"Johan, can you stop worrying? I have seen you fight before and you are awesome." Harlow touched her shoulder."Yes, but what if all of a sudden my powers stop working?""That is impossible," Alexis said.Ever since Khalid left, she went through some drastic changes. She cut her hair off, wore mostly black and always had an angry look on her face."I might be the unlucky one, though." Johan sulked.Justin wrapped his arms around her. "You will do just fine. You really have nothing to worry about."Johan leant back into him."I'm going to find Gore," Harlow said, getting up from the ground.But she didn't get far before Alistair stopped her."Little Harlow.""Uncle." She raised a brow at him, seeing that something was off instantly."I want to make an offer to you, but you don't have to make a decision now," he told her."Let's hear it."He rested a hand on his shoulder, something he doesn't normally do."With you being a member of our royal family, I want to offer you a place in my ki
Harlow stuffed her feet in the leather knee-high boots, then laced them up. She glanced at Gore then frowned."What is that face for?""I'm not allowing you on the battlefield shirtless, Gore."He made a face. "I wasn't planning to go like this, I just couldn't decide which shirt to wear. I don't know if I should go casual, or formal.""Just wear the blue and orange one, I think you look sexy in that."When Harlow stood, Gore pulled her to him."I love you.""I love you too, Gore."After they finished getting ready, they joined the others downstairs.Someone gave some word of encouragement, while another offered up a prayer."Its time." Someone said, as the sun sank behind the mountains.No one questioned those words, for they all knew what it meant.As they all left the house to go outside, Miley came running up to the door."Good luck, guys." She waved while wiping away tears.When they got to the open field, Harlow looked up to see that the sky was cloudless and starless. The only
Harlow let out an unholy screech when two vampires, a witch and a wolf, ran towards her."Come and get me!" Harlow held her arms wide open in a gesture to mock her uncle.The four of them didn't get close to her because they dissolved into nothing."Just imagine what Onyx would have done with the darkness," Karina said, pausing to watch Harlow barrel through the enemy line, covered in blood and dust."Is this the power that you want? Why don't you come and take it, uncle? Come get a taste of this ultimate power!" Harlow laughed before jumping on a man's back, then ripped his head off."I'm just glad she and the others with that darkness, or whatever it is called, are on our side." A vampire said.All at once Karina's eyes went wide, then she fell to the ground with a gaping wound in the centre of her body."Khalid?" Johan said, then she gasped as her eyes widen after seeing who was laying at his feet. "Mom!"He gave her a smile. "Did ya miss me?""What have you done?" Johan stalked ov
"That's it, it's over?" Someone asked."You bet your balls it is." Another laughed."I can't feel my brother's essence any more, so yes, it is over," Alistair said.The look on his face showed that he had no remorse that his brother had just died, but there were sad faces all around from those who lost their loved ones, all because they were foolish enough to think they would succeed."Yessss!" A warlock bellowed, starting off the first rounds of cheering. "Don't worry fellow lores, our mates will be reborn in the next century or two." He then said, that got the cheering to stop.A she-wolf pushed hair out of her face, then kicked at a pile of dust. "That idiot. Now what am I going to do without him for so long?"Vince walked over to Harlow with his head low. "Do you think my sister will really be reborn?" He asked.Harlow avoided his eyes, because really she didn't know what to tell him. They might or might not, depending on how they died. And seeing that, Scarlet went a little crazy
Harlow stood at the window, looking out in the distance, to the small opening in the forest where Gore was busy trying to show their son, Theodore, along with his nephew, how to transform into their wolf form."Come on, little one, you have to learn how to shift or else your wolf might get lazy and never come out.""But dad, this is boring, I want to go play." He whined."But wouldn't you rather to have a cool wolf?""No, I'm already a vampire and a warlock. I don't want to be a wolf too." He kicked his little foot.Gore stooped down before him, then took his small hands in his."I know that this is all too much now, but that is because you are a special little boy. Who will grow up to do wonderful things, wouldn't you like that?"The little boy's gaze travelled over where his cousin was trying to chase a butterfly and giggling.Theodore wasn't too fond of the idea of being a wolf or a tribrid. His only interest right now was playing with Derek and Chloro's child, Ortega, who wasn't t
"Oh my baby, please don't cry. You will feel better soon." My mother smiled down at me while brushing away my tears. I shook my head weakly. I was on the verge of dieing, and we both knew it. Everyone knew, and all I could do was lie on this uncomfortable hospital bed and suffer in pain until my body can't take anymore experiments. I am once again slowly wasting away due to some unknown illness. I had just gotten over my battle with cancer, and now was fighting off something different. The doctors didn't know if it was because of the chemotherapy, or what, but I was once again bedridden in the hospital my father worked. Whatever was happening to me baffled everyone. Not even my father (the best here in New York, and four other states) knew what was wrong with me. Neither did the best doctors or scientists from around the world. They called what I was going through a novel, a mystery. All I can do was lay in bed, not moving and pray that the pain wasn't so bad. "I'll come back t
