Chapter 65: Chapter 65

Aland regretted that he was angry with Jonea. He was lying on a tree playing on his cell phone. Missing the girl, Aland opened Jonea's Postagram and checked her latest upload.

Aland's finger stopped when he saw Jonea uploading a video. She was visiting an art gallery. The girl showed some works of art that she found interesting.

***

Hunter got one incoming message. A video from Jonea. He opened the link and saw Axel lying beside Jonea on the bed.

"Hi, Hunter. You may have forgotten me. But I do not. You really love this girl, don't you? Unfortunately, this ugly goose is already mine. How does it feel when what you want is taken away by someone else?"

Hunter was furious to see the contents of the short video. He called Jonea's cell phone several times, but there was no answer. Hunter ran out of his dorm and went to dorm one. He knew Axel's room was there.

Hunter ran through the tree where Aland was. Aland immediately jumped down and felt Hunter's anger.

"Tell me where Axel is?" shouted Hunter in dorm one.

All the students in the first dormitory scattered out of their respective rooms.

Aland heard it. He immediately checked. "What is it?"

"If you find out but keep quiet, I will kill you all! Anyone who hurts Jonea, I will not let live!"

"What do you mean?" Aland pushed Hunter against the wall and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "What's wrong with Jona? Say!"

"Let me go!" Hunter got rid of Aland and ran to find Jonea. Aland was suspicious of Hunter's attitude. He knew something was wrong.

Aland remembered Jonea's post on Postagram and immediately contacted Elmar. "Where can I get the best paintings?"

"What?" Elmar surprised.

"Where do you usually sell paintings?" Aland shouted impatiently.

Elmar was confused. "Should be in an art gallery, I guess?"

"Where is the place? Where are the art galleries in this town?" Aland was very panicked and in a hurry.

"What's wrong?"

"JUST ANSWER!"

"I think there's a gallery that just officially opened. The place doubles as an antique auction. It's on the…"

Aland immediately turned off the cell phone after Elmar mentioned the address.

***

Hunter contacted Ed. "Where are you?"

"I'm in the club alone. Playing game. What is it? Are you scared in the hostel alone? Isn't Elmar coming home again?"

There was a gunshot from the game Ed was playing.

"Check the CCTV footage from the club room! Find out about the student named Axel! Find him wherever he is now!"

Ed was shocked. He knew Hunter was being serious. Ed left his game console and moved to the CCTV monitor.

While Ed was busy at work, Elmar came over and said hello. "You're so serious. What is it?"

"Hunters need help. He is looking for a student called Axel."

"Isn't he a student who has recently been under the spotlight because of his achievements in painting?"

"You know about him?"

"I don't know," muttered Elmar. "Speaking of paintings, I think Aland also asked the same thing. Does this have anything to do with it?"

Ed and Elmar were shocked. They began to seriously look for data on students at school. Elmar quickly accessed the school's database and found the information he needed. Because he is the person in charge of the hostel.

"Axel White, the only son of the White entrepreneur. The family business has been overgrown in the last three years. Because of that, Axel can enter Abraham High School. He also excelled in the field of painting. There's nothing special about him."

"Wait, didn't he attend the same middle school as us for a year?"

"Really?" he asked.

"Yes, I remember. He used to be human."

Ed rechecked the school records. "But here, Axel is listed as a werewolf race." He thought for a moment. "White, huh? I think I remember now. I once had a client looking to buy one of the older properties in the entertainment district. He's White. They said they would open an art gallery and auction there."

Ed and Elmar looked at each other.

"Answered!"

Ed immediately contacted Hunter. Meanwhile, Elmar got Aland. They rushed to the gallery where it was located.

***

Jonea woke up and realized she was not dressed. The girl still had a terrible headache. Her vision blurred.

"Where am I? What happened?" Jonea held her head. "Axel?" The girl hissed.

Jonea realized she was in a room. She saw a painting hanging on one of the walls and remembered it was Axel's painting.

But Axel wasn't there. Jonea only heard the sound of running water from the bathroom. The girl immediately got up. However, her legs were still too limp.

Jonea did not find her clothes. She wrapped the blanket around her.

"What has Axel done to me?"

Jonea just felt a terrible headache. However, no part of her body or anything that felt out of place was injured. Jonea was angry when she realized she was being tricked.

The girl looked for her cell phone, but it was not there. She didn't find her stuff. Jonea only saw a vase on the table, and she took it to use as a weapon.

The girl staggered while clutching the vase tightly. She was about to go outside, but the door was locked.

"Wanna run away?" said Axel.

Jonea turned around in a panic. "Axel, what are you doing to me?"

"I didn't expect you to wake up so soon. Even though I was about to make an interesting video with you."

Jonea was alert and pointed the vase at Axel.

"Wow, I'm surprised you have a gun. Unfortunately, that vase will be of no use to me."

"What does all this mean, Axel?" she shouted.

"I just want revenge on Hunter." Axel smiled contentedly. He showed off the video he had sent Hunter using Jonea's cell phone.

"You think if you send that video to Hunter, it will hurt him? Tch, you think I'm his girlfriend? Looks like you picked the wrong hostage. Where are the werewolves willing to sacrifice for humans?"

"We'll see later. Is Hunter really coming here for your sake or not? I really wish he would come here. Because I have prepared a surprise for him."

"What do you want from me?" hissed Jonea.

"Nothing, Jonea. You're just baiting for Hunter. Don't feel special. You and your brother are trash in a werewolf school. You should never have come there. However, I was surprised that your arrival meant so much to Hunter. So I have an idea to beat him. Unfortunately, at the first exhibition, you did not come. You disappointed me."

