LOGIN~ Nicolette ~I found Lucien on the balcony of our room just as he changed from his Kirillian to his human form. I smiled, recognizing just how much this activity of his had become a regular for me.The people of Zaxonia, once the great battle in Foressa reached their ears, finally knew that their king and the beast of the Forbidden Forest were one and the same. Not a surprise, they accepted the fact willingly and even went as far as to make the forest sacred.The other four kingdoms accepted this, too. Maybe there were a few expressions of distrust at first, but with my constant explanation and Lucien’s promise of safety, the general population accepted him.Once this secret was finally out of the closet, Lucien had been monitoring Zaxonia in his Kirillian form. He said it was easier to do so, plus talks of hardcore Ira-believers reached our ears. It seemed Ira promised them the gates to Earth and its riches there.This, I had to scoff at. Apparently, there were a couple of men in th
~ Nicolette ~Had it not been for the dead coldness of Lucien’s eyes when he looked at me, I would have gone straight to his side and nurse him. I really wanted to, but Lucien’s silent message was loud and clear: Stay. Away.I obliged, but it didn’t stop an anguished moan from leaving my mouth the same time I knelt on the ground as if the blade too had hit my chest. It was painful to watch my husband undergo it. Moreover, it was even painful to be on the sidelines and not permitted to do anything.Ira’s twin sword had successfully penetrated Lucien from the back, and it even went through to his front like skewered meat. Had he stayed in his Kirillian form with his hard-plated armor, it might have protected him, but that was just my hunch. Who knew what would happen with Ira being such a backstabber, both literally and figuratively speaking.Blood of silvery red oozed out of the affected area. It even went as far as to gush out at the corner of Lucien’s mouth, pointing to the fact that
~ Nicolette ~Ira laughed so hard, like a maniac. He threw his head back and palmed his forehead, covering what looked like a deep cut trickling with blood.Judging from the look on Lucien’s face, he didn’t know the reason why Ira was laughing, and neither did I, but I bet it was his way of showing some fake humor.Well, it’s either that, or he has gone insane.After a minute, he stopped and then straightened his back, lifted his chin again, and gave off an aura of overconfidence. He didn’t even care to cover the ugly-looking wound on his midsection.“I always wanted you dead. I cursed the few seconds when you were born first instead of me,” I heard him say. My eyes rerouted on my husband’s back, whose six magnificent wings were faintly tainted with blood. Either it came from him or from Ira, I couldn’t decide. “I was supposed to be the one who should become king. I was supposed to inherit everything, including the power of the Kirillian.”Then he smirked like the devil.“But I guess
~ Lucien ~A Goddamned television.That’s what I can say if I were to describe my situation.It felt like I was watching a show with me in the backseat of my Agusta while the car itself drove on its own. I couldn’t fucking control it. Couldn’t fucking hold the steering wheel or even stamp on the brakes.The dark side of the Kirillian destroyed almost the entire castle. Despite my resistance, it had done what it did best: destruction. It used its massive claws to dig craters everywhere, its wings to butcher the roof of the castle, and its armor scales to wound helpless surfaces. Had it not been for the appearance of the Foressan soldiers, the devastation would have continued. I would have made pulp out of the castle.But that wasn’t my concern. It was the Foressan people’s safety. They had branded the Kirillian already as a monster. Doing this again would surely stamp me as the greatest murderer of all. Luckily, it didn’t summon the tail poison that was the reason for Foressa’s decreas
~ Nicolette ~My mother told me she sacrificed her Arryahn powers in order to give me a second chance at life. At the moment of my death, I couldn’t remember anymore what took place aside from the remarkably warm feeling inside my chest. Maybe it was because of Lucien’s tight embrace. Maybe it was just my imagination. Or maybe because it was my mother’s powers at work—taking my life essence and basically, me as a whole and placing it in a cocoon until my rebirth would come.I’m thankful to have remembered those parts of my life with Lucien, even the most painful ones. I’m thankful the necklace of my mother helped me through it. And now that I was back to reality, one thing was for sure, and it was that I was meant to live this and set things right. I was here now, given the opportunity to fight for love one more time and hope to win it.And win it, I shall.My Arryahn powers kicked in, flooding energy into my hands and centered it to the shards of glass I had collected in haste. With
~ Ameena ~“No...” I voiced out with shaky breath.Feeling betrayed was nothing close to the overwhelming sadness I felt after learning about my mother’s death. It crushed my heart so much. Felt my chest so heavy, like the whole Foressan castle was on top of me. Though I seldom cried, I did this time, willing all my tears to fall.So this was the reason why I felt so uneasy since my wedding. No doubt my father was behind this, but why did he do it when he knew we had an agreement?And then it hit me. Clearly, he could see I didn’t have the guts to fulfill my mission. Clearly, he had a back-up plan, and having this traitor’s help was exactly that plan.“How?! When?!” I shouted at the top of my lungs. Ira just dismissed me with a shrug and then vanished right before my eyes after somehow stepping inside a mirror.Yes, inside. Maybe not the same twin mirrors I created some years back, but the same kind of object still.I wasn’t hallucinating when I saw the full-length mirror in Lucien’s
~ Nicolette ~I used the back gate when I left the school. I didn’t know why, but my gut just told me I had to.Now I was inside my apartment, soaking in my tub like I had no worries. The echoing sound in my ears had finally ceased.The word “worry,” however, was an understatement when it came to Mr
LucienMy mind reeled with the revelation I just found.Hell, the ancient mirror that this woman donated to this school museum had a large quantity of Zaxonian silver in it. Meaning, it was created in my realm. Meaning, someone was messing with my kingdom and taking advantage of its natural resourc
NicoletteOnce I saw the man, I froze and went speechless. My heartbeat sped, my body temperature plummeted, and it was hard to breathe instantly.My god, the man with Professor Danes looked like that man in that weird place!Every bit of him. From his body build, to his facial features, to his fro
~ Nicolette ~“No, I can’t go, but thank you for the invite,” I replied, looking a







