A heavy horrifying feeling soon replaced the excitement in my veins. I knit my brows, trying hard to not look into the labs. “Don’t worry, they are trained as subjects. They have a high tolerance to physical pain and they are licensed subjects. They earn a living by allowing the healing students to
“Oh… that’s... new…” “Yeah, but that Kieth of a shit is an ungrateful brat! Meow! Meow!” Zosha hissed, stamping her feet angrily on the floor as rage flashed in her eyes with tears again. “By the way, where are we going?” I asked. The busy corridors became more and more isolated as we moved ahead
[Xanthea] Azum stopped at some distance from me. His gaze tried to decipher me while his face remained unreadable. Then he shut his eyes, his fingers glided in the air as though he were playing an invisible piano. And then his hands moved as though he was conducting an orchestra. He started hummi
“Narcissist!” “How cute of you to say that…” “Will you stop panicking? You’re giving me a heart attack!” Zosha countered. Azum took a deep breath and nodded. “What about all the attacks you gave me by bringing her here?” “She needed help!” “Look, Zosha, you can bring as many lab rats as you wa
[Xanthea] I was about to step beyond the university campus, but I took back my step. My heart raced, breath quickened, filling my lungs with icy breaths. I clenched my fists so tightly my nails dug into my palms. Gritting my teeth, I shut my eyes, hating myself a little more. I am really a cowar
“It’s scary, isn’t it? Life is scary. I know it’s scary to live a life that’s not under our control. When someone else gets to define who we can be and what we can and cannot do. More than scary, it’s painful…” I cautiously stepped closer to her. “My mother had a different view. She used to say th
After a while, she clenched my jacket tighter. I could feel the charge build in her hair as I stroked her. She tried to pull herself away from me. “It’s gonna happen again… please go away from me! I am dangerous! Let go!” she sniffled. “It’s alright… I am not going anywhere.” “No…” she groaned.
[Xanthea] My eyelids fluttered to his eyes, trying to decipher his gaze. “T-thank you…” I said. He cocked a brow, tilting his head. I lowered my gaze and continued. “... for bringing me here.” “Mostly canary serenades the vocal cord. Seems like a cat did that job this time,” he chuckled slight
Waiting, uncertain if someone would show up, was the worst feeling. I knew because I’d felt it when I called Ezra for help with the kids and waited. Those few minutes shattered me. I couldn’t even imagine what six-year-old Ezra endured, waiting for years.“A girl had been observing Ezra all this tim
The soft flutter in my chest instantly turned into electrifying goosebumps as he wrapped his fingers around mine, his grip tightening, holding my hand with an intensity that sent a shiver through me.We stood at the same distance as before, yet somehow, we had come closer.There were no words betwee
[Xanthea]‘… to cure the curse your mother put upon us because only you can.’Asher’s words hit me like a blow to the chest, leaving me breathless and blank. I stared at him as thousands of thoughts rammed into my mind. I was scared like I had never been before.Although I couldn’t decipher who I wa
There were glimpses and unfinished sentences. Lifeless body of a child, probably a weak blood.‘Another disappointm—’Peeled skin. Severed muscles.‘Burn him, prepare the other—’Eyeballs leaking from the eye sockets. People struggling as her helpers stuffed clothes in their mouth to muffle their gr
Experimenting on living subjects thrilled her. It was all fun for her. It was astonishing how she remained utterly undisturbed by it all. She justified every action with the belief that it was for the advancement of healing and immortality.‘Thank you for your contribution,’ she would say to each te
‘And that is why they will be punished as well,’ Alpha Caelum replied coldly. ‘As for you, you are hereby expelled from the Solvaris pack — and the Celestial realm.’My mother looked devastated, but she didn’t plead for mercy.‘I accept,’ she said brazenly as she strutted out of the court.With a sl
[Xanthea]I stared at Asher, my chest tightening as his words echoed in the air, heavy and inescapable. My mind scrambled to process what he had just said.“No.” The word slipped out, trembling and frail. “That’s not… It’s not possible.”Asher’s gaze remained distant. There was a cruel pity in the w
I shook my head, tears streaming down my eyes incessantly.I wanted to deny it all, forget it all, but even a fleeting glimpse was enough to carve it into my memory forever. The horrors I had already witnessed sent shivers through my body, and just the thought of what more might lie ahead filled me
Even so, I could neither wake up nor save myself. I had been buried in a grave of my mother’s memories in the middle of nowhere. Some of them were so horrifying, for a second I thought I was losing my mind.I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t understand. I was suffocating, but I knew that even death woul