Shadow sat with Orange while waiting and the more I looked at them, the more she learned not to provoke him for no reason. Orange’s power was extremely unique and the more she made him talk, the more it became clearer. Orange was insanely strong and well-versed in his power. Wan fell short by a small margin because he wasn’t as creative as Orange. The sudden praise wasn’t because he was Shadow’s brother alas she was biased – well, a small part of it – but she was truly amazed. Orange created the game-like setting and helped both the ‘lab rats’ and the executors to have a clear ending. He monitored the game closely and judged it according to his standard. And if by any chance Orange decided to put her inside the book he created, she also didn’t know what to predict. In Wan’s book, he failed to control Shadow because he didn't have this tenacity. She was confident that she couldn’t fool Orange. The man constantly improved his game setting to reach the result he desired. In a way, it
“Muahahaha.” “I feel alive.” “One simply cannot underestimate revenge through a dream. I feel so alive.” “I am loving this.” “My body is still energetic and my mental state is satisfied. What is this even?” “I love blood, so much.” Crazy, Sleepy, Smiley, Smart, Orange, and Mad spoke in that sequence. No secrecy was required when they had already escaped into the Woodland Forest. Shadow soaked in it. She was at the back, enjoying every bit of the conversation among her brothers. Orange was quite in an awkward position as he wasn’t in the same animal category. But, he blended in quite well. “Orange!” Crazy slung his arm on Orange’s shoulder. “Buddy, I really love your attribute.” “You mean… one of my attributes?” He said cheekily. “Holy moly!” Crazy reacted crazily and lived up to his name. “How many attributes do you have, really?” Smart took the liberty to ask the sensitive question. “Well, if you don’t mind stating it. I understand that our attributes are a sensitive to
“Welcome back.” Albert greeted them with a happy smile on his face.The newlyweds greeted them as if they were anxiously waiting for their arrival forever. Including the royal parents. Ibrahim and Aulia were literally waving hands at them and hugging them as if they were missing a war veteran's children that went to war for more than a decade. “We have safely returned, royal father, royal mother.”Including the Hyenas, Orange, and Shadow, they greeted the parents with the correct term for once. “Oh my…” Aulia sniffed happily. “My children had returned after creating chaos for the whole night.” All of them laughed sourly at the backhanded comment. Their mother loved to guilt-trip them while laughing elegantly to camouflage her thoughts. And, by miracle, Smiley had inherited that power. They didn’t know how but he did. Probably because Aulia used to accompany them during their jail time. It was actual jail time. The story was worth another time. Shadow’s attention shifted to Lily a
“Will everything be alright?” Aulia trailed behind her with concerned energy circling them.“... who are we talking to?” She made a sharp turn, at the very first corner she found.“Your brothers.” Aulia clasped her hands together, her eyebrows knitted together, forming a worry wrinkle. “... err which one?” Shadow had a lot of brothers and sisters. She failed to point out which one her mother referred to. Aulia became restless when her daughter had no emotion over this dreadful situation.“Your Underworld’s brothers… and sisters.” Ibrahim helped his wife and belatedly realized that Shadow also had sisters in the Underworld.Shadow snorted and waved her hand playfully. “They will be okay. Just trust them.” She looked away and took another turn.Ibrahim was conscious of where the topic direction was. She walked up to her personal office which was at a different building, located behind the palace. It was the office that he took upon himself to build because he wanted to be closer to
They were at the highest building, next to the sea. Finn had a weird fantasy to have an engagement ceremony next to it and the place had already long been buzzing with life. People came and went away, carrying stuff or anything that beautified the space.The stage was already presented, and the round tables and numerous chairs had been arranged.The engagement ceremony would start as early as eight with the sea view at the back. Much to Shadow's liking.Shadow had camouflaged their presence while watching the arrangement with interest.“Brother!”“Yes?” Three different voices answered her.She inevitably looked in the voices’ direction. Albert, Firash, and Maxim enthusiastically stared at her, asking which one.“Err… Maxim brother.” She corrected herself.“Tsk.”“Hmph.”Two of them snorted and clicked their tongues in annoyance.“Yes, sister?” And Maxim didn’t care because he was the real winner.“Have you asked Ignat's brother to plant the bombs that I created?”“Yes, I did.”She the
Finn couldn’t ignore the nagging feeling inside him. Deep down, his instinct seemed to notice the abnormality that occurred around him. It started ever since Shadow suddenly visited him. Her image from last night was too strong in his head. Her eyes were colored with redness, the color of madness. And if he didn’t know better, he would rather gloss it over as usual. However, he was talking about Shadow. Every action had its own purpose. Shadow was also a tricky bitch.“What are you trying to do?” His brain had to link everything to last night.“Crown prince?” His beautiful cousin tilted her head, her long hair waved to the side. He ignored her but focused all his senses on his surroundings. Still, he found nothing suspicious except for the missing future bride. The people were already murmuring between them, assuming all they wanted.Yet, he focused – it was an omnipresent-aware kind of type. It was hard to describe this foreboding feeling where all he could hear was his own breath
Shadow stared for far too long at him as if time had frozen.Lily could only look alternated at him and Shadow, couldn’t find the right time to interject, and didn’t dare to do so afterward.Albert pressed his lips hard against his teeth, fist clenched tighter to the point it was trembling aggressively. Fear engulfed him.“Aha!” A first laughter resonated. “Ahahahahahahahaha. Ahahahahahaha.” The uncontrolled laughter kept on coming from the small lady. She recoiled her body while pressing her hand over her stomach. “Sis… ter…” Lily extended her hand toward Shadow, weirded by the sudden burst, but Albert stopped her and shook his head. Lily had no choice but to withdraw. Something was clearly wrong but she didn’t know what it was. Her reaction was positively random, it was hard for her to read her.Albert had already overseen this reaction somehow. He was with Shadow for a few years. Naturally, a few of her responses were already in his pocket. “Don’t be stupid, brother.” Sharp!And
Sauntered down to the war zone, Shadow skillfully evaded the chaos she unapologetically inflicted. Everything was burning. The coal, sand, dust, and sweat permeated into the air. Shadow listened to the conversation between her brothers. A small giggle accompanied, passing the enemy without batting an eye. “Who are you?”“Enemy!”“Die!”A few wolf beasts dashed toward her with killing intent. She only gave them a brief glance and snapped her fingers. Her steps didn’t even falter one bit. The beasts stopped midway. Their trembling hands wrapped around their faces before they twisted it themselves.Prak!The necks were snapped as they unalive themselves. Plop!Those bodies fell on the ground with wide lifeless eyes.“La~ la~ la~” She hummed happily.BOM!The ground was breaking and violently vibrating, yet, Shadow was skipping through her destination. Her nose led the way, her legs carried her in the intended direction. She had locked one person, currently heading toward her target.