Novels by Apollona

Another month passed so quickly that Savannah didn't realize it. They had gotten closer, so much closer for colleagues. The kids had been enrolled in kindergarten together.It's like a routine for them, Charlie picking up the two from school at lunch and dropped them off at Savannah's house, or sometimes they stayed near Charlie's side, so the two wouldn't disturb any employees.This time, they stayed in the office. Savannah and Lucas had eaten lunch together as they entered the door of the building. The kids immediately run towards the two, making them let go of their clasped hands to catch the five years old.Savannah's face turned a bit red as she realized that they were still holding their hands together till the walk to the office. She nearly fell due to her being a little anemic, and Lucas had insisted to keep her on her feet by holding their hands together.It was also the first time she had seen him being a little nervous. He was r

After three months passed, Charlie had gotten better with his throat. He could speak so fluently already. The tremendous development made people around him happy since turned out, he was quite a funny man.He helped Lucas a lot with his work. Though he had gotten shelter and food from Lucas's home, Charlie still getting paid for his job as a receptionist. At first, he refused, but after some coaxing and persuading from Lucas, he finally agreed.He wouldn't say it for loud, but Charlie had already made a place in Lucas's life. He was like a father to him.As for Adrian, he would often seek for Charlie's presence. He was like the little boy's babysitter. Lucas had tried to search for the perfect babysitter, all of them were women. Most end up getting fired or quitting by themselves.Those babysitters used the opportunity just to be close to him, that's why. Most of them couldn't be patient with Adrian's rambunctious actions that they often s

Brandon and Janette had a trip from their school to some museum for a few days. This is resulting in Amara having a bad mood as she didn't have someone to play with at home. Grandma took her time to accompany her of course, though it wasn't enough.Right now, she was scrunching her face adorably, hands crossed at her chest as she stared at nothing particular in front of her.Savannah smiled at her, approaching the little girl with a phone in her hand. "Janette wants to speak to you, Sweetheart."Amara narrowed her eyes more. Nonetheless, she took the phone from Savannah's hand and began facing the older Easton."Hey, cutie." Janette began, smiling at the little girl through the phone screen as she noticed her bad mood. "Are you alright?"Amara just nodded, pouting more. This made Janette want to make her feel better. "Nah, don't pout like that.""I will buy you something when we got back," Janette reassured the slightly chu

Grandma had called from the nursing home, not to ask her granddaughters to pick her up, but to inform that she wanted to spend the night there. It wasn't a rarity though before Savannah and Janette came, Grandma was a bit lonely that she often sleeping there.She knew the owner, of course, it was one of her closest friend in high school. So, their friendship had been going on for a long time.This time, Grandma got an urgent matter to help a sick patient. A female worker was excused due to her sister giving birth in a hospital.It was almost night time. Janette also said that she was having a sleepover at Brandon's place to help his mom preparing a birthday party for one of Brandon's little stepbrother.So, it was just going to be Savannah and Amara alone in the house. That was until Adrian suggested that he wanted a sleepover. Lucas was horrified at the idea, as tomorrow they still got a pile of works on their table, also, he didn't feel comfor

Two weeks had gone so fast. Mr. Hernandez and Savannah also got along so great during that time, even they had some meals together with Charlie while bringing Amara and Adrian together. Savannah was also getting used to calling him Lucas outside the work already.The two kids also got along better, of course, Savannah often caught them giggling while whispering to each other's ear happily. It was as if they were in their own world. Amara only got a few friends back home, so she had none around her age here. The same goes for Adrian, he only got friends whenever the kids from relatives visited.It was Sunday, meaning a free day for Savannah. Grandma was in a nursing home nearby, volunteering to take care of elders as she loved talking with them. Savannah didn't mind, Janette would be the one dropping her off at the place before she went with her friends. She would pick her up later if Grandma had called.Some knocking on the door pulled Savannah

It was Saturday, and Savannah was called by Mr. Hernandez to come to the office. She had enjoyed her time with Amara, but Mr. Hernandez interrupted them, needing her in the office for today's presentation.She had forgotten that she got that schedule, luckily, there was someone to remind her of that. On Saturday, employees were still supposed to come to work, but they could leave in the afternoon.Savannah readied herself. After she had a bath, she began to change into formal attire and apply some light make up.As she walked out of her bedroom, she immediately was greeted by the rare sight of Brandon holding Carrick. The grey cat seemed reluctant to be near him but didn't attempt to claw or bite him.Janette with Carrie was another story, she had tried to hold the cat down, but the little feral cat was trying to bite and get away from her hold."What are you two doing?" Savannah asked, noticing Amara who was sitting near Brando

