CHAPTER 121~3RD PERSON’S POV~“So, you two were Gabriella’s friends when she was still with the Montgomery family?” Anaya asked, staring at Lily and Marian at the dinner table.“Yes, my lady. I started working at the mansion when I was six years old, and Maria started when she was seven. A few months later, we met Gabriella and became inseparable,” Lily said, turning to lady Anaya.“Oh, so you were there before Gabriella came?” Anaya asked.“Yes, my lady. Gabriella’s appearance in the mansion came as a surprise to everyone, though. There was no news of her mother being pregnant or that she had given birth. She just one day revealed Gabriella was her daughter,” Marian answered.“Before Gabriella’s arrival, did Noah and Aralynn Montgomery have any other children?" Anaya asked.“No, she didn't; in fact, she was thought to be barren until Gabriela’s arrival. She had a second child after Gabriella, and for some reason, her attitude toward her changed. She reduced Gabriela from the princes

CHAPTER 123~3RD PERSON’S POV~Steven sat in his office, flipping through the pages of his grandfather’s book. He read through everything again and again, trying to find a loophole or a way they could stop the Half of darkness without harming Gabriella. He finally made it to the missing page. He stared at the page for a moment, then flipped past it and through the empty pages until he was at the end of the book.He examined the last page for a moment and noticed a brown stain at the top left corner of the page. He brought it closer to his eyes to see what it was, and he accidentally took a whiff of the page’s scent.“Is that… lemon? How did lemon juice get on my grandfather’s book?” Steven asked with a confused expression on his face. He thought for a moment, then turned to the candle on his table. He reached for the candle and brought it closer to the book. He turned the last page over in the candle flame and moved the book around so the heat of the candle would reach every corner.A

CHAPTER 125~3RD PERSON’S POV~Anaya, Derren, and his warrior wolves rushed across each passage, bursting through the large metal walls and cutting straight through the maze. They had run for a while, but the center was still a little far in. The maze was a complicated series of turns that went from sharp turns to curves. “How far is the center supposed to be?” Anaya asked.“Not sure, but we should be there in a few minutes,” Derren replied.“Alright, the closer we get to the center, the more I feel like there's something big waiting for us there. If we actually find a serum that can make werewolves human, destroying the experiment might not be enough,” Anaya said.“You mean... we might have to kill Queen Elizabeth?” Derren asked.“Yeah. If we don't, she’ll just end up starting the experiment again,” Anaya answered.“There’s something that bothers me,” Derren said.“What’s that?” Anaya asked.“Well, it really doesn't matter now since we're cutting straight through the maze. This place

CHAPTER 127~3RD PERSON’S POV~Gabriella’s eyes slowly opened up as she groaned. As her blurry vision cleared up, she found her friends sitting beside her bed. She sat up and looked around at everyone staring at her.“What wrong?” Gabriella asked.“You tell us, you suddenly went completely stiff earlier. I thought something bad happened to you,” Marian said.“Hmmm. Where's my mother? Is she alright?” Gabriella asked as a look of worry suddenly grew on her face.“She came back a few hours after you went stiff. She was in really bad shape. We wanted to take her to a hospital, but she asked us not to,” Lily replied.“Where is she now?” Gabriella asked.“In her room,” Lily replied.Gabriella quickly got off her bed and rushed through the passages to Anaya's room. She knocked on the door multiple times, but there was no answer. She grabbed the door’s handle and pushed it open forcefully, yelling, “Mother! Are you in there?"As the door swung open, she found Anaya sitting quietly on her bed

CHAPTER 129~3RD PERSON'S POV~Clarabelle sat on a throne at the center of the dark forest. She had an emotionless expression on her face and had some strands of her hair hanging in front of her face. A large nightwalker laid beside her throne, and she used her left palm to gently pet its head. Her fingers brushed through its fur, and it released what looked like black dust into the air.She let out a sigh and closed her eyes. As she did, a large portal appeared before her. The portal glowed purple and swirled around in an anticlockwise direction. “Hmmm, you're back,” she said softly.All four of her minions walked through the portal, THE UNKNOWN being the first to come out.He bowed to Clarabelle, then said, “My queen, we have returned from our mission. The first and second phases of the plan were successful. We successfully killed all the council members and replaced them, and we were able to fool Lady Anaya into revealing the existence of werewolves.”“That sounds… splendid,” Cla