LOGIN_VALENCIA There was a weighted silence between the both of us. For a second there, I returned to the past, back to the cave, away from the rest of the world, just the both of us.“Did you ever think of me?” I asked before I could stop myself. It felt like we were in this limbo where reality was a dream and the only thing that mattered was us.It felt like I could say whatever I wanted to without the fear of consequence. I felt free, free to reach out and touch the part of his heart that had once been mine in the little way that it was.All those thoughts and fantasies where however dashed when he spoke.“It is late Valencia, you should get some sleep,” he said as he made to stand up from the side of the bed.“After all this is over, I will have my driver drop you home. You will be compensated for the damages and we can forget that we ever found each other again,” Alexandro added.I said nothing as he left. I just sat there thinking about fate and why this had to happen.Why did we h
VALENCIA “Valencia. Valencia…” his voice sounded like a distant whisper that I dared not believe to be true. There was no way. I left my eyes closed, wanting to remain in this dream where he exists, wanting to feel a closeness to him that I know I would not get in real life.“Valencia,” I heard his voice say again. I still kept my eyes close, scared that when I open it, if I open it, I would be back home next to Dario, loathing and resenting him for things that he has told me to move on from.I thought back to what had happened earlier. Screeching sound, bright light, darkness. It is obvious that that was some sort of strange dream. My body feels sore, my head feels like it is way heavier than it had ever been, my eyes feel too swollen to open…maybe I had too much to drink yesterday.My heart sank to the bottom of my stomach. It felt like a cutting sensation in my gut.“Zander!” I yelled Jerking awake.I sat on the bed, eyes wide open, body tense and stiff as reality crashed in pain
VALENCIAThe tension around us could be cut with a knife. I froze in my steps. My hands stayed stiffly by my sides as my mind worked through the horrible things that would follow regardless of the decision I make.I cannot leave Zander out there. I don't even know if he is safe. My poor baby could be at the mercy of some evil rogue wolf. He could be hanging on the brink of life. He could be going through something too horrible to speak into words.My body trembled as I thought of this.The choice was obvious. Zander. He is in danger, I can feel it. I will come back for the rest of my children. I just hope they can forgive me.“Tell my babies that I love them. Always and forever,” I said to Laine.Without another word, I turned to leave. ***I have no idea on where or how to find my son but I know that I would have to do it somehow. I walked out of the palace gate without even being sure of where I was going.I have not been out of the palace for a long time. The last time I left tho
VALENCIA It was a Monday morning, the day after the Sunday night which was the last time I saw Zander. I went to his room to make sure he is awake for school. I got there to meet an empty room. I was confused at first but later decided that he had maybe headed to the lower floors to do something.Zander is usually very responsible so I expected that he would show up eventually. I expected that he would show up before school drop-off.As a result of Dario’s new order that the kids do not ride in the same car, I decided that I would drop Zander off separately while Hazel and Nicholas would ride with Liane.Hazel understood this immediately. She knows how distant Zander has been since he got back home from that vacation to the ranch that Dario made him take.“A father-son bounding experience” Dario had called it…they did not come back any closer than they left.The only thing that changed was Zander's mood.My once optimistic-cheerful kid came back as a shell of his old self.From the d
ZANDER “Once again you have outdone yourself my dear princess,” the masked man said again. I had no time to register my surprise on my face, no time to ask her why she would sell me out in the way that she did.I had no time to fight or yell or tell them that they have the wrong person. No time to do anything because before I could attempt to do all these things, including run one of the held me firmly while the other one slipped a pitch black hood over my head. I attempted to yell but felt a heavy block of material pressed against the side of my head. “If you so much as make squeak, I will blow your fucking head off,” he yelled. His voice sounded almost unhuman. Like a robot operating on commands.I knew not to try him. I was too scared to even move.At that moment, I regretted everything I had done in my life that had led me to that point.I regretted leaving the palace. I regretted obliging Ethan's request. If I had just stayed, if I had obeyed my mother's golden rule, if only
-KIARA- There are many things that remain unexplained no matter how hard I try. There's the thing with my mom which I am doing my best not to think about. There is the thing about me keeping her secret even though I should be well on my way telling it all to dad. He does not deserve this. My father…he does not deserve a cheating Luna. I should not keep this away from him but I know that if I open my mouth to spill the truth, all hell will break loose. Selfishly, I would rather keep our broken family glued together instead of allowing everything spill over. There's that and now there's this…this weird feeling I have with the weird Grey hoodie boy Zander. I know it is not a crush because I have felt a crush before. It is something that feels more complicated than a crush but yet less dangerous, less risky, less of a free-fall that is a crush. It feels safe. The kind of safe that has something dangerous lurking behind it. The kind of safe that is really unsafe. I held his hand i







