He was having a conversation about Hunter with Zack and Rose, until suddenly, he sees that Max was approaching them.

  They all turned to him. Shadow folded his arms. "Does he know the rules now?"

  Max rubbed the back of his neck. "KIND of?" The brown haired kid sighed. "He claims he just wants his peace, he will be happy if we all just leave him alone."

  Zack nodded. "Fair enough."

  "Another thing..." Max began, as he turned to Shadow. "He knows you've been watching him last night...he doesn't like that."

  Shadow sighed. "Shit."

  Max then turned to the rest of the group. "But look guys, he'll be fine. As long as we're distanced from him...we'll be fine!"

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  Rose folded her arms. "Very well, then." Zack nodded in agreement.

  But Shadow just shook his head, and gave Max a stern look. "Alright, fine. I still don't trust him, but you have my word that if he starts to act funny --- " Rose suddenly grabbed his arm.

  "Gabriel, things will be fine."

  Shadow held his breath, then sighed. "Alright...."

  Max looked at him again. "Shadow, if things go south with him, then I'LL take care of it. In the meantime, let's just stick with us...let him adjust and get used to us...and maybe we can fully get along with each other."

  The blond witch sighed once again. "You win."

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  That night, a noise startled Shadow awake. He sat up to see who was present; but nobody was except for him, his friends, and his sister.

  Before he can fall back to sleep, he heard the noise again. It sounded like it came from Zack's direction.

  Curious, he crept over to him.

  He noticed that his friend was whimpering and shaking in his sleep.

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