***This chapter contains scenes that some may find distressing, including attempted suicide. Please read with discretion*** VIDA’S POV The orb shattered, and the room filled with bright green smoke, blinding me. When the smoke began to clear, I was no longer in the bathroom of the library, but instead, I found myself in a forest. The assassin stopped suddenly and dropped me on the ground. They seemed disorientated and were shaking their head as if to clear something from their mind. “What did you do to me, human?” The assassin asked, looking down at me on the forest floor; of course, I was still unable to speak, but I also had no idea what they were talking about. The assassin dropped to their knees, holding their head in their hands and started to mutter. “No, no, stop it. Please sto

