I tried my best to not pay attention to my surroundings because I knew I would be afraid of even the smallest sound of the leave falling down off of the tree but I couldn't help myself but to hyper-focus because of how scared I was. Just as I was about to turn left to the hall that my room decided then, I heard a dog’s roar. I wasn't sure where it was coming from, as we did not have any dogs on the premises as far as I knew so I assumed I must have heard wrong because I was very sleep-deprived. I kept on walking upon till I was startled by 2 wolves jumping in front of me, growling, with spit drooling all over them.
“Hi doggies,” I said softly as I backed up a little, “I didn’t know we had you.” The dogs responded with a louder growl. I could swear that I saw one of them licking through its teeth as if I was a really big bone or a ginormous stake. Just think of it, I was technically both of those things, just combined. Intimidated by their attitude towards me I talked morSome sort of an instrument was playing as I enter the forbidden wing. The fear I felt seemed to melt away once my mind plugged into the beautiful tune. I stood there mesmerized, and then the sound propelled me forward. There was a big guy sitting in the shadows. He was playing a flute, low and melodic. I did not say anything, looking to prolong the spell. My eyes grew moist because I felt homesick. The music reminded me of long summer days in Louisiana. It felt like I was a lone survivor in the huge city. It was liberating and frightening. Sensing my presence, he stopped playing the flute and turned, pinning me with his intense gaze. The time stood still before I took a step back in horror. It was the same creature who attacked wolves and saved me last night. I wished I were dreaming. This felt like a nightmare. I forgot to breathe as I took in his ugliness in one glance. Hair covered his arms, legs, and his face. He was shirtless. There was a bandage over hi
I wanted, needed to be alone. “Please, do not do anything drastic, your majesty,” Lady Josephine said. Both women had identical worried lines on their faces. “It will get easier, I promise.” I wandered with no direction in mind. What to do? I asked myself. Her brother could go to college. Her father could get a state-of-the-art hearing aid. Money made the life so much easier. But at what personal cost? I wished I did not stop and help an old lady to cross the road. As someone said, every good deed was punished. In her world, there were many surrogate mothers. That was different. Those women were inseminated artificially. There were no beasts. No trick marriages. No golden cages. I was standing in the middle of an orchard, surrounded with trees bent by the weight of the fruit. There were so many beautiful birds, fluttering and singing. At that moment, it did not feel like a prison. I picked a fallen apple and sniffed. It smelled like heaven on
I waited for the Beast King, my nerves on edge. The forbidden wing where he lived was nothing like I imagined. In my previous visit, I was too overwhelmed to notice little details. It was neat, tidy. It made me sound like a bad person, but I assumed he slept on a mattress made of straws. Instead of a washroom, there would be a giant litter box or something. I could not tear my eyes away from the big king-sized bed. Disturbing images played in my mind. Until now, I'd been under the assumption that the ladies were not in charge of his area of the castle. I was apprehensive about peering into anyone's room, because I didn't want to find out anything about his personal routines from doing so. The Beast King, on the other hand, appeared to be a religious figure. I nodded as I looked at the titles of the books on the table in front of me. My only complaint was that they were a touch too literary for my tastes. Reading trashy, fast-paced thrillers and romanc
"Can you tell me what happened to you, Queen Nia?" Lady Alana inquired after noticing me with my head bowed. "I'm not sure why, but I'm suffering from a severe headache," I said, a slight moan in my voice. "Please take a seat, my queen." "All right, I'm open to anything." "This is such a nagging discomfort." It made me feel uneasy whenever the ladies attended to me. No matter how many times I protested, they always won. Lady Josephine presented me with a liquid that had an amber hue to it. Lady Alana untangled my hair from a tight bun and began massaging my scalp with a fragrant oil she had rubbed in. Was I in some kind of special spa? "Can you tell me what it is?" I took a tentative sip of my drink. It helped to relieve the discomfort in my stomach. "It derives from a particular root." All digestive problems can be resolved with this remedy." "However, it is my head that is hurting. That is not what I require at this time."
