I am going to die.
All I could think of while I'm falling down was Xeno's face, the day we both sneaked out of the mansion and brought me to one of the tallest buildings in the city just to let me view the whole place. I will never forget that smile because I have only seen it once ever since I met him. And I wish I could see more of it but I guess it's already the end of me…
Spiraling down, I know there is nothing more I could do but accept my fate… that my existence here doesn't mean anything, anymore. I am no one. No matter how much I convince myself that I am designed for a greater cause in a strange way of getting me into this place, being a prisoner to a possessive wannabe Alpha wouldn't get me anywhere. So maybe this is way better than just staying on Phillius's side, dealing with his craziness over me.
By the time I got rid of the seat belt, the car had lifted from the air, making me scream in fear and before we get crushed while being inside, I quickly drew a barrier around me and Xeno, a strong force field that would protect us both from Phillius’s mighty jaw in his wolf form.Xeno made an attempt to get out of the destroyed car but the door wouldn’t open, it seemed like it was stuck. Out of Phillius’s madness, he threw the car into the sea with us still inside it, and the water splashed against the barrier I made. I look at Xeno in despair because I still have no idea how we are going to escape this.“Take the barrier down, Sapphire!” he commanded me.I looked at him, terrified, and just bit my lower lip. We both took a deep breath before I
The clanging of metal bars filled my ears and the rancid smell of something rotting is so powerful that I feel like I’m going to throw up all that is inside my stomach. Phillius threw me in one of the cell prisons in an underground chamber of their mansion, that looked like a dungeon to me. The walls look old and the chamber is made of huge blocks of cold stones.I saw strange bones in each of the prison cells and he detained me at the last one, bounding my feet with a rusty chain so I couldn’t reach the metal bars. I could feel the same barrier just like the one he casted all around my room, the spell that binds me inside and negates all my magic abilities.“What are you doing! Get me out of here!” I cried Phillius whose face was so full of anguish; his brows darken his crimson eyes that glinted through
"Hazel…" my eyes widened. "W-Why are you here?!""I'll help you get out, Miss. Just stay still"Her hand fumbled as she pulled my feet, looking for the chains. She took something behind her. A tool that looks like a scissor but I cannot tell what's the precise name of it. Then I realized she was going to cut the chains.My terror in my eyes, I pushed Hazel gently, away from me. She cannot be here! She'll be killed if someone finds her taking me out of my prison cell!"Go away, Hazel! Don't do this!" "We can't take Master Phillius's tyranny, Miss Sapphire. You don't deserve this! We'll save you and we'll get out of this place! There is a much safer place where he cannot enter!" "What do you mean?!" I hissed at her. "He'll kill you if someone finds you here, Hazel, please I'm begging you! I'll find a way on my own. I don't want you to get hurt because of me!""I know. But this is the on
“I hope this cage already gave you the lesson for disobeying me, Sapphire.”I didn’t look at him. I just stare blankly in front of me where his black shiny shoes are. I feel so empty. How many days have I been here since he restrained me in this place? Two? Three? I cannot actually remember. What I remember is what they did to Hazel. The way that that bald guy violated and forced himself on her. I will never forget that face. I will kill him.The filth of the cage smudges my skin, making me feel so sticky with grime all over. My hair is a mess and I haven’t eaten or drink anything since yesterday because I refused all the food his men brought to me.My ankles are still bound with the metal chain that holds on to the cold rocky wall of the cage.
