Ayla POV
I woke up scared, my body was aching, but it was unlike anything I'd ever felt, I could feel my heart beating, but it was heavier, more intense.
Then I feel two arms holding me and I focus my gaze, trying to understand what's happening, and part of me panics.
"Ayla! Take a deep breath." I heard Soren's voice and blinked a few times, seeing his face for the first time.
I start to do as he asks and my breathing slows down, as does the weight on my body, and a wave of relief takes over.
"That's it, little by little... It's me, Soren." His voice is softer, more melodious. Something I've noticed he always uses when he wants to calm me down.
"What happened?" I ask
Ayla POV"Ayla, do you know what happened?" Ishtar asked me, curious."Um... Not exactly... I kept talking, but it's not like I was listening, I just knew what to say... It was only at the end that I heard some whispers, but it wasn't loud enough for me to understand what was being said, but they were conversations." I answered exactly what I felt and how it happened."And you Soren, what did you feel?" Ishtar asked, and I turned my face to look at Soren."The shadows, which usually obey me, were agitated, in conflict with something in the bracelets. I even heard some altered voices, arguing, but I don't know what was said and then when Ayla stopped her hand, the voices diminished, until they stopped for good." Soren answered and looked at me.
Soren POVKeeping Ayla away from the Kingdom of the Wizards won't be that difficult, at least as far as I know, even though they're placing runes in specific places in the castle. During the two days that Ayla was resting, Victor, Ishtar and I went through the castle with a spell to identify magic and discovered four runes near the entrances to the imperial wing, which is where I stay, along with Victor and James.This obviously alerted the enemy and Ishtar said that there were probably more runes, but that they might have been deactivated since she couldn't locate the source of who had created the runes.At least for now, the wing we're in is free of outside magic, only mine and Ishtar's are here. It's not as if I can do much, but I do have a few magical tricks up my sleeve, I'm too old not to be able
Ayla POVAs soon as I drank the blood I could hear Soren's heart beating, not only that, but I could see the vein pulsing in his neck and a strange sensation passed through my mouth, my gums were itching and I shuddered. I took several deep breaths to control myself, but finally, I stopped listening to his heart.As soon as we leave, Victor and Ishtar are outside."I have some things to sort out, my love," Soren said and kissed me on the forehead.I nodded in agreement, and then he turned away and headed down a corridor to the elevator."I've prepared one of the offices for us to do this," Victor explained. I nodded."Your aura is stronger," Ishtar said. "Are you dri
Soren POVAyla is asleep while Victor and I are sitting at the table, each with a tablet in hand. James' reports are not promising, tensions near the border of the Kingdom of the Wizards are rising.Several conflicts have arisen and James is trying to sort things out, only James is much more of an action guy than a diplomat... I know I need to send someone to help him."Victor... What do you think I should do?" I asked, hoping for an honest answer."You could send Charlotte, so she can try to resolve the issue as diplomatically as possible. She's always been a good candidate for this kind of conflict." Victor replied and sighed."The problem is that we don't know if we can trust the leaders of the Houses." I poi
Ayla POVI woke up in Soren's arms and leaned a little closer to him, taking in his scent and loving it."Good morning, beautiful," Soren said, his voice husky, and I let out a low moan.Does he know what he's doing to me? That alone made me shiver and want more.Soren gave a low laugh."Excited, are you?" He asked and I lifted my head to confirm.I can feel his hand running up the side of my body and I can already feel my body heating up, I let out another low moan, just to tease him and I see his eyes getting darker."Ayla..." Soren whispered my name and brought his lips close to mine, without looking away. "If you only
Soren POVWe finished breakfast and I gave Ayla a soft kiss on the lips."Have a nice day, my love," I said, and Ayla smiled."You too." She then opened the door.Victor soon followed.I quickly went towards the room Victor had indicated earlier and saw Ishtar leaning against the door, fiddling with her cell phone, and then I looked away from her to see Charlotte appearing in the corridor on the other side. She was expecting something like this, I could see it in her expression.I opened the door for her to pass through and saw the symbols glowing, and soon three wires were coming out of the center of her chest, one black, which linked her to me, one yellowish with a
Soren POVCharlotte stood up, finished cleaning her ears, and then looked at me one last time before bowing and leaving the room.Ishtar is staring at me intently."Strïth, you're full of tricks." I heard the female voice echo.Strïth shrugged, without answering."Are you all right?" I asked. "Aren't you too tired?" I asked."A little, you all have very strong auras," Ishtar replied, taking a flask from her pocket and drinking it, and I saw her energy improve. A simple healing potion. "But we can move on."I nodded and walked towards the door and opened it. Isaac was standing there, with the same expressio
Ayla POV - A week laterI'm looking out of the window, the night has just begun and yet the Castle hasn't been slept in, so now seeing the movement of people downstairs, I remember the times when I woke up early to work and went to bed late, sometimes I couldn't sleep at all.But here, in the Castle, the employees have a work schedule and this wing is pretty empty, and I understand, they want to protect me. Besides, it's really easy to talk to Charlotte, because she knows I'm Soren's mate.So we always discuss this question of how I feel and how I'm progressing and the division of things to do during the day is very balanced, in the morning I train for three hours then I have 30 minutes of rest and I go to my subjects class to continue my academic studies and in the afternoon I train with Ishtar.