The life in Belgrave University continues even the memories of the entire Knights of St. Christopher has been wiped out. The Order worked on giving them their identities slowly so they can blend in the campus and not wander around asking everyone about their names. Hamish returned to being a professor while the others continued to being ordinary students.
It's the start of the new semester in the university and Hamish is starting with his new sophomore class when someone knocked on the door.
"Turn to page 24 and read the passage. I'll be asking questions when I get back", he said and then went to answer the door.
His eyes widened upon seeing a black-haired woman standing outside his classroom's door. His eyes got fixated on hers.
"Professor Duke, I would assume that the first day is not making you feel overwhelmed because you're totally frozen right now", the woman said.
"Forgive me, I was just thinking of something else. What can I do for you, Chancellor?" he apologized. He cannot admit to his boss that he was simply stunned by her beauty.
The university's Chancellor and the Order's Grand Magus, Vera Stone, is carefully studying the amnesiac werewolf.
"I am just making rounds to make sure everything is rolling as planned. Last semester has been disastrous and I don't want that to happen again. I trust everything is going well in your class?" she explained then asked.
Hamish nodded. "Absolutely, everything's going well, Chancellor", he answered.
"Good. Well, I shall leave you to your students. I still have lots of grounds to cover", Vera said and then walked away.
Hamish, enchanted and curious, watched her as she walks away from him. He couldn't quite figure it out but the girl is familiar to him. He then shook his head and dismissed the idea and returned to his class.
Vera, then proceeded to the next room. Lilith, Jack, and Randall are all in the same class together. She talked to their professor for a minute and then looked their way to check on them and then leave.
Inside the temple, Alyssa is already waiting for the Grand Magus' return. She constantly checking on her phone until she texted 'Don't let them out of your sight' to an anonymous contact.
Vera opened the door and found the brilliant witch inside her office.
"Grand Magus, I was just waiting for you", Alyssa explained her presence inside her office.
"I should change the incantation lock of this door", Vera greeted and then went straight to her desk. "What can I do for you, Miss Drake?" she asked.
"I heard you did another round today. How are they?" Alyssa asked her back.
Vera looked at the young witch and so the concern in her eyes. She leaned back at her chair and sighed.
"You mean how Mr. Morton is. He's doing fine. I have restored some of his memories not those connected to the Order of course, same with his friends so they can continue having a life. As far as I am concerned, they're doing fine", she answered.
She then proceeded to looking at the files on her desk. Alyssa remained standing in front of her thinking of how she's going to ask what she wanted to. Vera dropped the papers and looked at her.
"Spill it", she said.
"I read the Laws of the Order in the reliquary. It says there that the sanction for discovering werewolves is immediate death, no matter the circumstance. We have discovered the entire pack of Knights of St. Christopher. I was just wondering. You are the Grand Magus now and knowing you, you always follow the laws of the Order", Alyssa started.
"You're wondering why I didn't kill them instead? It seems that you don't know me at all, Miss Drake. I know how to recognize debt no matter where it came from. The Order owes a great debt from the Knights and I cannot erase that. I cannot let them go untouched and I cannot allow casual coexistence. Since my pride cannot bear to kill them, wiping their memories will do for now. At least, it's better than them being dead", Vera answered casually.
"…and you do rounds every other day because?" Alyssa followed up.
"I am still the Chancellor of this campus", Vera said without looking at her.
"By checking only two classrooms on the West Building", Alyssa muttered.
Vera didn't say a thing. She just glanced at her and then looked back at her files. Alyssa was in surprise. She knows how much Vera despises the werewolves but she saw something else behind those cold blue eyes. She saw concern. She knows according to their law, the appropriate thing to do is to kill the Knights but Vera broke that law for them. That says something.
At the cafeteria, Alyssa chose to sit near where Jack, Lilith, and Randall are to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"Are you sure? I think you're just drunk and hallucinating", Lilith said to Jack.
"Totally! I was by the window and I can swear those three ladies standing outside looking directly at me. It is so creepy", Jack explained.
"That is very creepy. Maybe you got stalkers? That is quite popular in this country", Randall suggested.
"Really? He's no Bono, for god's sake", Lilith snapped. "Just lay low on the drinking for now, Jack", she added.
The next day, Alyssa stormed on the temple and knocked on the door. Vera, who's on the other side of the door, waved her hand annoyingly to let her in.
"I need to talk to you", Alyssa started.
Vera waved her hand again to close the door and stared at the young witch.
"I can see the urgency in your face. I'm not just sure if it's really that urgent", she said.
"Yesterday, I overheard from Jack, Lilith, and Randall that Jack saw three women watching him from his window", Alyssa said.
"You overheard?" Vera asked.
"Yes. I was at the cafeteria. Anyway, I made sure that it's nothing so I put an incantation spell around their dorm rooms just to protect them and this morning, someone broke that spell. At first, I thought it could be Gabrielle messing with me but I checked the remnants of the magic. It's not Gabrielle's or ours. I think it's necromancy", she answered.
