LANCE POVHolding Kelani as she went limp, I narrowed my eyes at Vesper."What the hell, man?!" I grunted before looking at Kelani.Her face was pale, and her heart rate was low. I could barely hear it.She couldn't have been that afraid, could she? Earlier, she had looked like she might pull off my head now, she looked almost lifeless.Could it have been because of the light that had shown before? It had affected me as well, but due to my quick reflex, I was fast enough to shield my eyes before it made me blind."Kelani," I murmured before placing my ears close to her heart to listen to her heartbeat closely."She needs to die," I heard Vesper say behind me."What?" My brows were scrunched up as I eyed Vesper up and down. "Is that a diaper on you? You look absolutely ridiculous.""Doesn't matter," Vesper said or whatever was before me because I was not feeling the same aura I often felt with Vesper from him."Why would you want her dead? I thought you were in love with her?" I asked h
LANCE POVI didn't know how long we had been fighting for, but no matter what we did, our attack wasn't connecting.Vesper deflected everything with ease as though we were little, pesky, annoying flies that kept disturbing his morning rest.But I guess the only thing we were doing right was guarding Kelani and not allowing Vesper to reach herAlso, we were attacking Vesper alone; no one had surfaced to butt in, which was a great thing for us.I doubted we could take Vesper and another person on. I was exhausted; ever since I had fallen into the unknown pit in the maze wall, it seemed to have sucked my energy partially.Also, I could see Riley. She seemed to be the one exhausted the most. She was not only combating with her hands, she was casting spells as well, even though we had delegated that to Lia alone.In all of us, Zain looked to be the only one filled with vitality. I wouldn't say he wasn't doing his best as we were doing; he just was the kind of person that didn't get weak ea
KELANI POVThe goddess's choice. What nonsense was I sprouting? I didn't understand, yet I didn't care. It seemed the more I thought of it, the more I desired to say it.Also, I had heard the same voice in my head while I was out. I had heard her, and she had called unto me.The mysterious woman didn't say her name to me, just like before, and I doubted I was ever going to know it as it was very clear that she wouldn't mention her name except I found out myself.However, what needed to be done at the moment was helping my friends.I felt a burst of strength within me. It was unlike anything I had felt before, and I locked eyes with Vesper.Vesper was still in a fabric wrapped around his waist; I couldn't tell how he could fight without it falling off."Kelani?" My gaze shifted back to Lance. He still had a look of disbelief on his face, as if he wasn't expecting me to come awake or looking so energized."Are you alright?" He asked, sidling towards me and jumping as Vesper ran towards
KELANI POVPacing about the infirmary corridor, I stopped, frowning, watching through the glass wall that separated us from people inside the room."What's happening?" Riley asked.Turning to her, I shook my head. "I have no idea."Since we stepped out of the maze, Vesper had gone unconscious once again, and this time, nothing we did revived him.Not even Mrs Periwinkle's magical spell.The competition was temporarily halted. It wasn't as if there was much to do again since we were the first to reach Mrs Periwinkles before Brooke and her friends.Mrs Periwinkles had believed we did something wrong even though we hadn't. However, the only thing we had done was feeding Vesper the antidote while he was conscious.Perhaps that was the reason he kept going unconscious."You should sit down," Riley gripped my hand to stop me from pacing further."You've been walking around the hallway since we arrived here, and that was three hours ago. You're going to tire yourself out," she added."I'm fi
KELANI POVTHE NEXT DAYWalking into the infirmary, I halted as I bumped into Coach Jensen.He assessed me with narrowed eyes, then he shook his head, "I believe you should be in class right now, young lady."His arms folded across his chest, and his biceps ripped as he did."I took an excuse. I left yesterday after headmaster Kendrick asked us to, so I decided to come as soon as I could to see Vesper." I explained."He's well," He replied, still blocking my path."Thank you," I mentioned, then attempted to sidestep him, but he blocked me again."I don't think it's a good idea to fail class," He said."I'm not failing classes, and this is the first time I'm literally taking an excuse," I let out.Coach Jensen didn't look convinced. So he shook his head once more, "You should go back to class; Vesper needed all the rest he could get after the event from yesterday."The urge to march towards him and screech into his face, demanding he leave me, filled me, but I clenched my hands instead
KELANI POVLooking at Vesper for the longest time, I shook my head. "It can't be.""Hey, I am not saying it is. It's just an assumption," Vesper said."But I don't think you should think about that now," He said."Why not?" I raised a brow. Finding my mother was what had been on my mind ever since I learnt of the possibility of her being alive.Also, the fact that monsters kept trailing me about could only mean that."There are many things to think about," Vesper shrugged, then continued. "For instance, the fact that I am alive. Secondly, the announcement for the competition will be coming up soon, and lastly, it's the last day of school. Don't you think it's enough thing to think about?"Today was the last day of school. I was only just realizing that. Ever since the competition and monster hunting started, I never thought of the school going on a break.Perhaps because I had no one to go to and nothing to look forward to as well.Everything in my head was bleak, and I doubted I'd be
KELANI POVI was overly nervous. Puffing out two gulps of air, I tucked my hands into the back pocket of the denim knee-length skirt I wore.Pulling down the crop polka dot top that Riley had forced me into, I gazed at myself in the mirror close to the entrance.Riley had dolled me up. I never expected her to do such a thing as it was only meant to be a casual date or whatever it was that Zain had in mind.But I expected it to be causal and didn't care about making myself up, but she had blocked my path, sat me down, and threatened to hex me if I didn't allow her.Riley hadn't hex me before, but at that time, I didn't doubt the fact that she wouldn't.I'd rather be indoors, listening to some cool music while reading the new novels I had recently acquired, or even watch some movies and, afterwards, list out all the things I needed to do to get myself ready for the incoming break.Here I was, ridiculously dressed up and looking unlike myself.Stepping towards the entrance reluctantly, I
RILEY POVLetting my attention wander back to the newscaster on the television, I raised a brow."Two killed from animal attack in Mystic Height," I read the heading, shaking my head.I, for once, knew it wasn't an animal attack. It had been going on for a while. Ever since the competition ended, one thing or the other had been happening.The sudden change in the atmosphere I had attributed to the championship at first, but after a few rumors going about animals killing humans, most significantly, I was keen to look into it.But I hadn't found anything meaningful.Now, another attack had happened, and it had exactly the same mark- a deep gash at the neck.Whoever had done that was really awful in covering their mark, or perhaps they wanted to be known; hence, they hadn't made any effort to cover up.Jumping as a sound from outside caught my attention, I looked around the lonesome room.Everything was in order.Shrugging, I gazed back at the television to see the reporter was now deep