“Where the fuck is she? We killed the bitch she was living with. I know she was there when the men invaded the house. How did a 16-year-old get past them?” I roared.
“I do not know boss. We knew she was there, but when the dust settled, she was no longer there. The men made damn sure that she was in the house when it was invaded. That bitch of a witch she was living with put up one hell of a fight, but we were able to kill her. We were not able to get any information from her before she died.” Syrreon said.
“We think that the witch must have sensed the men coming and somehow, she was able to sneak the little whore out of the house. I went there the next day, and I did find footprints leading away from the house. The girl must have escaped out the back door and into the woods behind their house. I called in our best trackers. They followed her scent to a small pond, but it disappeared.” Tillamuk pointed out.
“It is possible that she has come into her powers and has started using them to evade us. I have every man we have out there watching for her. They are both here in the States and I have sent a large number of them overseas as well. I am not sure if she would head to somewhere in Europe or Asia, but I sent them there just in the chance that she was to pop us somewhere over there.” Syrreon added.
“We know the witch had several safe houses around the States. I know of at least two safe houses in Europe, both of which were in Scottland, but that is it for now. I believe she had more than that but the ones I was able to find were not under her name.” Syrreon told us.
I heaved out a growl as I slumped into the chair behind me. Fuck, I need that little bitch. I have been watching the damn angel kingdoms for years. I have been patiently waiting for a girl to be born into the fucking royal family. Her many times great grandfather promised me the next girl born would be my mate and queen. That was all the kept me from killing everyone in that fucking family. Then he was killed, and I tried to reestablish the contract with his son who took the throne. Somehow that asshole had found a loophole in the contract and rendered it void.
I was beyond pissed. Before I could attack the damn kingdom, they attacked my kingdom and damn near wiped us out. A few of us escaped and went into hiding. My fucking uncle became allies with them when he found out that I was the one that had planned to attack the angel kingdom. He became allies with them and helped them hunt the rest of us down. I swore revenge on both kingdoms. That was over 5oo years ago. I had been watching and waiting for a girl to be born. I watched as the current princess found her mate. He also happened to be the next in line to the throne of the other angel kingdom. Then it happened the princess became pregnant and everyone, including me, was waiting to see if she would give birth to a boy or girl. On a dark and stormy night, the princess had gone into labor. She gave birth to a girl. I had been able to sneak into the crowd that night to see the new princess and to remind them of the contract that was made all those years ago.
_FLASHBACK_
I was able to catch a glimpse of the new princess. She was a beautiful baby. Her light mocha complexion and black wavy hair with purple strands within it made her eyes, which were a deep purple with flecks of lavender in them pop. She was going to be stunning when she was grown, and she was going to be mine.
“What a beautiful baby girl you have there.” I drawled.
“What the fuck are you doing here Ulrich? I have no idea how you were able to sneak through security, but you need to leave now before I call the guards.” Prince Harhream growled.
“I will leave, but I will be back for my future queen. Remember the contract we have.” I pointed out.
“That contract was rendered void. You will never get your hands on my daughter.” Princess Aylenyna hissed.
“Oh, princess that is where I beg to differ. I will be back for her. She will be coming with me on her 18th birthday. If I must, I will take her before then. I would recommend that you do not try and keep her from me. For your kingdom's safety I would not try and hide her from me. I will find her no matter what you do.” I told them.
I took one last look at her. Yes, she will be mine. I made the decision then to retrieve her when she turned 16. I would not touch her till she turned 18, but I had a strong feeling that they would try and hide her from me. My feeling proved right when, not three days later, the princess had disappeared from the kingdom. No one had any idea what her parents had done with her, and no one could find her. I watched them for a week to see if they would return to where they had hidden her. They did not so I was forced to kidnap them. They refused to tell me where she was. In the end I killed them and returned their bodies to the kingdom with a warning that the princess should be brought back to the kingdom and that I would be coming for her. However, she was never seen again.
_FLASHBACK ENDS_
I reclined in my chair as Syrreon removed a frame from the bag he had with him. He slid it across my desk. In the frame was a picture of the princess. As I had expected she had grown into a stunning beauty. She was tall with long wavy black hair with purple strands within and those stunning deep purple eyes with flecks of lavender within them. She kept her light mocha complexion. She was truly the best of both her parents.
“Her name is Aerian.” Syrreon told me.
“What a beautiful name for a beautiful girl.” I said.
“There is something you should know. She is a dark angel.” Syrreon added.
I looked at him to make sure he was not bullshitting me. He was not. Well, fuck me! Everyone knew of the white angels, which were the common ones, but every now and then an angel would be born with colored wings and feathers. Black was the rarest and honestly, they were a myth.
