Damien rose from his seat.With everyone staring, he walked to the door and called over a Silver Blade soldier, asking him to find Kaelan.“We should hear what Kaelan has to say,” said him deeply.Moments later, Kaelan was brought into the room.“You requested to see me?” he asked blankly. “Did anyt
Aurora looked at him blankly. It took her a long moment to process what he just said.After what felt like an eternity to Kaelan, Aurora finally muttered in a dry voice, “…This joke isn’t funny, Kaelan.”“I wish it were a joke. But it wasn’t,” Kaelan said breathing heavily. “I—I can’t keep this from
“All rogue’s kids got one of those on the day of their birth,” Kaelan said lowly. “There were times when I wanted to grab a knife and gouge it out…I can’t choose who I am or where I came from. But does my identity matter more than my own will?”Aurora stared at his ugly shaped brand.Her chest contr
The room lapsed into silence again hearing about Angelina’s words.What she was saying about the Rogue King got everyone intrigued.“You know the Rogue King personally?” Glen asked. “What is the Rogue King like? We know so little about this person that we aren’t even sure about the person’s gender.”
Damien looked back at her, his gaze soft.“Alright, you love birds!” Jeff cried and turned towards Steven, “That leaves you to vote man. Are you with us or not?”“I don’t see what other choices I have. It’s 4 against 1 no matter what,” said Steven grumpily.“Alright! It settles then,” Jeff clapped h
The next morning at dawn, all the troops departed from the packhouse and left for Crimson Fortress.The Fortress was about 800 miles far from the packhouse, which would take them roughly 2 days on the road.As they headed towards the north, the weather started to get colder, and the daylight shorten
A flicker of doubt appeared in Glen’s eyes.But eventually he chose to say nothing.“Other Gammas and I are cooking dinner,” Glen smiled. “You want to join us?”Aurora nodded, “Sure. You head out first. I’ll come over in just a second.”Glen waved his hands and disappeared behind the tent.“Listen,”
They locked eyes for a few seconds and Aurora reacted first. She jumped at him, kicked off his knife and tackled him to the ground. Kaelan let out a painful gasp as Aurora twisted his arm to his back.“Aurora! It’s me!” Kaelan cried.“I know it’s you!” Aurora hissed, “What are you doing by my bed si
“Are you sure that you never put it to action?” Clemente asked in an intimidating voice, “Then explain this car accident. It was your car. And it happened 5 years ago, on the same night that Keavy died, at 6:45, which was the exact time that you left the restaurant and were heading to Keavy’s house.
The owner of the restaurant was brought back for questioning.They shoved him into the interrogation room.Aurora went in to talk to him first.The owner sat stiffly behind the table. There was a mixed expression of anger and panic on his face.“What is this all about!” he cried furiously, “I told y
“Yes! Yes, there is!” cried the tall brunette grumpily. “Mr. Keavy didn’t tell us about his allergy when he placed his order. Maybe he had some strange allergies that nobody knew of and the food came from us…So fine! But we have paid the fine already. We fired our chef. The restaurant was shut down
Telling Clemente seemed like a reckless move since he was on Agnes’s side right now and was very loyal to her.But Aurora had thought this through already.First of all, she needed an errand boy.This was the Lycan’s kingdom. She needed someone from the inside to conduct her investigation.Clemente
“Funny. I see.”Aurora crossed her arms and directed a searching look upon Agnes.Agnes was still sobbing into her palms. But she was also peeking at Aurora’s reaction through her fingers.Aurora could tell that Agnes was on edge.She pondered for a few moments and raised her chin, “…Fine.”Clemente
Aurora looked at Agnes, frozen, her eyes wide with alarm.…What was Agnes doing here?!Had Agnes found out what she was up to already?“What was with that horrified face?” Agnes raised an eyebrow, “And what were you looking at?”Keavy’s medical record was still lying on the floor, at Aurora’s feet.
Aurora immediately looked at her, “You saw a similar symptom before?”“Yeah…I think so…But it probably isn’t poisoning related, or I would definitely remember…”Aurora didn’t want to let go of any possible leads.So she asked, “Are there any medical records? Can you look it up for me? Please, it is
Aurora stayed in the hospital and listened to the fireworks going on all night long.Cheers could be heard in the distance.Everyone in the Lycan’s Kingdom was happy, except for her.She could not stop wondering if Damien had seen those fireworks as well and if he would blame her for the decision th
Slowly, he opened his eyes.“My King!” the soldiers yelled in thrill. “Thank god…The Lycans—”“I know,” said Damien hoarsely.He got out of bed.He even lurched a little when his feet touched the ground.Panicked, the soldier offered his hand to Damien to help him restore his balance, but Damien had