"Isn't it going to be a solar eclipse in a few days?" Ezekiel asked, pulling out his card and replacing it with another from the deck.
Heath glanced at him, but then came back to his own card. "What's about it?"
He was still worried about the purpose of his parents' visit. If it was for sightseeing, the solar eclipse might be a good reason. He thought that they were here for the twins, so he doubted it.
"We heard when we were walking down the streets. The solar eclipse is like a 'wishing to a shooting star' event in the north," Heinrich chirped in while fixing his cards.
Four out of five men glanced at the oldest person in the room, Liam. He finally responded while exchanging one of his cards, "Yes, it happened every couple of decades, so it is a fun rare event. Lycans worshipped the moon, and when it covered the sunlight, it became a wishing event."
Heath closed his hand by putt
"Okay, don't stare at me like that," Penelope sighed. "I'll just ask you something because it seems like I'm the only one inexperienced here."Harriet chuckled, and the others turned at Penelope, waiting for her question.The woman furrowed her eyebrows together, showing a serious face. "Tell me, what usually is the sign that you had sex last night?"The other four tilted their heads. They looked confused as to why this woman asked them this question."Can you please... just answer me?" Penelope didn't put off her solemn face. She was dead serious, and it somewhat looked funny."Okay, I think the most noticeable one is the marks. But maybe it's just me and Miriam, because our husbands are Lycans, and they bite a lot..." Harriet said in a half-laughing voice."And maybe the next will be your waist, and sometimes everywhere else... it felt really sore afterward
"Can we... speak?" Ezekiel asked. "But, I'll go if you don't want to."Hearing Ezekiel's request, Ezra glanced at everyone in the room. She felt bad about leaving her friends for her lover.That was when Harriet suddenly raised her voice."Arai, Penny, tell me more about what happened in the capital. Your Highness, can you grab us some snacks?" she asked.Ezra's eyes glimmered brightly. She exclaimed cheerfully, "Of course!"The woman walked out of the room, grabbing Ezekiel's hands away. Seeing her, the other snickered, but they didn't say anything.Ezekiel covered his face with his hands. He never thought that it would be this awkward and embarrassing to call his own wife from her friend group meeting.They walked away from the room and came to the nearby garden. But Ezekiel who had calmed himself immediately noticed the thin nightgown
The night deepened.Ezra and Harriet were lying beside each other on the wide mattress on the floor, surrounded by their fast-asleep friends.Harriet took this moment to finally ask her about something that was bothering her for months. "There is something I want to ask you, Your Highness.""What is it?" Ezra yawned, staring at the ceiling to force herself to sleep."Do you feel something weird these couple of months? Something weird with His Highness, maybe?"Ezra looked at her with a puzzled expression. The others were all asleep except for the two of them and a gentle cold breeze blew through the room."I don't understand what you mean," she said slowly. "His Highness has been acting normal as always. Except..."The blue-haired woman said while touching her necklace."Except that he suddenly..." the woman's face sl
"Are you ready?"Six men and four women stood in silence in a quiet, big hall. Liam was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the hall, and in front of him was Zaha, standing facing him.The other people were also nearby, but they stood a bit far away because they didn't want to disturb them.It was the day Liam started his last treatment. His recovery was near and right in front of their eyes."I'll start," Liam said to Zaha as he began his own treatment.Golden <Aura> enveloped his body, and slowly, his eyes closed.Suddenly, the air thickened, and everyone's breath caught. The others could feel a tightness in their chest as Liam closed his eyes."His <Aura Mastery> is already this good when he only learned <Aura> for a couple of months?" Ezekiel muttered, and Heath beside him felt the same feeling. They were terrified
Three days and four nights later, Liam's soothing <Aura> subsided in the break of dawn.But it was not over yet. Soon, he would start the final stage, which Zaha assumed to take just a couple of hours but would be the most difficult.The clear consciousness he kept for three days and four nights straight started to heighten. And the sharpness of his senses to the outside world began to dull.Now, he got focused entirely on himself. Then, finally, he came to the state of visualizing.At the end of those critical hours, the number of people in the room increased. Harriet, Miriam, and Heath came, and not long after, Heinrich followed alongside the Old Duke and Old Duchess he met outside the hall.Inside the hall now was the same member of the three days before, gathering together.Ezra came in the morning to see how Ezekiel and Zaha were doing after a slee
The man did it one at a time, little by little, yet fast and precise. Strand by strand, fiber by fiber, Liam created his heart back. He was drowning in an ecstasy of creation while designing a complete vital organ with the perfect interpretation of his lover's heart.He remembered the way its muscle contract and relax. He remembered the feeling of its beating. He remembered the pumping of the blood and the flow after it. He remembered the sound and the harmony within it with the rest of her body.It was the perfect kind of heart.Her heart.And he wanted it as his too.The process became quicker. The tissues and fibers of the heart muscle the man created became more complex. Finally, it intertwined within itself, allowing blood to pass through and creating functional chambers to pump them to the rest of his body.He created a perfectly matched heart for himse
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!Instantly, the whole Northern City of Almandine was alarmed.And instantly, they knew danger was threatening.But they didn't know what it was.They didn't know the danger was their own Alpha—who fell into a rampage.CRAAASH!GRRRRAWRR!! RAAWWRH!!!Two giant wolves used their claw, anchoring to the ground as they tried their best to hold the blonde-haired figure to force its way forward."I don't understand, Granpa, Heath... why are you stopping me?" it asked.Its face was cold, emotionless, and aloof, seldom acknowledging the disturbance the two wolves gave him. Its pace was steady and calm, yet it brought horrifying tension into the space around it.All the people around were already scattering away. Some were too scared to move and fell unconscious
"I don't understand. He spoke just fine. He can understand us just fine!" Harriet slowed down, making the others had to slow down with her."Her Highness is right, my child. It's not right for you to face him now. The others are trying to calm him, so you must run!" Alameida said solemnly."Sister, you must listen to us for now. Maybe Brother-in-law can speak just fine, but we can feel how unfine he is right now!" even Miriam was begging Harriet to run.But...[Don't run, Harriet. Listen to me.]Harriet flinched.What was it?She heard something...She turned back and tried to look for the source of the voice.[Listen to me... I need you now. Come here...]It was a deep and clear voice.[Come here. Come to me, my mate...]Harriet could