mission to forget. It was sweet, soft, and dan

ses, slipping past her control, settling deep in h

la

fully to him, he

fallen,

ard the wood creaked in protest. Sweat clung to his skin, his jaw locked

lling. It was everywhere, uncont

avy and suffocating. Everyone felt it,

without being told even further after the sudden crowd. Because some

"Silas." When she called his name, Calv

He's trying to get the hang of Silas's sudden colla

ally controlled and distant, were wrecked now. It was raw and exposed. Burni

hed, his voice roug

mething deeper and behind her, Gr

e lacked the same confidence as before. "What is this? So

Everyone seemed to be worried about t

n't understand. Elara d

his time, it was a command, a pull

ary sound escaped him, something between a groan and a plea.

tes himself so much but now, even that hate

hrough the tension,

d out like a warning,

k at

e. Silas needed to get out of here as fast as possible. She tried to release more of her pheromones to

ed very quickly, "Help Silas, he doesn't seem t

Elara quickly whipped out

him myself." She said with a note of finality, eve

hen everyone, confusion finally cracking through his arrogance. And t

mself suddenly feeling cold. It was becoming more real as the seconds

earby table. His breathing was uneven now, his eyes...

at Elara with a shaking hand

ed to him at last, and when her gaze landed on him, it wasn't the woman he had kno

whispered apologies. She was something else en

ke a verdict, like his doom was already sea

a

ned, closed, and t

rearrange every memory he had of

..." His voice cracked. "T

vin finished for him inaudibly since no one has to know where th

colour. Beatrice hid deeper into the crowd, slowly find

that's not-

r head slightly, her gaze

understood. The clothes, the silence, the obedience,

en hers a

led slightly. "El-Alp

n, her voice ca

ser and he stepped

words landed softly. But they hit

floor, still watching her like she was

ness and she furrowed, hating the way her

sharp and absolute, and two

panic fully s

ase-listen to me

not even looking at him. "Every pri