VidaSomewhere near Burn's Bar, New York City"Where could he be?"Vida sat down on the low half-wall that separates the sidewalk from the closed-off area behind a liquor store.Tessa sat down beside her and wiped her forehead dry from her sweat. "Girl, we'd been going around in circles. Did he not tell you anything before he left?""No," Vida said as she looked straight ahead of her."It's the twenty-first century and yet Colter does not carry a phone. What kind of normal person does not own a phone in this day and age?" Tessa grumbled. "Looking for him would be much easier."Vida just shrugged. They spent the rest of the afternoon looking for Colter. She was running out of ideas where he might be. They had gone to the most common places where Colter might head to, but to no avail, he was still nowhere to be found."You know what, we should take a rest." Tessa said. "What I had seen might not even be true and Colter might be just out doing some important matters. It's his day off at
ColterVida's Apartment, New York CityColter knew he was screwed the moment he decided to say goodbye to Vida one last time. He had foreseen how Vida would protest about him leaving. However, what he did not expect was her to be saying those sweet words.I love you.When she pulled him down for a kiss, he was a goner. He was shocked, yes, by her boldness to establish that she did indeed love him. A goner, nonetheless.The moment slowly heated up as they craved each other's touch. Colter knew it was long, long overdue. That day in the park, he wanted to take Vida home and have his way with her, but he wondered what Vida would think of him.It was a good call that he did the noble thing of avoiding such situation. Or else, he would not be here right now with her.He could feel Vida's passion with that one kiss. Her hands roaming across his back and to his chest. Colter could not resist but reciprocate and let his hands wander her body. He caressed her waist and ran up his hands on her
Vida Vida’s Apartment, New York CityShe stared at Colter, there was confusion and sorrow in her eyes as she realized the intonation of his voice. It was filled with dread and sadness, upon hearing those words, Vida’s heart filled with sadness. It was as if the man she had shared and spent the night with was going to tell her something that she would not be able to take. His eyes betrayed no emotion, other than guilt and melancholy. She had wanted answers for what was happening recently, and in her darkest moment, in her paranoia she was going to receive them.Pulling up the covers to cover the rest of her body, she sat up and nodded at Colter to continue, who only stared at her with bewildered eyes. The couple stared into each other’s eyes; amber meeting emerald but there was no hint of giving in.Colter then took a deep breath and Vida braced herself for the worse, many scenarios ran through her head but what she was going to be told surpassed all of that.“I never wanted to hide a
VidaVida’s Apartment, New York City“Look Colter, I’m not up for any drugs, if you want to go, feel free to go” Vida said worriedly, her paranoia getting the better of her as her mind told her that Colter could also be just some drugged out junkie messing around with her feelings.But the gorgeous man in her apartment clasped her hand in both his hands and smiled at her wryly, “Look, I am not in a position to ask you to trust me” but as he said those words, Vida felt the affection and the warmth spilling out from him, he was not lying. “Trust me.”She sighed and pulled her hand away from him, shaking off the blankets that she used to cover her naked bodice, she stepped out of the bed, feeling Colter’s stare at her all the time and grabbed her clothes.“Please, if by flying you mean taking drugs, I don’t want to take part in any of it” Vida said her back turned, putting on clothes while Colter chuckled from behind her. “So, there are drugs in this kingdom of yours as well?”“Drug mean
AquilaNew York CityThey were watching intently, wanting to get the work done before the sun even rose. So, they watched this building closely, hoping for a moment where they can strike. To the normal eye, they were like a bunch of goons waiting for their target to walk out of his home and then attack. This is what the vultures, in human skin, planned. Colter would not be able to expect their attacks yet they braced for a battle nonetheless. He was not called the ‘roaring inferno’ for no reason.Aquila motioned with his hand for one of his minions to circle the area as he felt Colter’s presence moving, there were no other spectators right now as it was barely sunrise. People were still sleeping soundly, one of the perfect moments to strike at an unexpecting foe.They heard a door creak open and slam and they saw him, their quarry at long last, Colter was stepping out of this dwelling and was preparing to take off.“Now!” Aquila and Dyron, who was watching them through his animus scre
VidaNew York City“Well, happy birthday to me, I guess…” Vida thought to herself with building disdain, her face was blank and her eyes gave off a chilling deadness. She was clearly unhappy at what was going on, she felt sorrow, disdain and resentment welling up inside of her.“Colter left without saying when he will come back or how long he will be gone…” Vida muttered to herself, starting to look slightly crazed.It was Vida’s birthday, as she had sung to herself in her mind, she and Tessa had planned to take a day off and just celebrate her birthday. They were supposed to go to the mall, a cinema, food and also drinks at night. But plans had changed and Vida was simply too depressed to do anything ‘happy’.“Let’s just go to work” Vida texted Tessa, who immediately reply with a barrage of angry, sad and cursing emojis. “Already on my way there” Vida replied to Tessa’s string of emojis.Well, if that didn’t secure anything, nothing will, Vida thought wildly, knowing that this will a
ColterKingdom of HavoccHis veins were on fire, leaving traces all over his body as the poison coursed through him. Colter tried to endure the pain but his mind was already screaming. The last thing he knew was that he was attacked after leaving Vida’s apartment. It was quite a battle but he was caught off guard. Hence why he was in this sticky situation right now.“It hurts” Colter thought as the fire continued to burn inside him, his brain was slowly losing itself and his heart was slowing down. “Vida…” Colter thought as his thoughts flickered in and out of existence, “I’m sorry… I think I fucked up”Then there was a snap, it was as if something inside of him changed. He found himself in darkness and there was voice that seemed to guide him on.“You are my son” the voice told him.“I am your son…?” Colter repeated in the darkness of his mind, “I am your son.”“Open your heart to me, my son” the voice continued and Colter accepted it like a child.Dark energies flowed into him, it w
GianKingdom of HowardIt was a gloomy day, the absence of the Prince Colter had weighed heavily on the citizens of Howard, their morale was low, his mother had not left her room for days and King Malik’s thoughts were befuddled. Vergil, the royal guard who had been sent to the portal had returned yet. For what it was worth, the Kingdom of Howard looked like they were hovering over ruin.The elder prince, Gian Howard, found himself following the Deity Flora curiously, he decided to spy on the oracle because she could potentially reveal his betrayal to the king, no the whole kingdom. Not wanting his chance at the throne be squandered by some all-seeing witch, he watched her quietly.Flora took a pouch of ash from her clothes; it was what she usually used when she conjured visions. The crystals around her started to glow as she blasted a handful of ash into the floor.“Revelate!” she chanted and the room seemingly quivered for a split second, Gian was rattled for a few seconds but he tr