Thalia's Beast

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s I caress my swollen toes. I cried both in pain and in fear for the next short seconds, t

s gives me a weird feeling, simply because I am not familiar with where I am now. That's when I realiz

ding from being vintage and even the three-floor Apartel-like buildings standing a few meters apart have the same brick design. I haven't seen this from any part of Mona

g away from Casino De Monte Car

the verge of asking the way out from the passersby but still afraid to do so since I might get fooled again. It's not l

best solution, as I keep going in circles coming in and out of the same route, I decided to trust my instinct again for one last time and choose what appears to me as a shortcut. The last time I t

I'm enjoying my last night in Monaco with them and not being ditched by Gab, and of course, walking this scary street barefoot. I can't bl

harp gasp came approaching. Shiver and alarmed, I dare not look back and just pick up the pace to run forward. I grab my phone from

. There is a tinge feeling that tells me I should not go but If I turn back on the opposite side now, I wou

th. The figure drags me to a corner before I could even scream. I hysterically drop my p

med like a solid brick surface. There came light dizziness in my head from the impact. I can see his silhouette dancing in my visions but I struggle

inguish from the silhouette playing on my blurry vision. He has strong alcohol, s

his balls with all the strength I have left. My resistance paved way for me t

hrough a strong pull nearly making me feel like it's going to be pulled from its roots. I bounced ba

ng my face, it was moments when I felt the coldness of the dagger as he lightly damps the dull s

e, I immediately jog in to move but just when I thought I could finally escape, h

ng right through it. I knew my eyes were wide from shock and fear, He pulls it ou

ng just won't stop no matter how I press my palm to cover it. I'm crying as

fine brick pathway beneath me. My eyes slowly shut as my energy finally le

y wound, and even my wound is gone. I'm completely normal. And then as I open my eyes, asto

am riding an empty boat on a silent sea I couldn't even hear the w

loud as I could but I only look like a mute trying hard to make a sound. What surprised me even further is when the figure begins to talk, not through her mouth but her thoughts,

how I eventually responded to

l did. I place my palm onto hers and it was too bewitching. Her face becomes clearer, I felt enchanted seeing her hooded green eyes, perfectly fit for her nose and downward-turn

tely read it out loud, "Pandaki," then she withdraws her hand away from me and everything abruptly vanish. Her face became blurred once ag

g here Pandaki Whe

ted an amazing luminescence, "I was summoned by the king of

king of the Gods and who is this

e world of the living, fulfill the fate called prophecy, and prevent the beast from reigning against our will." without even giving me a definite answer to any of my questions. I could only assume this Magwayen she is re

daki sees it, I'm still at the boundary of life and death. I might still

t." I just told her. Our conversation continu

cence, "Drink this and you shall be granted a new beginning. But in this beginning, changes will come and you

r Pandaki is talking about, "What prop

lift the goblet into my open mouth and forced me to gulp everything. the Liquid tastes bitter-sweet, its grains slowly glide inside my throat leaving a sharp sting, causing

s!" Pandaki's last words linger in my head before the Tidal waves a