CASTLE OF LANDIÁLYDIA'S POVI light my torch the moment I notice that everyone are asleep. I wait until night as it will be more favorable to what I plan on executing.I put on my cloak and I throw in my scarf, holding its extension, sticking out from the left side of my face. I don't forget to take the bottle of spirits and slide it into the pocket of my cloak. Pulling off my shoes, I rub my feet as I chant, “lusio!” Silencing my footsteps.My hand reaches for the torch again and I grab it. I push open my door and I command every torch on the passage to burn out instantly.After walking through several passages, I arrive at Dimitra’s doorstep. My eyes glare blue light and the door pushes itself in slowly without making any sound.My eyes meet the bed on which sister Dimitra is laying, and I blow out the lamp sitting on the table beside her bed. I hear her yawn as I approach her cautiously.Putting on my gloves, I take in a long, deep breath. Getting all the courage I re

MOUNT SICAIASIAS' POVI'm lying faced down and I realize this because I'm basically feeding on the dry grasses. The sun grazes my neck and I realize it is noon.I raise up my head and I spit out the mixture of grasses and sands in my mouth. “Wait!” My eyes widen instantly.“I—I-- I was bitten by a Rota snake. I'm not supposed to be here anymore. I'm supposed to be in mother's arms and going to fish with father at the other side,” I mutter to myself, baffled.The scratches on my back are still causing me so much pain, and the sting from the eccrifyte and my broken arm hurts the exact same way. My head is spinning, and it takes me a few moment before noticing that the Rota snake is lying dead by my side. I'm startled as my eyes meets it, given that it is so close to me. I turn slowly, cautiously —trying my best not to hurt my broken arm or open up the scratches on my back even wider. I'm still alive, and the green fluid is still oozing out, but not as fast as be

MOUNT SICAIASIAS' POVIt is evening. The girl is still sitting opposite me, and we haven't spoken a lot since I offered her a snake on a stick. She's actually working on the edge of her dress —cutting off the ragged edges. She's beautiful. Even though I won't stop trying, I can't stop staring at her.She raises her head, looking away from her dress to the fire as she tries to toss in the piece of fabric she cut off the edge of her dress, and her eyes meet mine.I try to look away quickly, but it's too late. She knows I have been staring at her, and I can no longer find where to focus them on as my eyes wander.“Am I not supposed to throw that into the fire?” She asks, looking apologetic, and I chuckle.“No, It's fine. Fires are meant for burning things which are no longer needed... by the way,” I say to her and she nods. She moves her attention back to the edge of her dress as she does more trimming.“Iasias!” I call to her and she turns to me.“What does that

CAVES OF EFLIEELVIO'S POVIt is night, I'm in Iasias' cave. Since he asked us to keep the Callibra safe before he died, we feel that it is too open at the place it is now, and we think of changing its position.I transform partially, and I begin to dig it out with my claws.“What are you doing?” I hear Domminick’s voice say behind me and I turn towards him.“Since we are uncertainty of its security, I believe we should keep it in a place less obvious. It still needs to be in Iasias'cave, to keep him in our hearts, but not on the wall opposite the entrance,” I say to him and he nods as I turn back to the Callibra and continue with the digging.“Where do you want to keep, where could be safer than where it is now?” Domminick asks and I sigh.“It’s good you are here! I have no idea of where to keep it. I believe you can find some place safer for it,” I say to him and I hear him let out a deep, long sigh.None of us wanted the responsibility of taking care of th

MOUNT SICA IASIAS’ POV I open my right eye first and it meets the morning sun. I open the other, and I realize it is morning already after the long sleep I had last night. I look around and I see that I'm still lying on the mountain top, in about the same position I slept. I look to my left and she's not there. She's nowhere at the top of the mountain. I get up quickly and I look down the slope but I still do not see any sign of her. I become so worried and I can only think of climbing down the mountain to search for her. Maybe the witches came back for her or she got lost searching for something. “Reene!” I call and I don't get any response —Climbing down the mountain with both hands. I'm in my human form, and I don't feel the need of a transformation before looking for her. I'm back to the ground, and I decide to walk a distance into the bush as I still don't see any trace of here near the mountain. Walking into the bush, I call again —making sur