Chapter 383: The Burning Pack House
Chapter 383: The Burning Pack House
Anna followed the man inside the palace.
Unlike King’s Agostos Palace, this place didn’t look like the inside of a castle. She eyed the candles that lined up the walls to illuminate the area. They weren’t anything special. For some reason, this place looked like a library? Bookshelves surrounded it.
Books can be seen scattered on the floor and furniture.
While it wasn’t dirty but it was messy.
Anna watched as the man walked into a room. She assumed it was some sort of office. To avoid any trouble, Anna chose not to go inside and just listen to their conversation outside of the room.
“You’re here!?” a deep, croaky voice echoed inside the room. Anna was tempted to use her talisman to see the speaker, but she honestly didn’t want to waste it. So she just used her hearing and ‘gather some information.’
“I knew where they hid it.”
“The talisman?” the voice responded.
“Yes. I have been studying the books about the Shadow pack and… I think it was inside their daughters.”
“Annabel Matthews?”
Her breath hitched when the old man mentioned her name. Hiding what?
“Y- Yes!”
“You think… they would use their daughter to hide that? Impossible! Moreover… they would not hide that inside a body of a child!”
“B — But— “
“Why did you say that?” the deep voice asked. For a few seconds, silence followed his words.
“I think Isaac… is alive.”
“Hah?” the man snorted. “There is no way he would survive an attack like that.”
“But what if he did?”
“How did you come up with such a notion?”
“Well… I just… I just found out that there was a cave near the Shadow Pack’s packhouse. It was in the forest, protected by talismans. Isaac must have made it to train his daughter. I could not recover the things inside as it was protected by other talismans, but…”
“He made a cave?”
“Y — Yes! The people that I tortured didn’t reveal anything about a cave! However, they mentioned that Isaac personally trained his daughter in the forest.”
“If Isaac did that, there is a possibility that he implanted the talisman inside his own daughter!”
“I said that’s impossible! It could kill an adult Lycan! There is no way that her daughter would survive something like that!”
She heard the sound of footsteps inside the room.
“That’s impossible. Isaac would never — I heard he spoiled his daughter a lot.” The man with the deep voice said.
“Yes. But what if… what if he just did it to fool everyone? What If he gave his own daughter the talisman that could transform her into a full wolf?”
Anna’s heart thudded. A talisman that could transform someone into a full wolf?
No. That’s impossible.
Her father wouldn’t do that.
There is no way that Isaac would do that to his only daughter.
She closed her eyes.
However, just as she continued listening, a loud ringing echoed inside her head. She immediately held her temples as she opened her mouth into a silent scream.
Memories…
Hundreds of memories assaulted her senses.
She smelled blood around her. A thick suffocating smell of iron and… burnt flesh. She fought the urge to gag.
It was as if Anna had been transported to a different place. Thick fog hindered her vision. She squinted and tried to focus on her surroundings. To no avail.
Then she started walking forward.
Anna felt like she was in a dream. She couldn’t really control her steps and it felt like she was inside Anna’s body, just watching the show unfold before her.
For a few seconds, Anna walked until she stood near a tree. By now, Anna’s emotions were a mess.
She was crying, her chest felt heavy.
Then she heard it.
The sound of swords, the wounds of flesh being ripped apart. Yelling and shouting filled her ears.
Anna, the one inside the dream, started running. She run passed the dead bodies. Her eyes were resolute, focused. From the looks of it, Anna was currently running towards the packhouse.
If Lily was right. This was the reason that Anna was so traumatized to visit the packhouse.
And so she continued watching, observing.
Anna stood in front of the mansion that was on fire. She watched as Anna started fighting against a demon. She killed one. Then killed another.
Anna started calling out her parent’s names.
The first one that she saw was her mother’s dead body. She saw her mother’s bloodied head. Lily felt Anna’s body tremble. She stilled and was hit by an attack by a demon. After a while, Anna got up and started running towards her mother’s shredded body. Sadly, the dream stopped.
Lily felt like… something kicked her out of the dream.
The next thing she knew, she was already back at the castle, panting. Tears were still streaming down her cheeks. Luckily, she was still invisible.
It looked like the conversation between the two men had already ended as she could only sense one person’s presence inside the room. She steadied herself. She was preparing to leave when she heard the deep voice again.
“Since you are already here… you should come inside. Let’s talk.”
Anna didn’t say anything.
Did the old man notice her, after all?
But how? The invisibility should be effective against everyone. Moreover, this already concealed her scent.
How did the old man know she was here?
She was about to leave when the old man added, “Ah… aren’t you going to ask why I killed him? Why did I protect your secret?”
‘Huh?’ Anna’s frown turned deeper. But before she had the time to tell the system to scan the area, the old man already added.
“Come on… Isaac. Come in. Are you scared of this old man?”
Isaac?
Isaac Matthews?
Anna stopped breathing at the mention of her father’s name. There was only silence in the other room. However, it didn’t take a while before the silence was broken by the sound of… a piece of furniture being dragged.
A secret door?
Then a man spoke.
“Hello… Thomas. It’s nice seeing you again.”
Anna’s body shivered. She knew that voice.
It was her father.
It was Isaac Matthew.