[Amor’s POV]I rushed Zeve to the hospital.Zeve was just standing there, hugging me. She was right in my arms when her condition worsened and I couldn’t do a thing to help her. I didn’t even understand how her body was damaged, as if the blast had affected it.“Alpha. Prince Hikari requested an audience with you,” a knight said.“Send him here,” I said.Hikari came after a few minutes. He was covered in blood and ashes. I sprung to my feet. “Hiri! This… how did this happen?”Hikari was breathing slowly. “Alpha. There were twenty-eight blasts planned throughout Arginieth. Three of them were cases of suicide bombing. We could prevent the twenty-five blasts, but failed to prevent the three. Aural hospital’s military branch came under the impact. I tried my best, but…” tears trailed down Hikari’s face, leaving behind their trace between the ashes and blood on Hikari’s face. “I am sorry…”His unwavering composure was a mess that day. He was clutching his stomach with his hands. “What are
[Amor’s POV]“Total fifty-three people lost their lives and over two hundred were injured. As per your orders, doctors from north and east have come and are constantly working to cure the injured. The bombs that prince Hikari and the emergency squad found are sent to the military base. The reports on them will arrive by tomorrow. The abbey, the mall, and the Aural hospital have suffered severe property damage…” Morfan said.“Quickly renovate the hospital and leave the abbey and mall for now. Concentrate on people who have suffered during the attack. Announce compensation for all the families who lost someone in this attack. Keep the security on high alert. Leave no corner of Arginieth unguarded,” I said, sitting on my throne, facing the court. On one side were the dukes or the members of the alpha cabinet and facing them were the heads of the werewolf public council. Morfan bowed. “About the ones who were behind this attack, we are still finding them. Some victims have claimed to ha
[Amor’s POV]“Zahir!” Hikari and Zahir looked at me, nonplussed. Zahir was dressed in the same black robe that I saw earlier. My eyes travelled from Hikari to Zahir.I clenched my fists. My whole time with Zahir, Venus, and Polaris flashed in front of my eyes.“What is going on here?” I asked, blankly staring at both of them.Hikari dropped his gaze. Zahir kept peering into my eyes, then turned around. Before he could run away again, I seized his hand. “Let’s talk, Zahir.”“Alpha…”“I can take you into custody right now, lock you up and torture you until you vomit the truth. You are standing on my land, in my pack. Don’t test my patience anymore. If… you ever considered Zeve as your friend — even for a second — let’s talk.” I said, looking right into his eyes.Zahir looked to the other side, taking a deep breath.“Friend? Overlord is luna’s friend? You know each other from before?” Hikari asked. But why was he addressing Zahir as an overlord?I looked at Hikari’s abdomen. He tried t
[Amor’s POV]The doctor came out of Hikari’s room right before we entered.“Doctor, how is brother?” Altan asked.The doctor had a concerned look on his face. “Prince Hikari is being careless with his wounds. His wounds opened. I sutured it again, but it would be better if Prince Hikari rested completely for two to three days without getting up. Such wounds shouldn’t be taken lightly, even if one’s healing power is strong. It puts a lot of strain on the body.” He bowed and left.I remained rooted in my place. Asking Hikari for help when he himself was in the worst condition. At that point, I wondered if I ever had a conscience.What the hell am I doing? I lowered my head, feeling my le
[Amor’s POV]Walking up the stairs, Hikari got out of the pool. I turned around. Hikari’s eyes were shut. His body was hidden behind the veil of the fog. The steam rose from the pool, suffusing in every corner of the room. I wrinkled my eyebrows, peering at Hikari.Using Rian’s vision, I looked at Hikari’s abdomen, which had healed as if he never received a severe wound.“You created the fog?” I asked.Hikari nodded once. “I will keep my eyes shut. I swear upon my clan, I will not be disrespectful to her highness in any way. I will not break your trust, Mor.”I smiled, kissing Zeve’s hair. Hikari’s words and actions were reassuring to a certain extent. Yet, I held Zeve with
[Amor’s POV]Hikari swam to the stairs when I said, “Hikari, wait!”I was ready to be pushed away by Zeve, but not willing to let go of her.He stopped and looked at me, and so did Zeve. “Let’s talk things through. You are misunderstanding, Zeve. It’s not what it looks like…” I told Zeve everything that happened after she passed out. I knew she would understand.Hikari had left the pool and dressed up, facing his back to us, but didn’t leave.“He saved your life, Zeve. Please don’t disrespect his goodwill and generosity. It wasn’t easy for him either. He was hurt badly during the blast. The doctor asked him to rest for two days, yet he dragged his torn body to
[Zeve’s POV] My mind was blank for a few seconds, wondering what I just heard and if what I heard was real or not. My body felt his every word sensitively and thoroughly. ‘Say you love him too, stupid!’ Ria howled in my mind. ‘Hug him! Kiss him! Tell him what he means to you! Just don’t blink like a fool. Do something!’ ‘What?’ I thought to Ria. ‘Anything, idiot!’ She yelled, getting impatient to take over me, but she didn’t want to ruin our moment, so she held back. I wanted to do something as well but had no idea, so my magic made it snow. Snow leisurely fluttered all around us. Snow was something that I found most romantic after marrying Amor on the snowy mountain, after confessing my love to him on a snowy night, after kissing him for the first time when it snowed. My first night after marriage, his first touch on my body — it was all in the snow. Maybe, my mind forgot, but my body remembered that most of the first times in my life were with Amor in the snow. I hope you unde
[Zeve’s POV]When I opened my eyes, I was hovering somewhere that looked like a massive, endless ocean of stars and night. I didn’t feel the need to breathe. Even though it was pitch black with a twinkling of a galaxy of stars, I could see everything clearly.I was dressed in a dress made of white and canary light that originated with dense light around my chest and flowed to my ankle; the light became thinner. The hem of the dress was constantly dissolving into millions of scintillas.I looked around for Amor, but I was the only soul in the place that looked like space. I opened my mouth, but I couldn’t speak. I looked around frantically.I remember I was in the Healer Stagnum with Amor, then there was a burst of light, and then…‘Fear not.’ My heart forgot to beat when the harmoniously warm and gentle voice suffused in my ears. I looked around, but there was no one. ‘This is your origin.’My origin? Does she mean the origin of my magic? Two lights shot towards one another like shoot