Changbin followed Taeil quietly, thinking that the guardian had a really bad timing but he had to admit he was curious what he wanted to talk about. After all the vampire thought every bit of information NCT had would now be shared with everyone of Stray Kids.

Taeil lead Changbin into a random room far enough away from the trainings hall to prevent creatures with enhanced hearing from listening to their conversation. It was a tiny, plain and seemingly unused office as Changbin noted. There was only one desk with two chairs there. There were no shelves and no widows.

"I will get to the point quickly to not hold you up for too long", Taeil began, closing the door behind him. Changbin simply looked at the older male with an neutral expression on his face. He just wanted this to be over, so he could return to his friends to distract himself from the harsh reality, which was currently their world. In that moment the vampire really didn't know what to do without them and his vampire hyungs from Day6. Taeil cleared his throat a little before he began to talk, ripping Changbin out of his thoughts.

"I talked to Jaehyung as well as Younghyun and Dowoon about the book of vampires because I know what your mother told you since yesterday", the guardian admitted with his gaze shying away from Changbin's. The vampire felt a little bit uneasiness settle in the pit of his stomach. He was king now but still unable to properly hide the book of vampire from anyone. He should finally learn that. After all, the book of vampires could become something destructive in the wrong hands but he trusted Jae, Younghyun and Dowoon's judgment. They talked to the guardian about it, so it should be alright, hopefully.

"I wanted to talk to you about it alone because I don't know how much your friends are aware of the might this book holds, or if they know of its existence. Especially if it's true what your mother said", the guardian went on, finally meeting Changbin's eyes. The vampire already knew where Taeil was going with this. If the guardian knew what his mother told him before her death he probably wanted to suggest using the old artifacts full potential.

"You want me to try to use its full potential?", Changbin questioned, crossing his arms over his chest. He looked directly into Taeil's black orbs while the older male nodded. The guardian's eyes seemed to darken, becoming more serious; which made Changbin feel a light shiver running down his spine.

"If you are able to unlock the book of vampires we could get information on every hunter and huntress, everyone they associate themselves with and we could find out more about Zendala if we do it right", the guardian explained. Changbin understood the guardian's reason but Taeil's darkened mimic told him this wasn't everything.

There was a silence the vampire didn't dare to break. Even though his Red Glow hadn't completely disappeared yet he could feel his heart hammering against his rib cage and his palms getting a little sweaty. What did Taeil really want to try with the book of vampires?

"I want to ask you something, Changbin", Taeil spoke up, breaking the silence. Changbin looked into his black eyes of the guardian as a sign for him to continue. He dearly hoped Taeil wouldn't purpose an idea Changbin couldn't agree on as someone, whose duty it was to protect the book of vampires because he wanted to help NCT more than ever.

"When I exchanged information with your group through Seungmin I received some names from you or rather a small list. The names were Seo Ahri, Seo Shiwon, Kim Eve, Kim Athea, Hwang Minji and Lee Minho. Does this ring a bell?", the guardian asked, making Changbin freeze in his spot. Those were the names Jisung had mumbled in his sleep after having a vision weeks ago but hearing it now was more terrifying.

Seo Ahri and Seo Shiwon were the names of his parents, who have died just a day ago and if Taeil was suggesting what Changbin thought then this list was a death list. Taeil must have noticed how Changbin froze because his voice became a bit softer when he spoke up again.

"Changbin I need to know who Kim Eve, Kim Athea and Hwang Minji are, so we can protect them before it's too late", the guardian stated.

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"Think a bit faster Ten or do you enjoy watching you friend suffer?", Zendala asked while walking around Ten, who was chained to a metal chair by his ankles and wrists. The chains had jade in them, which absorbed a demi-dragon's power without mercy. As an addition to those chains Ten also had a muzzle tied around his head, so he couldn't spit fire at anyone no matter how much he wanted that.

But that wasn't everything. Apparently Zendala did her homework on demi-dragons because she was aware of every weak point they had, which was why Ten still had the jade dagger stuck in his back and two carefully placed needles between his neck and collarbones. Those restricted his movements a lot and his wings were completely blocked. They hung on Ten's back like some dead weight, completely unmovable by the demi-dragon.

