CHAPTER 118~3RD PERSON’S POV~Gabriella, Mary, Maria, Derren, and Anaya sat quietly in the dining room. The room was dimly lit, as only the light from candles that sat on the chandelier and hung on the walls could be seen. No one wanted to touch the food on their plates, as Anaya hadn’t touched hers. Mary stared at her meal silently, using her fork to play around with the strands of noodles, and Anaya stared at her.“Who really are you, and where did you come from?” Anaya asked Mary.Mary raised her head slowly and nervously replied, “Umm, my name is Mary. I was born in a place where the sun hardly hit, in a city really far away from here called The Forgotten. My parents moved here a while ago but died shortly after, leaving me with my madam, for whom I work at the boutique.”“The-Forgotten? I’ve never heard of that place before. Why is it called that?” Gabriella asked.“It’s located all the way on the other side of the earth. The city wasn’t always dark and grim. In fact, it was one
CHAPTER 119~3RD PERSON’S POV~“My lord, we managed to sneak these two out of the Montgomery mansion. We’re not sure if they’re the ones, but they resembled Miss Gabriella’s description the most,” one warrior wolf among three said. They were the ones who were sent to kidnap Gabriella’s friends.“Gabriella? Is she here? Was she the one who sent you guys?” one of the females asked. Both had black bags over their heads, and their hands were tied behind their backs.Gabriella stepped out of the mansion a few minutes later and walked through the gardens until she made it to where Derren sat. She saw the two girls on their knees, and Derren sat in front of them with his legs crossed, holding a glass of orange juice in his right hand.“Who are these?” Gabriella asked.“Gabriella? Is that you? Please tell these large men not to kill us; we haven’t done anything wrong." One of them spoke again, trying to break free from the ropes.“Marian? Lily?” Gabriella exclaimed in shock. She rushed toward
CHAPTER 120~3RD PERSON’S POV~After Anaya had spoken, one man from the crowd got up, picked up a mic, and asked, “My Lady, with all due respect, what in the world are you talking about?” His name was Gerald, and he was a governor.Another man got up after and said, “Yes, we understand that the werewolf world has its occasional wars in the constant struggle for power and dominance, but why do we humans have to get involved?"“This isn’t just about the werewolves. The threat I speak of is one that could end all life as we know it, and I need all your assistance to stop it,” Anaya said.“First you deny humans the chance to lead the council, and now you need our help? You can count me and my people out,” Gerald said, then put down his mic. He was about to leave the meeting room when Anaya suddenly yelled.“SIT DOWN!"Gerald turned around to face Anaya, and she continued, “You should be very careful with the choices you make, all of you. I have enough information to bring every single one
CHAPTER 121~3RD PERSON’S POV~“So, you two were Gabriella’s friends when she was still with the Montgomery family?” Anaya asked, staring at Lily and Marian at the dinner table.“Yes, my lady. I started working at the mansion when I was six years old, and Maria started when she was seven. A few months later, we met Gabriella and became inseparable,” Lily said, turning to lady Anaya.“Oh, so you were there before Gabriella came?” Anaya asked.“Yes, my lady. Gabriella’s appearance in the mansion came as a surprise to everyone, though. There was no news of her mother being pregnant or that she had given birth. She just one day revealed Gabriella was her daughter,” Marian answered.“Before Gabriella’s arrival, did Noah and Aralynn Montgomery have any other children?" Anaya asked.“No, she didn't; in fact, she was thought to be barren until Gabriela’s arrival. She had a second child after Gabriella, and for some reason, her attitude toward her changed. She reduced Gabriela from the princes
CHAPTER 122~3RD PERSON’S POV~Gabriella stood quietly on the balcony of Anaya’s building. She had a blank expression on her face and seemed to be lost deep in her thoughts. “Having the memories of my second personality, I can feel all the emotions he felt on his adventures with that little girl named Margret. It makes me yearn even more to leave this mansion, but the barrier is still up, so I’m still stuck in here." Steven’s voice sounded in her head.“Well, at least you’re stuck in here with me; isn’t that a good thing?” Her voice followed.“Yeah… it is."She could clearly remember Steven's smile when they had this conversation. She let out a sigh and closed her eyes. “You miss him, don’t you?” Maria’s voice sounded from beside her. Gabriella immediately turned to her right and found Maria staring down at the gardens.“Maria, you’re here,” Gabriella said.“Yeah, I thought I’d drop by and have a little chat; there’s hardly any females where I and Derren stay,” Maria replied. She mo
CHAPTER 123~3RD PERSON’S POV~Steven sat in his office, flipping through the pages of his grandfather’s book. He read through everything again and again, trying to find a loophole or a way they could stop the Half of darkness without harming Gabriella. He finally made it to the missing page. He stared at the page for a moment, then flipped past it and through the empty pages until he was at the end of the book.He examined the last page for a moment and noticed a brown stain at the top left corner of the page. He brought it closer to his eyes to see what it was, and he accidentally took a whiff of the page’s scent.“Is that… lemon? How did lemon juice get on my grandfather’s book?” Steven asked with a confused expression on his face. He thought for a moment, then turned to the candle on his table. He reached for the candle and brought it closer to the book. He turned the last page over in the candle flame and moved the book around so the heat of the candle would reach every corner.A
CHAPTER 124~3RD PERSON’S POV~“Just walk past the civilians casually and try not to attract too much attention,” Derren said. He was speaking with Anaya through telepathy, an ability all the alphas had. It was a way for the alphas to know who was in their pack and who wasn’t.“Don’t order me around; I wish not to jeopardize the mission as much as you do,” Anaya murmured as she walked through the crowd, keeping her head down.“Sorry, please proceed to the VIP section; the guard there would ask for your personal information, but because they are humans, they shouldn’t be able to notice you walk past them if you completely turn off your aura,” Derren said.“That actually works? I’ve never done that before,” Anaya asked, staring at the guards in the VIP section. “Well, it’s kind of like disappearing. The humans won’t be able to sense your presence, even when you’re in the room. They can’t smell you, and they won’t be able to notice you if they’re looking away. So wait for the right mome
CHAPTER 125~3RD PERSON’S POV~Anaya, Derren, and his warrior wolves rushed across each passage, bursting through the large metal walls and cutting straight through the maze. They had run for a while, but the center was still a little far in. The maze was a complicated series of turns that went from sharp turns to curves. “How far is the center supposed to be?” Anaya asked.“Not sure, but we should be there in a few minutes,” Derren replied.“Alright, the closer we get to the center, the more I feel like there's something big waiting for us there. If we actually find a serum that can make werewolves human, destroying the experiment might not be enough,” Anaya said.“You mean... we might have to kill Queen Elizabeth?” Derren asked.“Yeah. If we don't, she’ll just end up starting the experiment again,” Anaya answered.“There’s something that bothers me,” Derren said.“What’s that?” Anaya asked.“Well, it really doesn't matter now since we're cutting straight through the maze. This place
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