Lia forgot how stressful it was to deal with her two mates. One was annoyingly possessive while the other was slyly selfish. But it felt good to have them back – it was nice to have Daniel home. For the past twelve years, she had felt incomplete, but now, everything was just alright. 

So after both men had punched their faces to a pulp, Lia was there to attend to their wounds. Though both of them had the regenerative ability, the wounds wouldn’t just fade away like that. It would take time. And cleaning. 

“Ouch!” Daniel winced when Lia dabbed his cheeks with the towel hard.

“What did you just say?” Lia glared at him.

“Ouch?” He tested his luck with those puppy eyes.

“If a word leaves your mouth once again, I’ll roast your ass,” she added, “You should have thought of that before starting a fight,” she dabbed the towel on his face with more force.

“At least try to kiss it bet….”

Daniel was still saying when Lia’s glare intensified. 

He lowered his head, distracting Lia, and put on a mean moue, looking like a child who was beaten by momma as he mumbled beneath his breath, “How can you be so mean to me when you owe me kisses for twelve years,”

Though it was more of a whisper Lia was a supernatural, so she had heard it loud and clear, even Asher shifted in his seat uncomfortably – his competitor was back with a bang.

Lia almost spat blood, she had forgotten how shameless Daniel was. No matter what, a person’s personality could never change. Thanks to the, urm, * cough* cough* activity they carried out last night, Daniel had recalled half of his childhood memories. If he continues at this rate, there was no doubt he would recover all of it before the month was up. But then, even without his memory intact, Daniel was still Daniel. 

Fine, the man was right by the way. She indeed owed him two years’ worth of kisses and had to make it up to him. Moreover, Daniel needed lots of love and attention to be comfortable and recall the rest of his memories at a healthy rate. 

“Fine,” Lia dropped the towel on the armrest and pulled him closer, dropping two chaste kisses on his bruised cheeks, “Satisfied?” she hoped he was. 

Of Course, he shook his head. 

“Where now?” Lia was honestly tired of their tantrums, can’t they cohabitate for once? 

“Here,” Daniel brazenly gestured to his busted lips where Asher had punched him. He had been angry earlier but now Daniel was thankful for the vampire giving him this opportunity to be petted by their, no, his mate. 

Lia had intended to just brush her lips against his since the lips were a sensitive area plus she didn’t want the whole thing to be misunderstood by the brooding vampire on the other couch. 

However, the shameless Daniel had other plans for Lia. The moment she lowered her head to peck him on the lips, Daniel reached out and pulled her onto his lap, snake his arm around her waist and smash his lips passionately against hers before she could say, “Jack Robinson,” plundering her lips to his heart’s content. 

Asher’s face was as dark as shit as he watched that damn werewolf monopolize his mate. He had forgotten Daniel had the divine ability to get on his nerves. Because Daniel had been away for twelve, he had intentionally sent Lia to him last night. But then, that little wolf was taking liberties with him. The vampire had sworn not to be affected by Daniel’s petty tricks but not when their mate was being snatched right in front of him. 

Lia’s eyes were as wide as saucers, what the hell was going on? What brought on this sudden competition? 

“Y-you!” She was flustered as she pointed at Daniel, ” I’ll deal with you later,” She told him and turned to appease Asher only to discover the man was gone. Wonderful, another quest to settle later, that man was finickier than his son, Ashton. 

Flustered yet irritated, Lia picked the bowl of water which had turned red from wiping away the blood on their faces with the intent of getting rid of it, only to bump into something right in the middle of the hallway. 

Normally Lia would have thought of this as an accident but the bowl had fallen from her hand, the water splashing to the ground. She looked around just to be sure she had bumped into something, yet came up with nothing. Unless…

Realization dawned on her and Lia Instantly hurried to the room where Sophia was kept but met her limping son, halfway.

“What the hell is going on?!”She asked him with a look of uneasiness. 

