LOGINAt first, I didn’t believe it and started checking my own body. And sure enough, my skin is several shades lighter than usual. My legs even look slimmer, and my chest is bigger—which couldn’t help but make me happy since I’ve struggled with a tiny bust my whole life.
My hair really surprised me. It had grown past my shoulder blades, and my peroxide blonde was now almost white, with a slight lilac tint. Quite unusual and beautiful, I must admit. But what surprised me the most were my hands. From my wrists all the way up to my shoulders, they were covered in some kind of black tattoos! Examining my limbs, I realized it didn’t really look like typical tattoos. It was more like a design on my skin—very clear and detailed, with delicate, precise, and refined patterns. Usually, tattoos blur over time; the outlines aren’t as sharp as when first done, and the colors fade slightly. But here… everything was perfect, incredible! I actually liked the design. It consisted of a beautiful, intricate ornament intertwined with flexible stems of some plants and flowers. Although there were no actual flowers—only closed buds, one of which stood out especially large. Looking myself over more carefully, I discovered another tattoo at the very bottom of my stomach, starting just below my belly button and trailing downward, crossing over my pubic area and… oh gods! Down there! What a scandal! And those buds again! Though honestly, in the overall design, it was actually quite pretty. So there I am, standing awkwardly with my panties and pajama shorts pulled aside, inspecting my newly upgraded feminine assets, when I hear a distinct whistle. Spinning around sharply, I see two huge men watching me, whispering to each other and quietly chuckling! I flushed red as a tomato. How embarrassing! But all shame vanished the moment those two hulks gave me a predatory grin and started approaching, mumbling something in a language I couldn’t understand. I didn’t need a translator to guess their intentions—judging by their rapidly adjusting pants, the way they kept glancing at each other, and laughing. I’ve never felt this kind of fear and panic—not even when I first found myself in this strange new world. Well, damn, Isabella! You barely got to know this strange, wonderful new world, and now two big brutes are about to violate you! Looks like my everyday life is about to get a lot more interesting... and my sexual experience too. Not sure I’ll survive this, though. I suddenly spin around and bolt, trying to escape. But my attempt is cut short before it even really starts—I crash painfully into the broad chest of another man. Like running full speed into a tree, it knocks the wind out of me. With horror, I look up—and panic and fear freeze me solid when I see his eyes: red irises, studying me closely. Oh my God… could he be… some kind of demon?! I try to pull away from this monster, but grasping hands hold me tight in place. Flashing me an angry glare, the man growls something. “I don’t understand you! Let me go!” I start struggling, but it’s useless. The two men from behind approach us and say something to the big guy. After listening to them, the brute—not exactly pleasant—grabs me by the chin and begins turning my head from side to side, inspecting me closely. Then, shamelessly, he lifts my pajama shirt and looks at my stomach, slightly pulling down my shorts. “Hey! Don’t get fresh with me, you bastard!” I protest, grabbing the idiot’s hand and pushing it away. Growling, the man eyes me up and down, then with a satisfied smirk mutters something to his men. It’s clear who the boss is—those two guys lower their heads, looking disappointed and obedient. Suddenly, my feet lifted off the ground, and in a rude, barbaric way, I was tossed over someone’s shoulder and dragged off to who knows where. My struggling, kicking, and heavy swearing lasted about twenty minutes. After that, completely exhausted, I just dangled on the man, whose strength didn’t seem bothered at all by my weight—he didn’t even miss a breath. He kept walking, chatting with his friends. It seemed my fate was clear and sealed. Despair gripped my entire being, and tears were ready to burst out in a flood—when I saw we were approaching some settlement. It looked like the one I had seen from the ledge. Before I could even feel a flicker of hope or get a good look around, they started dragging me to a shabby hut on the very outskirts—without even entering the settlement itself. The man carrying me barked something to his friends, who laughed and walked away while I was shoved into the lair. That’s it! They’ve assigned me! Apparently, this huge moron will be first in line to violate me, and there’s no one to save me…Naufal vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared, leaving behind only a pile of unanswered questions about himself.We stayed in Zergedia for another two weeks, restoring some semblance of order after our undoubtedly unforgettable wedding. Administrative matters of the kingdom took time as well, but once they were settled, we were finally ready to head for Virolia.The road back to Briol was nowhere near as difficult as it had been when I was just a candidate—after all, there were now four formidable mages traveling together.My powers have grown very significantly. Now I can not only read people, but also influence their consciousness, heal them, and even create simple objects.As for Kays and Laverna—I won’t even start. They’re like the fully maxed-out final boss from a video game now. But Anton got a very interesting gift too. He can create objects simply by thoroughly imagining and designing them in his mind! Letting a mage–engineer–inventor like that slip away would have been m
