“Guess whose fault that is?” Vish muttered, giving her a side-look before silently continuing with her lunch.“Hey, look, I was scared, alright. I just couldn’t risk it all. I’m sorry. I saw the authorities, and I froze—” Karima tried explaining herself.“I don’t get it. No one cared about the squir
[Xanthea]“Genocide…”I blankly stared at Vincent as the word ‘genocide’ hung heavily in the air before it finally sliced through my bones like shards of glass.One moment, I was numb and the next, thoughts stormed through my mind, crashing into the growing pit in my chest as he kept speaking.“It w
“Please… I don’t want to hear any more.” Karima’s voice cracked, panic rising in her throat as she hugged herself tightly. “Did you forget what Professor Ashstone said? If they even suspect we know about it, they’ll silence us forever. Just like they silenced him. No one’s seen him since that day.”
“I am curious though… where did you hear about it?” Vincent asked, studying me closely.“Just… heard of it somewhere…” I said, taking a nervous gulp. “It’s not something you just hear somewhere—” Vincent narrowed his eyes suspiciously.I looked into his eyes and questioned him back, “where did you
He warned me to stay away from Zosha and here I was carrying her in my pouch.After the anatomy lecture when Boredbones went back in there, he told me that Zosha had recovered. She was conscious, but still fast asleep since healing herself used up most of her energy.And the boy cried silently to sl
[Xanthea]I froze as a tremble rushed to the tips of my cold fingers. My breaths grew shallow and quick as the blade pressed harder against my skin.My mind raced, but my thoughts weren’t coherent enough to come up with something that could get me out of this situation. All I could think of were the
But before I could think any further, a sharp, high-pitched cry pierced the air as a crow appeared out of nowhere and began hovering above my head.Cedric frowned, grunting in frustration.He reached out to hold my arm, his fingers inches away from my skin. His voice was eerily calm and disturbingly
Oh, boy!Cedric puckered his face, and it seemed he was just about to break into sobs, but he held himself together.My racing heart finally relaxed as I let out a subtle sigh of relief. This worked. Thank goodness!“There. There,” Lana said sympathetically as she stood beside me.I looked at Lana a
“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