Allure Of The Night

Music Recommendation: Dreadful Stories- Kensuke Ushio

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Eve stared at the shadow not too far from where she stood. At first, she believed it to be Erasmus, who hadn't moved from his place. But when the fog in the air started to settle, her eyes widened.

For a moment, she believed it was a woman because of the golden blond hair that fell on the back of the person, but when the person turned to the side, did she realise that this was a man. A man who shared the same features as her. Her blue eyes and golden hair, and as logic started to move in her mind, she felt her heart squeeze in her chest.

"Father…?" Eve's lips moved with the voice not coming out.

When Erasmus's eyes finally fell on the man, he first looked confused and demanded, "Who the fuck are you? Where is my mermaid-siren?" For a second, he was mistaken that the woman had turned into a man to trick him. But then his eyes fell on Eve, who stood at the back.

"I thought the people of the land are sharper than the ones in the sea," the man who had appeared in front of them said, his voice deeper than the sea.

At first glance, the man looked like a normal person, but Vincent and the others could feel and tell that this person was anything but normal.

Erasmus's eyes shifted from the man and looked at the sky where the golden moon continued to glow. There was no time to waste because the moon would begin to lose its lustre in a matter of a few minutes, and he had to finish his ritual by then.

"It would be best to forfeit from your ambition, boy," the man warned Erasmus, noticing the evil glint in his yellow eyes.

"Fuck off!" Erasmus didn't pay heed and he apparated suddenly from where he stood, appearing in front of Eve.

Vincent's wings went back up in the air, ready to fly back to where Eve was, but something moved from the corner of his eyes. When he turned to look, he noticed two Eve's standing there.

Erasmus raised his hand with a new dagger, while muttering the spells and ready to stab Eve. But when the dagger touched Eve, it broke into a splash of water, wetting the ground and having the werewolf fall on the ground. The werewolf growled in frustration.

"Did you think that I would let you harm her, when I am here?" The man asked Erasmus and he turned to look at where Eve actually stood.

When Eve's eyes met the person's, she wondered if he was indeed her father. Her lips finally moved, "You are my father…"

"I am," a look of tenderness appeared in his eyes, and he said, "I have been wanting to meet you, Eve. For a very long time now."

Eve felt a lump in her throat and smiled at the person with dewy eyes. She asked him, "Why didn't you sooner?"

They were interrupted by Erasmus chuckling and saying, "That's because he died. This cannot be Rebecca's husband. I made sure I got him killed with the other mermen."

By now, Vincent had reached where Eve was to keep her near him, and they saw the man smile at Erasmus. The sea creature said,

"The people of the land are naive. Naive to want and use the powers that belong to us, and not know who or what they are dealing with. I am Anchor, Nerhys's husband."

Anchor then raised his hand and brought it in front of Erasmus. He continued, "Do you know what my ability is?"

Everyone turned curious, while Erasmus's eyes grew wide when he felt something draw out of his body.

"W—what are you doing?!" Erasmus asked in panic, and he tried to get away from Anchor.

At the same time, Vincent had Erasmus fall on his knees. Even though the werewolf was as strong as the pureblooded vampire and could stand up unlike the other earlier rogue werewolves or corrupted vampires, he had difficulty apparating away from there.

Strands of light continued to be extracted from Erasmus's body, and Anchor said, "You seem to have enjoyed stealing others abilities, while it is a true pity that you couldn't turn it to be your own, isn't it?"

Erasmus gritted his teeth and threatened, "I will burn you and everyone else!" He brought his hand forward, and fire blazed towards Anchor, but nothing happened to the sea creature, while the fire itself seemed to exhaust itself. Soon his werewolf appearance started to change and he turned back to look more human by appearance. With his heart beating loudly, he asked in panic, "W—what the fuck are you doing! These are my fucking ability!" He tried to grab Anchor, but the sea creature only stared at him.

Anchor turned to look at Eve and said, "I believe this yours?" And he threw something at her. A ball of light illuminated the path it flew in, and Eve caught hold of it.

Vincent said, "It is your essence."

Eve stared at the glowing ball. Once it settled in her hands, it slowly started to float before going straight at her chest and disappearing. She took a large gasp before she started to cough because it felt nothing less than swallowing a large portion of food that was trying to settle in. Soon her legs were no more slimy and it was back to normal.

Anchor said to Erasmus, "I couldn't kill your father, but I will be sure to enjoy killing you. Feel every ability of yours leave your body and tell me how you feel."

"Bastard! Give them back to me!! They belong to me!" Erasmus had started to lose his mind, because not only were there a few minutes left for the golden moon to lose its strength and lustre, but he had been so near to fulfilling his goal for years only to see it disappear in front of his eyes.

Eve watched the place where Anchor and Erasmus stood at, and the place glowed because of the sea creature. There were little specks of glowing dust floating in the air, and when Anchor took back everything that didn't belong to Erasmus, the werewolf finally fell to the ground.