Sylvia's blood went cold and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in the beach water. She saw the trickster laughing and walking towards the water, but something was different about him.He was changing form. Sylvia tried to swim as fast as she could, out of the water. The waves kept collapsing on her, making her lose her balance in the water. As soon as she swam back to the surface, she gasped and breathed in hard, then coughed.Then she noticed that long tentacles were beginning to form out of his body, and he started to look all slobby. Suddenly, he turned to a large octopus.It was then that reality hit her.“So, I wasn’t sent here to complete a task or what? To be killed?” She voiced out in pain of reality hitting her.“That’s a smart realization, honey.” The trickster responded in a loud voice, then swam towards her at a fast pace.Sylvia could not outswim him, neither could she escape from him at this point as he had already covered a wide range of the water with his tenta

The monster emerged and he was so gigantic and huge that Sylvia felt she had lost the war even before it began. “Oh, my goodness. How on earth am I supposed to get an orb from a monster as huge as this? That’s likened to a death sentence.” She thought to herself as she began to take steps backward.If it was possible for her to skip on this task, it would have been much better, but if she didn’t try, and then she failed, it wouldn’t count as a task and would have to try another one which could be harder than this.“Pl…please don’t hurt me.” Sylvia pleaded as she knew there was no way she could run from this monster.The monster chuckled loudly and the wind blew the tree branches forcibly as a result of his loud chuckle.“You do not want me to hurt you, then why are you here? You want me to allow you to hurt me then?” The monster voiced out loudly.“But…but if I don’t, there is no way I can carry out my task successfully.” Sylvia responded with her eyes looking like that of a puppy’s

SCARLET'S POV.I opened my oven, and inhaled the sweet smell of pie coming from within. If I could just stay watching, and sniffing it, then I would do it immediately. With my huge mittens, I took out the pie, and began to dress it the way it ought to be for display. As I dressed it, I wondered if I should just leave it, lock the shop, and go home to Elias. I suddenly desired to see him. So many times, Elias and I slept with each other in the craziest ways possible, and the thought of it made me lock up the shop sometimes just to see him.“No Scarlet. That can wait.” I said, smiling at my naughtiness. Just then, Sylvia took one of the pies, and took a big bite. “Where did you pop out from?” I asked her, as she juggled the pie in her mouth, fanning it with her fingers. “Hm, this is… great, this. Love it.” She said, turning around and I shook my head. “Isn’t it sweeter because you didn't pay for it?” I asked, getting the pies ready to be displayed. “Maybe, but this is really goo

ELIAS’ POVI needed to check what could have gone wrong in their chamber, but then, the enemy warriors were many and it seemed as if they were trooping in from somewhere; although, I hadn’t seen anyone of them coming in after that, but it just seemed as if they were multiplying without us knowing.My mother began to wail and that disturbed. I was really curious to know what could have happened, or what could have been happening at that moment.Neither did I wanted to shout out to her as I didn’t want to cause more attention on her which would totally be a disaster if more of them found their way into their chamber.In no time, I was able to get rid of the enemy warriors who were trying to attack me and I ran into my parents’ inner chambers just to find my father lying on the ground, lifelessly.SCARLET’S POVI paced around, with my curiosity growing with each noise I heard from outside. Although, Elias had told me to stay and lock myself up in the room, but I felt really useless just

ELIAS’ POV“You are now crowned as the Alpha of the pack.” The elder who was in charge of the coronation, pronounced, and everyone clapped.Although, it wasn’t the kind of clap that seemed like one which was of a hearty celebration. But it was tradition to clap when one was given an important position. It would have been much better if my father was alive to witness this and to give me his blessings.“Your father would be so proud of you. You have taken the burden of the whole pack, and I know you’ll do so well.” My mother said as she moved closer to me.“Now, it’s time to choose your beta, Alpha Elias.” The elder spoke as he turned to the crowd.It can’t be doubted that the person I’m going to choose as my Alpha would be none other than Ralph. He had been there with me and by my side in all times. He had proven over time to be worthy enough to be my beta.Come to think of it, who would have ever thought we would be this close or I would consider him to be my beta? When I had just com