“Are you done packing?” Adhler entered the room. He had been knocking for minutes now, but Charlene seemed preoccupied with many things that she did not hear him once. Adhler took her hand and forced Charlene to look at him. “Are you alright? Did the talk with Weiss go wrong?” he asked. Adhler knew that Charlene had been awake since Weiss got up from bed; she must not have had the chance to let him know since Weiss started talking about their past. Charlene could not look him in the eyes. She did not even know what to feel with all the things she found out last night. It was something she should never have heard in the first place… or maybe those were the things she should have heard the first thing before all the engagement happened. Weiss had always been this kind of person. Many people think he is arrogant… too arrogant to the point that they ridicule him for being the Beta’s heir after his sister gave up the position and chose to get married to the other pack. Ten years ago…
The Adams estate had been up since early dawn. It was a day they had been looking forward to for three days now. The young lady of the house will be back after a long while of waiting. Everyone is excited that they have been up since the crack of dawn. “Are the rooms ready?” the main servant asked. Everyone rushed to their designated tasks in order to get things done for the day. The house had been gloomy since the news about the engagement’s possibility of getting annulled broke… even more when Ashina’s weak condition had gotten worse, and they had nothing to do but watch and see her suffer from pain every time they passed by her room. But today, it was different. The woman’s ambiance seemed better, and her complexity was not as pale as she had been from the rest of the month. Ashina’s smile is so bright as summer that it makes everyone’s heart warm in this cold winter. “Did you check the fireplace?” they could not stop going here and there to get everything perfect for their you
Language is said to be something that everyone has in common until God divided the world and made His creation speak different tongues. It created barriers, problems, and conflicts between nations and individuals.Language barriers led to broken families, relationships, and even wars. The misunderstanding that it caused made it impossible for individuals to patch up their conflict and call it a day.Since then, many scholars have tried to shorten the gap that language had. They reached the conclusion of making one language universal. A language that everyone would be able to understand.A language that will act as a bridge to solve the misunderstandings, to answer the conflicts, to stop the bombs from getting thrown just because the other nation did not understand that the other party was just trying to compliment their colors.A connection was built when they reached this conclusion.“You speak ten different languages? Woah, why am I only hearing this today?” Charlene was stunned whe
Humans are one of the most complicated creatures on the planet. They have different beliefs in science, nature, and religion. They seek to find what and where they came from. They try to find purpose in living their lives. They cannot stand by in a day without asking the questions of their existence, purpose, reason, passion, love, connection… they are complicated creatures who never stop thinking about what and why, and how. And sometimes, this action of seeking answers became their whole life. It becomes the sole purpose of their existence— finding why they exist. There is magic in asking questions about things. And though other races aren’t living like how humans do, they share the compassion of seeking to find answers to the wonders of the vast universe. Every answer in the world started with a question. And every great answer came from great questions as well. Even a child understands that you cannot be understood if you would not ask for it, like a baby who would have ways
If there is something that everyone in the Adams estate knows about, it has to be the friendship between the youngest daughter of the Alpha and the youngest son of the Beta. It was a friendship that many people looked up to despite them being children.They were too mature… She was too mature for a child. Charlene dismissed the chef that she brought back after Weiss outrightly fired him out of spite. She thought that his decisions were clouded by all the things that had been happening around them. Charlene did not want to take any unnecessary action that could cause a problem in the future.“You have no say on that matter, Charlene. I executed my judgment, and that should have been the end of it! Why did you have to call back an ignorant chef who almost got you killed!? Don’t you remember how you almost died when you ate a freaking sandwich that your nanny gave to you? And it turns out what? She was a spy from the hunters! Who knows who that man is! How could you be so stubborn?” Wei
“Father, can we talk?” Charlene knocked on her father’s study soon after she got herself ready for the day. “Come in,” she opened the door after hearing her father’s approval. She could smell green tea lingering inside the place and realized that her father must have been awake since last night. Charlene went to the table and asked a servant to send a new set of tea so that she could brew them herself.Charlene sat on the couch, watching her father scan through the documents that were towering on his desk and on the floor. “What happened to your shoulder, Father?” Alphonse looked up after he heard her daughter ask.He raised his brows, got up from his seat, and sat on the table while still reading through the documents, “What do you mean?” he meaningfully asked her. Charlene stared him in the eyes, and she realized why her father suddenly asked.Charlene chose not to answer that question. Her father must have had reasons why he’s letting a broken shoulder be left untreated. She would
Charlene could not feel her body at all. She felt like she’d vomited upon hearing the situation. Adhler ran to her side and supported her, “Hush, it’s going to be okay. We’re almost done. We are almost there, Charlene. You should hang in there, too,” he whispered to her.Adhler glanced at Weiss and motioned him to clear the room for them. The latter immediately understood his words and went out with the servant and Ignes.The Lycan Prince helped Charlene sit on the couch and calm herself down. “I need to be there with her, Adhler! Let go of me!” Charlene tried pushing him aside, but she had fallen too weak to even lift her head high. Tears started falling from her eyes as she covered her face with both her hands. “We are losing her, Adhler. She’s dying, and we are nowhere near the finish line! Don’t lie to me like that! Don’t make my hopes up! She’s dying. My sister is dying. Ashina is falling weaker day by day, and that is the reality! —” Charlene’s eyes widened, then she closed the
Adhler woke Charlene up in the middle of the night after he finished checking all the things they needed for the big day tomorrow. It had been a long journey that brought them to their knees and cost them sweat and tears. Charlene squeezed her eyes, trying to make them wide open though she had only retired to the bed an hour before the Lycan Prince came knocking. “Are you okay? Are you sure you want to do this? You haven't slept yet in the past two days,” Adhler was worried. Charlene had been pushing herself past all the limits that existed just so they could go on and continue the pacing of the creation of the experiment. She even forgot to eat multiple times because she was too preoccupied with the experiment.“Adhler, it's okay. I'm going to be fine. Look, I know you're worried, but I am telling you— I am not too weak just yet for you to worry that much about me. I am the one who should be worried about you. Have you been eating? Have you slept even a wink in the past month that