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Maya’s POV
I got into a vehicle in which I was driven by someone who Venom had assigned. I was returning back to the pack house to get something for Elora who was dying. It was so sad to see her in the state that she was before I had to leave to get her whatever she needed.
I was then realizing that she had only asked for her bag and nothing specific. Maybe she had medicines in it, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to worry about that. I only wanted to get the bag for her so I could get her to heal herself as soon as possible.
After some minutes of driving, the driver got to the house and I ran inside. “Mom, Dad!” I called out, in an attempt to greet them but it seemed the house was empty and no one had heard me. Maybe they were asleep, I wasn’t sure.
I ignored that train of thought and went to Elora s room to get her things. The ace had been a guest house in which I had stayed once or twice before, but going inside, it was a different view.
It was eery and I couldn’t explain why. There wasa s orange aura in the room that bothered me and made me want to go outside and not come back in.
I looked around for the bag she had talked about and it seemed when I saw it, I recognized it even if it was amongst many other that probably had clothes in it.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
The bag was the darkest of them all, small and I could have sworn that the bag glowed a little.
It felt like I was hallucinating in the room, but I tapped myself once or twice and it all felt real. Like I was experiencing every bit of what I saw going on.
I slowed down and picked up the bag. Something in me was curious to know what was in it and when I truly did, I was transported somewhere and collapsed.
It was just like what had happened the night she opened up a portal. I wasn’t myself anymore and I doubted if I was in real life since everything I saw was really different from back at home.
“Hello, what’s going on?” I shouted to see if anyone would hear and answer me, but no one did and I could hear myself echo.
“Hello,” I shouted again and it was still dead silent. I had been on the floor the whole time I did the shouting and adrenaline so I sat upright and analysed my environment.
It was dark and almost impossible for me to navigate my way out. I was scared of what could happen at that point.
Elora was powerful and I knew that. I couldn’t understand why something like that would happen to me, maybe it was just a coincidence of my curiosity getting the best of me.
I stood up and stared ahead, trudging gently as I moved ahead in the darkness trying to make my way out.
I heard a sinister laugh come from the darkness and I was immediately startled. I immediately paused and waited for the person to surface, but nothing was heard.
I walked gently again and the voice resurfaced. The laugh even became louder and I very clearly heard other voices too. It was as if they were celebrating that I had fallen in the strange place I was in.
I kept myself in a stance, ready to fight whoever would appear out of the darkness.
I waited a bit for them to show themselves but no one came again and their laughs took a pause.
“Who’s there? Come out of there if you aren’t cowards.” I bellowed to the void before me.
Suddenly, beings began to make their way out, one after the other and I could finally make out who they were. They wore strange masks, but something stood out amongst them.
It was the tattoo!
Venom had mentioned a tattoo being consistent on the fallen warriors body, they had the same thing roo and it was even more pronounced.
Maybe these ones were higher in the hierarchy, I got prepared for them. My wolf didn’t feel like coming out and my heartbeat hit higher at the thought of being subdued.
“We’re not here to fight. We’re here to take you away. Who do you think these stances are for?”
They mocked the way I stood.
I ran towards one of them, but once I landed a stride, I fell to the ground. I felt dizzy and couldn’t identity where I was. There was some sort of manipulation going on in the place and it was affecting me.
Someone else crept out of the darkness and when they noticed the person coming, they all kept quiet and wouldn’t say anything again.
I saw what looked like Elora and at first, I wanted to convince myself that it was just her twin or something else, but the person’s full face came into view and I saw her.
The body stature and everything I knew of her couldn’t have deceived me that she was someone else.
“Elora?” I asked, confused.
“No, Jezebel you idiot.” She replied sharply.
I was taken aback, the Elora that we had knew was actually much more respectful and nicer but this one was a direct contrast.
Then, I remembered that through the bag that I had entered into the strange portal and it could have been a setup.
“Didn’t you send me to go get the bag? What’s going on?” I asked defiantly.
“Yes, and the plan went as proposed. You would be tempted to look into it and when you do, you would be brought here where I’ll he taking you to the King of the Niles.
I couldn’t hear the things they were saying correctly and I was having an insane amount of headaches from what was affecting my thoughts.
“What’s going on!” I screened loudly, but my senses faded out afterwards.