I find myself sitting beside Phillius in front of every person of the Clarkson Clan and some of their Allied Clans including the family of the Alpha that visit his office, the night Xeno and I attempt to escape. Looking at the floor, I still don’t believe it when Phillius said he ordered his men to execute Xeno and Hazel by burning them alive. But he let me confirm it myself when we both went to the wide space of their garden and saw two bodies charred to crisp, still tied on the stake. The black smoke billowed above the sky and the smell of burned flesh rancid on the nose, making my stomach tighten in grief. I couldn’t help but retch as I saw the corpses in front of me. I still think Phillius wasn’t telling the truth until I saw the corpse’s eye that was not burnt too much by the fire. The pupils of those eyes are yellow gold and I never saw any person besides him who has gold eyes like Xeno…After that horrible sight, I completely lost hope and went b
I threw the ridiculous crown of branches and flowers on the bed and tear the dress from the hem out of frustration and grief, screaming in anger. My new maids got so scared that all of them ran outside the room with fear in their eyes, not wanting me to vent these feelings on them.I look at the wide mirror in front of me, the black pigment on my eyes had already melted down my cheeks because of the incessant tears that keep on flowing from my swelling eyes. But even before I break down into another scream again, the door opened and Phillius stormed inside the room, his eyes are darkened by the deep furrow of his eyebrows his lips stretched into a straight line. My heart suddenly froze in fear but I didn’t flinch from him when he walk towards me in heavy steps and grab me by my neck to look closely at my anguished face.“ENOUGH OF THIS, SAPPHIRE! There is no one to save you from here, anymore. You are all mine now! Remember that! MINE !!!” he growled at me, baring his teeth, and then
“Please ma’am you need to eat something! You’re starving yourself to death!”My stomach grumbles but I refuse to eat the breakfast that my new maid named Camila, an old woman, brought into my room. I have no track of what day today is, already. I am just glad that Phillius didn’t go back here last night because I wouldn’t know what will he do to me again if he did. He’s getting worse and worse every day and I couldn’t take it… I regret the day I came here to this mansion and just wished that I have just died with the Faeries in that caves than suffering in this place being food to Phillius’ strange craving for mana.Mana is a life force that exists in every living being on this planet. That is what Xeno had told me when he used to train me with his team but he always makes sure I also have my own kind of training that he said suits me best. It’s to use the magicules of life forces in my surroundings to replenish my own. I have no idea how he knew about it but there is a hunch in me th
I tried to look my best to let Phillius think I am not affected by what he had done to me last night and the food and the warm bath helped to lift my mood to do what he wants me to do today. Wearing a light blue dress with flowers embroidered on the hem, I chose to wear a sunglass with it today to hide the emotion in my eyes from Phillius. The brightness of the sun made a good excuse for me to use it so no matter how many times he raises his eyebrow at me every time he gazes at my face, he just lets me have it just so as not to start our day with another argument.“You look wonderful today, love. I wish I had come back with you last night but I had an emergency meeting with the Vegas Clan and I had to stay the whole night to solve that problem.” He whispered to me after we get inside his limousine and the chauffeur started driving the car to wherever Phillius wanted to take me.He gave me a teasing smile and took my hand to kiss it. The shackles that bound my hand clang at each other
“Darn it, Sapphire. Stop ruining your make-up. Please hold your tears back until the end of the ceremony,” Kelly scolded me. It was a bit funny though because when she was the one whose tears flowed incessantly down her cheeks as she watched the problematic makeup artist reapply the foundation on my cheeks.“Oh Kelly…” I helplessly looked at her as she wiped her face with a white handkerchief on the mirror, “Please don’t make me too nervous. I feel like I am already sick in my stomach thinking about the expectations of the people outside,”“You don’t have to think about any of them, Sapphire,” Ava uttered as she arranged the beautiful bouquet of white roses in her hands, “You just have to look straight in the aisle and just focus on Xeno. Just focus on him and breathe slowly and calmly. You will be alright,” she advised and held both hers and Kelly’s hand to ease the nervous feeling in my chest. They both gave me an encouraging smile as they helped me with my gown after the makeup art
Everyone was busy preparing for the wedding and volunteered to decorate the whole garden with white roses because they all knew it was always my favorite. Kelly has been busy managing the event with Ava because they want it to be perfect for me. Although they never wanted me in the venue, I still insisted on helping With the decorating because there are not many things to do in this place for me and I never want to go shopping just like Kelly suggested. I would rather stay here and be with them after Felrim gave me the very good news that he will bring my parents and my brother on the day of my wedding.And Xeno has been very busy with other stuff but he decided to delay all his meetings and stay with me the whole day today, organizing and arranging things to my liking. Kelly has been a great organizer though. I guess it was a talent she has been hiding from everyone and I believe it will open a great opportunity for her in the future. She’s a reliable person when you plan parties and
“I have never seen you blooming like this before, Sapphire. What happened?” Kelly asked me teasingly while giggling after she wrapped her arm around my arm and we both walked inside the Clarkson Mansion's garden. After the long trip from the villa back to this place, Xeno became too busy from all the meetings he arranged with all the advisors and staff of their family business and the people of his Clan. He finally embraced his destiny as the new Alpha and many are pleased that he is back, believing that peace will be eventually restored for all the people of the Clan. The ones who were not happy, the people who were loyal to Phillius had already made their exit and that was much better because Xeno believes that opposition in this pack will not be tolerated, especially since those people rely on Phillius’s greed after receiving so many gifts from Phillius just to gain all their support against Xeno.But now that my fiance is in charge, there is no way Xeno would let them continue t
