"The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog’s tooth." -William Shakespeare----(Vera)I woke up to the hushed whispers and shuffling footsteps. My head pounded as I rubbed my eyes with a wince.It was a terrible, terrible night and I had no one to blame but myself.After Mateo walked out and flew away, leaving my stomach in tangled knots, I almost got caught, but I was quicker than and got away, of course, after stealing the eye of Sabius, once again.I almost went to the palace, too, but then I talked myself out if it. I knew there was no use keep picking up the wound.He was right, but every inch in my body begged even when my brain warned me against it.I hated it. I hated every second of that torture.I ran all the way to my home, because I knew if I allowed Nova to come, she wouldn’t hesitate to go and find the prince and tell him about things he didn’t need to know.She was a freaking traitor, and that was what she was, oh, and also terribly angry w

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” ― Sun Tzu ---- (Vera) I looked at Mateo and shook my head as my heart twisted weirdly. I felt a momentary flash of panic. No. I didn’t want him anywhere near danger. Just thinking about it was creating a big fucking ball of fear in my stomach, and this was one of the few reasons I didn’t want him in the first place. “Go, Mateo, go with your guards. I will be alright. Okay. You should go... you must-” He pressed a finger against my lips, cutting me off. The guards looked at us weirdly before one of them cleared his throat. “Prince, you really should come. Nobody knows what is going on here... you are not safe here,” the guard spoke in an urgent voice. “The queen asked me to fetch you and I shall-” Mateo waved his hand, cutting the man off. “And I am just the same as everybody else. I can’t run away like a coward, Jace. Please, make sure mother and Amyra is safe,” he whispered worriedly, and the guard looked conflict

(Vera)“Despite all this fucking mess, I am happy. Because you are here right now.” His voice was breathy as he looked at me with bright emerald eyes that stole my breath away. The look in his eyes... created a pit in my stomach. I nervously looked up at him and I realized it was love. It wasn’t the dark passion, or the sweltering lust. I could easily take it and give it back. As much as he gave. Even more. But this was love. This was something... that scared me.Did I love him? Could I love him like how he loved me? Pure. Unadulterated. A love I didn’t deserve. He deserved so much more than what I could offer him."You are everything he deserves and more!” Nova said with a deep growl. Of course, she would say that, because no matter what, she was always loyal to me. I shook my head.He was too good to be saddled with my brokenness. I was full of darkness he hadn’t seen in life."How do you know? You know nothing about him, just as he doesn’t know anything about him. That is why you n

(Vera)The night sky was beautiful. The stars glittered and below the canopy of the sky, the palace grounds looked deserted. The massive Leurier tree was still smoking, its old glory destroyed to leave a charcoal of what it was once. Its proud leaves crumbled to ashes.Dragons lived by the fire, freed by the fire, and most of the times, died by the fire. It was our life, surrounded by something that could give us life and take our lives. It was our destiny. There was liberation in the fire."I wish I am with him,” Nova said as she flapped her massive wings, gliding along the darkness.Everything in me begged to stay there with Mateo, too, and the need was like a physical pain, but I needed to see Owen and had to be with my friends, too. Today, I needed to be there. Prince Mateo had so many guards and his own family to look after him. I needed to take care of my family.Faye’s dragon flew next to me, her dark orang

(Vera)“Come to my room!” It was an order, and I wanted to obey it. Obey him.“Well...” I trailed off teasingly and his eyes flashed as he gripped my neck in his big hand and looked at me with eyes swirling with passion. For someone who had barely had any experience, he was so good at making me burn for him. And I burned. Like a forest fire on a warm, windy day.Nova licked her lips lustily as she stared at him.“If you don’t want to come-” he whispered as his finger flicked against my tightened ni.pples. A soft, lustful moan left my lips. “We can do it right here.”“In the Queen’s room?” I asked scandalized. I was rarely ever scandalized...“It is not the Queen’s room. Also, if it is the Queen’s room, it will one day become yours. We can anoint that desk right there...” he said as he leaned closer and rubbed his canines along my jaw. I looked into his dark green eyes. They were like a tumultuous oceal, with swirling wave of passion and I would gladly step inside the storm. For him. A