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Like the last Hunting Game, everyone was all injured, but luckily, none of the injuries were that severe. Ariza had marks on her wrists, ankles, and waist that looked like webs. They were fairly easy to cover up, thanks to Ariza's sleeves, shirt, and pants, but it still made them uneasy.

The injuries were mostly uneventful, other than the fact that William got a reverse bear trap stuck on his head ("How do you keep getting bear traps stuck on you?" "I don't know!") and Jace got into an incident with Kate.

Jace was fine, but, much to Rin's amusement, Kate had kicked him in the crotch ("PFFFF一"). Kate had apologized, but she didn't look very sorry about it ("That was the most insincere apology I've ever heard," Angel said in amusement as Jesse and Petra roared with laughter).

So, with some new scars, they had a furious pillow fight that lasted for seven straight hours, before declaring Rin ("Drop the stupid code names, please. It's Renee or Rin. Choose one,") as the winner (Rin attacked from behind and was able to take out most of the Deviants, the Order, and Adrian. He was still sulking about it) and decided to do their own thing for the rest of the day.

Ann was browsing through the TV channels with a bored look on her face. The Blaze Rods, Angel, and Adrian were playing Dead By Daylight, with Adrian as the Killer (Rin had to laugh at the number of swears coming from her friend).

Anna and Seri were spread out on the biggest couch, sleeping ("Don't bother them," William said quietly, "They look exhausted,"), with Olivia and Petra looking close to doing the same.

William and Kate were having a pun contest, with Jesse and Tacey joining in every once and a while, much to her friends' dismay and exasperation. Poor Lukas. He was laying in Jesse's lap, so he had to hear those puns whatever he liked it or not.

Axel and Jace were playing a card game with cards that rocket to the ceiling every five minutes and explode ("Now you guys blow up something?!") with Mason watching with mild interest.

Annabelle and Ariza were chattering away (Rin suspected it was about their interests in writing and literature) in the back, gesturing with their hands and occasionally pouring over notebooks.

Rin, herself, was watching The Blaze Rods, Angel, and Adrian play and their hilarious commentary while writing her reply to Aaron's letter.

"Ha!" Angel shouted with triumph, "Get your non-existent bits somewhere else, you noob Killer!"

"Oi!" Adrian said indignantly, "I'm just getting started! You haven't seen anything yet!"

"Exactly!"

Rin rolled her eyes. She watched Adrian play in the past as a Killer and he wasn't exactly a noob. Still, it was a good way to deflate his ego.

"D**kless shitmonger! You barely even touched me!"

A very good way to deflate his ego.

"Hey! Stop juking me!"

Rin snorted. Aiden, Gill, and Maya were laughing next to them, working on generators as Adrian screamed with rage. She turned back to her letter and continued writing.

Dear Aaron,

Congrats on the wedding! I knew you can do it! I'm so happy for you two! Tell Aph I'm coming. I'm definitely not missing the wedding. Can I bring a few friends along?

I'm excited to meet your friends. But if one of them tries anything, I'm packing up. So tell them that alright? I don't want to leave the wedding when one of your friends is being a pervert.

Tell Melissa I send my love back and mom that I'm doing fine on my own. I'm okay, I'm healthy, and I can fight monsters with ease. Don't ask.

As for being apart of the family again, well, I don't know. I still hate Derek, and it seems impossible for me that Derek wants me back as a daughter. I spent so long as the "Unwanted Daughter" that it just shocked me.

Anyway, I'll think about it. I have friends that acted as my family this entire time and I don't want to leave them. I mean, I know they can

"一we are here to announce that a group of twenty-one people mysteriously disappeared."

Startled, Rin accidentally snapped her quill in half, miraculously not ruining the letter with ink blots. Rin took no notice of this, as she stared at the TV in disbelief. What the…?

Everyone thought the same as her. Seri and Anna snapped awake, Olivia and Petra snapped into attention, Axel and Jace stopped their card game, Adrian, Angel, and the Blaze Rods stopped playing their game, Mason stopped watching the card game, William, Kate, Tacey, and Jesse stopped their pun contest, Lukas slipped off Jesse's lap, and Annabelle and Ariza went silent. Ann's bored face turned to a look of shock as she gestured for them to come closer, which they obeyed immediately, ignoring the remaining cards exploding to the ceiling.

"After eight months of inactivity, another group of people went missing all at once, and it seems very interesting that eleven of the missing people are our precious Order of the Stone: Jesse, Jace, Petra, Axel, Lukas, Olivia, and Angelina, along with their friends: Aiden, Maya, and Gill."

The mentioned eleven shared a shocked look as the screen showed pictures of them smiling at the camera.

"The ten other individuals are mariosonicfan16, fighter33000, Anna-The-Cherry, Seriblaze, Berry-O-Pokemob, ArizaLuca, coughandcolds, Foreverfairy, Annabelle and Adrian Grant一"

Each of the mentioned nine straightened up every time their name was called.

