CHAPTER 60: THE MISSION

Standing before a black portal, I can only hear my heart pounding from inside my chest. I can only listen to the thousands of thoughts pouring inside my head.

With cold hands, I looked back and found Serena. She's settled by a levitated rock where the vines are intertwined with her limbs.

Whatever happens, I should believe that I'm making the right choice.

I gave the creature my word. He must be true to his.

"Time is running," Eric uttered. His voice is still garbled by the monster living inside him.

Those eyes are staring menacingly at me. Watching every move I make sends me shivers that chill my spine in a bad way.

With a deep breath, I stepped inside the black portal.

I saw how Eric flipped the hourglass, and the time began ticking.

"11 rises of the moon. If you failed us, you already know what happens next."

It's a threat, something I should be pressured about. Like a deadline that I never reached, now, I have to make sure that I won't be late.

When I got out, I was welcomed by th