> YohanIt was a busy day at the company so the work didn’t finish until quite late. The sky had turned dark yet I wasn’t tired. Rather I felt full of energy and was getting things done quite fast.By nightfall me and my team had finished a lot of work and I was quite satisfied when I was driving back home.As I was pulling in the driveway I noticed that none of the lights of the house was on.Maya isn’t back yet? I wondered and parked the car outside but as soon as I stepped out something snapped in my mind.I sensed magic from inside the house but it was a presence I didn’t recognize.Then suddenly another thing snapped in my mind.What if something’s happened to Maya?! She’s a human so I can’t detect her presence but I could smell her from this distance, a faint smell of rain. I immediately ran inside and noticed the glass of lights broken. They crunched under my feet as I ran past them, straight to the living room.“Maya!” I yelled her name as she came into view, her expressions
>>Yohan“You want me to look into this girl’s record?” Astor, my werewolf secretary, asked me, “Is this the one?” He looked at the picture on his phone that I had just sent him, “Your mate?”I nodded, “I’ve been thinking about it for a while.” I turned my rotating seat as I sat behind the desk and looked out the window, “Ruda knows nothing about it and of course she wouldn’t talk about it.” I sighed, “I mean who would tell another person about their criminal record.” I looked back at Astor, “At first I thought it might be something small but I don’t know why I don’t feel at ease.” I clicked my tongue. I’ve caught her stealing before so it could be related to that but I need to know the details. I didn’t want to pry in before but for some reason I’m not quite able to calm my brain down whenever I think about it. It’s just in case so it shouldn’t cause any trouble.“Okay then.” Astor said, “I don’t think it’ll take much time since she seems like a pretty ordinary person.” He put his ph
> MayaI packed up when the classes ended and sighed as I looked at the empty seat beside me.“Ruda you jerk!” I angrily whispered the words. He left a few days ago and still hasn’t come back. I stood up and began to leave.I’m sort of worried too. I’m sure it’s not because of me, because if it was he would have come back after one or two days but it's been more than a week now.I opened my phone and opened up our chat. He hadn’t read any of my messages.I wonder why?I thought about it for a while before texting but then decided to do it anyway. I had been thinking about telling him these words but I wasn’t sure. I thought he’d come back soon.I looked down on the screen as I typed.‘Ruda, I’m sorry if you’re angry with me about anything. I won’t ask you about anything anymore. Just reply to me when you see this.’I pressed send, then suddenly I felt like I had to say more so I typed in some very important words.‘You little bitch! You’re the only friend I have. Come back to me befo
>NenaI woke up and found myself on my bed. Lazily I looked around the room but found that no one was there in the big dark room.A strange feeling of loneliness bubbled up in me but all I could do was sigh in disappointment.I guess Ma’s gone. I wish she just stayed with us here. I would love it if we all lived like how normal families do.I often think about normal families and how they live but I guess normal would never really come to me for a number of reasons.I looked out the window, it was still night time but I didn’t feel like sleeping anymore so I got down from the bed and went out. The house was quiet like how it usually is but oh well, I’m used to it.I walked down to the outer corridor, it was made of wood with pillars at equal intervals. The pillars had some designs carved at the very top and very bottom while the rest was plain yet the simple small designs added a lot to its charm. One side of the corridor had the garden and a small pond. Soft blue lights flickered
>YohanThis smell.I looked around in confusion as I stopped in my path while having a run in the forest.This scent, one I’ve never smelt before, completely foreign to me, yet with a huge amount of familiarity.What was this?Does this even make any sense? Why do I find it so familiar when I’ve never smelt it before?Night had fallen and there was no moon in the sky. On nights like these werewolves are on their lowest power and no normal magical being can cross over to the human world, yet, there it was.A scent I just had to follow. For an unknown reason it was attracting me. Something inside of me was very curious about it.Quietly I crept up behind the trees as my gaze landed on a figure of a woman with a nice slender body and long wavy black hair.I kept quite a large distance between us but still I could tell she was a powerful being. No wonders she was able to cross over so easily, but that wasn’t the thing that bothered me.The thing was, there was an odd sense of familiarity
> MayaI should never have sat on his lap.I should never have let him be so gentle with me.I should never have agreed to this or stared into his eyes like that!!I know he felt weird because of me and that’s why he decided to look away and buried his face in my neck but the thing is, that’s even worse!Our bodies are even closer now.“You shouldn’t stare so intensely.”He said the words softly right next to my neck. I get it, it’s strange having someone stare so intensely into your eyes. But his words sent shivers down my whole body. My skin stood up as it came in contact with his warm breath, “What if it sends the wrong idea?” I bit my own lips as his lips were so close to my neck they brushed over my skin when he talked.I had no idea what was wrong with me and I had no intention of feeling like this but I started feeling it down there.I stiffened as soon as I realized I was turned onOh God forgive me! I can’t believe my body is doing this!“I-I should get going.” I started to ge
