“Something must kill a man, they say,” Sarah said. She snickered a little then after some seconds, let out a loud laughter that caused Harold's heart to clasp tight as it beat fast. The laughs continued for about ten seconds non-stop, reverberating off the wall. “This time,” she continued, “it's mistakes that'll see the end of her.” She was referring to Trisha.She watched as Harold and Penelope ran to where Trisha was. Derek remained with Wilkes but had his gaze on Trisha.She could easily knock them all out. They were inexperienced. That was their greatest disadvantage.From where she was standing comfortably under the light that bath her from above, she folded her arms into one another gracefully the way a queen about to address her subject will, and watched as Harold knelt beside Trisha.“Are you okay?” Harold asked as he cupped the sides of her face in h

"What is this?" she whispered to herself as her heart began to beat faster and harder than before.From the door, she heard the shuffling of footsteps and she turned to look at the door.The footsteps grew louder. Definitely, someone was passing through. After some seconds, it abated meaning that the person had passed.It must have been a student, she thought as she looked back at the mysterious hole before her.All things being normal, she would have called on the school's authority to come check out what it was but she didn't trust them. She didn't know why but she just didn't.She looked around the room, in search for a torch or something that could direct her. She planned on going down there although it seemed like a foolish thing to do.The first thing her eyes landed on were on the wall clock. She had spent two extra minutes making a total of seven.She looked

As Derek landed on the ground, he rolled off the wolf, not minding the sharp edges of the unleveled earth that dug into his skin, before he looked at the third person who had appeared out of nowhere.He looked at her face for a few seconds longer not minding Sarah's wolf who was getting up on its paws. Whoever it was, he hoped the person was on their side. If not, they were doomed.She had an oblong face, a pale white skin, short curly hair that made her look a little like a male and a scowl that had been on her face since she'd been knocked off her feet (literally) - to her surprise. She was looking at him, too, wondering what on earth he was doing down there."Brie?" Derek whispered barely able to contain his excitement. He knew her because she was a friend of his sister. To be more exact, an acquaintance. They had been good friends but not anymore.She knew he was one of the three contestants chosen but things be

Although all of them remained behind, Harold walked to where Brie was and together, they watched as Sarah became her human form back.“It's nice to see you,” Harold whispered to her when he stood beside her. They both had their gazes on Sarah but to keep things cool between them, Harold said what he did.“Everyone has been wondering why you all aren't back,” she said. “Have you been here since the contest began?”Harold was silent for some seconds. He was close to a hundred percent thanks to his lycanthropic blood that meant he healed fast. The problem was that Sarah healed a lot faster. Too fast.“No, not since it began. We went into the forest for some days.” He paused or some seconds as Sarah stood on her feet. “But things happened and we are here now.”“Who won the orb?” Brie pushed further.&ldquo

When they had all descended on Sarah to the extent that she couldn't move, they stopped and surrounded her. She had made a mistake by telling them how she was able to recover quickly and now, they were going to use it against her.Slowly, Sarah's human form resurfaced and for the first time in a long while, she was bleeding.There was a long cut on the edge of her lips and out of it blood seeped. Her jawline had some bruises and when she managed to get on her feet, they could all see that her right arm was bent to an odd angle. It was not until she was in her human form that they realised that they had done more damage than they intended. It had been hard to know how much torture they had inflicted on her when she still was a wolf.When she stood on her feet, they all stood at alert, expecting her to try something funny.If after being banished from where she lived when she was younger, had survived in the wild and