CHAPTER 43~GABRIELL'S POV~“That was quite an adventure!” Christine said it with a surprised look on her face.“Yeah, the fact you survived all that shows how brave and quick-witted you truly are. I personally love the part where you started following those arrows even though you weren't sure where they were leading,” Marie said, her lips curving into a smirk.“Naaah, I loved the part about the dance. It's so weird how your dream became reality at that spot; the only difference is that the dance partner wasn't Steven but Gregory,” Clarabelle spoke.As she said those words, I realized something. “Come to think of it, I didn't really see the face of my dance partner in the dream; I just assumed it was Steven. What if…?” I was about to finish my sentence when Christine interrupted.“Stop that. Steven is your mate, not Gregory, and you probably should stop thinking too much about all these things and get some rest,” she said, walking back to her bed.Mate… Why did that word matter so muc
CHAPTER 44~GABRIELLA'S POV~I gently pushed the door to the alpha's room open. I backed in with the alpha's breakfast on a tray and carefully walked toward his table after shutting the door.I dropped the tray carefully on the table, then turned to Steven. He was still asleep, and his hair was a mess. I smiled, watching him as he let out slow breaths quietly. I wondered what he was dreaming of.I pushed out a sigh and turned around to leave. I was about to pull the door open when he suddenly called my name.I turned around and saw that he had already sat up on his bed. “Yes, my lord?” I answered, turning around completely.“You promised to have breakfast with me; where are you going?” He said.“Technically, you ordered me to, but I didn't think you were serious,” I replied nervously.“Come have a seat,” he said, and I slowly walked back to his table, pulled out a seat, and sat down quietly. Steven got up from the bed and walked into a mini bathroom within his room. I could hear sound
CHAPTER 45~GABRIELLA'S POV~"What am I to you?” I asked softly.“What do you mean?” Steven asked me back, turning to me.I paused for a moment to think about the question I just asked. I narrowed my eyes, and my brows furrowed. My fist tightened, and I let out a sigh. Even though I and Steven had gotten so close, I wasn't sure I was ready to hear the answer to that question; the time just wasn't right yet.“Nevermind, my lord. Have a good day,” I said with a smile and turned to the door. As I wrapped my palm around its handle, I paused again and asked.“Is going outside the mansion really important to you? You're managing the pack, so we'll see from inside here; why ever want to see the rest of this dark, twisted world?"Steven got up from where he sat and walked toward me. He stopped a little distance from where I stood and said,“I want to explore the world. I want to see new things, learn, and grow, not only in power but also in heart. Staying locked up inside here for the rest of
CHAPTER 46~GABRIELLA'S POV~I followed Gregory through the passages to his office, just as he ordered. He didn't say anything else to me throughout the walk and had this intense aura around him I had never seen before. This person before wasn't the same cheerful Gregory I knew before; this was someone else I created with my stubbornness.I slapped my forehead, wondering why I didn't listen to the girls when they said I should talk to him once and for all. Now he hated me either way and would make life a living hell for me in the mansion because I'd been avoiding him.“It can't be that bad; he'll just order me around a little bit, and that's all. It's not like I don't already do a buttload of work in the mansion,” I thought to myself as we approached his door.He put his palm on the door handle, turned it, and pushed the door open. We both stepped into the room quietly, and he walked to his table to arrange some papers on it.“What have you been up to lately, Gabriella?” He asked sudd
CHAPTER 47~GABRIELLA'S POV~Me, Clarabelle, and Marie started making plans for Gregory and Christine's meeting. Marie suggested that the meeting should be in the gardens around the mansion because there's no place with more flowers.As for the candles, Marie planted them within lamp-shaped bushes, and the numerous candles glowed very brightly that evening. We informed Gregory of the meeting, and he quickly got prepared and arrived in the gardens, waiting for Christine to show up.Clarabelle led Christine to the gardens with the excuse that there was some work there that she couldn't handle, and as they got to where Gregory stood, she turned around and ran off.All three of us hid behind some other bushes, watching as both Christine and Gregory conversed. We had smiles on our faces and were sure that nothing could go wrong with this.As we stared at Christine and Gregory, one of the candle-lit bushes caught fire.“WHAT?” I exclaimed, and another bush caught on fire.Gregory and Christ
CHAPTER 48~GABRIELLA'S POV~“The Mortimer family had always been a mysterious one, even before she arrived at our door step. Our ancestors had a story they passed on from generation to generation—a story of the first Alpha of Black Moon, a story of how things never went right for him. He and his family were ridiculed by farmers and traders, and they were made to go through all sorts of torture on a daily basis.They were seen as trash in society and had to beg to be fed. The reason was because his father was accused of conspiring with an old witch to murder the king. He and his family always wore bags over their heads to hide their diseased faces from the public.One day his daughter died of an unknown ailment, then his son followed, and soon he got fed up. He picked up a knife and swore that nothing would stop him until he held the king's head in his hand, and if he died in the process, it at least would not be in vain.As he slammed his door open in anger, something stopped him. Ev
CHAPTER 49~GABRIELLA'S POV~The early morning bell rang, and all the maids walked out of their rooms to start on their daily chores. It was another room's turn to serve in the cafeteria, so we handed its key over to them the day before.I and the other girls went from floor to floor, sweeping and mopping every room, hall, and passage. We cleaned every pillar we came across and even mopped every staircase in the mansion.It was already the middle of the day before we finished. The sun was really high, but for some reason, the weather around the mansion was unbearably cold.We proceeded to a large sauna to freshen up. Many maids often gathered there for the same purpose, and only women were allowed to enter. We wrapped towels around our bodies and removed them when we were about to get into the pool.Me, Clarabelle, Christine, and Marie pushed the wooden door open and stepped in one by one. We looked around the room, and surprisingly, it was empty.“Wow, lucky day. We get to have this
CHAPTER 50~GABRIELLA'S POV~“I'm so sorry; I wasn't thinking straight when I tossed you guys into that pipe. Please forgive me,” Garcia said, bowing to Christine and the other girls as they all used their towels to clean their bodies.We were lucky enough to get them out before the incineration process started. And they were all really angry. The other girls were busy looking for who was responsible for throwing them in the pipe, as I couldn't bring myself to get Garcia in trouble."It's okay; we understand that you just wanted to talk to Gabriella privately. But you should think your plans through first before putting them into play,” Christine said.“I almost got incinerated,” Clarabelle said, looking like she had been traumatized by the whole thing.“I understand, Christine. I promise not to toss you in a trash pipe that leads to your deaths again,” Garcia said.“Or you could stay away from pipes and refrain from tossing people in them,” Marie hopped in, trying to make it clear th
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