>MayaFacing Yohan was a bit awkward but I decided to play it cool and pretend that nothing had happened between us.I wanted to take things slow. Naturally, build up things and then decide if I really liked him or not.I went down and started making breakfast. There was a slight pang of pain in my tummy but I didn’t let it bother me.When Yohan came out of his room he paused for a moment when he saw me but then decided to approach me.“Maya?” He called out to me from the other side of the counter while I stood in the kitchen.“Yes?” I turned and smiled at him. He was a bit taken aback by my reaction.“About yesterday-”“Yesterday?” I cut his words, “What about yesterday? Did something happen?” I maintained my smile while he just stared at me.He licked his lips and sighed, “No.” He shook his head, “It’s nothing.” He got what I wanted to do but also seemed a bit disappointed. I continued to work as he began to leave but all of the sudden he paused again. My back was against him so fr
>MayaIn the evening, around 5 pm there was a knock on my bedroom door while I was reading a book. I looked at the door as it opened and Yohan peeked inside.“Hey.” He greeted me as he half entered the room.“Oh, hey.” I closed my book and put it aside.“How are you feeling?”I blushed lightly, “I’m fine. Thank you for all the sweets.” I looked at him softly, “You even bought painkillers for me.”“Yeah. I wasn’t really sure but I’ve heard it hurts a lot so…”I giggled shyly, “My cramps aren’t as bad. So one tablet was more than enough to make me feel all better.”He smiled gently, “That’s good.” My heart skipped a beat. How can his smile be so charming?I looked down and started fidgeting with my thumbs, “Sorry I had to ask you to get my stuff for me.” I heard footsteps approach me. Yohan walked up to me and crouched down on one knee in front of me, then patted my head softly, “It was no problem at all. On the contrary, I’m happy you asked me.” There was this weird feeling.A sensat
>>Maya “And that’s how after a long wait, Quincey and I got married and became the Queen and King of the dark realm.” Nena finished her long love story, “We got married in the human world. It was a small event with very few close guests.” She smiled, “And yes, I invited my three fake boyfriends too.” She took a deep breath, “That was the last I saw of them.” She grinned, “And then we moved to the Vampire capital and years passed by.” “Woah…” I was shocked, “That was a lot to take in.”I definitely didn't think you’d turn out to be such a manipulative person.” It was unbelievable really. She chuckled, “Everything is allowed in love and war Ma,” She had a mischievous look on her face, “And look at us, we were two orphans whose parents were killed unjustly.” Her smile turned a little sad, “And now we’re Queens.” I smiled back, “I guess fate isn’t that bad.” She shrugged, “I’m happy now so I guess.” She smiled, “My time with Quincey has been amazing!” “How much more time before you gi
>>Quincy“What if some other Vampire tries to harm her?” I asked the king, my father and Luci. We four were present in the King’s audience chamber and we're going through some stuff, “There is always a chance someone could try something because she’s still a human. It’s going to take time for her blood mate powers to show.” I was making a point here, solely for Nena’s sake. Still being a man who has claim to the throne meant there was a chance someone might disagree of Nena and try to harm her.“Boy, the thing is, even if you revoke all your rights officially, there is still a chance it might happen.” The king made his point, “Because no matter what, you can’t fight the blood that runs in your veins.” He was right. No matter what effort I did here, it won’t change the fact that I was part of the royal bloodline. I sighed and looked down in defeat. What now? If not this, then what can I do?The king cleared his throat and made me look at him again, “Well you just need to be in a posi
>>Quincey“So none of you ever liked her?” I asked the boys while we all sat in the lounge of my house. I was sitting on one side and the three of them were side by side on the other.“Nope,” They all replied as they shook their heads in unison.“You want me to believe that?” I had my arms folded.“We only did it because she was helping us out. It was mutual help.” Chris said, “We had a deal between ourselves.”“Helping you guys out?” “She’s a pretend girlfriend for us because women don’t stop chasing rich men, especially when they’re single.” Sam said, “Nena is the perfect person for that role since she beats the shit out of people too.”I raised my brows as I frowned. It made sense, there were a number of times she came home and I could tell right away she had a fight with someone. So this was the reason why.“Don’t worry,” Chris said after he noticed the visible discontent on my face, “We just need her for another semester and then our deal ends.” He smiled, “We really don’t have
