“I don’t care.” Shadow turned her eyes to Yusoff. “But–”Shadow shook her hand. “Dada, call that loser and work out the arrangement. Make it happen, Your Grace.” Her tone was making it for Yusoff impossible to say no.Like it or not, Yusoff had to stand down for this one.“I understand, Your Holiness.” He said humbly and shot up, followed by the rest of his sons except Ya’acub. With a smile and a small bow, they walked away with new determination in their eyes.“What is going on?” But, the unrelated people couldn’t understand anything that was going on even though they listened to the full discussion.“Before that, mothers, you may leave this boring discussion.” Shadow pointed her chin at Aulia and Aminah.“Is this one of your secret meetings?” Dhia asked, curious.“You are free to go. Oh, on second thought, I beg you to stay.” Shadow changed her narratives when Ya’acub gave a glance her way.“If you say so. I’ll stay.” Dhia tried to stop her smirk, though failed miserably. “For mo
“Alright…” Ibrahim tried to put those pieces together.“T-Vir is the corrupt souls banded together and pledged to kill all the obstacles to be number one in The Unknown.” Shadow declared and soon realized something.Soon, she backtracked when all eyes were strongly on her, full of conviction, and ready to consume all of her words. Whether it was right or wrong. “Of course, it’s a mere assumption. You can take it as a grain of salt in my flawed argument.”Ibrahim and Ajiad did their best to connect the dots. T-Vir wanted to be the best. By eliminating the obstacles, their dreams wouldn’t be far-fetched. Currently, the lion tribe and the wingsman clan are the top two. They had no beef with the lion tribe, but the lion tribe was their biggest obstacle ever.The lion tribe had never ceased to maintain their rank.But Shadow didn’t know much. This was only her assumption.“Ya’acub.” “Yes, Your Holiness.”“Keep digging.” “I will heed your command.” “Tenth!” Shadow called suddenly.Zzup
The discussion between them and Malikul started all over again, of course, omitting her various businesses to put Malikul’s mind at ease. By doing so, they created holes in their story-telling and Malikul's face seemed like he had just eaten a plate full of shit because he wasn’t having it.“No secret, remember, Your Highness?”He used a harsh intonation even in front of the king from another kingdom to make his point valid.“I want in. I want to join this journey with you, but I won’t if you keep me in the dark about a certain thing.”“We can’t. Not until we are sure that you’re capable of handling a few tasks.” Ibrahim tried to be reasonable.“Tasks? Of course, we will distribute our tasks. I am not someone who cock-riding everyone and steals your credits. What are we? College kids?” Oooffff, Shadow’s lower body twitched and her toes curled. Right now, Malikul is so sexy with his seethed face, tight jaw, and frown that marred his forehead. She could eat this man up here, and now.H
“Yes.” He answered with difficulty.He shut his eyes, feeling the tension that bit his whole body. Her cold gaze had eaten his inside. He felt awful.“Why?”“Our knights and your father’s knights were assassinated two weeks ago,” Malikul revealed the names that Shadow – unfortunately – knew too well.Malikul watched Shadow’s face grow passive. He hated it when she did that, putting on a mask to hide her real emotions. “It was a blatant war declaration from them.”“Let me guess… the wolves are involved?”“Unfortunately.”“They are all familiar faces too?”Malikul reluctantly nodded his head.“Fucking shit.” Shadow slammed her fist on the table.Bom!The table was inevitably destroyed even though she didn't use all of her strength. If all of them knew about them, there’s a chance that those wolves were Albert’s relatives. Probably his distant uncles or royal associates who hunted Albert for fun. To put it into another perspective, Albert was acquainted with them, directly or indirec
“You slay girl…” Albert waved his bloody hands as he pushed the enemy down to the ground.Shadow scoffed, a soft smile plastered on her face.“Grrr…” The enemy groaned, keeping his eyes steady on the girl above him.Her red eyes flickered, watching him like a freaking predator. “Hello, Crown Prince.” Shadow waved her hand at him.“You lied to me.” The raspy voice growled at him.“Technically, I’m not lying, man. You ask for dinner, I turn up.”“After you throw a tantrum to kidnap her like a spoiled child.” Albert rolled his eyes. “So pathetic.”Shadow looked above her head. The glowing night splashed her face. The stars and the moon greeted her as the darkness engulfed the entire sky. She was wearing nothing but a loose black shirt, leather gloves, cargo pants, and a ponytail. Albert dressed similarly to her, and also had a similar expression as her.Sinister.The guards surrounding the places had been immobilized by Shadow with only a snap of fingers. Of course, after she appraised
The moment Shadow emerged from the ground, another explosion rocked the entire area as Shadow scrambled away from the gaping hole in the ground.They attacked to kill, and Shadow was their desired target.Once they killed her, the conspiracy would start and it would put the lion tribe on a pedestal. Shadow didn’t find the idea appealing enough.Their attack halted the moment they recognized Shadow’s smug face. Frankly, up till now, her face was heavily protected by the lion tribe and for some unknown reason, the wingsman clan as well.However, her height was standing out the most.It wasn’t a stretch to call her a tiny lion. As an adult woman, her body was weirdly small. The majority of the beastmen were sturdier and taller than the average adult men or women for that matter.Even by the standard of the rat tribe and cat tribe, she was small compared to them.“Oh ho, The Holiness.”The man with his blueish wings, and black eyes filled with nothing but a void, and his crooked smile app
“The moon is too beautiful. Look, a full moon.” She pointed.All of them helplessly looked at the moon pointed out by Shadow. They were under the impression that Shadow was someone who spouted nonsense on the brink of death.She squished her chest. “My crazy heart is beating crazily under the full moon. Tonight is too pretty. It’s perfect to go on a killing spree, don’t you think?” Her smile curled deeper to the impossible level.“You are crazy!” The woman shouted, in panic.“You shouldn’t make me your enemy,” she shrugged.Arman blinked a few times, thinking hard. His brain tried to compute any logical words from that sentence but found nothing interesting. It seemed that Shadow just wanted to express her ugly expectation. “Three of you?” She wiggled her finger at them. “Come at me!” They scoffed at her ridiculous command. “I’ll kick your ugly asses.” The next sentence made them lose their rationality.Three of them stepped up. All of them were taller, bigger, and sturdier than her.
“You’ve returned, Your Holiness?” Priscilla greeted her with a growl under her breath and openly pinched her nose from inhaling that rancid odor. “You smell of blood. Both of you.” She gestured at both Shadow and Albert.Shadow grinned and just patted her elbow and walked away with hands delved inside her pocket. “Priscilla, send my papa to my office first thing in the morning.” She entered the premises with a fresh smile like a flower.“I will do as you say, My Lord.” Priscilla wrote the command inside her personal notebook.“Please tell him that I need all the list names of the people in this kingdom. You can tell the hyena queen to do the same.”“I’ll request their cooperation,” Priscilla interjected.Shadow shook her head. “A decree, not a request.”Priscilla halted midway even when Shadow didn’t. Quickly, she caught her and paced right behind her master with a worried expression.“Is that okay?” Her voice was small and full of tremors.She didn’t know if Shadow could do that.If