(Katniss)‘BEFORE you go out there, let me warn you, Katniss. His Grace had changed. He is currently experiencing the repercussions from absorbing the forbidden mana. He could end up hurting you,’ Khal told me before we left the palace.‘His Grace would not do that! Look at her. He woke up beside her and all the strands of her hair are still a hundred percent intact! He didn’t send her flying away unlike us,’ Felipe argued.‘We should be thankful he didn’t kill us. If the man in the prediction came true, we would have been dead by now,’ Onyx butted in. ‘I’d like to believe that the man you had fallen in love with is still there, Katniss, but he is probably drowning inside from the darkness. With your help, I think it’s still possible to pull him back into the light. It will be very difficult, though.’ He narrowed his eyes as if he was testing me. ‘Are you still up for it?’‘I will take whatever pain he’ll give. I deserve it anyway.’ I took a deep breath. ‘With all the things that took

(Onyx) THE devil narrowed his eyes. The cracks started forming on the walls and on the floors. The air became colder and the humans shivered. In the past, once we saw that look in His Grace’s eyes, we would do anything to get out of his way because that look meant danger. The last time he used that look in the places he conquered, nobody survived. It was cold but all of us hybrids started sweating. We know the devil enough to back down at a time like this. Any beast would recognize a stronger beast when they saw one and our instincts, our inner beasts, were screaming at us to get out of the door right now. “Don’t you dare move an inch, Khal. You heard what Katniss said last night. We are…” I cleared my throat. “A family here. And families stay together in good times and bad. None of us should leave.” “And who the hell said I’m leaving? I’m just… stretching,” Khal answered defensively. He wiped the sweat off his forehead as he glanced at the door. We kept our feet steady on the fl

(Katniss)WHILE looking at Blade as he takes off his clothes, I find it really hard to believe that he was cursed by the moon goddess when everything about him seemed to be her gift to women.Nothing about him looked evil.Even his powers were a blessing. On second thought, that depends on how he would use it.But when it came to his new look, it just made him appear more enigmatic. All he would do was just look at women and they would gladly risk anything for him. If he would ask for their souls, they might even willingly give it to him.Blade may think his guests were all under compulsion but that spell seemed to have broken when I stepped in because I saw fear and anxiety crossed in the women’s eyes when they looked at the dead bodies but the desire in their eyes remained when they glanced at the host of the party.What stopped them from running away was him and the promise of an unforgettable night that they could see in his eyes.But after tempting those women, Blade didn’t care

BLADE stared at the blood dripping on my neck. He cussed and dropped the dagger before walking out on me. He slammed the door closed.I leaned on the wall and breathed heavily. I had no idea how long I stood there while staring blankly at the door. I only forced myself to move when I heard my phone ring. It was Chester.I picked up the phone on the bedside table and went to the balcony before answering the call. My voice was still hoarse when I said, “Yes?”“Your majesty, it’s me. I know you would hate it if I link with you, that's why I decided to just call instead.”“I’m not in the kingdom anymore. You can call me by my name now, Chester.”“As you wish. So… how have you been, Kat?”A sad smile curled my lips. It had been a while since I last heard my nickname. “You called to ask me that at four in the morning? Really?”He laughed as if he got embarrassed but then he asked, “Are you okay?”That question suddenly made me want to cry. I bit my lower lip to stop myself from sobbing. Che

(Blade)A SUDDEN, sharp pain in my head woke me up. But even with my eyes wide open, it was still pure darkness. And there was no spell in the goddam world that could make me see even a glimpse of light. I tried but nothing worked.There were several voices ringing in my ears. And the voices were getting louder as time passed by.I snarled as I stood up while clutching my head. I started breaking out in cold sweat. In the middle of the searing pain, of the voices that kept haunting me, there was one name that came to my mind.“Katniss!” I looked around helplessly. “Where are you?”“Blade, I’m here.”I thought I had gone blind. But when I looked up and followed that particular voice, I finally got to see something. It was her. She had this light surrounding her. In this absolute darkness, she was the only thing I was able to see.She was shining.“Where were you?!” I asked in a trembling voice. “I thought you left.”Instead of answering my question, she spread her arms as if she unders