"My name is Naufal," the dark-haired man introduced himself, and only then did I really get a good look at him. He was tall and powerfully built, with jet-black hair. Young, devilishly handsome, his sharp black eyes holding a kind of animal magnetism."You’re two-faced, metamorph, like… a skirefen," the realization suddenly hit me. "But you’re light. Not like Bahira was…""Yes," the man sighed somehow wearily. "There are many two-faced beings in this world, just as there are many of our kinds.Then why didn’t you fight in your second form?" I couldn’t understand it. I had read that a second form could be many times stronger than a human one."Believe me, Your Majesty, it’s better for everyone when I stay in human form," I saw him tense. The topic was clearly unpleasant for him—perhaps even painful.Looking at him more closely, I could tell there was a lot weighing on him. Everyone carries their own secrets, fears, and deeds they’re not proud of—burdens we drag with us through life."A
“Anton!” Laverna cried out in fear, looking at her beloved. “Be careful…”“I will,” the redhead grinned and quickly kissed his green-eyed girl. “I have someone to live for.”He disappeared, and the witch let out a nervous breath, worried. Then she pulled herself together and turned back to us.“Good,” the mage continued. “We need to get closer, and as soon as the arrows rain down, we can begin.”We started moving in, and I saw my beloved’s lips press into an unhappy line when he noticed our maneuver. Laverna raised a protective dome over us, and that… whoever he was, helped Kays.Suddenly the monster thrashed even more furiously, clearly displeased by our coordinated actions. With a deafening crack, one of its legs slammed into the ground—and hundreds of spiders, each the size of a large dog, began crawling out from beneath it!Everyone’s attention shifted to the crawling horror. It turned into a real massacre. Our mages spared no strength against those creatures, but there were far t
Iza:“How many?!” I couldn’t believe my ears. Everything inside me went cold with fear, and I swear my heart skipped into arrhythmia.Well there you go, Iza! If you’d gone to even one ultrasound, you’d have known! Though, honestly, it’s probably good I didn’t—my depression would’ve been even worse. So that’s why I was eating like a maniac, blaming it all on gluttony.“My love, I love you, and I’ll help with everything—don’t worry,” my husband said, pulling me into his arms. And I had an unbearable urge to snap his magic staff in half!One child is shock and joy. Two—I could agree, maybe later, in time. But three. At once. Welcome, moral exhaustion, sleepless nights, hair loss, and teeth falling out…“Iza,” I felt Kays’s gentle kiss on my lips pull me out of the whirlpool of horrific thoughts. “I can see you winding yourself up already. Don’t. I’m here.”“And we’re here too,” I heard Laverna say with a smile. Anton was holding her tightly, buried in her hair. “If anything—we’ll help.”
“What?!” I didn’t understand.“No time to explain! You and that witch should have enough strength to bring them back! Do it—now! I’ll cover you! I’ll tell you what to do next later!”From the ferocity and strength with which the brunette attacked the skirefen, I realized he was on our side. Grabbing the furious Laverna, I pulled her behind a corner of the palace, where it was relatively safer.“What the hell, Kays?!” Lavi snarled, straining to jump back into the fight. “I’ll break all her legs!”“If you haven’t noticed, they grow back instantly!” I tried to reason with her. “We have to bring them back—now!”“Fine, but it’s not that simple,” Laverna gave in. “Across countless worlds and timelines, finding them isn’t easy. Marifeia and I tried to retrieve the keys several times—and it worked only once.”“Yes—but you didn’t know where to look,” I pressed on. “I have a kind of beacon in Iza.”“Right!” My friend’s eyes lit up with joy. “The child can help! We’ll find them by a familiar, na
Kays:The happiest day of my life turned, in a single instant, into a living nightmare and a desperate fight. And not just for me…Bahira—sweet and quiet back in my youth—turned out to be nothing like the person she pretended to be. Of all the things in this world, I would never have suspected her of being a SKIREFEN.Now everything is painfully clear. All those years ago, that creature simply enchanted me with her magic, and I truly believed I loved her. That’s why nothing stirred inside me when the brunette returned. Back then, I wasn’t a mage—I was young, foolish, and easily influenced from the outside. And even now! Skirefens are such monstrously powerful magical beings that even with a gift as strong as mine, I couldn’t see the horrific creature she truly was.But Iza could.Yes, she can’t incinerate enemies with magic or manipulate matter to create objects. Her gift is purely creative—but it’s incredibly powerful and immensely valuable.The moment my beloved prepedolka saw the d







