Early in the morning, Charlotte woke up abruptly with a loud bang on the floor, her heart thumped at the possibility of something bad.

“Eric?”

She stretched her arms and searched for her beloved beside her, the empty bed confirmed her worst fear. Collecting every single speck of strength to get up, she walked out of the room by supporting her limp body against the walls.

“Eric!”

This name came out as a shriek, as the scene before her was a mini world-war three. Alpha was standing in the mess of different ingredients, milk boiling on the stove was burning the counter.

Bubbling water and black coal like thing in...