>>NenaThe world started getting blurred. Like a dancing mirage.The dark magic began to consume me and I started seeing red. A stream of liquid started coming out of my eyes that was not water.AH…No wonder Quincey told me I’d never survive here. I feel like I’m being consumed. It’s like there is a furnace in my body that’s steadily heating up and it’ll keep heating up till there is nothing left of me. Till all of me is burned and not even my soul survives.I felt like I was fading away with the increasing pain, “Nena!!” A voice reached me, “Nena!” I looked to my side and saw Quincey running towards me. He slid down next to me and brought me into his embrace, “What the hell are you doing here!!!” He yelled at me, “Why the hell aren’t you doing anything??” He looked at his father and uncle.“She refused to leave.” Daddy said, “I tried.” He raised his hands up in defense, “I really did.”The king nodded, “She’s too stubborn.” He said, “This is why we sent Luci to get you.”Wow, these
>>Nena“What happened to the previous one?” I was very curious now even though my head was starting to hurt, “Who was that human?”The king looked at Alister and I followed his gaze. Alister hesitated a little, then sighed, “It happened two hundred years ago,” He started a story, “Two hundred years back humans were still thinking of us as monsters.” He nodded sadly, “And Quincey grew fond of a human that once helped him but that same human killed herself when she found out what she got caught up in.”“What?” I shook my head, “What happened?”The two royal bloods looked at each other, “Let me tell you a short story about how Quincey grew a little distant from relationships.” Alister gestured to Luci to do something and Luci left while Alister came and sat down in front of me.“Are you alright?” He asked me.I shook my head, “I feel like a fever is rising…”“It’ll get worse from here.” Alister patted my head, “So I’ll give you the major details of what happened.”“Alright,” I nodded.He
>>NenaThe dark continent gave the vibe of a dark fantasy setting. It was clearly daylight but the sky was covered with dark clouds continuously and forever so no sun rays made it down to the land.The roads were old, looked like the ones the Romans made centuries ago but all the houses were big, like mansions. The market place was busy but not bustling. It looked like there were a limited number of people there.“I thought there would be more people here.” I asked Luci while he and I walked towards the Palace.“Many vampires go to the human world nowadays.” The Palace was in view, “The human realm has a lot of entertainment after all.”“Why not just bring it here?” I asked.“The magic realm doesn’t allow it.” I started seeing some royal guards.“It doesn’t allow it?”“Even if you try to bring it here, the portal which we cross through throws it out before you enter the magic space.”“Why though?”“To preserve the magic.”“Does technology ruin it or something?”“I guess you can say th
>>Quincey“Quincey stop!!” Luci hugged me from behind frantically to stop me, “Humans can’t take magic this strong!!” He head butted my back, “Idiot! What if someone dies?” His words made me freeze and he loosened up, “What if Nena dies?” He moved to look at my face that was filled with horror.My chest tightened and my brain went blank for a moment.No!! I looked at Nena who was unconscious on the floor.Oh hell…I ran to her, “Hey,” I embraced her in my arms, “Hey wake up,” I shook her a little but she was blacked out. Luci came and sat beside me, “Nena…?” I felt like my world was falling apart, “Nena, are you okay?” There was no response. Her body seemed lifeless with no reaction at all.Shit…Oh shit!!“Nena!” I check her temperature but my body is already cold. I couldn’t tell if she was okay like that or not because to me, a fresh corpse is warm too.Damnit!!I had never been so nervous in my life. I felt so shattered, so broken and so ashamed! What have I done? This is my faul
>>NenaSam stood his ground, “You got no say in this.” He said, “This is her decision.” He looked at me and all the attention was on me all of the sudden.Oh shit!Having so many eyes on me all of the sudden made me flinch but I got myself under control..I rolled my eyes and looked at Chris, “Where’s the food?”He was shaken up by what was happening but still managed to answer me, “It’ll be here soon.” He said, “Let’s set the table up.”“Sure,” I stood up and went to grab Nathan and Sam’s hand to get them away from Quincey. Luci, on the other hand, walked over to Quincy to calm him down.They exchanged a few words and a few times in between they glanced at me while my boy grabbed the cutlery to put on the table.>>SamI took a deep breath and looked at Quincey who was consciously glaring at me.This won’t do.I walked over to him while he sat in the lounge and folded my arms as I stood in front of him.“Don’t look at me like that.” He raised his head to glare at me some more and I ro
>>NenaLuciel should be doing what he was asked.I hope it riles Quincey enough for him to take action. I hope he does a good job.I was sitting at the dinner table at Chris’s apartment. He lives independently that’s why we had ordered out and our pizza was going to be here anytime now.“What do you think?” Chris brought the plates and glasses, “About Luciel?” He placed the things on the table and sat down on the chair in front of me.“I don’t know,” I had my arms folded, “I just got to know him but,” There was something bothering me, “I feel like there is more to him than he shows.” I looked at Chris, “Get what I mean?”“You’re saying he’s hiding behind a fool’s mask?” He raised his brows at me.I nodded, “Yea,” I looked around aimlessly, “But it seems like he’s doing that for no deeper meaning.” I looked back at Chris, “Maybe just for fun?”“Mmhmm,” He looked at his phone when he received a text, “For now, let’s hope he does a good job.”“I feel like he will.” I leaned on the table.