ANMELDENCASSAIN Hockey is quite simple; you skate, you fight, and you win. That’s the rule. At least it used to be. Today, everything feels wrong. The arena is already roaring when I walk into the locker room. The noise of over eighty thousand fans resounds through the concrete walls like distant thunder. Evelessa is missing. I noticed it the moment I checked in with the guards at home. At first, I assumed she was with the boys. Then I checked their room. They were asleep. No, Evelessa. Then I checked the house. Kitchen. Balcony. Library. Garden. Nothing. By the time I arrived at the arena, my patience was already hanging by a thread. Alexander walks beside me now, unusually quiet. That alone is suspicious. Alexander is never quiet. Ever. “You’ve been weird all morning,” I tell him. “I’m always weird.” “Not like this.” “Maybe I’m growing.” I stop walking and stare at him. He sighs. “Okay fine, that sounded stupid.” “Yes it did.” We continue down the hallway
EVELESSA Everyone is out right now or so I believe; I pick a blue mid riff cut Jean short and a black crop top and a face cap, anger is a strange thing but so is sadness; sometimes it burns hot and violent, other times it sits quietly in your chest, simmering until the moment you decide you’re done being patient.Tonight?I’m done.I stand in front of the mirror in my bedroom staring at my reflection.Silver hair spills down my back in loose waves, glowing faintly in the dim light. The crown flickers briefly above my head before disappearing again, like it always does when my emotions spike.“Calm down,” I mutter to myself.The mirror offers no helpful advice. I put on gold coral sandal and hold a bag.If I’m walking into Sebastian’s house, I’m doing it on my terms.Aretha whistles as she sees me“That’s a look.”I grab my hair tie from the dresser.“Don’t start.”“Oh I’m not starting. I’m just observing you looking delightful in Cassain’s absence”“You look like you’re about to eith
EVELESSA “Relax, you're only launching a lingerie brand not going to war” Aretha murmurs beside me.“I am relaxed.”“You’re gripping that champagne glass like you’re about to interrogate it.”I glance down.…she’s not wrong.The grand ballroom sparkles with lights and cameras, journalists and supernatural elites mingling across the room while models walk slowly across a raised platform displaying my new collection.Silver lace.Black silk.Ocean-blue satin.The designs shimmer under the lights like water itself.Alexis leans closer to inspect one of the pieces.“You realize half the supernatural world is going to lose their minds over this line.”“That’s the idea.”Alexander lounges casually against a pillar nearby.“I still don’t understand how we went from fighting sea monsters to selling luxury lingerie.”“It’s called diversification,” I say.Lucian nods approvingly.“Very smart business strategy.”Alexander raises his drink.“Also very distracting.”Aretha elbows him.“Behave.”I
EVELESSA “Relax, you're only launching a lingerie brand not going to war” Aretha murmurs beside me.“I am relaxed.”“You’re gripping that champagne glass like you’re about to interrogate it.”I glance down.…she’s not wrong.The grand ballroom sparkles with lights and cameras, journalists and supernatural elites mingling across the room while models walk slowly across a raised platform displaying my new collection.Silver lace.Black silk.Ocean-blue satin.The designs shimmer under the lights like water itself.Alexis leans closer to inspect one of the pieces.“You realize half the supernatural world is going to lose their minds over this line.”“That’s the idea.”Alexander lounges casually against a pillar nearby.“I still don’t understand how we went from fighting sea monsters to selling luxury lingerie.”“It’s called diversification,” I say.Lucian nods approvingly.“Very smart business strategy.”Alexander raises his drink.“Also very distracting.”Aretha elbows him.“Behave.”I
EVELESSA “Relax, you're only launching a lingerie brand not going to war” Aretha murmurs beside me.“I am relaxed.”“You’re gripping that champagne glass like you’re about to interrogate it.”I glance down.…she’s not wrong.The grand ballroom sparkles with lights and cameras, journalists and supernatural elites mingling across the room while models walk slowly across a raised platform displaying my new collection.Silver lace.Black silk.Ocean-blue satin.The designs shimmer under the lights like water itself.Alexis leans closer to inspect one of the pieces.“You realize half the supernatural world is going to lose their minds over this line.”“That’s the idea.”Alexander lounges casually against a pillar nearby.“I still don’t understand how we went from fighting sea monsters to selling luxury lingerie.”“It’s called diversification,” I say.Lucian nods approvingly.“Very smart business strategy.”Alexander raises his drink.“Also very distracting.”Aretha elbows him.“Behave.”I
EVELESSA “Relax, you're only launching a lingerie brand not going to war” Aretha murmurs beside me.“I am relaxed.”“You’re gripping that champagne glass like you’re about to interrogate it.”I glance down.…she’s not wrong.The grand ballroom sparkles with lights and cameras, journalists and supernatural elites mingling across the room while models walk slowly across a raised platform displaying my new collection.Silver lace.Black silk.Ocean-blue satin.The designs shimmer under the lights like water itself.Alexis leans closer to inspect one of the pieces.“You realize half the supernatural world is going to lose their minds over this line.”“That’s the idea.”Alexander lounges casually against a pillar nearby.“I still don’t understand how we went from fighting sea monsters to selling luxury lingerie.”“It’s called diversification,” I say.Lucian nods approvingly.“Very smart business strategy.”Alexander raises his drink.“Also very distracting.”Aretha elbows him.“Behave.”I







