“You must be out of your mind if you think I’ll agree to that,” Janet said to me with a scoff as she took my hand and walked hurriedly back to the house.“So what? You’re going to sit here and wait for the vampires and werewolves to come over here and attack you for tricking them?” I asked her, making sure she would understand the gravity of what she was doing.“They’ll never find this place,” she said with so much confidence that it sickened me.“They will. It’ll only take a matter of time for them to find you. You came out there to the battlefield and decided to trick both the vampires and the werewolves. Even if I have control over the werewolves and decide to calm them down, I don’t have the same control over the vampires. And trust me, they are not merciful.” I shook my head at her to emphasize my words.She looked away from me, but I knew she was considering it. I just had to push further.“You know it’s not going to be for long now before they find you in here. For someone who
Nothing changed over the next few days. Not that I expected it to.The only constant thing was my sadness. It never subsided. If anything, it only got worse. Sometimes Janet would catch me crying whenever she walked in to drop off some food or a change of clothes. She would only pat my back for a moment and leave.“Are you at least getting any better physically?” She asked me as she walked into the room one afternoon.“I believe I need a breath of fresh air. Being holed up in this room for days has been having an even depressing effect on me,” I told her weakly, which wasn’t exactly a lie.She looked at me with suspicion laced all across her face. I rolled my eyes at her.“You know, if I wanted to leave this place, I would have done it a long time ago. I have no idea why you’re even trying to act like the reason I’ve been here for a long time is because of you and whatever you’re giving me. I just need to walk for a bit,” I snapped.She rubbed her face with a sigh of defeat before she
“How do you feel now?” The witch who had been checking up on me asked as she walked into the room for the umpteenth time that day.I had managed to stomach the food she had handed to me earlier. I had to gain the trust of the witches if I was going to destroy their coven. I had to be able to walk out of the room to figure out how the place looked and how to get out.“What do you think?” I snapped at her without making eye contact.She gave me a small smile as she sat beside me on the bed. “I know I’ll never understand exactly how you feel, but I want you to know that you have us.”“Why did you take me away from my people when I was down? Why won’t you just let me go?” I asked. I wanted to know their intentions and how it differed from those of the vampires since they helped them in the battle.“We want to take care of you. We’re not like the others. Not even the vampires, although I would understand if you believe we’re all the same,” she explained.“We’ll take care of you as long as
“What do you mean by that?” I asked when the witch in front of me told me what happened to my child. My heart was barely even there anymore. It felt like an empty hole in my chest without a beat of any sort.“Your body seemed to have gone through a lot of stress and it finally couldn’t take enough of it anymore. I’m so sorry, Zara,” she said.“You’re lying,” I said, shaking my head in denial. There was no reason for her to tell me the truth anyway. She was a witch. I expected her to lie about something like that so that I could be under her control.“Why would I lie about something like that?” She looked at me as if she was offended.Without another word, I placed a hand over my belly and tried my hardest to feel something, but there was nothing there. Then again, I didn’t feel anything before.“Why did you bring me here?” I asked, looking over at the witch with a look of anger. “Why did you bring me here?! Why did you take me away after I lost my child? Didn’t you think I wouldn’t en
The moon goddess was now sitting by my side and looking ahead. I could do nothing but stare at her in awe. She was so casual about everything, as if it was normal for anyone to be seated by her.“How… How is it possible that I can see you? I just don’t understand.” I shook my head. But just as I thought about all the possibilities and everything that had led to me being here, I turned grim.“Am I dead?” I asked.She remained silent. I didn’t know if she wanted me to figure it out myself or if she just enjoyed the deafening silence.“Please, just tell me what happened. Did I die in battle? I overexerted myself the way Darius warned me not to and I died,” I theorized out loud.“If you were dead, we wouldn’t be meeting in this manner,” she said, correcting me as well as making it known that I wasn’t dead. At least not yet.“Then what? I’m just up here while my body is somewhere down there on the ground?” I asked.“You pushed yourself too hard, Zara,” she explained. “And that’s because yo
The air shifted as the witches made it out of their hiding spots one hy one. It felt as if the earth was holding its breath and knew what was coming next.“What…” I gasped as they all stood there with determined looks. Their wands were in their tight grips as they waited for whatever command they needed from Smith to get started. And he didn’t hesitate.“Get her,” he said to them.One moment, everyone was tense and in shock. The next, it was chaos all at once.I had barely been able to process what I had seen with the vampires and witches working together when a streak of fire was suddenly hurled at me out of nowhere. It seared past my face, barely missing me.The ground shook as the ball of fire hit a tree. The fire crackled as the tree groaned and bent over in a weak fall, unable to withstand such power.“What do you think you’re doing?!” I heard Darius shout at his soldiers. “They’re trying to kill Zara. Attack them before they win this.”Darius and Aeron bared their teeth and lung