“What are you both doing?” Amber turned and they both saw Bathilda standing at the entrance of the classroom.“Someone is down here,” Sage said and added, “still alive.”Bathilda walked to where they stood and she looked at the both of them before looking down and she moved around a bit before stopping. She tapped her boot on the ground and said, “This spot should be good.”“So?” Sage asked, looking at her with a raised brow.Bathilda raised her head and moved it to the side to look at him. “Smash into it,” she said and when he didn’t move, she tapped her boot on the spot again.Amber watched the both of them and she took her time to guess who is older between them. To her, Bathilda should be around the age of twenty five while Sage should be a few years older. And now she could not help but think about Mirabel at the moment. When Jade had visited during the bonfire, she had tried to gain his attention. So now that the world had come to this, if she happens to set her eyes on Sage, o
Samantha who was busy checking out the faucet, not understanding what it was and how it works, left it and turned her body to meet Harper’s eyes just in time as she was staring at her. Her brows moved up a little, seeing that she is now fully consciousness and Harper quickly looked away from her. Amber pulled her body away from her and she helped her get on her feet. Sage also stood up straight and he walked to stand a few distance away from them, checking something out just to keep himself busy.“Your outfit...” Harper said, just noticing the fitting outfit that Amber wore and she moved her eyes up to look at her. “Did you find a safe place out there? Like a camp?” she asked, her brows going up with each questions. “Did someone come to save us? Do you think my mother is safe too? What about our friends; Kevin and Mirabel? Did you all escape together?”Amber blinked at her questions. It was one she did not have any answer to but it was not like Kevin and Mirabel had never crossed her
Amber stared at nothing in particular as she leaned against the wall, waiting for Harper to wake up. She is the only one delaying them from going to save the cop_ if he is still alive, and from there, they would go back to Polis or whatever is the place she doesn’t even care to know.She stopped staring when she felt a presence beside her and she looked up to see Sage who also lean his back against the wall next to her. She shifted her eyes to fall on Bathilda who was busy pacing around and she let out a soft sigh.“Do you have something to say to me? Because it seems to me that you do,” she said without looking at him.“I actually don’t,” Sage said, his voice sounding soft.“Then why did you come here?” she asked and waited for his reply when she suddenly remembered something. “By the way,” she turned her head to look at him, “Why did you save me?” she asked.“That is because you are the Chosen One. You will always be protected. If I don’t, someone else will.”“I don’t want that answ
When Mirabel regained her consciousness, she felt like a new person and a new kind of energy surged through her whole body that felt like it now controls her.Kyle stood from the chair and walked to stand in front of her. He said, “Mirabel, you are lucky to have survived. You are now my subject and you will refer to me as your master because I own you now and I can kill you anytime you try to think you can outsmart or betray me.” He run his finger up he neck and said, “A slit is all it takes, and you are ten feet below.”Mirabel bowed her head and said, “I owe my life to you. I will never betray you, master.”A smile appeared on Kyle’s lips and he gave her a pat on the head. “My mission is to kill the claimed Chosen One, which is your enemy, because she is a threat to our existence. She is the one sent to bring an end to our immortality. The second,” he said, “I want to have power. In order for that, I need my master out of the picture. I want him dead and I will become the next leade
Amber sat outside on a stone with Harper beside her who held her body together because of the cold evening air. Her eyes were fixed on the small stick in her hand as her mind travelled elsewhere and she snapped the stick into two. The sound of the snap reminded her of her father taking her picture while she smiled happily and the world they used to live in, before his death which changed everything about her. She remembered the words of courage he made her learn over time and she said it in her mind;“I am the guardian of my mind, body and soul. I have the power to control the way I respond to what happens to me. I will get up again when I fall and I will never give up. I won’t give in to my fear. I will rather control my fears and overcome it. I am strong. I am brave. I am a fighter.”Now, as she repeated those words in her mind, it seems to her to have a different meaning and something just tells her that all her life, the things around her has been preparing her for something, some
Amber walked through the forest trail, alone, and going to see someone. The person is none other than Jade. Samantha had told him she would find him here.“Jade? I guess he must be back in his old self,” Samantha’s words replayed in her head after she had asked her where he was because she has not seen him after they came back.Amber wanted to apologize to him, to everyone and as each second pass, she felt a kind of responsibility, that there was something she needed to do, for her friends, and for the people.She rounded a small hill and saw stone ruins everywhere which spread out in the island and some in the river. Amber never knew that a place like this exist and it looks beautiful under the evening light.From the top of a huge stone ruin about twenty feet high half-submerged in the river, Amber could see Jade standing on it, his back turned to her as he stared ahead of him. Amber watched him from afar and wondered what Samantha meant by him being back to his old self. She could
