Before Midnight VThird Person’s POVIn the east tower of the Moon view temple, Lore Light leaned against the balcony railings while looking down at the vast expense of red land that surrounds the Blue Moon arena, and the mountain of the temple. The Moon view temple has existed for tens of thousands of years, but they only regressed after the fall of the countless temples that were flourishing around the land of Selestine when the belied of the werewolf race to the moon goddess is that strongest.The kingdoms, independent cities, and werewolf clans living in the wild might still be continuing the rituals of the ancestors when it comes to greeting the moon goddess at every full moon, but it is only a form of passage to remember the past glory of the ancestors, and not many werewolves of this generation fully believes in the existence and legacy of the moon goddess. There are even the Black Kingdom and White Kingdom as examples for fully embracing the belief to another god than to
Death Soldiers Third Person’s POVRelaxed breathing reverberated in the open space in front of the central pathway. The soldiers have laid out their sleeping bags and quickly rested without wasting their time. They only have three hours of rest, and they still need to traverse another two hours of distance to arrive at the target of their march. The palace of the Artemia Kingdom will surely be teeming with royal guards, and they might not overwhelm them with their pitiful number of merely six thousand, but the element of surprise is always an advantage that could decide that battlefield if it used correctly and efficiently.Asha and Samel rested next to each other on their own sleeping bags. The six sworn brothers are also near them, and they all fell asleep after a few moments of silence and hearing the relaxed breathing all over the place made them all the more sleepy. Walking for too long in the underground is much more tiring than on the surface because of the limited airf
Death Soldiers IIThird Person’s POVThe silver gleam of the full rounded moon hanging up above the dark blue skies filled with flowing clouds fell down the darkened lands of Selestine as the werewolf clans, cities and kingdoms paid heed through their rituals to the moon goddess. The usual ritual of the Artemia Kingdom that has not been broken for tens of thousands of years after it was created was casually tossed aside by King Regor to the officials of the palace as he dutifully took his time to accompany the treasures and ancient record hidden in his underground chamber.The officials of the Artemia Kingdom felt helpless at the attitude of their king, and their preparations for the ritual were sloppy and lacking which caused the werewolf citizens to feel dissatisfied, especially those that follows and believed in the moon goddess with all their hearts. The ritual ceremony finished early, and the citizens were all rushed back to their homes by the patrolling city guards to ensure
Death Soldiers IIIThird Person’s POVWith Asha and her group walking down the hallway to the hall of statues, the other groups has also entered the other side where their door took them. The doors that leads to the four corners of the palace gardens were actually headed to the thick wall of the royal palace. The thick wall that was supposed to be immovable suddenly opened up a narrow door that is facing the four gardens. Even Samel felt amazed at the creation of the Blood Wolves clan, and the mechanism that they used for all of this shocking things to be possible.Who would have known that the thick and imposing wall that surrounds the royal palace of the Artemia Kingdom would have such a shocking secret? Four hidden doors that has not been discovered by the owners of the place even after tens of thousands of years had passed. It might be due to the ingenious mechanism that was imbued on the doors, but if they did not open it from the inside, even Samel and General Markus would n
Death Soldiers IVThird Person’s POVKing Regor’s fury almost burned his aides along with it, but they are loyal subjects that would not care about how their king treated them. They would only follow their king’s orders with their utmost effort. Two of the ten aides hurriedly went off to accompany half of the fifteen personal royal guards to go outside the palace and to find out the identity of the attackers that dared to trample on the dignity of their Artemia Kingdom. The royal palace has never been plunged to the chaotic situation that it is experiencing now. It is an unprecedented scarred mark in the glorious history of the Artemia Kingdom. And one that could not be accepted by the Royal Ark clan and their loyal followers. All of them took pride in the glory and power of the standing of the Artemia Kingdom in the land of Selestine, and this even would surely make the other three kingdoms mock them for being infiltrated and ambushed in their own home ground.King Regor’s veins
Death Soldiers VThird Person’s POVLyor and the soldiers that entered the dungeon hurriedly scoured the remaining prison cells that went deeper and darker as the pathway became wider. Lyor felt strange as soon as they saw the hanging prisoners on stakes that were just left there unattended, but his face quickly crumpled in a terrifying look as soon as a guess flashed in his mind. The prisoners that were left unattended outside their cells were merely tied by a rope on the stakes, and they could easily escape if they want to, especially since they look lightly injured from their appearance.But they did not make any move to escape, and just stayed on their places like obedient dolls. Lyor gritted his teeth as he stepped closer to a prisoner sitting and leaning against the open door of his prison cell. Upon closer look, Lyor instantly noticed the blank stare of the other party, and the deep indifference in them made him shudder from fury. How could he not be furious if he sees the b
