The Second Quarter Quell Novels & Stories

I froze. That night came early. The Moon Goddess had cut my time short. In the last timeline, Selena had died too—from a silver-laced wound after a rogue ambush. The blood vaults had run dry. No healer came in time. That was the moment Killian’s resentment toward me turned lethal. But that had happened a month into our bond. So why... was it happening now? The Moon Goddess wasn’t giving me time. She was giving me a chance—to fulfill Killian’s third regret early.

He quickly straddled Eric and started throwing punches left and right. It looked so painful that I felt my own face twinge. Eric finally stopped fighting back, too tired to resist, and that's when the punches stopped. "Scram!" Eric got up, wobbling, and looked at me. "Wendy, you've loved me since high school. Was that all just a lie? Can you really stand there and watch him destroy my company?"

He just nodded slowly, his shoulders slumping under the weight of his failed devotion. “You chose the wreckage,” he said, his voice barely audible, the devastation absolute. “And you’ll have to build your whole world out of it. Don't call me when the fire goes out.” He walked into the bedroom, packed his duffel bag, and was gone. I watched the door close, already pregnant with the crushing guilt of what I’d done, but still thrillingly convinced that Julian's promise of chaos was worth the price. (After 8months)

The system chimed in, "Congratulations, Host. The regret meter has risen to 70%." But I still couldn't bring myself to care. If they could be brainwashed by Owen once, they could easily be fooled by him a second time. The second he walked in here and ran his mouth with some excuse, he would have this entire family wrapped around his finger again. Sure enough, Owen came limping into the room on a pair of crutches, having grown impatient waiting for them to return. The second he caught sight of Audrey weeping, his brows knitted together, and he rolled his eyes in annoyance.

But then the whistle sounds, and they stop for the elder to announce Lenny got the point. They both get up on their feet and nod their heads respectfully, and begin to circle each other again. Lenny attacks this time, and a series of kicks and hits a made between the two warriors until Sean finds an opening and gets his second point. Now he only needs one more point, and Lenny seems to realize the same thing because he shifts into his wolf, which is allowed in this final fight.