Amber paced about the room, feeling uneasy. Yesterday, Jade had mentioned that Sage belonged to another Coven and when they went back to the castle, she had found out that they had come to take him back, but he had told them he would leave with them in the morning. Now here she is, deciding if she should go see him or not. She peeped out of the window again to see if they had gone, but they were still there, outside of Polis walls. She wanted to know the reason they wanted him back, because what she knows is that for him to be at Polis and here with them means he is not accepted in his Coven and she doubts if their Coven are friends with them here.She soon heard a knock and she stopped pacing. Did he come to see her before leaving?She went to it and opened it but she got disappointed when she saw that it was Bathilda.“Good morning,” Amber greeted her.“Morning Hedda. You seem to be expecting someone else,” she said, voicing out her thoughts and Amber didn’t think she was only guess
“Amber?”Amber broke her gaze away from the sky and she turned to look at John. She almost forgot he was there and some part of her blamed him for letting Sage leave without using up all the time he had planned with her.“Hey,” she said and started walking down the trail while John followed her. “How are you feeling now?” she asked and turned her head to look at him briefly before focusing her eyes ahead of her.“Much better,” he replied and from the corner of her eyes, she could see him smiling.“Was that your boyfriend?” he suddenly asked and Amber stopped walking to turn and face him.“Sage?” she asked with slightly raised brows.John nodded and said, “So that is his name. I saw the way he was looking at you yesterday and I saw you two coming to this forest last evening.”A frown settled on Amber’s forehead. “You saw us coming to this forest?” she repeated, looking confused. She was alone when she went to see Jade. Does that mean he followed her and he saw them together at the ston
Kevin was with the two other female juniors, eating anything they came across in a mini mall. It has been four days since they crawled out of their hiding place and began their eating rampage due to hunger. As they were going about it, Meera suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making them scream and to stand on their toes.“Mirabel!” Kevin exclaimed immediately when he recognized her and Meera moved her eyes to look at the two juniors who cling unto each other like always. A scoff escaped her lips and she asked, “Is this what you have been doing? All you ever did was to eat? Did you even care if I was dead or alive?”“You were gone for seven days. That is a week,” Kevin said and added, “At least you are here now.” A look of relief passed through his face.“At least you bothered to count,” Meera replied him back and her eyes moved to fall on the two juniors again.“W-where have you been?” one of them asked and she recognized her instantly. “You were only going to check and then you disa
"Long time no see. But who should I answer first? Dear sister, or the great Kyra?” Simon said and started to walk towards them.Jade came forward and pulled Amber to the back quickly and then he looked at Simone. “Is this what you planned?” he asked and from behind, Amber could see the little rage in his eyes. “Did the Elders ask you to lure me here and is that the reason Aiden has not returned?”Aiden. So Aiden is not at Polis right now, Amber thought to herself and she calculated through the time when Harper mentioned she was going to see Aiden and Jade looked at her. He knew! She thought again.“I came here on my own and I have not the slightest idea why he is here. I haven’t even set my eyes on him since I resurrected not until now,” Simone sounded honest.“Then why hasn’t Aiden returned and why did you send the letter?”Simone turned to face him and asked, “Did you come because you trusted the letter, or the one who sent it?” Releasing a sigh, she said, “I need to help Sage and t
Amber waited in her room for Jade and she tapped her feet on the ground, feeling anxious. She has no idea what he wants to show her but she cannot wait to see what it was. Every time, she would turn her eyes towards the door whenever she hears any slight sound, thinking it was him. Not long after, the sound of instruments playing filled her ears; especially the piano and she shut her eyes to the merry voices of the people. They seem to have wanted a night like this since they resurrected, she thought, and just then, she heard a swooshing sound behind her and her hairs flew up due to the amount of sudden breeze that came with it.Alarmed, she turned her head swiftly only to see Jade who now walked up to her and she stood up immediately, looking surprised, and she moved her eyes to look at the open window from where he came in.Moving her eyes back to look at him, she pointed towards the door and said, “I thought you were go—”But Jade grabbed her hand before she could complete what she
Amber sat on the cold stone bed with her feet wrapped against each other as she thought back on what happened at the training ground. The door soon opened and when she moved her eyes towards the entrance, she saw that it was Harper.Harper smiled on seeing her and she had her hands behind her back as she walked towards where Amber sat before gentle sitting down beside her.Amber furrowed her brows a bit at her as she found it rather odd and she guessed that something must be up with her."What is it?" She asked her and Harper quickly turned her head to look at her with raised brows."What?" She asked back and then said, "Ah! It's nothing."Amber gave a slight nod and looked away from her only to hear her say, "Bathilda is so mean. How dare she treat you that way when you are obviously her Hedda? You should definitely remove her as the commander." Harper went on complaining and Amber just listened to her.Bathilda already told her about what she did but Amber knows it is Hazel's doing.
