CHAPTER 102~3RD PERSON’S POV~Gabriella’s growls slowly became quiet as her eyes widened. She lifted her paws off Derren's body and moved away from him slowly. The images of the name on the card during her test in the tower flashed in her head. Derren, who still had a smile on his face, got up from the ground and walked toward her slowly, and Steven watched in silence.Gabriella stared at Derren for a moment and suddenly ran back through the hole in the wall.“Hey, where are you going?” Derren yelled, watching her disappear into the darkness of the passage. He turned back to Steven after she was gone and asked.“What is Meredith doing in your building?"“You mean Gabriella? She works for me as my personal maid; who is she to you?” Steven asked.Derren turned to the passage again and replied softly, “She’s my sister.”*****Gabriella ran through the passages, searching for the hideout the other girls had gone to. Her eyes still had traces of confusion in them, as she couldn’t wrap her
CHAPTER 103~GABRIELLA’S POV~Christine, Marie, and I served dishes in the cafeteria early in the morning. Many of the maids who came by to get their meals asked the same question that even I didn’t know the answer to: Where was Clarabelle? It had already been a few days since she stabbed me, and she still hadn’t come out of hiding. If only I knew where she went...If only I knew where she went.“It’s just not the same without Clarabelle around; don’t you think we should try to look for her?” I asked whichever of the two girls cared to listen. Christine picked up a tray of parboiled rice and walked over to the counter, replying,"Look, I understand that you’re worried about Clarabelle, and yes, we should be making attempts to look for her, but we were just servants. How in the world are we going to find her? We don’t even know where she went.”I let out a sigh, then turned to Marie. “Marie, what do you think?” I asked her.“You want to know what I think? I think there are two possibil
CHAPTER 104~GABRIELLA’S POV~As his lips drew closer to mine, my breath got louder and my heart beat faster. My face grew red as I stared at him, and without thinking, I slammed my leg into his stomach. The attack sent him flying into a tree nearby, and as his back hit it, he groaned in pain.“What the heck was that for?” he yelled, getting back on his feet. I leaned forward and placed my hands on my knees, breathing heavily.“I’m sorry, I just need to... catch my breath,” I replied.“What? You’ve been standing in one place since you came here; why are you breathing so much? And is that steam coming out of your head?” Steven asked, walking back toward me.“I just… I just didn’t expect all this. I’ve been waiting for you to feel the mate bond for a while, and now you have. I’m still in shock. Hold on a second, will you?” I replied. Still letting out slow breaths. The moment he revealed that he had gotten all the memories of his second personality, something about him changed.That den
CHAPTER 105~3RD PERSON'S POV~“So, what now? Are we supposed to wait for them?” Gabriella asked Steven with a whisper. He turned to her, then turned back to the three girls.“We shouldn’t disturb the process. Let’s just wait and see what happens,” he replied. From his voice, Gabriella could tell he was also unsure of what to do. They both watched the girls glow brightly for a few minutes, their hairs flowing around like a heavy wind blew from underneath them. After a while, Marie spoke.“My last moments of sanity are near; my mind is going blurry, and I have begun to forget important things in my life. The information on this page is one I have been told not to reveal to anyone, but alas, it is too heavy for my heart alone to carry. When the old woman arrived at my gates, she gave instructions that would set the stage for an event I did not understand at first: a watcher, one who would stand before the doors until the day their purpose was revealed.She asked that no one from the Mo
CHAPTER 106~3RD PERSON’S POV~“Gabriella Montgomery, I reject you."“What?” Gabriella asked softly, stepping away from Steven with shock on her face.“I’m sorry… but we can’t be together. If we get married, you'll...” Steven was about to speak when Gabriella suddenly yelled,“I’LL WHAT?”“Steven, you can’t do this to me. I waited for you all my life; you can’t reject me. Don’t you... don’t you love me?” Gabriella asked, tears filling her eyes again.“Can’t you see? If we get married, you’ll die. It’s all been leading to this; this is why the little girl named Margret chose you to solve the mystery; this is why you were able to pick up that gem stone only the moon goddess herself could touch; it’s this same reason the heralds found their way to you. This is why we're mates. It's all so that you’ll get married to me and become a Mortimer; once you do, the holy event starts, and you’ll be used as the sacrifice,” Steven explained.Gabriella remained quiet for a moment, pondering Steven's
CHAPTER 107~3RD PERSON’S POV~~THE ABYSS~“And so, it ends; the beautiful story you worked so hard to create... has failed to achieve the goal you intended for it,” Lilith, the shadowy figure who hung from multiple chains, said.“Your creations call me evil; your creations call me the half of darkness, when you’re really the one who is evil. You created a plot that would end up harming an innocent girl. She had nothing to gain from the start,” Lilith continued, the chains around her snapping one by one.“Whether her mate rejected her or not, she was bound to lose everything in the end—her friends, her love, her home. Now she’ll forever wander the new world I will bring alone until she’s consumed by my infinite darkness…” she concluded.“The power I used to bind you here might not be enough anymore, but I assure you, you will lose. The power of good will always triumph over evil." Eva’s voice sounded softly.Lilith laughed as the last chain broke. “Until good has enough power to trium