"You have been daydreaming a lot lately." Seina's concerned voice resounded in Mia's ears as she nudged her slightly, making Mia snapped out of her daze.Her hand that had been unmoving continued to do her job of cleaning the table. She didn't answer and only sighed without looking back at Seina.There was nothing she could tell to Seina. However, Seina must've been guessed that something was bothering Mia, and it had something to do with that incident on that another day.Seina looked at Mia, who seemed to be rather stressed lately. It looked like she was under some pressure. Her face showed tiredness: faint dark lines under her eyes, and the dried lips."If you want to talk about something, just come to me." Seina sighed. She quickly took the dirty cups back to the kitchen, before shooting Mia one last look of concern and disappearing inside.Mia was still in some daze even after some time had passed. It was true that Leon's i

Mia's gaze towards Leon may seem to be casual, but it contained a hint of coldness. She looked at the man with caution, occasionally her thoughts would drift as she pondered what he really wanted.If he just wanted some chit-chat, then he could've done it in Mr. and Mrs. Wang's restaurant. Even if some people would pay attention to them, it wouldn't really matter much.However, the more Mia thought about it, the more she couldn't get the answer, even Leon's relaxed expression didn't give away any of his current thoughts."You can stare as much as you want." Another voice that Mia had marked as annoying sounded again, filled with the same teasing that made Mia silently glaring at him coldly."Oh, why? Are you this impatient?" The man in front of her raised his eyebrow. "I don't know that after many years passed, your temperament had changed so much."Mia didn't say anything. However, his words made her narrowed her eyes in an alm

Mia heaved a sigh of relief inwardly as she saw that Aiden and Seina had already left. She had sent a message in the bathroom earlier and telling Seina to bring Aiden home quickly.Luckily, Seina didn't ask much about that and did as she requested. Feeling that her secret was so close to being found out by the person she wanted to avoid most for her entire life, it suddenly left her feeling quite terrified of the consequences. "Why are you not answering me?" Leon stared at her questioningly. His gentlemanly aura immediately attracted the attention of some women inside the restaurant. Leon was indeed a handsome man, combined with his devilish charm and domineering look, most women would find him attractive.However, Seina knew that what lied behind the attractive face of that man was a scheming man. He was one sly fox and extremely dangerous. Most of the time, it was hard to truly read his thoughts just by judging from his expression. He was skilled

Mia's body froze for a moment before she regained her clarity from the shock of seeing that man again after five years passed. She wouldn't forget about it. After all, Aiden's existence and their almost similar features were the constant reminders.Her expression didn't change. But, she knew that from one year of staying beside him, he was one sly fox. Under that emotionless expression, he was a person who adept at scheming. This what made him so terrifying in Mia's eyes.Even, she was deceived...Mia didn't really want to meet him, so she quickly retreated to a safe distance where he wouldn't see her. Leonardo Kingston was his name, and he was inside the bakery shop right now.Silently, Mia felt slightly restless. She glanced at him once a while and found that he was taking quite long to choose his damned cake.Her body jolted slightly as their gaze was about to meet. Leon suddenly swept his gaze past the crowd outside the bake

"Mama, look at what I made!" Aiden ran towards Mia as she busily washing the dishes in the kitchen. She had to work around seven hours a day before someone took her shift so that she could go home around noon.A small figure suddenly entered Mia's sight, causing her expression to soften. Aiden excitedly showed the drawing he had just made, it was that of some yellow ducks swimming on a lake. "I copy this from the book that Auntie Seina brought." Mia took a look at the drawing to appease him.Aiden had turned four years old some weeks ago. He was also a quite smart little boy. At a young age, he had learned to draw and memorized some alphabets."You are really smart, you did well." Mia said. She didn't really know how to prise people and wasn't that good with words, yet because of the existence of Aiden, she had gradually learned.Aiden was quite a chatty little guy, and Mia was a woman with few words, yet the two didn't feel in

It was just a small city. In the quiet morning, another cycle of day and night began; though none could tell whether the day was the beginning or was it the night? None would be bothered to think about it.In this serenity, another day just meant to be the same routine for the woman named Mia Ford. She continued to serve those customers who were looking for warmth amidst the cold air surrounding them.Yet, they didn't notice her cold heart was the same as those snow outside, frozen. She continued to smile. It was subtle, and if one didn't really pay attention close enough they wouldn't be able to notice that the smile was just forced.If those people proclaimed to hate fakeness, then they would hate that smile, or even her. But, she wouldn't care anyway."The customers this morning is really more crowded than yesterday." Seina, the other waitress who worked alongside her exclaimed.Mia just glanced at her briefly and didn't spea

