One Night with the Hybrid King

s the breath out of me instantly, my lungs emptying in a forced gasp as my head hits the marble floor with a dull thud. An intense pain explodes at the back

as if my entire body has been hit by a shockwave, every bone, every muscle screaming in protest. The explosion that devastated the hall created a crushi

f black, dense smoke spreads in the direction of the hall, obscuring my vision, turning the environment into a nebulous nightmare. I fight a

haotic-panicked screams, the shattering of glass, and the distant roar of new explosions fill the air, creating a cacophony of terror. I fe

end beside him, the image of the fallen canapés and the anger on his face before the explosion continues to haunt me, mixing with the fear that he migh

haos. The hall, once majestic, is now a battlefield, and each second I spend there heightens the feeling that I am not safe, that I need to escape. I want to hel

where chaos reigns supreme. The scene I encounter is one of total panic-staff members running back and forth, many of them with expressio

a frightened tone as she rushes towa

kitchen walls tremble. A group of staff members bursts into the kitchen in a

erate staff member shouts. "They threw a

re terror echoing off the now unstable walls. The reality of the situation hits with full force-we are under atta

air like blades, and before I can process what is happening, a massive, fur-covered body crashes through the empty space where

t lunges at one of the staff members, and the sound of the screams that fill the air is horrifying, almost inhuma

igging into my skin as she desperately tries to find

to pull her out of the kitchen, but she is paralyzed, frozen by her own fear. Her eyes are fi

um, I also cannot allow myself to stay here, trapped by Nicole's fear. I need to get out, I need to survive. With

floor as I run away from the danger surrounding us. I feel the werewolves gettin

ewolves catch up with the nobles and tear them apart with savagery. I keep running

e wolf with red eyes appears. Its fangs are bared in front of me, and I freeze in place. I feel like this is the mom

appear at the entrance of the castle. I do not want to stay to give a stat

nd with my clothes and face dirty. My mother is in the kitchen, as always

ng Caelum Frost's palace! Those werewolf delinquents threw a bomb and invaded.

rew the bomb, it was..." I reply with a hoarse

water for me. I sit down, exhausted, feeling all the a

and financial stability for you. Because, look at your situation now, daughter? You almost died! W

nting to escape her

k as a waitress, certainly not!" my mother dec

filled. I drink it all in three long gulps, f

lanation and then disappeared. He certainly did not care eno

eeing with the visible and palpab

drive him away, for sure," she ac

hat b*st*rd too much!" I retort impatiently. "I

to my children's room, where they are already asleep. I kiss Elowen's face and t

s sleepily, yawning

p, I just came to give you a

not? He was very mean to you,

In the faint light of the bedside lamp, I observe my son's gentle