[Zeve’s POV]In a blink, Hikari got up and punched Amor across his face. Amor stumbled back.“I have had enough of this shit now…” he growled. He lunged at Amor to punch him again when I teleported in between Amor and him.Hikari widened his eyes, his brows forming a deep furrow. I shut my eyes, expecting his punch to hit me. With that speed, even if Hikari wanted to, he wouldn’t be able to stop his attack on time.I felt his fist gush past my ear with the sound of a strike. I felt my back press against Amor’s chest. I opened my eyes just to see Hikari’s fisted hand hold Amor’s shoulder and Amor’s hand over Hikari’s chest to keep him from colliding with me.Hikari’s face was inches away from mine as he peered into my eyes, wearing a shocked expression on his face. The next second, I felt Amor’s hand wrap around my waist and Hikari hold my arms.“Zeve! Are you out of your mind?”“Zeve! Are you out of your mind?” Both of them growled at the same time. I looked over my shoulders at A
[Amor’s POV]I don’t fucking know what the hell happened to him, but he was doing the same again. He was the exact Hikari who almost destroyed the entire pack after Mayu’s death. Not even a cent percent different.I thought over all these years he would understand and eventually move on, but no, he was still the same — no — he was worseHe demanded me to hand over all my shadows and rogues to him. His demands didn’t stop there this time… “Well… if you won’t hand them over to me, I will conquer them,” Hikari said.I frowned. “How the hell will you do that?”“I will become the alpha of the Aurora pack,” he said, and I let out a smirk. “There is no point in asking for justice from you. When I annex your throne and crown — your pack, your rogues… and your luna… will all be mine.”My knuckles cracked when I curled my fingers into fists.“Yes, I want Zeve, Amor. As much as I want my revenge. You asked me once if I liked her and I said I don’t know… but now I know… it’s not just like or lu
[Zeve’s POV]Somewhere or the other, I sensed Derek’s involvement in whatever was going on. Even if Hikari denied it was Derek’s doing, I knew he ignited this fire. I wasn’t overestimating Derek; I was just making sure to not underestimate him.Amor’s hands were tied. If Hikari rebelled, as the alpha of the pack, he would step on the battlefield to protect his pack, his crown, and me. Hikari wanted to make me his luna by taking Amor’s place in the pack. At a certain point I even blamed myself for what was happening, but then Ria talked me through that phase. But over all, if we see, Hikari was taking all the decisions emotionally. His love for Mayu was propelling him towards his revenge that he could get only by massacring all the rogues in the Aurora pack and destroying Zahir completely. Meanwhile, his love for me was strengthening his advancement towards the alpha’s throne.Hikari’s emotions were definitely being manipulated. And manipulation did not always need dark mana to work.
[Amor’s POV]A week went by without much happening. The riots breaking all around the world were at a standstill ever since Venus entered the Aura palace. It confirmed our suspicion that Derek was indeed in the palace and somehow Venus’ presence had stopped him.Or maybe it was just the silence before the actual storm hit us. Derek, Hikari and Zahir. I wondered who among them was the real threat. Derek was after drowning this world in perpetual darkness and sorrow. Hikari was seeking justice and revenge for Mayu’s death, which was Zahir’s doing, a person he trusted throughout his life. No, Hikari gave his whole life to Zahir’s cause just to be betrayed by him in the end. His rage was completely valid, but the way he wanted to avenge Mayu was wrong.But again, Hikari’s motives weren’t just massacring the rogues. He was seeking my luna and my throne as well.Zahir’s motives were to stop Derek and protect this world. But why did he kill Mayu? To keep Hikari away from attachments? Then h
[Unknown POV]Darkness is an element, and it forges only a handful of souls.There are souls made up of light, and souls made up of a mixture of light and dark, good and evil. There are abundant of them in this world.Where there is light, there will be shadows, but shadows are everywhere. There is nothing in this world that doesn’t have a shadow. Technically speaking, this world exists in darkness. Light is just an imagination created by God to play chess with millions of pawns.People say whenever you are lost, seek the light. Light at the end of the tunnel, but I have a different approach to this. When you are lost, seek darkness. Stop at the entrance of the tunnel and drown yourself in the abyss dark and deep — silent and sweet.Light is the cause of all evil in this world.Light was the cause of all the pain in my world. Just imagine a world of pure darkness where colour doesn’t matter and faces — fake or real — remain hidden.Where darkness is respected and worshipped, where lig
[Killian’s POV]It was funny how she thought those playing spells for toddlers could cage me.But in this game of hide and seek, she sought me and made me reveal myself even when I didn’t plan this revelation so early, I could at least give her the false satisfaction of winning this time.“You caught me, so what now? Are you gonna kill me?” I asked, tilting my head to my side. “Honestly, death would be a mercy for you,” she said, maintaining that cold stare while she had that faint, daunting smile.Ok, accepted. I was slightly, with a measure of a rice grain, scared when these ultimas were angry.Because their anger was never in their bloodshot eyes, it was in their smile.“What are you gonna do then? Play cards with me, drink tea and have a nice time?” I shrugged, crossing my hands over my chest, leisurely sitting on the ground folding my legs within that light rod cage. “Nice idea. Let’s have some tea.” She hadn’t blinked ever since she saw me. Ok, she was getting scary to the siz
[Killian’s POV]***TRIGGER WARNING: Torture/harmful acts (not graphic)***...“What I did, what I am doing and what I’ll do is for the greater good of this world and to achieve big goals, we have to make big sacrifices. None of their lives have gone in vain. All their sacrifices are the building block of a perfect dark utopia where light will have no place and all of us can live in peace and love,” I said.“Then this…” she pointed towards my mother. “... this is the necessary sacrifice I need to make to create a world without you and to put an end to you and your perpetual night.”“Fools like you can never understand my vision,” I said.“It’s a shame that a genius like you also does not understand a fool’s vision,” she said.“The moment I break out of this cage, you are over, Damen’s daughter.”“I know. And you think I haven’t prepared myself to die? I had prepared myself for death the moment I set out my foot from the Enver pack. But you can’t get out of this small cage I have crea
[Zeve’s POV]Amor had been busy finding the shadow who killed Mayu. I really hoped that Hikari would calm down after Zahir and the rogue were handed over to him. Venus was with mother and aunt Lozbi. I was glad she was doing as I asked. I asked her not to meet Killian, and she didn’t, even though it was clear from her eyes that she considered Killian as her son and wanted to stay close to him.I didn’t know if what I was doing was right or not. I just wanted to break Killian to the point where he would give up his madness of creating a dark utopia — I wanted to destroy him mentally, and that would not be easy. But it wasn’t impossible either. Venus was his only weakness, so I had no option but to use her to bring him to his knees and make him obey me.Meanwhile, my search for the Nyx scythe wasn’t ending. According to Aria, it was somewhere in Amanustan or Nialruz. For now, all riots all around the world had stopped, so Ez was helping me search the scythe as well. I was hoping to fin