ANDREWThe huge ballroom of the palace was full of guests, everyone was waiting anxiously for the arrival of the bride, except for the groom, in this case, me. I was visibly distracted, being forced there to marry Artanis after living intensely the last few weeks beside Noah, being here is torturous for me.Everything we've experienced, the consummation of our love, the giving of souls, as well as confessing that I want to marry him, was something that would leave anyone without any motivation. Right now I'm miraculously wishing that something would happen during this damned ceremony, that Artanis had run away or that someone would arrive to rescue her, and if either of those possibilities happened, I would be the most accomplished man in this Realm. I am taken out of my thoughts when the wedding march begins to sound through the Palace, announcing that the bride is coming, everyone stands up to see her, she is wearing a beautiful white dress with lots of lace and a huge lace skirt,
ANDREW— What? I don't know who of the two is lying, but this ring is fake! — hearing your assertion so vehemently, I had the faint impression that you know something I don't.— OK, and how do you know that? — My question causes discomfort, he looks at me as if he were looking for an answer. — Do you know something I don't?— No, it's just a strong intuition! — he says and looks to the side, and that makes me a little intrigued, I think he knows something. He gets up, walks to the door, turns around, faces me. — I need to look for my brother, did you find him out there?— I haven't seen Balck today!— It's all right! He says and just walks out of the room without saying anything else to me, and I get this terrible feeling that he's hiding something from me. NOAH I don't like lying, but in this case I'm omitting it, hiding something from him because I don't know what to do, what to think. The situation itself is somewhat surreal, I need answers, and I don't think Andrew has th
Noah— That's what you heard, Noah is the son of King Moriam and Queen Sattir. He is heir to the throne, and King Alexander knows he is alive and has been trying to end his life ever since!— Why don't we go? Those men are in the neighboring village, destroying everything and...— I can't leave here, your father is still sick, he couldn't bear to go that far! — he says and strokes his hair. — You need to protect Noah, do as I ask!— Mom, but... — he tries to finish his sentence, but is overcome by tears.— Son, I promise I'll come to meet you, okay? Now go, before they get here!He hugs her tightly, she pushes him away a little, caresses her face, and speaks again.— Remember, don't tell Noah this story, or anyone else but me and you, only Duric and Wizard Killian know about him, it's a matter of safety, and when the time is right, he will know the truth, understand?The bright light reappears, and I am no longer in our old house. I meet Balck's startled gaze.— Noah, Noah, are you
ANDREWNoah lowers his arm and Artanis falls to the floor, quickly gets up and runs out, desperately opens the door. I keep staring at her, not understanding anything at all.— Can you explain to me what happened here, Noah?— Nothing happened, she was out of control, and you know how theatrical she is!— That's not what I noticed, you had your arm raised, it looked like you were using magic!— Magic? I don't have powers, where did you get that idea?I watch him walk away and head towards the bathroom, I feel like he's hiding something from me, but what would have happened? I'm not crazy, he used magic on Artanis I'm sure. [...]Noah using magical powers, Artanis chasing me, the possible Lost Prince appearing in the middle of the ceremony. So many happenings lately, that I don't really know what to do, what decisions to make. I know I could use this moment to run away, but where would I run? The purpose of my escape at that moment was to find the Lost Prince to escape the royal oblig
ANDREWSince I laid eyes on Noah my wolf has identified something important in him, but I never imagined he could be someone so important in my life, and the strange feelings that formed in my mind about what he intends to tell me is making me terribly worried. .— I think you better sit down, the story I have to tell is quite long!The expression of seriousness on his face makes me very worried, although I have known him like this, today we are in a different moment, even if my father and all the rules that surround my condition as Prince do not allow it, we are a couple, predestined and in love. Noah looks down, takes both hands, wraps his fingers around them, swallows, and I sense there's something very powerful he wants to say, and he's working up the courage to say it.— Noah, whatever it is you can tell me, I'm here to listen to you!— I know, the problem is that it might sound a little surprising, and I don't know how I should begin to tell you...— From the beginning, it must
NOAHTelling everything to Andrew made me feel lighter, hiding all this from him was making me very anxious, after all we are in a relationship, we are predestined and it wouldn't be fair to hide something so important from him. What we should be doing right now is thinking carefully about escape, but his mouth devouring mine doesn't allow me to think about anything but the sensations. I feel happy and relaxed when his tongue meets mine. His lips are extremely soft, what started as a tender, soft kiss is taking on a much bigger, hotter proportion for the moment. My tongue roams his mouth as I wrap my hands around his neck and our kiss becomes more intense, my heart beats a mile a minute. Andrew pulls away from my lips, our breaths ragged. I open my eyes, and meet his intense and warm gaze at me, I smile slightly at him, who moves away a little.— What's it? — I ask him, while watching him stare at nothing in front of him.— Nothing.— Nothing? And are you like this?— It's nothing, No
NOAHBefore I turn the handle, it turns on its own. I look at Balck, my heart is beating wildly, instinctively holding tight, and the other person says something.— I think they must have locked it, I can't open it!The voice on the other side of the door is high pitched, too irritating, and familiar to my ears. Artanis. The sound of her voice is silenced, we stand there for a few minutes, in silence waiting for some movement, and apparently she seems to have gone away.— I think we can go now! — Balck exclaims. — How did you manage to hold the door? Was it the ring?— I think so, I wouldn't have so much strength to hold the door with just my hand![...]— Wow, it's so dusty in here! — Balck says admiringly.— Of course, since it was isolated, no one else has entered here, other than some magic preventing anyone from entering! — Andrew responds.— How are we going to get out of here? Do you have a plan? — Balck asks.— So, it looks like they still haven't realized that the guards have
