LOGINBut only one sapling survived.Asher’s.I never understood why. And before I could find out, I had to destroy the carvera to save Xanthea.I knew Asher was powerful.But to survive such high rank celestial weapons? To fight four gods alone while being wounded by holy rain and trapped within a divine
His fists tightened. But he did not deny it.I let out a sigh.“This will break you,” I said quietly. “Asher and I are different. But Ezra? How will you watch him suffer all over again? How will you end the life you once saved with your own?”A shudder ran through his body, pain fracturing his compo
[Raven]“Ruhna is a prophesied wolf now. So, I can’t say for certain. But when she was Cadence’s wolf, Lord Yandor told me she was powered by soullight.”My eyes widened.Soullight.The word seared through my veins like acid.Soullight was an element of the soul — abundant in celestials, dormant in
But she would have the freedom to choose her methods.And from what I knew of her…If she can take a dagger to her heart for someone like me, then for Ezra—She wouldn’t hesitate to experiment on people.“The carvera X23,” Azum said, walking beside me. “Was it one of your experiments?”I nodded.“An
Because right now, I saw no way out of our curse.My research was ruined, and so was Asher’s plan.“Xanthea wouldn’t give you the kind of weak children you needed as curse blockers for your sacrifice, even if she conceived,” Azum said.“The curse will not let her conceive,” I replied.I wouldn’t let
[Raven]“Yours?” Azum tilted his head.Stepping closer to me, he held my glare.“Are you sure you possess the power to make her yours?” Azum questioned my claim, yet it felt as though he had questioned my entire belief system.In my arrogance, I opened my mouth to reassert it.But the word ‘mine’ t
His jaw muscles flexed as he clenched his teeth. I kept stepping away from him, breathing heavily. Raven exchanged a look with Asher. Asher pressed a button on the watch and before I could look back at Raven, he was gone. Heat prickled on my back, causing a shiver to race up my spine, as his deep
“Xanthea… is that you?” I heard the familiar voice of the old lady who was my neighbor, Mrs Miller. Wiping off my tears, I stood up and walked to the fence between our houses that were a little more than my knee height. She was the only neighbor who talked to me. She even took care of my flowers wh
“The reason I brought all of you here today is…” Raven took out a page from the medical reports and looked at me. “What is that?” Ezra asked, scrunching his face. “The letter this omega wrote in the time she could have used to uproot the carvera and it has come to my knowledge that she knew how t
[Xanthea] Just the thought of it made me break into cold sweat even when I was submerged in a fragrant bath. Mavka and a few other maids prepared me for the night while neither my body nor my heart nor my mind were ready for it. As the time of their arrival drew nearer, my anxiousness grew louder







