RANDALL looked at me as if he was looking at a lamb, his hand was on my chin. He inched his face forward; our noses were brushing against each other. I could smell his fresh breath. His other hand was on my waist, pressing and squeezing me there.I winced and the egocentric king saw that as a sign of weakness but I didn’t look away. Interest flickered his eyes. The moment he opened his mouth, no one from the guests attempted to speak. They were that terrified of him.My wolf, on the other hand, was roaring so loud. It was dying to be freed. It could not wait to bare its teeth and bite while the alpha contenders who saw me in the arms of Randall all grimaced. I could hear their wolves snarling.But as they say, there was a time for everything. A time to roar and a time to suck it up and be quiet. A time to bite and a time to control ourselves and purse our lips tightly together.“Answer my question,” the king said, his fingers were now on my lower lip. I wanted to bite it off but I ste

WAS that the reason why I saw images of Blade’s parents trying to kill him when he was a child? That was so cruel. They were the ones who decided that Blade would become a devil just because of a prophecy. They could have changed it. They could have raised him with love and made sure he will grow up differently.They had no right to decide on one’s future. If Blade’s heart had turned dark, that was because the world had been cruel to him. Nobody had given him the chance to prove that he could be a good person. They took away the light in his heart. He had become a devil because of his own family. How could they think he wouldn’t grow up like that if he was raised in a heartless manner?How could they expect a young child to understand why his parents were scheming to kill him?“You know what I think? Your parents are stupid. They chose to believe in some stupid prophecy rather than their own flesh and blood-““The prophecy is real-““That’s what you want to believe!” My eyes narrowed.

(Katniss)“MY LITTLE wolf…”I woke up catching my breath. It happened again. I heard that voice again. It had been a month since mom’s funeral. The war with the vampires ended. There was peace in the kingdom now. My life should have gone back to normal but it didn’t.It was like everyone around me was busy moving on except for me. Their lives went on. Mine didn’t.There were times when I could hardly breathe, when I would wake up in the middle of the night as if somebody was calling me. I feel like there was something very important that I’d been forgetting, like there was a place where I should be and it was definitely not this castle.I stared at the window. My forehead creased. I remember closing them before I slept but they were open now. The cold breeze was getting inside.I glanced at the digital clock. It was almost twelve midnight. I put on my robe and went to the balcony. I climbed up the baluster and gazed at the moonless sky. I feel like I’ve done this before.These days, n

“EARL pointed the wrong man when you arrived at mom’s room. I know it broke his heart to do it. It was wrong but I also know that he did that to protect mom’s memories and to protect our family. I’m sure the vampire king had something against our mother which led her to do that.”My stomach flipped. The moment I heard those words, something flickered in my mind. It was a blurry image of a man. I couldn’t see his face but I could see his eyes clearly. They were gold and they were so beautiful but those eyes were looking back at me with such agony as if he had seen it coming, as if he had been expecting that I would hurt him.“I didn’t know happiness until you smiled and showed me that you are happy. I wanted you to be happy because I felt that seeing you happy would make me happy, too. You see it’s not about you. It’s about me. That’s why you don’t have to thank me, little wolf.”Those words suddenly rang in my ears. It was that same voice I kept hearing night after night. Those words

SOMETHING had changed. When we turned around to the alpha queen, her palms were bleeding and she was sweating so hard as if she ran here. She looked pale. Despite that, we could all see that she was happy. Her eyes were glowing. She could have gotten here faster had she shifted but she didn’t.For some reason, we couldn’t feel her wolf tonight.“What happened to your wolf, your majesty?” I asked what every hybrid was dying to ask.“The journal didn’t work.” Her voice broke. “Even if I found out his name, nothing came to my mind. I couldn’t locate him. I couldn’t remember his face. I’m not like your king. I can’t make spells but I know that to counter every spell, a sacrifice has to be made. Luckily, there’s a full moon tonight.”“Are you saying that you sacrificed your wolf?” Onyx asked, he looked astounded.Katniss looked away. “At least I remembered now. It was a hard journey back home but I’m… glad to be home.”The tower was cursed. It may be the biggest and the tallest tower in th