Ren changed me into a warrior-style two piece. It was made from the blackest material I've ever seen. The top was a crop top with spaghetti straps which held my breasts firmly. From the waist down, I wore a long skirt with two leg long splits. My midriff was bare. The warrior boots I had on complimented the whole outfit. My hair was up in a high ponytail and I wore a small, blue diamond necklace. My make up was done dark. I had lost weight in the last few days. My ribs were just visible in between the top and the skirt. I did look like a tough fucking bitch. My expression was an angry one as I looked at myself in the mirror. Maybe it was the whole outfit, but I felt anger for what they had put us through. Then again, the first challenge was to kill someone from our sin. Tia had died. They didn't really seem to care about that, either. "Don't worry about Anna for now, as soon as the ceremony has ended, we will look for her. The King will be furious." Ren said. I had explained the

I looked at myself as I ran to the girl and shouted at her that I would help her. The crowd behind me broke out in whispers. When I grabbed the girl's hand, and the girl changed into a black, hideous monster, I saw the terror on my face. I surprisingly didn't scream, which I thought I did, but saw myself sinking into the quicksand with the monster trying to grab me more. WHACK The sound of the branch hitting the monster made a horrible sound. And then again. And again. Until the monster let me go and I scrambled backwards. My wrist band lit up green. "I passed?" I asked super soft at Ren, who held me closer. "It could have ended two ways. One way was to see through the vision, or maybe some women genuinely didn't want to help, but also by defeating the monster." Ren explained quickly. I nodded. I can't believe I passed. Then the water scene. I saw myself walking to the water and the crowd seemed to hold its breath behind me. It was almost like a horror movie as I walked into the

"Come." Adrian whispered in my ear as he pulled me back. He sat on the throne and pulled me right onto his lap. He turned me sideways and grabbed my legs with his other hand and pulled me close, right against his chest. Ren stood on the stage a little bit lost, but walked over when I signalled him. Adrian's hands on me stiffened when Ren walked closer but I nudged him with my shoulder and grasped Ren's hand for a second, which made me a lot calmer. Everybody still seemed in shock. None of the other women wanted to come up on stage. Eyes were on me. Ren stood behind us, by Rana and Niran, and cleared his throat to distract the attention from me. Yroul looked at him. "Yes... Next up is Dira." I saw a woman whose face fell before slowly walking up on stage. "Look at me." Adrian whispered in my ear. I slowly turned my face to him. His hand tightened on my leg when our eyes met. He scanned my face and the cut on my cheek. "I'm sorry." He whispered, almost too soft for me to hear. I fro

She threw a knife out of me out of nowhere. I ducked down before it could cut me. "And for Pride! The lucky winner..." Yroul's voice was drowned out when Anna threw another knife at me. It flew past me, nearly cutting my ear. "You don't belong here, Elle. Go back to the human realm, back to your school and friends." Anna snapped, before taking a step in my direction. "I do belong here." I said back, jutting out my own knife. Some demons at the back of the crowd turned around to us. I took one step towards Anna over the slanted roof. She looked behind her, towards the drop to the ground and let out an ugly snarl. She jumped forward with another knife and tried to grab my ponytail with her other hand. Where did she hide all those knives? Before she could grab my hair, I grabbed her wrist and held it in an iron grip. Something cut me. I looked to my other wrist to see Anna had cut open the skin. Hardly feeling it, I looked at myself with calmness and anger. "Drop it, Anna." I orde

I really had no idea what the fuck happened in the last hour. The plan was that I confronted Anna, would somehow get her down to the dungeons with Ren, and would then go back to the podium to join the rest of the ceremony. Ren was there to help me if I needed it, and to alert Adrian if I was in any danger. I had to convince Adrian for this because he didn't want to leave my side. I had almost fought with him over it but I didn't want to risk Anna running away again. Nothing went according to plan. I had another shower in Adrian's room, with Adrian and Ren right outside the door waiting for me. I begged Ren to stay. His touch was one I needed right now. "Tell me." Adrian pleaded once he sat me down with a plate of food in front of me. "Tell me about the mental test." I looked down at the food with my stomach turning over. Ren sat opposite of me and Adrian paced through the room nervously. "I don't think you want to hear, Adrian." I replied. My tiredness was becoming a real problem