Third person. The atmosphere was silent. Claire turned to look at Kayla who had a soft look on her face. Kayla was so convinced that Claire already learnt about the secret and so, she wanted to know her thoughts about it. Claire on the other hand was quite confused about what Kayla was pointing at. “I didn’t read anyone’s mind in this forest”, Claire protested but Kayla took in a deep breath and shook her head negatively. The last thing she wanted at this point was to listen to anything that had lies in it.“Ethan and I had a conversation, a very confidential one. You listened to our conversation and I saw it in your eyes”, Kayla insisted, causing everyone around to look at her. Jason cleared his throat after a while and decided to speak up. He was beginning to get exhausted because they had been in the forest for a day and there didn’t seem to be any sign of progress.“Kayla, I think you should step down on what you think. Claire is already going through a lot because she is try

EthanThe minute the morning light struck my eyes, I jerked to my feet. My eyes shifted to the corner where Kayla slept last night but it was empty. “Kayla?” I yelped in shock as I stood up and looked around, wondering where she had gone to so early in the morning. I walked around the part of the forest where we camped, hoping that I would catch sight of her around. To my utmost surprise, she wasn’t anywhere in sight. Panic set in at that point and I called out for Claire and Jason. “I think something is wrong. Kayla is not anywhere in sight”, I explained, with my heart beating out of panic. Claire was the first to react. She took to her heels and went around the forest in search of Kayla. “Where did she go to? What is going on?” Claire screamed out of her lungs, almost at the verge of having a panic attack.I sensed trouble in the air at that point. Claire was reacting in a manner that got me scared. It seemed as if she had an idea that something might go wrong. “What’s going

Kayla. “One hundred and twenty four!” I gasped as I stopped running to catch my breath. I had been running and counting as I did. I had no idea of why I did that but I felt that it was a great means to keep my mind busy. I collapsed to the ground, panting heavily and wiping out the sweats that scattered across my face. My mind drifted off to thoughts of Claire, Ethan, Jason and James. I couldn’t help but wonder what they might be thinking at the moment. I had dropped a letter for them and I couldn’t help but hope that they would listen to the letter and stay away from me. My heart was beating heavily at this point. I had no idea of what I was doing, but it was better to die and others live, rather than being the cause of everyone’s death. The forest beast had told me that if I took the deal with him, he would ensure that the team makes their way out of the forest without any bad thing happening. But then, if I failed to live up to the deal, everyone of them including me won’t liv

JasonI’ve never felt this kind of heaviness all my life. It felt as though I was leaving a part of my life behind and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Somehow, I wished that I could go back to the forest and continue the quest to find her. But then, the reality was that I may not even live to tell the story if I decide to do that. “She will be fine. I understand that she is your mate and the mate bond thing is…” James was saying when I grabbed his shirt and looked into his eyes.“I don’t want to hear that from you ever again! You just had the privilege to learn that secret and that doesn’t give you the right to blab about it whenever you wish to. I won’t take it lightly with you the next time you try that with me”, I said and pushed him until he staggered lightly. He chuckled calmly and suddenly wore a frown. “Can I ask why you hate me so much?” James asked and for a minute, I took a pause to ponder on the question that he just asked. The truth was that I hated him b

MasonI returned from the hunt to meet Jason and Ethan sitting on their bed in the room. From the look on their faces, I could tell that something was wrong. But then, I was excited to see them after so many days of waiting for their return. “Welcome!” I screamed in excitement as I rushed over to them, with my heart beating in elation. Jason wore a small smile on his face but that transited into a quick frown. At that point, I could tell that something was really wrong. If everything turned out fine like we had planned, they would probably be smiling and talking about their experiences at the forest.However, I was glad that they were back and I hoped that Kayla was fine too. “I’m glad that the both of you are back. I mean, I kept praying to the moon goddess every hour. How did it go? Is Kayla in her room?” I asked Ethan who shifted his eyes and lowered them to the ground.Jake turned to look at me, with fear written in his eyes. The both of us were the ones trying so hard to ass