Mag-log inMila — POVThe pain didn’t feel real at first it was too sharp, Like my body couldn’t even process it fast enough.One second I was staring at her, at my mother and the next a cold metal slid into my chest.A strangled scream tore from my throat and my body jerked violently as the force drove me backward.The world fractured and the lights twisted i could feel it, the blade buried deep inside me“M-Mom…?” I choked.My voice came out broken and weak, her face crumpled instantly.Tears spilled down her cheeks as she held onto me, as if trying to keep me from falling apart.“I’m sorry—” she whispered, her voice shaking. “I’m so sorry, Mila…”Her hands trembled as she pressed against the wound.“What did I do?” She criedShe pressed against the wound but it didn’t work, nothing helped.The pain spread outward like fire, crawling through my veins and sinking into my bones.My knees buckled and I collapsed against her, gasping for air that wouldn’t come.“Why…?” I whispered, Her arms wrappe
Mila’s pov….“Mom…?”The word came out as a whisper, I said it quietly like if I said it too loudly, she would disappear.But she didn’t, she just stood there, smiling at me.My chest tightened painfully even if I had never truly remembered her faceSomething deep inside me recognized it.Her eyes softened as she stepped closer.“Mila.”My name on her lips broke something inside me.I didn’t even realize I was crying until the tears blurred my vision.“You’re… you’re really here?” I asked shakily.She nodded gently.“Yes.”I shook my head slightly.“This has to be a dream.”“It isn’t.”Her voice was calm as she kissed my head“But—you’re dead,” I whispered.A flicker of something passed through her eyes like sadness but not regret.“I am,” she said softly and my breath hitched.“Then how—?”“This place,” she gestured lightly around us, “holds memories, truths, Pieces of what once was.”I swallowed hard.“So you’re… a memory?”She smiled faintly.“If that makes it easier for you to un
Mila’s POV“Welcome to Eryland.”The woman’s voice lingered in the air long after she spoke, soft but powerful, like it carried something deeper than just sound.I couldn’t look away from her.There was something… unnatural about her snd of course she was stunning.Knox stepped slightly in front of me, instinctively placing himself between me and her.Protective as ever.“We’re looking for a healer,” he said.Straight to the point, we didn’t come all this way for small talks.The woman’s lips curved faintly.“I know why you’re here.”Of course she did that seemed to be the theme of this place.She turned without another word.“Follow me.”And we did.Eryland was… unreal.That was the only way to describe it.The ground beneath our feet felt softer, almost like it was alive. The air shimmered faintly, and the plants around us glowed in shades I couldn’t even name.Nothing looked ordinary.Nothing felt ordinary.Even the silence here was different Like the land itself was breathing.Hans
Mila’s POV….“Hansel—stay still.”Knox’s voice cut through the panic and tension, he inspected the wound to see if it was infected.Hansel’s breathing came out uneven, her fingers digging painfully into my arm as she tried to hold back another cry.“It hurts—damn it, it hurts—!”“I know,” Conrad said, already dropping beside her.He tore off his shirt in one rip, my eyes widened and Hansel looked at me with googly eyes.Holy was he ripped.His muscles were taut snd his biceps were huge.“Wow” Rina said I couldn’t stop staring and I felt eyes glaring at me I turned to see Knox glaring at me and I looked away immediately Conrad used the shirt to tie up the wound “This is to prevent more bleeding and infection” he told her “Ok sure” he said My stomach twisted as I looked at her with worry “Is it—?” I started.“Venomous,” Conrad said flatly.My heart dropped.Hansel let out a weak, shaky laugh.“Oh, fantastic. I’m dying in a creepy forest. Just how I imagined it.”“You’re not dying
Mila’s POV…I woke up gasping, air tore into my lungs like I had been drowning.My body jerked violently as I sat upright, my chest heaving, my heart slamming so hard it felt like it might burst out of my ribs.The dark figures, I looked around and couldn’t see them“Born from darkness—”“No—!” I choked out, my voice breaking.“Mila.” Someone shouted jerking me I looked up into bright green eyes, Knox The sound of his voice cut through the chaos in my head.My eyes snapped open fully i wasn’t in that place anymore, I was back in the motel room.Hansel was beside me on the bed, her hand gripping my arm tightly. Conrad stood near the door, alert and in a fighting stance.Knox held me tightly“You’re okay,” he said, his voice low but firm.I wasn’t I could still feel it the darkness and the cold.The way it had swallowed me whole my breathing came out uneven, shaky.“I—” I tried to speak, but my voice cracked.Knox reached for the glass of water on the table beside the bed and handed i
Mila’s POV….I couldn’t sleep.I tossed and turned and tossed and let out a groan.Hansel was already sleepi beside me, just then something soft played in my ears and I went to sleep immediately.One minute I was lying on the motel bed beside Hansel, staring at the cracked ceiling, listening to the faint sounds outside…And the next everything went still, I couldn’t hear anything just whispers and It felt like… being pulled.I frowned slightly in my sleep, my body shifting unconsciously.Then everywhere became pitch dark.Not the kind you close your eyes into. This one was deeper and endless Like I had fallen into something with no bottom.I tried to move but couldn’t, I tried to speak but nothing came out.A strange pressure built in my chest.Then I heard a sound, it was soft at first, barely there like something whispering from far away.“Mila…”My breath hitched.I knew that voice my eyes snapped open but I wasn’t in the motel room anymore.I was standing barefoot on the cold gr







