VANESSA'S POV I was about to get out of bed when my head suddenly pounded. I thought it was nothing and shrugged it off, but before I can even stand up, I fell down on the floor feeling so dizzy. "UGHHH!!! What the heck? I feel like vomitting..." I said trying to get up. "Argh!" I groaned as my head started to pound continously. "Ha...ha... Argh..." I tried my best to fight the pain in my head as I gasp feeling out of breath. "Shit! It hurts so much... It feels like the viens in my head are gonna explode."  I went to the bathroom and washed my face wishing the pain would go away.  "It can't be because I overslept, right?"  I looked at myself in the mirror and my appearance looks like a total mess. I slept for fifteen hours yet I have very dark bags under my eyes. I looked so exhausted and stressed, even when I change skin I wouldn't look this bad. "Just what is this?"  I went out of t

 Cedric and I continued fighting for days, I was so focused on defeating him that I didn't even have the time to think about anything else. I don't know for how long exactly we were fighting, but based on my body's stiffness and exhaustiveness, I can only guess we've been fighting for a week nonstop.I feel completely drained, while Cedric seemed like he was just exercising and is still full of energy. I do know that there's no way I'd be able to defeat him but I feel so conflicted I don't know what's the right thing to do.I have this guilt inside me towards the people who died because of me. I feel so guilty towards Alexander who was trying his best to be a better mate to me, and when things were just starting to get better, Cedric interfered. I'm scared to know that he died that night...I feel so disgusted by myself because a part of me wished that my memory shouldn't have come back and disappeared like a bubble. I hate myself for loving everything Cedr

When the queen of witches visited me, she brought me the news that she has been hiding for a year. Her news wasn't something horrifying nor bad, it was a good thing yet it made me feel conflicted and scared.THE DAY THE QUEEN VISITED"I came here to personally tell you what I haven't been able to confess until now..." Said the queen."What is it?" I asked with a frown."I couldn't tell you before because everything seems to be going well, but since it's come to this, I have no choice but to tell you the truth."The queen paused for a second and took a deep breath. She stared into my green orbs, fear showing in her eyes and she finally took the courage to speak."The spell never completely worked on Vanessa... Right from the beginning, the spell's deemed to fail. And the spell is breaking now. It's only a matter of couple hours until the spell completely breaks.""What? So you knew from the very beginning, yet you didn't care to tell m

VANESSA'S POV I woke up in an unfamiliar room with only a blanket, a pillow, a washroom, and a toilet. I quickly get up from the small bed to search for anything that could help me escape again, but there's nothing I could use. Yes, there is a blanket, but it's too thin I'd only injured myself. "FUCK! Now I'm doomed." I noticed my injuries were no longer there and are completely healed, but they left a scar. The scar is big yet, it isn't too obvious.  "Wow... I didn't know I'd ever scar myself." I said looking at the scars on my arms and hands. This metal that is imprisoning me is deadly to me. I could die if stick myself on it for only ten seconds. It burns me faster than a flame, and it seeps into my bones. My arms and hands burned weren't just on the skin, but a part of my hands and arms' bone has melted, that was why it was so painful when Cedric gripped it tightly. "I can't stay here. But there's no way I could escape from he

VANESSA'S POV Before I opened my eyes, the woman I saw beside the lake that look's exactly like me, mouthed something. "Don't let him repeat his mistakes..." That's what she said. When I woke up, I'm already in the room where Cedric and I usually sleep. I tried to get up but there are strong hands wrapped around my waist. "Let go, Cedric," I said taking his hands away but he won't budge. "Don't call me that."  "Don't call you what?" I asked confused. "Cedric..." He answered. "That's your name, what else can I call you if not that?" "That... is not my name." We're talking with my back facing him and his face buried on my neck, sniffing my scent. "Apollo..." He said loosening his hands around my waist. "What?"  "Call me Apollo from now on."  "Whatever!" I shrugged. I tried to get up but he tightened his hold of my waist preventing me from escaping from