Chaol was reading his novel inside the library when the maid knocks on the door."Come in."Lana opened the creaky, old door, holding a tray with a cup of jasmine tea for him. She observed the male's calm composure as he flipped the pages of a novel in his hand."Do you not feel tired, milord? Reading the same book, over and over again?"Chaol takes the cup and sips on it. "Nothing tires me anymore.""I-I see. I'll be leaving you here then."The maid exits the library, leaving her master in peace. She strode through the halls while watching the sky turn into dusk. She couldn't hear anything– not even the sound of birds, but her footstep echoing on the empty hallway.Everything was just so monochromatic.No music.No hymn of hummingbirds.No loud cheering.No greets.

Asty was sneaking away from her room when she is suddenly caught by a maid snooping around the door that led to the cellar where her friends were kept. Advised that Asty is not to be allowed to enter the cell or even get around the proximity of it, the maid whistles at her with an alarming sound- which made the young woman bail away.Asty hid behind the corners, catching her breath.It was the fourth time she was caught today!Biting her thumb, the moment thought of a way to get inside. A few minutes ago, a maid who was unaware of everything had accidentally told her about the cellar's location. This of course- was a miracle to the woman.However, there are far more complicated things that she needed to go through first before getting through that door.She needed a way to distract that maid.Asty took a deep breath and went over, scouting at the vicinity of the cellar door, which had two sentries guarding it. Their eyes seemed to be l

It Asty takes another chance again.She hopped onto the basement, as soon as the palace wardens slacked. With an oil lamp in her hand she traversed through the empty halls that led to the inner part of the basement. She kept walking and walking and realizes that she was such in a vast, empty room— the door was on the other left end of the wall so as to confuse everyone.After all, the King didn't want the prisoner to easily find the exit by placing it directly adjacent to the door. It could easily be walked straight, so to make things a little bit different, the King had requested its architecture to be that confusing.However, with Asty's lamp, she was able to spot that shimmering light on the basement handle. She opened it and walked right in."Guys!""A-Asty?" Lana once again, woke up, but spoke to her in a surprised but weak voice.She walked towards the m

The Woman He LovedOthello was staring at the huge capital before him. Sitting on the ledge, while swinging his leg from side to side. Robynn comes towards him and hops on the same ledge to join him."Time really flies fast huh.' Robynn commented."Yeah." Othello nodded. "I wonder what's gonna happen to me from now on. I mean the King is planning to purge all the Night Hallows in this continent, right?""Yeah. That's what he told me. But that is if I told him how to. As of now, I haven't really told him anything but the poison.""Poison. Oh yeah, where did you get it?"Asty walked from behind them holding a tray of cookies that was made for them by a kind maid."Poison?"Othello and Robynn looked at each other before gesturing for Asty to come near them. "Yeah. Give us."She hands them the tray and walks near the ledge to join their conversation. "What about the poison. Is that the poison that the King mentioned?"

Robynn, Asthenosthene, and Vaughn stared at the three swords before them. Othello stared at Asty with a heavy heart knowing he, too, was nearing his end. In his veins, Chaol’s blood surged, and therefore, if he falls to close his eyes, then so will he.“W-What are these for..?” Asty looked at Vaughn who was beside her. “W-Why are these swords in front of us? What are we going to do with it..?”Vaugh took a deep breath and took the sword. He carefully places his arm near it and slashes his skin. A bright, red liquid flowed through the blade, slowly making it turn into a shade of rouge.“V-Vaughn? What are you doing..?”“This will hurt a bit,” he told her and gently took her arm. “Close your eyes and tell me if it hurts too much.”Vaughn slowly pricks her finger with a needle. Asty didn’t feel anything as her blood dripped to the floor. He takes her fing