Chapter 41. Hallow Forest

Noelle’s POV

It is still dark when Gabriel and I arrive at Hallow Forest. It seems no one has arrived yet. All of a sudden it goes silent everywhere around us.

“Gabriel? I have a bad feeling about this,” I say anxiously.

The ground begins to shake, and hundreds of dark humans seem to emerge from the forest. I see fear in Gabriel’s eyes, and I get ready to fight.

I look at Gabriel and he is whispering, “I am sorry.”

Before I know it, he has hit me with a lightning bolt which makes me fly into the bushes. I cannot move or speak, and I just lay there hidden watching Gabriel fight while I cannot do anything.

“That bastard did this on purpose to save me,” I think to myself.

I watch Gabriel hit dark human after dark human with his lightning. But there are too many so at one point a dark human manages to sneak up on him and put some kind of collar around his neck. The moment the collar goes around his neck all Gabriel’s powers seem to disap