[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
[Amor’s POV] A faint melody flowed in the room. It took me sometime to understand that it was the music of her magic waving around us and melting in my ears. She was slowly getting a better grip on her magic. I was really proud of my wife. Even after going through so much in her life, she never gave up. Even now, she was doing everything she could to survive. She was learning something new every day, and it was a good thing, but still I don’t know why. My heart was restless. But there was nothing I could do. I just had to face everything life threw at us by her side and I knew at the end everything would work out, everything would be fine. Zeve was so into the roleplay, that’s what she wanted and I would give her everything she wanted from me. There was no way I would disappoint her. I yanked her to my chest. Her body collided with mine. She gasped, placing her free hand on my shoulder. I slowly slid my hand from her hips to her back, trailing it up her spine. She arched her back
[Amor’s POV] She looked like a delightful mess. The time always slowed down when I was with her, making me feel even the slightest hitch in her breath. I leisurely adored my wife, my gaze not sparing an inch of Zeve’s alluring body. I drank every part of her through my eyes while taking a sip of the wine and placing it back on the nightstand. Didn’t know if it was the wine or her intoxicating scent that ran feral in my veins. The heaviness in my gaze on her was unbearable. I wanted to just savour every flavour of my amoris. The heat rained on me with an intent to drown me in the depths of an endless ocean. She was half covered, half exposed in her ripped-up red gown. Her hair was scattered beneath her, covering the pillow. Her underclothes were crooked, ready to get off her body. I didn’t want to just make love to her that night. I wanted her — to see her, to hear her, to feel her — in dimensions I didn’t know, in ways I hadn’t ever before. Four of her spy butterflies emerged
[Amor’s POV] Making love to her without a sound sounded just perfect to me. I took off my tunic. “How will you say the safe words, then?” “I will show you,” she said. Soon our entire room was filled with uncountable flower buds. It seemed as if our bed had teleported amidst a vast bed of flowers. But we were still in our room. Zeve had grown the plants with magic in a matter of a few seconds. “But how will they show me safe words?” “Like this…” Zeve tilted a head slightly and the buds on those plants bloomed into big red roses. Their strong rosy scent wafted in our entire room. I skimmed my eyes across our room. Beautiful. “But you know what, Amor, I think I don’t need safe words or these safe scents and flowers. I trust you more than myself. I know you will know what I want. I know you will stop before you hurt me. Because I have felt it every time we are together, you are always cautious, even when you say you are losing your mind. You make sure that what I get is pleasure
[Zeve’s POV]‘There will be a time when your wolf will howl and crave to be claimed. Your animal side will overpower you and then the moon will glow the brightest in the dimmest night. His fangs will bore into your skin and flesh, touching your soul. And when your souls unite, you will know what it truly means to be marked.’‘Marked — a mysterious word that even werewolf science failed to decipher.’The famous quotes from one of my favourite novels of all time — ‘Silent Howls only I Heard’. The novel was famous because of three things — it’s tragic ending, a hunch of ardent readers that the author of the original novel changed mid way and also because the identity of the author remained unknown.Lucella defined marking as a blessing when two compatible hearts fit in with an unbreakable commitment from their souls towards one another and a curse when the two hearts thought they fit together without actually thinking much over it.When I read those lines, I wondered how and why would a
[Zeve’s POV]I woke up with a lighter body and a happy flutter in my heart. Only pleasant sensations were running through my whole body. Squirming on the bed, I turned just to meet Amor, gazing at me with a soft smile on his lips and warmth in his eyes.“Good evening, wife,” he said.I wriggled under the blanket. It wasn’t the first time I was seeing him. Why was I so embarrassed and happy at the same time? Biting my lips, I was smiling like crazy. I remember panicking just before I passed out, seeing Amor pass out, but now I felt like I was on the seventh cloud of heaven.He pulled me to his chest, sliding me close to him under the blankets. I stole a glance at him and lowered my gaze. Smile hadn’t left even for a second since I woke up.“You gave me the moon and peace-lily,” he said.“Uh?”He smiled and his eyes directed me to the bite mark on his neck. I flipped him under me in amusement. My heart pounded in my chest when I looked at the result of my mark. Once a person was marke
[Zeve’s POV]There was still a stomach churning anticipation of what would happen next and how I would handle it. “Jade! Yule! Wait! You need proper permission before entering her highness’ room,” I heard mother’s voice and got up. I rushed to the door and opened it myself.Jade and Yule dashed to me, hugging my legs. I bent a little and placed my hand on their hair. “Mother!”I was so happy to see them.She smiled at me, “Jade, Yule! Apologise to luna. You can’t hug her so casually now.”“No, it’s ok,” I squatted to their height and hugged them both. “I am really so happy to see them and you, too, mother. Please come in.”I picked up Jade in my hands. Lexi and maids excused themselves while mother sat across the table in the balcony.“Jade missed luna so much, but no one allows Jade to meet you,” Jade said with a pout.“Aww. Who stops you from meeting me? Tell me their name…”“Former luna!” Jade said, looking at mother.I chuckled, “hmm. Luna has been a little busy recently. I promi
[Zeve’s POV]“Yes, since your duel with Hikari. I heard you talk to him about your powers at the end of the duel. Then what happened in the abbey and in the hospital? It’s impossible to witness it all and not know. It’s not just me, the dukes and gamma Nash know as well. But they remain silent because of Amor,” she said.Of course. I was a fool to think people wouldn’t notice when I displayed my powers so carelessly. I clenched my fingers into a fist, “so… do you want me to leave the pack?” I asked, while my heart hammered in my chest.She frowned and looked at me with confused eyes.“What are you talking about? Why would I want you to leave?”“Don’t you think that I am some kind of monster? Do I not scare you now that you know about me?” I asked, lowering my gaze.She sighed, “and I thought I had to handle two kids. Here is the third child standing in front of me.”I looked at her, pressing my lips together.“Come here, sit,” she said in a gentle tone, ushering me to sit beside her.
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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