Nina After spending the afternoon reading and laying in the sun, Lori, Jessica and I made our way inside to get ready for the party. The servants were still bustling about making final preparations, and as we stepped inside, my mother just happened to be rushing past and stopped to talk to us. “
“You really are a princess,” she teased, touching the shimmery red fabric. “You’ve got the dress and everything.” I blushed as I held the gown up to myself. It was perfect, really: simple and elegant, a dark red color that was somehow the perfect shade to match my lips. I had expected a gaudy ball
Nina The moment I stepped into the bustling party, I was utterly shocked. The transformation of the banquet hall was nothing short of magical. The ceiling, now an enchanting night sky, was illuminated by the shimmering lights of the aurora borealis. It painted the room with shades of green, pink
Nina Enzo and I slowly pulled apart from our lingering kiss, our lips parting with a soft, shared breathlessness. It felt like the world had faded away in that moment, leaving just the two of us, lost in each other’s eyes. He placed me back on my feet, and I let out a soft breath, meeting his ga
Nina The music kept pulsing through the air, eventually switching from an upbeat pop tempo to a slower tempo, but I still felt as if I was on edge. I kept glancing at the corner as though I expected the shadow entity to be standing there, but it never was. The corner remained devoid of anything
Enzo “Enzo! Come here, my boy!” I was just passing by the array of tables when I heard Aldric’s voice boom across the space between us, causing me to perk my head up. He was sitting at a long wooden table with Nina’s mother and a few other Alphas that I recognized from the Alpha Council, and he
Nina The last thing I remembered was standing in the gardens out behind my father’s house. The party raged on behind me; I could still hear the sounds of the music and the lively chatter of the guests. But I was alone where I stood. Or maybe… Maybe I wasn’t alone. I could see it up ahead—the
“S-Selena?” My mental voice was only met with silence. For a moment, I thought that I had imagined my twin sister’s presence. I had to. The shadow entity still stood there, its icy grip unrelenting around my wrist, its teeth almost seeming to click together in an eerie cacophony of noise. The sh