After a half an hour, Hao and Anna drove from the house in Anna's black Ferrari. Hao was driving and Anna was checking on GPS.

"Where exactly you were looking?" she asked. Hao thought for a while.

"First, I've broken into bookstore, but found nothing there. Then I looked all over the flats and houses in that region and still nothing" Anna smiled.

"No wonder. Drive quickly, maybe we can catch up with the book seller" Hao looked to her with confusion.

"Why him?" Anna rolled her eyes.

"Maybe because he's the man who knows about books and maybe he could tell us some kind of info? You men are all so narrow minded" Hao scoffed.

"As if you're very different" Anna was about to talk back when her cell phone rang. She opened it.

"Yeah"

"Hey, Anna. Thank gods you're ok. How was the hunt?" it was Jake. Anna closed her eyes, blaming herself for forgetting to call him.

"Just fine. Did you check what I asked?"

"Yeah and we found nothing, except for an old drift mine. We crossed it, but found nothing, but old sewer maze" Anna sighed.

"Good. All of you are ok, right?"

"Right. When will you show up?"

"Don't know. I have one urgent matter, so I won't show up till tomorrow, I guess. Make sure everything's going fine without me, ok?"

"Ok. Be safe, Anna" Anna smiled.

"Yeah, you too" she hung up. Hao eyed her with gaze, full of jealous.

"Who was he?" Anna smiled with a smirking smile.

"What? Jealous?" Hao almost blushed.

"Well…I… no…I mean"

"He's Jake, my confident in the cavern" Anna silenced for a moment "and ex-boyfriend" Hao nodded, his insides burning with flames of jealous.

"I see"

"Don't take it that way. We're just friends right now and nothing more. And if you'll continue gripping wheel like that, you'll have to buy new one, after we recover from coma. This car is brand-new" Anna said these words as if she was talking about the weather and Hao relaxed in his chair.

"Here we are" he said, as they drove to the narrow alleyway. An old and a bit shabby bookstore wasn't closed yet. Hao pulled up before it and they both got out of the car. As they entered, the smell of old paper met their noses. An old, white-haired man walked from behind the shelves.

"Good evening, sir, ma'am. What can I do for you?" Anna looked to him as soft as she could to not scare the old man.

"We were hoping that you could tell us something about The Eye of New Destiny" she said in cold voice. The old man looked to her with amazement.

"Not many people know about this legend. I'm impressed"

"Well we are not like everybody. So, could you tell us something, or could you give us a book or scroll about it?" Hao asked a bit impatiently.

"I believe I know just what you need. It was delivered here yesterday and I'll be glad to sell it for you" he disappeared behind the shelves and came back with a huge book with leather covers.

"This book will tell you almost everything about the legend. I cannot say why the other two parts were separated, but I'm sure there's a good reason"

"Yeah, me too. How much?" Anna paid the old man and she and Hao left the book store. They drove back to Anna's place and read the book impatiently. It said: Everybody, who decided to look for the cup must be prepared for seven deadly tasks, which are the protectors of the Eye. First: a walk through the Room of Fire. Second: crossing the Lake town. Third: surviving the Mystic Forest. Fourth: endure the time of Death Storm. Fifth: find your way through the endless clouds. Sixth: not loosing your soul in the Maze of Darkness. And finally Seventh: show the ability of your mind and soul. If these tasks will be completed, you shall enter the Hall of Silence and drink from the cup, gaining the power beyond them all.

Anna and Hao looked at each other.

"Doesn't sound so hard" Hao said in a sarcastic voice.

"If you are not interested in saving your life, yeah. And there is a problem: there's not mentioned about the location where to look for" Hao smiled to her.

"I know where. Or at least I think so: it's in the drift mine. It's location fits the description of all the notes" Anna smiled back.

"We have two months to prepare. It's not going to be easy" she kissed him in a cheek "thank you" Hao was surprised about her actions, but liked it.

"For what?"

"For helping me" Hao laughed softly.

"In that case, would you like to do some stargazing? We can give ourselves one night, right?" Anna hesitated. She felt a strange feeling that if she would spend more time with Hao, she could become so attached to him that if something happened, she could not recover from the loss. But still, she said:

"Right" and they've gone to the roof of the house.

They were sitting in silence for a couple of hours, stars burning brightly above the couple. There was no moon tonight, so the stars looked brighter and bigger in the sky. Anna's head rested on Hao's shoulder, eyes staring into nothingness. Hao was looking to the night sky, admiring the stars and thinking how lucky he was. I'm with the most beautiful woman in a world. Could things go any better? Guess not. God, I want to kiss her! Anna sat near Hao, thinking as well. I want him to kiss me, or I'll kiss him myself. NO! That's not the way you're supposed to help me! Hao asled suddenly, destroying the uncomfortable silence.

"Did you ever get a feeling, that you already know the person you're talking to?" Anna smiled, her head still on Hao's shoulder.

"Oh yeah. I've been feeling it for quite a while these days"

"When you're with me?" Anna rose her head, looking to Hao's eyes.

"How do you know?"

"I think we might have known each other. I know you were turnedto a vampire. Do you remember anything from your life as a human?" Anna thought for a while.

"Yeah, I do. Mostly it's about my family and the place I lived in. I have a strange memories, though. They're mostly about the ocean, night and silver rose, or a pair of arms, hugging me. To tell the truth, these memories do associate with you. I can't tell why" Hao smiled.

"You know, I do remember things like these. Maybe…there were us, who stood there by the ocean. But I can't tell exactly, because when O try to remember more, the sharp pain here" he showed the place where his heart was "paralyzes every thoughts, as if something was blocking the memories" Anna let out a sigh. She looked so beautiful to Hao now, that he was surprised how he just don't grab and kiss her.

"If there were us, then maybe we are doing a right thing to sit here"

"Yeah, I guess so" Anna shifted closer to him.

"Hao?"

"Yeah"

"Remember what I told you, after you kissed me?"

"Never again?" Hao looked straight into her eyes.

"I lied" she pushed her lips to his, drinking her fill of passions and lusts. Anna could hold herselft anymore. She wanted to feel him and feel him right now. So did Hao. He kissed her passionately, his hands skimming across her leather-covered body. The kiss became deeper and wetter. Anna let Hao's tongue play inside her mouth, making her moan from pleasure, making her answer the same way. They kissed like this for a long time, only breaking off to take a breath of air and once again sinking into each other. A sudden shuddering sound made them stop. Anna jumped on legs, looking around. Hao's wolf senses told him about the danger.

"Werewolves" he said husky.

"Twelve of them" Anna continued, her hands gripping the handles of katana. "Hao, get out of here"

"No. I wont leave you here" Anna took him by lapels and kissed him.

"If you won't, we'll never be together again. Please. Go!" Hao looked with helplessness in his eyes. He didn't want to leave her, but she said right things. He kissed her once again.

"I love you" he whispered. Anna confused for a moment, but answered.

"I love you too" Hao smiled and ran to the edge of the roof and jumped from it. Anna turned around, dragging out the swords.

"Come and get me" she said out loud as dozen of brawny werewolves approached her…