body as a vessel for Yvane's soul to rest in and rose the Nikolaevich's family back on where it used to belong... but by giving Pandora the soul of Yvane, she will be reborn into a demonic creature that can cause a huge destruction in this realm!" Kiara finally puzzle the pieces together and was absolutely terrified of the outcome. Wilson nod his head, he said, "Whatever the actual reason is, we need to put Pandora under full surveillance. I will ask the triplets to make sure that she's not roaming around all by herself, which I, myself, will doubt that because of that Vlad boy who is always sticking with her like some glue. Might as well send an appreciation gift to the Nicoletti household for their son's gentleman behaviour."

Lucas ask, "So tonight who is going to be on the look out?" Faith raise her hand to volunteer herself, she said, "I'll keep an eye on her for this one whole week."

They all nod their heads in agreement and determination is burning in their eyes with the will to protect Pandora and the Van De Gore household.

To be continued...