MiaI almost cried when I saw the boys again. After watching all those gruesome images and crying my eyes out in front of the mirror, I suddenly met myself in another place. I was afraid of being tested again until I saw whirlwinds begin to appear and when they evaporated, I saw the boys on the grounds looking as confused as I was.Maybe that was nice. Maybe that wasn't. I didn't know yet what was about to happen. It could be that we were about to be tested again and this was a puzzle that we would have to fight together.I sighed, hoping that wasn't the case. I was drained. I couldn't do this anymore. Watching those images had messed with my psyche. I couldn't get it out of my head that I was going to betray the boys to the dark wizard. I shook my head in terror, my body wracked with a tremor. That shouldn't happen.Come on, Mia. It's just an illusion. I reminded myself for the thousandth time.The boys finally noticed me and started running towards me at the same time."Mia!" They s
MiaI woke up to the sounds of the boys talking in low tones. I stretched, looked around the tent and realized that I was the only one left in there. I picked my phone and checked the time and saw that it was ten in the morning. I gasped and jumped out of bed, hissing with anger and self-loathing. We had planned to wake up by eight so we could get an early start on the journey, now I had drawn us back by two hours. Those annoying wolves. Why didn't they wake me up when they rose from bed?"The princess is awake." Jack grinned as I stepped out of the tent.I blushed, not because of the title he had called me but because I saw that they had done a lot of things while I was asleep. It seemed like they had all washed their faces and brushed their teeth even though they still had the same cloth on and had also made breakfast."Why didn't you wake me up?" I glared at them."What do you think?" Jack grinned."I swear I'm going to kill you if you say something cheesy." I growled at him.He la
MiaWe were done with the raft and finally on the sea. It was calm as Jack had said and we paddled forward, gently as we could.We kept quiet all through the journey, afraid that the sea was like the echoing forest and didn't want to alert it to our presence.We got to the middle of the sea and were glad, almost congratulating ourselves for making it that far when it happened. The calmness of the sea was a false alert, a trap into our doom. It suddenly swirled, the water moving with a disturbance that caused the rift to move sideways.John looked like he was going to talk but Quinn gave him a look that silenced him. This wasn't the time to remind us of how right he had been by telling us to be careful. Moreover, the raft had almost gotten us to the other side.The raft moved violently, threatening to throw us into the sea. Oh God! No! That shouldn't happen. Not at all.We were glad that we had strapped our bags to the raft with ropes before getting on it or we would have lost them. We
Jack We all trooped off of the raft once we got to the shore. We untied our bags and the ropes, letting the wood flow back onto the sea. I heaved out a sigh of relief, glad to be alive and safe. I was glad that my idea had worked. I would have felt guilty in hell if we had all been killed, telling myself that I should have listened to John. It was good to have a crazy idea and have it work out without being told 'I told you so' afterwards. It was even better to be on land in an open space instead of fighting for your life over water or trekking amidst trees that seemed as terrifying as the forest itself. "I'm glad your idea worked." John said, moving closer to me and clapping me on the back. "Me too." I replied him. Quinn finished stashing his bag onto his bag and pushed the wet ropes into a nylon bag, carrying it in his hand so it could dry off. We would definitely need the ropes anytime soon. Mia staggered on her legs and we all rushed to her side, supporting her with our hands
MiaIf wishes were horses, beggars would ride. I should have known yesterday when I was wishing for no adventures before bed that it wasn't as easy it sounded. It was easier said than done. That was the life here.We hadn't bothered with tents last night, wanting to feel the cool open air on our skins as we sleep. That had been the reason I wasn't suspicious until it was too late.I had felt a hand on my leg and had thought it was one of the boys moving in their sleep and had flicked it off without even bothering to open my eyes to see who it was. I assumed that there was no need as I was sleeping in their midst after all.Some seconds later, I felt the hands again on my legs. This time, they were trailing up my body. I scowled as I flicked my sleepy eyes open as I wondered who it could be. I chose to believe that the person was lost in his dreams and didn't know what he was doing.I knew the boys wanted me but they wouldn't disrespect me like that, not here. Quinn had asked me repeat
QuinnShit! I cursed all through the day. I could feel the energy. I looked at my brothers and knew they felt the same way that I did. They could also feel what I was feeling and the fear coursing through my veins was by no doubt running through theirs as well.This was not good but what I knew would happen. It wasn't possible that there would be no full moon night throughout our journey here. Maybe I had hoped that we would easily find what it was we had been looking for and be out. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. We had been here for almost two weeks and hadn't gotten to the Aselia tree even though we were on the Gayalluc island. Of course, treasures were always hard to find.I looked at Mia, hating that we might put her in danger. I feared that we should shift tonight and kill her as the dark wizard had predicted. That would be a disaster. I would want to kill myself but I wouldn't because we had to save dad and couldn't let our family die out like that. I also couldn't kill m
MiaQuinn had to be joking. How did he expect me to sleep when they were locked up and far away from me? He had to think that I was inhuman and hated them. I scowled as I remembered that I hadn't exactly done anything to change his perspective that I hated them.We had dinner but we were all distracted as we ate. There was no word at all through the meal. Everyone was obviously busy with their thoughts. The boys were worried still about the impending shift tonight after finding a place that they could lock themselves up in. They were natural worriers and I was shocked to find that out. It was unbelievable to find out that the boys who were strong as that and didn't fear anything could be victims of chronic worry. It was indeed a strange world.The cellar door was iron and there was no way they could tell me that they were worried they might break it down. I doubted that they would even if they rammed all their bodies into it at the same time. They just wanted to worry to keep themselv
Mia"What do you think you are doing here?" The boys growled at me as they shifted to their human forms and saw me."Have you been here all through?""Mia, why are you so stubborn?""I thought I told you not to come here.""What if we had killed you?""Why did you take such a stupid risk?""Why would you risk your life like that?""What were you thinking of?""What made you come in here?""I really hope you have a good explanation."I ignored their angry rants, my mind focused on something else. I was relieved and glad that they were back to their human forms. I noticed that the full moon was still outside and a thought crept into my head. This was the best time to break the nasty curse placed on them. I would make sure that they never have to chain themselves up and go through that pain again. I didn't want to break the curse for them alone but I wanted it for myself as well. I wanted to do it. I wanted them to claim me. This wasn't a pity decision.I knew how to get the anger away f