"I noticed that the light was turned on. "I had a thought..." He took several deep breaths and cleared his throat. "You're aware of what happened the last time. I don't want to go through this again. I'll be there to escort you back. Don't be concerned, Queen Nia. "I'm not going to be seen," he added in a hurry. "I promise that I will remain out of your sight the entire time. The ghost wolves will not bother you while you are in my company.""No way, Beastie King," says the narrator. I shook my head, as if he could see what I was doing."All right, stay safe," he said in a hushed voice, his voice breaking. I was startled by the sound of slow retreating footsteps. "Wait, you dope," I yelled, my voice rising in frustration. "That is not what I am referring to. "You are under no obligation to remain in the dark at my expense." "But why?" you might wonder. "Everyone keeps their distance from me." His voice was tinged with disbelief. "There is nothing you ca
I stood in front of my father like a naughty girl who had been caught doing something wrong yet again. The way he treated me was extremely humiliating. I was an adult, with aspirations to one day rule the world. I deserved to be treated with courtesy. Not going to happen, I promise you! My father was a wonderful man, but his political views were out of date. In his heart of hearts, he believed that a woman would never be able to lead as effectively as a man. It was a completely erroneous way of thinking. I didn't have the sharpest mind in the world, but I was far superior to many men and women. "You're well aware of the border situation. "It's gotten to the point where it's beyond worrying," he said, looking at me closely."Yes, the Father King," says the speaker. Yesterday was particularly difficult. The Mega Kingdom successfully captured the West South checkpoint. They're going to overrun us if we don't take the higher ground again," I narrated, as if I were reviewing m
I took a deep breath. It meant he would live alone once I returned to my world. That made me feel sad for him for some reason. “I was pretty steamed when I heard this. If I refused the wedding, people would think I went back on my word. A royal’s word is everything. Other kingdoms would not trust me. I became a king at a young age, and I had responsibilities.” I nodded. All made sense. I noticed his voice was growing bitter. “So, I went over to confront Princess Mia. She was away. Her kingdom was a two-day ride away, so I decided to spend the night. I was trying to sleep when her lady maiden entered my room. I will not make a lame excuse she seduced me or something. All I can say is she was angry with the princess. Sleeping with a maiden is a grave sin. Right in the middle, Princess Mia walked in on us. To make the matters worse, the lady was her best friend. I broke her heart. She used the sorceress and put a curse. The righteous anger was on her side. She m
Being attracted to someone on a mild level was one thing; however, becoming pregnant was an entirely different level of commitment. Something like that was something I was already aware of. "I'm not sure what to make of this," I say. "I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say." The motion was made with his head in a shaky manner. I made the decision to become a member of the organization. Having been crowned queen, I'm beginning to feel the weight of responsibility that comes with the position. Please do not inquire as to the reason for this. "Please refrain from spitting in the face of the gift." His amusement was quickly replaced by a smile, which eventually developed into a broad grin as he walked away. In order to keep a smile on my face while answering, I did everything I could. It was becoming more and more difficult to manage. The situation, whatever the circumstances, could not be tolerated! At the time of my vows, I was cons
Drakes Pov “So you found the location of the White Lion,” Drakes stated with a blank look as he stood not facing his new injured visitors with his hands behind his back. “Yes Master, but we barely escaped with our lives for he is too powerful. The magic you gave us is also not affective against him for he deflected it back to me.” Leona replied while still clutching on to her stomach where her biggest injury was. Her sister Leyva also stood next to her having recovered but with injuries and was also wincing from her own injuries.“So its just as I thought. Aladdin’s magic and Alucard`s Powers alone will not be enough, I need to get more physical strength plus numbers by going after the White Wolf first.” Drakes stated while rubbing his chin in thought.“But still, you FAILED. This is the second time you witch sisters. You managed to also lose my newly acquired kin, the Vampire King Adrian.” Drakes continued but now with malice in his voice.
Elise Pov After that first mysterious roar, I heard Leona`s scream as if someone had attacked her. Then I felt the hands of someone hugging me.“Luke,”’ I whispered as soon as I felt the familiar sparks, although I still did not have my sight back and was still in darkness.“Yes, it is me I got you,” he responded while hugging me tightly and making my heart calm.“How DARE YOU COME HERE AND DISTURB MY SLEEP?” The loud powerful voice ROARED again. Igniting another earthquake tremor and whirling wind. I could feel as that caused us to be thrown and fly high in the air. Then to only land painfully further away, rolling into the grass.I also heard the pained sounds of Leona, Leyva and Adrian; seems they were also being thrown around too. The power of this Roar was sparing no one.As for us, Luke was the only one to release the pained sound as he took the whole fall, making me land on top of him, like a pillow.“What is causing that,” I cou
