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
It had been over a month since the medication took place, and everything was going well. Ashina is evidently healthier than she had ever been in her life. Her complexions are better, and she could even participate more in various activities that the family had set after she regained her health.The whole family is set to visit the new restaurant that was opened by an elf in their territory. There are races accepted to live in the kingdom, especially when doing business such as this one.Everyone was busy preparing to get out. It had been too long since they went out for a picnic, and today, they wanted to make it all extra special. It was the first time in a very long time that Ashina would be able to join them… and their family would be complete while going out.“Have you had your things ready? Your medicine? Did you pack it with you? You should have an extra set of clothes covering your body, the weather is especially cold today, and I heard that there could be a snowstorm later in
Charlene rushed out of the mansion after hearing the news. Her brother ran after her, but she had already ridden a horse and gone to the forest. Her vision is blurry as she pulls the leash of the horse to a halt. Charlene fell to the ground. She feels too weak to even jump off it that she just lets herself fall down. Her back ached, and some of her ribs were probably broken, but she did not care.All she could ever think of was trying to sleep tight after visiting Ashina. She tried to calm herself down so she could think more rationally the next day, but it was all for naught. And she felt betrayed that her family did not even wake her as Ashina fought for the last of her breath.“Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it!” she repeatedly cursed as she punched her chest, trying to feel the pain more physical than what was inside… but the surging emotions in her were too great than the extent of pain that her hands could do.Tears kept falling down from her eyes as she covered them with her
“How long has she been like this?” Alphonse asked Harry as they stared at Charlene, who was pale and lifeless, looking out at the snow outside. Alphonse tried talking to her earlier, but she never responded. He has to give up after several tries. Alphonse has never experienced this with Charlene before, and though he can understand why she’s acting this way— he could not help but feel like he had failed to stand tall as the foundation for his family.“She almost died two days ago after I found her unconscious in the snow. It’s a surprise she could even sit now. What should we do, Father? Charlene does not talk or even look at us. Whenever she sleeps, she has a nightmare and will wake up crying and shouting that everything was her fault,”Alphonse listens to Harry as he thinks of what he should do regarding the matter. They tried making Louise talk to her, but even Charlene’s favorite cousin could not do anything to make her speak or even react!“Have you tried calling him?” Alphonse
Charlene’s POV ‘What do you want to be when you grow up? Will you be a princess, or will you be the most beautiful woman in the whole wide world?’ Ashina giggles as she dresses me up so I can attend the school needed as a part of the nobility. I could only remember staring at her at the time. I did nothing but stare at Ashina most of the time. I love the colors of her eyes, those deep purple eyes that glittered whenever the sun rays over them. I always loved watching them smile as she told me all the good things that she had experienced in life. I love the way she would stroke my hair whenever she put me to sleep. I love the way her hair smells after running around the field since she loves the sun so much. She loves the sun… Ashina would sometimes spend her days staring at the clear sky, feeling the heat of the sun against her skin as she hummed her favorite song. She loves the sun. She loved the sun. And she died without it watching over her. She died in the middle of the col
“What happened to your hands?” Weiss asked when he found Ignes cooling her hand with cold water with lots of ice in the bucket. “You can’t soak them with ice for too long! Can’t you see how purplish and red they have become? Tsk. What were you thinking!?” Weiss pulled her hand from the bucket only to surprise himself even more. Ignes’s hands are red, and there are wounds at the tip of her fingers. “What happened to these?!” He panicked as he took a warm towel to dampen them. “Weiss, it’s nothing—” “Nothing? Nothing!? You call this nothing!?” Weiss was annoyed. He had been short-tempered since his last visit to the Alpha’s estate. He stayed there overnight, but Charlene never talked to him. And now he’s being treated like a fool by his girlfriend, “You call this nothing? Then what if your fingers fall off because of the ice and the wounds on them? Will you still call it nothing, then?” Weiss nagged endlessly until he dried her hand and put ointment on her wounds. Weiss bandaged t
Charlene’s POV A month had passed since Ashina died. It had been that long since our family let go of her physically, but nothing was ever like the same since her passing. My mother started sleeping in her room when Ashina left us. Adolphus took a lot of work from the palace, and our father buried himself in paperwork and rarely left the study since that day. Harry, on the other hand, started going out every night. He was never a man who joined the other noblemen to party in different elite groups, but he started entertaining them, and it seemed like our parents were letting him do so. I… I started going to the academy again. I still have three years before I graduate. I need to finish what I started though I have no reason for doing so anymore. My father does not even try to push me to finish them… I asked him once what I should do, and he simply told me to do whatever made me happy. I don’t know what happened after that. To be happy is something I don’t even know if I am worthy