Chapter 83
With a stern look, she asked me the question. I was shocked to see her standing before me and even more stunned by her question after everything I had just been saying.
I tried to stand, but my legs trembled uncontrollably, and my body felt alien, like I had lost control.
"What is happening to me? Why do I feel this way?" I thought to myself, my gaze fixed on Ma’am Elena.
I attempted to speak, but my mouth wouldn’t open. Pain surged through me, and an unbearable noise echoed in my head like a thousand drums pounding at once.
"Is this how it ends for me? Did they lock me in this room just to kill me in silence?" I wondered, tears streaming down my face. The pain and noise felt like they would crush me. Suddenly, Ma’am Elena let out a sharp, mischievous laugh.
Startled, I looked up. Right in front of me, her form dissolved into a large, swirling dark smoke. I was terrified to my very core.
"I am not your Ma’am Elena," the smoke hissed in a deep, husky voice. "I am the Silent Beast, and I have come to pay you a gentle visit... to make you feel what is far worse than death’s touch!"
My heart pounded wildly, and fear gripped every inch of me. It felt as though parts of my soul were dying. Unable to speak, I could only think, my thoughts racing.
"Why does the Silent Beast keep warning me instead of killing me outright?"
"This is your last warning," the beast growled, its voice heavy with menace. "If you dare attend the sacrifice tomorrow, I will kill you and let the pack suffer!"
I realized the beast could hear my thoughts. Then I’ll use my mind to speak to it, I decided.