The Hunter's Trial
hing so much?" Astoria squirmed as she
a hedge, Higgins eventually groaned to an
d his legs and settled down on a rock formation, exhaustion et
Higgins asked, his gaze shifting around the enclos
see now." Astoria's confusion mir
t was I just made to relive?" He finally re
e in his suicide attempts, stood before him. He had never see
m for the past ten years resurfaced. He understood the eerie landscape he had bee
s structure," Astoria explained, her ga
we here should be the question you'd answer to"
uestion is why are we here?" Higgins's
expressing his intent to end the fling that
of the agony that could befall him again if
egan to explain, but Higgins's constant bewildere
ng his index finger to a pool of water, embody
if..." Astoria hesitated, aware of the dangers
ns wrinkled his nose after sniffing the f
once found a used condom here," Astoria re
y direction I want until I find it." Higgins stormed off onto an unknown d
f, just hear me out first." She rushed from
g her words. Instead, he forcefully p
ried out as she stu
storia tried to tempt his curiosity, her words dripping with desperation. "It cou
iggins halted, told her off, and continued on his way. It seemed he had no interest in uncoverin
grew louder as she knelt, her palms rest
ondered her words. Memories resurfaced as he recalled the for
with him?" Higgins recalled the memory,
of the Nefario pack. His only descendant that he hid..." She revealed her true identity, her voice filled
efario royalty? Why would the daughter of an esteemed werewolf Alpha be part of the resistance meant
as taken aback, realizing she had nev
lves and beast-folk," Higgins revealed, explaining how he had deciphered her purpose. "What I can infer is some he
to know why the resistance sent me in the first p
myself to be taken to this damn hold in the first place." Higgins ventured further into the unch
th him would be futile. Perhaps she had another way to persuade hi
sy, and I mean everyone in it, hu
" Higgins replied, hinting th
onger following his every whim without an ounce of protest, haven't you seen how..."
alted by the same debris of the tunn
than her so the disparity in s
self. The blood in your vain can actually ascend the role of Alpha if you..." Their conversation had become
bare the grunt of their parents paying inflating taxes to the rich masses cooped up in the hold every full moon for their s
lid, but so was
ght over there. You have been marvelous step down en
hat had paved his path thus far
n to a word I have
in the first place. It's like the situation of an un
, she was now above trying to plead with him. perhaps it was because she now had
e asserted, her voice lace
are people," Higgins retorted, twirling to se
d also be Ramsy," Astoria added, he
and finally rid myself of the anguish I've felt for far too lo
or you at this point." She added, ato
ssion as he turned to her, searchin
you mean?
, and yet, have you felt any pain?" Astoria questioned,
eached up to touch his head,
thing, it had merely halted his p
dn't..." Higgins boasted a fast-paced reply, Astoria althou
ld be impervious to showing pain. But these ones didn't even do a thing, you couldn't even try to s
m her words. "How the hell does she know
appeared and all that emanated
ble to feel pain now, how the hell
fliction, but your goal to die a peaceful death will never come true. You are now