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Brief Introductions
Evilside did not summon Passion with thunder.There was no spectacle, no court, no elders whispering in shadows.She called her alone.The underground palace breathed as Passion stepped inside, roots pulsing faintly, the air heavy with ancient grief and power. The great tree stirred, its bark shifting, and Evilside’s true form emerged slowly, vast and watching.“You will marry into the Norm Lands,” Evilside said, voice echoing through root and stone.Passion froze.“Their emperor is Kavan,” the goddess continued, unmoved. “God of Winds Koros’ cruel son.”Passion swallowed. Every child knew Koro, volatile, proud, untamed. To be his son was to inherit the storm without mercy.“He keeps a large harem,” Evilside added calmly, as if speaking of the weather. “You will not be his first. You will not be his favorite. But you will be his anchor.”Passion’s hands clenched. “You want me to survive him.”“I want you to own him,” Evilside replied. “Piece by piece. Law by law. Bed by bed, if necess
Farewells
They spent every stolen hour together after that.No grand declarations, no more arguments about fate, just quiet moments stretched thin, as if time itself pitied them. They walked the academy gardens at night, spoke in whispers, and memorized each other’s laughter. Passion slept beside him often, her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat like it was a promise she could carry with her.The night she insisted on staying fully in his arms, Sky gently stopped her.“No,” he said, voice trembling despite his calm. “I won’t taint you and leave you alone to face punishment.”Her eyes flashed with hurt. “I am not afraid of punishment.”“I am,” he answered. “Not for me. For you.”They fought then, quietly at first, then through tears. Passion accused him of trying to protect her from a world that had already claimed her. He told her love was not proven through suffering. She cried against his chest, fists clenched in his shirt, until exhaustion replaced anger.In the end, she accepted
A Message From Evilside
Heartless read the message twice.The parchment was thin, the writing sharp and unmistakably Evilside’s. No wasted words. No softness. Just a command wrapped in inevitability.Her fingers tightened around the scroll.Outside her window, the training grounds glowed under the late sun. Sky stood in the center of the field correcting a formation, calm and precise. Passion hovered too close to be accidental, pretending to argue with another student while stealing glances at him. When he looked her way, she straightened, chin high, as if daring the world to question her.Heartless watched the exchange and felt something in her chest ache.“Just when you were beginning to light up again…” she whispered.The crow was already gone. It never lingered after delivery. Evilside’s will did not wait for witnesses.Heartless folded the scroll carefully, as if neatness could delay what it contained. It couldn’t. Nothing delayed Evilside.She turned away from the window.Duty first.Always duty first.
The Warmth of Her
For days, the academy noticed the pattern.Sky kept Game close.Too close.Extra training sessions. Strategy reviews that lasted into the night. Patrol assignments that somehow always required the two of them alone. It was so obvious that even the younger cadets whispered about it.Deathsentence watched the spectacle with folded arms. “He’s saying leave me alone,” she told Passion bluntly.Passion shrugged. “It will take more than using one of my best friends to keep me away from him.”And so she escalated.If Sky stepped left, she was there. If he taught a class, she sat in the front row smiling like a curse. If he avoided her gaze, she waved. Loudly.Game nearly died laughing every day.Then, without warning,She stopped.No greetings. No lingering. No excuses to pass his office.Nothing.At first, Sky felt relief.Then the relief turned into something sour.By the third day, he was distracted enough to miscount a formation drill. By the fifth, he was snapping at cadets for breathin
Sky and Passion
They were well beyond the gates of Cellok before Snake slowed his stride and finally broke the seal.The parchment unfurled with a hiss, the ink still warm with Heartless’ authority. Dragon leaned over his shoulder as Snake read in silence, amber eyes narrowing line by line.“Well?” Dragon asked.Snake exhaled slowly. “We’re to investigate a movement. A king in the western sectors. He’s gathered followers… calling Evilside the killer of Ciria.”Dragon stopped walking.The name hung between them like a corpse refusing burial.“Ciria?” he repeated quietly. “That story died centuries ago.”“So did many things that people keep digging up,” Snake muttered. He folded the scroll carefully. “This king is using it to unite rogues and sympathizers. Says Evilside murdered a goddess. Says the Liroid elders buried the truth.”Dragon’s jaw tightened. “And people believe him?”“They want to believe him,” Snake corrected. “That’s worse.”For a moment, neither spoke. The wind moved through the tall st
Remember
Blood met Heartless in her study just before dawn fully claimed the city.The room was carved of dark stone and living root, shelves bending under the weight of old orders, failed prophecies, and victories no one sang about anymore. Heartless stood by the open window, armor set aside, her hair unbound for once, a sign she was tired in a way battle could never fix.“I’m to return to the academy,” she said without turning. “Before Sky decides to flip it upside down again. I should have left already, but… after everything that happened, I’m late.”Blood inclined his head, silent.She finally faced him then, eyes sharp but not unkind. “Blood, I know how much you care for Irin. No one doubts that. But you must admit, just as we all must…she is a ticking bomb.”She stepped closer, lowering her voice.“And you,” she said softly, “are the button that lets her loose.”Blood didn’t flinch.“You must make sure she is by your side at all times,” Heartless continued. “Grounded. Anchored. Not alone
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