Amber released the arrow from the bow and it went forward only to fall on the ground few feet from where she stood. Her jaw dropped instantly and she looked down at the arrow and saw her failure. She was determined the arrow would hit the board but now she looks clearly disappointed.“Again,” she heard Bathilda say and she went to pick the arrow from the dusty ground before positioning herself again.She brought the arrow forward, hooking it with the line of the bow and she stretched her hand backward, drawing it along with her. she fixed her eyes on the board and when she thought she was ready to go, she released it but got disappointed again.“Again.”This went on until the seventeenth time with Amber not giving up and Harper and Samantha who noticed them, watched from where they stood.“Again,” Bathilda said for the eighteenth time and Amber dropped to her knees with tears in her eyes.“Amber!” Harper called immediately and left her tools before rushing to where she was.Amber lift
In Athens, Aamon arrived at Silver-Crest Coven with other Coven leaders and they were led into the inner chambers of the building. There, the Elders were already seated and they all held furious looks. It was due to the dispute that happened between them before they all resurrected.They all took their seats and after waiting a little longer for the last person who never arrived, they started without him.An Elder was the first to speak to begin the meeting and he started by clearing his throat to gain their attentions. “First, I would like to say that the Elders appreciate you all for being here. As we start, I would like us to put behind all that happened in the past and to discuss the events that will follow in this new life that we have been given. The reason we called you all here is to bring peace into this world and live without any war. Also, as you know, the world has changed and—”“Why isn’t the leader of Dark Shadows Coven here?” Gabriel, leader of Night Raiders Coven of Ar
“Wait, tell me again. Who is Simone?” Amber asked as she walked with Bathilda, heading to the training ground with Harper who seems to be interested in the discussion. Amber added much effort as she walked because she was carrying a bag filled with arrows and on her shoulder hung the bow she will be using for the training. She did not know how to shoot an arrow and she would have argued with Bathilda earlier about it, but she did not because she had gone to plead with her to train her and she will have to do whatever she says. “Simone is Sage’s half-sister,” Bathilda responded to her question as she walked with her hands folded behind her.Sage has a sister? Amber thought as she took in the new information. She wanted to know all about the person Aiden revealed was her lover in the past.“Simone’s real brother is Simon,” Bathilda continued. “He is a year apart from Simone but Sage is the oldest.”Amber smiled at the revelation. It felt good to know that his mother was his father’s f
Sage sat on the bare floor in chains and he stared out of the small window in the room where he was. From there, he could see the moon which remained a quarter to complete and he took in a sigh before releasing through his nose. It has been two days since he was locked up, awaiting the day he would finally be punished. He had escaped his punishment in the past where he flee with Kyra, abandoning his own Coven and joining hands with the Blackburn Coven, but now that things had gone back to how it was, he knows just what the intentions of his former Coven members will be, and their leader.His eyes darted to the entrance when he heard the sound of chains and the metal door to where he was opened. With the little light that entered the room, he could see a person dressed in black with a black veil covering the face and he just stared right up at the person. When the door was shut, at first, he thought it was another prisoner, or the person sent to kill him, but when the person quickly re
Meera was dragged out of the dungeon by two guards and taken into a room where candles were lit all around to give light. Her eyes had already swollen and her limbs already turned numb. She did not know why she was brought into this room. Were they perhaps going to kill her here? Does that mean her time on earth was already up? Was this what Kyle told her to get ready for?Amidst her thoughts of ending up dead, a smile appeared on her lips. It could be her last smile and she scoffed when the guards released her, making her body crash to the floor. As she was too weak to move, she stayed there and only raised her head up to see Zul who now came to stand in front of her. His presence alone answered all the questions that were in her mind. She was going to die, and he, Zul, was going to kill her.Zul released a heavy sigh as he placed both his hands on either sides of his waist and he clicked his tongue before he said to her, “You look more miserable than I expected. I thought you were m