CHAPTER 65~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Guys. Marie, Valerie, anyone?" I yelled as I walked through the forest with a worried expression on my face. Every single place was silent, and only the rustling of leaves under my feet could be heard. There was no wind, and the forest wasn't too cold, as the snow inside was a lot less than on the outside.I tried as much as possible not to touch any other trees as I walked through.“At least I know the other girls are going to find me soon. They can't move on without me; if they do, the trees will start moving again,” I said to myself, trying not to get too worried about going insane and dying of starvation.I continued to walk deeper and deeper into the forest quietly, hoping I wouldn't come across something life-threatening. In all my panic, I slipped on a rock before me and hit my head on one of the trees.As I fell to the ground, I groaned in pain. “Ugghhh, who put a rock there?” I asked as I massaged my head. I opened my eyes again and realized that
CHAPTER 66~GABRIELLA'S POV~I and the girls walked into the darkness of the tower. We had no light or lantern to help brighten the place, so we all activated our werewolf eyes to be able to see clearly.We walked around the room we were in, examining the walls and floor, until we all finally walked into the middle of a circle at the center of the room. As we bumped into each other, multiple flame touches lit up around the walls one by one until it got to a large round wolf head on the wall.“What’s that?” I asked, staring into the wolf's eyes.“It's a wolf head made with stone. What do we do now?” Marie asked.Valerie looked around the room for a few seconds. She stopped her search at a small brick that bulged out of the wall. Then I walked to it. She pulled out the brick and dropped it to the ground, then pulled out a piece of paper that sat inside the hole in the wall.“Its blank?” She said with a confused expression on her face.“Blank? Is there supposed to be something written on
CHAPTER 67~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Get away from us, witch!" A kid yelled as he threw a tomato at Marie.“She has the eyes of a demon! She'll kill us all." Another yelled, throwing a rock at her. They were at the center of a large market, and Marie sat on the ground, staring at the sand as she received insults and beatings from the people around her.“Go back to where you came from! We never want to see you here again,” another man yelled. Marie just sat quietly with an emotionless expression on her face. She could hear the people's screams and could feel the hatred toward her, but she paid no attention to it.“Mr. William's… Hunt, it's gone,” she thought to herself, staring at the sand. Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. She clenched her fist tightly and gritted her teeth as she closed her eyes. Someone had stolen the game she brought to sell at the market, and because of the commotion going on around her, she had no way of finding it.“Leave Willow Crest now!!” Another man yelled angr
CHAPTER 68~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Mr. William…” Marie said softly, hearing the sounds of the sticks and bricks as they hit his body. The pounding and the smell of blood as it filled the air were unbearable, and the yelling of the people around William didn't help matters.Marie let out slow, deep breaths, and a white aura started to envelop her body. It rose from her skin like steam, and she pressed both hands against her head as she felt a head ache build up.She groaned in pain, her canines growing into fangs and her nails into claws. The white aura around her grew brighter, and everyone in the crowd turned to her with shock on their faces.The sound of William's heartbeat suddenly stopped. A teardrop rolled out of Marie's eyes, and as it hit the ground, she exploded.****“You didn't have to do that." Marie said softly, playing with her fingers. Both she and William were now on a coach carrying them to the Mortimer district.“Do what?” William asked. His head and arms were covered in
CHAPTER 69~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Marie, are you okay?” I asked as I stared at her petrified body with worry on my face. The wall of flames had grown taller, and it was now harder to see her.“I'm really not liking this one bit, and it's getting really hot in here; I feel like I'm being cooked,” I said.“It's okay; I'm sure Marie will be fine. We're almost completely out of time, but I think we can figure something out,” Valerie replied, sounding a little unsure of her words.We stared at the flames a bit longer, and they suddenly vanished. The entire room became cool again, and both I and Valerie fell to the ground, breathing heavily.“Does this mean the test is over?” I asked.“Yes, yes, it does,” Valerie replied.We both turned to Marie; the test was over, but she was still standing in the circle in front of the stone wolfhead. I got up from the ground and walked to her.“Marie,” I said as I placed my hand on her shoulder. She remained silent for a moment, then turned around and wrappe
CHAPTER 70~3RD PERSONS POV~“What?” A surprised expression grew on Gabriella's face as she stared back at Valerie. She wasn't sure she heard her correctly. She rushed toward her and collected the card. As she read through the writings on it, it dropped from her hand, and she fell on my knees.“Forget what the card said; let's try to free Marie,” Valerie said, pulling Gabriella up from the ground. They rushed to the large slab holding Marie, and as they got closer to it, it moved a distance through the path in the ground toward the lava pit.They both stopped in their tracks. "No, this can't be happening. If we move any closer, Marie will be dropped into the pit,” Valerie said.“Hurry up and think of something, guys; I don't want to be cooked in a pool of lava,” Marie yelled from where she hung. She still wasn't able to move her hands or feet, and her face was already covered in sweat.“Okay, umm, the card says you should yell Marie's name if you choose her, but what if we both yell h
CHAPTER 71~GABRIELLA'S POV~“VALERIE!!!” I screamed at the top of my voice as I watched Valerie leap into the well of lava. As she dropped in, I went completely silent with a shocked expression on my face.“No… Noooo!” I yelled again as tears filled my eyes.“Oww!” Her voice sounded after a loud thud from inside the well.“Huh?” I raised my head to face the well again and got up from the ground. “Valerie? Are you okay?” I asked, walking toward the hole in the ground.I hadn't gone any distance when I saw Valerie rising up from the ground. She had landed safely on top of the large circle, which served as the top of the tower elevator and covered the lava well. She rose to the level of the ground I stood on and stopped.“I'm definitely not okay; I think I broke a bone trying to sacrifice myself,” Valerie replied. I burst into laughter, tears streaming from my eyes as I rushed to hug her.“What happened? I thought you were a goner,” I said, placing my palms on her cheeks.“I'm not sure,
CHAPTER 72~GABRIELLA'S POV~My heart raced as I stared at the name continuously. Ever since I left my family's mansion, I never thought I would have to return to it again. I let out slow breaths in an attempt to calm myself, then turned to the ground to try and figure out what was going on.“Calm down, Gabriella. This is just a test; you're not actually back in this hell hole,” I said to myself, closing my eyes and breathing steadily.“What are you doing?” A familiar voice sounded from behind me. It was a voice I hated so much and hoped to never hear again after leaving the mansion. My heart jumped the moment it sounded, and I slowly turned around.“I asked you to take up those leaves over an hour ago; why are you standing here, doing nothing?” Aralynn Montgomery, my mother, spoke again with a scornful look.It had been a while since I saw her, but it felt like I had only left the mansion a day before. She had the same hairstyle as the day she sent me off to the Darkmoon pack. And wo