I was trembling as I looked around in the black hole. I could really see nothing but darkness and in the corner was Claudia, sitting on the floor, in front of a floating grey shadow shaped like a man."I know what you feel," the shadow spoke and it trembled my chest more. He has no face at all, just plain shadow with a big man's voice like a monster echoing in my ear."Who--- who the fuck are you?" Claudia was crying yet in shock at the shadow."I am your friend, Claudia and I'm here to help you."Claudia covered her face with her palms as she cried more."Oh poor, Claudia. My poor little friend, Claudia. Let me guess, they're hunting you, right? They wanna kill you and you have nowhere to go.""How did you know that?!"The shadow flew around her before it stood in front of her again. "I told you, I'm your friend.""I don't know you!""Well, I'm here to make a deal with you, my dear friend. I will save you from chaos but you have to serve me, and I promise, we will be the most powerfu
Naz's adam's apple moved. "A humanoid werewolf, perhaps a werewolf summoned by a devil.""The Dark Summoner," Fenris uttered, sending goosebumps to my anxious body."Or Claudia," Naz's added. "But technically yeah, Dark Summoner is the one behind all these.""That cunning bitch," Vilka hissed. "And Darkesta. Goodness! How long is he gonna take vengeance for what our ancients did to them? It wasn't us who attacked and almost killed his family.""It doesn't matter to him. He wants to spread darkness and he will do that until he succeeds, but we must stop him." Fenris grabbed my glass of water and drank it straight."That's my water." I frowned at him."We're husband and wife. What's yours is mine and vice versa," he said as he put back the glass on the side of my plate.Nazarus cleared his throat. "You're right, Fenris. We must find a way to stop him.""For the meantime, we must stick together as much as possible," Fenris said before finally tasting the pasta I put on his plate. "I thin
My hands were trembling as I watched the wide view while we were on the helicopter. Naz held and massaged them."I swear to God, if something bad happens to you or me, oh goodness." I gasped, calming my thumping chest.I was nervous for real. I couldn't even stop thinking about Claudia's long nails when they struck my stomach. Her eyes, her pretty eyes were uncannily gorgeous but it was like a poisonous weapon. Her glares were sharp knives I wasn't sure if I could handle."Nothing bad is gonna happen to you. I'll protect you at all costs. Besides, she's not gonna see you. She will come for me and that will be the end of her."I rolled my eyes, still with my thundering chest. "You sound as if you're just gonna attack a rat. It's Claudia, Nazarus! A powerful devil is giving her power! You think you can outsmart her?""I'm hoping I could but I'm not certain."I gasped. "You can still back out. We can go back to your house and---" My lips froze while parting when my eyes landed at the top
My heart were thudding harder the more the vehicle was coming near the huge yard. It already landed on the ground and it was approaching nearer to Nazarus. I puffed a breath as I looked up, Moon Goddess, please save him.I had never seen Naz in a fight but he looked really prepared so I was hoping he would give Claudia a great fight. I was hoping he could really end Claudia in just a day."Calm your heart," Naz chuckled while he was stretching his body. Even my sense of hearing got louder. Someone could talk from afar and I could hear them although that was only from time to time. I guessed it depends on the people if they wanted to be heard."You know I'm glad to see how concerned you are for me." He chuckled again while he was doing a push up then he stood and exercised his legs."Of course! Duh! You are my friend no matter how annoying you are."The side of his lips rose. "Friend," I almost didn't hear his whisper. "What about Fenris, are you madly in love with him now?""What?" I
'I don't know how!' I screamed in the mind-link as I squeezed my eyes closed, feeling my head as if it was gonna explode as lightning hit my brain.I froze when all of a sudden, I didn't hear any noises, not even a chirping insect. I started trembling and slowly, I opened my eyes and they widened so much when I saw Claudia wasn't moving, not at all. I looked around and even the trees and grasses were just frozen."You did it, Kira!" Nazarus stood on the ground while the wound on his chest was slowly healing. "You fucking did it! I knew you can do it! I always knew you can!"My lips parted while looking around. For real, I couldn't hear any noises just Naz's voice. I looked back at Claudia and she was as frozen as a block of ice with a dagger she almost struck again to Nazarus."Come down here!" Nazarus shouted.I gulped before I jumped and landed with my two firm feet on the grass ground. I was still stunned while looking at Naz. I couldn't even blink. Did I just freeze a Dark Summone
Fenris didn't show any emotions while my eyes were widely looking at him.He grabbed the phone in my hand. "You possess the power of telekinesis. What else are you capable of?"I shook my head. "Nothing I'm aware of.""Are you sure?" He raised his right brow.I nodded. "I didn't even know I can do that telekinesis thing."He moved his face even closer. His stares was scrutinizing my soul as if he was digging something within me."What are you, Kira?" His deep voice almost drowned me. "Are you even a human?" I chuckled awkwardly. "I was a human before Vilka bit me.""Are you sure?" He moved even closer.I almost lost my breath as his nose touched mine while his gaze went sharper."What are you talking about?" I could hardly speak as his breath was travelling through my mouth. I couldn't even look away. It was like I was frozen in my own damn senses."How can you possess such powers, Kira?" He looked down at my lips.My mouth thinned as I couldn't speak anymore the moment he moved his
