The next day when I wake up the area is completely different. I don't remember yesterday, I don't remember the strange dream I had other than the words "He killed someone." I don't remember who said them, or who they were talking about. I look around the room, the walls are a white with little star things on the walls that stick up. There is a table next to the bed, with a little note on it. I look at the note and realize that I don't understand what it says, but there is an arrow that goes to the right. I flip the paper over and it looks like a map on the back with a line that goes through rooms and an X in an area.

 I follow the diagram to where it shows the X. When I get there I realize that its a kitchen, and that Mr. Luck is at the table with Leo. I hide behind the wall, because it seems like they haven't seen me yet.

"So tell me  what happened yesterday? I get a call from April saying that the girl had collapsed and apparently hit her head, and that there was a lot of blood, but no cut on her head. And she hasn't waken up yet, so obviously something happened. And when we got to the house I encountered him, and the maid was on the walls. So something was going on, and since the maids blood was literally everywhere the others wouldn't come out. I had checked their area's when Jack was getting you too. They were all aroused, asking about the blood from an hour ago. They all said it was sweet, and that it smelled better than yours. What the hell happened yesterday?" Mr. Luck sounds angry, and his voice is getting louder. "Honestly Leo, why did HE come out. I can't fight him, and it seems that you accepted him, however besides the age, his appearance has changed. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" 

"I'm sorry Luke." I can hear Leo's voice crying, it cracks and sounds hurt. "I don't know what happened. I saw the maid, but when I was in my room where I should have been able to smell her I couldn't. Even when the door was wide open, there was nothing. All I could hear before I saw him was the scratching sound, or like nails on a chalk board. I was terrified of what was going on. I don't understand anything. And then the black smoke came before he did, it told me I have to recognize who I love and want to protect. It told me that he was the darker half of my brother, and then when he came he said you were my brother. Luke tell me what is going on?"

(Leo's perspective)

I don't understand what is happening. I'm trying to talk to Luke, but now I'm crying. I feel like I'm choking on the tears. "Please Luke, what is really true?"

"I never thought I would have to tell you. Leo I am in fact your brother. I wasn't around you and Mom much. The year that Ana died, was either the same year or the year before Father had vanished. Mom tried to keep you safe, and I was going to Jack to get away from everything. I couldn't cope with her death for a long while. Then when Mom died, I realized it was more than just me. I'm beginning to think that someone is after our family. I thought you would be safe with the Wood's, until I realized that you didn't belong. I knew they were completely demons, and I thought you were as well. I had asked April to help you when you get hurt. She had me come the first time because she couldn't tolerate the sight of your blood. With most people she can be completely fine. But with yours its like how most of them are with normal people. I thought that since we were related that if I offered her my blood that it would dull her senses to yours. Jack was there with me and he had known about the family. He had told me it was stupid, and instead cut himself. The scent filled the room and the others started coming. That was the first time I had seen him in a long while. April was able to work on your wounds, because for some reason Jack was able to nullify the smell." Luke had paused, and started to cry and calm down. "I had asked Jack how he was able to nullify the smell, he said that even though he was human his blood for some reason would taste like that of a demons, and if anyone drank his blood, they would find a demons blood more tasty than an actual humans blood. He offered to give Mrs. Woods some to help her deal with you, she declined and said that she had a human donor, and that the donor had offered herself up. The agreement between them was that as long as the girl would give a small amount of blood on a weekly basis that she would be protected from her family and that she could start a new life. The donor died about a month ago, she had caught a disease somehow, and even though she received all the vaccines she ended up spending her last month in the hospital. She didn't lose any blood during that time, and was still protected." Luke was balling now, and it was hard to watch. "The doctors said that the disease was caused by an infected biting her and that she was attacked... Unlike you and me, most don't have a second half or a protector, so when stuff like that happens there is nothing that can be done."

"Why does that story have anything to do with me? Are you saying that someone might come after her?" I'm scared, I don't know what would happen if someone came after Anastasia. 

