On the border between the city of Paisian and Newton, to the west is the woods, to the east is the dilapidated Paising, to the north is the Paisin River, which will eventually join the Charles River, and to the south is the southern borough of Barton. There's a motel you suspect will never have a business, 'Pine's Rest Stop'.

The vampire's eyes were red, and he said something to the old man behind the counter, who handed him a key and gave him a room number.

Benjamin sent the two men to the room, who were still unconscious, and Zach 'borrowed' the phone and called Quest.

"Mr. Quest, the people have been found, they are now at Pine's rest stop, address ......"

"Are they okay? Are they hurt?!"

The vampire sometimes admires optimism, and even though he has hinted at the commission that he has no intention of finding the two alive, the client still seems to be convinced that his brother and his wife are still alive.

"They weren't hurt, but they were still unconscious. Zach frowned, he had tried various methods to sober the two of them, but failed, which was strange. Zach didn't want to dwell on what he didn't know, and before the other person could ask more questions, he preemptively said, "You can pick them up." Then he hung up the phone.

The old man behind the counter kept looking at Zach with wary eyes, and Zach smiled at him, used the pupil of charm to choreograph his memories again, and left this 'Payne's rest stop' with Benjamin.

From the motel, head south towards the Grand House.

Zach sat in the passenger seat, his hands fiddling with the metal box that the Tempests had prepared for them ten days earlier. This is a very old lockbox, the pattern on the surface of the box has long been corroded by rust, only the secret lock located in front of it, the four-digit password wheel seems to be smooth because of frequent touch, but the numbers have also become a little worn, and you can't see what is engraved if you don't look carefully.

Zach patted his hands of rust outside the car window, found a random piece of rotten clothes discarded by Benjamin, and wrapped the box, "What do you think this is?"

Benjamin's body shrugged as he watched the music on the radio, "It should be for Ryan." ”

Zach nodded, and during the few days that the Tempests lived in Grande, Ryan had been hidden in the shadows, and it was rare to be quiet. The two old Indians have never asked Ryan to show up, and the 'contradictions' of this Indian family are more serious than Grande imagined.

Zach dropped the box on the front window, it was about eight o'clock, and the sun was warm and comfortable as the seasons changed. Zach reached for the bottle in his pocket and took a sip, "Do you think the wind will come back?"

Benjamin shook his head with a grunt.

Perhaps when Sbella was willing to let the vampires into their home, the two decided to leave Barton.

Sbella is silently protecting Ryan, who has become a groundbinder, and perhaps she had foreseen the future when Rivench came to Barton. The wizard's attempt to use his powers to change Ryan's fate apparently fails, and Connor's body is found and burned by Rivinch, while vampires and werewolves join the event in strange ways.

When the vampire and werewolf first come into contact with Connor, the Tempests realize that things have gone irreversibly wrong.

Sbella is not surprised when the vampire visits the Tempest house at night, she already knows what is going on, and summons Papa Midnight to make a final effort, but Ryan is completely subsumed into Grande's alien family, and perhaps at this time, the Tempest couple have given up on continuing to live in the city.

It's just that Papa's Midnight Dead Apostle appears to delay what happened.

"I hope it's her spell book. Zach raised an eyebrow and began to think positively like a human.

Benjamin smiled, "Maybe it really is." ”

Grande's 'brother' returned to the Grande House with a smile on his face, and Matthew arrived at the same time as the two of them, carrying a cloth backpack and riding his old bicycle.

Matthew parked the car, walked straight to the office, and handed Zach the week's work report he had brought from Madison: "Mr. Madison said that the price they ordered for the urn was more expensive than the Allen funeral home, and the other party refused to budge when negotiating with the factory. ”

While Zach was sitting in the office, he had already picked up a glass of 'wine' and nodded, "Is there anything else?"

Matthew looked at Zach, and every time he saw a vampire replenish food, his heart would get frizzy. But this simple wolf cub thinks that this is because he knows that the contents of the cup are blood, and normal people will be uncomfortable if they know the truth!

Zach squinted as Matthew stared at his throat, put down his glass, and asked again, "Is there anything else?"

"Oh!" Matthew relieved himself from his trance, as a guy who would turn into a wolf himself, he didn't think he was qualified to think others were 'weird'. Matthew lowered his head embarrassedly, "No, Mr. Madison would like to ask you to take the time to take a look, that's all." ”

The vampire suddenly had a glimmer of thought in his heart, beckoning to the young man to sit down, "Matthew, has Benjamin told you about the origin of the werewolf?"

