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
**Warning: This chapter contains scenes that are sexual in nature, which are suitable for readers 18 years old and above.**DAHLIA:“Dahlly… Can we make love tonight?”I half knew Naskan would say it. He had always chased me from the start, and in this exact moment when only the stars, the moon, and the fireflies were our witnesses, no one could possibly stop him from wanting to mate with me…I couldn’t speak out of nervousness. A part of me wanted to make love to Naskan, but a part of me was afraid for my baby. He slipped a hand against my belly. He was caressing it in a very protective manner.“Don’t worry… I’ll be gentle,” he whispered in a husky voice against my ear.It was hot, far too hot for the both of us. Despite being in the water, my body was burning in delirious desire, the want to be needed, the carnal want to be worshipped…He fondled at
KAIST:I sat in reverie at my study, watching the afternoon sky turn into a darker shade as night quickly settled in, and I sigh.It has been weeks seen I had seen Dahlia. The last time we spoke was through a letter. She informed me she was staying at her university dormitory for some time. I dismissed it, thinking that she was staying there for a few days to get a grasp of her study, but when the days turned into weeks, I got the feeling things may not have been turning good for her and her marriage…So two days ago, I finally went to visit her at the dorm, and to my surprise, the dorm administrator informed me that Countess Abell went back home and took a trip with her husband.I scratched my head. I thought Dahlly and that brat were having a rough patch in their marriage. Did I just miss my timing?I knew someday Dahlly would open her eyes and realize that he was not really her mate. I was still looking for ways to reveal those wolf&rsquo
KAIST: I was a child, but my young mind was able to process what happened so far. My mother must have been a Shadow Rune wolf… Why else would she have a spirit stone? And that child, Dahlia, the one whom Duke Jeteris always took with him in the palace, was given my mother’s spirit stone. I couldn’t imagine how that could happen back then, but I knew that Dahlia was in trouble… I didn’t know what happened next. I was sure I was staying very quiet under my father’s table. Maybe I had accidentally touched his boot, which caused him to retract his feet a little bit and peer at me from underneath. Our eyes met. I remained frozen on the spot. He then started to speak. “We won’t be able to stop it all will… A weed, when left unattended, will surely become a bother.” He was talking about Dahlia, right?... “Then what do you propose I do? Do you want me to extract it from her? You know what the repercussions might be,” the
KAIST: My eyes darted back and forth to my father’s attacker and to Lady Livia. The woman who was about to attack my father looked exactly like Lady Livia except for the color of her eyes! “I-It can’t be,” I heard my father say softly as he approached us. He had a dazed look in his face signaling that he had taken some illegal medicines again. I may have taken illicit drugs myself with what I was seeing… “Your highness,” Lady Livia said, recovering a bit from the shock and crouching at the ground. My father went straight towards Lady Livia and me. He went to his knees and tilted Livia’s face, paying no attention to the woman who had just threatened to kill him. “Who are you,” he asked Lady Livia in a weak voice. I used this opportunity to yank my father away towards my back, while his assassin seemed petrified as well. “She’s Count Jeteris’ daughter,” I told my father, “Now tell me. Who is this woman, and why are you letting he
KAIST:“How did it happen? Why did he take them,” I asked my father who was looking at me as if he had really lost his marbles.“The vampire took my Merlissa and my baby! He took them,” was all he could say.“Where did they go,” I asked once again.My father could only point out at the direction of the grand portrait that was behind his bed.I bit my lips in frustration. That woman who called herself our mother must have been hiding her minions all along at that secret passageway behind the blasted portrait. She must have planned this as her means of escape!I stood up from the floor and ran towards the portrait. Bearing no weapons, I drew my father’s prized sword, Maximus, which was propped on the side with its scabbard before I opened the passage and peered inside the hole behind it.“Kaist! Kaist, save them! Save my wife and my baby!”I went back to my father’s side
KAIST: I wandered aimlessly around the passageway, groping in the darkness for what seemed like an awfully long time. I cursed at my own self in frustration. Where was Cruz? Now that I needed him the most, where was he? I couldn’t see through the passage well. It was designed to trap Talandor’s enemies into their own deaths should they try something as absurd as taking over the castle and killing the king. Suddenly, I heard a soft whimper inside my mind. I called over to the wolf I recognized crying. ‘Cruz, you’re finally here… Why are you crying?’ I have a hunch why, but I dared not to say it out loud myself… ‘Kaist… I’m dying,’ he grunted softly. ‘What? Why?’ ‘Your magic… It’s killing me. It’s stripping away my form.’ I didn’t understand what Cruz was saying. How can he die? Don’t wolves stay alive as long as their human counterparts continue to breathe? ‘Kaist… without our spirit stone, I won’