Ian:
My journey began, this time with the white squad. They were a pretty unusual kind of people for me. I noticed they had this weird dynamic where Joshua was the leader and nobody really respected him, especially his girlfriend, his fated mate, and his best friend.
I couldn’t help but see myself in Joshua, in the sense that I was also betrayed by two close people in my life. However, I didn’t feel anxious anymore.
"Is that because of Clem?" my wolf asked, and I shook my head.
"I knew you would mention her. You desperately want me to move on, and I have. Honestly, I’m no longer in love with my ex," I said, shrugging.
"And what changed? I mean, the Ian I know would hold on to it for so long, be angry, try to punish everyone who hurt him before he even moves on. And I’m not even talking about just stop loving someone. That I could expect from you. But to let it go like that, that is not like you," he replied, making me roll my eyes again.
I didn’t want to talk about it, because my attention had shifted to the white squad.
"So remember your roles, right? You two will stand on guard. Make sure no monster climbs up to catch our asses while we go up there and do the important stuff," Joshua ordered, making me roll my eyes again.
Every few minutes he spoke up, reminding everyone how important our task was, more his than theirs.
Suki and Yash had no choice but to bob their heads.
"Oi, Ian, you understand we need to be quick, right?" he called, but I didn’t turn around to answer. I didn’t have the energy for it.
But here we were at the tower, and just like I expected, this thing was a fucking climb. We all stopped, and Yash even gasped at how tall the tower was.
""Okay, we need to fucking hurry up, because I don’t know why they didn’t tell us it was going to be so high up in the sky," Jack complained, walking around the tower.
The tower was a huge metal structure, tall and wide, with many spots to climb up even though it wasn’t like a ladder.
In the middle of the tower, a magical stone was attached, and the energy around it was very strong.
"Fine, don’t say anything, but make sure you don’t delay in climbing. We need to climb fast," Joshu hissed at me, trying to control me as if I didn’t already know that.
But while he was busy repeating himself, I started climbing the tower.
I grabbed onto the metal bars sticking out from the side and pulled myself up, one hand after another. My boots pressed against the rough edges, giving me just enough grip to push higher.
Jack and Joshua were behind me, slower, but I was already ahead of them. I knew I could climb faster, and I wasn’t planning on waiting for them.
"Good lord, you’re fast," I heard Jack say to me. But before I could blink again, I was already standing on the big metal bar, staring at the stone hanging from the bar above me with a metal chain.
It was fixed in a way that we could open it, but not too easily. We were given weapons and enough tools to open these things.
There were specific tools for it. But I didn’t take it off yet, because I needed Jack and Joshua with me before we could start.
My job came last. First, Joshua would climb up, he would quickly learn the carving pattern, then Jack would take it off and wipe it clean, and then I would start carving.
Once Joshua and Jack were finally there, Joshua started to draw the pattern. It wasn’t easy.



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