𝑰 𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰'𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆? 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒅. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅, 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆. 𝑨 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉.

Aquila Mercia isn't what most would call an outgoing vampire. He goes to culinary class, goes to work, and goes home. And that's just how he likes his life. But when his sister forces him to join a club, he crosses paths with Dove, a werewolf from his college. They become fast friends, but it seems like she wants something more out of their relationship. To top it all off, people have been disappearing off the streets of Haven's Reach, and Aquila is certain that someone has been watching him. A blossoming relationship on one front, disappearances on the other, and a soufflé due at 2pm! How is anyone supposed to graduate under these circumstances?! Upload Schedule: Once every other week between Thursday and Saturday NO AI TRAINING: Without in any way limiting the author's exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this publication to "train" generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. This notice applies to all currently published content of this publication in all its iterations and any future content of this publication in all its iterations. The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models.

Jimmy leaned back, all careless grin. But his hands-those traitors-clenched and unclenched against the table. I pretended not to notice, though my mind wouldn't stop running its quiet commentary, the way it did during a chess match when a player's bravado cracked.

Before him, I was. But not really. After him, I became a shell-hollow, yet strangely full: full of wisdom forged in fire, experiences most only dream of, a caution carved deep, and the quiet ache of having known true love.

Love and friendship are the foundations that connects the humans together. Just as how two sewed fabrics make a fine raiment. The way the fabrics are sewn, the way the texture and dye blend are the things that decide how well the raiment attracts. Just as sewing, the friendship and love needs to be nurtured. With good care and trust. That's how a well relationship that you can count on is formed. Love and Friendship are the essential relationships that drives the humans to lean on and find a place to run. Both needs to be balanced and well appreciated. And when the time comes to choose between friendship and love, Clara Alv was shuttered. Unable to choose. She thought love and friendship as her two arms. Unable to cut one in order to favour another. If she chose the right, she will be left. If she chose left even then she wasn't sure if the choice was right.