KAIST:
There was sorrow in my father’s eyes. I dreaded to hear what he will say.
“You are my son Kaist, and Livia is my daughter. I know it would be hard to believe even if you knew the entire story, but believe me when I say it. You are my and Merlissa’s child and no one else’s…”
That was enough for me. I could see my father was not in the mood to talk about what had happened in the past, and I didn’t have the strength to push it all out of his mouth. What he said was enough for me... for now.
“Where are we going,” I inquired.
“I have a feeling where the vampires will be going, so let’s meet them there…”
“And where is that place?”
“Laudicia – the lair of the fallen Shadow Runes.”
A heavy atmosphere had set itself before us. I hated the tension between my father and I. This was the first time we have really been alone w
TRISTAN:I looked at Dahlia’s weak form. She was still on her knees. I put an arm tightly around her.I eyed the rogues and vampires around me and calculated how long it would take for me to kill each of them. Of course, that would mean I have to make sure Dahlia was safely out in a corner when I do that…“Give it up now. You don’t stand a chance against them,” Samalah said. I look at her, and her face was still cold and emotionless. How can she still look us straight in the eye after selling us off like this?“Samalah… sister… What does this mean?... Are you cooperating with these people now,” Dahlia said right next to me.“I’m sorry to disappoint you, sister… Surely, you’d understand why I needed to cooperate with them. Didn’t you also break your promise of giving Naskan back to me,” Samalah replied, her eyes fixed on the silver wolf tattoo that was show
DAHLIA:My stomach tightened into knots. Even before Samalah and these men came, I had been feeling quite unwell. After hearing what Samalah had to say, however, I felt sicker.My hands trembled as I held into Naskan’s neck…Oh, I forgot… I should call him Tristan now… right?“Please let me down,” I said weakly from the white wolf’s back. He reluctantly eased me from his back just a few second after I threw out on the ground.“This won’t do,” I heard Albus grumbled. “She needs to rest.”“Very well,” the leader of our captors said. “There is a river a few more steps near here. We shall make camp for now and continue our journey tomorrow.”The rogues gave us a stern look, but I didn’t care. I was far too busy holding myself up after a round of morning sickness.“Dahlia, are you dizzy? Do you want to lie down?”
DAHLIA:I backed away from the vampire leader who was towering over me and looking at me as if he had no intentions of letting me go unscathed…Just then, a hand landed on my shoulders.“Don’t worry about it, Lord Irvan… I will make sure our guest here will be every bit pleasing to the king when the right time comes…”I look back at Samalah’s undaunted stares against this Lord Irvan. Even though the vampire leader did not look friendly at all, Samalah never shrunk under his gaze.“Very well. You keep her beside you until we get to Laudicia. I don’t trust that partner of hers anyway,” he gruffly said to Samalah.“As you wish,” Samalah said, giving the man a coy look.How did Samalah even have the courage to do that when the man clearly had bad intentions against her written all over his face?As soon as Lord Irvan walked away, Samalah pulled my hand and l
DAHLIA: I held my breath when I heard Tristan’s words… “If the stone was naturally incorporated in a wolf’s body then the only way they could separate it is through death.” Death… Does that means I had to die to separate with this red spirit stone inside of me now?... ‘That’s right, Dahlia… You and I are inseparable now,’ I heard the stone whisper. “Dahlly, what’s wrong,” Tristan said, frowning down at me. “Is something wrong with your food?” “Uh no,” I said. I think I would be having indigestion as I stuffed the rest of the bread in my mouth absentmindedly. During the night time, they made me and Tristan separate. I slept alongside Samalah. I closed my eyes, but slept never came to me. I lay there in the darkness thinking of how things turned out this way and how they could turn into my favor… ‘Eva… Do you know how we obtained this spirit stone,’ I asked my wolf. ‘Rather than Eva, don’t you want to ask
DAHLIA: I am a murderer - I can’t believe it! Someone was killed just so I could live! “Having bad dreams, Dahlly,” Samalah said. She was looking at my direction in the darkness. She must have seen me as I woke up just now. I tried to brush the terrible revelations of my dream by making small talks with Samalah. “Samalah… Why do you hate me so much,” I asked. “Well, didn’t you hear Tristan’s story?” “Yes. He hates me for what my father did. How about you? Why do you hate me?” Samalah started to chuckle, softly at first, but then it led into a louder and more sinister laugh. “Are you that naïve? Don’t you even look at yourself, Dahlia?” I didn’t say anything. I still didn’t understand what she meant. “Seriously, don’t you know that you’re a freak? You’re a weak she-wolf who cannot shift and who had an annoying type of magic… So why?” Samalah’s face began to darken. “Why do they still like you? Why don’t t
TRISTAN: I used to love Samalah in my younger years. I dreamed of a future with her too, but I see that the future she wanted with me was too far from what I had imagined. “Are you mad? You wanted to overthrow the royals of Talandor in order to replace them?” “Why not,” she retorted, her long eyelashes playing its seductive tricks. “You and I could conquer their world! What better way of revenge could there be?” “No! That wasn’t what we have planned… This wasn’t what we agreed on.” Samalah and I had planned to take down the king and his men. We wanted to expose their crimes and have them be stripped off their powers, but never in my wildest dreams did I think that Samalah wanted something more… “Isn’t it a better plan? You are born to be an alpha, Tristan! You are born to be a ruler! Don’t you want to get what’s yours? Don’t you want those who killed the Shadow Runes to kneel down at your feet?” “And how about Dahlia? Where are
DAHLIA: This can’t be true! Tristan – my mate and my husband – he really didn’t want our child. He really wanted to kill him! I blinked back at his wolf’s face. He must have battled the rogues and vampires at that camp to get me away from them. So who could have possibly told him about the existence of our child?... I started to kick about. “N-No, you can’t!” I had a clue where he could be taking me, and I didn’t want him to take me anywhere. I might as well just go back to that campsite if that were to happen. He resisted despite my efforts to slow him down. Tristan did not put me to the ground nor did he stop. “I can, and I will, Dahlia! I swear to the Moon Goddess, I’ll remove it, even if you’ll hate me for it for the rest of your life!” Hate? He’s talking about hate? I won’t just hate him for this! I’ll make sure I’ll kill him if he becomes the reason I would lose my child! “No! Put me down!” It was
DAHLIA:“No, I don’t hate you,” Tristan said slowly although his face was still very fierce. “I don’t hate you at all…”Yeah, right… The look in his face had already betrayed him. The way he did not want our child to live like this was already proof enough.Perhaps Samalah’s words were true… He really did care only about my body – a body he could not get pleasure with while the child is growing…If this was the game he wanted to play, then, let’s play it – a game of hate… Let’s find out who between us should hate the other the most!“Let’s part ways here, Tristan. You go your own way, and I’d go mine,” I growled.“Dahlia, you don’t understand. This is all for your sake! I know you fear it – being cut up, but if it’s the only way to save you, we shouldn’t hesitate.”I stood the