Peony's body was starting to produce different colors. Her veins were filled with blue liquids and it can be seen through her skin. Cammi and Zachary were stunned, they were clueless. When the colors and lights went gone, the surroundings went silent. A long scream of agony covered the Bulwark. Cammi and Zachary looked at each other.  "Why did we heard that? Is it outside of the Bulwark?" Cammi asked. The truth, she and Zachary had a theory of what was happening but they were scared to believe it.  Peony sat up. Her face was covered by her long black silky hair. She remained her head lower.  "Peony, are you ok-" Zachary didn't finish his sentence when Peony looked at him. He pulled his hands that were holding his sister's arm. His mouth hung open. "What's wrong? It feels weird," she asked.  

It was early in the morning, the fresh sunray kissed Clandes’ face. She lazily opened her eyes and got up. While doing her morning routine, she heard chants. It's Friday, and the Bulwark will do their Friday routine! Every Friday, the warriors will have games. It’s fun to watch because they were all competitive. As an opening, the chants were part of the routine. She immediately went to her window and positioned herself. She was sitting comfortably, waiting to see Sheele, the future queen. She has an angelic voice that Clandes admired.“Waiting for someone?” Clandes glanced at Mauvais who just came into her room. He sat near to her with a smile on his face. Clandes rolled her eyes secretly.“Yeah, as usual, it’s Sheele.”“Mmmmh, I see. I thought you’re waiting for someone, except for Sheele.”Clandes kept her face straight. She was i

Mauvais kept on knocking. His heartbeat wasn’t normal. Clandes was acting strangely, a lot of scenarios flooded into his mind. His shaky hands stopped from knocking when Clandes did not respond. His mind was in chaos. He needed to calm down and think properly!He cursed inside his mind and ran. He took the key from the bedroom of his parents. His parents didn’t notice him, the thing that he was thankful for at that moment. Deep inside, someone was telling him to keep everything to himself. If something happened to Clandes, he must keep it to himself.Mauvais hands were still shaking. He wasn’t able to open the door immediately. The key fell and he wasn’t able to pick it up right away. Paranoia attacked him.“An-” he stood in the doorway. His mouth was hung but he closed it and gulped.Clandes was staring blankly where the man stood a while ago. She was still sitting on the floor. Her nakedness is displayed in front of Mauvais.“Ande,

The palace of Desaix was quiet. Quiet but not peaceful. Peace never came back in their hearts when their parents died. Hatred, sadness, greediness, and any other negative emotions were the ones visiting them. As the years passed by, they invited those emotions to stay in their palace, even in their hearts. Those emotions gladly accepted their invitations. Lilia was writing another novel. It would become famous if her reputation wasn’t ruined. Famous or not, it’s still a masterpiece. She bit her lower lip when she read the last paragraph she wrote. She had been reading it many times. Something was wrong but she wasn’t able to point out what was it. “Vlad!” she called her brother. Vladimir arrived promptly in front of her. His actions were very cautious as if they were fragile things surrounded him. Lilia read silently the paragraph once again. S