Ella's POV "You brought this upon us." Andre hissed, finally breaking out. I sighed and didn't bother replying him. I knew he wasn't one to hold on to grudge for long and had been wondering when he would finally burst out with his anger and lash out at me. "Don't be too hard on her. She was only trying to save a lost soul." Liam sighed. "And now we are going to lose ours." Andre hissed. "Actually, we are only going to lose our flesh." Damien winked. Andre glared at him, shifting his anger from me to him. "Do you think it is funny? Is this the right time to make jokes?" "No, it's not but the joke made you stop glaring at Ella. She feels bad already." Damien replied. "You don't have to make her feel worse." Andre blushed and looked away. "I actually feel like shit." I whispered, turning to Andre. "I'm sorry if that makes you feel better." "It doesn't make me feel better but it's a start." He replied. "I don't think I can feel better until I leave this hell hole." "We all have
Ella's POV "Let's go." Kevin said once everyone had shifted into their human form. We nodded and waited for him to check the map so we could know the path we were to take from there to the Arok tree. Suddenly, there was a loud roar and we all looked around, wondering what it was. "I think it's the cannibal father." Damien sighed. "He doesn't seem like he is alone." Liam noted. "It seems like he went for reinforcement." "We can't stay here and wait to fight them when we don't know how many they are. What if we get outnumbered?" Andre sighed. "Let me see." Kevin said, peering at the map. "There should be a way back here." Suddenly, the ground started moving and vibrating under our feet. It felt like hundreds of huge feet were moving on it and running towards us. "Screw that." Andre said in panic and ran off. He wasn't the only one who ran off. The ground was shifting so much under our feet that we were all at risk of sinking under and getting buried alive. Everyone ran to avoi
Kevin's POV I was lost the second my mouth merged into hers and groaned as I slipped my tongue into hers. I loved how she responded easily and eagerly, her tongue dueling with mine with passion as her mouth sucked lightly on it. The world before me faded away—it didn't matter that we were in a haunted jungle and had pissed off a cannibal giant who was on our trail with probably his friends or more and neither was the absence of my men pricking my mind like it was minutes ago, not that I wasn't worried about them still but my worries have been pushed to the back of my mind. It was Ella, only Ella at this moment and she was the only one that mattered. Kiss me, Kevin. I had almost lost it at the time she said that and wondered where I had gotten the restraint to ask her if she was sure of what she was saying because there was no going back for me again and I wasn't going to play any more push and pull game we've been having. I could sense her arousal, the sweetness of it filled my no
Liam's POV "My lord! My queen! Andre! Damien!" I shouted, wondering where they were. I wondered more if they could hear me. If they could, they should have responded back with a yell of their own but all I've got for the past twenty minutes that I've been calling out their names was silence. I didn't think anyone heard me. I hissed as I continued walking, wondering where they were and pissed at the jungle. What the hell was wrong with this jungle? Everything was getting echoed when we were together but now that we were separated and needed to find one another, it was all silent. I froze as an unbidden thought crawled into my head. We had all dispersed, all in different directions, without thinking and I hoped that the cannibals hadn't gotten a hold of them. I was afraid I couldn't hear them because they had been consumed in revenge by the cannibals. I knew none of the men would go down that easily into the bellies of jungle cannibals but there wasn't much anyone of them could do
Ella's POV"Did you hear that?" I asked as I turned to Kevin."I didn't hear that." He said and shook his head.I smiled. I didn't think he heard me. He was busy staring at my face and smiling that I was wondering if he would fall down flat on his face any moment from now. So far, all was well as he hadn't fallen on his face but I didn't need him to be distracted.I knew that he loved that we were here but we were still in the jungle with dangers all around us and we needed our wits with us."You need to be focused, Kevin." I sighed."I am focused." He replied.I shook my head and snorted. "You need to be focused on the journey and not on me."He grinned. "How can I focus on anything else when I have you by my side?"I shook my head. "Focus, Kevin. You are not being funny.""I am not?" He chuckled. "I am not but you smiled.""Did I?" I chuckled, my tongue in the crook of my cheek. "I don't think I did."He snorted. "You definitely know you did."I was about to reply when I heard the s
Ella's POVLiam snorted. "More like I've been having a nightmare while on my feet. It was a relief when I walked into Andre.""Shall we continue our journey now that we are all together?" Kevin asked, bringing out the map."Let's do that." Damien agreed. "I can't wait to put this whole nightmare behind us." He said with a glance at me.I nodded at him, fully understanding what he meant. We were all here because of my nightmare and I couldn't wait to put it behind me as well."Here!" Kevin said and pointed to a path down the road.I sighed. It was high time we found the path to the tree and get the damn slave mark off my skin. It had been long that I had glanced at my wrist because I didn't want to be disgusted by the sight of my body which was what happened whenever I looked at my wrist, accidentally or intentionally.We had been walking for a long time ever since we got reunited because we didn't want to stay here for any moment longer. My legs were aching and I knew the guys were as
Ella's POVWe did it. We all cheered, slapping one another on the back as we climbed down the final tree where the snakes couldn't get to us and walked to the Arok tree.I glanced back at the spot where the snakes were and felt like flipping them all the bird. They had thought they could stop us but we were smarter than they were.I placed my hand on my chest, forcing my heart rate to calm down. I had thought I would die there being on top of trees. It hadn't been easy climbing and not look down. It was as if the snakes knew that there was food above them and were uncurling and creating space in their midst like they were eager to have us slip our legs on the trees and drop into their midst."Ella,"I jumped as I heard the sound of my name and looked around, wondering who had called me. I had been so far gone in my thoughts that I couldn't identify who had called me by my name.The men snickered as they looked at one another. "Where are you at?" Kevin asked."I was lost in thought, I
Ella's POVI heard sounds and as much as I looked back, I didn't see what was running after me. I was terrified and my mouth ran dry as I continued running.I had sweats breaking out on my body and I forced myself to stop looking back so I could run faster. What was wrong with me? I wondered as I looked around my surroundings and continued running. How did I get here? I thought I was with Kevin and the others in the front of tree and wondered how I had suddenly gotten here.Whoosh! I heard a loud deafening sound and gasped as I saw the wind barreling towards me at an alarming speed.I didn't think I recognized where I was. This wasn't the jungle or was it? I didn't think I had seen this place while we were on our journey.If we were still in the jungle, I couldn't understand how I had gotten myself here. Had I hit my head against something and lost my memory? I couldn't have. Even if I had, I was sure that the boys were looking for me.I strained my ears, eager to pick up on the sound