CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE“Oh, yes! Kind to a fault, Rex!” Adrianna fired back, glaring at Rex who shut his mouth as he stared at her scary eyes that bulged out of their sockets as though they were falling to the ground.“Yes! That must be the reason why my powers refused to work on you. Somehow, you knew that I wasn’t Patricia, but you were not brave enough to say it. She must have put a boundary spell on you, silly!” Adrianna scoffed while she looked at Rex with disdain, still holding onto her dagger that seemed like it had taken a lot of blood from the stains all over it.“If you really want to see your friends again, you will do what I have asked you, or I will renew my youthfulness with her…” Adrianna pointed her dagger to Patricia who jerked instantly, afraid of what she could do to her.“That would definitely make me look younger, and return to my youthfulness, but it would only let for a few days before I begin to shrink again. But with the stone…” Adrianna crackled before she continu

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE“Why are you so clumsy, Rex? Didn’t you see that?” Adrianna said with feigned anger, still walking toward Rex who picked up the candle at once and replaced it immediately.“I am sorry, Adrianna. I didn't mean to do that.”“Of course, I am sure of that. You were only scared of me, and that’s understandable.” Adrianna chuckled while she basked in the euphoria of the gladness she felt, knowing fully that she was in control at that moment.She stopped a few steps away from Rex who kept his eyes on her, and said nothing while his heartbeat remained as aggressive as it was.“Tell me, Rex. What is your biggest fantasy? What have you always desired?” Adrianna asked a few seconds later, looking at Rex who wondered why she was asking him such a question.“I will tell you mine…” Adrianna said while Rex was still struggling to hey a grip on himself, and when she was certain that he was paying attention, she continued.“I wish to be young forever! I wish that my skin would be a

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVERex quickly kicked the dagger away the moment he noticed that she was about to grab it, and then he stepped backward in order not to be reachable to her.“You said I was beautiful.”“Well, I lied! You are a horrible witch with a bad breath!” Rex spat on the floor as he had been holding onto his saliva for a long time while struggling to get her to believe his words.Seth grabbed the base of his sword after a while, and then he forcefully pulled it out of her body, causing her to let out a shrilling cry while dark blood poured from the wound in her body.“You deceived me…” Adrianna’s voice was weak, she attempted to remain on her knees, but the pain she felt as a result of the deep wound from the sword made her fall to her side while she continued to whimper in pain.“You will pay for this! I promise you!” She attempted to crawl toward Rex, but he hurriedly left her on the floor and rushed toward his companions who were muffling loudly for him to come to their rescue

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN“You did very well there, Seth. Thank you for being very courageous.”“I am glad I could help. The witch thought she had managed to put me to sleep, but she forgot that Centaurs do not fall completely to the effects of witchcraft and magic. We are magical creatures, and magic hardly works on us…”“That’s right, I was beginning to imagine how you were able to escape from her…” Patricia said with a nod that showed that she had fully understood what had happened, and her curiosity settled.“This isn’t right…” Harold whispered to the hearing of everyone as he looked at the map he was holding with both hands and looked down the cliff where the water flowed down to the other side.“What is it, Harold?” Emma asked with a whisper, but he was silent while he tried to figure out the strange occurrence he had witnessed at that time.“This can’t be right, this must be a mistake.”“What is it, Harold? What did you see?” Patricia asked curiously as she drew closer to him, and pe

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHTThe suspense that lingered in the midst of the six adventurers was accompanied by a sudden silence that almost engulfed them entirely until Rex decided that it was time to discard the silence.He cleared his throat twice to draw their attention, and when he was certain that everyone was looking at him, he began to address them.“Listen, guys…” He started with a calm tone, gesturing to them even though Emma didn’t seem interested in what he was about to say.“What the three of you did was totally wrong, you couldn’t have hidden such an important thing from us. But we can’t stand here all day and talk about it as though we don't have other important things to worry about…”“But they refused to tell us that they had spoken to Charles Oliver before he died. Why would they hide that kind of information from us? How can we even trust them after this? Elves!” Seth scoffed in annoyance, and at that moment, he began to distance himself from Harold who realized that he didn’