"Where am I?" Asher asked as he stumbled through a strange forest, riddled with snow and icicles. Asher looked around to ask someone for help, but there wasn’t a single living thing, as far as the eye could see. "Asssshhheeerrr.....Asher, come here, Asher...." Asher heard a familiar voice call out to him in the wind.
Asher followed in the direction of the voice cautiously. “Asher, how could you leave us?” The voice asked, giving him a slight chill.“What do you mean?! I didn’t leave anyone! And, who is us?” Asher called out, with no reply.CRACK! Asher jumped and looked around, but nobody was there."HELP!!" The voice screamed, causing Asher to rush in its direction. “NOOO!!” Another scream suddenly came, Asher recognized the voice as it belonged to his mate, Kir Bastet. This caused Asher to panic as he ran as fast as possible to help his distressed mate."Asher, how could you do this?! He's my"There's no way that I can do this mission. But there's no way that I can't do it." Asher said to Argon, through their mindlink. “Asher, I don’t understand, why do you have to do it? Why can’t you just tell one of Kir’s friends what’s going on? They would probably help us, none of them want her hurt either.” Argon responded. "Argon, if I tell anyone then they would also become a target for the organization. Plus, if I don't do it, then someone else will be hired to kill me along with Kaoru." Asher reminded his wolf "Hey Asher! Wait up man, I need to talk to you!" Someone yelled from behind Asher, when he looked over his shoulder and realized that it was Luca calling to him, Asher decided to walk faster, as he was not in the mood for arguing with the man. "Asher, seriously, wait up!" Luca's voice came from even closer now. Asher sped his pace up more, hoping Luca would get the hint and give up. “Asher!” This time, however, Luca was g
Kir walked onto the campus thinking that everything was fine. Kir quickly realized that she was sadly mistaken when she only made it five feet past the gates of the academy before she spotted two men growling at each other in the middle of the courtyard. It wasn’t just any two men, it was two of her mates, of course. “I told you to back off, Asher! Kir is MINE!” Roo shouted before lunging towards Asher. If it wasn’t for Luca pulling Asher backwards, Roo would have landed a swift punch that looked as though it would’ve broken Asher’s nose. ‘Wait…. Luca HELPED Asher?!’ Kir’s jaw dropped as she stared at the spectacle before her. ‘Maybe I’m dreaming?’ Kir thought. “Or maybe they’re willing to share us.” Kir’s wolf purred in her head, obviously pleased with the thought of not having to choose between them. “What the hell Inu! He didn’t even do anything.” Luca yelled at Roo as he stood between the angry males. Bold move, since he wasn’t as tal
“Wait...what?” Inuharu asked as he tried to gather his thoughts. “He’s my mate too! Gods, why aren’t you listening to me, Roo?! Kaoru is one of my mates! And he knew this the whole time and never said anything to me!” Kir cried into Inuharu’s chest as he finally caught on. Kir looked up at Inuharu and realization flashed through her eyes as she quickly pushed herself away for him. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have done that…” Kir whispered as she began to turn away from Inuharu. Inuharu quickly grabbed her wrist before she could escape. “Kir, I might be one of your mates, but I was your brother first. Doesn’t that mean you should be able to confide in me like you used to?” Inuharu asked in a soft voice. “Inuharu, you don’t get it. Things aren’t the same now. I can’t put you through the pain of hearing your mate talk about other men, that’s too cruel.” Kir sighed before pulling her arm out of his grip and walking away. Moose patted I
Kir and Inuharu walked back into the academy with an air of calmness and satisfaction after finally reconciling. On the way to their classes, Asher and Luca rushed up to Roo, seemingly out of breath. “Inu, we need you to come with us! It’s important and non-negotiable, so come on.” Luca shouted as he grabbed Inuharu by the arm and pulled him away from Kir’s side. Asher looked over to Kir. “Sorry Princess, I’ll make it up to you later at the club. Meet me there at seven tonight.” Asher didn’t wait for Kir’s response before rushing off with Luca and Roo. Kir looked around, dumbfounded and rooted to the spot while trying to process the scene that just unfolded before her. “I think I’m hallucinating… Maybe I really do need to start getting on a better sleep schedule.” Kir thought to herself. Before Kir had a chance to sort out her thoughts, a black haired man poked her left cheek. “You alright Kir? You’re kind of zoni
Asher was the first to arrive back on the academy grounds. He stopped at the front gate and looked around for a moment, sniffing the air. “Hey Roo, we have a problem.” Asher sighed loudly as he turned towards the other men. "What's new? We always have a problem these days… " Inuharu grunted before pausing to sniff the air as well. "Well crap."Luca was the last to arrive as he looked back and forth between the two other men. “What’s going on? Why’d we stop?” Luca asked."Kir's not here. She must've left right after we did." Inuharu concluded after sniffing the air once again, as if to double check. "Alpha ditched school with Kilo, they went to the club." Moose explained as he walked up from the other side of the gate. "Why would she go with Kilo?...Since when does the princess ditch school?" Asher asked with disbelief. Moose gave the three men a pointed look. "In case you guys forgot, she's been