Zendala halted behind Ten and laid her hands on top of his shoulders. She bend down a bit so she was on the same eye level with him. She couldn't help but smirk when she saw the other demi-dragon she caught being chained to the opposite wall. Ten had to look at Jaehyun, there was no other way, and it was the most gruesome torture he could have imagined. Why? Because Jaehyun was covered in his own blood and barely conscious most of the time. His shirt was soaked in the red liquid and mostly ripped from the spells Zendala used to hurt him.

Currently Jaehyun limply hung there, not moving an inch. His eyes were barely open and the only sign that he was still alive. His blond hair lost their pinkish tint and stuck to his sweaty forehead. Every little breath he took seemed painful for him. The enchanted gag, which had priorly muffled his screams and kept him from spitting fire was tightly tied around his head. Too tightly, if you asked Ten. If the older demi-dragon could do anything to help the younger male or straight up kill Zendala he would do it without hesitating for a second.

"Think faster, Ten", Zendala mused beside Ten's ear with a wicked smirk on her lips. She enjoyed torturing the two and wasn't afraid of showing it. There was no denying that she was a sadist psychopath with an unexplainable deep hatred towards her own kind.

"Tell me how to enter the NCT headquarter and I will unchain Jaehyun and let you hold him for the evening. I will even let you heal some of his wounds with your "Golden Breath". Doesn't that sound nice?", Zendala offered, acting like she was being generous while a wicked smirk was visible on her face.

Ten glared at the female warlock. He knew better than trusting her but one glance at Jaehyun made her offer sound so tempting. "You are wasting your time", Ten said lowly. Zendala straighten her back and dug her nails into to Ten's shoulder, making the demi-dragon flinch.

"How long do you think he can keep up with my torture spells, Ten? I don't give him more than a week. Maybe a week is a bit too long but he could surprise me", she stated, letting go of Ten's shoulders, so she could slowly walk up to Jaehyun. She could feel Ten's panic even though she didn't look at him. It made her wicked smirk come back again. "It won't take long until he breaks", Zendala thought to herself, while she mustered Jaehyun. There was no denying that the young demi-dragon was powerful and handsome. He could surely achieve a lot if he set his mind to it.

"It's almost a shame he will leave this world because of your uncooperative nature, Ten", Zendala said and grabbed Jaehyun's chin, so she could lift up his head a bit. "He is very pretty, a powerful demi-dragon and probably has a lot of unused potential. I am really asking myself where Lee Taeyong managed to pick up all of his members. Each one has something different to offer and more power than you would except", she continued, turning Jaehyun's head from side to side, still mustering him. She had no special thought in mind while looking at the young male. 

The blond demi-dragon barely registered his head's movement and just let Zendala do it without protesting. Zendala looked over her shoulder back to Ten, whose bronze eyes glimmered with a mixture of both fear and anger.

Suddenly there was a knock on the metallic door of the room. Zendala let Jaehyun's head drop again and walked over to the door, opening it with a nonverbal spell. A figure hidden under a black cloak stood in the door and gestured Zendala to follow them. The female warlock didn't hesitate to leave the room with the unknown person but before she turned her full attention towards the figure she double checked if the room was locked, so her two prisoners had no chance of escaping.

"Do we need to go to my office?", Zendala asked the figure. The figure simply nodded as an answer. The female warlock with the blue hair took the lead and walked towards her office with the unknown figure following her. Zendala chose a route where they wouldn't meet any hunters, so the unknown person wouldn't be seen. The office of Zendala wasn't far away, so the two reached it fairly quickly. Zendala entered her office letting the cloaked figure slip inside without any hunter noticing them before she entered herself.

"At some point I will have to tell Reinhard about you, sister. I'm pretty sure he noticed you when you attended the decapitation instead of me", Zendala said while locking the door and checking if the isolation spell she put over er office was still properly working. The figure under the cloak sighed deeply.

"Just tell him I'm your informant and helper as well as the person, who helped you take down the barrier of the supernatural world, and we should be fine", they answered and took of their hood to reveal a pretty and young female with long silver hair and light blue eyes.

"Hopefully he believes that. He slowly begins to question my actions and wants to speed up our plans", Zendala scoffed and walked over to her sister. Her gaze softened when she looked at the other female. She had to admit she had missed her sister.

"I'm glad to see you again, Shiela", she stated and hugged the other woman. Shiela let out a little laugh and hugged Zendala back.

