Beauty and her Beast

Luke was left outside the bar while Eunica acts as if she just took a breather.

Iaz smiled at her, expecting that she'll tell Jin everything but what comes out of her mouth made his face stiffen.

"I believe you, Jin, Don't worry. But I still need time to process things," Eunica said, "So. What's the plan, Iaz?"

With a shock, Iaz wasn't able to respond quickly, he thought Eunica's telling Jin to make him feel better, but what is she doing?

"Uh..." Iaz looks at Luke who just entered but the kid just shrugs his shoulder, "Yeah. We'll help Eunica talk with her father."

"WHAT?" Jin's voice echoed around the bar, even louder than the music, "Talk with her father? Are you crazy?"

Eunica stops Jin, "I asked him. I want to talk to my father about helping Luinn."

"So, you don't believe us?" Jin asks.

Luke mouthed, "No, she doesn't."

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Iaz sighs and elbows Luke, "She's planning on taking her father out of Luinn's plan."

Jin stares at Eunica in disbelief and irritation, she doesn't believe what her friends told her, what he told her.

"Yes," Eunica nodded, "I know he's not bad."

Jin clenches his jaw, a part of him wants to believe that Raye's good and only wants what's best for his family, for Eunica, but with that high number of his hunting, he can't resist feeling resentment towards the man he also considered as his father.

Luke rolled his eyes, he can't believe his cousin will hide such important information from her lover, "I'll tell father that his niece is planning to talk with our number one enemy."

Eunica looks at her little cousin, "Yeah, that's right. Can I meet your father-- I mean, my Uncle?" she asks with a smile.

Jin just watches Eunica, she seems to be happy to know that she has relatives, it makes him happy but uneasy as well.

"Is my mother's tomb located in your place?" Eunica asks while they're on their way to the Phantre tribe's location.

The forest made her feel relaxed as if the breeze stretched her body and cleaned her mind. Her fingers touch every plant and tree she sees.

Jin keeps quiet with Iaz behind Luke and Eunica.

"Uh..." Luke felt uncomfortable about the thought that there's a tomb in the tribe's place since they usually burn the deceased.

"No, we never found your mother. We just found out she died yesterday when Father looked into your memories," Luke answered.

"Looked...into...my memories?" Eunica stops walking, does that mean, her Uncle knows that she remembers everything? She looks back at Jin who's staring at her too.

"Yeah, is there any problem?" Luke asks while holding onto a tree branch while looking down.

"No," Eunica replied and ran towards Luke and was about to pass before him but he held her hand, "THE HELL, CUZ?" He screamed.

Eunica's heart suddenly stopped when she saw that her next footstep could've been her last if Luke didn't hold her hand.

It's a cliff. Luke's staring down on a cliff. People and hybrids are living down. But it's a thousand meters down from where they're standing.

Jin and Iaz ran towards them, "What happened?" Iaz asks.

Jin pulled Eunica and checks her, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Luke sighs, "She almost fell. Good thing her cousin's strong and fast," he said and chuckled.

"Thanks," Eunica said and pushes Jin softly, ignoring his questions.

Iaz noticed this, 'She's ignoring Jin. If she continues to be too focused on her father, she'll lose the person she's afraid to know the truth.'

Luke stretches his arms up, "Ah~ let's go, Cuz! Climb on my back!"

Eunica nodded as Luke bends his feet to let Eunica get on his back.

"Iaz, carry that prince," Luke said before jumping off the cliff.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Eunica's voice echoed in the forest while Jin watches her with a smile, he never heard Eunica's voice get that loud.

Iaz sighed, "Come on, can you jump this high?" he asks Jin who's watching Eunica lay on her back the moment they hit the ground.

"Yeah, I think I can."

"You think?" Iaz asks with his brow raised, "What do you mean? You seem to be a strong hybrid."

"No training. I'm just... we're just stuck in a cage, in a room, in a prison. Once we transform, they shot us. When Raye was the one President, we had training grounds, a forest, a field, where we can run freely. But..."

"Alright, alright, climb on my back," Iaz can't listen to another depressed situation Jin's been in and bent his knees, "This can send you stomach to heaven but try to puke when we're on the ground."

Jin laughs and climbed Iaz's back.