"Is everything set to go to that filthy place?" My gruff voice asked."Yes, sire, the Fates gave clearance a few seconds ago.""Very well. Let's get this over with. I don't like being in that place for too long," I said.Imagine me, King Alistair, having to go in search of my bride. I had expected to see her laying on my bed, naked and ready for me to take her.The two of us stepped through the portal, only to come out the other side at a hospital."Is this it? My bride is a nurse?""No, sire. She is a patient here.""What!?" I rage, causing the place to shake and the idiot humans to think it was an earthquake."She is sick, sire."Instead of arguing, I passed myself off as a doctor and made my way to the room the idiot told me my bride was in."Excuse me, but I have never seen you two before.'' A man stopped what he was doing to ask."Mind your business, human." I waved a dismissing hand.The doctor nodded, then went back to his task as if nothing had happened.When we entered the ro
"Why is this happening to you? First me, now you grams. It is like our family is cursed." October said, taking a seat on the chair beside the bed. She began singing, after praying for the woman that lay in the bed. ''I love your voice,'' A deep, smooth voice said. October looked around the room, startled as to who the voice came from, but she couldn't find the source. Her eyes zoomed in on the corner, thinking that maybe it was one of the shadows that seemed to always follow her around was finally speaking. She went back to singing to her grandmother, who had a late, advanced stage of cancer and was hooked up to several machines. The old lady looked a lot worse than October did a few months ago. Her eyes had sunk into holes, with large black bags under her eyes. Her lips were chapped and blue. She looked like a bag of bones, with sagging skin. Even though her father, one of the best doctors in the USA, did all he could, they knew that these were Mrs Summer’s last days. It was li
"Be nice to your sister," Horatio scolded their son Shawn, who pushed Hazel down, but picked her up and brushed off her jeans after getting into trouble.Leo snuck up behind them, jumping on Shawn's back."Hey," Shawn cried out, falling to the ground.Hazel laughed, jumping on him as well.Out of nowhere, Skylar joined the pile."Leave them, they are just playing." Scarlet stopped Horatio when he tried to get up.Their children were six years old now but acted much older."Leo reminds me of you." Horatio kissed Scarlet softly on her lips."Eww!" the quadruplets said together.Looking away from their parents, Shawn covered his eyes, while his siblings giggled.Scarlet smiled at them. "May said that Hazel looks just like my mom. And I think Leo looks like you. The only thing is, he has red hair.""Umm," was Horatio's only reply."Shawn looks like me as well, but with a little mix of your features," he said, kissing the top of her head."We sure make lovely children." Horatio kissed Scar
"Kera, are you ok?" Scarlet touched her shoulder to feel it shaking."No, my father killed my mother. He then lied that Horatio was the one who had done it. Why would he do that?" Kera cried.Horatio leaned his head to the side. "Matthew killed Catherine? I thought-" he paused to think about it."He told me she went out to seek some information. When your mother didn't return, he went to look for her, then later came back saying she was dead." Horatio placed a hand on her shoulder."I'm sorry that this happened to you, and I never had a hand in the death of your mother."Kera wiped at her nose. "I know you don't. I saw when he did it in their room. He said he saw you leaving the room and that I mustn't trust you, but he didn't know I saw the entire thing, he must have read my mind and that's why he took me to Magnus, but why did he kill mom?" Kera sobbed. "He never taught me anything. Mom was the one to always tell things and show me how to use my powers, so why did he kill her?""This
Scarlet made her way to the crystal cave, to put the red crystal back in its place and cast a spell so that no one can ever reach it again.She also hoped that it would restore the village to what it once was when it was back in its place.Scarlet, Kera, Elijah, and May had gone ahead of the others after the cave refused their entrance. "Hey, May. Remember, you said an ancestor of mine might be from this clan? Is that why the cave allowed me to enter with you?" Kera asked. Elijah glanced at her, noticing that after the war three days ago, and all the training with Scarlet, she was much braver and more confident now. Scarlet asked the river nymphs for entrance, but they start playing around, splashing her with water. "You little." Scarlet cast a spell, making a gigantic wave that washed the nymphs ashore."Scarlet!" May scolded her.Scarlet stopped laughing and helped them back into the water. "Scarlet that was so totally not nice, not cool at all." A nymph told her. Then the stai