It was a huge wolf with red eyes staring et them greedily that almost slit Asteria's throat with its sharp nails. Asteria was breathing quite hard as she tried to recover herself.Asteria was quite shaken that she had just almost gotten her throat slit. She took a deep breath trying to calm herself. This is not the time to panic. After slightly calming down, Asteria looked at Annie who had dragged her on time.The wolf seemed annoyed that its prey had escaped and let out an angry growl.Asteria looked at Annie apologetically, but she found out that the girl currently wasn't looking at her. Instead, she was staring at the wolf with great wariness and unconcealed hostility.Asteria stood up. Her skin was bleeding slightly as she looked at the wolf with caution.The wolf jumped again and the two dodge on each side. Asteria was a bit slower and it caused her to receive another wound. Luckily that the wound wasn't deep.As

Asteria and Annie departed in the early morning when the sun hadn't even risen yet. Breathing in the fresh and relaxing air, combined with the humid atmosphere, it gave off a slightly cold feeling.The animal skin made into clothes that Asteria wore right now helped her fend off against the low temperature. She walked alongside Annie, who seemed to be nimble as she jumped around the sticking out low branches of trees.The grass was pretty high, just as expected in this kind of forest. Mosses grew unhindered, adding the color of green into the scenery. Dew dotted the leaves, though it caused slippery when one stepped above the mosses.Asteria had never taken a proper look at this situation. The sun was still hiding, but the sky had gradually brightened. So, she still managed to see everything clearly.As someone who had been living so long in the city with air pollution, she enjoyed it living here."The journey might take several

Asteria had been trying hard to adapt to this place. At the same time, she had distracted herself with other things so that the thought of going home, was shoved into the back of her mind. She didn't intend to forget. She just didn't want to feel burdened. Perhaps, going with the flow a little wouldn't hurt.She had been feeling more relaxed lately. Her stay here was very enjoyable, especially Annie was very kind. She didn't want to freeload off her, so Asteria tried to help Annie or Uncle Han with anything within her capabilities.There was a river near the village; that river was probably the reason why the ancestors of the village chose this place back then.At first, Asteria was quite shy of bathing so publicly in front of everyone."No, no. It's not like that." Annie laughed so hard that tears were coming out of her eyes. She bent her body slightly with both hands on the knees, her body was shaking due to laughter.Asteria didn't

Asteria rubbed her temples, feeling the frustration that had been building up to hit her like the waves of an ocean. She sank to the floor, hugging none but herself. Having experience those upleasant events lately caused her to feel slight fatigue.Uncle Han's answer had crushed her expectation. Indeed, the higher one expects something they yearn the most, the harder the fall once they fail."City of Citrus, the capital of Razor Kingdom. Most people must've already known about this one." Uncle Han mumbled. "Let me remember more ... ah, yes, Ceilla city and Lunar city. Those are the names of big cities that tribe leaders mostly know about."Asteria sighed and smiled to hide her disappointment. This place seemed so secluded that she couldn't help but doubt if Uncle Han's conjecture about those cities being the biggest were true. They seemed as if they had never left too far from this village anyway.Annie looked concerned as soon as she saw

Asteria and the three men finally arrived safely in a village. The place was neither too small nor too big, it looked very peaceful with children occasionally laughing and running around, though their eyes also occasionally being cast over Asteria's figure full of curiosity.She had attracted a lot of gazes from the villagers nearby. Asteria indeed stood out too much from the group, however, as it was her personality, she just ignored it. "What happened?" A blonde-haired girl approached the four, bringing some pots made from terracotta as she walked over. She helped them to untie the meat hanging over the three's bodies and bringing it into the animal skin spread on top of the ground as to not to get it dirty. The girl then just realized that the fourth member didn't look like a hunter at all and completely unfamiliar. She frowned and looked at the shorter middle-aged man with annoyance. "Uncle Han, do you kidnap an innocent girl again? How many ti

Asteria had already gasping for breath. She was no match at all before the strength and the speed of this wolf. It was bigger than last time, and certainly much stronger.In no time, she found herself getting pinned to the ground. Asteria had gotten the shock from the impact as well as the sudden force that pushed her down. She felt unable to move under the wolf's paw.Asteria winced slightly. Was she going to be the wolf's meal right now? If so, regardless of what she was doing, that meant she would die, right?Her eyes opened tentatively. She had expected the wolf to growl and ripped her into shreds in its feral state. However, she was stunned by that pair of cold eyes staring back at her.It was certainly a wolf, yet why did it seem to have some intelligence? Despite the cold eyes, also there was seemed to be some confusion swirling in them.Asteria froze, not daring to move a single bit. She was completely silent as she let