[Xanthea] Asher remained silent, contemplating me as though he were drinking in every minor detail of my face. His gaze turned stoic as they skimmed over the flowers. “Let’s just say… I’ve found a new hobby,” he said. I tried to read his eyes, his face, but failed. Except for the soft warmth in
Asher lifted himself off me and helped me out of the curtains. Lying on the floor, I stared at him blankly as he straddled my hips. “I saved the flowerpots,” I said, cradling the flowerpots against my chest. We broke into laughter. His laughter faded away a few seconds later, but I had to turn my
[Ezra] ~You asked if you wrote it right. And I said all your jumbled words make more sense to me than the verses of classic poems and paintings of famous artists.~ ~I wish I had the same ability to comprehend myself as I deciphered you once. Maybe then I’d be able to rest the storm that plagues me
I shouldn’t have gone for the sex night. I placed my hand over my eyes as the image of Xanthea being fucked on my bike flashed in my mind, closely followed by the image of me fucking her on the car right before her ablaze pack. ‘Alpha Ezra… It’s p-pretty, my b-burning pack. Thank you for doing thi
“Now… did she?” I peered at Xanthea’s picture in the file. “Yes. But the rest of the Virgo family and the pack were outright abusive to her. From physical harm to mental torture to bullying and harassing her. Especially Nikolai,” Nesryn said. I narrowed my eyes and stopped swiping as Nikolai’s pro
[Ezra] ~It had been years since I thought about you until I did. But I am in my mind more often lately. With your thoughts that echo and scream so loud, I feel their reverberations in my heart.~ ~She reminds me of you and she reminds me of you in ways I do not wish to be reminded. I hate myself fo
I lifted my brows. “Yeah… so. I wanted to ask what you need to go through college nowadays? Like what devices and apps do you need in your studies and all? Especially if you are… taking… a fast course?” “Why ya wanna join Helxton? Aren’t you already passed out from the astronomy department? Now ya
“You still like it strong?” Raven asked. “Yup! Just like you make it,” I said. Asher and Raven were at two ends of the islands and I stood in between them, helping both of them in turns, passing them stuff they needed. Because that’s all I was good for. I hated cooking, but I loved eating. While
The controllers frequently singled out groups of weak bloods, forcing them into perilous situations before kidnapping the survivors under the cover of night. These survivors were subjected to experiments, injected with various drugs, and then sent back within the walls.Most died, but those who surv
[Xanthea]Asher’s tone grew heavier and I could see why through my mother’s memories.“The weak bloods were promised a permanent secure shelter within these walls…”All the giant gates and smaller exits of the walls were closed, trapping all the weak bloods while they were fast asleep.For the first
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