All Chapters of MARKED BY MY MONSTERS.: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

MAYA'S POV. Maddox withdraws two swords from the rack hanging against the wall. He throws one at me. I raise my hands and clumsily catch it, adjusting my trembling fingers around the handle. Maddox doesn't move. He just stares at me. Then puts the sword in his folded palms behind his back. I mimick him, hiding the sword at my back too. He walks to the right, closer to me. I walk to the left, further away. He moves again. I move again. We are slowly walking around in a circle when he suddenly withdraws his sword with a loud swing in the air. I raise the sword in my hands, and blades against each other. I scream loudly and jump, moving from one spot to another, trying to stop Maddox's violent swings from hitting my body. I use my left hand to block my face whilst maneuvering my sword angrily. Maddox moves forward me with the same aggression. I keep moving back until I'm pinned against the wall. He hits my sword one more time with his, and it falls to the ground

MAYA'S POVI shake terribly and try to physically push Miles off, but he tightens his grip on my hips. "Concentrate."I breathe in, and draw my focus back to the world inside my head. My body is moving up and down against the wall. I step closer to Maddox, and he kisses me. I can feel Miles straighten from behind me. Followed by a violent shake of the underground which drags me out of that lust-induced phase." I open my eyes and glance around. Miles rushes to me and holds my waist. "You nearly lost control." Miles says. I redraw my fingers and stare at my wet fingers. I feel so embarrassed. "You did well." He smooths my hair gently.I nod, and glance around. There's visible dust glittering in the air and a few surfaces. "Did I do all this?" I ask Miles, already doubting my potentials."Yes. You invoked your first dream dust.""So, I put Maddox to sleep?" I ask, unsure how this works. "You did." He smiles brightly and I can feel how proud he is of my little win. He leans in, placin

. MAYA'S POV "Alright." I respond holding Miles right hand and stretching my free hand to Morien whose right hand is already entwined with Maddox's as they both join the circle. At least all four men are fully dressed. I won't be getting sandwiched by their hot biceps or getting too hot; I'm unable to focus. So yeah, it's good. There's one spot space left, and Jaden is still punching fiercely at the wall. "Jaden," I call him. Maddox grunts audibly. "Let's ignore the vampire. He's being stubborn on purpose." "Jaden, listen to me!" I scream again, and that's when he stops punching. He turns his face to me. He's soaked in sweat, his knuckles broken and bruised with blood, his breath comes out in ragged beats. He breaks eye contact with him and glare madly at the others, especially Maddox. Then he sluggishly drags himself to join the circle. Jaden mumbles something incoherent as he walks past the space between Maddox and Miles only to break the circle at the point where Mor

MAYA'S POV I groan, but my body doesn't move. It feels like my legs and hands are bound by something. I can't turn or stir or...I cry in my sleep, trying to wake myself up. I'm weak and disoriented. There's so much memory floating through my head at the moment. I can't tell which one is from the past or from the present. I jerk, my eyes fly open, and I take in the surroundings. I'm on a very tiny bed, and I'm not chained. I throw my legs in the air to be sure.The walls of the room look so different, like nothing I've ever seen. They're chains fixed to the wall. It looks like a prison, but what prison has a bed? The ceiling is so high up with only a single window. It reminds me of when I was locked in the academy's dungeon."Maya, I can't..." A soft voice whispers beside me. That's when I see a man sitting by my bedside. Black, wavy hair. A horn sitting on the top of his head. Midnight blue skin. He's sitting by my bedside with his head bowed, like a knight waiting for an order fr

MAYA'S POVMaddox looks at me. I look at him. He growls, a loud, threatening hoarse noise escapes his lips. I think he's about to transform. But that's not really wise, "Maddox." I call him, placing my hands on his shoulders to stop him. "Save your energy. We can't fight them now. If there's anything we need to do, it's to run.""How long will we keep running?" he asks. The warriors are getting closer. And we're still glued to the same spot watching them approach and arguing about whether to run, or not to run."Out of the blue, Maddox grabs my waist and throws me over his shoulders. He sprints off, running at so much speed that the wind aggressively hits my face while my body bounces against his shoulders. I close my eyes, and just let him run with me. Maddox expertly turns to the left as the men start shooting arrows, then to the right, anything to dodge the arrows and survive it through this place alive.As we run at high speed, we bump into Jaden, who's running at high speed a