It’s been a whole day since Nora got back and Jake couldn’t help but notice that something was off with her, she was completely different and everything she did was done differently.“I’m not the only one who thinks Nora has kind of been acting strange since last night, am I?” Lila’s voice jolted Jake out of the thought he was lost in.Nora was sitting in the living room, both her legs crossed on the table in front of her while she watched her favorite show like nothing was wrong.She had promised last night that she was going to do everything she could to bring Rebecca back, but right now, it was as though she couldn’t care less about what happened to Rebecca.“Oh my god! Fucking move it!” Nora yelled at the TV screen, and for Nora, no matter how engaging the movie was, there was no way she would scream like that to the point of throwing her popcorn at the screen.Jake had noticed it since she pulled them into a hug last night. They all had dinner together and everything about her ju

The air in the room shifted. Nora tried, but the more she tried her hardest to keep control on her body, the more she could tell that she was losing it.Everything soon started rushing back to her, as the mysterious power took hold of her, she suddenly recalled that she had been transported to a different dimension.She had made a deal with the leader, and while he was waiting for her sister, Rebecca’s body, he had sent one of the minions to their world in her body.“J—Jake.” She muttered, looking through her blurred vision to see the confusion and fear on both her siblings' faces. She tried to speak but the strange force pressed down hard on her chest.Her throat felt like there was pressure on it, like someone was forcing her not to breathe a single word, and soon, she was surrounded by nothing but darkness and water.She gargled, trying to keep her head afloat but she lost the fight in the long run, falling into a deep sleep while that entity did whatever it wanted in her body.“Wh

Jake froze, the vulnerability in Nora’s eyes almost pushed him into going closer and not just the vulnerability in her eyes but also the voice behind him.“That’s her!” Lila said with conviction, her face was damp with the tears that trickled down her cheeks and now she was smiling.She had thought that she had lost her sister and she would never be able to feel Nora, but after hearing Nora’s cry for help, hope bloomed in her chest.Jake could feel something in the pit of his stomach, it was as though something was wrong but the more he looked into Nora’s eyes, the more he felt bad and wanted to help her.That feeling was almost so genuine that it shook Jake off his game, he never felt this way for the Benson sisters, even when this whole ordeal started.Then why? Why is the need to help them overpowering his own senses of self-protection? He should come first, he should protect himself first but with Nora crying in front of him, everything felt hard.“Jake….” The voice came back aga

“Is she going to be okay?” Lila asked before Jake could leave completely. How could he just tell her that he doesn’t give a shit what happened to her.All of these were too much and he needs to lie in his bed, fall asleep and forget that this ever happened. Biting down on his tongue, he turned around to face Lila.Her face wasn’t just damp but her eyes had turned completely red from crying so much, her hands were shaking too and it was only a matter of time before the glass fell out of her hand.Smiling, Jake closed the gap between the both of them and pulled Lila into him. He had a lot to unpack too, he needed to get rid of the memory looking into Nora’s eyes at that moment had brought up.“I’ll be honest with you, Lila,” he started as he pulled away from her, he placed a finger under her chin and lifted her face up until she was looking into his eyes.Lila’s throat bobbed as she swallowed, it was painfully obvious that she was trying to steady herself. Jake was being strong, the lea

Kai’s brows drew together in a frown, the change in the air could be felt so strongly that their murderous intention left a bitter taste in his mouth.He knows enough to know that the majority of Cyra’s worshippers hated Drakarion and maybe… just maybe, these people are part of the ones that believed Drakarion truly believed to be dead.“Oh well….” Kai said, taking a stance and getting himself ready to turn things around, “… things don’t usually go how we plan it.” He added.The creature grunted, it wasn’t expecting to be disrespected like that but it knew that before Drakarion or this person harboring his soul would bow to someone else, then the earth would vanish first.A rustle echoed behind them, and more shapes emerged from the mist, dozens and maybe more than that, their movements were soundless but synchronized, cloaks whispering across the surface of the strange ground.Each one had the same too-perfect face, the same eyes of molten silver, and Kai could already perceive the t