She nodded. "Mommy can testify," she answered while still bubbling with excitement. Then I looked up at her mother who bowed at me. "I came to offer a hand," she announced. "Thank you," I whispered. Then I gestured at Selene. "You can go to her. She'll assign a job to you." She nodded and walke
DARK DREAM ~ISSA "You're hurting her!" I fell back in shock. I looked down at my hands in disbelief. These hands were the same hands that had healed hundreds of people. What had happened here today? Why was I unable to heal her like before? What was happening to me? My heart started pounding
Was that little moment enough for them to consume me? To contaminate me? "No, it's not enough. I am stronger than that. The monolith sucked me in for years, yet I still survived. What's a little demon problem that I cannot resist?" I asked myself as I picked up my pace. But I thought back to Tam
I took in another deep breath before entering the palace again. Then I allowed my memory to lead me to my mother. I knew that she would be in the throne room as of now, unless she had changed all her habits. The maids who passed me bowed and I tried to tell myself to at least smile at them. No one
THE DARK SIDE ~ISSA My hand burned from the pain that the talisman had inflicted upon me. I looked down at the talisman in horror. How was that possible? Why had it burnt me? What did this mean? Silence befell both my mother and I as I glared at the fallen object. My heart started hammering he
HEART EATER ~ISSA I gasped awake. I was still lying on the ground when I became exhausted. I slowly lifted myself and looked down at my hand only to flinch. There were dark and sharp talons staring back at me. My heart skipped two beats as I stared at them. How did I get these? Where did th
That was when I started feeling changes, and differences in my body. The cold grew stronger and I felt unimaginable power unleash itself into me. "This will help you through the process of the resurrection. . ." They whispered in a seductive tone. I swallowed hard and that was when they released
THE WEDDING ~RAINBOW I released a shaky breath as I stared back at my reflection. I looked happy. I looked beautiful. I felt better than I had ever felt in my entire life. My heart was pounding heavily, and I would not lie. I was as nervous as fuck but I knew that I was doing the right thing.