ARIA
A mischievous smile glints on his lips.
“Have you heard about the hell gates near the dorm building?”
“The girls are always talking about it.” My lips answer softly.
“The hell gates lead to a river through the narrow road in the woods. No one has ever come back alive from there.”
“We have three applicants. You all need to enter the hell gates and come back with a white flag hidden somewhere near the river.”
“If one of you manages to survive, you'll join the disciplinary committee.”
“Are you crazy?” My brows furrow.
Smiling, he takes steps to the heater.
“Is this a test, or bullying?”
“You guys simply want us dead.”
He squats down on the floor and turns on the heater. Slowly, a heat replenishes the walls, slashing through the silence.
“Jay Manchester wants the ancestral ring back, or he would make my life hell, but to get the ancestral ring, I have to pass your death test.”
“Tell me honestly…”
“Did you two join hands against me?”
He looks into my eyes and stands up.
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