Now that I thought of it, did I really want to stay here or not? Was this land as promising as it looked? Even if the latter was the answer, where else would I go? If I left this place without any idea where I was going to or who I was going to meet, then there is a high chance that I would be in trouble."Can you give me some time to think about it?" I told him. "I appreciate the favor but I don't want to rush and make a decision. I just want to take my time and know if staying here will be the right thing for me.""Women. Always confused but still very difficult to understand," Talon commented.Whatever that meant. "Do you want me to stay, Talon?" I asked him. I knew that it wasn't going to change anything but I mean, wasn't it better for me to find out the opinion of the one who harbored me than rushing to make a decision like that?"It depends on you. I have no right to choose who stays in my kingdom and who doesn't unless you are a transgressor.""A transgressor? How do you defi

"I can see that you are trying to be a potential," Riya said to me while eyeing me with disgust."Potential? I don't understand what you are talking about. What does that mean?""It means that you are trying to reap where you did not sow. He only met you last night or should I say you met him last night and then you get to sleep in his room? Do you want to become his woman already cos I don't see that happening around here?" She folded her arms over her chest and I knew there and then that we were in for a heated conversation. A conversation that I wasn't ready for."Is this what this is about? I thought Talon said that Ascot treats their guests benevolently?" I asked her though I admit that I got a little too bold right there.Riya scoffed, glancing at the ceiling before shifting her stare at me. "He is already telling you about Ascot. I wonder what else you guys discussed. Well, he isn't wrong about that. We treat everyone well, guests or no guests but we have no tolerance for trans

TANIA'S POVThe beautiful white Wolf ran towards us and stood just beside Talon who bent on one knee and caressed its head. I stared at the white wolf lovingly from where I was even though I was still scared to touch it -- I hadn't yet forgotten the little experience I had in the forest before Talon saved me. That was the first time that I was getting attacked by a wolf and now that experience was definitely something that was going to stick with me for a long time -- there was just no way that I would see all Wolves the same way again.But yeah, Nia was gorgeous. She wasn't the first white wolf that I have seen. I mean, I am a white wolf myself so I get it, the gorgeousness is in the color."Alright Nia, we have a little assignment for you," Talon told her before getting up on his feet and throwing his gaze at me. "You are going to race against Tania here or should I say that she is going to race against you. Whichever one it was," he commented, a smile curving out from the corner o

I somehow found it crazy that I was already getting acquainted with Talon faster than I imagined. It was not even up to a day that I met him but I already found myself getting close to him and opening up freely to him unlike the me that I knew.In Crescida, it was just me and a few maidens that got along or should I say that I got along with. Communication was somewhat difficult in Crescida due to our status as slaves. We were limited to different things and even with that, some of us managed to make friends and act like nothing serious was going on. I didn't even bother talking to my male counterparts except when needed. I have never even laughed with the opposite gender before or made any of them laugh but here I was with Talon, being so free with him as if we had known each other for a very long time.We reached the infirmary and it had some similarities with the one at Porthove (just before it was ruined). I had no idea what the infirmary at Crescida looked like because we were fo

We arrived at a place that seemed desolate and abandoned. The compound was neatly cleared out though but the silence in that place was enough to make somebody go deaf. I wondered if there was anyone around that place as I followed Riya still from behind. I wanted to ask her about the place but I convinced myself to chill for a while and see what she is up to first.It was an open space with no gate whatsoever, and at the end was a small house made with bricks. Behind was laid out plants and trees but they didn't look like they had anyone that could be attending to them.I was already getting nervous. Could it be that Riya brought me to a place with no form of life or sound of man's existence? I hoped not. I could no longer hold it together again. My questions were itching to escape from my lips and why not? So I inquired from her."Umm... Where is this please?""Oh, this is where you are going to be staying from now, Tania," Riya answered with a sly smile on her face."What? I don't