Chapter 2

Aria, wake up." A nudge at my shoulder occurred and I tried my best to ignore it.

"Aria. Come on get up, I need your help." Callum's voice pushed me awake and I peeked a look up to him, finding his eyes already on me. With a huff I scrunched my nose and opened both eyes while my hands found their way to my messy hair.

"What is it?" I grumbled, sitting up fully in the seat and looking ahead through the windshield. My eyes met with an onyx colored gate that was closed infront of us.

"I need you to see what we're walking into. How many people is he surrounding himself with?" He asked and I took a deep breath to clear my head.

Closing my eyes, I searched my mind for elemental strings that dangled losely within my reach. A gray string was the first to appear and I reached out to grab it, as my fingers grazed it I felt air replenish my entire body.

The cold chills raking every inch of me as I became one with the element Air.

It felt as if I was floating outside of my body now. Everything around me turned a dark shade of gray and I pushed forward with the wind, searching for an essence.

An essence is a light that supernatural beings put off, each type has a different color to represent the light essence inside them. Red for werewolves, light blue for witches and a black for vampires, representing their lack of soul.

A little further up, I had found an essence that almost made me snap back in surprise. The color was not like one I'd ever seen and the sheer power it held could have knocked the breath out of any low status supernatural being.

The color was a bright golden shade, almost the color equal to the sun and just as bright.

That had to have been the Hybrid.

Searching further I had only found one bright red essence.

A smirk made its way onto my face as the wind slammed back to my body, causing my eyes to pop open and look towards Callum.

"Well, the little hybrid must not see us as much of a threat. He only has one werewolf with him that I can see." I informed Callum as he opened his door to go open the gates.

"Well, when you can kill all of your enemies in the blink of an eye I don't think backup is the first priority."

I scoffed and watched him get out of the car and run up to the gates, he pulled on the big piece of chain that was looked around the center and they came tumbling to the ground. The gates slowly swung open.

With a shrug of his shoulders, Callum jogged back to the car and shit the door behind him.

"Apparently he can't kill the enemy he's going to war with, otherwise we wouldn't be here." I mumbled and Callum pursed his lips while taking the dark scene around us in. Nightfall had come too quickly, quicker than usual.

"Why's it so dark already?" Callum asked and the car pulled forward down the long driveway.

"Honestly, I don't know. We should've at least had another two hours or so before nightfall."

Callum and I studied the outside a tad bit more until a gorgeous house, or should I say mansion, came into view.

The building had looked older than usual but still had its modern touches, such as the beautiful fountain the was placed in the middle of the driveway, creating a circle around it.

Pulling around, we stopped close to the door and he pushed the car into park before shutting the ignition off.

"What do we do now?" I turned to look at Callum who was already climbing out of the car. Hustling to grab my seatbelt, I unlatched it and pushed the door open.

"I don't get it, he knows we're here. He has to." Callum looked towards the door with his eyebrows furrowed.

"Well... go knock." I said and his eyes snapped to mine in surprise.

"No why wou- you go knock." He grumbled and I just shook my head.

"Oh no way, this was your idea. I'm not going up there to get my hand bitten off." I said and Callum just grumbled some words I didn't quite catch over the wind.

"Brother and sister?" A feminine voice gained my attention instantly and my eyes fell upon her. She was standing by the door that had been vacant moments ago.

"More or less." Callum said as he rounded the car towards the woman. Her petite frame made it seem like she was weak and fragile, but her eyes told a completely different story. They were an earthy brown and her hair was almost the same color, except a slight tint of red shown.

Callum reaches out for her hand and she accepted.

"I'm Callum and this is Aria, we're here for Mr. Baltic." He said and her eyes lit up with an emotion I couldn't quite grasp as she looked in my direction.

"Ah yes, we've heard a lot about the two of you. Follow me." She bowed slightly before turning on her heels and entering the house, we quickly followed.

"So, if you don't mind me asking, who are you?" Callum asked while unintentionally using himself as a border between her and I.

"My name is Raven, I'm one of Kai's allies." She stated in a calm voice that held absolutely no emotion.

I turned to Callum with an odd look.

"Uh, why does she sound like a robot." Callum shrugged and from the side I seen a sneer appear on her face.

"I'm not acting as a robot, I just don't associate with your kind. In my better judgment, I don't even think you should be allowed past the gates." She continued down the hallway and turned a corner.

I slowed my pace so that I was walking behind her and my eyes found the back of her head. Focusing everything in my mind on her I closed my eyes to find an element, I'll show her what my kind thinks of someone like her.

"Don't!" Callum snapped at me and my eyes jerked open. Raven whipped around to face us and her eyes ate up the scene.

"Don't, Uh... you look beautiful today Raven." He sent a small smile towards her and she just rolled her eyes before turning around once again.

Callum sent daggers my way with his death glare.

"His office is that door right there," she said allowing her finger to point at the door infront of us. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have more important matters to attend to."

She spun on her heels and clanked her way down the hallway.

"She's just a bundle of joy." I grumbled as Callum knocked on the door. There was an entire wall between us and the hybrid yet his power still radiated so strongly around him.

"Come in." A deep silky voice answered and I felt chills rake my spine.

Callum opened the door and stepped in without a second thought, giving me a glimpse of a desk through the doorway. Pushing myself forward, I entered into the office and finally saw the hybrid fully.

He was sitting on the opposite side of the desk, leaned back against a leather chair. His muscles were tense under his black shirt which cut into each indention of his perfectly sculpted body.

My eyes traveled slowly up to his face, taking in the view. I expected a man covered in scars with horrid features from war but instead I'm met with a chiseled jaw, pink plump lips, and breathtaking amber eyes. To throw in the perfect mixture, his curlyblack hair defined the bright orange in his eyes even more.

His hair had been cut on the sides, not bald but almost faded into the curls on top of his head. It was the perfect look for sophisticated and sexy all wrapped up in one.

"Mr. Baltic, as you probably already know, my name is Callum and this is Aria." Callum turned to gesture towards me and the hybrids eyes followed, stopping on mine.

"Ah, the famous Aria Delphine. Your beauty certainly lives up to its name." His voice was almost melodic to me and I felt my face harden instantly. I knew exactly what he was doing, he was trying to use his vampiric tricks to lure me in.

A perfectly build predator.

"We aren't here for small talk, let's discuss this war we know nothing about." I deadpanned and he just sent a smirk at me before replying.

"Right to business? Hm, that's not how I'd usually do things but if that's how you prefer it little witch."

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