“It’s Sophia, she has the invisibility ability and might be on her way home unsupervised,” Ashton spoke with effort. Though supernaturals had quick regenerative ability but not that area – it seems. 

Lia was pissed off, “She’s just a newborn and yet you couldn’t even control her! I told you that she’s your responsibility,” 

“She’s still in our territory, I can sense it,” Asher promised his mother, “You don’t have to worry, I’ll get her back by all means,” There was a dark glint in Ashton’s eyes. Since Sophia began the game of chase, she should run to the end because he’s about to hunt down his prey. 

——–

“Huh? What was going on?” Was the thought in Sophia’s head. One moment Ashton was intimidating her and the next he was searching for her. 

Earlier, she had wished in her heart for Ashton to go away or an ejector could somehow appear and take her away – who knew prayers were still being answered. She didn’t understand what was going on, but it allowed her to run for her life. She had to return home at all costs. 

As surprising as it was, Sophia didn’t know how or why Ashton wasn’t chasing her, but she made it safely to the door and made her escape. She went down the passage carefully, hiding away from anyone in sight. 

But when it got to a point that there wasn’t any more room to hide in, not to mention the fact that Hailey and Hazel were heading her way. Sophia tensed up, what was she going to do? Well, she’d act natural and who knows luck might shine on her path. 

Sophia lifted her hand, about to say hi to them when the twins passed her by without even giving her a look. What the hell? But she was standing right at the side, how could they not have seen her? Could it be that they couldn’t see her? She flashed back to that time when Ashton began to search around for her, and now the twins? 

Could it be that she was invisible? That was impossible yet not entirely. Over the few hours, she has been exposed to things she has never thought possible. Heck! She even drank blood.

Take, for instance, Ashton’s scary mother, she saw her do impossible things with her hands and though Ashton hadn’t shown her anything, he was a demon for Christ’s sake. What if by chance, she had gained some insane powers? 

Though not fully convinced, Sophia decided to take a huge leap of faith. She walked confidently, refusing to hide anymore. By the time the first person bypassed her without noticing her too, a smile of joy and satisfaction lit up her face. She was INVISIBLE! 

Eager and delighted, the girl sprinted down the hallway with no care; the entrance was not far now. Excited, Sophia forgot that though she might be invisible, humans still had mass and occupied space. She bumped into someone. 

Sophia’s eyes were wide with shock. Of all the people she had to run into, it was Ashton’s scary mother? And she even caused the content in her hand to pour to the ground? 

She couldn’t explain it but something was disturbing about that woman as if she could see through her. Sophia bet the woman was starting to suspect something with that deep look of concentration on her face as she stared at the spilled water. Oh no, this was bad! She had to get out of here! 

With that being said, She padded down the rest of the hallway and stairs and soon made it out of the house – thankfully the man with the bruised face had not noticed her. 

She was confused the minute she made it to the front yard. This was one large village and she didn’t know where to go neither had she visited Kinney for once. But then, she had heard the thick woods connected the village to Little town hence decided to go through there. 

If she had powers and Asher’s mom had powers too, then there were others like them out there too. No doubt, there was a possibility someone might have the ability to snuff her out if she dares mix in the crowd of villagers. Moreover, she didn’t know how long this invisibility skill of hers might last. 

So Sophia went for the better option. However, she hadn’t gone deep into the wood when the sky suddenly darkened. Lightning flashed brilliantly, followed by a clap of rumbling thunder that made her shudder; it was going to rain. Heavily. 

This couldn’t be a coincidence, She thought. Sophia had always wondered about the strange weather in Little Town and had finally gotten the answer. Someone was manipulating the weather and a gnawing feeling in her chest told her exactly who. God, she had to move! 

But then the sky opened up and there came a mighty downpour. The rain beat at her skin and blinded her vision but Sophia refused to be thwarted; she would get to her destination no matter what. The girl continued running until something came into her mind and she came to a sudden halt. Sophia looked back and there it was, her footprints in the mud. Oh shit.