CHAPTER 108~3RD PERSON’S POV~A large magic circle appeared over the snow, where the dark forest was once located. It had different kinds of magical symbols that glowed bright red, going around the large circle’s circumference. After a few seconds, the forest, which Marie disintegrated with her explosion, started growing again. The trees rose slowly from within the grounds, and the thick fog spread to their stems.The forest grew to its original size, then grew larger. It continued to grow until it was three times the size it once was. There was a large circle at the center of the forest, and a young lady stood there: Clarabelle. Her hair had gone completely black, and her eyes looked lifeless.She wore a black, loose robe that looked like a traditional Japanese kimono and had black lipstick on. At a glance, a person who knew Clarabelle before could easily tell that this was no longer the same Clarabelle.Everything about her had changed.She stood quietly with her eyes shut as the c
CHAPTER 109~3RD PERSON’S POV~“So, explain to me why you’re here on such short notice,” Anaya said, then took a sip from her morning tea. She had already provided a room for Gabriella, and a night had already passed since her arrival. Some maids came by with their breakfast, and Gabriella answered.“Well, a lot has happened since you left the Mortimer mansion, and I alone could never be able to explain it all, so I’m just going to give you the most important details.”Anaya put down her cup of coffee and leaned forward. “Go on.”“I found my mate, and for a while I thought we were actually becoming really close, but he ended up rejecting me. I didn’t know what else to do, so I ran away from the mansion so I’d never see him again,” Gabriella said.“Oh my, that’s terrible; why would he do such a thing?” Anaya asked, walking to Gabriella’s side.“Well, it’s a little complicated; that’s the part I can’t really explain alone,” Gabriella replied."Whatever the reason, you’re welcome to stay
CHAPTER 310~GABRIELLA'S POV~Just as Clarabelle warned, the entire world forgot that there was such a thing as the alpha-J drug, and every trace of it vanished from the face of the earth after she reversed the fate of everyone who consumed it and became an artificial. Things went back to normal so quickly that it almost seemed like nothing happened at all—like all the struggles my friends were put through by Episteme, Evelyn, and Agnes were just a dream. People forgot that a company like Higher Wellness Pharmaceuticals existed and that Governor Gerald was a criminal.Newspapers and written reports about the matter disappeared without a trace. Because of this, Steven’s company was unaffected by Evelyn’s actions, and the criminals involved were convicted secretly by the council. Questions were asked about Governor Gerald’s and Queen Elizabeth's disappearances, but people soon got distracted by other things and lost interest in the matter. Steven offered to hand over the position of h
CHAPTER 309~3RD PERSON’S POV~Maria and Clarabelle stood in front of the gates of the Dragnon mansion with umbrellas above their heads and worry on their faces. They had been waiting for Marie and the others to return for hours, but there was no sign of them returning at all.Clarabelle did well to protect everyone from the intense heat, and now that the sun had moved away from the earth, she was sure that Marie and her friends had won the battle. In fact, as the Immortal of Fate, she already knew they would win, and she already knew who would bring that victory, but she wasn't allowed to say a word to anyone. What she wasn't sure of was if they had survived or not, because she refused to look that far into the future.“Do you think they'll return safely?” Maria asked with worry in her voice. She has lost her husband before and was very afraid of losing him again.Clarabelle turned to her and saw the worry in her eyes, then turned away. “Let’s just be hopeful,” she said softly. A f
CHAPTER 308~3RD PERSON'S POV~~Earlier~“Huh?” Gabriella blinked repeatedly in confusion as she stared into Lunaris's eyes. They both sat in a pool of water in the black, empty void that was Gabriella's mind. “What’s going on? I thought I died already,” Gabriella asked softly.“You did—well, not exactly. I put you to sleep for over four months to get some things done in your world. Now that my plot is complete, I'd like you to return and continue living the life you've always wanted,” Lunaris said with a smile.“Oh, you mean I didn't have to die for you to take my body?” Gabriella asked.“Yes, Gabriella. If everyone knew that you were still alive, they would not have grown as much as they have now... especially Marie. I had to make everyone believe that your death was necessary for me to come to this world, so that the plot I couldn't finish years ago would finally be completed,” Lunaris responded.“Oh, I can't believe it's been four months already. How's Marie and the others doing?
