Despite barely having the strength to walk, Eren kept on running, not stopping, not looking back, just running away from the borders, away from her.The sight of her blaming eyes was forever engraved in his memory, the amount of pain and betrayal they carried only made him run faster, telling himself he was a curse, that she would indeed be better off without him.Will she? His steps came to a sudden halt, a terrible fear settling in his heart with that thought, the fear of something happening to her while he wasn’t around to protect her!Taking a step back, Eren contemplated the idea of running back to her, to har scent, to her face, to her lips and their divine taste, but the memory of her blaming eyes stopped him again.Her eyes were lethal indeed, but there was something else, the great war! He was going to war and couldn’t take her with him, the shadows’ empire wasn’t safe for her and he didn’t have anyone that he truste

Summoning her magical ice swords, Rima swung them at the small monsters that charged at her, not having a second to waste as the creatures jumped from under the water with their maws agape, their sharp teeth bare and threatening, ready to tear up any and everything that fell between their jaws. Standing at the front of the boat wither icy blades, Rima moves them in agile but strong and precise swings, decapitating one creature after the other, trying to take as many as she could herself for she knew the others were not even half her strength, it was up to her to protect everyone in her group, but the task was not an easy one for there were thousands of the creatures attacking from each side Their numbers and ferocity wasn’t the only thing she had to worry about, Rima thought with worried while kicking the remains of the creatures out of the boat to getting rid of the excessive weight, there was also the fact that the creatures didn&rsq

Eren followed Henry with bored eyes as the later paced the room back and forth, worry written all over his form, and even though the shadows' lord was worried as well, the human king was on a whole other level. His heart was about to burst out, and his brain was about to explode out of his skull with all the thoughts and possibilities running all at once inside his head. They were supposed to hear from the scouting group three days ago, according to his calculations, the forbidden sea was rather a narrow one, and the sail wasn’t supposed to take more than a day, but it has been four days already and they didn’t get any news. Not only his two best friends, the ones he grew up with and loved as brothers, were on that sail, but the woman who was slowly nestling herself in his heart. The thought of her warm smile and her simple yet alluring beauty warmed his heart for a fleeting second, she l

Henry took a deep breath, filling his lungs with the refreshing air of the sea, but instead of loosening the knot that formed in his abdomen, the freshness only made it tighter, mostly because he knew what was waiting for them in those open waters. His ship was on the very vanguard of the armada, followed by the five hundred ships filled with the combined armies, each ship having the same number of human soldiers, shadow demons, and ice demons in order to create a balance that would help them when it is time to face the rumored sea monsters. “We are almost there!” Eren whispered next to him, his voice barely audible as his eyes scanned the horizon. “Can you see them from here?” Henry asked while following the shadows’ lord line of sight, but he saw nothing except the calm blue water reflecting the first rays of the sun. “No! but I can see the irregularity of the wa

Sensing her prey’s pain and fret, the woman’s lips stretched into a wicked smile, revealing a set of decayed grey teeth, amused with the futile attempts of the fly trying to escape her creatures’ grip, her chest rose in victory and pride, for she knew that the prey she got this time was not like any other.This particular prey had something particular about him, he was a young man, full of life, he smelled so manly, so sharp and masculine, exactly the way she liked them, she was getting very tired of the boring intruders who would have been already dead, this one was the change she was craving, but there was something else about him, something palpable even from such distance, dark like her days, sharp like the canines of her pets, and cold like the depths she lived in, the thought of the rare combination made her mouth water with all the things she planned to do to her little toy after she is done asking him questions and feeding her curiosity.Eren