so this chapter is sad, at least for me it is, enjoy please!!

She couldn't believe Stanton would rather protect Serena then his own little sister. It wasn't fair.

He was supposed to protect and help me, not her.

Jo felt like crying, but she didn't want to show such a weakness in the land of the dead.

Nefandus, home of the Atrox. It was parallel to Earth and had only a few entrances to it. If a human accidentally stumbled in then they wouldn't be able to see anything but darkness. They would float around until something or someone that was native to the dark land touched them, only then would they be brought back to reality.

Since Jo had been welcomed into the Atrox's dark home many times she had built up a resistance to her good side when she was in Nefandus, so she was able to see around her. The Atrox had gifted her, so she could come visit him whenever she wanted. As if she would ever come here on her own free will. But she had.

She wasn't exactly sure where the Atrox's palace was, she had never been there on her own. She also didn't know what she was going to do once she had gotten there. Could she really betray her own brother?

Yes, I can. After what he did to me he deserves whatever punishment the Atrox gives him. But he is my brother. He thought I was dead. He had moved on, like he wanted me to.

Jo walked the dark streets. The air was filled with the scent of flowers and the fake moon of the Atrox barley lit up the sky. Music blared in the distance where some Followers where having a party. The shadow of a shop that advertised shrunken heads and black candles in its windows, granted a hiding place for her as a pair of regulators passed by barely brushing her shoulder.

The regulators had lots of power. They were evil and twisted. When they came to earth they masked their appearances, but there was no need to hide what they truly were when they were at a place where evil already reigned.

She was tor n, Torn between going with her brother or betraying him and having him destroyed.

She knew that it should be an easy decision, but she was still wounded by Stanton refusing to help her and protecting the Daughters.

It wasn't his fault that I never let go of the past. I had to go and make that deal with the Atrox to bring Moriah back from the dead, and she probley doesn't even want to come back from the dead. She's in paradise right now, and I was going to yank her out of there and bring her back to this world full of hate and pain. Stanton was right. I do need to just let go of the past.

Jo had finally decided she needed to go back and apologize to Stanton, and she needed to start over. Start a new life.

She turned around and slowly started back to the entrance where she had come in. She felt bubbly inside and couldn't wait to get back on Earth. Nefandus had become more chilling and eerie. She was getting goose bumps on the back of her neck. Someone was following her.

She started running, and risked precious seconds to look behind her. What she saw chasing her mad her run even harder. A regulator was after her. He must have smelled her and was now hauling his rotted distorted body after her, and she knew it was only a matter of time before he remembered he could turn shadow and come after her.

She could smell him getting closer and she suddenly wondered where Stanton was. Why didn't he come after her? He knew she was going to the Atrox. Why didn't he stop her? She wished he had.

She felt the air currents change as the regulator turned shadow, and she heard the call all regulators make to call in reinforcements.

Jo was surrounded. There were two regulators behind her and three in front of her. Someone must have seen her come in and told the Atrox.

She stopped. There was no use in running now. They got her.

They tied her hands together and marched her south to a large mansion on the outside of the city. She knew she was dead. The Atrox will find out the truth and Stanton and Serena will be in danger. It will be all her fault that the earth will be destroyed by evil. Everyone will die because of her.


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