[Amor’s POV]“At the most, we can buy people’s opinions. If we use force to suppress the religious voices, there will be an uproar,” gamma Nash said.I understood the sensitivity of the situation. I had only two options — secretly silence all the radical elements and second buy their opinions. In either case, if the public came to know, malignant revolts would break out everywhere. “Any other suggestions?” I asked the dukes. They knew about Zeve’s powers along with gamma Nash, mother and aunt Lozbi. My voice silenced them like Morfan and Lucella, but I did not know how I would silence the voices of the religious groups.The cabinet was silent.Morfan was silent too, and so was Hikari. I had informed Zahir about the situation as well, but no reply had come from him either. How the hell did religion get involved now? I rubbed my temples. I had a feeling it was the work of the vampires because once again, the one being affected from the chaos was Zeve.Why don’t these vampires just gi
[Amor’s POV]I had a feeling. The day I feared the most had finally come — a day when Zeve would no longer need me.“Do you realise what you are saying? Do you know what will happen if you do that?”“I completely understand. I don’t want you to stand against the religious leaders. You don’t have to suppress any voice that rises against me. So I want to reveal my powers to the heads of all the religious groups myself,” she said.I took a deep breath, trying to cool the temperature that was subtly heating our conversation. “Do you have any idea what you are saying?” “I have. Amor, the religious leaders from all over Arginieth, will start heading to the palace in a day or two. My spy butterflies have spread throughout Arginieth. So, I know the rumours are spreading among the public every second. If the pack public revolts, the chaos would be worse than the one during the bomb attack.”“I know. That is why I requested priestess Melantha to come to Arginieth herself. No religious leader
[Amor’s POV]Zahir sat with his usual calm and stoic appearance. This man had forever been unreadable for me.Hikari peered at Zeve as soon as she entered the room. I glared at him, lifting my eyebrows. “I can break every bone in your body,” I said with a blunt face. “No, if that’s your wish, I will oblige,” I said.“No one’s breaking anyone here,” Lucella said in a sleepy, irked tone. “I have had enough broken bones, skulls and spines for the day. Just because I am a doctor doesn’t mean I love bloodbaths every other hour! All I need is a normal bath with water and soap where I don’t have to smell like medicine all the time!” Lucella said in one breath.Zahir, Morfan and Hikari looked at her with wide eyes and shocked faces.Being a pack doctor came with its own pros and cons. Sudden emotional bursts were one of them. “Lucella!” Zeve yelled.“Zeve!” Lucella yelled in a crying tone.They hugged each other as if they were long-lost sisters. When did their relationship grow to this ext
[Amor’s POV] “Why do you ask, your highness?” Zahir said. “Oh, I am sorry. I-I was just curious…” she said nervously, with a light shrug. It was then that Zahir and Hikari relaxed a little. “What is this forbidden magic for you to react like that?” I asked. “Magic is a very vast subject, and it’s impossible to explain to you what forbidden magic is in a few hours. Just know that forbidden magic is a type of magic that deals with the mind. It includes taboo topics like mind manipulation, dream control, thought reading, etc. These are more dangerous than any destructive magic,” Zahir said. “They sound cool to me,” Morfan said, scratching his ear. “It would be awesome if I could control the minds of people and manipulate them according to my will. I could double my wages, too.” I cocked an eyebrow at him while Lucella chuckled. Zeve blinked at him with a blunt smile. But a heavy aura had fallen around Zahir and Hikari. “Would you say the same if someone controlled your mind and
[Amor’s POV]“Ultimas?” Zeve looked confused. “What does that mean?” She looked at us, confused.“The first lines of pureblood werewolves,” Morfan said.“Ultima — a rank considered even above an alpha,” Lucella said.“It is believed that they were the purest, strongest and most dominating werewolves to exist,” Hikari said.“A roar from an ultima was a command that every alpha was bound to obey,” I said, and Zeve’s eyes lit up in amazement, her lips curled into an ‘O’.From her face, it was clear that she wanted to know more about the ultimas.&ldqu
[Amor’s POV]“Where are the ultimas now?” I asked Zahir.“There are no ultimas now,” he said.“What happened to them?” Hikari asked.“It’s a… long story. After travelling around the world and reaching the lands of Ultima, I settled there for a few years because their islands were completely aloof from the world. They didn’t even exist on any map, so the chances of vampires finding me there were very low…”“Why didn’t you head straight to Jiyushu, overlord?” Hikari asked.“I couldn’t. I feared Derek would find me there because he was not just manipulative and the lord of dark magi
[Amor’s POV]“A war that lasted for generations and a war that completely changed the way I viewed the ultimas and the world. A war that has never been accounted in any history book, but a war that possibly gave this world one last chance,” Zahir said, skimming his eyes over all of us.I wondered if my werewolf abilities were enhanced because of the Frost forest or because those forests were once inhabited by the ultimas? I kept my questions to myself for the time being and listened to Zahir.“The ultimas could bend magic with their bare hands and tear apart any illusion created by dark magic with their fangs. I was stupefied when I witnessed their true strength, and my hopes for this world were rekindled. The ultimas seemed to be mana-resistant, which wasn’t the case. Mana affected them as well, but because of their focused mind, their lands and their pure souls, they
[Amor’s POV]The aura around Zeve was completely disturbed. “Please calm down, your highness. Your mana is flowing at an alarming rate. Like this, the seal I put on you will break. Please calm down,” Hikari coaxed Zeve.Panting, Zeve looked at Hikari and then at Zahir.“Beta Morfan, royal doctor and alpha, please leave this tower right now,” Zahir said.All of us were already on our feet, unable to comprehend what was going on with Zeve. Lucella held Morfan’s hand and stayed by his side, peering at Zeve with tense eyes.“Morfan, escort Lucella to her palace,” I ordered.“But, alpha. How can we leave…”The pressure Zeve’s aura created on the whole tower had started crumbling its roof. “Leave at once!” I yelled and Morfan ran out of the tower with Lucella.“Overlord, please leave with alpha, I will take care of her highness,” Hikari said as the tattoo on his neck disappeared and white dragon revolved around Zeve and Hikari separating Zahit and me from them.I was about to get closer t
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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