Semua Bab A DEAL WITH THE ALPHA DEVIL: Bab 51 - Bab 53

Freya's pov“Lila!” I screamed, pushing through the underbrush.Branches scratched my arms. Roots tugged at my feet. But I didn’t stop. I couldn’t.Behind me, I heard Logan calling my name. “Fiona......wait! Don’t run off alone!”But it was too late.Lila was gone and I had to find her.The forest was darker here. The moonlight couldn’t reach through the thick leaves. Every shadow looked like something waiting to strike. But I didn’t care.My heart beat so hard it hurt.Please, let her be okay.I thought I saw something move ahead, a flash of white cloth, a shape being dragged.“Lila!” I called again.There was no answer. Only the sound of the wind and the thudding of my feet.Then, a whisper.Not a voice, exactly. Just a feeling in the air like something watching.Something breathing near me, though I couldn’t see it.I stopped.The forest had gone too quiet.“Lila?” I said again, softly this time.Still nothing.I turned in a slow circle, trying to hear, to feel.Then , a hand gra

Fiona's pov “She’s not breathing.”My voice was barely a whisper, swallowed by the dust and darkness as I knelt beside Lila’s still body.“No. No. No, come on, Lila.” My hands trembled as I pressed my fingers to her throat, searching for anything, any sign of life, any flicker of warmth.Nothing.Logan dropped beside me, blood streaked across his temple, his chest rising and falling fast. “Fiona.....” he choked, his voice ragged from the smoke and effort. “Let me try.....”“No!” I snapped, clutching her close. My heart thudded so loudly it drowned out everything else. “She’s not gone. She can’t be.....”A sudden pulse of energy raced up my spine,warm and sharp and ancient. My breath caught.Lila’s chains were gone. The vines had dissolved the moment the crystals shattered, but the platform beneath us still shimmered faintly with our names.“Fiona,” Logan said quietly, looking around the wreckage of the cave. “What if this was the curse breaking? What if it took her?”“No.” My throat