"I am glad to see you too, Rin", she breathed out shortly before they parted, letting her hands linger on her sister's shoulders for just a moment longer. "But we aren't here for a reunion are we? I got the files you asked me for two days ago. Well not all of them yet but I am working on it", Shield continued and took two rather thick files out, which had been hidden underneath her cloak. Zendala's eyes lit up when she saw them.

"You are amazing, Kumiko", she stated, using her sister's birth name. Shiela scrunched up her nose at the mention of her birth name but she gave Zendala the files anyway.

"Sadly those are only the files form Miroh High and the university near it. I still need to find a way to get through the security spells of the other schools in and near Yellow Wood. The security of Miroh High and the university near it is pretty good, so it took me some time to get through.", Shiela added, while Zendala was already skipping through the files. Her sky blue eyes scanned over the pages in a fast pace.

"I also added a bit of information I received over my time at Miroh High. It wasn't much but maybe it will help you", Shiela ended and crossed her arms over her chest while looking into the files Zendala was skipping through. Zendala suddenly stopped the action at one specific page. There was a picture of a boy with dark blue hair, slightly chubbier cheeks and beautiful sky blue eyes.

"I just remembered I never really asked you how he was doing when you worked at Miroh High", the blue-haired warlock stated, while she continued looking at the picture of the student, whose name was Han Jisung. Shiela looked at her sister with sympathy being evident in her eyes.

"His uncle and his strange visions gave him a hard time for the most part but he had his best friend Seungmin, who took care of him so I never actively interfered. This year he also made a lot of other friends, so I didn't worry about him at all", the younger woman answered with the ghost of a smile on her face.

"Good", Zendala said and turned over the page where she was met with a familiar face. The boy on the picture had black hair, a pretty face with pulp lips and a mole under his left eyes

"Hwang Hyunjin", Zendala said out loud while scanning through the bit of information besides the picture. There wasn't really something that caught her eye about this boy. The only remarkable thing was his species.

"He is one of Jisung's friends", Shiela added but Zendala wasn't really focusing on her sister right now. Instead she was looking at the name of the boy's mother and the bit of information, which was noted down. It was briefly mentioned that Ms. Hwang was a mixed blood between a siren and a kitsune, which was an interesting combination.

"His mother is a mixed blood. That is a very rare sight", she commented and looked up to met her sister's gaze. Shiela nodded in agreement. 

"It is. Especially the combination of a kitsune and a siren is a very rare sight but I think there are also two other persons, who could interest you if you think a mixed blood like Hwang Minji is rare", Shiela stated and took the file out of her sister's hands, so she could search for the profile of the two people she mentioned. She took out the two profiles, closed the file and handed them to Zendala.

The blue-haired warlock looked at the profiles of Kim Seungmin and Kim Byungho, two half brothers. Their species were crossed out but Shiela took her time to write something above it.

"Thanks to my work as a nurse I know that those two aren't warlocks. Seungmin is a demon. I could feel that very clearly after I scanned him with my magic when he got knocked out by something just earlier this school year, so it's a very recent discovery and the reason I'm only telling you this now", Shiela explained. The young woman then tapped on the profile of the other boy with the name Kim Byungho. 

"Byungho on the other hand is something I still can't properly describe. Not that long ago when I checked him for injuries after he was drained of his magical energy I could feel both light magic and dark magic in him. It's nothing I have ever heard of, which left me if the only option of him being a mix. A mix of pure light and pure darkness. An angel and a demon", Shiela explained, looking up to meet her sister's gaze. The older woman just stared at the picture of the two boys for a while longer. She couldn't believe what she was hearing because it was too good to be true.

"I wish you would have told me that earlier", Zendala stated, finally looking up to meet her sister's gaze. There was no accusation in her tone or anything negative. Shiela lightly nodded and sighed, bringing up her hand to rub her temples.

"I wish that too but it was a risk I wasn't ready to take. I was the only one at Miroh High, who knew of this. I am not even sure if the headmaster of Miroh High knew this. Besides I only got lucky since I was only able to scan them once in my time there", Shiela said. Zendala studied the profile of the two creatures, who shouldn't even exist on earth, again.

"I need to get the hunters ready for another attack. We will get ourselves a siren-kitsune mix, a demon and an angel-demon mix. If we can extract and use the power of those three we can reach our goal sooner than we thought", Zendala almost cheered, looking at her sister. Shiela showed a bit of a smile.

"I really hope that, so we can erase all supernatural creatures and hunters as soon as possible and finally bring peace to everyone", Shiela sighed.