Chapter 437
Suki:
Waking up once again, I felt my body was so fucking heavy. It was as if I had been given a second chance.
I remembered the last time I was awake, I made some mistakes, especially when I let jealousy take over and ended up making them.
This time, it was going to be different. I would not repeat my mistakes. I would just focus on getting out of this. And it seemed like Joshua already had a plan.
“Go ahead, make a wish,” the Shadow Earth Eater told me.
“Should I ask to go home safe?” I turned to look at Joshua and asked him.
“Go ahead, it is your wish,” He whispered to me, and the Shadow Earth Eater smiled. It seemed like she truly adored Joshua. Of course she did, because he was a fool. People love idiots. But I was not a fool.
I was not going to make the same mistakes I had made before or the ones others had made.
More specifically, Oriana. Why did she let Joshua go first? I would never understand that.
“Well, my wish is,” I mumbled, stepping closer to Joshua after he pulled away from me. I held his hand, wrapped my arm around his, and rested my head on his shoulder while staring at the Shadow Earth Eater, who looked at me impatiently. “My wish is for you to cut off your head and leave it at my feet p>
The moment I finished, I watched the Shadow Earth Eater’s eyes turn red. Even Joshua turned toward me.
“What are you saying?” he demanded.
“Oh, come on,” I replied. “Didn’t you say you were sent here for the task of killing her? Do you not know how it goes p>
The Shadow Earth Eater began to growl in anger.
“Come on, fulfill my wish,” I mocked her. “You don’t back away from your wishes, do you p>
I noticed the way she rushed toward me, but she stopped. Joshua was ready to defend me. I noticed it. I saw it.
But it seemed like my wish was coming true because, without the Shadow Earth Eater’s acknowledgment, she began to throw her body around, trying to tear her head from it.
Joshua looked at me, then back at the Shadow Earth Eater as she let out cries of pain.
“I should have never trusted people who betray their own friends,” she screamed.
I watched the Shadow Earth Eater die by cutting off her own head and throwing it away. It was fun to watch the way she crumbled, the way she took her last breaths, the pain in her eyes.
I laughed a few times. Joshua remained quiet, watching her die, and once it was done, I grabbed her head and carried it.
“There was no other way for us to leave. Besides, what if somebody else had gotten their hands on her and she had told them about my secret p>
I looked at Joshua to explain why it was important that we kill her. He looked at me deeply, then smiled and nodded his head.
“But you know, you’ll be the only one leaving the academy,” he remarked.
As soon as he said that, I frowned at him.
“Why? You can come with me,” I told him.
He shook his head sadly.
“There are only a few people getting this privilege. I thought you were going to use that wish to help me out of the academy,” he replied.
The moment he said that, my heart started to crumble. I watched his face and realized he had done so much for me.
“Well, worry not. I know how to get you out,” I said. “You said Oriana accused Yorick of a crime, and then she agreed to be his mate. What if I return and say I don’t want to be his mate and that I want you to become my mate?” I asked, looking hopeful.
He began to shake his head.
“It’s not that simple, Suki. Things are changing quickly. They’re replacing us. Anyway, let’s just get out first, then we can deal with all this. Ian and Clementine have already left the North, so I’m guessing they’re doing something out there to stop this whole thing or something,” he explained.
As Joshua mentioned Clementine, I rolled my eyes. He told me that briefly he had thought about bringing me into her body.
“I’m so glad you did not summon me into her body,” I remarked. “She’s a troublemaker. I didn’t want to wake up in her body and then have to fight monsters and everything. She has too many responsibilities. I like this body,” I added, touching my stomach.
“Well then, I’m happy you do, but we need to get out of here,” Joshua mumbled, pointing toward the ceiling of the caves as they began to shake.
“Of course. They’ve lost their master,” I replied. “Well then, let’s go,” I stated, holding the head close.
I was going to go back, come out as someone victorious who had killed a monster on her last mission, and then be free of the academy too. It was a perfect plan.
As I ran after Joshua, following him closely, I noticed Mira, Renee, and Sebastian in the distance.
Then Haiden and Troy showed up. They were all covered in the blood of the Earth Eaters.
I didn’t know how many monsters they had slain after I died last time, but after hearing the Earth Eaters’ growls and everything else, I was glad I had been gone for a little while.
“You killed her?” Troy asked, looking shocked.
“Yeah, I did. I wouldn’t let a monster—” I began, but he rolled his eyes and sped past me.
While running, I turned to Joshua, trying to ask him what that had been about.
“Oh yeah, I have to tell you what she did to them p>
He leaned closer as he spoke, and then we began to run harder to get out of the tunnel.
Things were a blur from there on. We rushed out, and Joshua made sure he stayed right with me, making sure I was not landing myself in more trouble.
Then we finally arrived at the train station. I had blocked out everything.
There was too much noise for me. I had been in silence for months.
Of course, the change was big. However, the moment we reached the station, I heard Haiden make a comment that perked my ears.
“Look at her, going from hypnotizing us to save her to slaying a monster,” he remarked.
It was not a compliment. It sounded bitter, directed at me. I turned to look at Joshua, waiting for him to explain what all the fuss was about with Oriana.
What the fuck had she done that I was going to get accused of now?