CHAPTER 307~3RD PERSON’S POV~Marie and her sisters, Cortana and Yuna, sat inside a large metal dome created by Angela. Angla had created multiple domes like this to accommodate the entire army of Vedantya, and this was because the temperature of the atmosphere has risen to an unbearable level. Daniella used her manipulation of heat to cool down the domes so the occupants wouldn't die of heat stroke.The air around the domes looked like it had been stained with gasoline fumes, and rocks around them had begun melting.Valerie tried again and again to open a portal but failed every single time. The spell that blocked her ability to use spatial magic wasn't very powerful but was somehow too complex for her to undo. It was like the spell reformed itself at light speed every time she broke it, and there was no way of stopping it.“This is bad. If we stay here longer than this, the whole world is going to melt down,” Angela said with worry on her face.“No, we can't give up yet; I'm sure I
CHAPTER 306~3RD PERSON’S POV~“What have you done to me?!!” Agnes yelled with a gory voice.“I poisoned you, Agnes. Ordinarily, poison wouldn't be enough to kill a witch like you, but depending on how powerful the poison is, it would be enough to weaken you. The souls of the fallen Immortals despise you, Agnes. But as much as they want to escape, as souls, they're not nearly strong enough to go against the spell you put on them. It's just like Sabbath and Mary; without Mary's body, Sabbath can't use his power. So, without Agnes's body, the immortals are weak to her spells. But spells require serious mental concentration and physical reinforcement to hold together, and once those two things weaken, the spell comes apart and the souls of the Immortals have their chance to escape.” Agnes gripped her stomach tightly as she felt an agonizing pain coming up. She bled from her nose and mouth as the souls of all the Immortals began seeping out of her body and flying off. “After the Immor
CHAPTER 305~3RD PERSON'S POV~~years ago~“You idiot, don’t go playing with sharp objects if you’re going to lose your mind like that; you know how dangerous that power of yours is,” Agnes queried.“I’m so sorry, I was only trying to get over my fear of blood; it’s really hard,” Mary replied nervously, stroking the back of her head slowly.“Don’t do that anymore. You’ll end up hurting everyone around you,” Agnes said. “But I’ll have you to slap me back to my senses before that happens, right?” Mary said.Agnes smiled. “Yeah, but next time I’ll make sure to slap you even harder so you get knocked out before coming back to your senses.” Both she and Mary laughed together, and the four teachers just stared at them with confused expressions on their faces.~•••~“I lied to you the other day, Mary. I’m not friends with you because you’re a good person or make life interesting for me. I mean, you do, but that’s not the reason.”“Then what is?” Mary asked.“It’s because I feel very ashamed
CHAPTER 304~3RD PERSON’S POV~Mary was accompanied into the building by a group of four people. Two of them were maids, and the other two were Agnes’s soldiers. All four of them still had that eerie smile on their faces, and their eyes still glowed bright red, making them look like their minds were being controlled. They walked into the glass building and led Mary to a magical elevator that didn’t require electricity to work. Mary had her guard up, prepared to launch an attack at anyone who tried to annoy her. At this moment, she was already very pissed off, and anyone who tried to attack her now would be walking into their grave.The elevator door closed and started to rise up the building. Everyone was unusually quiet, and none of Mary’s escorts wanted to make eye contact with her. Mary watched them through the glass wall in front of her—they looked like dolls, stiff and lifeless, like they had been programmed to only move when they were given orders.The elevator rose for over tw
CHAPTER 303~3RD PERSON’S POV~The team of eight continued to fight against the Asuras, cutting through and destroying their forces with as much speed, strength, and precision as they could. They all fought with rage in their hearts, determined to end the battle as quickly as possible, but the Asuras were just too many. It didn't matter what the team did or what amount of power they used; the Asuras just kept coming like an endless sea of stars.The Asuras armor-like skin had become so strong that Edith's blade and Anima Morning Star both broke on impact. The two Immortals had to summon their weapons again and again during the fight just to avoid getting killed. They had to look for a new way to kill these Immortals, and that way was to attack them at points where their armour didn't cover—the gaps in the skin that revealed their glowing orange flesh. Targeting these parts was especially difficult for the werewolves because they didn't have long-range weapons, and getting too close t
CHAPTER 302~3RD PERSON'S POV~Nicole and Melody moved swiftly through the forest, toward the area where the forcefield was located. Nicole hovered using a glowing, orange, magical disc, and Melody just flew around, dodging the trees and large rocks in the way. They both had already seen the helicopter fly off, so they knew Mary was already going against her parents. Their only problem was getting to the forcefield, as the distance it was from where they opened their portal was too much. “Hey, couldn't you just use spacial magic to take us there? It's starting to look like this forest is playing tricks on us,” Melody asked, turning to Nicole.Nicole looked around, her eyes scanning past each tree, shrub, and rock. “I can't use spacial magic or any other kind of magic. Something is blocking me from doing it. This is bad; it means we can't teleport home unless we can find a place where I will be able to use spatial magic,” she responded. “But you're right,” she continued, then stopped