Henry stared with fascination at the crystal castle and its unique architecture, it was large, and built directly on the forest lands without any grooves nor water streams surrounding it, it towers almost scraping the sky, the walls made of the finest crystal emerging directly from the ground without the stony base, shining with their own light, there were no signs of a gate or any windows on the castle, making it appear like a giant flawless diamond with perfect cuts, and for a second, he couldn’t believe he just gave an order to rain it down with fire and ice spears, not until they started colliding with the flawless walls.Beauty could be deceiving indeed, Henry told himself, for something so beautiful like the castle was hiding the most vicious creatures in their world, ones which manipulated them for thousands of years

Andrea and the rest of the army stood ready, their fingers tightening around their weapons, watching as the shadows’ lord, who looked nothing like his old self, fought against something none of them was able to see, waiting for his signal, for an opening of his making to move, not many understood why did the human king leave, nor what was the shadows’ lord fighting, all they knew was that they had one last order, one which was going to end the war.Eren, on the other hand, glared at the bastard who dodged another one of his attacks, he was fast, too fast, but the shadows’ lord was only warming up, feeling his newly acquired powers itching to come out.....

"While the shadows’ lord fights...Ah....whatever there is, stay alarmed and prepared, there might be other enemies, once he gives you a signal, attack the shrine, don't use dark magic, only physical attacks, you must break the pillar, and crash the large recipient." Henry gave his last order before speeding out of the castle, his feet carrying him back to the forest where he last saw her, where she stood and looked at him with her red pleading eyes, begging to be believed, and all he did was look away and she was gone, he hoped she was still there, the entire island was covered in snow, his footsteps revealed a layer of ash right underneath it, there were broken trees, twigs, branches, the whole place was nothing but ruins.Was it the because of the barrier? Henry wondered, he knew that a certain connection existed between

“Make love to me…” Henry felt something steering in his core, something delicious and pleasurable as he studied all the shades and emotions in her eyes, reflecting his own on their beautiful redness.There was shyness and embarrassment, passing her eyes to settle on her cheeks, tainting them with an adorable shade of pink, but there was also the confidence of a woman who knew what she wanted, what her body needed, and didn’t wait for it to be offered to her but instead reached out for it, there was the same lust and fire he was feeling, combined with love, and a need to connect with one another.Rima was never the person to lay her body and heart out, she was not good with expressing her feelings either as she never felt the need to, not on such deep levels at least, but were not the only way to express one’s self,

The girl entered the study like a silent shadow, her graceful steps barely audible even when the study was silent, the room was nowhere near being small but her long and agile legs ate the distance in no time, coming to stand in front of the King and the princess.Henry raised his eyebrow at the girl who, instead of bowing properly, with one of her legs in front of the other, her knees bent, her back arched and her head held low, she only bowed her head, slightly, making her salute to the royals, which was to show respect and humility in front of them, lack the necessary obeisance and courtesy.Nevertheless, he knew he couldn’t consider her act rude or plainly disrespectful, it was somehow neutral, combined with the haughtiness the girl car