And true, it made him almost puke, 'It's better when you're sleeping', he thought.

Eunica's nowhere to be found when they arrived.

Other hybrids were staring at him and Iaz, small children, older people, and adults, everyone's worried about who they are.

You can see the fear on their eyes. Most of the males even have scars, wounds, and broken limbs.

"They always fight for their own safety and freedom. Kids can't fight, mother have to keep them safe, and it's the father's and brother's job to keep them alive," Iaz commented when he noticed Jin's worried and wondering look.

"From Raye?" Jin can't help but ask if this is Raye's doing.

Iaz frowned, "Yes, but he's not the only hunter. There are a lot and every day, they have to fight for their lives."

They can hear Eunica's laughter as they near the tribe leader's shelter, "I never heard her laugh this hard," Jin smiled.

Iaz can't help but pity Jin, what made Eunica think that keeping the truth from Jin can help? Keeping him from the dark won't help her. Even though Jin told her the truth that she knows, he has the right to know that he doesn't have to worry about her not believing him.

"Do you love Eunica?" Iaz asks before they enter the shelter.

Jin looks at Iaz with a smile, "Yeah, I do."

"What if she's keeping a secret from you?" Iaz asks.

Jin wrinkled his forehead, "Secret? No, she doesn't have one. I know her."

Iaz sighs, "Alright, I just wonder. Since most relationships end because of a secret."

Jin stands in front of Iaz with a dark expression, "What do you mean? Are you telling me Eunica's hiding from me?"

Iaz pats Jin's back, "Come on, we have to talk to Lucio," he said and entered the shelter.

Lucio's tickling Eunica's back while she's being held down by Rio and Luke, "NO!! HAHAHA! STOP!!"

Iaz just stands by the door, with a blank face, watching the childish scene before him.

"Hey, Jin did you know she has her tickle spot right in the middle of her back!" Luke said as Jin enters.

"What's happening?" Jin asks with a confused look.

Lucio stops and cleared his throat, "She was crying earlier so...uh, I made her laugh."

Eunica laid on the floor while catching her breath in between laugh, "I'm... hahaha...puff, not a...hahaha, kid!"

Luke and Rio stands up and went to sit down beside Lucio.

"So, did she tell you her plan?" Iaz asks and went to sit down in front of Lucio.

Jin was left staring at Eunica who's laugh was fainting but her eyes were fixed on a photo of her mother on the wall.

'Are you hiding something? What is it?' Jin asks himself.

"Yeah, I'll help her get caught by Raye's men. The only problem is how she will get out. I know Raye won't let Eunica go especially that hybrids are fighting back."

Eunica looks at Lucio, "Or I can tell him it's my vacation. He'll let me go that way."

"When was the last time you went home, and where did you go home?" Rio asks.

Eunica sits up and brushed the dirt on her shirt off, "Uh... last year? The house was in a river outside the city. The house was shabby and dark, no electricity..."

"Raye's house is located in the middle of the city, in the metropolis. It's a mansion now, Eunica." Luke replied.

Jin sighs, of course, he has a lot of money. Why would he let his family continue to live by a lake without electricity? Is this the reason why he sold the hybrids? No, he's a righteous man. He can live as a poor person than hurt others. But why? What's the reason why Raye gave up his values?

Eunica smiles, "Really? A mansion!" she stands up, making everyone in the room feel shocked, "My siblings are living comfortably! Mother doesn't have to wash other people's clothes and clean dirt!"

Everyone stared at her, "Eunica... he's killing your kind," Lucio whispered, he can't believe she'll feel happy about Raye's riches.

"Yeah!" Eunica let out without thinking, "Uh..." her smile slowly fades, "Oh... yeah. He does."

Jin sighs, "Eunica," he called, "he's not the same father you remember."

Iaz and Lucio look at each other, both of them are thinking the same thing. Letting Eunica meet Raye will turn out bad. She will either stay with them or worse, even work with him. If this makes her feel happy, it'll turn out bad.

Maybe she hasn't fully understood what really is happening. Just simple words of description won't suffice to make her realize what is happening.

"Why don't we stay here for the night? I'm sure Phantre tribe will be happy to meet their new family member," Iaz said as his gaze from Lucio turns to the perplexed Eunica who just slowly nods her head in agreement.