Chapter Seventeen ★ Rampage

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Hissing sounds were constant and in time to the throbbing knot at the back of my head. Opening my eyes to a tiny slit, hum, I have eyelids, well my eyes were opened to a tiny slit and the area was dark. The hisses were all around me.

Yup, gotta say that I’m surrounded, that’s fer sure. I groaned, “Can’t y’all let a lady have her beauty rest?”

The hisses rolled up and down in laughter. Yup, apparently I’m funny. Wonder if I can make them laugh so hard that I can escape. That is when I figure out where I’m being held captive.

“I wouldn’t.” Said a familiar voice. No, it wasn’t Ray. It was someone I knew. Knew all too well and that’s when my blood ran cold.

My eyes shot open letting the small amount of light help me see in the dark room. She sat across from me in a large overstuffed chair. Her legs lounged over the side as she laid back on the other arm.

The dark long hair of hers glimmered blue in the low light but there was no mistaking who she was in the dark. I glowered as my guts twisted another turn and I spat out her name like a vile tasting bitterness that refused to quit. “Pearl.”

No wonder she wasn’t at the rendezvous. Things were starting to make sense. Merlocks needed an inside person. Pearl who had been stationed at the base for years knew the ins-and-outs of all the paperworks and systems.

She purred, “Oh Luna, Luna, Luna. What am I ever to do with you?”

“Traitor.” I spat again.

“My, such language.” She said with a smile. “And here I went through the trouble of making you normal again.”

Another twist in the gut as my stomach did a flip. Did she break my curse? I felt my head with normal hands. Cute button nose, check, regular ears, check… normal sized mouth? Check. What in Triton’s name is going on here?

Turning my gaze up to her I asked, “You didn’t kill the boy did you?”

Placing her hand onto her chest she pouted, “Your accusations wound me, Luna. Truly they do.”

“I thought the curse could not be broken without killing the originator of the curse?” I asked through gritted teeth. “Was that a lie?”

Pearl shifted in the chair and rest her chin onto her palm propped up by her elbow. She examined her fingernails on the other hand then blew away non-existing dirt before she answered, “I have my ways.”

Flash of red ran through me and I tried to bolt upwards but felt a pile fall on top. I couldn’t move. The hissing became constant while I struggled. Pearl only watched with glee in her eyes.

“You killed him,” I screamed, “didn’t you?”

“What if I did?” Pearl replied, “I thought you didn’t care about him.”

“It doesn’t matter if I did or not. He was still ours to protect.” I seethed.

A long silverly laugh escaped her lips as she let her head fall back in response. The hisses joined in and gave an eerie ring to it. Another pulse of red surged through me but the pile held me in place.

Pearl laughed, “Luna, you are so naive. Ray is so right that you were the right one to use for our plans.”

I glowered, “How long? How long have you been planning this with the Merlocks and witches?”

Her eyes narrowed, “Ever since you were assigned to be my partner.”

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – TO BE CONTINUED… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