The man shrouded in shadows had finally revealed his identity as he took a step towards Kir, who was being held firmly in place by Asher. “Guess it can’t be helped, if you refuse to obey me then I can only consider you to be my enemy, Luca.” Luca took a step back, completely blindsided by the reality that had suddenly hit him. “Dad?... But why? How?... This has to be a mistake.” Luca stammered as he fell back from shock. “Asher! Let me go!” Kir shouted, drawing everyone’s attention back to her as she struggled in Asher’s grip, trying to escape without harming him in the process. Luca seemed to snap back as he shook his head and growled at his father. “I don’t care if you are my father, release Kir or else!” “Asher, bite her throat if anyone comes near you two.” Lord Livondia ordered.Inuharu seemed to come to some sort of realization and he took a step towards Asher and Kir. “You wouldn’t kill Kir. If you did
Luca and Asher were suddenly surrounded by twenty wolves, who blocked them from reaching Lord Livondia. “Bye boys. Sorry I can’t stay for the finale, I’ve got a princess to take care of.” Lord Livondia smirked as he ran in Kir’s direction. Luca looked over to Asher and whispered, “I got this, you go stop him.” Luca barely finished his sentence before the wolves all lunged in his direction. Luca easily dodged the wolves and goes on the offensive as he rushed head on into the middle of them. Meanwhile, Asher ran after Lord Livondia as fast as he could. “Got ya.” Asher said victoriously as he clamped his teeth onto Lord Livondia’s tail and yanked him backwards. “You’re celebrating a little prematurely, don’t you think? Look at this situation, your mate is on the verge of killing the person who’s most precious to her, and what about Luca? You ditched him to face off against twenty wolves on his own.” Lord Livondia said before kicking Asher aw
Not a single person in the room made a sound as they watched the princess cradle her fallen mate. Five minutes passed before Kir spoke, her gaze remained on Asher’s pale face. “Let go.” She said with a crackling voice. Kir stood up and led the two remaining members of her group out of the warehouse, walking quietly through the woods. The members of the organization did not follow, they simply stared in silence at the remains of the two men who lost their lives. Inuharu couldn’t stand the eerie atmosphere any longer as he spoke up. “Kir, are you okay?” He asked cautiously, knowing full well the possible reactions that his beloved sister could have. “Do you want to go home?” Kir broke her silent streak as she turned to face her brother. “I’ve got something I need to do, I’ll see you guys around.” Kir responded before snapping her fingers and vanishing, leaving the two men alone together. “What’s going to happen to her now?” L
When the brown haired male enters the house, he's met with a fist to his face. "Okay.. I deserve that." He says as he holds his now bleeding nose. "Who the hell are you?" Inuharu growls as he goes in for another punch. Valentine grabs Inuharu's arm to prevent him from hitting the man again. "I wouldn't do that, Roo. Look at your sister." Valentine points towards Kir. Kir's nose trickles blood, causing Roo to look between her and the man he just punched in the face. "What the hell.. " He says, completely confused by this string of events. "Well Kotar, you have some explaining to do." Valentine says with a grunt. Kotar looks at Kir's unconscious body and ignores everyone else. "Is she okay? I know the bond connects the pair but I didn't know it could do something like this." Kotar says as he takes a step closer. Alex gives Kotar a warning growl, making him step back. "And who are you? Last I checked, even royals are subjected to the demon exile." Kotar sneers. Alex huffs as he turns
"Oh yeah.. I forgot about that part." Alex says as he scratches his head with embarrassment. "So what are we going to do then? Is he going to send me back? Or do you think he'll kill me for this?" Alex asks as he tries to read Kir's expressionless face. "Well if he was able to kill you then he would've already done it. My guess is that this mark thing prevents him from doing that but that's just a theory so we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves yet." Kir concludes as she looks away from Alex's gaze. "One more thing." Alex starts. "Why are you avoiding eye contact with me?" He asks as he steps closer to Kir. Kir seems to panic a bit as her voice wavers, "I-i.. I'm not avoiding anything, Alex." Alex takes another step near her, only a few centimeters apart now. "Kir." He whispers in her ear. Kir's eyes shoot over to Alex's, a deep blue that flickers to black every few seconds. "Well that's new. What does black mean?" He asks as he gen
Alex doesn't have much time to watch Kir and Luca's match as he is pushed from behind. He turns around and sees Kilo glaring at him. Alex sighs, realizing that he has a lot of explaining to do. But he's not given much chance to speak before Kilo lunges at him. "Wait.. Can we just talk for a second?" Alex says while barely dodging Kilo's flurry of punches. "No talking! You sat with us while we were all worried about Kir! And you didn't say a word about knowing where she was or that you had been with her!" Kilo growls as he throws more punches.Alex snarls at the accusations but tries to remain calm as he continues to dodge. "If you would just listen to me.. " Alex starts but Kilo's fist makes contact with his ribs. Alex stumbles backward and coughs. "Damn it! Just listen!" Alex shouts as he rushes Kilo. Landing a kick to Kilo's ribs and watching him fly backwards, Alex feels a wave of satisfaction. His moment is cut short as Kilo shifts to his wolf and launches himself at Alex. Alex
