Everything happened so fast, it took me a few seconds to process what my eyes were seeing. In the span of a second, Jace pinned the elf to a tree, holding him above ground by the neck with an iron fist. I gasped and brought my hands to my mouth. "Jace!! What are you- - What's this filth doing here!? DID YOU BRING HIM!?" His glare settled onto me, and a chill slid down my spine when I met his flaming eyes. I was barely able to open my mouth despite my intention to reply, since Jace turned his face away to glare at the elf. His hand pressed harder against his throat, and I felt my fists clench with worry. He's going to kill him! "He saved my life! Please, he's not a threat-" my phase was cut short when Jace suddenly folded in two, a painful grin distorting his face. The Elf was unwillingly released, but still managed to land on his feet and keep his composure. Kira somehow managed to get to Jace's side in less than two seconds, while I couldn't

I turned to the Elf and wondered if I had heard correctly since he didn't react at first. It took a few seconds but he seemed to catch on and sighed. "My tribe has great knowledge of many medical advances, far beyond your kind." I heard Kira scoff from her spot and I too felt a little skeptical of his claims. He saves me and now thinks he's better than everyone? Don't mind him, Ava. Cade scoffed over the link. Elves are known to be... egocentric. This one seems to be especially snarky. I took note of Cade's remark and sighed to myself. Another jackass to take care of... great. The Elf seemed to pick up on my hesitation and tried a gentler approach. "Listen, I know your... species and I don't see eye to eye, but you didn't eat me so far, so consider it as a gift. - A gift?" Ryder growled, arching a brow. "Ha, what kind of gift can your kind possibly give-Nnn!!!" In the blink of an eye, Ryder found himself fac

The pack gathered into a small group at the center of the clearing while the enemy closed in on us, armed with bows and a few spears. "Close them in!" Called one of the elves, while he and his compatriots continued to move forward. I gazed around, realizing we were trapped. "What's the meaning of all this!?" I shouted, alerted by their hostility. The elves ceased their movement at my words and seemed to gaze but I couldn't quite depict their emotion. From my left, I noticed Cade also had a confused look, but I didn't pay much attention to it and focused more on the situation at hand. We were startled when the sound of large hooves trampling the ground approached and, bursting from the bushes, an enormous white deer with golden antlers trotted towards us. Immediately, the surroundings troops went in "garde-a-vous". As the deer walked by, I noticed a raven haired elf was seated on it's back, his leafy green eyes starring down at me. Ciel was mounting an enormou

"Son." The raven haired elf nodded to Ciel, then settled his icy blue eyes on me. "This is the female you spoke about?" His voice boomed across the room, and sounded much more menacing now that we were in a closed area. Even my Wolf felt a little intimated but she stood her ground and lent me her courage. I looked down and gave a clumsy bow. "Your majesty." Is that what I'm supposed to say...? I've never been in front if royalty before... When I stood back up, the white haired queen stood up and walked down the steps towards me. She gently passed her hand across my cheek, then gazed at my eyes, my face and my body, apparently examining or assessing me. Although she was quite meticulous, I could feel some sort of strong emotion emanate from her... something similar to grief or nostalgia... Could it be that I reminded her

I don't know how much time had passed since I was locked up in my room, but it felt like an eternity. Nobody answered my calls over the link and after what I think was an hour at most, I gave up and slumped at the edge of my bed. I had already checked every inch of the room which only confirmed it was pointless to even try to escape; the window was way too high to jump out of and the door way was covered with thorns, not to mention the two elven guards posted there. I was completely isolated from the world with no one to turn to. I event tried to get information from the guards, or at least know what I did wrong, but none of them even moved or seemed to acknowledge my presence. I don't know how many hours I spent in that room, but finally, I heard movement at the front of my doorway, on the other side of the vines. "At ease." I heard the voice of King Valor say as a response to the guards and the vines retracted into the wall as I stood up, gazing at the King while h