[Zeve’s POV] We followed the priestess to the deity room to pay our tribute. The blue light radiating from the grand statue of the moon goddess welcomed us. The statue was carved out of pure white marble. Who could not recognize her? Her beauty, her elegance, her gravity, her serenity and her unmatchable divinity. But beside her was the statue of a male deity I didn’t recognize. The statue was dull, grey and had cracked all over on it. It wasn’t ugly; it was broken as if the statue was dying. Just looking at the statue made disturbing agony crawl to my throat. Even the holy light emerging from the moon goddess’ statue couldn’t remove the gloom from the statue that was right next to hers. “If you are wondering whose statue is beside the moon goddess, it’s of the sun god Solariz,” the priestess said in a sad tone. “How did this happen?” I asked, and a scary silence fell in the room. I shifted closer to Amor. He glanced at me, then at the priestess. “When natural balance in the
[Amor’s POV] I was wearing a white and red military tunic with white breeches. The red royal mantle draped over my shoulders was secured by golden chains in the front. The marriage would be sealed in the banquet hall of the temple. The stage was prepared where the marriage rituals would be fulfilled. The priestess was making last-minute preparations with the help of her disciplines. Only family members were allowed in the temple. Men were seated in the hall in front of the stage. The ladies were all upstairs getting ready. I was sitting near the wedding stage on the golden royal sofa with Morfan beside me. “This is the twentieth time you looked at the stairs, alpha,” Morfan said. I glanced at him, then at the balustrade. Morfan sighed, “I will bring some water for you.” “No need,” I said. “I know that’s not what you need, but water will help suppress your other needs.” Morfan had started talking gibberish from the time we set foot in the Trimontum islands. He kept saying th
[Amor’s POV] “Amor!” Uncle Elio brought me back to reality. “Amor Blaze knows to smile. Haha. Now I am eager to see the beauty who melted our beastly alpha.” He chuckled. I wondered if his smile was real or fake. This royal family should become actors in the theatre. How effortlessly they could change characters in a second. “I wasn’t expecting you to show up, uncle. How have you been? How’s it on the borders?” “Oh, come on now. How could I not come to such a historic event? And no talk about work on your wedding day. But since the alpha asked, things are as usual on the borders, but we have been able to hold back the vampire army. They tried to sneak in so many times that I am sick of them already. I have sent the reports of the last four months to Arginieth.” “Oh, ok. I’ll check them as soon as I reach Arginieth. These vampires are like leeches. Anyway, thank you for your hard work, uncle. If it wasn’t for my family looking around the new territories, I wouldn’t be able to cre
[Amor’s POV] I didn’t even realise that I gave out an abiding order. Abiding order was a special power wielded only by the ruling alpha of a pack. This power enabled an alpha’s words to be followed by every member of that pack without explanations, conditions, and exceptions. Be it an omega or a high-ranking alpha. As soon as they heard the abiding order, they were bound to follow it. If such orders were issued through mind-link, even the werewolves who were far away from the alpha would be bound by this order. Such great power came with its restrictions too, like the ruling alpha couldn’t use it recklessly. It could be used with majority support from the Alpha Cabinet and, only in an emergency, the majority vote could be neglected. The ruling alpha couldn’t use it for personal matters. If he did, he could be stripped from his alpha position if the majority in the Alpha Cabinet and werewolf public council supported his expulsion. After using it, he needed to submit a proper expla
[Amor’s POV] “I, Melantha Narkissa, shall now begin the marriage ceremony in the presence of the families of the bride and the groom as the witnesses. The divine powers of the temple shall bestow their blessings upon the couple. But before that I shall ask for the consent of the bride and the groom.” She walked to Zeve and whispered something in her ear. Zeve shook her head in denial. Priestess whispered again, and Zeve nodded. Of course. I knew what she asked her. First she asked if she was forced into the marriage and the second time she asked for Zeve’s consent for the marriage. It was done privately before, too, in the bride’s dressing room and once again before the gathering so that they could avoid forced marriages. Then she came to me and asked for my consent. I nodded, giving my consent. Priestess shifted two steps back and ushered Zeve and me to come closer. We stood at a hands distance facing each other and then turned to the priestess. She started chanting the pra
[Amor’s POV] The greetings of marriage started showering on us from all directions. I had to get Zeve out of there, but I couldn’t find a way with all the family members trying to see Zeve. I knew they were curious. Some with good intentions and almost all of them with evil gaze. Whatever it was, Zeve needed rest. I mind-linked Morfan, Lucella and my mother. “Please help me get Zeve out of here. She is tired. It seems she might actually pass out at any moment now. Do something!” The three of them looked at Zeve together with a worried expression over their faces. Mother and Lucella looked at one another while Morfan— “What! An emergency! What happened? Is everything ok?” Morfan yelled at a soldier, standing next to him. The soldier looked completely clueless why the beta was suddenly yelling at him. “An attack! From where?” Morfan asked the soldier while the soldier looked as if his soul had left his body. “A-attack? Beta?” He froze, peering at Morfan with his widened eyes.
