Danielle was astonished. No wonder she and Xavier heard the crows cawing as soon as they stepped into the vigest night. They also saw the vige chiefmunicating with the crows. Thankfully, she and Xavier didn’t do anything suspicious.


    Danielle wondered if everyone in the vige had supernatural powers.


    Danielle asked, "Mrs. Serrano, the young man who brought my parents here yesterday could control snakes. Is that a skill everyone in the vige has?"


    Raina found Danielle quite agreeable, or perhaps the vigers were, in general, honest people. So, Raina answered truthfully, "Everyone has a unique skill. I don’t mind telling you more, but the less you know, the better it would be for you."


    Danielle was grateful that Raina was kind enough to share so much with her. Therefore, she did not press further even though she was curious.


    Danielle said, "Mrs. Serrano, we’re actually looking for my brother, Matthew Darling. This is thest ce he was seen before he disappeared."


    Raina replied frankly, "I heard about it. Orion gathered the vigers to go look for your brother earlier this morning."


    Danielle nodded. It seemed that Matthew was not in the vige. Since she had promised Orion to help protect the vige, she nned to contact thepany involved after dinner.


    Vivian and Howard came out of their room and offered to help too, but Raina wouldn’t let them since they were her guests.


    The Darling family went for a stroll outside the house. As Howard took in the fresh air, he eximed, "Honey, the air here is so fresh in the morning."


    Vivian replied, "Yes. It’s only five in the morning and everyone is up so early." The neighbors had already started making breakfast, and smoke was rising from all the chimneys in the vige.


    "Mom, Dad, Danielle, shall we go for a walk around the area?" Xavier suggested.


    Raina walked out with a smile and told them, "You’re wee to go for a walk in the vige. We’ll have breakfast in half an hour."


    Vivian smiled and said, "The air here is great. We’ll go out for a walk and be back soon."


    As they explored the vige, Xavier snapped photos using his phone from time to time. He eximed, "Life here is pretty good. It’s peaceful and everyone is so genuine."


    "Xavier, why don’t you stay here after this?" Danielle teased.


    "But Danielle, I have to go back and earn money for you," Xavier said with puppy eyes.


    Along the way, they encountered several vigers running towards the vige entrance with sticks. Howard stopped one of them and asked, "What’s going on?"


    "The hooligans are causing trouble in the vige again. They are terrible," the old manined and continued heading towards the vige entrance.


    "Let’s go and have a look," Danielle suggested.


    The other three agreed.


    Freddy Tate, the leader of the thugs dered, "I’m here today to inform you that you have three days to clear out of this vige. Don’t y coy, you paupers. If you refuse to leave after three days, we’ll have to resort to violence."


    There were more than a dozen troublemakers, each holding an iron bar in their hands. Freddy was wearing a floral shirt and arge gold chain, the typical attire of a local thug.


    Orion, the vige chief, trembled with anger as he reasoned, "We’ve lived here for generations. Why should we move? You’re no different than bandits."


    Freddy had a cigarette in his mouth as he pointed his iron bar at Orion. He threatened, "Don’t push your luck, old man. You’re lucky that my boss has taken a liking to your vige. We don’t mind teaching you a lesson if you don’t appreciate his kindness."


    Furious, the vigers cursed the troublemakers.