[Zeve’s POV]
The court got on their feet as I walked on the red carpet that led to the platform where Amor resided on his throne. Amor was dressed in his alpha’s uniform. His hair ruffled and roughly brushed backward. As usual, a few strands of his hair dangled on his forehead.
I walked in with my knights in the court.
“Alpha…” gamma Nash said, peering at me as I entered the courtroom.
“Yes, gamma?” Amor asked.
Gamma Nash shook his head. “Uh! Pardon me, alpha. I thought the figure entering the court was of alpha…” He looked dazed. He let out a silent breath. “I might have seen something wrong because of old age. I thought alpha… entered the court when I
[Zeve’s POV]I concentrated on the court again.“What about the inactive bombs that were retrieved by Prince Hikari?” Amor asked. Gamma Nash’s guards presented to us the reports on the bombs.“The bombs comprise a special element found only in the caves of Phantoria’s Pire Peaks,” gamma Nash said. “That made the bombs more dangerous.”Pire Peaks were the highest mountain range in the world. Located in Phantoria, which was directly under the control of the vampires.The rumble in the court was a sign that things were going to get complicated politically soon.“Does that mean Prince Lynx is involved with the vampires?”
[Zeve’s POV]“I will never mentor him!” “I will never let him mentor me!”Hikari and Morfan yelled at the same time.Amor sighed and then looked at his and my knights, signalling them to wait outside the courtroom. Vance bowed and joined the knights as they left.“Luna, I will request you to reconsider the last candidate…” Hikari couldn’t even complete what he was saying when I said—“My decision is final, Prince Hikari. Teaching them and keeping your words is your choice.”Hikari swiftly licked his lower lips and looked to the other side in annoyance. This didn’t go unnoticed by Amor, nor did Morfan’s obnoxious scoff. Well. I expected such reactions.“The two of you. Behave yourselves. Don’t forget who you are addressing,” Amor’s voice and his eyes darkened with daunting rage. “I tolerate your misbehaviour around me, but I will not tolerate your obnoxious behaviour in front of my luna.”A heavy gravity fell between the four of us in the courtroom. Ok, I didn’t expect Amor to react l
[Zeve’s POV]“Luna. With all due respect, I would like to decline the thoughtful honour you gave me,” Morfan said, and I almost spat out my tea. That was the sweetest I had ever heard him talk. I cleared my throat and blinked at my tea. God, even when Amor wasn’t around, I felt his presence everywhere.“May I know your reason?” I asked, looking at Morfan. Hikari sipped on his rose tea and I slid the plate of cookies in front of him. He bowed slightly and took a cookie.“I am the beta of the pack, your highness. As you already know, the workload on me is quite high at the moment. If I train in a situation like this, alpha and gamma will have to overwork themselves. I can’t leave my responsibilities,” Morfan said, accepting the cake I offered him.
[Zeve’s POV]I was standing in the clouds.I always imagined them to be like cotton — fluffy and soft, but they were just vapours — fragile and fleeting. They felt like nothing, smelt like nothing.But to my eyes, it was a sight I wanted to store in my memories forever if I could.Excited, I took another step and my leg passed right through the clouds.If Hikari didn’t wrap his arms around my waist, I would have fallen to my death.“Careful, your highness,” Hikari said.I was looking around every corner of the horizons around me. I wanted to store every detail of the picturesque scenery in my eyes. It was so beau
[Zeve’s POV]Hikari put on his coat, saying nothing else.“When I was young, my grandfather took me to Jiyushu. There I came to know about a vow my clan made with a species that once dominated this world. They weren’t werewolves or vampires, they were far stronger — people with mana. They were known as sorcizens.”Sorcizens. Something about that word sped up my heartbeats. The strange familiarity I felt with that word was unfathomable.“Thousands of years ago, the Kazumi pack had a wolfless alpha — alpha Ren. He was the only heir to the title, but couldn’t be accepted by elders because he didn’t have a wolf. All the packs that existed in the world at that time knew about our undefeatable military power. So, they were all trying to
[Zeve’s POV] Amor’s darkened gaze travelled from Hikari to Hikari’s palm wrapped around my wrist and then to me. His leg was crossed over his other leg, his feet shaking. My ears heated, sensing the bloodlust looming all around Amor. I tried to take back my hand from Hikari’s, but Hikari glared at Amor with the same intensity, holding my hand tighter. “I don’t think there is a need to worry when we aren’t wrong,” Hikari said. I tried to wring my hand from Hikari’s grip, but his grip tightened. “Prince Hikari, let go of my hand…” I said sternly in a low tone. Before I could comprehend the situation, I was in… Amor pounced on Hikari, slamming him to the ground. Amor was sitting above Hikari, his legs astride his hips. His one hand seized Hikari’s neck, and the other grabbed Hikari’s hand that was clutching my wrist a second ago. I stepped away from them, tensing my whole body. “Ugh! AAAHH!” Hikari screamed. I could hear his bones cracking as Amor crushed Hikari’s hand with his b
[Amor’s POV]The moon revealed itself right when she looked into my eyes and whispered the words of sincerity and love. The winds were gentle yet wild, like my heart. It was melting for her, yet pounding ferally. I had heard people melt in love. I could literally feel every part of me turn into nothing, but an enchanted wax of a magical candle cursed to burn forever, melt forever and be reborn, committed to burn for the same flame again and again.If Zeve was the flame, I could burn for life. Even if it meant hurting myself excruciatingly when I saw her stand by someone other than me, smile for someone else. I knew I might like her someday when I first met her. But I did not know that I would fall for her so badly, obsessively, possessively, madly, crazily — insanely.She was mine — it was carved in stone, unerasable. But if that ever changed. I would either set the entire world ablaze or turn myself into ashes. I looked at the drops of her tears trail down on her lips. Before she
[Amor’s POV]We sat across the table facing each other. I served wine in my goblet and black tea in hers. My wife’s intolerance to wine was a big problem. She was better with her black tea instead.Before trying something like that, I thought it would be better if we had an open conversation about our likes, dislikes, fantasies, if there was something we’d like to try out and I was amazed at how many ideas Zeve had. What made me more excited about it was how much she was into it.I gulped down a few shots of wine while she gulped down her black tea as if it was wine. She was funny, cute, sexy, beautiful, exciting all at the same time.There were parts of me only she knew about and there were so many parts of her only I knew and so much more left for me to discover. When I was with her, she made me forget about everything and everyone else. In that moment, in our room, I was hers and she was mine — nothing was more important than her.After an hour long conversation, we settled on a s