Chapter 41

"Fate?" Miranda asks, bewildered, "what do you mean fate?""A test," Joe answers for Sean, "She'll undergo a test. If she passes, then she's destined to be Queen and if she doesn't, annihilation."Like a knot, my stomach tightens and my breath hitches in my throat. A test? Failure means annihilation? I don't even want to be the queen of anything?! Why don't I have a say in this? I can't be Sean's wife. Not while I still breathe and have control of myself. I'd never love nor marry the man that destroyed me. Never."And what 'test' is this?" Miranda asks again."That would be best kept hidden from the human," Joe says, looking at Sean as if to remind him."Crystal," Sean says, and I look up at him, but he looks at Joe, "She has a name, and it's Crystal."Joe nods his head and Sean continues, "On the third moon from now, we shall gather again for the test. For now, we should prepare for whatever is to come."I just want to go back into my room, but I can't act on my own accord. Damn Sean

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Chapter 42

The sun sets for the third time since Sean left my room and I haven't set eyes on him. Thrice a day, food appears in my room and, without my notice, the empty plates disappear after a while. It was weird at first but then, I got used to it after the first two meals. Chips, nuts and chocolate bars came with the third meal and the smile that brought to my lips looked strange on my gaunt and stiff face. I thought I had forgotten how to smile, but who knew chocolate would do the trick.Sighing, I close my eyes and rest my head on the pillow only to open them back up immediately I see Dylan's lifeless pale face with his mouth drooling blood. My insomnia's been getting really worse, and I doubt I've had any real sleep for as long as I can remember. I wake up from each doze sweating and panting from the nightmares. Lately, I've found myself laughing dryly for no reason, talking to myself and hallucinating. One second, I could be on the bed and the next I find myself sitting on the ground i

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Chapter 43

"Hey," I hear a voice from afar, but I'm too weak and reluctant to respond."Crystal." The voice comes again, closer. "You have to wake up now." He says, shaking me lightly, and I open my eyes slowly to see Sean sitting by me and smiling."I didn't want to wake you up," he says, and I realize I actually slept. He put me to sleep, and it was a very calm, peaceful one. "I never knew it'd be fun watching a person sleep." For the first time, a compliment from him doesn't seem so strange, infact, it made me smile. Although the sleep definitely wasn't enough to make up for all the lost ones, this definitely relaxed me, giving me back a bit of my sanity. Sitting up on the bed, I take his hand in mine and look at him straight into his surprised eyes."Thank you," I say to him. For what? I have no idea. Obviously, there's still a lot I don't know, but what I know right now is Sean isn't who I think he is. Just like Dylan. I only knew him for nine months and suspected nothing, knew nothing. I j

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Chapter 41

Chapter 42

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