Her eyes snapped open as she caught the wrist of the woman, "Who're you?" Alexa narrowed her eyes at the woman whose face had been hidden with the hood of the red cloak she was wearing, Alexa's eyes then stopped at the ancient sword in her hand, "You..." She trailed off as she was reminded of the night when she had the nightmare or was it an illusion, she didn't know, but what she knew was this was the same woman with the red cloak. 

"You!" Alexa's eyes turned red as she zoomed in and caught the woman by her neck and pushed her against the wall, despite being throttled, the woman laughed, "I see, you've gotten stronger, but if you keep snapping out when will we meet?" 

"Who the hell are you and what the hell do you want?" Alexa shouted. 

The woman scoffed, "I'd like to see the extent of your powers though," she moved in close and whispered and suddenly she was gone, vanished into thin air. 

Alexa gasped and her eyes flung open, she sat up on the bed and heaved a sigh of relief when she found out it was just a dream but something caught her sight, she saw the woman from the corner of her eyes, she immediately got up, the woman opened the door and ran outside, Alexa ran after her, just as she was about to catch her, she disappeared into thin air, "What the hell?" Alexa's eyes widened in horror. 

She then felt someone's hand on her shoulder, without looking back she instinctively grabbed their neck and thrashed them against the wall. "Oww!" Kevin winced in pain as his head hit the wall, "Have you lost it again?" He narrowed his eyes at her red ones, "Kevin?" She released him instantly, her eyes turned back to normal, "I'm sorry, are you okay?" She asked. 

Kevin raised his brows in surprise, "You're okay," He whispered. 

"What's wrong?" They heard Reagan's voice from behind, Lia walked behind him. 

"I don't know if I should call it right or wrong, but something did happen," Kevin told them. 

"I'm sorry," Alexa hung her head in apology. 

"No, Alex, didn't you realize, you didn't snap out like the other days," Kevin shook his head. 

"huh?" Alexa tilted her head in confusion. 

"Care to explain?" Reagan asked him. 

"Dude, she just transformed and thrashed me right into the wall but then the next moment she released me and even apologized," He explained, "like we didn't have to bring her in control, she came to herself on her own, she controlled herself." 

"I did?" Alexa cocked her head to the side. 

"Yes," he nodded, "But all of a sudden, how did you do that?" He asked her. 

"I see, you've gotten stronger, but if you keep snapping out when will we meet?"  Alexa was reminded of the woman's words, did she do something? she was confused.

"Then we're going back?" Lia smiled at the good news. 

"No, we shouldn't, we're not sure yet, it's only the first time, let her stay here for a few days and check if it is really true because it's too good to be true," Kevin heaved a sigh, "I mean of course I'm happy but something feels off," He shrugged, "Right Reagan?" 

"Hmm," he nodded but he wasn't really paying attention, his eyes were only focused on Alexa who was lost in her thoughts. He then motioned Kevin to leave, he nodded and wrapped his arms around Lia's shoulders, "let's take a look at this house, hmm?" 

"Eh?" Lia raised her brows. 

"Let's go," He dragged her with him. 

"Something wrong, Alex?" Reagan's question brought her out of her thoughts, the dreadful image again flashed in front of her eyes, Reagan lying on the ground and the woman raising her sword against him, she gasped and covered her ears as the screeching noise of the metal pierced her ears. 

"Alex?" He called out to her with worry. 

The noise went away, she looked around and saw nothing, "Alex?" he grabbed her shoulders and made her look at him, "What happened?" He asked with a worried expression on his face. 

She heaved a sigh of relief and shook her head, Reagan narrowed his eyes at her, "You know you can tell me anything, right?" He assured her. 

"Hmm," She nodded with a smile, "Anyway, where are we?" She changed the topic as she stepped outside, they were in an old house and as far as her eyes could see, there was nothing but woods. 

Reagan heaved a sigh as he noticed she was indeed hiding something but he decided to let it go, for now. 

"Someplace," he shrugged. 

"Have I been here before?" She asked as she keenly looked at the house, as soon as he heard her, a small smile played on his lips, "Who knows?" He chuckled. 

She narrowed her eyes at him, "What does that mean?" 

"How would I know if you came here?" He shrugged. 

"That smile tells me something else," She pointed out. 

"Okay, I'll tell you if you tell me what you're hiding," He tried to bargain. 

"I don't know what you're talking about," She shrugged. 

"then you're on your own," He too shrugged. 

She pouted sulkily, he ruffled her hair as he stuck his tongue out. 

At night, 

Alexa sat on the front porch and stared at the night sky, Who was that woman? She was just like a shadow, even though she had her in her hands she just slipped away like literally, she closed her eyes and heaved a sigh. 

"Can't sleep?" She was startled by the voice, she looked over her shoulders and found Reagan, "You're still here?" She was surprised. 

"Why would you think I'll leave you here alone?" He frowned. 

She laughed, "cause, I'm the one most dangerous right now and nothing can come and attack me," holding her shawl she extended her arm asking him to join her, he sat next to her and she draped the shawl around him, "I would still not leave you alone," He retorted, "Care to share what's bothering you?" He asked her. 

"Nothing," She shook her head. 

"Then you just wanted to freeze in the cold?" He asked. 

"Come to think of it, it is cold," She shivered, "Let's go in," She suggested and was about to get up but he pulled her back, "hmm?" She raised her brows. 

"You don't trust me enough?" He asked with a sad face. 

She vigorously shook her head, "Why would you think that?" She asked. 

"You're hiding things," He shrugged as he turned his head away, "Even that day, you were acting weird and then you disappeared, you don't even know how I felt back then when Lia told me you disappeared... I..." He trailed off. "My voice couldn't reach you... I couldn't sense your presence-" 

"I'm sorry," She rested her head on his shoulder, "in this world more than anyone, it's you whom I trust the most," She closed her eyes, "It's just that... I don't know what's going on," She heaved a deep sigh. "It's not that I don't want to tell you, I just don't know what to tell... if it was a dream or just an illusion even I'm not sure," She then explained everything to him, how she saw the woman in a red cloak for the first time, and how she appeared again in front of her eyes and how she slipped right through her fingers. 

"This woman... do you think it could be Carla?" He asked. 

"No, it's not her, she does give me bad vibes but it's not her, though something is similar it's still different, this woman is on whole another level, wait, I'm not even sure if she is real or not, she's like a ghost," She heaved a sigh. "But why did you ask me about Carla?" She raised her head and looked at him, "come to think of it, you asked me about her before too," She frowned. 

"it's nothing," He shook his head. 

"Now who's the one hiding things?" She narrowed her eyes at him. 

He chuckled as he placed a kiss on her nose, she counterattacked with a smack on his lips, he blinked in surprise, "What?" She raised her brows. 

"Just surprised," he blinked. 

"I promised not to run away again," She smiled at him. 

"Hmm-hmm," He smiled as he leaned in, she closed her eyes as she welcomed his kiss. 

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