"They won't be able to, you have your shadow, and mine to protect her. I think they were going after Mrs. Woods. And if that's true then both of you are in danger. They can't attack you directly, so they have to find a way around that. And since April is the only one in that family that I care about, and the brother doesn't even come home they have to after the parents. I heard from April that her father got put on a trip that his team planned without his knowledge. I plan to call him soon, and I have tried to call Mrs. Woods for an hour now. There is still no response I even texted her. There is nothing I can do right now." Luke checks his phone again, and the tears still flow from his eyes. "April is protected by my other half, even though I don't acknowledge him anymore, I have accepted him. He still does as I say, and he will also do as you say now. If you told him to kill someone, and I told him not to kill anyone, he would either follow my orders, or come to me. Since I'm his other half, my orders are absolute. And even though I told him to go away, he can't. He explained to me that if he were to leave, I would risk losing my humanity. So I told him to watch over me, and everyone I care about from the shadows. After that he had started aging faster, and since I didn't want to see him, his body was deteriorating. Since you accepted him, his body went back to how it was. However his body looks about the same as yours because of the blood relationship you have with me." Luke pauses and looks behind him. "Leo, if I have to bring him here, he won't harm you, Jack, Ana, or me. However anyone else will be at risk. If I have to bring him here, are you willing to accept the same risk as me?"

I don't understand the risk that he is talking about, is it the risk of him attacking someone or something else? "Uh.. Yeah I accept the risk. But why does only yours get to come?"

"Mine has a physical form, yours does not. I can't tell it to leave, and only you can order it to do anything. Plus if I recall he tends to lurk in the shadows, that's why whenever you talk to him it looks like smoke..... Oh and I have a question for you, that girl um... Jewel? the one that goes to your school. You know who I'm talking about right?"

I knew who she was, I had never spoken to her. She was the kid in class who didn't talk to anyone. We would play at recess and she would stay out of the games. She never really spoke to anyone and the teachers had ignored her. "Yeah I know who she is, what about her though?"

"It seems that her family went missing. Her included, I don't know if she was a human, or if she was a half, or demon. Thing is, she loved school, maybe not the people, but the school its self. Her father is your principal, and her mother is a teacher. She has a brother, I heard that he was abandon and is not related to her, but lives with the family. He might be a half, and has turned up at April's hospital. She asked him what he remembers, and then he would pass out. When he is discharged I was thinking about having him come here, that way he has a place to stay. Thing is, even though he wasn't in your class, he is the same age as you. So if he were to come here, we might need to say you are siblings or cousins. At the moment Ana is being seen as a family friend who needed somewhere to stay after her parents died. We can't do that with the boy, and he can't use his last name. I wanted your help, and you need to keep them both safe. Me and Jack both work, so technically speaking you are the oldest. And we need a name for him, he doesn't have to get rid of his current one, but we can't use it in public. You know it's kinda late. Maybe you should get some shut eye, plus I have work tomorrow and Jack is at work right now."

"What do you do for work?" I'm confused, I didn't even know he had a job.

"Well even though I am human so to say, I work with a lot of different demons doing different tasks. I also figured out that my blood to them is tasteless so none of them mess with me." Luke gets up, "Let's get you both in bed."

(Anastasia's perspective)

After Luke, or Mr. Luck, tells Leo its late I creep back upstairs. I cant hear what they are saying when I get to the stairs but I hear moving in the kitchen. I get back to the room and lay down in bed quickly. A few minutes later Leo's brother walks in.

"You shouldn't say anything to him, and I might as well tell you. Luke is my name not Luck, and Jack works at a company that tries to track people who get sold. Often they are able to get the person before they get sold. And sometimes their information is off, with you the info was off, and it was surprising that you were still there. I don't know if you met him, but you will meet him again no doubt. Weather he comes here or is somewhere else, I honestly believe you did meet him. But anyway go to bed. You had a rough day, and no doubt there is a lot that needs to be explained to you.