“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
[Xanthea] My eyes fell towards the breakfast table where Asher, Raven, and Ezra sat together. Ezra almost spilled the coffee while placing it on the table, but Raven saved it with a deft swoop of his one hand, balancing the mugs on the tray. “Woah, Raven. Have I ever told you that you should join
I walked to the table. I didn’t know if Raven and Ezra would drink the tea, but for some unknown reason, I thought it would be intelligent to brew them a cup of tea as well. *** “About what you sent last night. Why are you doing it?” Raven asked. “Why? Do you have a problem with it?” Ezra asked R
[Xanthea] A very old memory flashed in my mind at Ezra’s question. I was five-year-old back then and had a caretaker who looked after me. And by looking after, I mean it was her duty to make sure I never crossed paths with luna Meesa and her family. Once, she failed to do her duty, and I began po
Ezra took in a rough inhale, clenching and unclenching his jaws, looking outside the glass walls at the sea of skyscrapers. All of us sat in silence for a while before Asher began serving me breakfast. “Alpha, let me serve. You don’t have to. I can—” I said, getting up from the chair slightly, alm
“Xanthea…” A faint voice echoed through me. “It’s ok, angel. Everything you feel is valid, and it’s not your fault in any way. It’s ok.” Ezra stroked my back, hugging me tightly against himself. I felt a jolt behind my guts as I crashed back into reality. Parting from me, Ezra cupped my face in hi
[Ezra] As I entered the dining room again, the first thing I noticed were the two flower pots placed in the middle of the table. I squinted my eyes. Aren’t they the same flowers Xanthea had in her garden? I looked at Raven. He cocked a brow, gesturing towards Asher who was in the kitchen prepar
“Me too, Ezra. I am serious so that you don’t have to be. And everything I have done so far and am still doing is for us. To end what our father started, to fix what he ruined—” “Alright!” I snapped, clenching my fists. Asher let out a sigh. “And you still ask why I don’t talk? Because you are no
“Dragons, especially dead dragons, don’t make mistakes, Raven,” Asher said firmly, holding my gaze. “There is no greater healer than a dragon, and they chose you. They responded to the purity of your heart and blessed you. So that night, when you felt nothing but helpless, you unknowingly came up wi
[Raven]Asher peered at me, his gaze lingering longer than usual, before turning toward the distant walls with a heavy sigh.“I can’t believe you are saying this,” Asher said.I lowered my eyes.“Me too,” I admitted, my voice quiet. “I can’t believe I want those people near Ezra again, but… my knowl
It took him a few minutes to fully return to reality. He squinted his eyes, his hand pressing to his forehead as if trying to orient himself.“Raven?” He mumbled.I stared at him, panting. Licking the dryness from my lips, I forced myself to calm down, trying to hide the frenzied worry that had cons
A dense forest now sprawled across the grounds where the FA facility once stood. Beyond the woods loomed the accursed walls, cloaked in vines and creeping vegetation, still as tall and foreboding as ever.My blood boiled with uncontainable rage every time I saw this place. Why Asher hadn’t torn down
[Raven]“The sutures are stable, Alpha, but… Alpha Ezra’s wounds aren’t healing.”“No potion, in any dose, is effective.”“It’s almost as though something is blocking his recovery.”I ran my fingers through my hair, trying to pacify the throbbing headache as I went through the scrolls of medical not
“Asher…” I whimpered, unsure if I wanted him to stop his steps or words.“I am used to being invisible to everyone around me, but not you. Please, not you,” he begged, his voice raw as he fought to keep his composure.I shut my eyes, covering my face with my hands, hoping to gather myself, but I end
The distance between us was nothing, yet I kept my head low. Not because his aura had turned heavier, nor because I could feel his gaze searing into my soul, but because I was terrified. Terrified that this time, when I looked into his eyes, I would see the love I had only dreamt of.After a long mo
Electric sparks ignited beneath my skin at his touch, as though my body were the black, blank night sky and he was the moon, the stars, the clouds and everything cosmic.When his lips finally met mine, a weak smile quivered on my face as tears traced warm paths down my cheeks, every inch of my body
[Xanthea]A shroud of darkness enveloped me as his wings wrapped around us in an embrace that had never felt so hollow and full at the same time.My entire existence had abruptly been reduced to a body.My body felt alien. A hollow shell that carried my mother’s sins in every fiber. I wanted to rip