[Asher]For the time being, Xanthea was safe with Ezra in the Glass palace.As for Raven…“Why are we here?” Raven demanded an answer from Nyssa, closing the space between them, but Nyssa just hugged herself tighter, avoiding his gaze.Nyssa had teleported Raven into the empty, dimly lit student lou
“This is ridiculous…” Raven scoffed, frustration draining into his eyes as he glared at Nyssa.“Deny it all you want, but you care about Asher, perhaps more than you care about Ezra or yourself… because you see him. He has always been your coping mechanism. What can be a better relief to pain, insec
He had spent most of his university days under the dragon skeleton.“It’s been a while.…” Raven whispered weakly to the dragon before shutting his hollow eyes and draping his arm across them.Raven was the butterfly who needed to see his own wings to trigger the metamorphosis of his soul. And accord
“Okay.” Ezra nodded, oblivious to the storm that had started to pick up the pace. “Get ready; I’ll take you to the castle—”“NO!” she yelled.Ezra raised his brows, puzzled.Xanthea chuckled, “actually… I asked Mavka, m-my maid, to pick me up. She’ll be here any moment.”“It’ll be safer if I take yo
[Raven]‘Ezra… please stop! Please get a hold of yourself, brother! Help! Someone!’I had never felt as helpless as I did that night. Ezra’s consciousness was possessed by a berserk power that burst out of him, blindly obliterating everything and everyone that came in his path.As the sole survivor
‘… your future no longer looks as bright as your smile, brother. Good luck protecting her. I hope you’re not too late this time.’I shut my eyes, running my fingers through my hair in frustration.Even after knowing everything he went through… how could I say such horrible things to him?Because of
[Raven]“So, this is what you were trying to hide behind your ugly veil?” I strutted closer to her.“I thought you had better things to do than to peep behind veils that aren’t yours. After all, you have better people to be with, for example, your Luna candidate. What brings you to an omega’s abode?
“Safe? Where in this burning hell will you find somewhere safe for weak blood?” I growled, glaring at her over my shoulder. “What do you even know about this place? It’s history, it’s horrors! You have only spent a few weeks here under the constant protection of the demon lords, and you think you kn
“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