ログインKaelumJust when I needed my power the most...It vanished.I let out a slow breath and pressed my fingers against my forehead.Whatever game Divine Authority was playing with me...I couldn't deal with it right now.Why now?Why would I be subdued when the Court was already on their way to take something from me?If they wanted retaliation, then at least let me stand before them properly.Let me fight them fairly.Instead...I looked around my study as another gust of wind slammed against the walls.Books flew from the shelves.Curtains whipped violently.Lightning crawled across the ceiling, refusing to leave.The harder I tried to suppress it...The worse it became.I gave up trying to stand.Instead, I lowered myself into the chair behind my desk and simply sat there.Breathing.Waiting.The Court would arrive soon.They would find me exactly like this.A god...Unable to control the storm raging inside his own house.They would mock me.Question me.Enjoy every second of seeing m
ThaliaA fight with the gods?That was the first thought that crossed my mind.It made sense.Malia had come here.Aurora had come here.I had overheard enough from both of them to know Kaelum wasn't exactly on good terms with the other gods.Just as I dashed out of the study, I glanced back over my shoulder.I froze for only a second.The room, it looked exactly the way his bedroom had looked that day.The air had turned violent.Dark clouds churned inside the room as though the weather itself had been trapped between the walls. Papers flew everywhere, the curtains whipped wildly, and lightning cracked across the ceiling without making a sound.Kaelum stood in the middle of it.Still and calm, but I knew better now.He wasn't controlling it, he couldn't.For a brief second, I almost ran back.Are you okay?The question sat right on my tongue but I trusted him, I trusted the command he had given me.And more than that, I trusted that Kaelum wasn't a weak god.So I ran, faster than I h
KaelumIt wasn't long after the poisoned wolf intervened and calmed everyone down that the meeting finally disbanded. The entire estate slowly returned to whatever passed for normal around here, but I couldn't let it go.Someone had poisoned one of my strays.That wasn't normal.I finished recording the last few entries in my records before I sensed someone marching toward my house. I caught sight of Thalia storming across the estate.People looked at her as she passed.Some whispered.Others simply watched.She didn't care.For someone who had made it very clear she wanted nothing to do with me anymore, she was walking toward my house with surprising determination.The front door opened.Her footsteps echoed through the hall without hesitation.She didn't wait for permission.She didn't ask where I was.She already knew.I looked toward the study door and waited.A second later, she pushed it open.She looked furious.Not the loud kind of anger.The exhausted kind.The kind that had
ThaliaI honestly thought I was being merciful, not forcing Alfred into this water when Kaelum told me everyone else would die if they stepped into this lake the way I had, Instead I realized something.You can't save people who don't want to be saved, because Alfred is right there antagonizing me again.One of the elders cleared his throat."So..." He looked at the lake, then back at me. "Doesn't this only prove that you're the one capable of poisoning Emily?"I stared at him for a second before rolling my eyes."I literally brought all of you here." I spread my hands toward the lake. "And none of you has even moved an inch. The one that did, he was shaking, I had to let him be. You've already decided I'm guilty before proving anything.""One of you should just walk over here." I pointed to the patch of land beside me. "Cross that invisible line you've all created in your heads. See if you actually die."Nobody moved, not one person. They only exchanged uneasy glances.A wolf I barel
KaelumFirst, it was the gods seated in circles. Now it was the entire estate in a long queue headed toward the lake.It didn't take me long to figure out that something had happened.And, as expected, it had.Just a few hours after a meeting, they had managed to poison one of themselves. Not only that, they already had a suspect they were considering leading to her death.It was almost funny that they truly believed Thalia would die just by stepping into the surroundings of the lake if they followed her there. They hadn't emphasized how much danger it really is to her.She would be alright.She had violated every bit of privacy I had around that lake and beyond anyway and survived every single time.She only responded to anything related to me whenever she wanted to, so she'll be fine.But whatever was happening over there was serious enough that they were about to record casualties several times today.I wasn't going to stop them.Their intentions weren't pure.So whatever Thalia ma
ThaliaI knew it. The moment that guy said we were having a meeting...I knew this was coming. My instincts hadn't been wrong.Aen rose to her feet."I think we should search Thalia's room."Silence swept through the living room.I wasn't even surprised anymore. I'd imagined this exact moment at least twenty times before walking into the meeting."Why?" I asked calmly.Someone spoke before Aen could answer. Alfred, I think I have heard him called that, he is one of the few to visit like carl, that hasn’t returned."True." He frowned. "Why?""Because this has never happened before," Aen replied."And?" He folded his arms. "You mean she's the newest person here, so it automatically has to be her?"Aen looked around the room."Take a good look at everyone, who here would have the audacity to poison someone?" Her eyes settled on me. "If not the same person who's shown audacity from the very beginning?""Stop." Alfred's voice cut through the room. "That logic doesn't make sense."He looked
Kaelum“Did you take the sacrifice?” Aurora asked over the phone.I paused before answering, my eyes settling on the book barely hanging off the shelf across the room. It tilted dangerously, one more inch away from falling.I stared at it for a moment like my powers would suddenly return out of spi
ThaliaI gasped awake, breathing hard.Instinctively, I tried to touch myself, but my arms wouldn’t move. Panic hit me instantly.That was when I realized I hadn’t even opened my eyes yet.The moment I did, I was met with the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen.Gold colour, not bright gold. Not wa
KaelumA woman stands in front of me. Small. Maybe five foot three. Her eyes are too wide, too bright, stretched beyond fear. Beside her sits a wilted floral arrangement.The offering. My sacrifice.I stop walking.If I’m going to kill a creature, I don’t want them frozen like this. There’s somet
Thalia“No one gives a damn about your dumb-ass excuse, Thalia. Just get it done by tomorrow.”Dylan’s voice cuts through the bar. A beta from the pack, barking orders like he owns the place, as he owns me.But fair enough, he’s about to own me, and that’s why he seems so confident. I want to tell







