MadeleineHis voice snapped me out of my thoughts as I awaited the next wave of horror, he was going to unleash upon us. The rest of my family was still dangling up in the air and I could feel their bodies pale as the snake’s coiled body was slowly cutting off the blood flow towards their legs.“Put them down”I didn’t plead or beg but simply stated. He did not even take a minute and simply ordered the serpent to do so.It hissed obediently before letting all of the others go. I rushed towards them and all of them collapsed on the ground.The serpent simply let them fall from such a great height instead of lowering them gently. But then I could not expect the lich or his pet to be nice to my people.Charlie and Ben were shocked but they still could get back on their feet. Raine on the other hand was pale as a white piece of paper. She had been silently crying all this time and made no effort to even move.“Raineeeee…” I cried as I could see her eyes grow heavy. She was the strongest o

Madeleine My eyes flicked to Hayden who was still passionately kissing Cecelia. His hands had begun roaming through her body, into her hair, and would soon start…no, I did not want to imagine that. I looked away and the lich said just one word, “Enough” As if the two had been snapped out of something, both of them stopped kissing. Hayden had begun to draw back but Cecelia pulled him closer and captured another kiss, tugging at his lips before letting go. A devilish grin was on her face, lighting her eyes with desire and lust and the look on her face scared me. Hayden’s back was towards me so I did not know what his expressions looked like. And, I did not want to know either. I just felt relieved that they were not eating each other’s faces anymore. “Just send my family back home and I will stay here with you, willingly. Don’t hurt them and I will help you with your plan.” “Nooo” Almost everybody shouted the moment I uttered those words. But I could not bear the thought of the

MadeleineI opened my eyes and felt that my face was wet. I touched my cheek and realized that tears had trickled down my eyes. However, what I had seen was just a memory but a powerful one. My mind began to come up with various theories as I replayed them in my head. The runes, the chants with me in the centre…that had to mean something.I was not sure why the memory had been hidden from me all this while or why it had resurfaced only now but my guess would be that the similarity of my current situation with the past memory might have brought it up in vivid clarity.The words of the old man and his conversation with my parents told me once again that the lich wanted to use me not harm me.I recalled everything that had happened in the cave and realized that it had been true. Whenever Amanda tried to hurt me, the lich shunned her. My blood had been too precious for him and now I knew why.Somehow, the wizard, which was what I called him in my head because of his appearance, had combi

MadeleineI took a step forward and I saw him curl his fingers into fists.“Hello my old friend Selene, took you long enough”He greeted me and I looked at myself in confusion. It was then that I realized that I had turned into a living, breathing halo. All of my body was glowing brightly as if I was made of nothing but pure, white light.The words that left my mouth were not necessarily mine but it did not matter. The Goddess had chosen me as her vessel and I would gladly let her.“I thought you had learned your lesson last time, Valrok.”'Valrok? That must be the name of the demon', I thought.The Goddess or rather I continued speaking, “I gave you enough chances to stop this madness, to not let innocent lives suffer because of your selfish goals but you leave me no choice.”Valrok snarled, “You gave me chances? You are the one who reduced me to this state! It is because of you that I had to rely on puny humans and werewolves until I grew strong enough”“There is still time, stop th

“Noooooooo”I let out a shriek. My eyes could suddenly see well beyond my limited vision and I saw that the crack fell just short of affecting the tree, the giver of life of the forest.The cracks stopped just a few meters away from the tree that shuddered from the impact of the demon's fist that cracked open the ground.It sobbed and gave out a terrifying cry that I had never heard before. I did not even know that it could cry but maybe it was the Goddess who could hear it and not me.I looked around wildly, wanting to find something that could stop him...something, anything...My eyes spotted the very same dagger that Valrok had hurled at me to make me cut myself and give my blood.I got up and swayed a bit but made my way towards the dagger. He saw me get up and let out a mirthless laugh.“Running away from me? That is what you should have done earlier, Selene”He taunted and looked back at the tree that was far away from both of us. And, I knew what he was going to do next.“You a