VIOLETI wait for Cassius. Time seems to have slowed down. The eerie noises of the frightening, dark forest cause my hair to rise on their ends many times, but I continue waiting for Cassius to come and take me back to the town.But as more time passes and the forest begins to seem more terrifying, I start to lose the hope that he is returning any time sooner.Still, I wait for him, my knees pulled to my chest, my arms wrapped around my knees as I scan the surroundings.To my surprise, my vision has cleared a bit and I can now make out most of the things around me. Perhaps, my eyes adjusted to the darkness after spending too much time here.I inhale deeply and place my chin over my left knee.‘ He is not going to come back. ’ The male voice whispers in my head for the uncountable time.The spirit’s voice has been saying the same thing to me from the time Cassius has left me behind. This voice is the

VIOLETNothing happened as I expected — which is quite normal and doesn’t even surprise me anymore.I wake up when the rays of bright sun heat up my face, making me feel like I am being barbecued. I am in hell. My whole body is burning up, my eyes feel heavy just like my head. I try to open my eyes, but the dried blood is acting like glue and it’s nearly impossible to see anything.I lift my right hand and touch my cheek. It’s double the normal size which means it’s swollen.I bring down my hand and close my eyes again. All my movement ceases like I am a robot instead of a — I don’t know what to call myself. Not human, not witch, not werewolf, not a mere Oracle. Let’s just say I am somewhere in between all of them. Period.

VIOLETWolf’s muscles become tense at my question. His eyes slowly move to mine and he instantly looks away as if he is scared that he won’t be able to tell me anything if he continues looking at me.“ Uh—Wolves don’t usually leave their territories…you know. ” His voice is a mere whisper, not that usual powerful and dominating at all.“ You are hiding something right? ” I muse, a smile threatening to break on my lips.His ears turn red and his eyes become wide. I caught him,.“ Yes. ” He blurts, keeping his gaze fixed at the wall. Then, he instantly corrects himself. “ I mean No. Of course not. I am not hiding anything. ” “ Believable.” I whisper, the smile finally spreading on my lips.A wave of pain travels up my left arm, reminding me of my condition and my smile falls.

VIOLETJust as Wolf left, I went back inside my room and thought a lot about what those voices were saying. The fear that something is going to happen to him makes me nervous and the hunch is so strong that it’s hard for me to let go.A knock sounds on the door after a while and then the door opens, revealing Gysla holding a tray filled with food and fruits.“ You need to regain your energy. ” She tells me as she walks toward me.I eye the food and my stomach instantly grumbles, giving away how hungry I am. Gysla smiles down at me and then places the tray on the bed in front of me. I look down at the food and the negative feeling threatens to swallow me once more.“ You seem to know a lot about me. ” I comment, still staring at the tray.She knows what I am referring to. She knew what kind of powers I had and Wolf seems to know too, but how can they know all of this when they have p

WOLFI raise my head and look at the wall in front of me. I am in the dungeons, on my knees. Silver chains are locked around my wrists, their ends leading up to the wall behind me. This stretches my arms high above my shoulders, the silver digging in my skin and the smell of flesh burning hitting my nostrils.I think this was the smell which woke me up in the first place. And then the pain followed. Pain doesn’t affect me as much as the smell does. I have always hated these scents and smells.The metal door to the dungeon is pushed open and Luther steps inside before walking towards me.I lift my head higher, not giving a fuck about how this gesture makes the silver dig deeper in the skin of my wrists.Luther comes to a stop in front of me and one of his minions rushes inside, bringing a chair with him. The minion places the chair down and Luther sits down before crossin