by Zella
Hybrid Empire (Book 1)
Author
Zella
Editor
Aaron Yao
Published By Sofanovel
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, place, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2020 by Zella
All right reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
Published by Sofanovel Publishing.
Names：Zella, author.
Names：Aaron Yao, editor.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 1
Meeting the Immortals
I let out a deep sigh as I stand in front of an old, familiar two story house. It was ten years ago since I last saw this place and this old house. I smiled when an old woman in her seventies walk towards me smiling, saying my name.
“Cassandra!” She said with her arms spread wide and she’s ready to give me a hug. I smiled and walked towards her to hug her. Oh yes, it’s been ten years since I last saw and hugged her.
“The house is still the same Granny. Don’t you have any plans of renovating it?” I asked my granny as I return my gaze to the old house.
“Why should I renovate it when we have all our memories here and why are we even talking outside, let’s go inside, I prepared a very special snack for you” Says granny as she push me to go inside the house.
I walked around the house and nothing changed from ten years ago, everything is still the same. I think granny has zero intentions in letting go of the past. This place is where my mother grew up and where I grew up as a child.
Maybe granny really doesn’t want to change anything in this house since mom left a lot of memories here. I sighed, just thinking about my mother made me want to experience how to have a mother. Granny told me that my mother died when I was still a kid and she never told me something about my Father.
When I was ten, granny sent me in a dorm school in the city to study. She told me to never come back in this place because this place is too dangerous. I am just allowed to come back here only when I turn twenty, last month I just turned twenty and so granny told me to come here and visit her and so I did. I miss her anyway.
I just don’t understand the reason why I need to go to the city and to never come here unless she tells me to come here.
“So how was your study in the city?” Granny asked as she put down a cup of tea and a piece of cake in the table. I smiled and sat down in the sofa in front of the rocking chair where my granny is sitting down.
“Granny, I’m actually planning to study here. You see, we don’t have any relatives in the city and its too lonely there without you that’s why I’m planning to stay here with you, besides, I’m already twenty” I told her with my eyes pleading.
I was expecting to receive an opposition from her as I wait for her response but she just stared at me with those lonely eyes. Those lonely eyes obviously showed me how lonely and painful my granny went through when I was not around.
I wanted to ask her the reason why she has to send me to the city when I’m the only family member she has right now but every time I try to ask her the reason why, she would suddenly get angry and wouldn’t answer my call for a week.
“Granny, am I still not allowed staying here?” I asked but before I could even speak again, I saw drops of tears from her eyes.
“Granny, you okay??” I asked and rushed to get some tissue to wipe her tears, I tried to wipe her tears but I was startled when she gave me a hug instead.
“Of course Cassandra, I would love to have you here with me and I’m sorry for forbidding you to come here even if you’re so lonely in the city” She said hugging me tightly.
If she is this lonely all this time without me, then why did she send me to the city to study for ten years?
“All this time you’re lonely. If you are this lonely, then why do you have to send me to the city?” I asked granny.
Granny looked at me and then she smiled “The right time will come and if that day comes, you will be able to know” She said and left me curious of the things that I need to know.
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I placed my documents in an envelope and placed it carefully in my bag, I plan to transfer in this University that’s why I came here to fix my papers. Since I’m done fixing my documents, I chose to walk around this University.
I have to familiarize myself in this school and I need to memorize the buildings and rooms that I have to enter for my class, which is why I visited all the rooms of my classes one by one. It’s a little tiring though because the buildings are half kilometers apart and all the rooms are wider than I expected.
This is the only University in this place and so I think all the young adults in this place study here. After I visited all the rooms and buildings, I went in to the fields to watch a number of men playing soccer.
I looked at the sky and its getting darker, I didn’t know that I consumed hours just visiting every rooms and buildings for my classes. I gave back my gaze to the men playing in the fields, they are also around my age and it’s fascinating to watch them. It’s a little weird because they have this enhanced speed as they play the game.
I don’t know if it’s just me but I think it’s beyond human’s ability to have such speed like these players who are playing soccer. They run so fast that I’m starting to doubt myself if I really am seeing the right thing.
“A human” Says someone from behind me, I turned instinctively only to see a man my age dazzling with handsomeness and sexiness. I stared at him enjoying those handsome eyes, perfect nose and sexy lips, his perfectly built body matched with heavenly gorgeous face, how I wish I could have a man as perfect as him.
