LOGINLyra's POV:The hand of the man in the shadow remained on her shoulder, and with every second that passed where she was in that position, Lyra got more scared.She had tried to shift out of the arm grabbing her, but the man’s grip was so firm and steady that she knew if she dared move, something was going to happen to her, and it was going to be something that she didn’t like.So, she pushed back whatever rage she felt and tried to force out her fear. For several seconds after the man spoke up, she didn’t say anything, didn’t even dare breathe too loudly.They were in the shadows, and that meant the night had become deadly quiet. Because of Damien’s rushed entrance into the hall, the sounds of celebration from the grand hall had been reduced to little more than distant echoes.The man tightened his grip on her shoulder, so she swallowed, and quickly answered him."You said..." she began to speak, cautiously picking her words, "that you want Damien and Nyssa gone.""I do," the man answ
Nyssa's POV:The very first thing I felt when I woke up was warmth, and I let out a sigh of relief when I realized that the pain was finally gone. For one, long second, I closed my eyes back and took a deep breath, letting the feeling of warmth I felt from him ground me. The splitting agony that had nearly split my head up was now gone. And the feeling of being free from pain was heavenly. And yet, the memories of the intense pain I felt had caused a small amount of trauma. So, before even opening my eyes, I raised my head up, expecting a slight stab of pain, but I felt nothing. I let out a relieved sigh and smiled as I fully opened my eyes and looked around the chambers. I had woken up later than I had expected. It was late enough that the sunlight streaming into the chambers had painted it into a fully golden room. It was at least mid-morning. I remembered the pain, but for about a minute after I woke up, I could not remember anything else. The memory of the past day came crashin
Damien's POV:Nyssa rose straight up, her face was stricken with fear for a second, before she screamed out loud."Damien!" her voice was filled with so much pain, it wrecked my heart.Slowly, tears began to slid down her cheeks. My heart nearly stopped as I stared at her in surprise. One second, she was in bed, unconscious. The next, she was upright, her eyes wide, and her chest heaving as terror spread through her body.The force of her voice seemed to shake the entire room, and I immediately moved beside her and gently held her."Nyssa." I called out slowly,Her gaze locked onto mine, but when she turned to face me, she could not recognize me. There was too much pain and grief in her eyes. It was though she had just witnessed something terrible and it had shattered her.Then her breathing began to slow, and gradually, the pain subsided, her eyes grew heavy, and she blinked. The tension slowly left her body, and before I could stop her, she collapsed back onto the mattress. And in a
Lyra's POV:She should have left. She should have. And yet, why was she still here? No matter how long she thought, or how hard she tried. She just couldn’t bring herself to leave.That thought of leaving the ceremony had crossed Lyra's mind at least twenty times since the moment it ended. And yet, she was still there, still standing inside a grand hall that was slowly turning empty. Still holding a half-empty glass and pretending as though she belonged.Even though she didn’t want to acknowledge it, she knew the real reason why she was still there. Nyssa had hurt her. And she hadn’t done it with words, threats or violence. No, Nyssa had hurt her by the absence of reaction in her gaze when she noticed Lyra.The casual dismissal and the ease with which Nyssa had turned around still burned brightly in her mind. She could still recall how frozen she had been when she realized that Nyssa didn’t even care about her. She had never felt so ignored, so empty, so useless before in her life.And
Nyssa's POV:Pain. For the first time in my life, I could not feel anything else but pain.This wasn’t some sort of headache, or discomfort. No, this was pure pain and agony, and it was on a level that I never ever thought could even be possible.The pain that exploded through my skull was so intense that it felt as though someone had driven molten steel directly into my brain. I screamed, not because it could help alleviate the pain, but because it was the only thing I could do.The sound tore itself right through my chest, and it was so intense that I felt my body begin to break from within. Just a few seconds ago, I was in bed with the man I loved with all my heart, completely safe and happy. The next, everything was gone from me.I couldn’t even open my eyes, nor could I breathe, think or move. All I wanted, all I could even want, was just freedom. Was release from this pain.No matter how much I wished for it to end, the pain continued. It was relentless, endless and all-consuming
Damien's POV:"Nyssa?" I called out with a pained voice.One second, everything had been perfect. And the next, she had screamed with far more pain in her voice than I had ever heard before in anyone else's voice.The sound was so harsh and loud that it ripped through the room like the spinning blade of a fan. The moment I heard her scream, I sat upright, my body moving before my brain had even gotten the chance to send the signal to it."Nyssa!" I called out again, my voice filled with fear as I reached out my trembling hands towards her.Nyssa had doubled over on the bed, both of her hands were clutching her head and her entire body was shaking and convulsing, as though she was having a seizure so painful, she could not even control herself.A second after I called out to her, another scream rippled out of her throat. It was raw, agonized, and just terrified enough that for a second, my heart stopped with complete fear.I immediately reached for her shoulders and grabbed it, taking e
It took another couple of minutes before everything was finalized. It would have been done faster but Vivienne kept objecting to everything everyone said. I could tell that I was not exactly loved by everyone here, but Vivienne was by far the most pissed out of everyone else here.She clearly felt t
For the first time since entering the engraved walls of the Crescent Court, I was genuinely surprised.They wanted all of them, every single shipment? My mind immediately went to calculating just how much scale I had, and the inventory I still had left.I already had several shipments that were supp
Nyssa’s POV:The atmosphere inside the inner hall shifted the moment Marianne stood up and spoke out loud, “Let the meeting start.”Heavy silence immediately followed after as everyone subconsciously turned to face me. This was the kind of silence used for intimidation. Somehow, they wanted me to br
Blade’s POV:It had been a long time since Blade had seen Damien angry. Ever since they were kids, they had been as close as brothers, but with separate personalities.Despite his smile that was seemingly plastered on his scarred face, Blade was the one who was prone to anger, and that was why all t







