LOGINCaspian:One Year LaterThe breeze was warmer today.Softer.Gentler in a way I hadn’t felt in years.More peaceful and more contenting, More calm and even happier.I stood at the edge of the gardens, the same gardens where so much had been taken from us, and so much had been given back, watching Ad
Valerie:The sun was rising over the horizon, golden streaks splitting the sky wide open, like a promise finally fulfilled.I stood at the highest point of the estate grounds, the wind tugging at my hair, the scent of fresh earth and morning dew wrapping around me like a cloak.It was over.Giovanni
“Impressive,” Giovanni called, his voice carrying easily across the clearing. His smile was cold, razor sharp. “I knew there was more to you, Valerie. I knew it from the second I laid eyes on you. I did say that I had more respect to you than I had for others, but it seems to me that I did not expec
Valerie:The boy's cries ripped through me like claws.My heart raced with each passing moment and I did my best not to harm that child. I did my best not to dirty my hands with his blood, to save him out of this, to get him out of this before the man played the game that I was not willing to handle
Caspian:The air was too still.It was the kind of stillness that came after the fight, when the blood had dried and the bodies were cleared, but before the real danger revealed itself.I didn’t like it. Not one damn bit.Because I knew that stillness was one that only told me that more danger was
Valerie:The earth still smelled of blood.I smelled of blood. People's blood the blood of our enemies the people who had dared invade our territory.The ground beneath our feet was turned upside down. We were going to need to fix that later, but I knew that the vines that worked their way from the
I frowned. “You came here to scold me? You really came here to remind me of something that I did not even want to think about right now?”“I came here to remind you who you are,” she said firmly. “You are not just my daughter. You are not just a sister who lost her brother. You are a Luna. You are t
Caspian:The bed was cold.My hand reached for her instinctively, brushing across the empty sheets where Valerie should have been. Her warmth lingered faintly, but she was gone. And with the way the house felt, still, quiet, I knew she hadn’t just stepped into the next room. She was up completely. S
Valerie:I felt like I hadn’t left the bed in days.I tried to, but my body would not allow it. It was as if it was complaining whenever I wanted to get up. It was as if my limbs were crying out in pain, begging me not to move, begging me to stay, showing me that I did not have a way out, that I wan
Caspian:I laid beside her in the dim room, the warmth of her body pressed gently against mine as the weight of silence settled over us. It wasn’t the uncomfortable kind. It was thick with meaning, with grief, with all the words she hadn’t had the strength to say until now.With all the pain that sh







