Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
[Margaretâs Perspective]
I was confused by everyoneâs gazes. I asked curiously, âWhatâs wrong?â
âWho did you say colluded with the enemy?â Elliot asked.
âAngel,â I repeated. âElizabeth knows it too. Iâm sure you remember, Anthony. Elizabeth said you were the one who opened the door when Angel arrived.â
Elizabeth nodded at the side.
Anthony said in a solemn tone, âI was knocked unconscious at the time. Then, when I woke up, I lost my memory of this. I have no impression of seeing Angel yesterday.â
âYou donât know?!â Now I was the one who was surprised. âThen how did you find our trail? I mean, Elizabeth and I were both sprayed with the Mist. The forest is so big, you canât smell us. If youâre not following Angelâs lead, how did you target this area?â
âItâs Elliot,â Anthony said. âHe says he smells unusual blood.â
I remembered the blood I had left on Arthur.
However, it had only been an hour since I left the blood on him. It couldnât have been more than two hours. How did Elliot happen to smell me and be able to follow the direction smoothly?
They said that they found no trace of anyone else here. Is it too much of a coincidence that all these things are stacked together? I wondered.
I knew that I should be thanking Elliot for finding me at this time, but I really couldnât smile at him. There were too many doubts in my heart.
âNow, you answer my question,â Eric said sternly. âHow exactly were you taken that day? We didnât find any signs of a struggle at the scene. You all left with her willingly, right?â
âHow could we have volunteered to go with her! I was packing to leave,â Elizabeth said agitatedly.
âIt was Angel who drugged Elizabeth first and then threatened me with Elizabethâs life. I had no choice then.â
I took a step in Ericâs direction, further away from Elliot, and said, âThen I was forced to drink a black potion that completely cut off my connection to Donald. I couldnât do my Mindlink with anyone, so I couldnât ask for help.â
âInterrupting the Lycansâ connection?â Elliot repeated from the side.
âAfter that, Angel scattered the Mist on me, and I lost consciousness. When I woke up again, Elizabeth and I were tied up in the basement. I tried using Mindlink many times and tried to transform, but I failed. I suspect that the black potion was specially designed for werewolves. The effect was to turn us into ordinary humans,â I said.
Ericâs eyes flashed brightly in the moonlight.
I couldnât help but look at him again.
Elliot looked thoughtful on one side. âHas the drug lasted until now⦠Have you tried to contact anyone since?â
âIâve not,â I said, shaking my head.
Before I knew it, we had reached the side of the cabin. As Ericâs follower, Damianus, had said, it was empty. I glanced at the basement from where Elizabeth and I escaped. The door was still open, as we had left it.
âWhy donât you try it now,â Elliot said. âWeâll pull you into our communications network. See if you can pick up the message inside.â
I hesitated. When Anthony nodded slightly, I nodded back.
Of all the people here, the person I trusted the most was Anthony.
âOpen your Mindlink and donât resist my access,â Elliot said.
I felt a familiar wave enter my brain and connect. Everything was going well.
I was guided by Elliot to a larger space. It was like a huge network of neurons where all kinds of information converged. The feeling of being blocked by a wall had completely disappeared. I felt as if I could access the information as easily as I had before.
[Your Majesty, this is Elliot. Are you there?]
It was Elliotâs voice.
I tried to follow Elliotâs signal.
[Margaret?] It was Donaldâs voice!
The moment I heard Donaldâs voice, I felt my legs go weak. Fortunately, Eric held me.
When I was locked in the basement, how many times had I thought that I would never see Donald or hear his voice again?
At this moment, his voice in my heart was more pleasant than any voice. It was as if something heavy had finally been lifted from my heart. For the first time, I truly felt that I was saved.