"一and possibly the most interesting person on this list, Renee Joanne Lycan, the youngest daughter of the CEO of the Lycan Corporation."

Rin cringed visibly in her seat when everyone turned to look at her as a picture of her seventeen-year-old self was shown on screen. The picture was fourteen years ago, but that doesn't mean she was unrecognizable.

"You're the一" Tacey began in shock, but the TV didn't let her finish.

"We still don't know why Miss Lycan is along those twenty-one missing, but it is known that all of them are said to have gone away for a week of relaxation. It's been twelve days and they're still missing. Here is an exclusive interview we managed to get with Miss Lycan's family."

The screen switched to show her family. Rin hissed angrily at the sight of several reporters in front of her former house and family, who were standing in the doorway. Disowned or not, nobody harassed her family like that.

"So tell me," said one of the reporters, pointing a microphone at Aaron, "What do you think made your sister go missing? Is it because of your ultima status一"

"How did they find out?" Rin blurted out in shock, "Dad made sure nobody found out we're werewolves!" Rin was so shocked, she didn't notice the slip-up.

"I don't know, Rin," Annabelle muttered, "I don't know…"

"一or is it because of your recent engagement?"

"I don't know, okay?!" Aaron said, sounding distressed as he pulled at his hair, "I sent a letter to her on the day she vanished, wondering why the hell she didn't respond after 4 days because she replied very quickly, then this mess happened, and一 and一"

"Easy there, Aaron," Melissa said softly as she reached out and pulled Aaron away from the reporters, turning her back against them. Rin lived with her long enough to know that she was crying.

"Letter? Why letter? Why don't you call her or text her? Don't you have her phone number? Can you call her now?"

Rin narrowed her eyes dangerously and sneered at the screen in disgust. Oh, those damn, tactless, brainless reporters. How she wished to claw their eyes out for being so tactless and nosy.

"I don't have her phone number," Aaron said quietly, "She doesn't have mine either. We always wrote letters because she didn't want Dad to see her phone number."

"Why一"

William frowned at the screen in disapproval. "It isn't any of her business. Why does she think she has the right to nose around family matters?"

"Exactly. The family of a corporation fighting," Jesse said dryly. "It'll make a good story. No reporter wants out of that."

"That's sick."

"That enough," her father 一 no, no, no一 Derek said firmly. Rin has never been so thankful for his presence. "That's all for today一"

Another microphone was forced in front of his face by another reporter, "Do you think Renee will survive this?" asked the reporter eagerly and oh, Rin wanted to knock out all three of her gold teeth. "Do you think she'll come back?"

Rin stiffened in anger because she wasn't the only one who was missing. She was fine staying out of the spotlight and in the shadows. Apparently, everyone thought so too. It showed on their faces.

Derek fell silent, a pained look in his eyes as Rachel sobbed behind him. Finally, he said, "I never bonded that much with Renee一 don't you dare ask why 一 but what I do know is that she can survive. She can take care of herself and she's the smartest out of all my children. She's always been like that. She'll come back with a smirk and a laugh. Now go and run off to bother someone else. Good day."

He slammed the door in their faces.

"That's all for today folks! We'll come back with an interview with friends of the Order of the Stone tomorrow at 10:00 AM."

Ann slowly reached out and turned off the TV. Everyone immediately began chatting about the info from the news.

"We've been missing for twelve days!"

"But it's only been four days since we arrived! We arrived on the same day too!"

"Does that mean time goes faster outside?"

"We can't test it out, remember? We're stuck here!"

"How long is one day outside for us?"

"Eight hours…"

Twenty pairs of different color eyes turned to look at Olivia, who rolled her eyes at the silent question and said, "If twelve days for them is four days for us, then three days is one day. Since a day is twenty-four hours, you divide twenty-four with three and get eight. So one day is eight hours."

"How you enjoy math, I still have no idea why," Axel muttered under his breath, which made Petra snort with laughter.

"Shut up, Axel. It's not the time," Jesse said, then got into Leader Mode again, "It's about midnight right now (woah, I didn't know we were up that late), and in eight hours, it's another day for them, which is 8 AM for us. So wake up at 8 AM so we can get more information. Is that alright?"

There was a chorus of agreement as they hurry off to the dorms, except Rin. She stared at the unfinished letter, then at the clock. She quickly began finishing her letter, wrote her number on the back, and send it off, before leaving the living room.

visit me, but I lived with them for so long, it just feels weird without them arguing in the kitchen.

I know about that I'm missing along with other people by the way, and everyone's here. Shakened, but okay. It's just that you can't locate the lodge we're in. It's hidden. I checked the first day we were trapped here.

We'll be out as soon as we can. Don't assume all of us will be alive and uninjured because there's a chance one of us will get a few injuries or worse. I love you, and I hope we'll see each other soon.

Lots of love,

Rin~