RECAP:
From the looks of the werewolves, Anna was sure they had no knowledge on it.
It was expected as she only had the chance to see it on an exercise book, used by moon goddess teachers, right before it was taken out to be burnt. The reason being it was things of the old.
The twins are stunned. With Ephraim and Ruby thinking, more or less.
Tri denying that a moon goddess symbol would be here.
After all, it was a Level 5 werewolves Pack Hangout. It should have nothing to do with moon goddesses.
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Anna, being ever so curious, moved closer to the drawer, her hands slowly opening it.
The creaking of wood that followed simultaneously startled both Anna and Tri.
Tri covering his fright with an awkward laugh.
"The house is quite old. You know made of wood and all-"
The wood creaks again, its source seemed to move from the drawer to the wood near the twins, and Tri lets a silent whimper.
Anna glances at him and turns her attention back to the drawer, wanting to know what was in it. The drawer was quite tough to pull initially, hence she wasn't able to view its content.
"Leave it"
Anna was startled again.
"Can you stop with the random pop-ups?"
Ruby appeared not to care, and she moved Anna away from the drawer. Nothing felt right about the drawer or the sign it had, as well as letting Anna in here for so long.
"Get your bag and let's go" Ephraim said. He had noticed Ruby struggling to keep a grip on Anna.
"Fine. Not like I care anyway." Anna harrumphs, picking her bag in the process. Just in the corner of her eyes was the drawer. She wasn't going to give up, her curiosity was way out of control now.
Glad to finally leave the house, Tri silently cheers, earning a slight smile from his twin.
"How would you remove the marks? And not let it get traced back to us at all?"
"Can we watch? Can we? It will be awesome. Watching an actual non-evil spell in close range. It's not an evil spell, right?" Tri bombarded them with questions not letting Anna get a chance to speak.
He directly ignored his brother shaking his head, the weird look from Ephraim and Ruby's eye roll.
Of course, the person facing the weight of these questions was absent minded, her attention split into two.
"Yeah...sure you can, I guess. Why would it be considered evil? Speaking of spells, what do you think is in the drawer?"
At the last bit, Anna perks up, hoping to get reactions from at least one of them. She didn't believe one of them wasn't curious at all.
"I hope you mind your business."
Anna rolled her eyes at Tan's response. She found the young werewolf very...dull and it seemed he did not like her. Then again, they all showed signs of displeasure towards her.
"I really can't help it. I mean everyone gets curious sometimes and mine just happens to be now like…"
The werewolves listened to her rant and had felt their journey to the door was longer than ever.
This was quite true, not that any of them noticed, too busy in their own thoughts or irritation.
"...just like Ruby, that's your name, right? Carries a large vessel of what I don't know. Which I've been meaning to ask. What exactly are you carrying? It seems really heavy. Then again it is okay for you not to say – "
"What exactly is your point?"
Someone groaned.
Anna smiles then rushes to the drawer within a span of 5 seconds, opening it quickly lest the other werewolves stop her. This time, she succeeded.
She looks back and them, with a bright smile
"I just can't help it. I live satisfying my curiosity."
Ruby exclaims in frustration.
"That's it. Leave. Out! Now!"
Anna shocked from Ruby's outburst is stunned. She had more or least expected it from Tan and not Ruby.
Ruby points at the door, her stern look on Anna. She wasn't compromising. While they had a problem with Rali earlier, she doesn't want another trouble or any other thing that would damage the little friendship the pack had.
She had noticed, not just her but the boys as well, that the house meant a lot to Rali. Obviously Rali wasn't going to open up anytime soon, and with their recent disagreement, she just might not anytime soon.
Anna, knowing she had over gone her boundaries, bows her head. Despite this, she was still very curious.
The wood started creaking again. No one moved this time.
"Can we go now? I'm getting creeped honestly."
"Yeah Tri. Let's."
Tri wasn't the only one disturbed now. The wood was clearly creaking on its own since no one had moved.
Ephraim inadvertently at the wooden knife that laid in the drawer, his gaze meeting Tan who seems to have done the same.
The wood creaking continues, getting louder, its creak seeming to spread across the house.
"Hurry. The house feels like it's going to collapse." Tan urges, slightly tensed with the ever-growing creaking noise.
The others seem to have the same thought as him and they sped-walked towards the door, not wanting to cause more hasten the house collapse if they ran.
Somehow, the door was never in their reach. They did notice this time, but with their panic overcoming their thoughts, they thought little of it. Their only goal being to leave the house safely.
While a house collapsing on them might not do much damage, they will inadvertently be injured and in the long run portray as suspicious to werewolves and moon goddesses at the Wocade. More importantly, they could not guarantee the life of the Grahana under a collapsed building.
In their panic, their heightened senses could not ignore the fact that while the creaking sound became clearer and less overlapped, its volume and intensity did not reduce. As astonishing as it was to the werewolves, the wood creaked in harmony.
With all this happening, a lone candle suddenly lit up.
It was unknown who shouted run, but they were all creeped out with the random events happening. The day only become more worse than it already was.
"We're out!" Ruby exclaims.
She sees Rali walking towards the vicinity of the house. She wondered if the others saw her too.
Turning towards the house, her expression had an instant change and she rushed towards the door. She was too late as the door slammed in her face, shutting them in and her out, the faces of her companions repeating in her mind.
The door was clearly open, but the others seem not to be able to reach it.
Ruby banged on the door, trying to pry its handles open, in hopes for a response.
It was too quiet, no wood creaking, no extra voices from the house. Everything was silent.