April placed a hand over her mouth as she dodged a warlock's fist, then vaporized. Scarlet stood up suddenly. "This all ends now." She began to draw energy from the earth, then let it out. Everyone was thrown off their feet, while it dissolved most of the enemies into nothing. Those who were still stupid enough to run at her got blasted while her dragons had also changed into beings more malevolent, letting out purple and black fire, burning everything. April traced over to Elijah. "We have to stop her before she kills everyone." Elijah gulped. "But she seems demonic."April pinned him with a look. "You're just as strong. Come on." She dragged him off to where Scarlet was. April told him what to do.Elijah grabbed a hold of Scarlet's hand and start chanting some words, feeling the energy rolling from her to him. He directed it to the sky, blocking out the moon.Scarlet fell to the ground, then got up quickly, snarling at April and Elijah. She groaned, holding her head, looking
Nikki let out a cry, her sword sliced right through Matthew as if he was made of butter. His body fell to the ground in two halves, and his face now had a peaceful smile as if that was what he wanted all along.Nikki let out another cry.She walked over to where Kera lay and noticed that the hole in her body was getting smaller and smaller.Kera groaned before sitting up. Nikki gasped. "Kera, you're alive, how is that possible?" Kera looked down at her body in shock. "Did Scarlet teach you how to do that?'' Nikki laughed. Kera shook her head still looking at her body. "No, but the crystals she had us plant yesterday worked, so none of us will die." "But what about those who come to fight us?" Nikki asked, helping Kera to her feet."Scarlet only cares about us, not them, and now is not the time for chit-chat. We are in the middle of a war." "Right," Nikki nodded. "Let's go," Kera smiled, and together they ran after some elves, who ran away screaming. ****Elijah was holding his
When they got to the top of the hill, Kera gulped from beside Elijah, who was too engrossed by the strange glow the red moon cast down on them. The place seemed even more sinister than on any other night. The place was also silent and all he could do was wait until the enemies break the line."Do you think Murmalaid would have helped us out in this situation?" Kera asked.Elijah glanced down at her. "No, because things have changed, but even then, I doubt the fates or gods would have let her interfere. There are no more humans to worry about."Kera nodded. "I guess you are right."Scarlet looked over at her brother, giving him a smile because of how brave he was. When she looked back out, she could see the flames that had engulfed parts of the village."It's a good thing we thought of evacuating the village and an even better idea to have our people set up out there."Horatio held her hand."It is a good thing Miley isn't here to see all this. She would be crying by now." Nikki joked,
I sat on the window seat looking outside; I remembered the rain falling hard that day and with it came this horrible feeling I have been feeling for to month now. Selina thought that we should go to the beach. It was her way of trying to cheer me up, but for whatever reason, I didn't want to leave the house, because my mind was telling me that something bad will happen. Selina left me alone after seeing that there was nothing she could do to cheer me up and I went to lie on my bed, thinking that sleep would help. But suddenly there came crashes and screams from downstairs, which I paid no attention to, thinking that it was just someone doing a spell because it was always like that there. We were crazy and always did experiments, so I lay there until a young witch by the name of Cari burst into the room. She was bloody and crying. I looked at her with wide eyes, but before I could go to her, a tall shadow appear in the doorway. The vampire grabbed her by the shoulder, then he bit
Scarlet blinked a few times, only to see that Miley was waving a hand in front of her face. "Are you alright?" Horatio cupped her face in his hands. "Yes, just a memory that had me lost in time." Horatio kissed her and leaned his forehead on hers. Miley came up the hill after. She waited until Horatio moved away before she spoke. "Scarlet, are we still going to have training with you?" Miley asked. Scarlet had a distant look on her face, but she quickly shook it off. "Shouldn't we be training with them, too?" She heard October asking Alistair. "We don't need it," he replied. "Cocky, I like your confidence, vampire, or is it cowardice?" Horatio asked. Gore chuckled. "I can take both of you with my hands behind my back," Alistair told them, then removed his helmet. "Oh there pretty boy, don't want to mess up your hair or get a bruise on your face now, do we?" Horatio mocked. Scarlet glanced at her mate, wondering why he insisted on picking a fight with her vampire. She the
"I don't think this will end well. Some of these guys seem as if they will go at it any moment now," Kate said. And she was right. The tension in the manor was thick, and it wasn't from the pending war. But just from lores being around other lores, they didn't trust. A few more Lores, mostly witches, warlocks, and vampires, had arrived during the time Scarlet was setting up the crystals, which set the wolves on edge and even had a few questioning things. "Are we sure this isn't a setup?" Carmela asked when a warlock who was covered from head to toe in tattoos and piercings walked by her. Kate stared at the man, interested in the iron bars that ran through the bone in his nose, the rings in his brows, and the finger bone that was dangling from his ear. "Yeah, and I don't think I have enough arrow if shit should go sideways. "Don't worry, I don't attack those that are weaker than me." The warlock stopped to say. "Yeah, besides, we are only here because we are excited about the wa