"I can't believe it's almost over, Xeno. That I can finally sleep at night peacefully, without being scared someone would take me away from you again.""I will never let that happen again, baby. Never again, I swear," he whispered to me as he brushed away the strands of hair straying on my face. The party was a blast and I am happy that everyone finally got to enjoy their night even after Phillius suddenly appeared and surrendered himself to the Faes. And despite that Kelly declined Xeno’s offer to take over the Clan, I guess Xeno has no choice but to stay in that Mansion and manage everything until his father returns. I just can’t tell him that it’s ok for me if he would become the Alpha of his Clan but I know that he still has this trauma from his ancestors that he wants to run away from. But that pack was his legacy and so many of his people are counting on him for the changes that their pack needs. And I believe that Xeno is the kind of Alpha their Clan needs. He has more compass
“What is happening?”I didn’t notice that Xeno was already behind me when the three Faes came for Phillius. The confusion was etched all over his face as he looked at the three guards and then at his twin brother who batted an eye at the concerned expression on his face.“Don’t be too flustered, Xeno. I finally dare to face all the things that I did. You are right. Death is not the end of everything so I am hoping we could still see each other if I ever still have the chance to see both of you in the Realm of the Immortal,” Phillius smiled at his twin brother, his eyes full of peacefulness where I never saw any heavy or dark malice in them anymore. It was as if the antidote gave him a rebirth into a person that is now far from the evil’s grasp.“No Phillius… wait—”“No. Xeno,” Phillius furiously yelled at him, but there is no anger in his eyes but pain. I can see clearly that Phillius still doesn’t want to go and that he is scared that he will really be able to see Xeno once he enters
“Phillius—”Xeno’s hands quickly pulled me against him as if he had seen a monster from his nightmare. But I cannot blame him. Phillius indeed came back to his immaculate beauty. His hair was back to its golden color and shone under the lights of the chandelier, his body bulked and grew muscular once again, and his eyes were bright blue as if he had never experienced suffering from the curse all his life. He stood straight in his regal suit with all his focus on me while setting down the spoon and the glass of wine on the table. I never expected it but he smiled at both Xeno and me like he was a different person. All of us in the dining hall froze and even the musicians stopped playing music when all of them saw the terror on all of our faces.“I am sorry to interrupt the party but there is something I need to discuss with Sapphire,” he looked at Xeno with a humble smile which surprised both of us, “If that is okay with you, my twin brother.”Phillius' eyes were steady as he stared a
“Xeno.”“Kelly. I am glad you have already decided. Whatever it is, I want to let you know I respect it.” Xeno pat Kelly and William’s shoulder, “I support you guys whatever it is you want with your life. I am just happy that you’re here for Sapphire and me.”“You know we have been with you since the very start, Master Xeno,” Frix smiled at him and looked at me as he pursed his lips with a smile, “You have no idea how happy I am now that you’re both finally together again. You both have already gone through a lot, and we all witnessed your faith in each other.”“Wow, Frix, that was really touchy!” I chuckled at him and he just winked at me and pat Xeno on the shoulder. Kelly and I’s eyes caught each other and I knew right away that she was nervous to the core. She kept on pulling her fingers and puffing her cheeks as she blew out air, trying to ease the perturbation she felt in her chest. We all decided to make this night a formal theme to celebrate Kelly’s birthday. I didn’t know it
I can’t stay in the hallway and listen to what Xeno and the Fae talk about. I am too scared of what I might learn about Xeno’s past or maybe I just don’t want to hear the pain in his voice every time he has to explain it to the Fae to clear his name. I know this will not be easy for all of us now that the Immortal Realm is working on the matter after Felrim spilled everything to the authorities in that place. I cannot blame him though. He has to explain to them the things that happened to him and the reason why he was gone for so many centuries. I know that time was not too long for Faes who have eternity to live. But that must still be suspicious to them since they went here to check on me and make Phillius pay for all the horrible things that he had done to me and the other Faes that became his victim.Feeling lost in my thoughts, I found myself stepping inside the room where Phillius was sleeping. At first, I didn't know why my feet brought me here. It’s like my head was full of c
I can’t believe what Frix has just said.With a frantic heart, I quickly ran towards the house's main hall, expecting to see Felrim again. But why am I feeling too scared this time? Is it the fact that maybe they might not allow Xeno to go with me if they ever force that I have to go back to the Immortal Lands because I no longer should be in the mortal realm?My silver hair danced behind me as Kelly and I rushed to where the Faes that Frix was wheezing about. At first, I thought it was Felrim who was standing tall and straight in the middle of the hallway because he also had long silver hair as I have. But when the Fae turned to look in our direction, it was a different Fae and my heart suddenly shrank because there must be two reasons they are here. It is either about Phillius, or me. I didn’t realize there are two of them until I scanned the whole area.“Sapphire—”Another silver-haired Fae appeared from the other side of the hallways and was talking with Xeno, whose eyes automatic