I turned back to see if I had lost them, but I could still see their eyes hover in the darkness as they got closer to me until they stopped.“What the hell is happening here?”I turned around to face Nikolai.“Prince, we were just telling the princess to not come into this part of the palace. Luna M
“What a headache this girl is!”She would have usually called maids to get rid of me, but that day she took me back to my room and stayed there for an hour.“It’s all your fault, so stop with your drama. My Niko is a boy. What does he know? You were in heat. You should have been more careful. Don’t
[Asher]Why did I bring you here, Xanthea?Out of all the beautiful places I could have taken you, why did I bring you into this darkness?Is it because no one in all the three realms knows of this place—not my family, not even Raven and Ezra?Or is it because I wanted you to know this place? But wh
‘Fucking stop it! You are hurting her!’ She went through a little pain and Icifer turned feral.I kept peering at her, replying to all of Icifer’s restlessness with my silence as I observed Xanthea closely.“This is not real…” she mumbled to herself, tears streaming down her face. “It can’t be real.
“It feels like you are everywhere in this darkness,” she said. “Senses don’t seem to work normally here. From your voice, it seems as though you are standing at some distance but…”She turned around in her place. Her eyes hovering in the air around me. She couldn’t see it, but she was standing face
[Asher]“Mad at you?” she chuckled; her voice dripped with bitter sarcasm. “I am sorry, alpha, but I don’t remember ever having the luxury of being mad at you. And for what? For bringing me into this delightful, traumatizing dark room where illusion blurs into reality with sheer madness?”Xanthea li
“Love?” she winced.“Yes. Love…” I reiterated in a soft whisper. “How does it feel to be in love, Xanthea?”Taking a tight gulp, she stepped away from me.“Stop playing with me, Asher. I am not a toy…” her voice quivered.“I am not playing with you. I am honestly curious,” I said, stepping closer to
Her words ignited every nerve beneath my skin.“I’ll do whatever you—ungh!” Wrapping my palm gently around her throat, I pulled her into a desperate, rough kiss, swallowing all her whimpers and moans. Sparks instantly clouded our minds, and I watched her knit her brows as she tightly shut her eyes
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