The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance.✾                Auster placed the tray in the middle of the table.                Without looking at either of us, he drops and seats himself on one of the stools. Picking a piece of bread, he bites into it and grumbles lowly. I picked up ‘woman’ a

 The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.✾                The bones in my lap felt like they were rocks.                Staring blanky at it, I felt Yohan’s hand squeezing my shoulders. My

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.✾                I was staring out at the horizon, far away from the noise of the camp.                My tears had long gone dry, I didn’t even realize I had been crying in the first place. My t

Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together.✾The mere mention of the word was enough to make me blush furiously.Yohan seemed uncomfortable to even talk about the subject. I was aware of what a werewolf in heat was. However, I didn’t imagine what would happen when it was me who will be encountering it. Like other touchy and sensitive topics, Lady Vita would always just pass through this during our classes. We never spent more than an hour tackling on topics regarding sexuality and procreation. It was always about what we will be doing once we were appointed as Luna. Mertha saw just how the air suddenly turned awkward. Smart as she was, she scratched her cheek again. Clearing her throat, she squirmed where she stood, alternating standing between her feet. I noticed she had a mating mark too; her mate was probably here as well. So, she probably knew what I should be doing.“

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.✾            Back in the palace, when I was still under the assumption that I still had a chance in winning the title of Luna, I had read up on books about the places within Cinco. Boreas from what I remember was part of Cinco, the old one. It was near the capital too, albeit it was up north, and up in the mountains. The capital was the only city that was near it. The Boreas was high u