تسجيل الدخول~ODETTELyora, Nyra’s mother hugged me. Tight.My body stiffened even further. The pathetic woman thought I was her daughter!“Oh my dear child… I was so worried…” she kept mumbling as she squeezed me against her body even tighter.I felt claws over my skin and disgust washed over me. But no matter how my body felt, I couldn’t bring myself to pull away.It was like some kind of curse that forced my body and soul to want different things… to feel different things…While my brain screamed with disgust at the contact, another part of me started to weaken as Lyora’s hug became warm— and it didn’t stop there.The warmth she brought began to spread through the cold etched in my body. It melted away my stiff resolve and opened up an old path through my memories.A path I had buried long ago… a memory so far away, it felt strange…A memory filled with warmth and love.My mother’s hug.My eyes turned glassy as the pictures shuffled, then settled in that old memory. A long time ago when I still
~ODETTEI gasped awake.My body instantly stiffened into alertness as my eyes found the boys laying in bed with me.The flashes of what we had done came back and my stomach turned.We had sex. And they drank from me. All thanks to Varek’s manipulation!Anger surged through me and I narrowed my eyes on him. The monster who started all of these— Varek!He was fast asleep in Lyon’s body. For a moment one could even think that it was just Lyon in there.But I knew better.Because while he looked normal, the triplets didn’t. They were on the bed, barely moving like they were asleep too.But they weren’t.Their eyes were wide awake, staring into the ceiling without even a blink.It was almost like their bodies were shut down, yet somehow, they were still there.Were they?To be sure, I moved my hands slowly from my side. Then I brought it over their faces.Just like I thought, they still didn’t blink nor react.My heart skipped in that moment because against my pride, I realized one thing.
~ODETTEAs Nyra’s voice echoed in my head, my expression morphed further into irritation.“You really think a pathetic weakling like you can come up with a solution… and I will listen?”‘Odette this is clearly beyond you,’ she countered and my eyes almost popped in rage.“I have defeated Varek before—”‘That was centuries ago! He is much stronger now! You can’t do it on your own anymore!’Her words sent a surge of anger through me and I snapped;“I am Odette! The High Priestess of the goddess herself! You think you are smarter, you pathetic little thing?”‘Yes, you are the high priestess… But you forget that you are in my body. You forget that your abilities are somewhat limited…’Her counters hit deep and in that moment, I knew it was beneath me to continue this conversation.So rather than respond to her, I pushed her aside.She was too weak. How could she even dare assume that she could contribute anything to the situation!?“Your body, my foot!” I hissed, tuning her off.‘Odette,
~LYORAThe screams from the sudden chaos in the pack shook me from where I was in my room.My heart flew to my throat as my daughter came to mind. Was she back? Did the men find them?They had been kidnapped by Eryndor’s men the previous night and while I almost lost my mind waiting, I still held on to hope.But all that hope was shattered the second those screams echoed again.This time, I heard them loud and clear.They were not joyous screams to welcome Lyon or my Nyra— they were screams of horror.Trouble had come.Quickly, I dropped to my knees and went to the balcony to observe what exactly was happening.At first, I saw the guards running. Then I saw the fight and the source of the screaming.The ground was already getting painted with blood… from our side.Because the opponents were too strong. Too fast.My instincts screamed at me to run— or find a place to hide— till the trouble was over.At least that would give me high chances of finding my daughter.But my curiosity got t
~ODETTEVarek and the triplets moved fast through the shadows. I couldn’t keep up with the scenery of where they were headed along with me.I remained firmly on Sylver’s shoulders, not even getting a chance to reach the other boys.Not like they were going to be of any help. I was the only one who could stop Varek before he destroyed everything.He was mad and he had to be stopped.My powers could do it. But I had to first break free from his oppressing control over me. How was he even doing it? How could I—My thoughts suddenly came to a halt as I realized the scenes around me were no longer blurry.We had stopped moving.“Pass her over to me,” I heard Varek command.Sylver immediately pulled me off his shoulder and passed me unto him.My eyes quickly scanned the place and with a shocking skip in my heart, I realized that we were standing in front of the powerful Blood Hollow Pack of the Thornevales!“State your business or leave in peace!” The guards at the top of the wall called o
~ODETTEI watched cautiously as Varek turned to the fool, Eryndor Dasilva.“I never did anything for vampires,” Varek shrugged, glaring at the fool before him.Eryndor had his jawline hitting the ground as he looked around helplessly— like I was going to say anything more to him.Poor Nyra had tried to warn him already but he didn’t listen. Now, I was going to enjoy watching him gloat in his foolishness.“But my elder— you are our elder. You should care about us. You should fight for us—” he stupidly spewed.Varek threw his head back in a dark chuckle. “Again, let me remind you since you have so conveniently forgotten your history. I do not owe anything to vampires. They are not my creation…”Eryndor’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets at Varek’s explanation.“Are you— I never said you had a— do you have a creation?” he stuttered in utter confusion.Varek spread his arms and nodded. “Yes, your goddess isn’t the only one who can create. I do have my own creation now.”Eryndor let
~RYLANThe entire table was quiet, save for Father’s booming voice as he went on with his command—About our mate.“Now, I am going to let you— Danielle choose,” Father went on, turning his large smile away from Lyon and to Danielle.Danielle’s smile appeared ghostly as she agreed to Father’s comma
~LYONAs I took in Ried’s absurd words, the water I was sipping went down the wrong pipe.I started coughing violently, dragging even Ried’s attention onto me.It took a couple of seconds for the choking to stop and for me to recompose myself.But Ried’s eyes did not stray from me.His strained eye
~CASSIANNyra’s question felt like a bulb had been turned on in my head, a bulb I never thought to explore.The journal.Of course, there had to be something in there. Something I never thought to look into all these years.Why didn’t I think of this earlier?“Did she ever keep one?” Nyra’s voice t
~SYLVERMy anger multiplied like sand in a desert storm.The tolerance for what was happening in my house was slowly failing, and I could feel my control slipping away with each passing second.And it was all because of Lyon.It was already terrible that Father accepted him as his son. Even worse t







