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
The Solar Eclipse started that noon.Helena was standing on a small dock at the edge of a frozen lake. She looked into the eclipse's reflection on its surface while reminiscing about her past."Why are you worrying so much?"Next to her was Eoin Euclase, who was trying to fix her fur coat. The man glanced at her flat but worried face and showed the same level of worry on his."They're not Destined Mate. So she will be safe," he said.Helena shook her head. "I know. But if there's something..."AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!The both of them flinched.The sound of a faraway howling wolf shocked them, as they were initially already worried."Something is wrong. I can feel it, Eoin," Helena said. "The Eclipse is always a bad time for me. Maybe I am just anxious, but I know something isn't right."
"It's good luck, right?" a man with short blonde hair said softly. "Father, it's good that we can finally expand our territory. But now, everyone is very busy..."The short blonde-haired man was talking to an old man in front of him. He was carrying a two weeks old little baby who was raising his small hands upwards."...and we can't watch the Solar Eclipse together as we promised..." the blonde-haired man smiled apologetically.Old Duke sighed. He realized it was his fault. Even though his good friend, Arun Kelev, told him to ask for help, he stubbornly refused."Now, it's a good time for you to take Liam outside. The moment is just right, and we can let the Moon bless him," Theodore, the blonde man said.Old Duke glanced at the little baby boy, flailing his little arms toward him. "Awoo!"Old Duke's face darkened as he realized there was no other choice. He
Unicorns... the fabled of the fabled. Or, well, a creature named after its appearance, the one-horned creature.Legend said it was an arrogant beast that loved maidens as sacrifices. Another legend said its body was the most valuable ingredient to create the most powerful elixir in the world.The Elixir of Life.No, not the Philosopher's Stone. The Philosopher's Stone could be called the Elixir of Life, but the Elixir of Life could not be called the Philosopher's Stone. The Philosopher's stone was something that could not be compared to anything, as it could grant any wishes.But the Elixir of Life could only give immortality if one so wished or cure any type of ailment."You are saying that Harriet was born from that same creature?" Old Duke asked the middle-aged woman in front of him.The room was quiet as everyone was waiting for the woman's explanation.