บททั้งหมดของ Rejected by the Beta: บทที่ 111 - บทที่ 120

“S-Seline,” I gasp, my body still rejecting the contents that had just been forced down my throat. I give her a bitter look when her eyes widen, “Oh, don’t act so shocked. I know this is what you guys planned all along.”I feel like shit after throwing up so much, my stomach still churning from the shock of what I’ve been forced to eat. I lean my head against the wall, uncaring of how much of a mess I’ve made, only trying to draw in breath.A miserable laugh leaves my lips, “Balin may have tried to kill me but at least he used an arrow to shoot me. He didn’t try to break me. You guys are on a different level.”“I don’t know what happened here, Isabel,” Fera’s voice is hard. “But I assure you Damien and I had nothing to do with it. What did Seline do?”I’ve been through so much. Each time something terrible happened, I wondered if that was the point I would finally break. But each time, I managed to find the will to survive and carry on. But right now, I feel like I’ve finally reach

The minute I feel the headache, Fera touches her finger to my temple and as fast as the pain came, it vanishes and I let out a gasping breath of relief.“What was that?!” I feel overwhelmed. “These constant headaches every time I –”“-think about the elves or doubt them?” Fera says, quietly. “I’m not surprised. They kept you very obedient. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had you agreeing to even the most unreasonable demands.”I tense up, “How do you – What do you mean?”Fera doesn’t answer my question, instead asking one of her own, “You saw the Tree of Souls, didn’t you?”“Yea-”“Did you eat the flower growing underneath it? The one with the blue petals.”I freeze at the question, “I – How did you know?”Fera looks at me, her voice serious, “Because that is the only reason you’re still able to partially think for yourself.”When I give her a wary look, she opens her mouth but just then the door is thrown open and we both jump.I look over to see Damien striding in, his expr

I look at the strange mirror on the wall.Fera’s ‘workshop’, for lack of a better word, is quite odd. It’s a huge room but it’s a mess. I don’t know how she finds anything in here. I see piles and piles of books, some of which are open and earmarked. There are small sticky notes everywhere which make me do a double take. Demons have sticky notes?But then they are pretty modern. “So, your kind has human technology as well?” I ask, reluctantly, watching Fera look for something on one of the overcrowded tables. One of the many.“Of course we do,” Fera says, vaguely. “The Righ is always born in the human realm. We can’t be completely out of touch with the human realm. But our technology is better.”She takes out a scroll from nowhere, a triumphant expression on her face, “Aha.”“Why is it better?” I follow her to the mirror, watching as she unfurls the scroll.“Well,” she looks over her shoulder at me, a wicked smile on her face, “because ours is imbued by magic. Now tell the

“Is she going to be okay?” I ask Fera as I lay Rina down in the hospital wing bed. It’s insane how this place has an entire hospital wing. Walking into it assailed me with a mixture of fascination and astoundment. Damien’s castle looks like its décor was done by some sixteenth century French king and yet he has all these modern facilities which keep baffling me.“I still say we should let her heal on her own,” Fera sounds annoyed. “You need to understand that by demon law she committed a folly by letting her master protect her. Especially when you were in an already weakened state.”I purse my lips into a thin line and after a few long seconds, say slowly, “I’m not a demon, Fera. I don’t believe in –”“-our way of life,” Fera finishes off for me. “But Rina does. She was raised this way. And while she may not have intentionally put you in harm’s way, she certainly had no problem letting you put yourself in danger to save herself. Even if Mara hadn’t punished her, Damien would have. W

Seeing the fear in Mara’s eyes is the most satisfying thing ever.She kept saying how Damien would hurt me or would never believe anything against her, but clearly it was a lie. However, something does trouble me. Is Damien really going to punish his fiancée?I find that a bit hard to believe.While Fera did say that Damien did not love Mara, being engaged does not always have to be out of love.“What are you thinking, little wolf?” Damien murmurs to me. “You’ve got such lines on your forehead.” He pokes me and I bat his hand away.“Mind your own business.”“That’s exactly what I’m doing,” He twirls a lock of my hair around his finger, bringing it to his lips. “I consider every part of you my business.”It’s the way he says that, his eyes glinting in a burning heat that makes me flush and look away, “Forget it.”“I want to know,” His lips are against my temple and as they ghost over my skin, I feel my lower abdomen tremble in need. “Or I could make you tell me in all sorts