NOAHI open my eyes with difficulty, a bright light makes it difficult, but it's not the glow of the ring. The sunlight hits my face, I cover it with my hands to block the rays, that's when the images pop into my mind, hitting me so hard I have an instant headache. What a realistic dream, it was the most surreal dream I've ever had. Wait... I wasn't dreaming! Everything I saw was real, I ran away from the Palace, and along with me were my brother and Andrew.— Balck, Andrew... Where are they?I hear the bedroom door opening, but where am I? I look at my body, I realize that I'm wearing clothes that aren't mine, a T-shirt that shows my arms too much, and my torso is practically naked, in addition to a pair of shorts that expose my legs. The first reaction is to cover the body with the sheet. The person enters. Long hair, a tender smile on his face, stubble. My Alpha, Andrew.— Are you okay? he asks, comes over, sits next to me, and something in his worried expression startles me.I l
NOAHThis is wrong!This is wrong!This is wrong!That phrase has been playing around in my head for days, and the memories of that night are so fresh. I remember every detail, but I blame myself for it, after all it is the most absurd thing that has ever happened in my life, Andrew is my cousin, and maybe if I really felt something for him, this would not be allowed according to the laws of Ascabaltt, not that I'm really interested, which would be absurd. I shouldn't feel this way. That kiss wasn't supposed to leave me like this, and it left me extremely disturbed, I haven't been able to sleep very well. No, I didn't feel that way about Andrew, or did I really?I've never felt this way about anyone, it's just too weird. The few times I've been in a relationship with someone, I've never felt as lost as I am right now, what's going on? Why does my mind remind me of the damn kiss every time I think of something that reminds me of him? There are so many questions, and I don't have answer
NOAH— Noah, Noah! — Balck screams desperately as I raise my sword in the air, before counterattacking my opponent. — Noah, your mother is looking for you!— Balck, I can't now! — I answer and continue my fight. — Can't you see I'm in training!— Your mother is coming here...— What? Why didn't you stop her? — I answer, I stop my training, put the sword in my scabbard, and face Balck.— As if there's a way to stop your mother, please, you know there isn't!—I hurry through the large courtyard until I reach one of the entrances that leads to the entrance hall of the palace.— Andrew is at the palace!— What? Who called you?Whenever I think about having any contact with my cousin, my stomach hurts. Andrew is an Alpha Lupus, annoying, arrogant, and thinks the world revolves around him. Since we're kids, there's not been a minute of peace between us, he's always up to something to piss me off, take my peace.— He came to the ball!— But there's a week left for that to happen...— But his
ANDREW — Well, well... It's not that he believed, and followed his uncle's ghost! — the damned Direl manifests himself, and soon afterwards he lets out a great laugh, which echoes throughout the place. — I figured you'd follow your uncle, you're as predictable as your father!The mention of my father makes my blood boil. I stare at Direl with great anger remembering everything that happened.— Who are you to talk about my father? After all, you helped him create this chaos.— Yes, I helped because I took his word for it, that Sattir would be mine, but your father broke his word, in fact Alexander never had a word!— Why did you draw me here? — I ask and observe the place around me, dirty, many cages, and one of them is open.— Very simple, I'll lock you up!The cynical smile on his face is annoying, he walks back and forth, but before he does anything I smell a very familiar smell, and I hear a familiar voice coming from behind me.— You are not going to lock anyone in this cage, you
NOAHLast night's dream doesn't leave my head, I seem to be in an eternal temporal loop. What was it really about? It seemed to be a time that never existed, but that could exist if nothing bad had happened to me, and to my biological parents, and consequently to my adoptive parents. A reality I can never experience. I feel something strange since leaving Andrew's mother's house, Hannah made me agree with the idea that I should wait, I believe she knows something else that I don't, when she told me that, I had the same feeling as Duric passed it to me, they know something, they know Killian's whereabouts, and they know what weapon he's looking for.If I'm going to be the King of Ascabaltt, why are they hiding so much information from me? I know that sometimes I'm very stubborn, and even arrogant in thinking I can beat something, or someone, but everything they hide from me is related to my past, and possibly the future. So, there's no reason to hide anything from me, that's not fair t
NOAH— You must be looking for my son, am I right? — she asks, I shake my head. — I think you better come in, we have a lot to talk about!Hearing this my heart races, I feel that something is wrong, that something has happened to Andrew. She invites us into the house, pushes the door aside and lets us in. I go in, followed by my brother and brother-in-law. The room is not very large, there are some paintings of flowers and landscapes on the wall, a large wooden table with many seats, in the corner of the room by the window.— Feel free! — she says, goes through the door next to the table, and then returns with a tray, with a china vase and some glasses of the same material. — Here's fresh water for you to drink, I think you walked a long way to get here.— Yeah. — I answer, put my backpack on the floor, in the corner of the door, and then sit at the table, take a glass and pour water into it. — You said we have a lot to talk about, does that mean Andrew? Did something happen to him?
