Pain IIIThird Person’s POVThe moment the death soldiers opened their robes and revealed the explosives hidden underneath, Lore Light felt his heart shake in panic. The Moon view temple does not fear a war in their lands, but it is different if the temple is being targeted. The Moon view temple is the land standing temple of the land of Selestine, and it is the duty of the Light clan to make sure that it stays that way. So even the irritable and arrogant elders of the Light clan instantly turned quiet and hesitant at seeing the six individuals strapped with explosives. “Who sent you here? The Moon view temple is a sacred place for all of the werewolves of Selestine. How dare you try to tarnish it?”After a few seconds of hesitation, the calm and soft voice of the former temple caretaker rang in the air, totally different from the loud and arrogant voice that he used earlier. It is no joke for him to watch the temple being threatened like this, and even if he is not the current car
UndercurrentsThird Person’s POVThe explosions happened at the same time, and it shook the Moon view temple for a couple of minutes before the dust settled. The left pillar was cracked and some small debris fell down the ground along with a huge layer of dust. And the residential building’s first floor was completely ravaged with half of the tables and chairs in the dining area scattered and broken amidst the wall debris. Fortunately, the wall and pillars of the residential building and temple are made up of mixed stone and the unique red mineral of the red plateau.They are all sturdy and firm that the residential building and temple only shook and trembled for a few minutes without actually being destroyed. But the damage was not small, and there are a lot of servants and students of the temple that are injured in varying degrees of burns. The armed students and servants that only managed to create a distance of a few steps had to bear the brunt of the blast, and the death soldi
Undercurrents IIThird Person’s POVThe next morning, Asha woke up with a start at the handsome and magnified face next to her. She held her breath and glanced around the room with a wry smile in her mouth. Samel is sitting on the chair next to the bed with half of his body leaning on the soft mattress with his handsome face next to hers. Such a generous and beautiful scenery in the morning is a great surprise, and Asha could not help but bend the corner of her eyes happily along with the wide stretch of her lips. How can her mate be so handsome? It is simply going against the heavens.Not knowing the thoughts of his mate, Samel deeply slept with a tinge of dark blue under his eyes. He urged Asha to rest the night before, but he was the one who did not even manage to get a wink of sleep until dawn when he decided to visit Asha to see if she was resting. The things that were left unattended in the city that needs him to personally go and solve are a lot, and he could not escape work
Undercurrents IIIThird Person’s POVThe skies above the territory of the Artemia Kingdom is filled with dark clouds, and even the wind was still and nowhere to be found which gives the surroundings a different sense of silence that feels so oppressing. The werewolf citizens of the smaller cities with their own clans felt the change in the weather, and strictly ordered their young’uns to stay obediently in their homes while they observed the chaos that is happening all around. Unknown werewolves in dark robes and masks would come once in a while to make trouble, and a lot of the innocent were injured in the scuffles after fighting back.These werewolf clans are not vegetarians and they also launched an offensive to the attacking unknown group while reporting to the city officials and sending letters to the capital city for the monarch to take a step forward and deal with the trespassing groups. But aside from their own city guards helping ward off the unknown group of werewolves, n
Undercurrents IVThird Person’s POVLooking at the embarrassed and unusual appearance of Princess Regina after being held captive for days, Asha felt a complex of emotions varying from mockery, indifference and hatred. She has imagined a lot of ways to take her revenge against Princess Regina, but all thoughts are merely fleeting at seeing her enemy that could be controlled so easily in front of her. “I would have never thought that I would see you like this. You have always looked down on our clan, and acted like a noble person just because of your given identity at birth.”Asha smiled lightly after saying her first impression of Princess Regina when they met at her tenth birthday in the blessed land. She was excited at first to see some new kids aside from all of the kids inside the blessed land, but Princess Regina as a kid was no better than the current one. Princess Regina’s eyes seemed to be glued to the skies, and she would look down on everyone with her chin raised up accom
Undercurrents VThird Person’s POVWith the restlessness in the center and northern lands of Selestine, the south where the red plateau is found is also in a tensed state. It has been two days since the arrival of the death soldiers and the explosion that happened at midnight that shook the entire Moom view temple. The leading elders of the temple has been in a state of gloom after the commotion, and their first act is to send out some investigators and scouts to look for any clues as to where the death soldiers are from.There are no visible insignia on the clothes of the death soldiers, and their skins are also devoid of any marks that might pertain to their masters. The former caretaker of the Moon view temple has been showing an ugly face since the front left pillar of the temple was scarred by the explosion. His dedication to his job made him want to strangle the death soldiers back to life to kill them again. Although he has been freed from his job for a few years, his sentim
Declaration Third Person’s POVThe sun sets and the skies welcomed the darkness of the night, and in the throne room of the Artemia Kingdom’s palace, King Regor and all of the civil and small military officials that did not participate to lead the main army are currently seated with varying thoughts in their minds. They were all called in by King Regor, and they are still in the dark at to the reason for a sudden meeting. “Your majesty, the main army is already at the periphery of the three cities, and the generals are planning to strike at midnight.”A civil official that is managing the influx of reports and letters from all over the kingdom that is sent to the capital city raised his voice to remind King Regor of the main army’s movements. The main army is made up of fifty thousand soldiers, and they are all second and first class warriors, which is different from the normal soldiers of the border army. There are also the south and north army of the Artemia Kingdom that are sta
Declaration IIThird Person’s POV“Eva what’s wrong?” General Markus instantly panicked at suddenly seeing Priestess Eva clutching her head with both hands. The painful expression on her face and the anguish gleaming in her dark pupils fiercely struck General Markus’ heart as he hurriedly approached next to Priestess Eva to hold her shoulders that are trembling along with her entire body. His initial joy dissipated at seeing the pain that his mate is feeling. He only thought of wanting to bear the pain for himself so that his mate would not suffer like this.Priestess Eva heard the mellow and deep voice, and the concern in it confused her even more. The memories of that night replayed in her mind like an unstoppable nightmare, and the unforgettable pain of her own heart being gouge out by King Regor made her entire body tremble from anger and pain. She hugged her head hard and wished that the memories would disappear, but every thing that happened that night is as clear as day, and
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