[Amor’s POV] Why does everything have to be so dangerous today? I entered my sleeping chamber with my wife in my arms. The maids shut the door. I gently laid Zeve on my bed. I stood beside the bed. I don’t know how long I peered at her sleeping in that ethereal attire. The bed creaked as I placed my knee beside Zeve’s hip on the bed. Placing my hands beside her ears on the pillow, I leaned closer to her lips. “My wife is the most beautiful lady in this entire world,” I whispered against her lips. I fought the unholy urge to devour her lips, hazing my mind. “You look perfect Zeve. Internally, externally. From soul to heart. There is no match for you in this world. So stop ruining me right now. How can you sleep so soundly? How can you entrust yourself to a beast who has no self-control right now?” I glided my fingers from behind her hair down to her neck. She brought her shoulder closer to her neck as I trailed my hand from her arm to her fingers, entangling mine with hers. I
[Amor’s POV] Her breath hitched as her heart sped up. She looked around frantically. She turned to the door. I shut the door the moment she opened it. I slid my hand over her hand, almost hugging her from behind. She jerked off my hand as she turned to me, “don’t touch me!” “Zeve,” I looked into her eyes earnestly. “Don’t be scared. Please. You know I won’t hurt you.” I wanted her to look at me with her smiling eyes that she had started seeing me with. My few wrong steps and all of that were gone. I had to earn back her trust and for that, I could bury my every fucking desire or urge. Nothing was more important than her feeling safe with me, even in her heat. The silence between us, the yearning in our eyes, the hesitation in our bodies, everything was painfully beautiful. Strange as it might sound, it was what I felt at that very moment. Zeve was dressed in the purest colour, adorned with the purest soul. White as crystal was her smile, and even her darkness was purest of a
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[Zeve’s POV] As I plunged into the magma, I had no thoughts in my head. My body was being consumed by the flames, while my heart almost stopped. It was cold inside the volcano. My clothes and armour melted away, but neither the flames nor the magma touched my skin. They flowed inches away from my skin. I held my breath. The bright red glowing magma flowed magnificently inside the volcano. It was scary how I could feel its heat yet not get burned. It was like one of those dreams came to reality, except this time the one to be burnt in flames was me and not Amor. The magma behind me started taking some kind of form. I felt Amor’s presence and my heart skipped a beat. I felt hands warped under my waist and knees. I shut my eyes with a shudder. The next thing I remember was I was sitting far away on the ground and watching the magma, ashes and rocks explode out of the volcano like fireworks. There was a dazzling figure hovering above the volcano, suppressing it back into the ground
[Zahir’s POV]Why don’t you smile?Why don’t you cry?Why don’t you fight?Why don’t you get angry?Why don’t you get scared?What the hell is wrong with you?You are my son, and you cannot be the monster they say you are.Feel!Feel something!Feel anything!Feel everything!‘If nothing, then feel the pain!’That face of a person I was supposed to call my mother.Those glowing eyes floating in sheer darkness.Those words were like pure acid, pouring in my ears.Those snarls of pure hatred and screams and cries, those slaps and whips.The dark bathroom flooded with water everywhere and blood dissolved in it through my veins.I remember.Maybe I felt nothing but cold. It was unbearably cold.That time, that’s all I felt. A cold that made my spine shiver.I wanted to feel, but how?Everything I locked up within me and in the magic and key core came back.It all came back, but I think it never left in the first place.Even after hundreds of years, I could still feel her presence by the s
[Zeve’s POV]“Mother, stop!” Killian yelled.“Venus, calm down… we can make things right, ok? Trust me. Put down the blade…” Zahir coaxed Venus into his manipulative tone.Venus distanced the blade from her throat as if Zahir’s words were controlling her on a mental level. Her hands were shaking as she held the blade to her throat.Her eyes were frozen, as if she was in Zahir’s control. She shook her head with a gasp, “no, not anymore. You can’t control me anymore…” her voice came out hoarse and shaky.And she put the blade against her neck again, this time cutting her skin and bleeding.“NO! NO! Stop!” Zahir panicked and stepped back from Venus, raising his hands.“What the hell is going on here? Venus!” I called out and was about to go to her when Hikari held my hand.I looked at him and frowned. Hikari shook his head.I looked at Venus again and the blade was Hikari’s katana.“Your katana?” I felt a strange fear take over me as I stared at Hikari for an answer.“I must have dropped
