Chapter – 18

Aluxious rolled the broken arrowhead between his thumb and index finger. His brows almost touched with a permanent frown on his face. He sniffed the poisoned tip that now contained his dried blood.

It was the pattern of the handmade arrowhead that drew his attention. That design so intricate, it stroke a sense of nostalgia. He couldn’t put his finger on that particular memory. He had seen it before. The elegant petals of the flower he didn’t know the name of stood out like an emblem.

He spun the arrowhead again and leaned against the tree he was perched on. In the distance, Reyna rolled on the animal fur spread on the snow bed. Her body tremored slightly. She curled further, hugging her knees to her chest. Her emotions were in turmoil when she wasn’t asleep. Did I take her choice away?

Aluxious ground his jaws. Stubborn female. She thought only about him, but not her. Even now he could feel her hunger gnawing at her insides.  She refus