[Zeve’s POV] He kept hugging me without saying a word. I could feel his racing heartbeats, his heavy breaths. I hugged him back. Everything was said. I wonder how couples broke up so easily. I tried to break his love for me and he ended up adding more depth and strength to our bond. I didn’t want to leave him. That would be the most foolish decision I would ever make emotionally, but I had to think and act practically to save myself from any more regrets. There was no way I would use him, his pack, or my title as a luna as a shield anymore. There was no use of hiding anymore. I had to face everything, but before that I had to find the complete truth myself. Zahir told us the truth, and I confirmed it from the memories I saw on the islands, but there were a lot of loose ends to his story that I had to connect. If Amor expelled me in front of everyone, vampires would stop any future attacks on Arginieth, or at least I hoped they did, because the last ten years of the second sacr
[Zeve’s POV]Several visions played in my head as Hikari hugged me. All of them had Hikari in them. It was Hikari’s life that was flashing in front of my eyes. But only to a certain point. I saw his entire life until he unlocked Yuki by learning the final Kazumi art form.After that, I saw a white dragon, and the visions stopped. Yuki concealed all the visions. I didn’t know how my memory reading actually worked, but now I knew that people could hide their memories, even from my magic.I had no control over it; it happened on its own when Hikari hugged me. I didn’t want to pry into Hikari’s memories.That is what the magic voice in me told me to control, because sometimes it was best to live in ignorance. Hikari had been lonely all this time in Jiyushu. Brought up for only one purpose — to inherit my magical core. He had been trained to be a fighting machine, a powerhouse. Zahir’s training was more like conditioning Hikari to be a puppet of his hand. No wonder they had no emotional b
[Zeve’s POV]The religious leaders were seated together on the left side of the blue carpet that led to our throne and the royal family was to the right. Amor was seated on his throne and priestess Melantha was seated closest to Amor’s throne.I entered the courtroom, and everyone got on their feet. Amor peered at me while I looked at him, then dropped my gaze. With my knights walking behind me, I walked to the stairs that led to our throne.Amor got up and walked down the stairs to me, stretching out his hand. I took his hand, and we sat on our throne. Everyone took their seats after an affirming nod from Amor.The look on the religious leader’s face was as if they were forcing themselves to show respect to the devil on the throne. That wasn’t my first time receiving such hostile glares, so it really didn’t matter. At least, I hoped it didn’t.Once I was expelled from the pack, the danger would come searching for me all at once. I was well aware of what I would face. First the vampi
[Zeve’s POV]Impossible.There is no way.Except for Amor, everyone’s eyes were on me.I gulped the dryness in my throat. When I first shifted into my wolf?‘Ria…’ I called out to her. Whenever I shifted into my wolf in the Enver pack, I never remembered anything except the excruciating pain before and after I had shifted. ‘Zeve, I told you to stop listening to them. They have clearly plotted against you. All these are nothing but lies. Tell me, who do you trust more — a lowly pack who gave you all the scars, hurt you, abused you — or me?’ Ria asked.‘Of course, I trust you, Ria,’ I thought back to her.‘So, don’t overthink about what they say right now, because all of it is nothing but a lie. We’ll leave this pack anyway, so let them be.’ I could feel her shrug.She was right. None of them could be trusted; they were all lying.“Proof?” Morfan asked. “What is the proof that the bunch of you aren’t lying? As far as my knowledge serves me, this lady…” he pointed towards Talia. “... i
[Zeve’s POV]“Take them to the dungeons and interrogate them. I will show you the wrath of a devil today. Bearers of light, it’s time you meet the devils of dungeons. Take them away!” Amor growled. “I was stupid to not meddle with religion earlier. I thought it was a place I, a sinner, should not pry. But I should have looked into it. God knows how many lives of my people these bearers of light have pushed into darkness.”Most of the leaders were taken away; only three of them were still seated in the court with a serene smile on their faces. I remember they were the only ones who didn’t speak a word against me and calmly observed me sitting in the back.Talia, Leora, Bower, along with others were still in the hall.“Now, the pack of scums and liars. Give me one reason I should trust someone who is associated with the vampires? Not just that…” Amor signalled gamma Nash with his hand and gamma Nash presented the receipts to the members of the werewolf council and dukes with the proof a
[Zeve’s POV]“In the presence of the five elements that forge this world — fire, water, wind, earth and sky — I, Zeve Amor Blaze, the luna of the Aurora pack vow before the high priestess, Melantha Narkissa, the alpha of the pack, Alpha Amor Blaze and the pack public…”The next day, the vowing preparations were made in the same arena where I had my duel with Hikari. The arena was once again filled with thousands of people who were to witness my vows.A bonfire was lit in front of me, big enough to light the entire stage I was kneeling on. Behind me was holy water in a bowl. Beside the bowl was a small seedling in a flowerpot that was filled with soil. Wind was something that persisted with the flames, making them grander and the sky was right above me.The five elements of nature surrounded me while I took the vow. Amor, the three priests and the priestess were standing in front of me behind the flames to be the witness of the vow, along with the pack public, the royal family, and the
[Amor’s POV] The recent events introduced me to the worst of all fears — waiting for someone to leave with an uncertainty of ever meeting again. People cry on deaths because they know they would never see the deceased ever again. There was a certainty of never meeting again in death, but this… this wasn’t death because there was hope. A hope of reuniting alongside a fear of never reuniting again. I feared sleeping, blinking, anything that would take her out of my sight. I was scared of the moment she would leave and yet all I could do was long for it. I wasn’t trying to stop her because I knew, the moment I tried to stop her forcefully, I would turn into a monster, and that was the last thing I wanted to be to her. Even if it was in the slightest of her memories, in some corner of her heart, I wanted her to love me. Whenever she thought of love, I wanted her to remember Amor. On the ribbon of Zeve’s rose, in every Black Light festival, I wanted Amor to be the only name beside h
[Amor’s POV]I touched my beards looking at my face in Zeve’s dressing mirror.“I think I need a shave.”We had taken a bath after sleeping for a few hours and dressed in nightwears.“No, you look sexier in beards,” she said, combing her hair sitting in front of the dressing table. We looked at one another through our reflections in the mirror. I was standing behind her chair. I crouched and rubbed my cheeks with hers. “Ouch! Your beard pricks!” she yelped.“You said I looked sexy in them. Now bear my sexiness.” I rubbed my cheeks on her neck.She giggled, trying to escape me. “Amor, stop… haha.” she sang in laughter.She got up from the chair and tried to glare at me, holding back her laughter. I reached out to catch her when she teleported behind me, tickling me all over.I broke into laughter, “stop… hahaha… Zeve! Fine! I won’t rub my beards on you again… ok… haha… stop!”I caught her hands and pulled her in front of me, hugging her as I kissed every inch of her neck. “Amoris, y