The word got Vera's full attention. She knows the history about them and the failed incantation on Renee and she knows it's because of the werewolves.
"They must've figured out that it wasn't Edward who sabotaged the incantation", Vera muttered.
"If that is true, then they are in great danger", Alyssa said.
"What are you proposing, Miss Drake?" Vera asked.
"We need to give them their memories back, all of it", she answered.
Hamish is walking down the hall when he saw Vera talking to the other professors. He stopped walking and just watched them. He checked his watch and braced himself before walking to approach the Chancellor.
"Chancellor, may I speak with you?" he asked.
Vera nodded and waved at the other professors to go.
"Can I help you, Mr. Duke?" she asked him back.
"Here we go. I know you don't know me, Chancellor, and it might sound strange to you but it feels like I have known you for a while", Hamish started.
"That is because we work at the same university", Vera suggested.
"Of course, this is not going well at all. I'll just get to the point. Would you like to go out with me sometime?" he suddenly asked.
Vera, stunned, looked directly at his eyes and noticed that he's being serious.
"Mr. Duke, I don't think you would want to go out with me at all", she muttered.
"I think I do", he said.
"Shit…I tell you what. Why don't you meet me up at this address and let's see what happens?" Vera said and wrote down an address at his palm.
"I'll be there", Hamish replied excitedly.
The night came and Alyssa brought Jack, Lilith and Randall at the Knights' den.
"Why are we here? You said that you'll give us an activity for extra credit", Lilith asked her.
"Just wait", Alyssa simply said.
Hamish arrived at the house and found the first four in the living room.
"What are you doing here?" he asked them.
"Is this your house?" Randall asked him back.
"No. I'm supposed to be meeting someone here", Hamish answered.
Vera walked in the living room in her all black clothing.
"Relax, all of you are summoned to be here. Now, shall we begin, Miss Drake?" she said.
The look on their faces only shouts confusion. Alyssa grabbed the glass of whisky on the bar and handed it to Hamish.
"Drink it, please and don't drink it all. The others have to drink that too", Alyssa said.
"I am lost here. Are we here to drink or something? Because I can make my own", Randall asked.
"You want extra credit or not?" Vera asked him and Randall nodded and remained quiet.
"You know this is not what I have in mind when I asked you to go out with me, Chancellor", Hamish muttered.
Vera looked sideways and met Alyssa's eyes. Vera rolled around her eyes dismissing the question marks on her face.
"Drink and pass it around", Vera said and they followed for the sake of additional grades.
Afterwards, their heads started to hurt and they all started groaning. Vera and Alyssa stepped back as precaution in case they transformed to being werewolves. It only took few minutes until it's done.
Jack looked at Alyssa in disbelief. "You erased my memories?" he asked once it all came back to him.
"She is just following orders, Mr. Morton. Would you rather I asked her to stab you with an enchanted blade instead?" Vera asked.
"I knew that coexistence bullshit won't last", Lilith muttered.
"Why?" Randall asked her.
"Because the law says that if Order spotted a werewolf they have to kill it right away, no questions asked", Lilith answered.
"That is a bummer", Hamish muttered. "Why you let us live then?" he asked Vera.
Vera sighed. "Like I said before, the Order owes you a great debt and killing you isn't a way to repay that debt. The plan was to allow you to have a normal life but the whole thing got blown up and dusting you again with powder will be counterproductive so here we are", Vera answered.
The Knights looked at each other for a moment and then turned to Vera.
"You broke a law for us", Jack muttered.
"Don't get used to it", Vera snapped.
"I think you should watch your back about the necromancers. I think they might have figured out that you're the reason why the spell didn't work on Renee. They might come for you. Necromancy broke the protection spell I casted on your dorm rooms", Alyssa warned.
"Well, I think we're done here. Your memories are back and hopefully so your powers to become werewolves so you can defend yourselves", Vera said.
"Wait. You're not helping us with that problem?" Lilith asked.
"That is your mess, Miss Bathory. You intervened with the incantation. You killed Renee not the Order", Vera said.
"We saved those five people. You're just willing to let them suffer for some evil necromancer", Lilith retorted.
"Edward was hell-bent on helping Renee and I was appointed to do the ceremony. If I opposed, I would've risked getting kicked out of the Order and losing his trust which means losing access to his plans. If I tried to sabotage the whole thing, I would've risk war between them and the Order which is going to be messy, so excuse me for thinking of the welfare of the Order and lots of lives in this campus than the lives of five terminally ill people", Vera snapped back.
"She does have a point in there", Jack muttered.
Vera turned around. She was about to walk out when she realized that she forgot something. "Oh, one more thing, I am not returning the books you stole from my reliquary so don't expect them to reappear anywhere here", she said and then turned her back on them.
"Hold on, Chancellor", Hamish stopped her.
Vera stopped walking and turned around again. "What?" she asked.
"You didn't answer my question", Hamish said.
"Which question?" she asked.
"Why did you let us live?" he asked again.
They both looked at each other for a moment before she answered, "Working with you guys for a brief moment made me realized that not all werewolves are monsters. That's the reason why."