NOAHI observe everything carefully to assess the environment around me, I feel frustrated and tired, there is no way I can fight, they are small, but there are many of them, by the heaps. I try to concentrate, like I did at Catarina's, I try to get the power out of me, but it seems impossible, I feel exhausted. Desperation starts to take over my mind as all attempts to get the power out fail. Maybe it's because I'm so tired, I don't know, what's the point of having something like that if it doesn't work when I need it? When I use too much I get weak, and when I'm too tired, it doesn't show up? I'm on my own and alone. With no apparent alternative, I take off running into the forest, tripping over my own feet on the way. Branches scrape my arms and legs, slicing my face as I desperately try to brush them away. I scream for help, I call my brother and brother-in-law's name, but the monsters scream louder and louder as they chase me. I dare to look back if I see them running so fast the
NOAH— What if he isn't on Volcann, what if this is one of Direl's grand schemes to lure you in, and trap you? — Yan asks as we walk between the trees of the forest that gives access to the bridge that connects the petrified area of the territory to Volcann.— I don't know Noah, I don't want to be pessimistic, but what if it doesn't work out? Or we don't find it, what will we do?— Oh, shut up, my God! I heard something, shhh!I look around.— What's it?— No, shhhh!— What's it?— I don't know, I think it came from there! — Balck says and points to a dark cavern just a few meters to our right. —There's something there.— What? I ask, approaching the cave.— Calm down, not so fast! — Yan holds me by the arm.— Stay there, I'll look! — Balck says.— Be careful! Yan replies.Balck walks towards the cave, slowly. He stops beside the entrance, half-hides himself in a mound of crowded leaves, and carefully cranes his neck inward. Yan and I watched in silence.— I think I made a mistake, I
NOAHThe days drag on and I still have no news of Andrew's whereabouts. After that dream, I have other dreams, and I feel like he uses them to communicate with me. Today's training makes me a little tired, restless, until I see Balck from afar, and his expression doesn't look very good, he makes a sign with his hand, for me to go to him. I walk quickly, my heart beating faster than normal, I approach.— What's? Any news from… — he doesn't let me finish.— Yes, I have news from him. Can we get out of here?We leave the training site. We walked towards Balck's house, which is close to where we were. He opens the door, I go in, drag a chair, and sit at the table, while my brother does the same.— So what's new?— The soldiers have returned, and they tell Duric that there is none of the former royal family in the palace of Venas...— What do you mean, there's no one? Is the palace empty?— It's not empty, it's been occupied by a new crop of nobles who seem to support the new King...— But
NOAHHe looks at me intently, lowers his head, then opens his mouth and says something.— Okay, I'll get it for you!— Look for him?— Yeah.— No, I want you to help me look for him!— What? Got mad? You know you can't leave here, Direl is looking for you...— I can't stay here waiting to find out what really happened to him, I can't wait, I want to see him, I need to do this!— Noah, don't be stubborn, you know you can't!I end my discussion with Balck as I know it will get me nowhere. I miss you, I know it may seem stubborn, and reckless, but I need to do something to find you.[...]It rains outside. The rain doesn't seem to want to stop, but along with it, I smell a very familiar smell, which puts me on alert. Andrew is here? How can you be here in this rain? I look around me, and I don't see him in any room in my house, my heart beats wildly, I need to find my love. I open the door, run, following his scent, which is stronger, more intense. The rain keeps falling, but that doesn'