And just like that, I learned how to use swords in I guessed a week or two. Fenris was amazed by how I was learning things so quick. Well, I may not be so smart when it comes to academics, but I think I just found my talent. I learned martial arts and sword sparring, and I could transform into a werewolf smoothly now. "Oh my God!" I let go of my swords after I cut part of his chest. "I'm sorry!" I covered my mouth while looking at the blood on his skin. We had been practising word sparring lately and I became so confident that I hit him accidentally. I went near him as I bit my lower lip. He smiled and tapped my head. "No worries, Kira. This is nothing but a scratch." "Scratch?" I gasped. "This is not just a scratch! Oh my God, you're bleeding! I'm really sorry." I grabbed a thin cloth from my pocket and wiped the blood on his chest but it kept on bleeding. Fenris just watched me with a smile on his face while I was so worried. He could lose too much blood. "What are you smiling
KIRA'S POVI thought Fenris was mad at me because he knew that I was lying, but seemed like he wasn't mad at all as he even invited me to eat in a restaurant after our tiring sword sparring."You said we should take a diet?" I chuckled while eating the most delicious and meatiest stake I had ever tasted."This is called cheat day." He shrugged as he laughed.I chuckled more before I put another slice of steak in my mouth. Over the past months that I was knowing Fenris, I had come to realise that he wasn't that annoying, sarcastic jerk at all. He was nice and gentlemanly as what Vilka mentioned to me although sometimes he would have his switches, still moody."I love cheat days," I said before sipping on my wine.He was about to say something when his phone rang. He suddenly frowned as he looked at his phone screen."Who's calling?" I put my champagne glass back on the table."Your friend." He rolled his eyes.The side of my lips rose. "Who exactly?" I asked even though I know it was N
I swallowed deeply after seeing some backpacks and winter clothes that they had prepared for us. My mind was roaring everywhere, and I couldn't even sink in the information Guardian Leo was saying to me.My chest was thudding so loud, and all I could think of was I wasn't ready. I didn't expect everything to happen this quick.We rode horses to travel the cold land, and I couldn't stop glancing at Fenris every time I would think of backing up. I sighed deeply and tried gathering courage from I didn't even know where I could actually get one. Perhaps, the look of Fenris reassuring me was enough.We arrived at the strange mountain ranges, and from there, we teleported to the icy plateau on top of the hill. My hands were trembling under my gloves. Fenris held me while we were looking around the place, examining the surroundings."I don't understand," I muttered. "I can't see anything but icy mountains. Where could be the location of Darkesta's territory?"I hugged myself when the strong
What happened that night was still hunting me to this day — it had been two weeks and up until now, we were still thinking of the purpose of why Darkesta's little dogs suddenly attacked us."Claude is dead."When Fenris brought me that news, I was stunned. I thought I would be happy to hear those words but then again, I remembered he was once my friend. Even though it wasn't really for him, it was real for me and Lilien."They decided to kill him after he almost successfully transformed himself into his wolf form," he added.I sipped on my cup of coffee while my heart was still feeling unsafe. Darkesta was not only the devil, he was intelligent and whatever he was plotting against us could be the real end of our kind. I was just so frightened by that thought."What about Vilka? Do you believe her?" I asked before sipping on my coffee again.Vilka explained to us why she suddenly disappeared from the mansion a minute after our soldiers had traced foot tracks of Dark Summoners. She said
My jaw tightened as my claws gripped tighter on the ground. I stepped back, lowering my body while gazing at the three creepy humanoid wolves. They were standing on their two legs, and it made them look more monstrous. I prepared myself for a possible attack."Calm down!" The humanoid wolves were almost laughing in my ears. I didn't know they could talk to us through the mind link. "You seem to be too threatened to us. Don't make it so obvious, I suggest." The humanoid wolf in the middle kept blubbering, sounding so boastful.I glared at them deeper as I hissed. Fenris was looking much more eager. I could even hear his blood boiling so hard.Fenris howled. "What do you want from us?!" He also spoke through mind-link. The humanoid wolf on the left side chuckled like a playful yet annoying child. "You know what we want. "We will never surrender to your greedy master, you asshole!" Fenris fired back while he was scratching his pointed claws on the ground with his sharp teeth showing.
