Chapter 141

Jaden

As I walked through my front door, a skittish feeling ran through my body, like a thousand spiders crawling over me. Every shadow that fell over my shoulder made me jump, my heart racing with fear. I didn’t want to know how Felicity knew about the Arachne or how to control it. I never recognised the words and even Elio couldn’t decipher the ancient language she spoke to it in. I had the body of the woman burned using Elio’s hell fire to prevent anyone from bringing her back. Even now she still gave me the creeps, that timeless look on her face like she was fighting the flames as they burned her. I could still hear the screeches of the Arachne - she made in my head.

As I entered the lounge, I found my pack mates Stacey, Libby, Todd, and Megan all lounging on the sofas, absorbed in some children’s movie. Stacey cradled Libby in her arms, the little girl singing along to the movie with a soft and mesmerising voice. Stacey herself seemed to be drifting in and out of sleep, her eyes