[Zeve’s POV]‘I see him burning and these nightmares just don’t stop. Day after day, it’s always the same thing. I try to save him, but the flames always find their way to him. His body… it’s like it’s melting. I couldn’t get these nightmares out of my head and it’s disturbing. A lot. So, I came to you for guidance. Do these nightmares mean something?’‘Dreams are often a window for the future. We just need to interpret them rightly,’ priestess Melantha said when I met her in my third year in Phantoria. ‘For a seed to turn into a sapling and then into a huge tree, the seed coat needs to break. He’ll burn for you and this world.’‘No, he won’t. I won’t let death touch him, not because of me — especially not because of this world.’ This was what I told her, and then she replied with a subtle smile.‘What is the definition of death for you, luna?’ She asked.‘I don’t know. Death for me is what it’s for everyone else. Bad, painful and gloomy and… end.’‘When the right time comes, you will
[Zeve’s POV]There were two souls active inside Killian. One was of Derek and another of Polaris. Killian decided based on the soul that dominated him at a time.That was the only sane explanation I could give to why he was using Celeste as a hostage when Killian saved her, risking his own life.“Fine,” I said, calmly. “Let them go. But I don’t know how to get the core out of my body. Extract it yourself.”Killian frowned. “No hidden tricks, Zeve. I don’t have time for that.”I raised my hand to my shoulders as if I was surrendering myself. “I am telling you the truth. I was born with this core and never took it out. I am not playing any tricks.”Killian thought for some time and then stretched his palm towards me. Four black magic circles appeared around me. One above my head, one below my feet, one in front of my chest, and one behind it.“I am already stuck here. I can’t escape. Please let them go now,” I said. The hellhounds backed off from Lucella and Celeste.The suction from
[Zeve’s POV]The sound of gunshots, along with screams of the knights getting attacked, mashed up with the howls of the hellhounds dominating the road. Killian coughed vigorously and threw out the broken pieces of rock with his teeth and blood from his mouth. “Oh, I know what devilishness it takes to create a utopia. But you really piss me off whenever I see you…” Killian snarled at Amor.Killian created a dark energy ball between himself and Amor, who was pressing him against the ground. The energy ball exploded, flinging Amor far away from Killian.Amor jumped back to his feet and drew out his sword. The armour worked. Amor wasn’t hurt badly. But I could just stand and wait for him to be hurt.I looked at the sky with my apprehension increasing with every second.On the training grounds, the screeches of shadow eaters were tackling the fire wall, keeping them locked within the magic circle. It was as if their screams were summoning the rain because heavy clouds had started looming
[Killian’s POV]Dark clouds stirred over the ruins of the Aura palace and its training grounds. The land had prepared to devour the souls and vomit a curse in the darkest shade of black to open the portal to the dark world from where the creatures of hell would flood the land, turning it into their grazing field. They would feed on souls and lock them in timeless gloom — in a world of nothingness and doom. Their minds were under my control and their souls on my command would set themselves ablaze on the magical ground.I was prepared and so was the enemy.Heavy military and army of hundreds guarded the boundaries around the precinct of the Aura palace and its land. The knights were armoured and ready with their swords, defending the boundaries of the palace from outside.Warriors were ironclad in their wolf forms. The wolves of darker colours were standing on the front lines and surrounded the training grounds.The soldiers created a wall of shields on either side of the criminals’ p
[Zeve’s POV]“Should I take off this gown now?” Celeste asked, walking to me and then standing beside me as we peered at the air where Killian stood seconds ago.I looked at Celeste and caressed her cheek. “I know it’s uncomfortable, sweetie, but wait a little, hmm?”Celeste looked into my eyes and nodded once.“You did a good job. I am proud of you,” I said.A week without the key core and Celeste already looked so fragile. I had to get back the key core from Killian after the plan played out the way I wanted it to.I looked at the sky. The chess board was laid out, the only thing left was the game to begin.“Zeve, I don’t like this at all. You are pregnant and even if everything goes according to your plan, it’s still dangerous because we don’t know what might happen when things actually start happening,” Amor said.I looked at Amor and smiled.“I have heard kids take after their parents. I want my child to be brave, and for that, I have to be braver today. I am going to be a mother