LOGINIrina“Irina, wake up… sleepyhead.” I felt a slight tap on my shoulder. My eyes opened sluggishly as I tried to adjust to the light in the room.“Alden?” I called out as it was his voice I heard.“Yes! Ugh, wake up, Irina.” He pulled my arm, then pulled me out of bed, forcing my eyes to open fully. Confused, I looked at the bed I was lying on. It was a white pillow.Then I looked at him. He was dressed in the same clothes I had dressed him in, a white sleeve and black pants.“Alden, you are…” I pointed to his neatly ironed clothes, then I pointed to the bed where his body was. Confused, I stepped back.“I want to show you something. Follow me.” He smiled at me, then looped his arm around mine. While still confused, he led me to the living area. The daggers I had pulled out of his body were still on the floor.“Alden… you are…”“I am nothing, Irina. Focus.” He ruffled my hair, then pulled me closer.“It’s morning here. I wanted you to see the clouds from here. It’s a skyscraper, and it
IrinaIt took me about an hour to align all the files and put them in their place. Alden might be very unserious, but he was oddly coordinated and he had taken his name, details, everything.From names to purpose. Checks, written notes. After the hour came to an end, I went to the bathroom and I pulled him out of the tub where he was.The water had a purple hue above it, but his body was now clean, his skin was almost back to normal, and for the first time I felt some sort of happiness, even if it was just a mere hint.I rid him of his clothes, then made sure there were no stains on his body before pulling him.This newly found strength of mine was of great help, I was able to carry him above my shoulder to one of the rooms where I covered him in white sheets.There were some clothes around, obviously his clothes. Some were covered in dust, so I brushed the dust off them before putting them on him.He looked put together. Now was the time to search for a private burial ground, and I k
IrinaLeaving Rosa behind, I walked over to the living room where Alden was, and he was still there, his face pressed on the floor, and both daggers buried into his body.This scene was horrid.“Oh my love.” Reaching out to him, I turned him over, his legs were burnt and his footwear melted into his skin, his hands also caught the flames and they burnt most of his clothes.I was so broken that I didn’t notice how much damage was done to him.Whatever poison was offered to him had made his skin purple and his eyes blue, he didn’t look like himself anymore, and all I wanted to do was go back in time and change everything.Bring back his smile, his voice.I miss everything about him.Pulling him closer, I hugged his body so tight before letting him fall again.“I will make you proud, I promise, and my babies would be named Leo and Milo, heavens know what it means, but if I have them I would give them those names just like you wanted.”The thought of it alone made me chuckle.“And I will
King SebastianIt was there and then that it struck me how oblivious I really was, and how much I had missed.Irina wanted to go to the human realm? Did I hurt her so much that she was so desperate to leave? She wanted to be worlds apart from me. How did I not see the signs?Did I hurt Alden as well? They must have shared the same pain for them to come together and decide it would be best if they moved away from me, to move to the human realm.Oh, goddess save me.The ache in my heart was suffocating, and I couldn’t breathe. It felt like I was trapped in the oceans deep in the water, with my hands and legs chained behind me.It felt like I was alive, yet dead at the same time.I turned around, and I held Amelia's hand.“Irina can’t be dead. Look at me, Amelia. You better pray to the goddess that neither of them is dead. I am going to go out there, and I am going to see them. Is that clear?”“Sebastian!”“Oh no, no. They have to be alive! They must be alive, or so help me, because I wi
IrinaRosa lay on the floor for some seconds before it registered in my head that something was really wrong with her.I had no idea what to do or how to react to it. Do I call out her name or pull her up?There were blood stains on her body, and she was badly bruised. She must also be facing the realm shock I faced. When she moved between realms, she was also emotionally disrupted.So yes, she must also be facing realm shock and might die. I watched her body on the floor longer than I should have, then noticed blood coming down her eyes and her lips, just like it had done with Alden after she wickedly poisoned him.So why should I care? Why does she deserve my help? I hope she dies and just leaves completely.No matter how big this realm was, it could not be big enough for the both of us. She ruined my life. She caused me so much pain.I removed my eyes from the floor, then sank deeper into the tub. The water bounced back, covering my head, then flowing down my shoulders.The King cr
King SebastianRidge might be dead, but Amelia wasn’t. She was the one who plotted alongside Ridge. She must have also instigated the purchase of the poison used to kill my brother, and all I could think about was how stupid she was.She was closer to me than anyone unrelated in this pack, and somehow she thought killing Alden would make me less furious, or was she planning on blaming it on Irina?Oh, of course.It all clicked now. She was planning on using my trust in her, the blind spot she had operated on all her life. She would have never thought I would find out her operations.All her plans were centered on the trust I had for her, and it hurt me even more.“My King, you aren’t saying anything.” The man before me said as he stood up and looked at me.“Go out, look for my brother and my woman. I don’t want to know if you spend your entire lifetime looking for them, but you will find them and you will bring them to me!” The words left my lips in a hurry.I didn’t wait to hear any
IrinaI had to think of another way, a safer way to execute this plan.“Look, Alden, there has to be another way. It might be unsafe, but please think of something else. What if I go to the west? It's quiet there and people barely leave there.” Alden scoffed.“The western king is my brother's lap d
IrinaThe pain brought me down to my knees. I held my chest, trying to contain it, but it wouldn’t stop.Everything blurred before me and it felt like I was going to pass out, yet I didn’t.I held my knees hard against my chest, still praying to the Goddess that she let the pain of the bond break w
IrinaMe having this child in my womb was enough. He doesn't have to know, at least not yet.“Okay,” I muttered into his chest. His hands ran up my body, then down my back. His fingers brushed against my lips, slowly moving the tip of his fingers across the edge of them.It soothed me just like it
IrinaHe looked like he saw a ghost.“Hi…” I said, waving at him as his eyes wouldn’t leave mine. He snapped, trudged into my room, and jammed the door shut.“What’s your problem? I told you not to ever lock your room door, didn’t I?”His hand grabbed my wrist,







