로그인EVELESSA "Since she won't stop running her mouth I'd sort her once and for all." I had to admit, it had been a long, tiring day of following Mara’s mother trail, watching her flit around the city like she owned it. She wasn’t fooling anyone. She thought she was playing the game well, keeping her head down, blending into the crowd, but there’s something about people who think they’re untouchable that makes them stand out. It’s the arrogance, the little air of superiority, the way they think they’ve evaded the consequences of their actions which makes them predictable. The shopping mall was upscale, the kind of place where people with more money than sense liked to browse, trying on overpriced shoes they couldn’t afford, pretending they had a life worth watching. Trina was no different; blonde hair, too much makeup, heels that screamed, I’m important. As I followed her through the aisles, a chuckle bubbled up in my throat. If only she knew who was trailing her. I slipped into a f
CASSAIN There’s a certain kind of silence that exists right before a game begins.Like the world itself is holding its breath.I stand at the center of the field.Lights blazing overhead.Crowds in thousands chanting my name.“Try not to scare them too much,” Alexander mutters as he passes me.I snort.“No promises.”He smirks.Moves to position.The whistle blows.And everything explodes.The first play is fast.Aggressive.They come at us hard.Like they have something to prove.Like they think tonight is their night.It isn’t.I move.Everything slowing down.The field becoming something I can read.Every step.Every movement.Every mistake.They telegraph everything.And I punish it.One pass.Intercepted.Another bocked.A third mine.I move through them like they’re standing still.Like they’re not even trying.Because to me?They aren’t.The crowd roars.Every time I break through.Every time I score.Every time I remind them this isn’t a competition.It’s a demonstration.By
THALRION Pain changes you.Not the kind you can ignore.Not the kind you push aside and pretend doesn’t exist.No.I’m talking about the kind that brands itself into you.Permanent.Unforgiving.Unforgettable.My fingers brush the ruined side of my face.The skin is no longer skin.It’s something else now.Something twisted.Something that doesn’t belong.Her fire did that.Evelessa.The thought alone burns worse than the wound.Because she didn’t just hurt me.She marked me.Made me less.And I don’t do “less.”I stand alone in the dark chamber.No windows.No distractions.Just silence.And the slow, steady echo of something shifting.Behind me.I don’t turn immediately.Because I already know.“You took your time.”The voice doesn’t come from one place.It comes from everywhere.From the walls.From the air.From the shadows themselves.I smile slightly.“Unlike you, I don’t hide.”A shape forms.Not fully.Not clearly.Just enough to exist.A figure made of shadow and absence.So
ARENASnap....Threads snapping.One.Then another.Then hundreds gone.I stop mid-step.The corridor blurs.The world tilts.“No…”The word slips out before I can stop it.Because this?This isn’t supposed to happen.Not like this.Not all at once.I close my eyes.Reach inward.Search for them.My shadows.My army.My control.Nothing answers.No whispers.No movement.No presence.Silence.Dead.Empty.Gone.My breath catches.Sharp.Uneven.Impossible.“They were shielded…”Layered.Hidden.Protected.No one should have been able to find them.No one should have been able to destroy them.Not all of them.Cassain.The realization hits like a blade.Cold.Precise.Final.Of course.Of course it’s him.Because this?This isn’t destruction.It’s precision.It’s intent.It’s personal.And he’s the only one reckless enough, possessive enough to turn this into a message.My hands curl into fists.The air around me shifts.Darkens.Unstable.Because my control is slipping and I hate that
CASSAIN "Something's here." I’m not surprised when I feel it.The moment I step into the underground parking lot.My car sits where I left it.Sleek.Untouched.At least that’s what it looks like.To anyone else.I stop walking.Just a few steps away and I listen.Not with my ears.With something deeper.Something older.And there it is.A flicker.Movement where there shouldn’t be any.Breath where nothing should exist.Shadow.I exhale slowly.“You picked the wrong night,” I say quietly.Silence answers me.But I know they’re there.I can feel them.Multiple.Not just one.I step forward.Closer to the car.Like I didn’t notice.Like I’m just another target walking into a trap.Let them think that.Let them get comfortable.Let them believe they’re in control.Another step.Another.And then they move.Fast but not fast enough for me.Shadows peel away from the darkness.Forms taking shape.Not fully solid.Not fully real.Weapons in their hands.Fire already forming.Designed to
EVELESSA "I'd be there soon."There are moments when the world doesn’t warn you.My phone rings in the middle of the night.I don’t wake slowly.I snap into consciousness.“Yes.”“Evelessa...”The voice breaks.“What happened?” I ask.“It’s the building....”Everything in me stills.“The company...there’s been a fire....”“No,” I say quietly.But the word means nothing.Because it’s already happening.“It’s bad....”I’m already moving.Out of bed.Grabbing the first thing I can throw on.Shoes.Hair.None of it matters.“Get everyone out,” I say sharply.“We’re trying....”“Don’t try. Do it.”I hang up.Because talking?Is wasting time.And time is the only thing I don’t have right now.The drive is too slow.Every second feels like something slipping through my fingers.My hands tighten on the wheel.My mind races.Not with fear.Never with fear.Calculation.Who.Because this isn’t an accident.It’s never an accident.Not with me.Not with what I’ve built.Not now.Arena.The name
MICHAEL"You have to get me justice father in law"It's very early in the morning when this pompous fool strolls into Seraphina’s building demanding a meeting with me, finally I'm getting to a place of reconciliation with her and I planned sleeping in this morning until this idiot showed up. I made
CASSAIN Three days feels like three years. I don’t sleep the first night. The second night is worse. By the third, I’m functioning on rage and routine, but practice and our game day helps. The stadium is packed. Students chant my name like I’m something untouchable. Lucian claps my shoulder be
EVELESSA: "I'd come over as soon I can Aretha... take a chill pill, today's the third today. I'd go home tomorrow. " " You should hurry up, girl...Cassain is losing his shit." I hang up. I’m halfway down a deserted stretch of road lined with skeletal trees and cracked asphalt, and my wolf is r
THE FORBIDDEN I smell her again and almost lost my balance; I knew her before I knew what falling felt like.Back when my name was not spoken in whispers beneath the sea, but sung in choirs that shook the heavens.I was not called Sea King then.I was Michael.An angel of the Third Light.We were







