Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future novel Chapter 174

Chapter 82

I watch as Katherine’s tongue slides across her front teeth with her mouth closed, considering how to answer.She never takes her eyes off of me, trying to gauge my temperament.

The women sitting behind her whisper quietly to each other, looking nervous.

"It was a mistake," she finally clears her throat and says very matter-of-factly, "We have a lamp called the harbinger lamp.Mother lights it when there is an imbalance among the Manae that needs to be rectified.She lit the lamp purple, which means we needed to summon you to help with a problem with the Dark.I left this responsibility to Amari and Tessa.Tessa took things in her own hands and, based on past experience, took a forceful route instead of a peaceful one."

I watch as Amari looks at her hands, avoiding eye contact with me.

"Cora, how were you involved?"

I look at her confused, "You were in that room with Tessa."

"I was summoned as well.To help with you, Kas,"

Cora looks at me as if she is asking for forgiveness.I can’t tell if she worded her phrase correctly or if her English is not refined enough to convey her message.

‘Help with me’? "When Cora and I arrived at our estate, we found out you were being held in the Waiting Room.We came right away, but you can’t just get out of the Waiting Room.We needed to convince you to leave," Katherine looks slightly guilty as she explains.

"The Waiting Room? Is that the place I saw Tessa and Cora? The place I drank from that old goblet?"

I try to recall the few details that I can still remember.

"You remember the Waiting Room? That's impossible,"

Katherine’s expression becomes horrified.I’m feeling more annoyed now, "I remember there was a cot.Tessa standing in the doorway and Cora gave me a cup to drink out of because a voice on an intercom said that was the only way I could go home.Then I almost drowned in a portal that appeared at the bottom of the pool at our pack house."

Katherine glares at Amari.

I see Amari’s eyes glaze over as the two have a mind link conversation.

A look of fear and regret crosses her naturally gentle face.

While they are distracted, I quickly mind link Marco, "Do you know what the Waiting Room is?"

"No.The Alpha didn’t mention nothing like that."

"Alright, then I need you to pay attention," I order him.

"I’m sorry.What is the Waiting Room?" I ask as calmly as I can manage, interrupting their silent conversation.

As the question comes off my lips, Tessa walks up the path behind me and puts her hand on the back of my chair.

She answers my question with no emotion in her voice, "It’s a magical holding room.Once someone is inside for over a minute, they can’t get out unless they drink from the goblet.The person trapped inside is called a ‘waiter’."

She stops and looks at Katherine.

Katherine nods for her to continue, "If the waiter tries to use magic inside the room or anyone tries to get in the room using magic, the waiter receives an electric shock.Strong enough to make them pass out and forget about everything that has happened in the room before the shock."

I look at her questioningly, "Go on."

"The waiter wakes up not knowing how they got to the Waiting Room or how long they’ve been there.Same thing happens if they try to escape through the door.Touch the door.Zap,"she raises her eyebrows at the word, "You can’t get in.You can’t get out.Not without drinking from the goblet."

I feel Lex starting to bristle and pace in my mind.She stops and snarls, "THAT’S what that place was?!"

"Lex, I need you to stay calm until we have more answers," I scold her.

She doesn’t answer, she just huffs and keeps pacing.

"So it’s a magical torture chamber? Who would make such a place? And why would you put me there?"

My voice cracks when I speak.

I’m trying my best to control my emotions, but I look down and see my violet aura glowing from my hands.I squeeze my eyes closed and push the anger down with a deep breath, trying to remind myself that I'm in the human world.

Losing control would be bad.I open my eyes and glare at Tessa.

She presses her lips together and gives me a resigned look, dropping her shoulders and sitting down.

"The Goddess Mesperyian built it.For you and the rest of the Dark," she admits, her face flushes with embarrassment as she looks at her feet, "And I put you in there because you have already killed me in three different lifetimes.I’m not making that mistake again if I can help it."

I stand up and put my hands to my mouth, "The Goddess of Torture built a chamber specifically for the Mavri Magea? The actual daughter of Hades and Persephone?"

I stop short when I realize what I just said.

Persephone? I turn and look at Cora, "A-are you her? Don't lie to me."