CHAPTER 76~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Can you hear it?” A female voice I couldn't recognize sounded softly in my head.“Hear… what?” I asked. My eyes were closed, and I could see nothing but darkness.“That song. The song you and your mate danced to in your dreams—the song she sang to you when you were still a youngling,” the voice replied.“I can't… I can't hear it,” I said.“Focus,” The voice whispered into my ear, fading away just as it came.I listened into the depths of the silence, and suddenly, the sound of humming got louder and louder.“I can hear it; it's clear." I said, smiling.“Good, now… Sing it,” the voice replied.I let out a soft breath, then gently pressed my lips against each other. I made a humming sound, following the melody of the beautiful song that played in my head. As I hummed the song, I could hear laughter, and I could feel the warmth of home in my heart. Colorful lights started to appear; they danced around to the rhythm of the song, and when it was over, I opened
CHAPTER 77~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Check mate!” Derren said as he moved his chess piece. Maria's eyes widened in shock as she examined the pieces on the board.“No! You cheated! I'm not playing this game with you anymore,” she said, folding her arms on her chest and furrowing her eye brows.“Common, I've won you ten times in a row; don't be like that. I'm just really good at the game. No one can beat me at chess,” Derren said with a smirk, relaxing on his seat's backrest.“You can keep your silly games and swollen head to yourself. I'll go play with someone who doesn't cheat,” Maria said with an upset expression on her face.Derren got up from his seat and walked over to her side of the table. He placed his palms on her shoulders and massaged them gently.“Don't do that; if you go look for someone else to play this game with, then I'll have no one to keep me happy and support me in my lowest moments,” Derren said.“Derren, it's just a chess game,” Maria said.Derren giggled a bit, then pu
CHAPTER 78~3RD PERSON'S POV~Marie's and Derren's eyes widened in shock as the mysterious lady turned around. Marie quickly wet on one knee and lowered her gaze to Anaya's foot.“Lady Anaya,” Derren said softly, his lips curving into a sinister smirk.“My lady. It's such an honor to have you visit us this fine evening.” Maria's heart raced as she waited for a reply.“You must be Maria, Luna of the Blackburn Pack. I've heard stories of yours and your Alpha's achievements. I'm certainly impressed that a young girl such as yourself has come so far,” Lady Anaya said with a soft smile.Maria looked up at Anaya and smiled back. “Thank you, my lady,” she said.“What brings you to my home, Lady Anaya? Have you come to plead on behalf of Alpha Steven? My plan to overthrow him is not something I can be talked out of,” Derren said.“Is that how you welcome your guests? You can't even offer me a seat or even a drink." Anaya scoffed at Derren's attitude toward her.She let out a sigh and continue
CHAPTER 79~3RD PERSON'S POV~“It's been 4 days straight, and Gabriella and the others haven't returned. I just hope nothing bad has happened to them,” Steven said, pacing around in his office.“Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be fine. Besides, they have Valerie to guide them; they'll return home eventually,” Clarabelle said with a worried expression on her face. She had come into Steven's office to deliver his meal.“I know, I just can't help but worry if only I could leave the dumb building,” Steven said, sitting on his desk.Clarabelle was surprised by his behavior. She had never seen her alpha so worried about someone before. He was usually this grumpy, serious person, and he never even spoke a word to his maids unless it was an order.“Could it be because of... Gabriella? Come to think of it, the alpha changed a lot when she came to the mansion. He smiles a lot more and speaks with his maids more. He is no longer the ruthless alpha we all once feared,” Clarabelle thought to herself
CHAPTER 80~3RD PERSON'S POV~Clarabelle rushed to her room and fell on her bed, shivering as the thoughts about what happened to her in the passage replayed in her head.Christine rushed into the room and turned to her bed with a worried expression on her face.“Hey, Clarabelle,” she said as she walked toward the bed. She sat beside Clarabelle, touched her thigh, and quickly retracted her palm, feeling the intense vibration of her body.“Hey, what's wrong? Some of the other maids told me you suddenly screamed on the way here. What's going on?” Christine asked. Holding Clarabelle's hand.Clarabelle remained quiet. Her eyes focused on the wall opposite her bed. Her irises shrank as she stared at the point where the wall and the floor joined. She raised her left index finger and pointed to it.“What is it?” Christine asked, turning to the area where Clarabelle pointed.Clarabelle said nothing; her eyes were still focused on that point, and her finger was stuck pointing in that direction.
CHAPTER 81~3RD PERSON'S POV~“The way the Abyss influences the mortal world is very limited because the moon goddess herself tried her best to minimize its interaction with this world's inhabitants; this is why strange elements are seen from time to time in this world but soon vanish without a trace.” Steven read to Christine from a book he took from his library. This book was written by a distant cousin who was very interested in the supernatural world and things that were hidden from the naked eye.“From the information in this book, an agreement between the moon goddess and her evil half was to share this world. But the moon goddess had to separate her creation's perception of reality from the creations of her evil half's. This was to prevent chaos,” Steven continued.“Well, that doesn't explain why an abyss demon is after my friend, Clarabelle,” Christine said. She sat on a seat in front of Steven's desk.“True, but let's go over this whole thing from the beginning so you can see
CHAPTER 82~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Owww, my feet hurt,” I said, grunting in pain as all three of us continued to push our way through the snow.“How is it that the snow here piled up so much? It's hard to walk, and the blood in my legs have almost completely frozen up,” Marie said in a frustrated tone.“You guys should stop exaggerating; we're almost there. Just a few thousand steps more,” Valerie said, trying to keep our morales up.“By the way, sorry to ask this at this time, but if the night walkers hate you guys so much, why haven't they killed your sister yet? Are they saving her for some feast, or are they waiting till all of you are together?" I asked.“Well, I don't know. I think we should just be thankful they haven't. But the fact that they haven't killed her yet doesn't mean she isn't going through a lot of pain right now, so we have to hurry,” Valerie replied.“You wanna know what I think?” I asked.“What's that?” Valerie asked.“I think those things called night walkers are fo
CHAPTER 83~GABRIELLA'S POV~I and the other two girls walked into the forest, our eyes darting from tree to tree as unusual and creepy sounds echoed all around us. As we walked past the trees, we saw a lot of different animals and insects crawl by; they all definitely weren't creatures I had seen before.Animals that had eyes and heads in unusual places crawled on the trees and underneath the ground, and they made sounds that sent chills down my spine.“This place is really uncomfortable to be in. The animals here aren't things I would like to see in a dream or a nightmare at all,” Marie said.“Well, it's a good thing we're still ghosts. Nothing can touch us; hence, we are completely safe from the creatures that wander in these woods,” I said, trying my best to ignore everything around me. Long vines and webs hung from the trees, and I could only imagine what kind of monstrous spider spun them.“We aren't even deep into the forest yet, and we're already seeing stuff like this. I hope