VIOLET
Viktor reaches over my shoulder and pulls the curtains over the window, blocking the sunlight.
I am still in shock and denial. It was not supposed to happen. The wall was supposed to stand. I lost half my energy to raise that wall. It has always worked around me, but it didn’t work around the city.
“ You said you would raise a wall to keep Katrina out. ” Luther blames me and his eyes turn red, threateningly.
“ Dad. ” Viktor intervenes, coming between me and his father.
My gaze shifts from Luther to Viktor and then my mind wanders off to Wolf.
He is still there.
I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I need to go to him.
Bright light engulfs my figure and tingles rise on my body before I find myself falling into a portal.
The next moment when I open my eyes, I find myself standing behind Wolf. His back is facing me and
VIOLETI am ready to do what I thought I couldn’t do before. It’s because…I am still finding it hard to believe that she is a spirit and not a…living witch.Wolf glances at me and a hint of smile touches his lips. “ It’s too late for that. Katrina will track us down. I don’t think Gysla has taught you scent hiding spells as of now. Until you learn those spells, you won’t be able to erase tracks of your teleportation. If we teleport in front of her now, it will take her only a few moments to follow us right into the pack. ”“ Are you both done talking or do you need some more time? I can provide you some time so you both can have a final talk, you know. I am not that bad, Darling. ” Katrina intervenes, her evil smile only stretching her lips wider.I look at her and th
VIOLETI force my eyes open and find Wolf dashing towards me, the Army at his back, wanting to tear him apart like he did to many. The black smoke follows him and his black eyes stare right at me as he lets out a growl. He is bleeding from different spots and the trail of his blood runs too far.My eyes close again when another ball hits me. Katrina is indeed playing with me. She wants me to ask her to stop.The pain which courses through my body and heart every time that she shoots another wave of magic at me, makes me want to do what she wants of me.I blink my eyes and see Wolf through my blurry vision.Then, my eyes shift to Katrina who forms another ball of magic between her palms and turns around to face Wolf.Fear grips my heart as I watch her getting ready to attack Wolf.Anger pulsates through me and makes me sit up on the ground. I place my hand on the ground
VIOLETI blink open my eyes and stare at the chandelier hanging by the maroon ceiling. It has subtle yellowish lights, dull and soothing to the eyes.My mind stays silent and thoughtless. I do remember what happened earlier. I do remember fainting too.Still, I want to lay here and stare at the ceiling for a while. I want to stay silent and thoughtless.“ You did well. ” The familiar voice breaks my trance of peace.I sigh, closing my eyes before I sit up in the bed. My eyes take in the room I am currently in.It’s big, all the walls are black and maroon like the rest of the castle. There is this huge bed under the chandelier on which I am sitting and only a sofa set at the farthest right corner in the room.Slowly, I look down at my body. My body is clean and my clothes have been changed into a black knee length dress.
He doesn’t look at me when I enter the room and continues to stare at the painting which is hanged in front of him.My eyes follow his gaze. It’s the painting of a severed werewolf head held in the hands of a man, whose canines are poking out.A lump forms in my throat and a shiver creeps down my spine.“ We were waiting for you Orpheuns. ” Luther catches my attention.I detach my eyes from the painting and look at him. He is not smiling, but he is not frowning either. He seems to be neutral and I don’t know if it’s good or bad.I walk forward, my slippers scrapping against the black tiled floor occasionally. My eyes are drawn back to Wolf who is looking at me this time.The wound on his head and the scratches on his face have healed to my surprise. My heart skips a beat when our eyes meet and I am sure he can hear it.Wolf blinks his eyes and looks at me from head to toe, seemingly ensuring that I
VIOLETWolf left with King Luther as soon as he was done eating. The old King was all too happy to lead him to God knows where.I simply watched them leave as I helplessly stabbed a piece of meat with the fork clenched tightly between my fingers.Viktor stayed behind and took it upon himself to mention that I was glaring at Wolf. I don’t want to lie, but it did embarrass me. Although, I was quick to regain my rational mind and compose myself to not allow Viktor to see something other than what he had already seen.After eating my food, I made my way back to the room Viktor said I would be staying in. It’s far — far away from Wolf’s room, according to Viktor so it’s no use even wanting to see where his room is located.Now, I am waiting as I stare out the window. I don’t know if it’s day or night because everything remains dark in this city of Vladania.I glance up at the wall. There
VIOLETI stay in the room after the embarrassing encounter with Viktor. I am also glad he didn’t come to ask me to take a stroll down his city again.The night turns into what — I don’t know because everything is dark. I did sleep for some hours and only ended up dreaming about darkness again. This time, the Golden ray didn’t come to claim me and the darkness was also not so eerie anymore.I was at peace. With everything for a while. Like my mind was breathing in temporary relief and harmony.When I woke up, a maid was roaming around in my room. She informed me that she had gotten me some clothes.“ When is the Moon Festival? ” I had asked her before she left.And she said. “ It’s in two weeks, Madam. ”Two weeks. It’s a long time.If we are staying in Vla
VIOLET“ I tried but I couldn’t mind link them. I suppose it’s because of the wall you have raised around the city. It’s preventing the flow of all magic or supernatural connections. ” Wolf shrugs his shoulders.I sigh, bowing my head lower.“ There must be another way. ” I whisper, lifting my gaze to Wolf’s.“ There are many other ways like sending someone there, going personally if you can teleport anytime soon…of course. But it’s not safe for us to do any of that. ” Wolf rubs the shell of his right ear, while tilting his head.“ So you are suggesting we should wait for two weeks? ” I ask, sucking in a sharp breath.“ Yes. It’s best to wait it out. ” Wolf nods his head instantly.I exhale the breath and nod my head in understanding.“ But they must be wo
VIOLETI hold my breath, staring up at Viktor. He waits for an answer to his very personal question.“ I want to go back now. ” I breath and lower my gaze.“ Okay. ” Viktor understands that he has asked a strange question so he doesn’t pushes me to answer him.Instead, we both begin to walk back to the castle. This time, we both remain silent.The city doesn’t mesmerise me like it did before either. Everything seems dull and meaningless.Why didn’t he say something?Why did he leave?All the odd questions keep pounding my head.I mean…he could have walked over to us. It was not like Viktor and I was doing anything wrong.But, he simply turned around and left.‘ Disappointing turn of events. ’ A spirit shrieks from above.I jump in my spot and place my hand on my chest.M