Lahat ng Kabanata ng Corrupted: Kabanata 161 - Kabanata 170

Tristan reached up and found Kriss coming down from the breaking buildings, gritting his teeth with clear discontent on his face.“Brother Kriss!” Tristan called, rushing up to him.“What happened? J-Jade? Where is she? Her presence is completely gone.” Tristan asked out of panic, looking here and there hoping to find a single trace of his beloved but to no avail.“I know. There was a woman, she came out of nowhere and took them along.” Kriss sighed, cursing under his breath in ire for being unable to save Juniper.“What is happening?! We heard rumbling!” Randall came, followed by everyone else too who reached instantly after seeing the damage dealt to the town.“I don’t know but a crazy woman after Juniper and her girls.” Kriss breathed out, explaining in distress, not wanting to repeat the same thing again to anyone.He was already unsettled.“Crazy woman? This whole building collapsed; who in the world could fight you and get away with it unharmed?” Persephone asked in disbelief.

“We are nearing. We just have to go over that cliff, she is there, I could feel it.” Tristan whispered, pointing at the top of the cliff where Delora held Juniper and others imprisoned.“Good. Let’s go there quickly and under all circumstances, don’t fight the dark blue eyed woman. She is out of all your leagues. Run if you encounter her.” Kriss warned them seriously.“I cannot believe you are saying this. I wonder how strong she would be to make you say this.” Azen breathed out in disbelief, trying not to think what monster they might face.“Believe me, you wouldn’t want to know.” Kriss hummed as they continued to run towards the cliff.“Uh, Kriss…” Persephone called him softly, worriedly.“Hmm?” He hummed coldly, his cold resonance made her heart clench. Lowering her head in dejection, she whispered.“I am sorry, I shouldn’t have said that. I guess I became selfish.” Persephone accepted her fault, agreeing that she spoke wrong words.“Persephone.” Kriss called her sternly, looking d

They had an interlude of five seconds and using their full potential, they all sprinted. Trying to balance themselves upon the shaking ground, trying not to fall as the hands were regenerating slowly. Slowing her steps, Persephone held her sword firmly, turning and noticing they almost recovered and were going to assault them with twice as much strength and speed. “Tsk, you guys continue, I will catch up in a second.” Persephone said assertively, gripping her sword. Not arguing, aware of her capability and extent of power, they placed their faith in her to stop them on her own; They continued. “Contagious Embers.” Casting the connected spell, she stabbed her sword on the ground. Causing it to crack the ground up and reach boomingly towards the abysmal hole from where the hands emerged and the embers from the previous fire began to burn again. “Great job, Persephone.” Kriss smirked, praising her abilities which made Persephone chest boasted in pride. As it had been a long time

Calling her exhilaratingly, Tristan pushed the bushes coming in his way, rushing to his mate oblivious of this world, desiring her only.They all smiled in reassurance also but it couldn’t last long when they reached the bush and shifted them out of their way only to greet the one of the most grotesque sight of their lives.“What the-” Stopping mid-way, they didn’t know how to react towards the body they saw.Jade’s body was tied with ropes tightly to imprint marks, arms forced to be closed at her chest as her body was hanging upside down from a tree.“J-Jade?” Whispering, tears sprang in Tristan’s eyes, her mouth was wide open with blood flowing out from her nose and mouth.The disturbing sight tainted all of their memories, impotent to bear it, Tristan ran and tried to hold her body.“No, no, no,” Shaking his head, he tried to hold her up but the condition in which her body was found, nothing could revive the soul he had lost.“Tristan-” Randall whispered, coming closer to help him

As they were sitting in silence, they noticed Ahlum was waking up slowly. They wanted to sink this in before continuing, allowing them to mourn and not forcing them to carry with a weight on their chest.“Ahlum? How are you now?” Cassandra asked tenderly, rubbing her back slowly when she groaned and tried to sit up after contemplating her surroundings.Blinking, her vision began to clear up gradually and the heavy realization of the nightmare she witnessed began to sink in.“Jade? Juniper? Where are they?” She asked, panicking a little, searching around with a gaped mouth and tension suffocating her.“Ahlum, you are injured. You shouldn’t stress now. It’s not good for you.” Cassandra whispered, trying to hold her and not let disturbance affect her recovery.“No, Y-You haven’t seen what she did… She…” Ahlum cried, holding her desperate, hoping it could eradicate the memory imprinted on her mind but to no avail.Tabit and Cassandra were holding her, willing to help but she couldn't take