DAHLIA:
My heart stilled as Kaist’s words sank into me…
He was right. That wolf bearing a dark violet rune on his forehead could only be a wolf from the Shadow Rune Pack.
But how can that be? Didn’t the whole pack go extinct twenty years ago? Did they not mysteriously vanish out of thin air over night? Why would they reappear now then and wreck havoc towards those they allied with before?
“I-It doesn’t make any sense, Prince Kaist… Why would the Shadow Runes return, and why would they attack their own allies?”
Kaist’s face was also distorted in disbelief. “I don’t know too… But whatever their reason was, we must investigate further. For now, can you keep this a secret, Dahlly, even to your husband?”
I looked around and realized that I was the only one outside of the palace’s official people who had witnessed what the memory projection crystal contained. Kaist wo
DAHLIA:It can’t be, right? That black wolf couldn’t possibly be my husband!“What on earth did you do to Dahlia? Where did you take her,” his voice thundered.“We just went for a stroll. She felt sick on the way back,” I heard Kaist said in response.“Prince Kaist, I pray there won’t be a next time to this surprised excursions of yours, especially not after my wife comes home feeling dreadful like this!”Tristan turned around. My head felt slightly dizzy again, and I closed my eyes.“Dahlia, are you alright?...”I opened my eyes in response to his voice. It was still my Tristan, but this time, the look in his face had already softened.“T-Take me to the bathroom please…”He nodded his head, and in a few minutes, he eased me down gently on the tiled bathroom floor.I threw out the rest of whatever was in my stomach by the sink.
TRISTAN:Dahlly was behaving strangely… Just now, did I hear her request correctly?...“Show me your wolf… Let’s mate together in your wolf form.”“Dahlia,” I said, unable to hide the surprise in my voice and perhaps in my whole face too. I thought she’ll end up laughing and telling me it was all a joke, but she went closer to my right ear and swiveled her tongue while biting on it lightly.“Let me see him… Let me see your wolf.”“Dahlia… Are you sick?” I ran my hand into her forehead, but it was useless since my hand was already wet.Dahlly’s flushed face came into my view again, her seductive lashes fluttering beautifully. “Don’t you want it?... Don’t you want to make love with me?”Damn it, of course I did! Her sultry voice alone was making me weak all over as she spoke.I have not held her in my
TRISTAN:“Ah, Tristan…”I licked every inch of her exposed skin from her face down to her neck, her bare chest and her navel. I trailed kisses to the whole length of her legs, making every inch of Albus’ fur stiffen in excitement.“Tristan…”Dahlia opened her eyes once more, but I gently covered them up with my paw.“Don’t peak, love…”I was afraid that once I look at Dahlly’s lovely face directly, I shall lose all my senses again, and she’ll only end up being scared and haunted by the memory of my wolf’s gruesome face forever…She held her hands against my paw, however, and placed them against her chest.“Look at me… I want to see you…”How can I argue with my lovely wife who was being bold like this for the first time? She had casted a spell over my heart that I cannot counteract despite all my effort
TRISTAN:I gasped for air as soon as Dahlia said those words to me, and I found myself bolting upright in bed.It was pitch black now. I couldn’t see a thing… What happened?Suddenly, a pair of arms wounded itself around my waist. I looked at my side.After a few minutes, my eyes had begun to adjust to the dark. It was Dahlly’s slim arms alright, and she’s asleep.Damn it, that dream felt far too real!‘What happened,’ I asked my wolves.‘What else? You dozed off in pleasure,’ Arthur said wryly.‘And?’‘And what now? How can I possibly know what’s going on after we fall asleep?’I looked once more at my wife sleeping innocently beside me… It really was just a dream, right? After all, wouldn’t Dahlly have run away if she really saw the rune in my head?However, something dawned in me earlier when Dahlly and I were in
TRISTAN:After that fatal incident at Lagros, I just couldn’t trust Samalah to be solely in charge of the rogue attacks we were organizing against the nearby vampire villages.I had already told her time and again that the only purpose of the attacks was to frame Count Jeteris as the mastermind. We weren’t there to kill anyone… if we could. We just have to make it seem very threatening, and that’s it.Unfortunately, Samalah’s wrath sometimes had no bounds…I wasn’t part of the council tasked to investigate Count Jeteris’ crimes, but word has gotten out that several vampires had already been killed due to continued attacks under the group calling themselves as the ‘Falcon Wing.’We weren’t the Falcon Wings, of course, but if this is what will cause his downfall, we’ll gladly pin it down on that blasted group he had formed years ago…Samalah and I certainly did no
TRISTAN: I had no time to spare. If the prince and his men were here, then the fight would be soon be finished, and Samalah wouldn’t even stand a chance. As a water fairy, Samalah was very cunning and powerful, but as a wolf, she’s not that skilled. If only Samalah did not resent the wolf part of her, she wouldn’t have neglected her training so much. If so, I wouldn’t be in the position that I needed to rescue her nor will she be in a position where she needed someone to come to her side… Despite the strong history of friendship between Samalah and I, there was one thing we had kept an oath not to do – that is to never fall in love with each other. Samalah’s heart was frigid. She was also quite unforgiving and liked to make things even for every small inconvenience she was put into. There were days in the past when she and I had given to bouts of heat, but she had clearly drawn a line between us, telling me that we were nothing more th
TRISTAN:The prince was smart. Seeing how he couldn’t cross the spring because of the water attacks, he made sure to climb the trees to get to the other side and waited for me.“Answer me, Shadow wolf,” he roared, “Why are you doing this? Were these vampires not your allies?”I spat some of the blood that had foamed in my mouth. Unlike the prince, I had no power to regenerate that easily, although this wound couldn’t kill me at once either…“Tell me what your intentions are! Do you have another leader,” he roared once more.I growled at him menacingly. I raised my sharp claws at him, but he was too quick. I ended up cutting through several trees without inflicting a single scratch on his body.Damn it! He was just one incessant runt that’s just hard to kill!The blood continued to trickle down my neck. I can no longer afford to stay and face him. I had to use my powers now.
DAHLIA:“Tell me the truth, Albus…. You and that black wolf, you are both no ordinary wolves… You are from the Shadow Rune Pack, aren’t you?”The fur in the great white wolf’s body shook as if it was hit by an invisible arrow in the chest. He whimpered a bit in front of us, but he didn’t say anything more.Before Eva and I could repeat our question and hear the answer we longed to hear, a series of loud thumping sounds pulled us away from the Animal Spirit World and back into our human consciousness.“Countess Abell,” I heard Lina’s voice together with the incessant knocks from our bedroom door. “Countess, are you awake? Can I go in?”“Go ahead… Lina,” I groaned towards her, still half-asleep and a bit upset about the interruption of our time with Albus.“What is it,” I asked as soon as Lina went inside my room.She eyed the empty