Chapter 310
Oriana:
After those ugly-ass things attacked me from the sky, I ran back to the fleshmingo town, straight to the tunnel.
She had promised me that her earth-eaters would not touch me, so I knew I was safe here.
Still, facing them directly was going to be frightening. I sprinted far ahead.
“Where are you?” I yelled for her desperately.
It was confusing.
Why did those things come straight from the sky to attack me?
Why not Clementine?
Why wouldn’t any of these monsters just kill her for once?
“It isn’t like they hadn’t tried p>
It was as if she heard me.
I jumped when she appeared, then turned to look at her.
She was hiding in the shadows before stepping out, an earth-eater, but shaped like a woman.
Her body was both of the earth-eater. She had a tail, and her form was unusual.
Hiding in the shadows seemed right for her.
“That’s mean,” she commented with a smirk, letting me know that after I gave her access to my mind, she could read my thoughts.
“I’m sorry, but I’m exhausted. I don’t even know if it’s working,” I said, annoyed. “The other day it completely stopped working. And then you told me to—” I paused, turning away. “For a sacrifice p>
“You did kill a lurker for me,” she retorted, her tone sterner this time. “I told you, for it to keep working, you have to feed it blood. Besides, are they not listening to you? Are they not betraying their mate for you p>
I rolled my eyes.
“Weren’t they supposed to completely forget about her?” I asked, watching her confident expression.
“Well, it’s not working. It’s getting harder for me to make them listen,” I added.
I hissed as I lifted my dress to my stomach to show her the chain, the jewelry she had made for me.
I was still wearing it. Every time I thought it stopped working, I scratched my stomach, trying to fix the chain around my belly.
“The jewelry makes them listen. It was one wish you had asked for, for her squad mates to be madly in love with you,” she said.
“I did what you told me. The problem is, this is the first case where my jewelry is having such a hard time. It seems like the boys really love her. You’re evil to come between them, though.” She laughed in her usual unsettling tone.
“Why must she get all the love alone?” I asked, trying to defend myself.
“Well, for what it’s worth, whenever you’re around them, they remember you. Although they were supposed to remember you even when you weren’t near, they’re fighting the magic too hard for this girl. But fear not. Even if they don’t forget her, she will,” the shadow said, dancing from wall to wall.
I slouched my shoulders, feeling tired.
“The other day, I tried so hard to get Haiden to touch me in the bed with him, but he fought it so much,” I groaned, frustrated.
“Why does it bother you? It did cause a rift between him and his mate, didn’t it?” the shadow replied.
It felt like nothing I said made sense to her.
She kept coming back with the same comebacks.
“I want them to completely forget about her, to hate her. I’m so annoyed,” I groaned, stomping my foot.
Hearing that this was the first case where the magic wasn’t working fully on someone was already infuriating.
There was nothing special about Clementine.
Why were these men trying so hard to fight for her?
Then the shadow stopped right in front of me, leaning closer to my face.
“Remember your promises?” she reminded me.
“Well, I’ll fulfill them once you fulfill yours. I want them completely wrapped around my finger and for her to be away from them,” I told her. “It won’t work like this. I can’t keep working this hard for their attention. I want them to chase me p>
“Oriana, don’t play games with me. Because trust me, I’m doing the best I can. Like I said, this is the first time I’m using all my power. These men really love her. So if I stop, and they realize what you’ve done to separate them from her, you have no idea what they’ll do to you. These men will become worse than the North. So you’d better stay on my good side,” she warned.
Goosebumps ran up my spine.
“They will not hurt me, will they?” I asked, and she began to cackle out loud.
“These men have a dark future. The only thing holding their sanity is their fated mate. They fight every day with their demons for her. Once you take away that hope, and when they wake from the trance, their demons will take over. Then, they will go after everyone who came between them and their mate. And must I remind you, that includes you,” she said in her cold, eerie tone, making my body stiffen.
“Now go back. Try to win their hearts. And stop complaining. Next time I ask for a sacrifice, do it quickly,” she reminded me.
Those were the terms under which she had granted me this jewel.
I was now afraid of them.
There seemed to be only one way to make sure they wouldn’t remember Clementine, if she was completely gone from their lives.
I had to do something to get rid of her.
With that, I returned and found them. The night was chaotic.
Thankfully, I didn’t have to lift a finger to grab the flags.
I grabbed Clementine’s.
Then I watched her squad mates take me out and leave her behind.
As soon as we were out, I held their hands to make sure they kept running with me.
There were moments when I noticed Haiden turning around, and then Yorick did the same.
Troy would stop and look lost.
I had to work hard to get them to the train station.
But once we arrived, they completely stopped functioning.