TRISTAN:
I admit it. I was furious beyond reason. I even imagined strangling Samalah with my own bare hands at this very moment...
As always though, she remained calm and emotionless. She must be confident that I wouldn’t or I couldn’t hurt her at all. She had always trusted our intertwined history together.
“Calm yourself. I can’t breathe,” she quietly said.
I looked into her eyes and tried to decipher the depth of the schemes that were going through her head. Despite growing up together under Uncle’s Milford’s care, I could never really figure out this woman.
I channeled the emotions inside my heart. She was right. I didn’t want to hurt her. Not until I hear her words about this ruckus with Dahlia.
As soon as I released the hold on the air around us, Samalah gasped. Finally, she was showing some fear when she looked back at me after being unable to breathe properly.
“Why are you pretending to be him? Why are you assuming some
DAHLIA:I left Naskan and Samalah to talk by themselves inside the cave, but how come everything was so quiet?I wanted to listen to their conversation, so I stayed just a bit outside of the cave, but I didn’t hear ever a single word.I frowned. Were they able to use magic to seal off their conversation?Although Samalah has been nothing but kind to me, I still cannot trust her fully, and Naskan – well, he’s on a whole different level…Naskan felt like he was someone familiar, and yet, he also felt like a total stranger at the same time.I did like Naskan – that’s something I cannot deny. He was very attractive, but at the same time, he’s somewhat rude, a bit cocky, and he always tries to tempt me whenever he gets a chance...I shook my head. Why was I thinking of Naskan? Just because I saw his body and it looked divine does not automatically make him someone I could trust...I still h
DAHLIA: Naskan was acting funny. I knew he was lying when he said that nothing was bothering him. He didn’t look too comfortable with the conversation at all. “Why don’t you tell Dahlly the truth? Her husband – you know him, right,” Samalah said. “Out of all people, you know him far too well.” I knew the talk wouldn’t go smoothly because of Samalah’s teasing, but I gasped when something completely surprising happened. Just then, I heard Naskan swear towards Samalah inside of my head. ‘F*ck off,’ he growled internally. It was my turn to flinch as I grabbed tightly at Naskan’s fur, to which he also halted in surprise. “Dahlia, are you alright,” he said softly. I could only nod at him. Did I just really hear his voice inside my head? “You’re making her uncomfortable, Naskan. Dahlly, are you sure you’re alright?” “Um, yes… Don’t mind me,” I told Samalah, grateful for her concern. It must have just be
DAHLIA: “N-Naskan… Stop this please,” I begged him. If he marks me right now, wouldn’t that activate my husband’s mark? Wouldn’t he sense that I am with someone else other than him? Frankly, I’m not sure, but even if my husband won’t find me with the use of our mating mark, there was also one more problem… I’m with child! I pushed him away, but Naskan’s muscles were too big and too firm. “Please!” “Why,” he said, his voice sounding muffled against my skin. “Why can’t you remember me, Dahlly?... I wished I had lost my memory instead… Then we could start all over again much more easily.” I frowned. What was Naskan saying? How can I start all over with him if he lost his memories? “Naskan, even if that happened, I will still have a husband, so starting something with you isn’t possible, hmm…” Perhaps, it’s the frustration of wanting someone but not being able to have them that’s taking over him right now. I
SAMALAH:Blast it, Tristan! How could he say those things to me?I was the only one who was there by his side from the very beginning. I was his only friend and lover… How could he betray me that easily?I walked back to camp and saw Dahlia’s back, sleeping in her cot.I really wanted to kill this slut as soon as possible! Even without her memories, she kept on seducing my Tristan! I should dispose of her as soon as I can.I fingered the dagger I kept hidden in the folds of my skirt. Blast this snake! May bitches like her never see the light of another day!“Samalah,” Dahlia uttered as she turned towards me. I had to let go of the blade I was planning to sink in her flesh just now. “I’m so sorry you had to see that… Are you alright?” Damn it! This fool was always lucky. Why did she have to turn around just before I could slash her veins wide open?“Sleep some more,
TRISTAN: I was surprised by her sudden rejection of our fated mate bond that I was not able to act or say anything at all. Dahlia seemed prepared though. She used this time to repeat her words. “I, Dahlia, am rejecting you, Naskan Olrich. I am rejecting you as my mate. Please free me from this bond, and find your new mate from now on…” Of course that did not work. First, because Dahlia did not say her last name, and second, I was not really Naskan… I wanted to laugh out loud if it wasn’t for the fact that the bitter sting of rejection was hurting my heart so damn hard! “Do you really mean it? Do you want to reject me that badly?!” I shook Dahlly, who was still taken aback by surprise since nothing had happened. “Damn it, don’t you know how hard it has been to keep everything together inside me this long? Do you know how worried I had been for you every single day that we were apart?” My hands were shaking as I c
TRISTAN:F*ck these rogues! How the hell did they find us?“Hold on tight,” at roared to Dahlia on my back. She must probably still be surprised for she said nothing although her grip against my neck had tightened.Was this Samalah’s doing? I made sure I stayed close to Dahlia as much as I could to mask her scent, but since two of us were now both Shadow wolves, the masking magic I used must not have been enough…As expected, the rogues will have a hard time following us, but those flying skeletal dragons won’t!I swerved away from one just in time as its bony talons swooped down from a nearby tree.The flying thing was average in size, possibly just around the size of a baobab tree. However, its wingspan was several meters in length.I can’t even imagine how it was flying with just its bones, but I guess the glowing spirit stone placed in its heart would answer for that.“W-What is th
DAHLIA:‘Naskan, no,’ I called over my head as the great black wolf suddenly sunk into the ground beneath me.I had just done a surreal feat, and my heart was still feeling the adrenaline rush that took over as I attacked the flying creature that hovered above us. As such, I failed to notice Naskan’s weakening body until he finally lost consciousness.Thankfully, the ground beneath us was sandy, so I was not hurt with the fall. I crouched down to Naskan’s wolf form, feeling for a pulse.I clung at his neck. His pulse was far too weak. The arrows that were shot at him must have been poisoned!“No… Naskan, wake up,” I mumbled.We fought near the river, and I ended up rejecting him. The rejection did not work, thank the Goddess, but it was too late. I saw in his eyes how deeply hurt he was back then… I thought he would never speak to me again for as long as he lived!And yet, in a heartbe
DAHLIA:“Albus… Will you show yourself to me?”As soon as I whispered these words, Naskan’s wolf was enveloped by a dark violet light that seemed to come from his forehead. I peered at it, and I was able to see an oval rune stone appear at the center of his head.Once the dark light had finished covering his body, it revealed an all-white wolf as massive as the dark one whom he came to replace.So it really was true! Naskan had two wolves inside of him!Then, he must really be a Shadow wolf too, just like I was.‘Hey, Eva, how come Naskan did not tell me about this,’ I asked my wolf inside my head again.There was nothing but silence.‘Um… Eva?’The connection between us was broken once more. I wanted to cry.Just then, the white wolf in my lap began to stir.I smoothed the snowy white fur covering his neck. It felt as soft as the black wolf’s fu