Chapter 40

Ray’s POV

We stood in front of the large gates.

Moon glanced at me, and I nodded. He took a deep, steady breath before he knocked on the gates.

It took us half a day to locate this Kingdom. The mist beneath the hills made it a bit difficult for us to find the way.

However, Moon was able to get it. None of us can tell how he knew the shortcut to the Kingdom, but we all believed it was fate.

Moon knocked on the gates once more and stood back.

“Are you certain there are people in there?” Jol frowned. “Maybe, this is a ghost town?”

“Are you afraid of ghosts?” I scoffed at the stupid vampire.

“I’m a vampire. Of course, I’m afraid of ghosts. Who won’t be?” Jol glanced around the place. “My captors back then scared me with tales of ghosts. They made me hate the dark, not knowing I was part of the dark.” Jol sighed. “Back then, I thought I was a human, and those men were what I tagged ‘monsters.” He chuckled. “Who would have thought I w