Loud Noises Scare the Big Animals by seastarpwn (large ebook reader txt) 📖

was going with or without their permission and I planned on leaving soon.
I walked into our room, it still smelt like her. I could smell her in the air, on her pillow, and in the sheets. Most nights I slept on the couch so I wouldn’t have to deal with the agony in the room. But every night I still broke down in tears; the house lost its shine without her, life itself lost its glow without her standing right next to me.
I hesitantly stood in front of the mirror, my eyes were drained of color, dark black bags stayed under my eyes from no sleep, and my naturally tan skin was pale. I thought I was going to go insane, not hearing her laugh or anyone less in matter of fact. It has almost been a standstill in the mansion, and the only movement that has gone on in the past week has been when a servant found Nova’s phone.
“Can I come in?” Astra knocked on the already opened door. I just nodded my head and sat back down on the bed. Astra followed my suit and sighed, “So we decided that you, Collin, Scott, and I will go to India and investigate. We can’t get our hopes up because it is just a clue but-“
“You can’t help, but to get your hopes up.”
“Exactly,” she fell back on the bed and sighed. “I got to go before Henry comes and forces to put the leash back on,” she tugged at her collar and got up. “Pack up, we’re leaving tomorrow,” she walked out the room and closed the door for me.
I crawled into the bed and tucked myself where Nova should be. Why did you leave me? You knew I needed you, and you left! I started to punch my pillow feeling the frustration build up from not finding her. I need you, Astra needs you, it’s just not the same here. My punching turned into deep sobs. Where are you? I screamed over and over in my head. I stopped when I felt something inside me shift and turn.
My eyes suddenly closed and I felt my body move. When I reopened my eyes I was in a white cellar. The walls, the floor, and the sleeping girl were all white. Tears filled up as I walked over to Nova and pushed back her hair. There were bags under eyes as well, she was very thin, and bruises ran up and down her arms. She was paler than usual, but I still thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
Her arms reached out for me and she muttered my name. A smile that hasn’t been seen for almost two weeks inched its way up my face. I knelt down next to her and lightly kissed her forehead, “Please wake up.”
I felt the shift in my stomach again and sparks tickled my back. I slowly stood and turned around hesitantly. “Alexzander?” her eyes brightened and she crashed into me before I realized what happened. I grabbed the back of her head and smashed my lips to her, wanting, no needing her. I softly kissed each bruise on her face before looking at her grayish purple eyes, “Are you Ok?”
“The best I have been in weeks,” she brightly smiled and rested her head on my chest, “How is Astra and Collin?”
“Could be better, but they’ll get through it. What happened to you?”
“Few whips here, lots of needles and punches there,” she shrugged like it was usual. “How did you get in here?”
“We’re in a dream.”
Nova sat up with a frown on her face, “So this isn’t real?”
I pulled her back towards me and kissed her again, “Did that feel unreal.”
“The most real, I have felt in two weeks,” her eyes fluttered open and she stood up and pulled me up with her. She pushed herself off the bed and laid down, making room for me. Instead I picked her up and laid her down on top of me.
“I love what you did to the room,” I snickered at the scratch marks.
“Yeah, I’m sick of white. I don’t ever want to see it again, not even for a wedding dress,” her voice fuzzed in and out.
“We’re losing connection,” I whispered to her. I kissed her forehead, “I’ll come back tomorrow.”
“I love you,” I heard her say, but couldn’t see her anymore. I tried calling out, but I didn’t feel the sparks anymore. I love you too.
Chapter 70
Collin
I had my bag packed and was waiting for the signal to leave. Alexzander stood next to me with a happy look on his face. “Why do you look so happy?”
“I’ll tell you later,” Then he went back to twiddling with his thumbs.
We had been planning a way to get Astra out of the castle for a few days. Finally Henry’s wife thought of an idea. Take a boat up the river Styx. We didn’t know if it would work, but it was worth trying.
Now we were just waiting for Astra and Scott to show up. And it was taking a while.
“To get out of the palace were going to have to make a run for it. And since Astra can’t have the collar taken off till we leave the Underworld, she’s going to be stuck in her wolf form.
Scott and Astra walked up from behind us. They had their arms looped together. “Henry’s wife said we should wait until she gives the signal that it’s time to go. She also said that when the signal goes off, we’ll have five minutes till Henry realizes we’re gone. And another three minutes till the hellhounds catch us. So we have to get to the boat fast.” She wrapped her hand into his. I gave Scott the nastiest look I could manage. All he did was smirk. I guess this meant me and Astra weren’t together anymore. Now I don’t know what I would do. “Did you hear me Collin?”
I shook my head. “Sorry. What did you say?”
“That when we get on the boat, we’re going to need to talk.”
I didn’t respond to her. Because I already knew what was going to be said.
Just then a loud boom sounded and the ground shook. “That is our cue to leave.” Said Scott.
Astra and Scott changed into their wolf forms and took off running. Then me and Alexzander followed.
We raced past demons, werewolves, vampires. All were to worried about seeing what happened at the palace. Trying to get through all these creatures was hard, but that meant that the closer we got to the gate, the less creatures there would be.
We had just reached the gate when a howl rocked through the world. You could practically hear the music from judgment day in the back ground. Nobody bothered to stop because we still had to get through the gate.
All at once the world changed. Fire erupted from the fields around us. And an evil laugh surrounded us. “Collin Crawford, you will be mine.”
I didn’t stop to see who said that until we got to the boat. As I looked back I saw Ebony standing at the top of a tower, with a bow and arrow drawn back. She aimed the arrow, and let it go.
Immediately I knew where the arrow was heading. Before my mind could full process what was going on, my body was moving.
For a heart pounding moment, the world was still. I looked down at my shoulder, and an arrow was sticking out of my left shoulder.
I only had enough time to fall into the boat before the world went black all around me.

