Mirrors don't lie.✾            To tell you that the shower was nothing short of amazing would be an understatement. I felt as if I just went into another dimension the moment I went out the stall. All the grime and filth I’ve accumulated for the weeks I’ve been outside the gates were washed away. It was good that there was also a loofah in the wooden basket, I was able to really scrub every corner of my body until it turned red. I even made it a point to manually brush my hair and the roots with my hands. Just to make sure that every piece of dirt will be removed.         &n

No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted.✾Eleanor stared at the bleeding child just below her. She weighed no more than 35 pounds, at least that’s what the recent weigh-in at the academe stated. Yet, some sort of adrenaline within her had made it possible for her to drag a body that was about her size too, if not smaller. She had panicked, she did a mistake. Something that she usually never does. She always had everything calculated, always studying about the pros and cons of every single action. Her mother’s probably worried, probably looking for her now as she spoke. Biting the nail of her thumb, her feet starts tapping on the ground. She had brought the bloodied girl over to one of the secluded places at the palace. The place she usually hid whenever she read books that weren’t allowed for consorts to read. She usually stole this from Silas, an Alpha’s curriculum was different from that of a c

A threat is always a target.✾Raising one of my eyebrows, I look at her waiting for an explanation. Why will the state allow an institution that was handled by women, for women solely for education, and not for making wives out of them? It just doesn’t make sense. Plus, why were we not taught about this? Even thought it was a place of secrecy, what happened beyond the gates when we were in the palace, they should have told us about this. Considering this is a big leap towards education and changing society. How long had this been going on?“Your face says that you have a lot of questions. I’m not sure if I have all the answers that you need. Aren’t you even questioning why you’re in our therapy room? Why I’m constantly writing on my folder? Why I’m asking you all these questions?”I was still staring at the paper, unab

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.✾            I woke up with a gasp, clasping my neck.             Looking around frantically, I try to assess my surroundings. I was in a room, like the rest of the b

Once you have seen the badness of the world, it is a sin to turn and look away.✾            “Where’s the municipal hall?”