chapter 61


    I was sitting at my desk when Theo walked out of his office. Tobias stepping out of his a second


    “As ready as I will ever be” I said grabbing my handbag from under my desk and throwing it over


    my shoulder. We made our way to Tobias’s car. As soon as the car started, I knew there would be no


    turning back, the seatbelt suddenly feeling more like a restraint as we left the City to meet the people


    that would decide when I die.


    The drive took about forty-five minutes. When Tobias pulled the car over on what appeared to be


    and abandoned school in literally the most deserted ce, hidden amongst the trees. We got out the


    car and I looked around. It was an old school building, with trees going through it the roof caved in and


    the ce looked deste and like it hadn’t been a functioning school in hundreds of years. No signage,


    no nothing.


    “Are we at the right ce?” I asked looking around confused. There were broken swings in the


    distance and the gate out front was rusted. Tobias and Theo nodded before walking through the gate


    and suddenly vanishing into thin air. I stopped shocked, where did they go? Then suddenly Theo’s


    hand came out waving at me on my side of the gate, his body invisible. I took a step back; I must be


    tripping what the hell was in that coffee I thought.


    Suddenly Theo stepped back into view, my heart skipping a beat as he suddenly materialised in


    front of me.


    “Come on,” he said holding out his hand, I nervously took it and he pulled me through the gate. I


    could hear like a high pitch whistling and had to fight the urge to block my ears then suddenly a feeling


    like I was being suctioned through a vacuum, before finally feeling air again, I sucked in a deep breath.


    What I wasn’t expecting was when I looked around was the sight of the huge mansion in front of me,


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    that can’t be the school I just seen. I turned around and looked back at the gate, I just walked through


    which was no longer there. I could see the car and the dirt road, but the abandoned school was gone. I


    took a step back and bumped into Tobias. I looked up at him and he smiled. “Cool huh” I nodded not


    really knowing what to say. I looked around the ce was huge as we walked up the grand steps


    towards the huge archway for a door.


    “How?” I asked not understanding how this ce was so hidden from the world.


    “Witches put wards up, to humans and anyone else it just appears as an abandoned building,


    anyone walks past the gates they just feel ufortable and don’t understand why. It’s for protection


    stops anyone from discovery this ce, there are many around the City as well” Tobias exined.


    Theo walked over to the door and banged on it. A man or should I say strange looking goblin/elf looking


    thing walked out, a snarl on his face. He looked at me then at Theo his face lighting up excitedly.


    “Theo, I heard you wereing to visit today, did you bring them?” he asked his voice sounded


    really squeaky kind of like listening to a mouse, he kind of reminded me of golem off the lord of the


    rings except he was dressed like a butler.


    “Yep, sure did, did mum and dad already head to the chambers?,” he said pulling a paper bag out


    of his pocket. The elf looked inside before pulling out some stringy red liquorice. Biting a piece off with


    his sharp looking teeth.


    “Yep, they are inside already, this must be your mate. I am Percy,” he said holding his hand out


    which was the size of a small child’s but with long sharp looking nails. I shook his hand wondering how


    he knew my name.


    “Josiah told me about you, you’re much prettier than I thought,” he said with a wink answering the


    question I was thinking. I smiled I liked him already. He shoved the doors open. It opened up to a huge


    square room before we walked directly across to another set of doors. Theo opened them before


    cing his hand on my lower back.


    “Don’t freak out and whatever you do, don’t stare it will be awkward,” he said.


    I wondered what he meant. I didn’t have to wait long to find out though. Stepping through the door


    we were in some sort of quadrangle. The ce was bustling with people and creatures I had only read


    about in fairy tales. Shops and buildings along every side, the ce was like a little town. I couldn’t help


    but stare when a centaur walked past me. A fucking centaur. “You’re staring” Said Theo whispering in


    my ear.


    “How the hell does he hide in the human world” I asked not being able to believe my own eyes.


    “He doesn’t, his name Bruno and he lives permanently hear at court, he is thest of his kind” Theo


    answered.


    Maybe there really was something in that coffee or maybe my mind conjured up this delusion or I


    was dreaming, none of this made sense, first an elf creature now a centaur. Was every mythical


    creature real?


    “Not all just some, where do you think the storiese from? Humans aren’t that imaginative to


    thoughts.


    I dragged my eyes away from the half donkey looking man. Theo’s hand on my lower back


    pushing me along seeing as my feet just weren’t cooperating. When we were halfway through the quad


    I started really looking around. I felt Tobias grab my hand before bending slightly blocking my view.


    “What are you looking for?” he asked, an amused look on his face as I stared at all the people and half


    peoples roaming around.


    “I figured since all these exist that I should make sure jebus isn’t here too. I might need to ask for


    forgiveness since every other mythical creature exist, I am assuming he does too and need to make


    sure I cover all my bases if I am gonna die,” I said looking past him and searching the faces of the


    many people passing by. I heard Theo chuckle.


    “Ask forgiveness for what? And just so you know, Jesus or jebus as you like to call him was


    human, not a supernatural creature.”


    “What, so he does exist?” I questioned. Shit I am going to hell for being an adulterer.


    I heard Theo chuckle obviously reading my thoughts. “Human, not supernatural, Imogen, and he


    was just some man someone wrote a story about, doesn’t mean what they wrote is real or not real,


    people just needed to believe in something bigger than themselves help them sleep better at night.”


    Tobias and Theo both found my shock of this ce amusing. We walked for a few minutes finally


    imposing building with guards out the front that I could tell were vampires by their red eyes and godly


    looks. We marched up the steps and walked inside. Caroline and Josiah were inside waiting patiently


    on some red velvet seats. Caroline stood up and walked over giving me a hug. “We have registered


    that we are here, so we shouldn’t have to wait long” she said.


    I sat next to her, this room was some kind of waiting area, lined with seats and pictures on the wall


    of scary looking men and woman who definitely weren’t human, the huge paintings and photos leading


    up a huge corridor with doors running off each side.


    I sat nervously twiddling my thumbs when Tobias put his hand over mine covering my shaking


    hands. I instantly calmed down the heat of his skin was soothing.


    When suddenly a tall woman in a ck dress that went to the floor walked out, her red eyes


    indicating she was another vampire as her eyes roamed over all of us, before settling on Tobias and


    Theo.


    “ric will see you three now” she said brushing her long ck hair over her shoulder and turning


    her back on us. Tobias pulled me up from my seat and suddenly my mouth went dry. We walked up the


    long corridor to thest door. She opened it and stepped aside allowing us to enter.


    I walked in after Tobias and Theo. A man was sitting behind a huge desk, wearing a suit. He


    looked up as we entered. “Tobias Theo,” he said, standing up and walking around his desk. He shook


    their hands before turning to me.


    “You must be the human woman Imogen,” he said. I could hear the distaste in his mouth as he


    looked at me before escorting us over too some chairs and a table on the other side of the room. The


    room was full of bookshelves and old looking scrolls dumped on different surfaces, the walls covered in


    old painted portraits, a portrait of the man from the photograph Josiah found, was hanging above the


    firece. Only he didn’t look like the same man from the photo, he looked demonic, with his red eyes


    and slightly crazed the perfect predator, the sort of man you wouldn’t want to bump into of a night down


    a dark alley. I swallowed and froze staring up at the picture.