My Muse || READER X RAY || The Promised Neverland

⭐ My Muse || Chapter 116

Gilda, Don, Emma, Oliver, Yuugo, Zack and Ray. Our own battle squad.

I waved to the rest of our family, bidding goodbye to us on our first expedition. Norman grabbed my wrist, pulling me into a hug. "We'll be back before you know it!" I giggled, pulling my arm away. It felt different around him. A little colder, uncomfortable and strange. He smiled sadly, tilting my head upwards for a kiss. "Norman, I really should get going," I said, slapping my hand over his mouth. I wiggled my way out of his grasp, stumbling to Emma and Ray's side. "Take it slow, Norman. Don't die on me." The first rays of sunshine started to peek through the vine doorway. His cobalt blue eyes widened in shock. "How do you-" I waved at him one last time before jumping out of the hideout. "First, we'll go back to the Seven Towers. I'm not convinced that they're the Seven Walls Mujika was talking about." Yuugo nodded, swinging his arm around my shoulder. "So, what happened with lover boy number 4?" He teased, squishing my cheek. I grimaced, thinking about Norman's harsh words. "Nothing that I want to talk about. And hey," I poked his waist, making him jerk up. "Who're the other three lover boys?" His long black hair curled softly over his eyes, those snow white streaks reflecting the dawn. "Okay, Okay, so I've numbered us by order. Cyclops over there, he's lover boy one. I, Yuugo the Great, am lover boy dos. Headband over there, is three, and Minerva is the fourth." "Your harem, m'lady." Gilda laughed, bowing dramatically. I would give anything for moments like these. Moments where I was happy and smiling with the people I love. I almost forgot that we were prey, living in a world of apex predators.

"So, here it is." I gestured grandly to the ruined temple. Ray, Zack, Yuugo, and Oliver had never seen it before. "We happened upon it on our search for you guys."

Zack stepped into the first tower. "A shepherd?" He asked, noticing the first mural.

"Better than this ugly lion." Yuugo gagged, calling from the second tower.

"I think this one's a prince," Ray said from inside the fourth. He glanced at the third, "Maybe the third one is a king, since his crown his bigger."

I stared at the seventh tower's mural. The faded eye that resembled my pendant exactly. "The black screen gives me the creeps," Oliver commented, walking to my side. "No, never mind. This one is worse. And hey..." He pointed at the center of the eye, at the place the pendant would be. "Isn't there... A strange pattern in that? In the center?" I squinted, not seeing what he was. "A... rectangle? A really faded one?" His voice lifted at the ends of his sentence. He started to become unsure as well. "y- y/n..." Gilda whispered my name from outside the doorway. "Y- Your chest... It's glowing..." A deep midnight blue just barely illuminated the shadowed tower. My... necklace? I pulled the locket out from my shirt and everything started to make sense. It wasn't a rectangle, it was an arrow! I turned around, spinning in circles. The arrow stayed, pointing in the same direction whichever angle I moved. "It's a compass!" I cried, looking at the others excitedly. Ray stepped behind me, peering over my shoulder. "Wow," He whispered, right behind my ear. My face tinged the slightest bit red. "L- Let's go!" I yelled, a little too loud. I robotically walked away from Ray, who stared at me suspiciously. "You're weird." He laughed, following my lead.