Chapter Fourty-One

Zurien's POV I watched as she walked out of my room like she was sneaking to avoid being seen. I stood taking in her natural addictive scent in to ease my tense muscles before walking into the shower. I let out a possessive growl. ‘We can't hold back any longer human.’ Eris growled. I winced. ‘you think I don't know that?’ I snapped back at him. Tension rolled off of me in waves and I had run out of methods to keep it hidden before I hurt her unintentionally. I let the water run down my body. Recollections of last night had more parts of me twitching and growing hard than I'd like. ‘she was sick and in pain you idiot.’ my forehead squeezed in pain. ‘exactly, we could have eased her pain even faster if you'd just stop hesitating and let us take her.’ Eris was growing more impatient by the day. ‘she’s not ready yet.’ ‘what are you really afraid of human, don't give me that bullshit about the elders again. You can burn them all with one world. It would be good riddance.’ I g

Last Updated : 2025-08-21

Chapter Fourty-two

The air froze. Everything and everyone went still. The kids stood like statues before me. And just as quickly as the inevitable force came, it disappeared. The motion of leaves frozen in mid air unfroze. Breathe came back rushing in my lungs in full speed, with sharp adrenaline coursing through me. The kids whimpering snapped me back into motion. I turned to find every single rogue laying on the ground—dead. I held my breathe. I turned my head back to the children, my chest rising and falling unevenly. My breathes suddenly grew shallow. My mind processing like it had suddenly forgotten the resent events that led us here. “Are you all alright?" I breathed, more like squeaked out. My consciousness didn't let me receive an affirmation from the scared and traumatized children before it evaded me. Silence. Darkness. It drew me in, just like it did when I was in pain last night. Everything remained blur but my senses were somewhat active. I heard scrambling and chattering befo

Last Updated : 2025-08-23

Chapter Fourty-Three

My fingers on his fur froze as he watched me with what looked like a glare. What did I say? He nudged me with his nose and then his glare softened. He stood back and sat on the ground. He stretched his head forward and then straighted his shoulders. My head tilted in confusion. He spread his body like he was trying to show me how big he was and when he saw I wasn't getting it, he let out a very arrogant huff and then stood back up. “O-kayyy." I stressed, still staring at him, my mind catching up and then I let out a laugh. I covered my lips with my hands as another laugh left me. “I'm sorry." I murmured, trying to look serious. “We're you upset because I called you a cute puppy?” I tried to muffle my smile behind my hand but it didn't seem to working because he let out another huff. "I didn't mean it as an insult. It's just I heard so much about your wolf and seeing him now, he looks harmless. I've always loved pets.” I murmured, I had no idea why I was rambling on. The wolf'

Last Updated : 2025-08-25

Chapter Fourty-Four

“I-I have no idea.” I whispered, looking away from him. "Look at me Valerie.” Cautiously I followed his instructions. "You don't remember running off into the woods? You shouldn't have known there was a rogue attack happening in the woods but you did and you rushed off without informing anyone.” He told me. I swallowed. His eyes didn't look angry, atleast not at me, I guess. He spoke like he was communicating with a child and he needed me to understand how dangerous my actions were. “I don't know why I did that." I whispered again, fidgeting my fingers on my thigh. He would think I was crazy. He let out a sigh. “You're lying Valerie." My heart froze. I expected him to lash out but his voice grew more uncharacteristically soft. “You need to tell me what's going on. I'll take care of it, I promise." That sentence always turned out to be a lie. I was aware there was a big problem at hand and it was only a matter of time before I broke. “I-I felt it." The silence in the room stre

Last Updated : 2025-08-26

Chapter Fourty-Five

My hand on the towel tightened. Melanie pushed past her brother and ran towards me. She crashed into me in a hug, wrapping her hands around me. My lips curled into a smile. “I've never been so scared my entire life, Valerie." She breathed. “I'm sorry." I whispered into her hair softly. She pulled back and ran her eyes over my form, then she squinted her eyes at my wet hair and attire before whipping her head towards her brother. She huffed a breath, “I'll be waiting for you outside Valerie.” She said to me before leaving. The King still stood by the door like his sister was a nuisance. He turned to me and nodded towards the bed. I had so many clothes right now, I couldn't remember all of them but I somehow knew the dress on his bed was from my closet. “Thank you." I whispered, picking the dress up. He also weirdly knew what I liked to wear. He nodded at me. I stood, waiting but nobody moved. I bit into my cheek as I continued to wait. The King sighed at my insistence and t

Last Updated : 2025-08-28

Chapter Fourty-Six

I stilled completely. My heart racing and threatened to burst out of my chest. Aria bent down to the boy's height. “Why do you keep insisting so, Thomas?" She asked, trying not to sound as serious as she looked. "She told us so.” My brows creased as I tilted my head aback. My head was beginning to ache badly at this point. I opened my mouth to speak but no sound came out. Aria's head snapped to me and I could feel every other gaze in the room on me. "How exactly did she say it? “ Aria inquired and the little boy's lips curled like he was searching for the right way to explain it. "She was glowing white after she shielded us from the bad guys. The Luna didn't say it. The wind did.” Another little girl from the row of kids said and the ache in my head grew. "The wind told you? “ Melanie repeated like she was suspected the kids must have also hit their head. "Yes.” Another older kid affirmed. "The voice sounded faraway but we all heard it.” A second bolt of chorus echoed.

Last Updated : 2025-09-03