Chapter 71
Alexzander

One moment I was trying to start the boat and next Astra was screaming. I turned around to see blood pouring out from Collin’s shoulder; Scott pushed off the side of the bank and we were cruising down the river. Once I got the boat on a steady path I went to Collin.
The arrow was lodged in his shoulder and Astra wouldn’t let me completely see it because her theory was if you couldn’t see it, it wasn’t there. In the end Scott had to hold back Astra as I got to work on Collin. First thing I did was pulled out the arrow, sending blood everywhere. I ripped a piece of my shirt and put pressure to the wound. I felt something fly by my face and landed inches from Astra. I turned around and saw Ebony, blood thirsty for Astra, shooting arrows at us. Most of them flew over our heads or into the River of Styx. But she has an endless amount of arrows, red eyes, and fast hands; even though she had bad aim, a lot did come our way. She soon stopped, but pulled out a sword and spread beautiful, blue-black wings.
She took flight and with her black hair and wings, she could have been an angel of death. I rushed to the bag Henry’s wife gave us; it was full of weapons, supplies, clothes, and food. I grabbed the sharpest, meanest looking sword and swung up, slicing Ebony’s arm. She wailed out in pain and fell into our boat. Ebony folded her wings and stood up. She started to sing a sweet melody. It circled me, enchanted me, but Nova’s whisper broke the trance. I grabbed her neck, holding the sword in front of me. “Bitch, that doesn’t work on me,” I started to slice her neck, but she knocked it out of my hands and jumped off the boat.
“This won’t be the last time you see me,” she melted into the river. I went to Collin, looking over him. His shoulder was turning green and looked saggy.
“Is he Ok?” I leaned down next to Astra and wrapped a protective arm around her, which got me a glare from Scott.
“T-The poison that m-m-made my s-scar, is effect-ting him,” she leaned her head on my shoulder. “T-The AS c-c-can handle the p-p-poison, b-but the HS c-can’t,” she sobbed onto my shoulder. I didn’t know what to do, so I rubbed circles onto her back in till she fell asleep.
I settled her down and sat in the other corner of the boat, “Astra is mine, don’t try to take her,” Scott snapped at me.
“Whoa, first off I already have someone…. Nova to be specific. Secondly she loves Collin and she will never be yours.” I blew back my hair and closed my eyes, “If you don’t mind, I am going to go see my girlfriend.”
I thought about the white room, the chill in the room, and Nova lying in the bed. I felt something shift in me and my soul was in the place I last saw Nova, but she wasn’t there. I called for her and screamed at the walls. I threw the chair in the room to the walls, breaking it in piece. I punched holes in the walls and ripped the pillow to shreds. I was about to give up, but a note was under the pillow.
I carefully picked it up, unfolded it, and read. Tears formed into my mind and a launched forward. I slammed it into the wall and woke back up.
Scott was in the front of the boat, trying to steer. The boat rocked back and forth, giving me a headache, and Astra woke up with a start. Suddenly we were falling down a waterfall and landed with a huge crash. But instead of dying, a whirlpool formed, confusing me even further.
I grabbed hold of Astra and Collin before drowning in the middle. Black water washed over me, but I could still hold onto them, and I