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Chapter 1 001

Word Count: 2044    |    Released on: 05/08/2025

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the way they laughed twisting a knot in me. I hated it. Guards of the Arrow Brooke Kingdom. "Having their wa

d of anybody, but for some reason I liked their tone. It'

n much better with someone

u..." the very same two men reques

about their scent seemed to spur me up. They seemed l

went to some panther shifters. They had been there the

s seated before they eventu

of alcohol afterward, do

a partner. For all I know, he had been running his mouth so much to get me fired from this job. No, he wanted me ou

s properly. Maybe that was why... why I found myself in thi

Those were the very thoughts that came

this very world, labeling me as nothing more than a

m narrowed, as though he was ready to kill me at the

g from their break as they served th

..." one of the master's guards, the ow

" I wanted to say, but my words wer

whole time..." he said, turning away from my side. "What to expect from trash like your k

d from Lysander as he made

ded to. Today was the payment of my sa

whisper, my clenched fist sla

ngs had to be like this, why I had to

e other bartender Sasha and Landon arrived. We usually do a short shift

de. I could swear I heard his other partner g

rs. I had fallen for it at first, but one thing I had learned so eas

g me once for a crime I never

skin. The weather was really cold today. I lit a cigarette, feeling the flames warm up

s still found their way to my mind.

had no idea of, was told to be a warlock. An

d by my mother was that he ran away and abandoned us for

n't ready for it all? I mean, I was a mistake after all;

For the first time, my mom's han

te your father! You both are nothing

out it? That was the only reason... sometimes I wondered if that was enough for their actions. But the truth was just that mom had hated

the cloudy sky with the droplets

sed to this amount of hate I was given by everyone? The way they had always looked down at me, same when I

e has taken her drugs..." I only wondered. The woman I

ruth was that she

but just when I was about to take a single step further, a buzz from my phone ca

that I would see to it that I p

, heaving another breath before I picked

mmer before he eventually busted out in

now that it's t

sure to pay you yo

had to receive

be kicked out into the street

andle many things. Struggling at my age, looking for

I was busy with that, it only turned out Mom was drowning herself in more alcohol and eventually tu

owing countless debts, ones that were now put on me, and I had no

ly do this?

ie.." I heard my landlord's voi

don't bother us again..." I said. He chuckled softly, "I won't

my way in one stormy night, the day Mom's illness had seemed to occur.

ike you shouldn't be able to handle all this.

Even if I can't handle it all, even if it seems like it would be impossible, I can't give up now. I c

s I opened up the door, my path was blocked. My gaze rose to meet them

they doing

them say. My legs slowly retreated

cled me, a sly grin

weakling is the on

t thing I was ready to do was show any sign of weakness. T

azing my pack of cigarettes, which

cigarettes as he lit it up, taking a drag before he ex

aste," I heard him say. My fist clenched in those m

stranger with a glass of wine in his hands as he made his way to

I could have easily handled the situation, but the moment he turned at me, his e

ing red. A strange scent emitted from him, one that seemed to draw me near. He was

ual. A side of me wanted those h

't look

ose words out loud, but I only paused a

face the conseq

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