To break off the awkward silence, Max looks at Hunter and smiles. "We haven't quite introduced ourselves to you, now have we?"

  Hunter clasped his hands behind his back and looked at Max. "Only YOU have."

  Max nodded. "Right. So, uh, starting with her." He pointed at Rose. The red head slowly looked at him. "Her name is Rose."

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  Max then turned to Zack. "This here is Zack, and that's Shadow..."

  The blond witch gave him a side eye glance.

  Hunter nodded respectively. "Pleasure."

  Shadow bit his tongue. He could imagine saying every sharp thing he can to him. Every word that can make it really sting. He didn't trust this guy, and he never will. He looks at Max.

  He slowly begins to remember what Zack suggested to him.

  He IS going to have to talk to Max again.

  But he had a feeling that for him, this was going to be no easy task...