Joshua walked deeper into the woods, ignoring every word that kept ringing in his head. The sound of leaves crunching filled the air as he moved further, thinking of just how much damage he might have done to Kelvin. How much damage he's capable of causing if he ever lets the words from the system get into his head.‘What a funny thing to say,’ he paused in his tracks, placing his hand on a tree. Other than the sound of the wind in the woods, the only thing he could hear was the sound of his heart beating so loud in his ears, like it was a ticking time bomb.Finally, he got to his destination, it was where he had met Mathias, after the loss of Benjamin.Just as he took his seat on one of the rocks, he let out a sharp exhale. “Crazy how they can get to you,” it was the millionth time he was saying that, like it was going to make the images in his head stop. Like it was going to put an end to the voice that he kept hearing.“This is really messed up,” he scattered his hair while remi

“Trust?”Xavier slammed his hand on the table, then jerked his head towards Joshua's direction. “You mean the only reason why we're not more than this…” he gestured with his index finger, “is because you don't want to trust the people outside this clan?”Joshua answered a little too late. “Yes, that's why.”“Okay, I'm going to start with this,” Xavier shifted his weight to his left leg, crossing his arms across his chest. “Do you even trust every one of us in this room?”Standing at the corner of the room, Joshua curled his toes in his shoes and racked his brain to come to an answer. The truth.‘I’m sorry, this—’“I trust everyone of you,” he quickly eliminated the voice in his head, and then, with confusion etched on his face he took a step forward. “I fucking trust everyone of you, and that's why I don't want no other person walking into this circle.”Ari scoffed from the other side of the room, shaking her head just as she managed to steal Joshua's attention.“You call eight peop

‘No, we won't make it.’That was what came into Joshua's mind when he saw multiple swords coming down from the smoke. He shut his eyes, summoning the window with a deep breath, and when his gaze fell on the temporal time reversal, he tapped it without wasting another second.[TEMPORAL TIME REVERSAL: ACTIVATED.]A sharp whooshing sound tore through his ears, and when he opened his eyes, he was back beside Kelvin.“We—”“Step back,” Joshua said to the rest of the clan, then pushed Kelvin back.Suddenly, he raised his head, looking around the trees that dwarfed him. “What if they are hiding already?”He counted the seconds with his fingers, but still, there was not a single smoke grenade yet, and it was at that moment it dawned on him.‘No matter how many times I go back in time, they won't attack, unless we're very open,’ he let out a sigh just as he remembered what his fellow clan members had told him back in the meeting room. “We don't know how many people are there, but one thing I

“You're not better than me Theodore!” Catherine slammed her door shut, but it was kicked open by Theodore who was extremely pissed.“I'm worse, okay?” he pressed his index on his chest while edging closer to Catherine who held on to her skirt. “I'm worse and I can say that countless times, but you need to fucking listen to me when I say something.”Catherine rolled her eyes in exasperation as she turned her back to Theodore who was still breathing heavily. “Why should I listen to you who is worse than I am?”“It's fucking simple,” Theodore hardened his jaw. “And that's because when I see something bad, I know it's bad enough for you to avoid.”“How hard is it for you to understand?”“Theodore, just shut the fuck up okay?!” She slammed her hands against his chest, but he barely bulged. “There was nothing wrong with what I did, and I don't think you can prove otherwise.”“Joshua was someone Derek detested so much, and I did what was necessary.”For the first few seconds after Catherine

Minutes had passed, and surprisingly, Derek was still on his feet, despite suffering continuous attacks. Including a fatal one that fractured a bone in his lower arm.Despite the number of times he managed to mend it, Julianne kept breaking it. “How many are they?” Adrian asked Larissa in a low tone when she came back to the room. “Sixteen,” she answered, then turned to look at Derek who was panting. “Excluding him and the two people standing close to the door.”Molly and Lucas.Adrian squinted, as though he was trying to come up with something, and after a few seconds, he traced a line across his neck with his index finger. “What?” Larissa crouched beside him, and the shock in her tone was audible. “You mean we should kill them?”Adrian shrugged, staring at Derek in a pitiful manner. “He should know what happens when you mess with us, don't you think?”Larissa nodded.“I'm going to take two of the secret seven, then five other people from our A-rank section.”Adrian smiled at the