My heart thundered as Fenris' eyes and mine met. "Stay here," he commanded."What? No—" He got out of the room without letting me finish my words. I gulped before I rushed to follow him downstairs. Noises were coming from outside the mansion and when we finally exited the house, I saw some soldiers talking and discussing some things. In contrast, others were spread around the huge house, they were anticipating something, and my heart was thudding continuously for what could be it."What the hell is going on?!" Fenris exclaimed, and finally, he caught the soldiers' attention."We saw tracks of Dark Summoners leading to this place—""I know, but did you see them? How the hell did they get here without anyone sensing them?"Strange. Even I didn't sense the unwelcomed scent of humanoid wolves. "Alpha Fenris, I checked Vilka in her room, but she isn't there." A maid approached him."What?! What does she have to do with any of this? Are you sure she didn't sleep in her own house?"The mai
I swallowed deeply, convincing myself they were nothing but friends just like me and Nazarus — come on!"Yes, my cousins are regaining their strengths, thankfully."I cleared my throat before I stood properly and composed myself. My elbows hit some leaves, and I immediately noticed how quickly their eyes turned into me. "Oh, Kira!" Atasha chuckled awkwardly. "My cousins would want to give you and your mother this." She handed me two necklaces with a fang pendant."Really?" I still couldn't figure out how to interact with her. I never wanted to be fake or plastic or whatever they call it. "Yes, they've been planning to come here, but they are still regenerating their strengths — maybe next week they could thank you personally.""Oh, that's nice." I grabbed the necklaces from her soft hand. "Tell your cousins not to worry, and we appreciate their gifts and their gratitude." I glanced at Fenris, and he slightly smiled at me. My lips just thinned.I wanted to ask what they were talking
We arrived in the woods right on time while the Sun was about to rise. Good thing, the soldiers arrived earlier than us. They seemed responsible and dedicated to their tasks. We stayed near the river for a couple of hours. Fenris had been discussing something with the soldiers. They were plotting a plan while I was on the lookout for the busy group. Surprisingly, no Dark Summoners attempted to attack us. I was quite anticipating the action now, but perhaps it really was better for them not to attack or anything. The damage they could cause was too much, for sure.Since we saw no sign of attack, Fenris and I decided to go back to the mansion. He instructed the leader to inform us once anything unfortunate occurred. While we walked our way back to our house, the soldiers stayed in the woods as it was one of their duty — to guard and observe the forest.The next day was a really bad day for me. I work up without Fenris on my side. Since my body was so heavy and even my eyes, I didn't no
Nazarus just shrugged and started walking to the exit of the mansion. He looked back at me and gestured to me to follow him. I rolled my eyes before walking. I watched Nazarus back while walking. It was only at that time I noticed how neat and elegant he walked. Every step of him was really careful — I laughed at the thought of why we waste our time walking if we could just teleport. Fenris's deep gaze met mine when we reached the gate. "What did you do?* His brows crossed at Nazarus.I snaked my arm over Fenris' arm. "Where are we going?" I asked.Fenris remained to stare at Naz. Naz laughed and shook his head. "Chill! I went to the restroom and walked past her in the living room.""Where are we going, Fenris?" I asked again.Fenris finally looked at me. "You'll see."I rolled my eyes before looking at Nazarus. "Where are we going, Naz?""You'll see." He mocked Fenris.Fuck them!I crossed my arms over my chest and just followed them. We walked for a few minutes until we reached M
Slowly, the estranged man opened his eyes and quickly met mine. "You're gonna die… you're all going to die…." His huge black pupils trembled on my chest. I took a deep breath as my chest tightened.Fenris kicked the man before he stepped on his chest. "Don't listen to him." He tightened the grip of his feet on the man's chest, stiffening the Dark Summoners' human body."What do you want from us, huh?!"The man smiled strangely and slowly, he chuckled like a devil. "You're all gonna die…." He breathed out before coughing after Fenris squeezed his chest more with his feet."Fuck you! You're the one who's going to die today." Fenris grabbed his dagger and sliced the Dark Summoner's head off. I flinched and stepped back as the blood splashed everywhere. I covered my mouth. I was used to seeing brutality, but I couldn't still stop to be shocked at times."Why did you kill him? We could get information—""Do you think he will say something?" Fenris cut me off. "Think of him as Claude. He wi
Fenris raised his right brow. "You're talking about me?" "Oh, it's not important." Nazarus shrugged his hand. "Don't think too much about it."My lips thinned when Fenris glared at me. "What?" I arched a brow. "I just told him you don't like plucking the flowers in the garden."Fenris looked at the flower in my hand. I thought he was going to get it to me, but he just turned his gaze back at Fenris."What it is with the flowers that you're always giving to my wife, huh?"Nazarus raised both of his hands as if surrendering. "Just a nice gesture, calm down.""Nice gesture." Fenris scoffed. "Bullshit.""Fenris." I cleared my throat."Anyway, Fenris," Nazarus uttered. "It's perfect timing that you're here. I have to discuss something with you."Fenris' brows crossed, and so mine."About what?"Nazarus glanced at the mansion. "Can we talk inside?""Why? Can't you discuss that here?" Fenris sounded more disgusted yet intrigued.Naz looked around. "You won't wanna risk someone hearing our