"Umm.. Well.. Uhh.. " Kotar struggles to find the right answer. Kir giggles as she sits up and climbs onto his lap, face-to-face with Kotar while her hands are draped over his shoulders. Kotar inhales sharply as he tries to look away. The sly female wraps her legs around her companion's waist as she makes him face her. "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" She teases. The male visibly gulps as his pulse rises. "K-Kir… what are y-you doing.. " He asks shakily. Kir uses her nail to trace along Kotar's neck as she stares into his brown eyes. "I'd like to ask you the same thing, why have you been exuding those pheromones ever since we entered the room?" She whispers into his ear, causing Kotar to shiver. It takes Kotar a moment to realize what she had said as he snaps out of his daze and looks around the room. Sure enough the entire room was filled with pink clouds of smoke. He looks between the pink clouds and the woman on his lap, unsure of what to do at this moment and feeling very e
Kir continues to run around until reaching the parking lot of a strange looking club. She enters the club with her head held high, loving the glances she receives while walking around. She walks up to the bar and takes a seat. "What can I get ya?" The bartender asks without looking at her. "I'll take a club soda for now." Kir responds as she keeps her eyes on the crowd at the dance floor. "Got it." He replies back and pours her drink.The bartender turns to give Kir her drink but upon seeing her, he freezes and drops her drink. Before the drink can hit the ground and shatter, Kir quickly hops over the bar and grabs it. "Thanks." He says while continuing to gawk at the girl. Kir looks at the man and smiles sweetly, "you should be more careful next time. And you might wanna close your mouth Kilo, wouldn't want a bug to fly in there." Kilo blinks several times before speaking, "what are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home with your parents, Roo is going to freak out when he f
After Kir agrees, Linaria brings her out to her real house. Kir stares in awe at all of the gadgets and weapons that are on display throughout the cabin. "This is where Asher and I have been staying. That other house is owned by my parents. This one, however, was bought by Asher as a way to hide from our parents whenever we wanted to get away or needed to focus. It's also where we spent the majority of our time. There are three bedrooms here, you can either take his room or the guest room while you're here." Linaria explains excitedly.Kir continues to look around while speaking, "so you guys really were assassins? Does that mean you two trained a lot? I can't imagine being an assassin is an easy job.." Linaria chuckles, "we did do a lot of training. Speaking of which, I heard that you really like combat and sparring. If that's true then I suppose I could show you to the gym portion of the house."Kir's eyes immediately light up at the mention of a gym. "Really? Can I use it? Do you ha
-3rd person-Kir looks between the unknown woman and the exit, trying to decide what to do. "Alright, calm down. We don't have to talk right now but at least stay after the party is over so I can give you something. Then you can decide what you want to do." The girl offers. Kir's eyes change from blue to red and back to blue while she stares at the other female, obviously struggling to figure out how to respond. Kir inhales and speaks calmly, "alright, I'll stay. What's your name? I don't remember that person ever mentioning a sister." "Linaria Romanov, but you can call me Lina. Thank you for agreeing to stay, I hope you enjoy yourself for the remainder of the party." Lina says with sincerity. "Trust me, I will." Kir responds in a menacing tone as she walks back to the dance floor. Linaria watches Kir, curious as to why her tone had sounded so strange. "Hey Lina, have you seen Benny?" Milo asks from behind her. "Hmm? No, why?" She asks wit
-Kir's POV-After getting dragged home by my father, I was met with a frantic Renay pacing around our living room. "I'm home." I said in a monotone voice. I wish they hadn't spoiled my fun. It's not like I killed anyone…yet. "What is the matter with you?! I spent sixteen years training you how to act in public and the moment I'm gone you decide to go ballistic?! How am I supposed to trust you to rule this kingdom that I built if you act like this?" Valentine scolds me the moment the front door is shut. I stay silent as my parents rant about my bad behavior. "Valentine, there lies the problem right there! You TRAINED her, you didn't raise her. Obviously you pushed her too hard while I was gone and that's why she's acting like this now." My mother scolds him. "All the blame goes on me? You're the one who abandoned our children and left me to take care of them on my own! It's no wonder she's acting out, she obviously takes after her mother!"
A young man with black hair and seafoam green eyes walks into the academy courtyard with confidence. He looks around, seemingly searching for something. He hears the men in front of him speaking and can't help but listen in on their conversation.“So you never ended up finding her again after that? Where do you think she went then?” Kilo asked his friend while they continued to walk towards the courtyard. “Honestly, I have no clue. We checked all of her usual hiding places and even asked around about a blue-haired girl, but nobody had seen her. I’m getting really worried too.” Inuharu responded back.The young male looks up and comments to himself, "Well, then. I didn’t realize this school was so lenient.” He chuckles to himself as he spots a blue haired female feeding on a young male in the distance. Kilo heard the man behind them speaking and couldn’t help but look in his direction. “What are you talking about?” Kilo asked the man with confusion, thinking th