MasukDAZE"Felda… you did this.""You killed my mate and ran away with my pup!"“Ahhhhh!” I screamed, my claws digging into the wall until it cracked. Pain shot up my arms, but I didn’t care. Nothing mattered anymore. My chest heaved with rage, grief, and a thousand thoughts I couldn’t control. I could feel the world spinning, yet nothing could touch the fire in my blood.King Finnian was there, trying to calm me down, but I barely noticed him. Everyone had come after the news reached them. They had heard my mate was dead. Her sister had been crying since the day it happened, blaming herself for leaving her behind. King Finnian held her in his arms, murmuring soft words I didn’t want to hear. Her parents had been grieving too, silent and broken, their tears were like knives stabbing at the emptiness I felt.I went mad the next day when I saw my mate in cold blood. I saw the ruin she had left behind, my guards were slaughtered like lambs, their lifeblood was painting the earth. I ran thro
FELDAEverything she said kept ringing in my head like a curse I couldn’t shake off. Elsa… in labour… dying. The words sank into me slowly, like cold water sliding down my spine. I blinked and looked up, expecting to still see Emora standing there, crying, begging, and breaking. But she was gone.My heart jumped.“Emora?” My voice cracked. “Emora!”I rushed out of the cave like something was chasing me. My feet hit the wet forest ground, and I didn’t care that branches tore at my skin. I pushed through tall grass and thick bushes, shouting her name again and again.“Emora! Please, where are you?! Come back to me!”My voice echoed into the trees like a frantic animal. I searched like a madwoman, turning left and right, dragging my fingers through the dark leaves as if I could pull her out of them.I shouldn’t have said those things to her. I shouldn’t have slapped her. I shouldn’t have called her a snake. What was wrong with me? Why did I always push away the only person who stayed? Wa
FELDAI didn’t understand why she wouldn’t leave me alone. Why did none of them ever stop touching what should’ve been dead years ago? They all wanted me broken, torn apart, crawling in the dirt while they watched and laughed. But the Moon Goddess had her own plans. She kept me alive, not because she loved me… but because of Emora.If that girl hadn’t sneaked out that night, if she hadn’t poured that bitter antidote down my throat while everyone wanted me gone, I would’ve died from the poison. A slow, burning death. Maybe that would’ve given them peace.So I stayed alive. Because one soft-hearted girl disobeyed her orders.I shouldn’t have been surprised when I later heard everything, every lie, every poison, every betrayal was caused by Velin. I had always known she had a hand in it. Arianna wouldn’t work for anyone without a bigger monster behind her. Velin was that monster. I wished her dead a thousand times over. I wished the ground would swallow her bones.When she finally paid t
ELSAI hadn’t had peace of mind since the moment I learned the truth about what we’d done to Queen Felda. I found out from her maid that she was the one who had truly saved Daze. She had given up her only chance at happiness for him. And Daze didn’t know. He probably hated her so much that he wished she’d died instead… He never wanted me to speak her name.Guilt gnawed at me every day, heavy and relentless. I couldn’t undo the wrong, I couldn’t erase the past, but maybe… maybe I could ask for forgiveness. If it were even possible.I sent men to find her, careful that Daze never knew. They tracked her to a remote cave. When I learned she was alive, my heart ached and swelled at the same time. She had survived alone, abandoned by everyone even her family, the people she trusted. She was stronger than I could have ever imagined.I wrote her a letter, pouring everything out. I told her what I knew about her, how grateful I was for all she’d done, how I had betrayed her. At the end, I aske
ISOLDE I couldn’t believe this day had finally come. I never thought I would feel this kind of happiness, this kind of ending that felt like a dream I was too scared to speak aloud. I had always imagined being with Finnian, yes, but never imagined standing beside him as a queen. The thought made my chest tighten and my heart flutter.He had insisted we marry before his coronation, and as always, the elders had no choice but to obey. They muttered among themselves, their anger barely hidden, but it didn’t matter. I thought we had freedom... freedom to choose whom we wanted as long as they wanted us but Finnian had shown me that fate had already chosen for us.The maids fussed over me as I sat in front of the mirror, letting them dress me in the red royal gown Finnian had chosen. It shimmered with gold stones, catching the light with every movement, reflecting the kind of elegance only a queen could carry. I was silent, letting them braid and twist my hair, letting their hands prepare
ISOLDEI closed the door quietly, expecting the familiar face of one of my maids, but it wasn’t them, it was Finnian. Standing there, framed in the doorway, my chest clenched at the sight. I didn’t want to see him. I wasn’t ready.“Let me in, Isolde,” he said, frustration bleeding into his voice, his power barely contained in the room. I hesitated. But then, my curiosity won over my pride, and I opened the door. He stepped inside, cautious at first, then bold, reaching as if to touch me.“I-Isolde…” His voice was soft, almost pleading.“What are you doing here, Finnian?” I asked, keeping my tone steady, though my heart thudded against my ribs. He raised a brow, a flicker of impatience passing over his features.“You’re asking what I’m doing in my mate’s chamber?”My lips pressed into a thin line. “So now… You remember I’m your mate, after a moon of anger and… forgetfulness? I didn’t even know we’d see each other again,” I said quietly, sadness slipping into my words. I saw the guilt f