Elise POV Lydia duplicated herself into her twenty clones and they were the first to come and attack me.Grinding my teeth against each other in anger, I confidently stood there waiting for them to reach me. I could feel my hair becoming wet and even counted the number of droplets hitting against my face and flowing down.As soon as they did reach me, a switch flipped in my head and I was soon moving in sync with the blade in my hand. Killing as many Lydia clones as I could.Instead of a trail of Lydia bodies in my wake, seems that every time they died. The clones disappeared into black smoke instead of dead bodies.But Lydia kept on redoing the spell, spawning more and more to replace each that I killed.I quickly realized that they wanted to tire me so they could easily blast their spells at me like last time.But I had no choice so I continued fighting and killing with no thought of giving up.A small smile came on to my face as I not
Elise POV “So my mother, met the Magical White Lion in the Amazonian forest?” Luke first said,“At least it did not say the moon, for that would have made this harder for us.” He added with a relieved look.“Lets go and find him then,” I said to him as we got up.“I would come too, but from what you guys told me, I cannot wear my sun ring and will continued staying indoors instead. I have enough animal blood stocked to last a last time,” as Kim mentioned animal blood, I was a bit surprised for because of her red eyes and hate for humans I had thought that she drank human blood from blood banks. Like the other rich elite Vampire who had money.But then I realised why her eyes turned red, it was when she saved Adrian, drinking the blood of her soulmate and killing him.“Kim, can I bring my mother here? She also has no sun ring and I don’t want to worry for her safety.” I stopped walking and turned around to ask her.She first glared at me, no
Elise Pov “Luke whose place is this?” I could not help but ask as we arrived at teleported right outside the Gothic looking Mansion.“This is Kim`s home.” As soon as he replied that, I quickly glared at him!Like what the hell?“One I do not get along with that rude vampire female and secondly she could be under Drakes control and thirdly why again?” I quick shouted with another deeper glare. “Kim`s mother Annie who was a Vampire historian used to always be at the castle recording my mother’s stories. Its how they became friends and why Kim was always around us as kids.”“I never got along with her, for instead of playing with me, my Twin Adrian was always following her around like a lovesick fool. So I played boy stuff with Trey instead.” Luke continued.“So we are just only here to get this book,” I asked again with a frown. And yes I was secretly jealous hoping Luke did not also like her too like Adrian did. For if so, I was ready for a
Elise POV “Still, the only way he would get Alpharix to show up is through his daughter. I need to contact Ariel! For she is still in danger with her wolf.” Luke quickly stated in panic making me realize that he was right for the magical wolf was still a father.And as a father, he would do anything for his daughter and Wolf pup Luna.“I would teleport us to their home base right away, but being rogues they never stay in one place and are always traveling. Every time I talk with Ariel she always seems to be in some other new location, or in a boat or some plane.” As Luke said this, he ran his hands through his silky hair worriedly.And We knew Wayne and his friends may still have not yet reached them to report.I then looked to see Luke move to take the slumbering Lycan King`s phone, right from his pocket as he slept.Luke had lost his own phone during the fight with his brother and I lost mine a long time ago.“Of course, the password woul
Elise`s POV My mother quickly brought a cloth and water so we could clean up the deep wound.Emma also brought a first aid kit box, so I could disinfect and bandage him up.“He will be okay, don’t worry too much.” I heard my mom say. This was after we were done as she saw the scared look on my face as I stared at his now sleeping form.“I hope so, because I cannot survive without him,” I replied in a low voice as she left, not wanting her to hear my sullen reply.I decided to take a shower first for I was still in my prom dress. Another now ruined dress but this one was worse for it was coated in the blood of those I had failed to save.What was it with me and attending functions? Only for them to end up in disaster? From now on I refused to attend another prom, ball, or some shady auctions. I was done with all kinds of parties and events.But as I now stood in the shower, busy washing my hair. I finally let the tears i had been holding thi
Elise`s POV It was Kiala`s date Wayne, He looked just as horrified as I was by all that was happening. "Hmm, a Werewolf Rogue, figures. But don't worry, for soon, I shall be able to control your kind too." Drakes stated as he noticed Wayne at the same time too."You are a monster!" Wayne instead growled back while trying to prevent Tiffany and Kiala, from killing each other."Wayne, take them to safety, please," I managed to shout while also battling some of the zombies. Every time I killed my now zombified classmates, they kept on rising again. Tiffany and Kiala were not dead yet and they could be saved. "What about you," The werewolf Rogue growled back, "Just go, I will survive. GO NOW!" I shouted so he could see how serious I was. "I will try to get help for you." He replied with a nod while knocking both screaming girls out and then carrying them with his werewolf strength. From the way he was gently carrying Nia, I coul
Elise`s POV “Yes, he makes me happy. I feel as if my life is now finally complete because of now having him by my side. He told me that he would even give me the world and anything I desired.” She replied with another happy look of someone in love. She took a glass of the red punch from a waiter and held it in her hands, swirling it around. I also took one and started drinking it too after we did a cheer.Still, I was now busy hoping Emma, would be quick in bringing Luke here. I needed my date so we could dance together and make memories.But while looking around the room, my gaze immediately froze as I stared at something distasteful. “Lydia!” I angrily shouted as there that Witch stood. How dare she show up here? After what they did to me.She was also dressed for prom with her triplet sisters next to her. There all wore dresses matching with their hair colors; Black, Purple, and Orange.“Dear Elise. Always so fiery. But tod