Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-15. Confiding

[Xanthea]

I watched the Aile castle become clearer and clearer in the side-view mirror of Nesryn's car the farther we drove away from it. Yet its sprawling grandness couldn't be captured in one frame.

The royal castle was the perfection of Baroque architecture, rising majestically to the extreme of excellence against the dark sky. Its pointed turrets and its colossal form were adorned in a regal aesthetic of black, gray, white, and gold. It took us ten minutes just to drive out of its stretched out precinct covered with the dense trees. Nesryn said that there was a lake among those trees that revolved around the palace, so she warned me to never enter the woods alone. The private driveway was built through those trees elevated from the land in such a way it never got in the lake's path.

I sat in the passenger's seat. I still couldn't believe I had been in that castle. Just seeing it from afar would be the dream of many.

If I didn't look at the sky, I couldn't even tell I was in the underworld. Although scary, the dense red and black clouds beautifully intertwined in the sky like paints in crystal clear water. The red clouds had a subtle glow that made the sky even more enchanting.

"The sun here always remains below the horizon, but its rays reach the land, although the sky just eats up most of the light," Nesryn said, changing the gear. "Like sunset?" I looked at her.

"Yeah, like the sunset in your realm. It's just that our days are all about sunsets and our nights are about the moon rising. We get most of our energy from the moon and night, so... we don't really need sun as much as your realm does," she said.

I nodded once, seeing the Aile castle disappear completely from my sight. A long stretch of forests sprinted behind us before we finally entered the city.

I gaped outside the window at the packed buildings with towering spires adorned with statues of gargoyles, dragons, devils, and sculptures of naked men, women, and angels with broken wings. They were all reaching out for the sky. The car raced on the cobblestone streets before it transitioned into asphalt roads. We reached the market square with skyscrapers and luxurious shops, with a soothing dark ambiance becoming more prominent.

The city's atmosphere was bustling with an eerie yet jovial energy, as the immortal werewolves trotted down the winding roads.

The buildings were decorated with runes and dark symbols that glowed in vivid neon colors. There were shops, taverns, pubs, cafes, banks and what-not. If I ignored the ominous decoration of statues around the buildings, the city resembled the normal cities in the earthly realm.

There was no traffic system, yet the private and public vehicles never collided.

"So... are you ready to tell where you learned all that medical stuff? I don't know much about alchemy, but I can tell you have quite an advanced knowledge on this subject," Nesryn asked, speeding the car through the traffic. There were times I felt as though we were going to crash into several cars, but we didn't.

"I wanted to become a doctor." Words left my lips before I could control them.

Nesryn peered at the farthest end of the road.

"A doctor?" she reiterated.

A subtle smile appeared on my face as I dropped my gaze.

lot ever since I

Infernal alchemy? We share our knowledge with your kind, yes. But not to this extent. We can't allow the mortals to have

me. I just wanted to make her proud before I died. Make my life worth more than it ought to be." I chuckled softly, shaking my

silently listened. The next

breath. "Are you confiding in me?"

It took

my voice

only reason I talked to you is because you are the only one in this car other than me and I was genuinely curious about how you know about all that. So,

you. I just wanted to answer your question truly. And I just... wanted someone..." my voice quavered slightly, but I held back my emotions to pour into my words again. "Maybe I just wanted someone to know

the window, blinking back

And I was glad she didn't ask me any more questions, because I wasn't sure how I would answer them, detaching myself from the emotions linked

after Raven's demon wolf's name - Pheles. It was yet another wonder of architecture standing in the middle of blooming gardens, glowing greenhouses and dark

gazebos. Stems and leaves of runners and shrubs spread across the stairs like a viridian carpet and twirled around the balustrades. It felt as if I had entered a fictional world based

through the iron gate, Nesryn parked the

to get out of the car, but it was

life hasn't ended yet. As long as you can take your next breath and feel it

She let out a sigh, running her long

looked right

us live, for we must die. When you know you're gonna die, why don't you live as you always wanted to? Yeah, maybe you will die sooner because you offend someone or you disobey someone, but you'll be happy and grateful to yourself that even if for a

her throat,

by losing themselves. Why? Because they are immortals, and an immortal's biggest fear is loneliness and abandonment. At least mortals have the freedom to die. Just imagine living a life that

quickly looked away, but I had already

She unlocked the doors.

slowly reached out to touch her

a beautiful family. A mother, three

looking at

lady suffer every day. It is at times like this I wished we could die. At least there would be a permanent remedy for the pain. And maybe my brothers feel the same and that is why they have completely detached themselves, even from their own family. To the point, it's hurting now, but it wasn't supposed to, right? We

lips, taking a deep

my

any way to make the treatment less cruel... I just don't want her to

a shaky

in me now?" I