JONEA"What do you do there?"Owen screamed so loudly I almost fell. I held on to the window sill very tightly.Owen approaches me with big strides. If caught, he would attack me and throw me off the second-floor balcony.I took a step back to take a swing when Owen opened his bedroom window roughly."Are you out of your mind? Why are you standing on my balcony at this hour? Explain to me, Jonea Rawling!""Of course, because I can't sleep!" I replied harshly. "This is all your fault! You said that I might die in six months. Imagine if you were me. Can you sleep well when you know death is in sight?"Owen let out a few rough breaths. He even closed and opened his eyes repeatedly. He seemed to be trying to control himself before returning to face me."You said… I-will-die!" I repeated once again.Until now, I never really imagined death would come this quickly.What have I been doing all my life? What good things have I done? Meanwhile, I haven't been able to free Aland, who is currentl
JONEA"Stop crying! I won't be able to understand if you don't say anything but cry and cry!" shouted Marilyn, who couldn't hold back her patience anymore.Marilyn had never been this mad at me. Maybe I've gone too far this time. I also stopped crying. I wiped my tears and wiped my snot that kept dripping. I already finished a box of tissues."You've calmed down now?"I nodded."Then, try to sequence the story from the beginning. Why are you crying like this? What happened to you?""My life will end, Marilyn. I only have six months left. I will die then. But, before that time comes, I must be able to save Aland no matter what."Marilyn was stunned. Her face turned pale. We stood on the roof of one of the deserted campus buildings.We ditched our first class that morning. Marilyn saw me coming with a puffy face and swollen eyes. She also decided to ditch and invite me to talk on the roof."Watch your mouth, Jonea! You can't just talk nonsense on Blue Sapphire. Now, even walls have ears
DARAN"Oh, you're back already? I hear you're on a trip with your betas."I was visiting Evangelista at her shop. She seemed to be busy forging a sword. I thought it was an order from someone extraordinary."Well, we checked the magic seals at the border. I had to work hard because you refused my assignment, Eve. How outrageous. You are the commander-in-chief of our pack. But, you are also the hardest dissident to control."Eve just chuckled.She was wearing a dark grey jumpsuit. She took off her jumpsuit top and only wore a tank top. Then she tied the sleeves of the jumpsuit around her waist. While talking to me, Eve didn't even look at me. She focused on the blazing fire before her to forge the sword."Why did you bother forging all that iron? You can use your magic abilities, can't you?"Sparkling embers."Something produced by shortcuts, then its useful life can't last long. No matter how great the magic ability, nothing can beat the pleasure of working on forging these weapons di
JONEAMarilyn dragged me to a bar which is about 15 minutes walk from campus. The place was very crowded, like most bars. The difference is tonight was dominated by students from our department."Goddes, look! They were drunk even before coming here," whispered Marilyn.I grumbled as I started to enter the bar. Countless students had almost lost consciousness. They are all drunk.I even saw lovers almost shamelessly making out in some dark corners.Marilyn kept pulling my hand. It seemed she feared I would disappear again like the last time we were at the club."Watch your step, Jonea! Don't keep looking around. You will be mistaken for a cheap girl.""Who came up with the ridiculous idea to organize a welcoming event like this?""Of course, the student head in our department. Who else do you think? I heard they are also holding this party to welcome someone.""Who?" I ask."Dunno; we'll also find out later when they announce it."The girls from our batch assemble in one place, talkin
JONEAHunter's hand caught in the air. I saw someone come and grab him.Everyone who was there gasped, including me. He appeared and prevented Hunter from touching me."You don't see how uncomfortable she is? Watch your attitude and don't carelessly touch other people, especially without asking permission first.""Owen?" I snapped out of the shock."Who are you? What business do you have with us?" Hunter gave Owen a look of hostility and hissed.I could see Owen gripping Hunter's hand very tightly. It seemed Hunter was also enduring the pain but trying to keep a straight face in front of us all.I put my hand on Owen's arm and asked him to stop.Owen let go of his grip. The two men now acted as if nothing had happened.Owen immediately turned to me and spoke softly. "You are okay? I'm looking for you everywhere. It seems you are here."Owen's appearance was like a saviour god. I am curious to know how he got here. Now he even bowed and became a separator between me and Hunter.I thoug
OWENI can't be free to manoeuvre because I must consider Jonea's safety. I firmly grip the steering wheel and continue to spur the car with the maximum speed permitted by this country's rules.Next to me, Jonea screamed in fear. I can't spur even faster because it will trigger alarm danger to us. But they continue to pursue it. I have to direct them to a place far from the supervision of Blue Sapphire.I glance at every road sign and pay attention to every surveillance camera that actively monitors all road users' movements."Damn it! I can only spur up to the maximum limit allowed by the rules. And they are getting closer, almost following us.""What creature exactly are they, Owen?" Jonea shouted."Supernatural creatures sent by someone." I looked at the windshield of the car. "Tonight is the night of hunting. Most werewolves will go to the forest and return to their respective packs to hunt. While the magicians usually release their creatures to practice.""You mean ... practising
JONEA"Purifying and eliminating unnatural, supernatural energy is our job. That's why you can use our abilities, Jonea."They are the Jeverics who live in this forest. Because none of them I recognize. There is no Roka, Moka, or Koka. Although their body shape is at first glance the same, there are some prominent differences. The jeverics in this forest have little wings behind their legs.What should I do? These shadow wolves kept appearing even more in numbers. I can't fight them alone, either. Wait, Owen? Where is he?I frantically look for Owen. I didn't realize we were separated. And I need to find out where he is now. I was utterly alone, and the shadow wolves surrounded me like swarms of bees. They got closer while showing their fangs. Their growls were loud in the cold air."Make your decision right now, Jonea!" herd leader Jeverics insisted.I closed my eyes to calm down and reason. What decisions should I make right now?I heard Daran's voice echo inside my head. Is this re
JONEA"The blood of the red moon's sacred is like a limitless reserve of magic power. However, the body that is the vessel for the holy blood is very fragile."It was as if the man was talking to me instead of Daran.This is the first I've heard of something like this. I tried to look back to see and confirm this man's face. Again he held me and did not allow me to see his face."Only by living can you absorb and produce such powerful magic energy. Why do you think wizards, werewolves, Jeveric, and other supernatural beings keep circling around and trying to get to you? Because you radiate powerful spiritual energy, Jonea.""Your energy lured them all to come. In the end, your body will not be strong enough to face and accept it. Suppose you so passionately want the wolf inside you to be awakened. In that case, that will culminate all the magical power accumulating within your body. As well as the pinnacle of your life.""What do you mean?""Awakening your wolf and breaking the seal w