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
CHAPTER 84~3RD PERSON'S POV~A large white shock wave suddenly spread through the entire forest like a whisk of wind, blowing over the few leaves that hung from the branches of the dead trees and dark green grasses.Gabriella looked around, hoping the wave hadn't informed any nearby predators of their position. She put out her torch flame and activated her werewolf aura so she could sense any danger coming from around her. Her eyes turned bright blue, and she turned from side to side.“Angela…” Valerie whispered, both hers and Marie's eyes closed. With their combined metal power, they scanned the entire forest carefully, waiting for a reply from their sister.“Angela….” Marie whispered.After a few seconds, both of them called the name in unison. The shock wave spread again, and everything around them went completely silent. They remained quiet for a few seconds, and then the voice came.“Valrie? Sinclair?” Angela's voice sounded softly in their heads.“Angela, is that really you?” Va
CHAPTER 85~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Whoa, you went through all that after we got separated?" Angela asked Valerie with a surprised expression on her face.“Yeah, and we really wouldn't have gotten out of that large tower if it wasn't for Gabriella here. She ended up being the only one who could move the gemstone, meaning if she hadn't come with us, we would have been trapped down in the tower forever,” Valerie replied.“Oh common, I'm sure you guys would have found another way if I wasn't there,” I said, blushing a little.“Well, Gabriella, it's nice to meet you, and it's also nice to know that Sinclair wasn't all alone when the storm took her away from us,” Angela said, stretching her hand forward for a handshake.“Oh? Okay, that's new. We thought you'd hate that I made new friends and completely forgot about my sister's,” Marie said, her eyes squinting in suspicion.“It's not like you forgot us on purpose. You probably hit your head and lost a few brain cells. Plus, I can never get mad at
CHAPTER 86~GABRIELLA'S POV~“Mountains and valleys, our howls always reach them.Pouring our hearts in this world for her gifts and...Stable and peaceful forever, she keeps it.But she is gone, and this void only deepens.Touching so gently yet wipes even stars.Gone in a blink and returns in a bod.Holy she is, and unholy she falls.But who, in the end, will be one with a god?”Why?Why do I always come across this same melody every time I close my eyes? This song keeps repeating in my head, like it's trying to pass me a message. It reaches out from before the memories I have and beyond the memories I am yet to attain.I and my mate danced to the violin that played this song, but I feel like I've danced to it even before I met him—with someone so familiar yet so strange. Her voice calls every now and then in my heart, but she feels too far away to reach.What do they mean? These words send chills down my spine every time they are repeated, and who is the poet?I took in a deep brea