Natalia:My heart raced as we entered the podium where people would be watching our ‘public execution’.The fact that my father, the man who was supposed to protect me, was in on this too broke me more than anything in the world.I hated admitting it, but at this point, I doubted if anything would be worth fighting for. That is, unless it was my husband’s life on the line. However, as a person, I had nothing.The crowd cheered on and flashes of lights could be seen as they snapped the pictures of the contestants. I knew that most would be choosing their favorites soon, and it would be like some pure children’s game until they realized that it was the real deal.“Nat…” Blake whispered, breaking my train of thoughts. I jumped at his voice and he tightened his grip around my waist, knowing that I was lost in the darkness of my brain.My heart raced against my ribcage and I looked at him, my eyes broken before he cupped my cheek and kissed my forehead. The crowd cheered as they saw that,
Blake:I kept my arm wrapped around my wife as the two of us not only saw that we were on our own, but the fact that everyone was trying to take the two of us down.I looked up to find Drake, Jaiden, Myla, and a redheaded witch looking down at us. Drake’s eyes met mine and he smirked before letting out a wink that I knew meant nothing but trouble. The man knew what he was up to, and I knew that things were not going to get easy from here.Drones flew on top of us, taking close up videos on our expressions. On the screen, those who died were now marked as 'eliminated’, and those who did not pass, which were two, were also marked as eliminated, and I couldn’t help but frown when I saw that they were being dragged by two men in full black, away from the podium. “Are you okay?” Natalia asked, breaking my train of thoughts. I looked at her and nodded before pulling her closer to kiss her temple. “Are you?” I asked and she nodded. I purred at her response before we watched as the ground b
Natalia:We walked through the stony path as Blake kept his arm wrapped around my waist, holding me close.His words played in my head, and the fact that I knew that they were words of truth, I couldn’t help but feel like my heart was whole.His eyes met mine and he smiled before kissing my temple.“It amazes me that the two of you can still find it in you to kiss despite the situation that we are in.” Ariana said, and it took everything in me not to raise an eyebrow at the woman who passed the reaper as if it were nothing. The woman obviously lied, and the fact that she was able to pass him as casually as she did told me that there was something that we didn’t know. Blake didn’t respond, and instead, he cupped my right cheek and connected his lips with mine. Elijah didn’t look at me, I knew that he wouldn’t be able to look me in the eye after abandoning us to save himself despite me stopping to actually save him. The man would have been dead, just like many others, had we not stoppe
Blake: Natalia and I kept our eyes on the lion who growled. I had to fight back returning the growl as the two of us remained completely still, our breathing calm as the lion walked around us. My wolf was alert, but I knew that one wrong move could end up being catastrophic, and that was not something that I wanted to deal with. The last thing that we needed was to deal with such issues, and considering the fact that I knew that things only meant death here, I knew to be careful with what we were to do. “I’m guessing that standing the way that we are is not going to get us anywhere.” I said, and Natalia nodded as she kept her eyes on the lion. I could tell that we were going to need the keys, though how we were going to get them was something that we didn’t know. “That’s why you two are not going to be able to get this.” Riya said, getting on one knee. She extended her hand to the lion who walked toward her. His eyes glowing red as she turned into a snake, hissing at him as she
Natalia:Blake kept his arm around me as the witches guided us back to the room that we were staying in.The fact that more than half of us were dead was not something that I missed, and considering that we all saw that, I knew that things were going to be a lot more challenging. Everyone was going to strive to reach the top, and if anything, I knew that neither one of them would care about the other. The elves proved to us that they didn’t care about each other when they started pushing one another to be able to get toward the door to live.“You two seemed to catch the spotlight.” Valeria said, crossing her arms over her chest as she looked at both Blake and I. I looked at the woman who raised an eyebrow, waiting for me to say otherwise. She didn’t understand that this didn’t come without a cost. It was painful and scary, but we both knew that it was either we survived or we died, there was no other way around it, and neither one of us wanted to risk losing the other. Blake and I kn
Blake: I kept my arm wrapped around Natalia who I knew was raging. Her heart raced against her chest, and I didn’t need to get in her head to know that whatever was going on in her mind was not pleasant. If anything, she was more angry than she ever was, and that was something that worried me. Especially considering the fact that the ground cracked beneath her feet with each step that she took, and the smell of fire kept filling my nostrils every few minutes before she forced herself to take a deep breath to calm down. “Nat…” “I am going to burn them to the ground, just in case you are wondering.” She said, glaring at me. I had to fight back laughing at her statement as she shook her head at me. I could tell that she was trying to fight back her anger, but I also knew that it would take her a bit more than that to do so. “I know that you’re angry, baby girl, but this is not going to get us anywhere. If anything, it would only give them what they want and that is not something th
Natalia:I ran through the forest as I tried finding my dragon, knowing that she needed me now, more than ever.“Crystal!” I called, following the bond. The closer I got, the further she was, and that scared me more than ever.Especially since I didn’t know where anything was going to go or where all of this was going to lead. My heart dropped as I saw my white dragon laying on the ground with blood falling down her neck. I tried approaching only for my legs to give out on me as I saw my mate, Blake, walking toward me in wolf form with blood pouring from his mouth. “Blake? Why?” I asked, putting a hand on my neck as my own blood poured. He shifted back to human form before standing in front of me as my heartbeat slowed down. Myla slowly approached from behind him and took his hand in hers, slowly intertwining their fingers as both kept their eyes on me. She stood on her toes and kissed her cheek before he turned to look her in the eye, connecting their lips together before he pull
Blake:I knew that Natalia fought every single instinct that she probably had to respond to Myla as she nodded.She gave her a cold smile before the two of us walked past her, heading toward the podium where everyone cheered on.The fact that they were still seeing that this was a game amazed me. But I blamed it on books, video games, and more specifically, movies. To them, this was a live theater show, and they didn’t seem to understand that this was our real lives that were on the line.“You need to relax, baby girl.” I said, looking at my mate who raised an eyebrow at me before kissing my cheek as the camera turned to us. I smirked and turned to look at her before connecting my lips with hers, knowing that everyone was watching.The two of us pulled away from one another and I couldn’t help but frown as I took sight of her mum, looking at the two of us with wide eyes. She shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair as if trying to find someone to stop this; however, mum ca