LOGINDorian clicked his tongue and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.Something very unlike Dorian."You were my first love, Maeve," Dorian said suddenly and bluntly.Delivered in that same flat tone of voice. His honesty struck the air between us."And you were also my first heartbreak. Scientifical
MAEVE POVThe cheers were deafening, echoing from the square and bouncing off the stone walls of Nightwhisper Palace. I stood at the threshold of the balcony doors. The cool spring breeze brushed against my face.There was no longer any freezing air or suffocating sulfur stench. The Capital had come
"Your skin color has returned to normal. No signs of tissue damage from the parasites. Congratulations, Princess, you're officially a mortal human who's completely useless in combat.""Thank you for your honest diagnosis, Dorian," I said, trying to sit up.Alaric immediately slipped two large pillow
MAEVE POVSunlight pierced my eyelids with scorching heat. I blinked, feeling my eyelids as heavy as lead. My body was stiff, and my muscles ached as though they had just been struck by a sledgehammer over and over again.Yet something felt very different. The cold that usually nested deep within my
“To hell with your magic!” I roared without the slightest hesitation. “To hell with this throne and your ancestors’ power! I don’t love your magic, Maeve! I love you! Throw away that damned magic and come back to me!”My words seemed to become an anchor in the storm inside her mind. The black haze i
ALARIC POV“Let me go, Bastard!” I roared, my voice cutting through the sound of the storm of darkness raging in the middle of the throne room.I struggled with all my strength, wrenching against Dorian’s hands as he tried to lock my neck and pin me to the shattered marble floor.“You’re insane, Ala
ALARIC POV“Get up!” I roar, my voice booming through the freezing morning air. “Do you think Alpha Garson’s dogs are going to give you time to rest?!”A young man in front of me coughs up blood, clutching the ribs I had just kicked. He struggles to stand on shaking knees, gripping his wooden sword
We slowly break apart from the kiss, our breaths mingling into white mist in the freezing air.I sit down and pull Maeve into my arms, and peace settles inside me there. Especially when Maeve leans against my chest, and I can feel her heartbeat, alive and steady.“What should I do to face Uncle Gars
“What are you doing? Pick up your sword and fight me, Sword Bearer.”“No,” Alaric says firmly.“How amusing… are you not afraid of dying by my hands? Or are you going to stab me in the back and kill me all over again?”“I never stabbed you in the back, Princess. I am willing to die for you.”A low g
Oh my God… that is a parasite sample!“This parasite is the most perfect and most destructive mutation I have ever seen. There is no formula in the modern world capable of neutralizing its poison without killing the host.” Dorian casually twirls the crystal tube between his fingers.“But Alaric surv







