It had been so long since Cory lost his mother. On that afternoon when he was 11 years old, he heard his mother arguing with the old king in the office because he was too weak. It was said there was a sort of magic that existed in this world that could make a weak wolf strong. His mother was fighting for him for that tiny possibility.The old king knew how to do the magic. He was such a powerful wolf. He knew about everything, but he refused to help his son and killed his mother for it. Cory would never forget about that afternoon when he came back home from the forest. The old wolf was pacing in the living room anxiously, waiting for him. When he saw Cory walk inside the house, he smiled at him very rarely and his tone was gentle. He asked the little boy, “How’s the school doing?”Cory clenched his little fists nervously. His father never smiled at him. He knew something must have gone wrong in this house. He said, “Everything is great. Thank you for asking, Father.”The old kin

Cory was dead. Until Ragnar landed on the floor and shifted back to his human form, he still couldn’t believe that his younger brother had just died to protect him. He stood on that messy floor motionlessly, trying hard to persuade himself to believe what had just happened, and then slowly, and hesitantly, he walked back to that crushed table with countless pieces of broken glass under his bare feet. That golden arrow dug out a hole in the window when it ran through that heavy silver barrier. Under that sole beam of warm morning sunlight, Ragnar saw his younger brother lying there on that pile of junk na/kedly, and lonely, with his eye wide open. The holes on both sides of his head were still dripping blood and there were so many bruises and cuts on his body. His left eye now was a complete blood hole, and … he was just … dead, not breathing, cold and motionless. Ragnar would have cried if he hadn’t run out of tears when he lost his human family three years ago. He wasn’t suppo

After the last member of the wolf committee left, the room turned to dead silence. Elena turned around and hugged Ragnar.She knew why he agreed to do so, but it was so unfair.He was such a great man, so caring, kind, and gentle. Why did all those cruel things keep happening to him?! It was so wrong!“I am sorry,” she cried, “I am so sorry…”Ragnar smiled. He felt so happy to have someone cry for him. But he had learned how to deal with sadness and loss a long time ago. He had gotten too much experience with it.“It’s alright,” he said, and then printed a gentle kiss on her hair, “I will be alright.”Elena sobbed on his chest.Her father, Orion, exchanged a look with Elena’s mother, Eleanor.Cory’s death was unexpected news to all of them. But at least, there was one positive aspect to it. From now on, they weren't be “banished” from the country anymore.“If you don’t mind, Allie and I will do the Beta work for you for the moment,” he said to Ragnar in a calm voice, “L told us, you d

The next morning, Elena woke up in the unexpected coldness.It was in the middle of summer. Before she went to sleep, she just used a thin blanket. But when she woke up, she felt so cold as if she was sleeping in a huge freezer.She opened her eyes with a frown, rubbing her bare arms subconsciously with her hands. The first thing she saw was Ragnar lying beside her. Outside, the sky had already become bright and he was lying there on his side, facing her, in exactly the same position as when they fell asleep last night-they cuddled each other.Elena knew how difficult it was for Ragnar to get some sleep. She didn’t wake him up. Instead, she put all the blankets on his body to keep him warm, and then got off bed.She fumbled out a coat from the closet and then went to the window to check. Behind the curtain, it was bright, but it wasn’t summer bright with the sun and everything else that symbolized the summer. It was winter bright, cold, and rigid.She stopped beside the window and the

Elena clutched the cell phone in her hand. Lennie’s phone call was unexpected, but it somehow assured Elena that Lennie must have something to do with the snow. She took another deep breath to calm herself down, and then said, “It’s none of your business.”As anxious as she was, she knew showing her vulnerability to Lennie would only make the situation worse. Lennie smirked again, but she surprisingly didn’t bite back. She took a short pause at the other end of the cell phone and then asked, “Where’s the Moon Goddess’s relic?”Elena frowned. She had thought Lennie only made this phone call to check on Ragnar’s condition, passingly mocked or threatened her. “Why should I answer your question?” Elena replied in a calm voice, pretending nothing bad had just happened. Lennie fell into weird silence once again. After a while, she said, “I heard there’s snow in the wolf’s land too. If you want it to stop, then give me the damn relic.”Elena bit her bottom lip. She didn’t have the Moon G