VIOLET“ What are we going to do now? ” Kane questions, looking up at Wolf.We have been silent — utterly silent for a whole five minutes because we have been tricked into walking right into a trap once again.I think…We always tend to forget that we are up against Katrina — the witch, the only dead spirit who has managed to escape Orphena.“ What else? It’s the final showdown. We have to go back to the city and fight alongside them. ” Cassius answers instead of Wolf.Wolf has been thinking, I can see it in his eyes. He is finding out what he is supposed to do when he knows what he is going to do. For a moment, I think he is simply staring at me, stalling time, delaying the turn of events and his death even if he knows that this wasted time is costing him lives.“ Mind—link everyone. Tell them to come to the city of Elves instead of Moon Valley. ” Wolf finally speaks up, his voice sounding deeper.Stefan gives us his back, mind—linking everyone he knows so they can get to know about t
VIOLETIt becomes a constant struggle. Katrina continues to attack me, again and again. And I do the thing I am best at — defend myself.A moment comes when I stumble over the cliff and barely manage to land on a protective shield down on the ground. It knocks the breath out of me and blood splatters out of my mouth.She doesn’t waste a moment and starts attacking me again. She can only attack me physically and I know it’s infuriating to her. She wants to control my mind, get inside my head and shatter everything that I am — but she can’t.Katrina doesn’t want to kill me either because if I die, she won’t be able to take my powers. She wants me to stay down and give up, that’s why she is playing with me.I admit, it’s embarrassing but I have to stall time to make Plan A work.Another blow of magic lands on my guts and I go sliding on the ground, my whole back scratching and bleeding.Ignoring the pain, I get up and raise another shield.“ We can play like this for a long time. ” She
VIOLET‘ Leena! ’ I call upon her again but she doesn’t appear.Stefan and Cassius have already rushed here. Shocked, grieving and not ready to believe that their brother is dead. Amidst their own overwhelming emotions, they fail to question Gysla or turn against her.I get up and walk backwards. My side is bleeding heavily and I don’t think I can stay conscious for much longer.“ VIOLET! ” Katrina shrieks.The sky grows darker. My breathes come out laboured. There is eternal silence in the battleground.Everyone is frozen. The one who brought together our Armies and was supposed to keep everyone together is lying dead in the middle.What do they have to fight for now?Lifting my head, I glance at all the people around me. They detach their eyes from Wolf’s figure and look up at me.It doesn’t take me long to realise Katrina is not behind the changing atmosphere. And these people are not willingly lifting their heads.“ Kill whoever still wants to fight. ” I hiss, taking another step
VIOLETOrphena is not the endless desert for me anymore. It’s like a vast city, a never ending one, with different spots for spirits here.There are houses, there are lakes, mountains, wide fields filled with flowers.I did imagine this place to be more hellish, spirits burning in fire or getting roasted in steaming oil, but it’s the opposite. Everyone seems to be doing okay here.Although I knew I will have to come down here sooner or later, I didn’t want it to be the time when I had to escort Leena.I can’t help but feel sad, miserable. We stand under a rainbow which appears from the farthest corners of Orphena. “ You have to let me go. Go find the people you want to see instead. ” Leena tells me after I don’t make any efforts.“ Is this where I have to say goodbye to you? ” I sigh, hanging my head low.“ Yes. From here on, you have to cross the rest of the way on your own. I must warn you…All of the Orphena is not like this. It’s the hell you think it is if not worse. ” Leena sta
VIOLET“ I am dead. ” Wolf deadpans.“ And I am the Orpheuns! ” I squint my eyes, saying.“ You want to break rules again. ” He concludes, folding his arms over his chest.I notice Wolf’s gesture and glance down at his folded arms. Now, he can’t grab my hand and he doesn’t want to unconsciously try either.“ I have 2 more chances left, you know… ” My tone softens while my eyes stay rooted at his arms.I was supposed to be able to touch him even if the world wasn’t able to do it…But…I can’t. “ They will call you back up. And taking a spirit out of Orphena will not be counted as merely breaking one rule. ” Wolf unfolds his arms, taking note of how I am now glaring at them.“ I don’t care. ” I breathe, lifting my gaze to his.“ Well, then you should! Because I do! ” He hisses and his eyes come alive again.“ Go back home. Don’t waste your time here. ” He tells, turning around once more.“ I am telling you there is a chance that we can be together again and you are giving me lectures abo
VIOLETSome time passes. I don’t know how many minutes or maybe hours or perhaps days. I sit down with my back against a tree. Tears keep threatening to spill out of my eyes but I hold them back.I am tempted to see what he is up to but I know he must be furious after finding out that I lied to him. Again. He was right to suspect me. I never planned on going back. I couldn’t, even If I wanted to. If I go back…I will have to send Wolf back here. Katrina escaped from here but Wolf was let go so it will be on my shoulders to bring him back right here. But, if I stay here…My soul will be held instead of his and he will be allowed to go. That’s how it works. That’s how it worked with my mother and the previous Orpheuns. Does it hurt me to be imprisoned here feeling like my bones are made of freezing iron? Yes. It does.But do I want to swap my place with Wolf? No, I don’t.This pain, this heartache, this imprisonment for eternity…everything was worth it if only Wolf could go back to Ste
VIOLETEdward. The moment I think about the man who was the Orpheuns before me, I begin falling again.I don’t like it at all. Why do I have to keep falling like this?It takes unusually longer than the last time and I remain in the harsh air, free falling like a rag doll.My soul cries out when I finally hit the ground, harder than the previous times.The stinging air makes me tickle. Opening my eyes, I stare at the blue smoke which surrounds me from all sides.Confused, I get up and look around. The familiar blue smoke covers everything, making it impossible for me to see anything.I wave my hand in the air, annoyed. The smoke parts like a living being and gives me way. I am standing in a hall…it’s all blue, the lightest shade of blue. I almost mistake the colour for white for a moment.There is only one door at the end of this hall and the rest of the space is closed off. Taking a deep breath, I march towards the door, hoping to find the man I came here to see on the other side of
VIOLETTime passes slow here. You never know how many weeks or maybe years have passed.Eventually, you lose it and forget that time even exists, because in a place where there is no day or night, everything seems the same — agonisingly same. I have done everything already.First, I cried. I cried so long that even my soul grew tired of it.Second, I visited all the places in Orphena until my imaginary heart felt heavy again.Third, I cursed at the higher ups as loud as I could in hopes that they would call me to the place where they reside.There are seven layers to Orphena and I have visited six of them. The seventh layer is the part where all the higher ups and their higher ups reside and surprisingly, no one can go there until those arrogant bastards summon them.After doing all of the above, I have settled in. I know I am not leaving, I know there is no hope for me so what’s the point of anything? This long time has made my soul go numb. I am not feeling anything anymore.Besid