"Exhibition?" Jonea was surprised. "So you've been planning since then?"

"Yes, from the start, I knew you weren't Miller Fallon. You're just someone impersonating him. And I also know you have a special relationship with the B4s."

Through the large television screen in the room, Axel showed Jonea something. The girl was stunned, not playing. Because the gallery room that she had just walked through was now filled with lots of traps and devices to kill wolves.

Jonea approached the screen and looked angry. "What is your purpose? What are you going to do with all those wolf traps?"

"Why are you so surprised? Aren't we on the same side? You really hate werewolves. Aren't they the ones who hurt your brother? And you came here for revenge?"

Axel laughed out loud. "I'm just making things easier for you, Jonea. I used you as bait to get back at them. You should be happy because I will fulfill your desire for revenge."

"Fuck! Do you want to set me up? Do you want to make me a suspect in this? Where are my clothes?" Jonea was starting to wake up a bit and looked for her clothes all over the room. However, she found nothing.

"You can't leave here, Jonea. You and I have to enjoy the amazing view. When a Hunter enters through the gallery door, he will be trapped and die in the trap I prepared."

"What's wrong with you, Axel? I thought you weren't that kind of person. You have absolutely no respect for works of art. All those works of art will be destroyed if you use them as a trap."

"What do you know about art, Jonea? You're just a poor girl who doesn't know anything. I've suffered a lot. I have gone through many things to survive and get to this point. From childhood, I was always insulted just because of the human race. However rich and powerful our money is, we are still considered a lowly race in their eyes."

"And why are you thinking of using me as bait? Did you think Hunter would come here just for a lowly and poor human like me? Looks like your brain is damaged, Axel. You can't think straight."

"You know nothing about Hunter Abraham. I know everything about him. Maybe even I know more about him than Hunter himself."

"Nonsense," Jonea muttered.

"You have no idea how I got to where I am today. You have no idea how much effort it took me to get here. Since the first day, Hunter insulted me and stole the person I love, I've been searching for him. I find out about his life and every activity, and I study Hunter more than anyone else. I know every aspect of his life. No one works harder than what I've been doing."

"Wow!" exclaimed Jonea, who was getting fed up. "Are you obsessed with Hunter Abraham? The man you both hate and secretly admire? Are you a stalker?"

"He may not remember me, but I will never forget him. Since the first time we met and he stole the one I love. I know Hunter really hates it when someone takes what he wants. That's what I'm doing to you right now, Jonea."

Axel took a glass of drink from the fridge.

"I'm just the son of a businessman who just got his fortune. I'm just an ordinary teenager who lives full of hope. I've had a crush on a werewolf girl at my school. I dared to express my feelings to her. And we should have been dating. But, Hunter..."

Axel closed his eyes.

"Hunter said a human like me should stay away from the herd. I don't deserve the girl from the pack. Oh, it hurts me so much! Even though I have a handsome face and a fairly well-established wealth, it is not worth enough in the eyes of the werewolves. I still look bad in their eyes for being only human."

"So, I convinced myself. I used the pain to push me further. And I will defeat Hunter. I will win Luna's heart from any pack."

"After reaching a certain age, I changed everything in me. I'm willing to do DNA modification surgery and make myself turn into a werewolf. It doesn't matter how much it hurts and costs me."

"I changed history. I deleted everything. And create a new person. Finally, I can beat Hunter Abraham. But, sadly, all that was in vain when you and your brother showed up at Abraham's school."

"You--the humans, disgust me. You only remind me of my weakness. You shouldn't be here. Especially when I see Hunter likes and wants you so much, Jonea. It makes me so hateful and disgusted. Why did he like humans if he used to hate them so much? You are the beginning of all my revenge. I'm only using you to beat Hunter."

Jonea smiled tiredly. But that made Axel even angrier.

"Why? You pity me? You pity me as much as Miller pitied me?" shouted Axel. "A human like you wouldn't understand!"

"I understand!" said Jonea. "I understand how you feel. I think I know how you're feeling right now, Axel. Maybe it's not the same, but I also feel that feeling of hate and awe. At first, I didn't know what that feeling was. No matter how hard I hate it, deep down in my heart, I really want it."

Jonea closed her eyes and remembered how she felt about Aland. She really hated the werewolf race. Even before going to Abraham High School, she vowed to exterminate the entire werewolf race if she could. But once she met and faced Aland, she couldn't deny that there was something deep inside her heart. She really wanted the young man.

"I believe in him even though he's from the werewolf race, which I hate. In the end, not all werewolf races were terrible beings. Just like us, not all humans are good.

Axel squinted and looked disgusted. "What do you mean, Jonea?"

"I don't know what your desires and goals are, Axel. But one thing I want to tell you. No matter how hard you try or how hard you develop yourself and change yourself. You can never turn into Hunter Abraham. You are still you. No one can become a Hunter. Hunter is Hunter."

Bang!

Jonea and Axel gasped in surprise. They immediately turned to the monitor screen. Hunter stood in front of the closed gallery door with anger rising. He hit the door so hard.

Axel grinned, satisfied that his prey had finally been caught in a trap.

Jonea backed away while shaking her head. She couldn't get out the door. But she can try to jump from the window. The girl broke the window glass with a vase and went onto the balcony.

Axel doesn't want to lose his hostage. He ran and dragged the girl's arm back into the room.

"Hunter!" Jonea shouted from the third floor. The wind hit her body and swallowed up Jonea's voice. "Go away from here! This is a trap!"