“Shut up! You little bitch!” I spat and the smirk on her lips grew. I was overcome with the intense need to see her bleed. I wanted nothing more than to rip her head off and finish this. I had let my animal instincts take over me. And the want to kill took over my being and all I saw was red as my hold on her throat tightened. My chest vibrated with threatening growls that took over the sound of her whimpering in my hold.My head shot to my right when a large palm grasped the hand that was wrapped around Sigrún’s throat. “Let her go, Nesta,” I growled in response and Anxo’s hold slightly tightened.“This is not you.” He calmly said never breaking eye contact with me as Sigrún continued to whimper and gasp for air.“You will regret this. Let her go!” His voice wasn’t commanding, yet I was tempted to give in to his requests. I could feel the rage that had consumed me slowly subside. Allowing me to breathe and understand what I was doing.“Let go.” He murmured and his hold on my hand loo
“…I heard he is back?” A warrior asked and the other one nodded.“You heard right. I just escorted him to his residence.”“Are they…?” I looked up at Anxo and he nodded, “He returned a few hours ago.” Anxo said in a monotonous voice, and I nodded. All kinds of thoughts started playing in my head as I started to walk.The conversation and the things she told me started to play in vivid details as I barely managed to keep walking. Hundreds of scenarios played in my head as I started to rush back home. And all of them ended up being the same. I don’t want to see him. I have to go away. And for that, I can not return back to my house.“I-I’m going to visit the garden,” I murmured as I turned around and started heading to the forest.“What! Let me come with you!” Anxo shouted as I rushed into the forest.I shook my head as I frantically blabbered. “No. Don’t follow me.”In a matter of moments, I started running as my mind tried to navigate through the forest amidst thousands of soul crushi
The slightly thick crimson liquid that coursed through my vein slowly filled the clear long tube and dripped into the tiny glass bottle. I watched as the blood swirled and filled the glass bottle. Andjela removed the needle from my arm and waited till the tube was emptied into the glass bottle. She sealed the bottle, and I sat up.“We need just another half bottle. Come by whenever you want tomorrow.” She smiled and I nodded. Andjela is the healer whom I have been visiting from the very beginning of my pregnancy. And she has been like a rock to me when I had the breakdown in her office last week.“I will,” I murmured, and she handed me a pill and a glass of water. The pill is supposed to help me gain blood really quickly.“I will see you tomorrow then.” I smiled back at her and nodded my head before walking out of her office.The house was just as I left it a few hours ago. Vacant, cold, and dark. Vesna wasn’t back yet. She had called though, informing me that she has to stay there fo
Even though they are quiet and unmoving like an old photograph, stars shone in the night sky like diamonds. I closed my eyes as I felt the wind tangle my hair into a mane. The stars would have appeared coordinated if I had been out there in space, travelling beyond the boundaries of the known cosmos. The stars would tremble, and galaxies would dart and fall. But for now, the stars continued to follow their usual pattern as I wrapped my arms tightly over my chest and softly rested my head on the pillar that supported the shade over the small deck overlooking the backyard. Anxo left about an hour ago after dinner and took a bowl of Šnenokle with him. I noticed a shadow stir in the darkness of the forest, but I wasn’t startled as I knew who it was. Proving me right, Cassian appeared from the shadows and silently walked to me before sitting down beside me with a modest gap. We sat in silence. While I watched the stars, he stared at me. I glanced at him and noticed the questions in his eye
“Nesta,” he murmured, and I rushed to the door. But he grabbed my hand and my head shot at him.I yanked my arms away from his hold. “Don’t touch me!” I spat the words. “I have given you the space you wanted. But this is going too far!” He clenched his jaw, and I scoffed in disbelief. This male and the audacity he has! I wanted to laugh at his face but leaving was far more important.“Nesta! We are not finished yet!” He grabbed my arm again as I turned around. “Don’t take my name.” I snarled and tried to yank my hand free again, but his hold didn’t budge this time.“I gave you the time and space! So, why are you behaving like this!”“Let my hand go or I will rip it out of your grip!” I growled and the door opened again. And walked in a man in a black suit. He glanced at Erdem’s hand that gripped mine then stared at Erdem.“Your father has asked for your presence.” He solemnly informed, a certain coldness in his voice bothered me.“I will be there in a moment,” Erdem grumbled, his ey
3rd person POV:The moment Krsto’s words reached his ears, he was afraid of how that would affect the situation he was in. Hence, Erdem’s eyes frantically searched for hers. And when he found her, the look of betrayal that had filled her browns, crushed him. Erdem took a step towards her as her feet trembled and she leaned back. But the distance between them was too big for him to close and that distance only grew when she started to run for the exit. He wanted to follow her, but his father already had his arms around his shoulders and the wolves started to congratulate him. Soon she disappeared from his field of view. Her scent got buried by the heavy smell of booze and perfumes as well. The moment he got a chance, he grabbed Sigrún’s arm and pulled her out of the ballroom.Erdem shoved her into the nearest vacant room and shut the door behind him. His fingers agitatedly ran through his hair as he paced around the room.He abruptly stopped to face Sigrún, “Let me ask you this.” He pa
Sigrún screamed out in agony and fell to the floor. Erdem tried to keep standing but the force pushed him down to his knees. It was as if something was being torn out of him forcefully. Even through the pain, he felt as though a heavy weight was being lifted from him. The pain went away as abruptly as it came. Erdem lifted his eyes to find his father staring at him with darkened eyes. There was a shadow cast over his face that scared Erdem. Suddenly his father's leeches started screaming agony, and the darkness in Krsto’s eyes changed into dread. One after another, the leeches fell to the floor.“Hmm. That was convenient.” Krsto turned around as Anxo’s voice rang. Anxo’s eyes fell on Sigrún first, and she looked as though all the air in her had been knocked out. Anxo’s eyes shifted to Erdem, and he walked towards him.“If I heard correctly, then you wanted answers. Right?” Anxo’s voice was cold as his indifferent eyes stared down at Erdem.“Let me enlighten you with a story I just dis
“Got anything yet?” Erdem asked as he folded up his shirt sleeve.“He continually refuses to speak,” Nikola answered solemnly.“Cut off his meals. Only water, once a day.”“Understood.”“Any trace of, Nesta?” He asked, hoping there will at least be some information that could lead him to her.“Nothing.” Nikola gave him the same answer. Nothing. He has been hearing that same word for the last two weeks. A word he came to despise the most in the whole entire world.Erdem walked down the spiral stone stairs of the dungeon, with Beta Nikola on his toe. Their heavy boots resounded in the darkness of the cells. The blazing torches on the stone walls cast a dancing light upon the tomb. He breathed the air that reeked of blood and fear. The cries of tortured souls assailed his ears. Yet, he paid no heed to them. For he had grown used to the cries and the begging. Erdem reached the lowest level of the pit. Where rows of cells are lined up along the wall. He scanned them with his keen and pierc