UnstoppableThird Person’s POVThe reunion of the brother and sister felt so surreal that even they could not wrap their heads at the reality of each other’s presence next to them. Both of them had already thought of the worst possibility after surviving the massacre of that night. Asha thought that she was the only survivor of the Blood Wolves clan, and Arkon felt that there was only a slim chance for his little sister to escape that chaos of that night. They were purely pushed on the brink of despair when they were weakened and surrounded by the royal guards of the Royal Ark clan to be slaughtered as King Regor pleased.It was something similar to taking a peek into hell, and not a single one of those from the Blood Wolves clan has any thoughts of being able to survive and escape at that time. Asha’s life was saved by the drop of blood from the moon goddess, and Arkon was merely spared to be brought back to the Artemia Kingdom to be turned into a fine death soldier along with the
Unstoppable IIThird Person’s POVKing Regor’s temper further caused the atmosphere in the underground chamber to stiffen. The personal royal guards and aides are all clueless about what to do. The enemies are too many, and there are no signs of the city guards or the soldiers of the camped army for reinforcements. The current situation is akin to a volcano on the verge of erupting. The small bouts of heated smoke coming out of the volcano’s mouth is slowly enlarging as even spats of lava could be seen spurting out as the situation further deteriorated until an explosion occurs to just spell their doom.King Regor irritably looked at the frightened faces of his aides and personal royal guards. His heart churn with fury that has no way of being vent off. But, he is also aware that the current situation is wholly disadvantage to his safety. There is a hidden pathway connected to his underground chamber, but it leads to one of the small pavilion of the east garden, and they have n
FutureThird Person’s POVIn the three days that they were cut off from the outside world, Asha and Samel completed the marking, and their bodies would exude each other’s scents from the physical and astral form. The memories of the past three days burned Asha’s cheeks, and she could not help but to bury her face on the soft bedding of the bed while savoring the sweetness and passion that she shared with Samel. Her movements caused the white quilt on her body to tilt to the side, and vague cherry marks could be seen on her fair white skin. There are a few on the side of her neck and down on her delicately carved collarbone. Asha came out of her shyness as she sat up to get out of the bed, but her eyes fell on the red marks on her body, and redness tinged her whole face to her earlobes. She just woke up and realized that Samel was not on the bed.She could feel his presence through her soul, and guessed his position in the villa while taking out a towel and bathrobe to the man-mad
New BeginningThird Person’s POVThe atmosphere in the garden of the city lord manor is in full swing. After the ritual of the mate ceremony and the vows of the two fated mates, the main dish was served by the servants of the manor, and the guests were instantly conquered by the tantalizing smell of the seared steak meat that was placed on their tables. The music once again sounded in the surroundings, and the two protagonists of the night walked down the platform and into the central pavilion where their friends and families are staying.Their arrival near the pavilions instantly caught the attention of the guests, and the veil that was on Asha’s face before is now gone which caused most of the guests to pause on their movements while looking incredulously at the enchanting and mesmerizing face of the young lady that appeared beside their city lord as his fated mate. How could there be such a beautiful person in this world? The young ladies that are still stunned silly felt a lot
FatedThird Person’s POVThe sound of the flute followed the steps of the two protagonists of the night. Every step the two takes, the wolf lanterns on the side of their archways lit up like it is leading the way for them, and the moment the two of them arrived at the crescent platform, bursts of silver lights could be seen exploding up in the dark blue sky as drum beats sounded which heightened the excitement of the crowd of guests.Samel stepped forward and stood still at the other end of the crescent platform, and Asha did the same while their eyes stayed staring at each other from the distance. The fireworks in the sky continued to go off one after another, and the silver lights that exploded resembled the fall of a rain that sprinkled down gently on the entire garden of the city lord manor. The flute and the drum joined to create a mesmerizing melody that only sounds pleasant to the ears. Everything is so magical and magnificent that the young ladies that were invited to the
