Facing four of Jace's guards at once was no easy feat. Yet Revenant, inhabiting Kieran's body for centuries, across different forms, was agile and swift. He darted between chairs, scaled walls, dodged Jace's bullets, then struck one guard, seemingly the smallest and lacking teleportation powers.
In one sword thrust to the cursed guard's chest, he fell lifeless. Kieran's body leaped away, a bullet grazing his cheekbone, shattering it. Blood and bone splattered the walls. The enraged Revenant dodged aside, summoning Eliora's arrow and expertly hurling it at Jace's finger holding the pistol. A cry rang out, but the Revenant didn't linger to relish it. He swiftly moved, evading the teleporting sorcerer's chair swing and advancing to attack one of the burly guards.The guard wasn't just strong but agile and highly skilled in combat, anticipating Kieran's sword movements and dodging them. A sudden kick slammed into Kieran's chest, sending him rebounding into the wall.Bones crThe rain returned to greet Rainvale, this time accompanied by thunder so powerful it deafened and quickened the heart. Julian closed the back door of his house, connected to the backyard, and drew the curtains to shield it. Instantly, the surroundings plunged into darkness. And Julian realized, this was the first time he felt alone with Everly Sablecrest.Everly was making hot cocoa for the two of them. Julian couldn't help feeling a bit wary of her. At any moment, the Revenant could decide to poison him. It could be tomorrow, it could be now. But he quickly dismissed the suspicion in his heart and approached Everly."Let me show you to your room," Julian said. "You can also change into something more comfortable. I'm sure my sister's old clothes will suit you."Everly nodded nervously, her face blushing. A demeanor Julian didn't expect her to possess. So, which one was real? Everly's gentle and pleasant nature when they chatted at the ice cream shop, or Everly casually threatening him
This was Kieran's first attempt at using his powers to teleport, leaving him disoriented about his whereabouts. Suddenly, he and Serena found themselves wedged between the narrow gap of the sofa in Julian's living room, accidentally pushing each other in the darkness until they landed on the floor in a painful position with Serena on top.Despite Serena's elbow pressing into his chest and her knee against his thigh, Kieran didn't complain. Instead, the girl cursed."Sorry," Serena muttered as she stood up in a panic. "I mean, seriously, why didn't you aim for a better landing spot? Oh well. At least we can be thankful you didn't teleport both of us onto the highway.""I'm sorry," muttered Kieran half-grudgingly as he quickly got up. His ears could hear the sound of heavy rain pounding on the roof and distant thunder. The house was so quiet, a sign that a power outage was occurring. Then, Kieran heard footsteps. He promptly summoned his holy sword, letting its light illuminate the room
After the four of them performed the teleportation, one of Kieran's feet landed on Serena's bed, and his other foot landed in thin air. He quickly lost his balance and almost fell if it weren't for Julian pulling him in the opposite direction, causing him to land gently on the bed."Where are we?" Everly asked, confused. Her upper-class Remirer noble accent sounded completely natural. However, Kieran's mind-reading power couldn't be fooled. The power didn't miss a single detail, capturing every image in Everly's mind as they shifted between several scenes. Among them were the overall portrait of the Remirer palace, Frostwyn palace, and the similarity between the bedside lamp resembling a candelabra on the nightstand and the one in her room somewhere else.Although he only glanced at it briefly, Kieran could see clearly what was inside the room. From the bedspread made of dusty fabric with knitted edges, to the magic books on the nightstand alongside a genuine candelabra with melting c
Honestly, Julian couldn't help but feel jealous seeing Kieran and Serena appear in his sitting room ten minutes ago. It brought back memories of a time that felt so long ago, when Serena decided to distance herself from him and exile him. So... Serena wasn't doing the same thing with Kieran.It was just not hard to guess that Kieran could read his mind. The Revenant now had the magical ability to teleport, so it wasn't surprising if he had other magical abilities too. Julian could only imagine Kieran had killed several people over the past six years. His speculation was immediately dispelled when Kieran teleported him to someone's bedroom. A bedroom Julian soon recognized as Serena's from its scent.It felt very much like Serena because the faint scent of rain lingered. But it felt very much unlike Serena when the scent of burnt flesh and fabric filled the air. Moreover, the room was fairly tidy, with many anomalies. Like the scratched and scorched sofa. The shattered glass table. The
A strong wind blew the two shutters in the Queen's private room until they shook and made a very loud sound. The ten servants who were in the room preparing the Queen's beautiful dress looked shocked and nervous. The Queen, however, only scowled."Why are you so afraid of the rain?" snapped Seraphina exasperatedly at the servants. "It's just rain.""Yes, Your Majesty," said one of the servants who was repairing Seraphina's dress, having to modify it by replacing the cape with a more waterproof material. "It's just that drizzle in Remirer is already considered a bad omen. Especially if it gets stormy."The servant was not wrong. The drizzle and rain that fell in the town of Remirer had indeed slowly turned into a quite fierce storm accompanied by lightning. But Seraphina was not willing to postpone her coronation ceremony. She had been bothered about the details of this event by the elders ever since she got her first period-they were acting as if Serena's mother would die young! And n
Unconsciously, as he began to master the fear within him, Vikrant smiled. He approached the window of his room, which was as large as a door, and slid it to the side. The strong wind tousled his hair roughly, while in the distance, thunder began to rumble. The clouds covering the sky of Remirer city were so vast and dark that they turned day into night.A rainstorm was not good for his plans later tonight. Dravon needed the moonlight to draw the magic patterns. Ah, that's if the young man was still willing to draw them.Vikrant quickly sat on the sofa. He started pouring wine into his glass and drank it slowly. It was as if he could see his mother sitting on the sofa across from him, sitting upright with her hands gracefully folded on her lap. Wearing the queen's everyday dress, she looked at him disapprovingly."I know, Mother," Vikrant muttered. "So don't lecture me."Of course, his mother didn't say anything. After all, the woman had been dead for a long time. So she wouldn't under
Dravon slammed the door of the room as he stepped inside. The door nearly hit Will walking behind him, if the man hadn't swiftly halted it with his mastery of wind element magic. Everything was in chaos. Dravon felt his appearance reflected the turmoil within him. So did his heart. So did his past. Everything about him was a mess--"Stop!" Suddenly, Will grabbed Dravon's shoulder. He quickly shrugged it off and retaliated by pulling Will, slamming him onto the bed.The man winced softly, not from pain but from surprise. Dravon suddenly wanted to kiss his lips, just to erase his own pain. But then he remembered Will didn't like to be kissed first, especially in such a non-private setting—even though they were clearly in a bedroom. So Dravon forced himself to lie next to Will, and covered his own eyes with his arm. Feeling exhausted both physically and mentally.He could hear Will sighing beside him. Upon reflection, the sound of Will's breath always calmed him. Although of course, Drav
Something stirred in his heart as Dravon watched his father approach. A spark produced by a mixture of longing and a hint of fear. In addition, his ego seemed to melt away when he saw up close his father's wrinkled and aged face, but with the same smile and gaze he remembered.How could one's feelings remain unchanged even if time had dragged that person far away?As his father stood before him, Dravon unconsciously held his breath. He could smell his father's scent that he recognised. The old man never smelled like cigarettes. Instead, his father always smelled like honey, flowers, and earth. Smells that Dravon remembered as the smells of home.Both of his father's palms had arrived at his face. Stroking his cheeks and hair with a look of disbelief. As if he was dreaming and Dravon was not real to him. And of all the things his father could have said after their long absence, the old man said instead, "They say you died in the dead souls plague that day.""Dad," Dravon touched one of