“Enjoying what you see?” He said as he smirk “S-sorry, I was out of myself” I apologized.
“A human shouldn’t walk around here at this hour” He said that made me almost laugh hard, he speaks as if his not a human.
“So, are you not a human? You told me that it’s too dangerous for humans to roam around at this hour. Looking at you walking around here freely, are you not a human then?” I asked.
He looked at me amused maybe because of what I said earlier.
“You’re a human and you’re not from this place?” He said and let out a fake laugh “How ironic, you will study in a place where you don’t know what kind of creatures are in? If I were you, I would go back to where I came from. This place is too dangerous for you lady” He said seriously like as if his giving an advice to a person who is about to die.
Okay, maybe I’m just tired that’s why everything or everyone is weird to me.
“You speak like as if you’re not a human. To pacify you, let’s just pretend that you really are not a human. Anyway, I have to go, as you said earlier, it’s getting darker and it will be too dangerous” I said, I was about to leave when he suddenly held my wrist and hugged me locking me in his arms.
“W-what are y---” I wasn’t able to finish my sentence because he placed his palms in my mouth to stop me from talking.
“If you want to save yourself, shut up but if you want to die and become a prey from those wild wolves, scream and run away” He whispered. I don’t know how to react and when I’m about to speak, I heard a very loud and scary roar of a wolf in the field.
It was already dark and only the lights from the streets served as our light. My eyes wide open when I saw big wolves in the fields. The wolves are so big that it’s beyond reality.
Earlier, there were few men playing soccer in the field but now I see wolves. Just what happened to those men? Did those wolves ate them?
“Don’t move, if you move they may be able to smell your scent and if they do, they will eat you” The guy hugging me warned. I can’t speak nor move because he’s blocking my mouth and his hugging me tightly.
After a couple of seconds the wolves left the field and what’s left are me and him and finally he let go of me.
“Follow me, you need to go home now before you become someone’s dinner tonight” He said and started to walk. I have a lot of questions right now but I can’t ask him because I’m too scared to ask nor too scared to speak.
The last thing I knew, I was clinging unto him tightly, I’m too scared and the only person I can rely is him. I never told him my address but he led me into my house like as if he knew my address.
Outside of the house was my granny waiting for me and I can see the fear painted in her face. When she saw me coming, she immediately ran towards me and hugged me tightly. “It’s a very good thing that you’re alive” She said hugging me tightly.
“Are you okay Cassandra? Were you not hurt?” Granny asked me.
“I’m okay granny, he helped me to escape from the wolves” I said and pointed at the man beside me. When granny saw the young man who helped me, she immediately kneeled and bowed down to him.
I was startled because of what granny did “Granny you don’t have to do that, we can just thank him in a normal way” I told her begging her to stand.
“Cassandra you should kneel too, you don’t know who you’re talking to” Granny said leaving me speechless.
“Stand, she’s new here and she doesn’t know what’s happening” The guy said and looked at granny.
“If you want her to stay and study here then tell her what she needs to know because if you don’t, she will not last long and she will die just like earlier” The guy said and left.
What did I just witness? How could a guy like him be so rude to let a granny bow to him?
“Granny---“
“Don’t talk and let’s go inside, it’s too dangerous outside” Granny said and forced me inside, just what in heaven’s sake is happening here?
“Granny you may not believe me but I experienced weird things this day” I said.
“Cassandra, you should go back to the city” Granny said making me curious of the things that are happening in this place.
“I’m sorry Cassandra I was too selfish to let you study here. You should have stayed in the city, it’s too dangerous here for you” Granny said.
“No granny I won’t, after seeing all those weird things here? I will not leave this place not unless you follow me in the city and I think you have a lot of things to tell me right now” I said.
“Cassandra listen to me—“
“Is that the reason why? The reason why you forbade me to come here for the past ten years is because of those wolves roaming around at night?” I asked but she didn’t respond.
“Tell me the things that I need to know granny, I can’t leave this place, not now that I know about those dangerous wolves” I said.
Granny sighed and stared at me “Why do you still want to stay here after knowing about those wolves? Are you not scared?” Granny asked.
“Of course I’m scared, I very terrified right now but I’m staying here because of you. I won’t leave you alone after knowing how dangerous this place could be? No way” I said, after saying that I heard granny’s second sigh.
