I shook my head, but Enzo’s gaze never wavered, and I knew that I couldn’t hide it anymore.“I’m afraid,” I whispered. “I’m afraid that I’ll need to kill Selena tonight. And when I was in the portal when we came to rescue you, I…” My voice faltered. I couldn’t continue any longer, and another sob es
Nina“Selena.”Selena grinned. “Weren’t expecting me to find you, huh?” she asked in a sing-song voice. “I guess you should’ve thought about that before you decided to daze every single one of my guards at once. Nice move, by the way. I must admit that I’m quite impressed.”I narrowed my eyes. I wen
My eyes widened. The premonition… It was a curse. All along, it was a curse.But curses could be broken.“W-Why?” I muttered, somehow managing to speak through the weight on my chest.Selena simply shrugged. “I’m just fulfilling the duty that our ancestors should have fulfilled long ago,” she said.
EnzoI should have known that Selena would suddenly appear. I supposed that I got too comfortable thanks to Nina’s strange powers; I should have pulled her away from the murals and continued on our journey.But even if I did do all of that, maybe Selena would have found us anyway.As I laid there on
NinaEnzo jabbed the needle into Selena’s thigh and pushed the plunger down, injecting her with the bright blue serum. There was a brief moment of realization before the agony began.Selena started to scream in agony, and so did I. It felt as though my entire body was being burned from the inside. S
Nina“Hello, Nina,” the Luna said.She wore all white. Even her hair, her eyelashes, and her eyebrows were pure white, and her skin was as pale as a ghost. The only bit of color on her were her red eyes, staring out at me with disdain. But while her eyes glared coldly at me, there was a smile on her
Nina“We’re home,” Enzo said, looking at his hands first and then up at the sky with puzzlement drawn across his face.I looked around with the same amount of confusion at the forest around us. It was dark out, and the waning moon gave us enough light to see. I recognized this forest clearing well;
NinaSelena groaned miserably as she sat on the forest floor with her back propped up against a tree. Enzo and I threw each other a concerned glance before both of us stared down at her. I didn’t see any other injuries aside from where she hit her head when the Luna pushed her, and my gut told me th