Vows Third Person’s POV.The reunion of the brother and sister fell into the eyes of Samel and the others. Samel glanced at the soldiers of the rebel army to help the other survivors of the Blood Wolves clan inside the manor. And he did not wait for Raval to report about the affairs that happened in the headquarters of the rebel army, because he is already striding towards Asha and Arkon’s direction. He stopped a few steps behind Asha and waited for the brother and sister to let go of each other.Asha has long felt the presence of her mate approaching from behind, and after letting her emotions calm down through the warmth that is coming from the embrace of her eldest brother, she gently let go and took a step backwards while smiling brightly at Arkon. And under the surprised eyes of her eldest brother, Asha turned to the side and pulled Samel’s right hand to let him stand next to her. “Eldest brother, this is Samel, my fated mate.”All the words that she wants to say to her elde
Mate CeremonyThird Person’s POVElish’s cries echoed in the still courtyard, and the two personal subordinates of crown prince Rogeus could only cower in the corner while looking at their master with worried looks. Even though they do not know what is happening, from the words of the young lady, their crown prince’s mate seems to be accusing him of murdering someone who is close to her. They have been following crown prince Rogeus since they were adolescents, and they are aware of the things he did to get the appreciation of the King. In the past, it might be about letting the wealth of the royal palace prosper, but this year, the king ordered their crown prince a lot of things that they could not pry into. Killing someone would not be impossible, and judging by the frozen figure of their crown prince, then the young lady’s accusations must be the truth.The two personal subordinates felt their heads aching as their worries for their crown prince skyrocketed. If their conjecture
Truth IIIThird Person’s POVIt took Elish over two hours to stand up from the floor of her room. The sudden movement of her limbs caused the stiff muscles to creak with numbness as she swayed to the side and fell down without an ounce of strength. The force from falling on the wooden floor did not even arouse any expression on her face, and the pain seems to be negligible in contrast to the pain that is swarming in her chest.The content of the letter keeps on resounding in her mind without a pause, and the hatred and grief intermingled with no outlet for her to vent on. Although she knew that it is the work of the crown prince of the Artemia Kingdom, the advice of her uncle seems to have formed a chain on her ankles to stop her from moving past the moral bottom line that was taught to them in the village.Elish knows that her family and the rest of the clan members would not be able to rest in piece if they know that she stained her soul and hands with blood. The Jade clan has a
Truth IIThird Person’s POVA horrendous scream echoed across the trail of the underground mine, and the sound did not diminish until a minute of struggle. The ice worms in the prison cell that suddenly swarmed to King Regor did not waste any time to wriggle their chubby bodies to the only source of warmth in the room. With the ice glass and the metal wall confining them, they could only sense King Regor’s presence and not the presence of the four individuals that are watching through the ice glass door.It is the reason why the soldiers would not care much about the existence of the ice worm prison cells, because aside from sleeping all year round, the ice worms could only stay in the underground and could not touch any heat that comes from the sun or a fire. They desire for a source of warmth, but their bodies would whither the moment they felt the heat coming from any kinds of fire.This is the reason why the ice worms could only look for the warmth of the human body, and burro
TruthThird Person’s POVPriestess Eva and General Markus headed to the back kitchen of the resting area where there is already a wafting fragrance of fresh milk, breads and eggs. The two were greeted by the military chef that accompanied their group to take care of their meals with a wide smile. “Good morning Priestess and General, the breakfast is ready, please enjoy your meal.”Priestess Eva smiled and nodded at the other party before helping General Markus by carrying the small tray of two bottles of warm milk that is left after he took away the two bigger trays that holds both of their breakfast. They settled in a table near the back kitchen before digging in on the filling meal.After they finished their breakfast and took an hour to wash themselves and change into clean and tidy robes, Priestess Eva did not hesitate to take General Markus to King Regor’s current prison cell. It took them ten minutes to arrive outside the locked door, and the soldiers guarding outside salute
Demise IIIThird Person’s POVThe capital city of the Artemia Kingdom is filled with liveliness due to the arrival of the envoys from the different forces across the land of Selestine. The hospitality of the royal palace is top notch, and no complaints could be heard from the guests, but most of them merely acted perfunctorily at the welcome banquet while screening for the answers that they need about the disappearance of King Regor. The prince from the Black Kingdom used a lot of gold to buy some information from the servants of the royal palace, and he sent a letter back to his royal father with satisfaction. Most of the servants in the royal palace has experienced the night of the attack when King Regor was taken, and a few of them could not endure the temptation of the huge amount of wealth that the prince of the Black Kingdom is giving in exchange for a couple of words from their mouths.The Mist and Cole clan leader did not care about the small movements of the guests, and