“If you really want me to leave this place then come with me, we can both live in the city Granny. We can run away from those wolves” I said trying to persuade her.
“It’s not as easy as you think Cassandra, this is my place now and I want to die here. This place and this house is where I and your mother grew up and I already accepted the fact that I will serve the Hybrid Empire until I die. This house has your mother’s memories and so I can never abandon this place or this house” Granny explained.
“But it’s a different case for you Cassandra. You can run away and don’t worry about me because the Hybrids are protecting us from those Rebels” Granny said.
“Go back to the city now Cassandra, run away from this place while you still can” Granny pleaded.
I stared at granny “I left this place when I was ten and you we’re alone so why should I leave you here alone again? I’ll stay here with you granny, I know you need me” I insisted.
“Cassandra, you saw how dangerous this place could be” Granny said.
“But you told me that there is this Hybrid Empire who protects us humans from those Rebels and you yourself saw earlier that someone protected me from those wolves so why can’t I stay here?” I said.
After saying that, Granny stayed quiet for a couple of seconds and then she let out a deep long sigh “I guess I can’t stop you then, remember this Cassandra. Before 7 pm you should be inside the house because by 7 pm, rebelling wolves will appear” Granny said.
“This place is being ruled by the Hybrid Empire, specifically the Alpha. At night, there are rebelling wolves that hunts humans but since the Hybrid Empire is protecting the humans, rebelling wolves can’t hunt humans” Granny explained.
I nodded “So the reason why you sent me to the city when I was ten and the reason why you forbade me to come here for ten years was because of these wolves?” I asked.
Granny shook her head “I sent you to the city when you we’re ten because at that time, a prophet said that the Cardinal is already born in this place. When the rebels learned about the Cardinal’s existence, the rebels hunted humans even at day time. They searched for humans who are one year old to fifteen years old and they killed them because they are afraid that the Cardinal’s existence means the defeat of the Rebels” Granny explained.
“At that time you were ten years old and because I’m too scared that they might kill you, I sent you to a dorm school in the city to get you away from the Rebels” Granny added.
“What is a Cardinal?” I asked.
“Cardinals are humans with supreme blood, they say that the taste of a Cardinal’s blood is sweet and the scent is mysteriously addicting. Every generation, a Cardinal will be born to help the Alpha win the war against the rebels. They say that Cardinals are born to die” Granny said, curiosity is painted all over my face. Why would a precious human need to live to die?
“But you’re allowing me now to come here at this place again, does that mean that the Cardinal was already found?” I asked.
Granny nodded “Recently, the Hybrid Empire announced that the Cardinal was already found and she is in the hands of the Hybrid Empire and they told us humans that it’s safe to bring our children back here since the Rebels will not attack again” Granny said “That’s why I allowed you to come back here” Granny added.
“But Granny what is Hybrid Empire?” I asked.
“Hybrid Empire is the whole pack of human wolves which includes the Alpha to the Omega. This Empire is the Empire that the humans here are se
rving” Granny said.
I nodded and asked another question “About that Cardinal that you said earlier Granny, why is the Cardinal’s destiny to be born to die?” I asked.
“The Cardinal’s fate is to be sacrificed. The Alpha needs the Cardinal’s supreme blood and to do that, he needs to kill the Cardinal. Once the Alpha received the Cardinal’s blood, he will possess a very powerful strength, powerful enough to defeat the Rebels” Granny said, I nodded trying to understand the situation here.
It may seem difficult to actually understand the ‘beyond-reality-situation’ here but after experiencing what I have experienced earlier at the field made the situation more plausible.
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I entered the room for my first class. The room is too spacious for a class with only twenty students. I looked at my watch and its five minutes before our class starts, my subject is literature and I’m not surprised to see a less number of students in the class.
Literature is actually a very interesting topic but I guess just like the other students from other Universities, the students here have no interest in literature. I got a seat for me at the very right side of the room. The seat is beside a window facing the soccer field. It’s the soccer field where I almost became the wolves’ dinner for the night.
I actually like seats that are beside the windows because the air coming in from the outside is refreshing. The classroom is a little noisy because of the chitchats that the students are doing. Minutes have passed before our literature professor entered the class. He greeted us and immediately proceeds to his topic.
