LOGINVioletI sat against the headboard, my eyes on Kylan while he slept. It wasn’t even midnight yet, and for him that was strange. He never slept this early, not unless exhaustion forced him.Unlike the earlier hours, his breathing was even, and his face was finally at rest. But I knew all too well that rest didn’t come easily to him, not with everything going on.Luckily, one of us managed to get some sleep, because I couldn’t close an eye myself. These past days, it had been Kylan who helped me drift off, comforting me, refusing to rest until he was sure I had. But tonight I knew I wouldn’t. The fear of Baelor still lingered. What if he was waiting for me in my dream?I let out a sigh, my eyes falling from my bare neck to the necklace resting on the nightstand.My thoughts went back to earlier. I had told Kylan what the king said when he placed it around me, but he wasn’t impressed. He had taken it from me even quicker than Kayden, and his words had been very clear.‘I would rather hav
Kylan“I hate you so much I’ve spent years dreaming about the day you’ll die, imagining the way I’ll dance on your grave. And I need to practice first, you know why?”“No. Tell me,” I growled.“Because I haven’t danced in years because of you. I haven’t been able to do anything because of you and that selfish choice you made!”His scream filled the air, his breath heavy. Everything that left his mouth hurt, but it also felt good because I had to hear it from him. I should’ve heard it from him years ago.And even then…I had to remind myself not to lose my cool, as I didn’t want to let him win.“But I do not want to kill you, Kylan,” Kayden said, shaking his head. “I do not want to kill you because you’re my brother…the brother I once looked up to.”“Wow,” I said with a dry laugh. “Aren’t I lucky?”“I wanted to die,” Kayden admitted. “But the thing that kept me alive was watching you fall apart. Watching you go down on your knees, crying like a little bitch, begging for forgiveness, and
KylanI had Kayden cornered. His chair was pressed against the wall, and I leaned over him, blocking every way out.That overconfident smirk was there, like always, and all I desired was to punch it off him.After the mess with Nate, I didn’t have a drop of patience left in me. My blood was already hot, and now it was boiling. I hadn’t even heard any of the words that were said, didn’t know how Violet had ended up in his room, and didn’t care.The only thing I cared about was the sight of his hand wrapped around her wrist like she belonged to him.Pissed, I bent lower so I could look him in the eye. I was so close I could see the flicker of amusement in his eyes. He liked this. He enjoyed me being here because he had this strange obsession with me.“I don’t know if it’s not getting through that thick head of yours,” I warned, “but I do not want you around Violet.”Kayden tilted his head, grinning. “Oh yeah?”I nodded once. “I do not want you looking at her, talking to her, in the same
VioletI walked around Kayden’s room in the forbidden East Wing. At a single glance, you could tell his favorite color. The color of blood…The dark red hit me right away. It was in the curtains, the bedding, even the rugs. It felt suffocating. Thorne was locked in a cage in the corner, his head lowered as if he were asleep.I felt Kayden’s eyes on me as I made my way to the large window. The view was almost like Kylan’s, and it was peaceful, but not enough to calm me. “Do you look out these windows too?” I asked, curious.After all, that was one of his hobbies. Spying on people from the windows.Kayden let out an amused laugh. I turned and stepped closer. “Where is Camille?”Her name stuck in my mouth like poison. I wasn’t fond of her, and everything about her rubbed me the wrong way, even when I tried not to let it.“She had a family thing,” Kayden explained. “She said it was important, so I let her go for the day.”A family thing, right? I could just imagine her now, parading in si
VioletBy the time we came back from the dress fitting, it was already afternoon. Even though we were stuck again inside that palace, I was happy to be back.I didn’t think I could survive another hour with the king, who had clearly only tagged along to keep a close eye on me. His stares, his words, the necklace around my neck…Everything felt like too much. I knew it was part of his bigger plan, but I couldn’t see what it was, and it drove me insane. What was he up to, and who did he want to get rid of so badly that he had even given me the necklace so I wouldn’t do anything crazy?My thoughts got interrupted by Kaelis, who nudged my shoulder with a laugh. She said something about her dress, though I wasn’t quite certain. I was supposed to return to Madam Renata after the fitting, and walked with Kaelis and Kiora, who couldn’t stop chattering.“This Howl needs to be perfect!” Kaelis said beside me. Her eyes still carried a glow from the fitting, and she seemed to have an excitement s
Violet“This is it!” Kaelis squealed.She twirled in front of the mirrors like nothing else mattered anymore. A smile was planted on my lips, but what I really wanted was to press my hands over my eyes until it all ended.This day, these dark thoughts inside me hide, Lyperia…all of it.We had gone to a boutique in the city, and for the entire time, it felt like I had stepped straight into someone else’s family day.“You look beautiful,” Cecilia admired while Kiora adjusted the dress. My eyes landed on Elyx, who sat right across from me in a special chair they had brought out. There was a smirk on his lips, and every part of me burned with the urge to get up and leave, but I didn’t. I stayed where I was and looked back at him.“He is going to lose his mind,” Kaelis squealed again, spinning.Who?Curious, I tilted my head and scanned my eyes over the dress. I had thought mine for the feast had been too much, but this one was just…even more. It glimmered as much as her smile, and I could