Matthew didn't expect Zach to suddenly ask this, he shook his head: "Not yet, now I only talked about some transformation and transformation things, alpha and wolf packs, these." ”

Zach's fingers groped for the wall of the glass, revealing a thoughtful look, "Aren't you curious? ”

"Do you mean why there are werewolves?" Matthew was stunned for a moment, it seemed that the young man had never thought about this question yet, "Is it a very important thing?"

Zach was asked, rubbing his chin, "It's important to define it." ”

"Ugh. Matthew scratched his head: "For example, it will make me earn more Dole, or make my father's back pain better, and make my mother's work easier......"

Zach smiled and waved his hand, "Well, that's really not an important thing in comparison. ”

"Oh. Matthew looked at his big boss and really didn't know what he was trying to say.

"Matthew, do you want to make a little more extra money?" Zach asked.

"yes!" Matthew's eyes lit up suddenly.

"Yes. Zach nodded, "I want to install a new phone, and the Grande House has always only had one phone, so it's inconvenient." I'll leave it to you, how about it?"

"Okay!" Matthew nodded, unconsciously standing up and agreeing earnestly.

"Don't be so happy. Zach smiled helplessly, "This is a very troublesome matter, you need to change the phone number of our Grand House, the newly installed phone will become our work phone, business cards, phone books, and the way customers contact us need to be updated." ”

"No problem!" Matthew's eyes lit up, the more troublesome he was, the more money he could earn.

"Alright, you go out. Zach waved, "Let Ryan in." ”

"Oh. Matthew's face was suddenly ugly, Ryan was the most incomprehensible 'person' in the Grande House, the first time he saw this guy, Matthew almost fell into the toilet!

"I'm here, don't scream. ”

Light and shadow condensed in the office, and the hairs on the back of Matthew's neck stood on end when he heard the voice, and no matter how many times, he couldn't adjust to the way the Earth Bound Spirit appeared.

If Matthew could really tell the difference between the average person's reaction to something strange, and his reaction to Zach, he would realize something. Obviously, the lad was a bit sluggish in this regard.

Matthew said goodbye with some nervousness, leaving two 'people' behind.

"Benjamin told me that I had the package. Ryan floated at his desk and struck a sitting position, but his translucent ass was a finger's distance from the chair, and the vampire wasn't ready to warn him.

Zach took out the box wrapped in Benjamin's unwanted clothes, placed it in front of the table, and corrected Ryan's statement, "It's not yours, it's for us." ”

Ryan rolled his eyes impatiently, he was just like Matthew when he was full of age, but his personality was obviously the complete opposite of Matthew.

"Open it!"

Zach reluctantly unbuttoned his clothes, revealing the rusty tin box inside, and turned head-on to Ryan.

There is no weakness in the earthbound spirit itself, because it is the soul and consciousness of the dead person who remains in this world, and there is no weakness and no 'strong' point. But there are some substances that can affect them, such as iron. Iron will cause them to lose consciousness and dissipate when they occupy it.

Ryan's face showed a complicated look, he stretched out his transparent fingers, as if he wanted to touch the iron box, but the moment his fingers touched it, it turned into scattered light and shadow and dissipated, and a faint green smoke continued to spread upward at Ryan's disappeared fingers.

Ryan withdrew his hand, his body shook a few times, and his hand returned to its original state.

"You know this thing?" Zach looked at Ryan's look, "You know the password?"

Ryan nodded, "It's Mother's box, which contains diaries and spell books, as well as potion recipes. Ryan seems to get into the memory mode.

It seems that it is right to be optimistic, Zach raised an eyebrow and looked at Ryan mockingly, "So you peeked inside and killed yourself?"

Ryan's face was gloomy, and the edges of his body seemed to be beating unsteadily. The Earth Bound Spirit hit the nail on the head, and was enraged. But unlike real life, Earthbinding's anger has no effect other than affecting his own consciousness.

"Alright, alright. Zach no longer irritates Ryan, "Here's your mother's diary, I think you'd love to see it, tell me the password." ”

Ryan's body steadied down, still gloomy, and he reported a few numbers.

Zach turned the box around and flicked the cipher disk. With a not-so-crisp click, the lid of the box popped up, and the iron filings in the corners shook and landed on the desk. Zach looked through the box and there was a letter at the top that read 'To Ryan'.

Zach rang the bell on his desk, and the banshee Alice walked in, and Zach patted Alice on the shoulder and handed the box over. Alice looked at the contents of the box, then at Ryan, who had a complicated expression, took a few deep breaths, nodded, and left with the box.