Lahat ng Kabanata ng Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates: Kabanata 221 - Kabanata 230

ColbyWhen the Spiritborn came back to life, we all tensed. I looked at it, feeling like it was about to call my name. And you know what? I wasn’t wrong. This was exactly what the damn thing did.The moment the Spiritborn called my name, the air shifted.“Colby McGrath. Step forward.”I blinked, staring up at them like maybe they’d gotten the name wrong.“Shit,” I muttered under my breath.Everyone turned to look at me.“Well,” I said, clapping my hands once, “guess that’s me.”“Try not to trip on your way up,” Rain called out, already grinning.Matt leaned against a post, arms folded. “Don’t cry in front of the ancient spirit. They’ll smell weakness.”Leave it to Matt to tell me this. I snorted, giving him a bit of a look.“Very funny,” I shot back. “You guys better wait for me.”“Obviously,” Rain said, like it wasn’t even a question.I looked at Lia, who stood just off to the side. Her arms were folded across her chest, but her eyes softened the second I looked her way.“You’ll wait

JesseThe creature turned and looked at me. It didn’t say anything, but it was still staring at me.I knew it was going to say my name. This was obvious from the way it was staring at me.My mind was spinning, wondering what I might face when I was in there. Everyone had dealt with their version of hell. I was going to have to do the same.The creature still hadn’t spoken, and somehow, that made it worse. Like it was giving me time to unravel myself before it even opened its mouth.But bravery felt like a joke when your name was about to be carved into the air by a monster that saw straight into your soul.Then its mouth—or whatever passed for one—opened.And it began to speak.“Jesse Morelli. Step forward.”Great, it was me, but I always knew it was going to be me. Why was I even surprised at this point?I exhaled slowly, already halfway to my feet before the Spiritborn even finished saying my name.Matt clapped me on the shoulder as I passed. “Don’t make it look too easy, yeah?”I s

LiaI was pacing. I couldn’t help it. Every few minutes, I’d glance toward the trial zone, hoping to see Matt emerging with that usual smirk of his, like it was all no big deal. I was almost praying to every god I could think of, even though I wasn’t much of a religious woman.Seriously, what was taking so long? I wish I knew. When we were waiting for the others, it didn’t seem to take so long.But he wasn’t back yet. I hadn’t even realized how much I was starting to get anxious until I caught myself checking my watch for the hundredth time. It had been longer than I expected.“Where’s Matt?” Rain muttered, his voice tight with the same unease I was feeling.“Don’t know,” Jesse said, eyes narrowed. “He’s taking longer than he should. Not sure if that’s good or bad.”I glanced around at the others. Colby was standing a little apart from the group, arms folded across his chest. His usual calm was there, but I could see the concern in his eyes, just barely hidden.We were dealing with th

ColbyThere had to be some way to lift this curse.We were still stuck here, after taking the initial trials and passing them, I might add. The Spiritborn hadn’t said anything. It remained quiet, not giving us any idea of what to do.Then the twins had these strange markings on their bodies, glowing eyes, and were speaking in a strange language. I had no idea if this was a part of the cures, but the reason for us being stuck here was because of that! It was making me frustrated, making me wonder what the fuck we were going to do.We needed answers, and who were we going to get those answers from? Well, from the Spiritborn, of course. It was the thing that held all the answers. Not my fault, it wasn’t giving me answers right now. Not anyone’s fault that it wasn’t giving us answers.So I was going to approach and ask some questions. It'd better give me something because all of us were getting frustrated, finding ourselves stuck here. We had only brought so many supplies. The longer we s

RainIt seemed to take forever, but finally the Spiritborn came back to life. I watched as it lit up and jumped up, my heart hammering in my chest. I was a fucking wreck right now, waiting for it to say something.This thing was deliberately trying to keep me in an anxious state. Why? I have no fucking idea but this was what it was trying to do. I was convinced of this.“Guys, do you see this?”Matt sighed. “Rain, we’ve been staring at this thing for over an hour now so of course we’re fucking seeing it.”“No need to get mad,” I muttered, pouting in Matt’s direction.Colby rolled his eyes. “Guys, don’t start. We need to make sure that we hear what it has to say so we can be prepared for the rest it is going to put us through.”Our pack leader, Colby, was right. Who the fuck knew what this thing was going to put us through. I hope I didn’t have to fight another shadow creature. Well, as long as it didn’t look like me, I wouldn’t mind fighting it. Just not another version of myself. Thi