“I wonder who is this Felrim you mentioned to Kelly, Master Xeno,” Frix curiously asked while we are both heading towards the secret dungeon. Two huge men are following us, preventing us to go from any place other than the spot that I requested to go. I don’t know these two men behind me and I thought maybe they were from other Clans that were sent here for added assistance to Phillius’s growing empire. "You'll see when we get there, Frix. Just prepare yourself for it. I don't think you're going to like what you'll see." I replied to him, wary about the guards behind us. I look down at Frix who is just a few inches shorter than me. What’s his age by the way? I lost track of time since I became the Commander of the first squad. Since then, all that was important for me before was my mission to be successful so that my father would somehow appreciate that I was doing my best for this family. I became the shadow and Phillius was the light that everyone loves to praise. The surroundin
Everything happened that I didn’t expect.A flash of bright, dazzling light filled my mind. The hues of colors swirled like paints mixed in water, and the dark and cold tone with streaks of red gave me an uncomfortable and alarmed feeling about what Felrim wanted me to see. Then the colors moved and smoothly turned into a dark scenery, a picture of barren, stony land with thin clouds that looked more like thin fogs of smoke above the dark, starry sky. It’s being lit by occasional lightning and the booming of the thunder reverberated in the area, the vibration I felt in my bones gave me a strange shiver in my body. It’s a feeling I have never felt before which I cannot tell if it’s fear or amazement or maybe both at the same time. I wonder why Felrim made me see this place and I thought maybe it’s the real face of the Underworld.To my surprise, I felt a tingling sensation in my head and after I blink my eyes, I was transported into a place filled with flowers. I was so stunned by th
"Is everything all set?"I zipped close my rucksack with personal things that I need while we take our journey to the Underworld. Same with Kelly and Frix, whose bags look so big I think they had brought their house inside them. "Don't look at us like that," Kelly complained, scowling at me. Her lips are pulled upward, her face is still tinted with dark makeup. I think it's really her signature to herself. "We have no idea how long we're going to stay in that place so better take as much as I can because I don't want to stink in that place," "For the record, this is mostly her things. Mine's like one-fourth of these," Frix told me while waving his hand to their things and I could only laugh with the siblings, glad that they stick with me even when the situation is uncertain and dangerous. "Are you sure you really want to go with me? Because to be honest I—""Shut up, Xeno Clarkson. We have to make sure we'll get the cure for Phillius so everything will go back to normal," Kelly sto
We're all silent until we get to the edge of the Forbidden Forest where the Portal is. I could see the anxiety and worry in Frix's face while Kelly watched the rain and the dark scenery outside the window impatiently. I tried to stay calm, to keep my mind in control while my eyes were closed. When the car stopped, I knew it was already time and the long wait was over.“How far is it exactly?” Frix asked, grimacing under his raincoat.The rain isn’t as hard as before but I could feel its heavy fall underneath the coat and my clothes. My ears filled with the spattering sound and I knew my boots will get soaked later on but hopefully, the ground that the portal is isn't flooded. I have only been twice to that place and that was years ago already. The last time I came here, I almost died in demon venom and it happened twice when Phillius imprisoned me in the dungeon of the old manor. Sometimes, I want to think that he has nothing to do about my suffering in that place and that it was onl
I couldn't believe I had found him here.My body shivers from the coldness as the rain drenches my clothes, my hair soaked, sticking flatly against my skin and on my face. But the second I saw his liquid golden eyes, I could feel my body being electrified back to life, my heart pounding so hard against my chest and this time, it's not because of fear. But because I feel so overwhelmed with happiness after finding out that he's in front of me and alive.Before I could even react after he whispered my name, he had already wrapped me around his strong, muscled arms, pressing me tightly against his, making sure I'm real. Warm tears cascaded down my face as I sobbed against his chest, my knees started to wobble and I felt the weakness of my body as I felt his comforting warmth. I'm safe…! I am finally safe!...When I found out that Xeno was alive and appeared in front of the Mansion, Phillius became so needy of me that he canceled all his business meetings a few days ago just to stay in th
The blood-curdling fear I feel right now obscures every thought inside my head. He climbed down from the bed and started walking toward me at a slow, agonizing pace, his every step synchronized with the hammering of my heart against my chest and my knees started to wobble. But then I thought of Xeno and he’s here and alive and I can’t risk being so weak in times like this when I know he also risked his life to go to this place for me.I stood firm and prepared myself for whatever he’ll do and tried to remember all the hand-to-hand combat that Xeno taught me. It wasn’t much because we had this kind of misunderstanding before but I remembered all of them well and I am ready to use it against Phillius if I have to. I won’t let him do things to me and I will never forgive him for what he did to Hazel and how he almost killed his own brother. He brought so much misery to the people close to me. When I remembered Felrim, his suffering for so many years at the hands of Phillius's ancestors,
“SEARCH THE GARDEN!!!”I think Phillius’s mind had already been conquered again by the demon's curse inside him. Funny that it hasn't been 30 minutes yet and now he's already after me again.Despite the freezing cold, I made my best to get to the gate and saw the padlock as big as the palm of my hand! I know any minute, those werewolves would surely know that the first place I'll go straight is in here, of course because there is no possible way out in this place when the walls are fifteen meters high unless I could fly over it. I wonder how humans imagine that we, faeries, have wings like those of butterflies. Sometimes, the imaginations I read in the books from the library inside the mansion are a little bit scary and disturbing. With quick hands, I used my power to destroy the lock by using an invisible force. The metal clank opened and I hastily took it off from the gate. My hands, despite my determination to get out of this place still shake so badly that I have to suck in my br
Humans are strange…But the kindness that Josie showed me and her mother-like smiles and the worry in her eyes gave me a different kind of warmth that was so good. It would be nice to stay with her longer and listen to her talk about her daughter and her stories about her work but then I don’t want her to get involved in the trouble I am in and if anything bad happens to her, I will never forgive myself. The rain was starting to recede and the smell of the fresh forest overwhelmed my nose. I started to run again, mostly to regulate the heat in my body as I feel my lungs expand and burn more oxygen. My body shivers under the cold but Josie’s jacket gives me extra heat to fight it. The water splattered under my feet as I stepped on the wet grass, looking for the place where it all began. To find any trace of a door to another world where I must really belong. A place where I can find my mother… and the man in my memory that is called Benny. Maybe I’ll remember everything when I am fi