The last one to have been born was over 1000 years ago and even then, there was no written proof that she had existed, but there was no proof that she had not existed either. They were also said to be the most powerful of all the angels. They have the ability to control both light and darkness. They are not fallen angels as some think. The black color is a rare color mutation, and no one is certain why this makes them as powerful, but they are rumored to be the most powerful of us all.
“Is there proof of this?” I asked.
He slides another picture of her wings. Fuck, in the picture the newborn is sprouting a small pair of black feathered wings. This is the proof we need. I began to make plans to attack the castle. Someone there knew where the child was. However, the very next day we were attacked, and we had to go on the run and into hiding. I had been searching for that little girl since. We had found her a couple of times. She was living with a witch, but I had no idea how the witch came to have her. I had asked around and from what I was able to find out her parents did not know any witches. I had been close twice to having her in my grasp, but somehow that fucking witch was always able to escape. Not this time. We had found her living in Michigan. Aerian was now 16 and it was time for her to come with me and become my queen. I had men watching the house for weeks before we made our move. Both Aerian and the witch had been seen coming and going from the house.
“I want that girl found. No one is to hurt her. If I find one mark on her skin, there will be hell to pay.” I hissed.
“Of course, I already have every available man out searching. We will find her. She cannot hide forever.” Tillamuk replied.
“Do we have any idea where she might go? She is only 16 so that must limit her to where she can go.” I commented.
“Honestly, no, we have no idea where she might have gone. I was able to find out what coven the witch was from, but that coven is in Sweden. I was able to find out that her family has not spoken to her in years. They had no idea she even had a child living with her.” Tillamuk said.
“The witch did have a house in Colorado, but so far, she has not shown up there. All I was able to find out about the girl is that she is smart and has already graduated high school. I am not sure if she had planned to go to college, but I have people watching every major college that might want her because of brilliance. So far, she has not applied or been accepted to any of them.” Syrreon says.
Goddammit, where in the hell could a 16-year-old go? There must be somewhere that we are not looking. I tell the guys to watch the angel kingdoms. I am sure that someone in one or both kingdoms knows something. There is no way a 16-year-old could make it on their own, especially a girl. Someone must be helping her, and I want to know who it is.
“Did that witch have a will or leave Aerian with anything?” I asked.
“That I am unsure of. I will investigate it. If she did that may be our way of tracking her.” Tillamuk told me.
I stood up walking over to the window of my office. I looked out over the city. For all we knew she could be walking around below us right now. I had no doubt that we would find her. She is just a child and would need someone to help her. I did not think she would contact either angel kingdom, but who knows.
“If she has come into her powers, she might use them to keep herself hidden.” Syrreon pointed out.
“Then fucking find out if she has come into her powers. I want Aerian and I want her now.” I growled.
When I have her, I can take the throne of the angel kingdom. I plan to combine both kingdoms which will make me the king of all angels. Then I can start on taking over the rest of the supernatural world.
Six Year LaterI huffed out a breath as another one of our servers came hurrying through the door. It was a particularly busy night here at the restaurant tonight. Then again that should not surprise me. Summer had ended and fall was in full swing. It was only a matter of time before the snow started falling here in Maine. I moved here three months ago after landing this amazing job. I had graduated high school when I was 16 which was just a few months before Delphynia had stormed into my room that night and told me to hurry and pack. I had just shoved most of my shit into my two bags before I ran out the back door of the house. I heard the front door being what I guessed was kicked in slamming against the wall as Delphynia screamed right before a bright light consumed the house. I ran into the woods as she unleased her magic on whoever had broken into the house. I had come to the small pond before I made myself teleport to a safe house in Florida. Delphynia had a few across the countr
Once again, I could not find her, even if I did follow her scent here. Her scent was the strongest near the edge of the neighborhood closest to the pond where many of us fished at. However, I could never find her exact location. I knew she had to live somewhere around there, but she was hiding from me. Why I was not sure, but I knew there was a reason. Her scent was a mix of cedarwood, amber, lilies and an ocean breeze. It confused and excited my wolf, Locke, and I. It was a strange but alluring mix of light and dark. Locke had finally been able to track the scent to a house. We had sniffed around the front of the house, but we had to be extremely careful. We had noticed that every fucking plant there was poisonous to us and every other supernatural species. The other strange thing about her scent was that we could not distinguish the species of supernatural she was. I had even spoken with my father and described what her scent smelled like to me to him, but he was stumped as I was. “
Fuck, my head hurt! I opened my eyes to find that I was in a dark room. I could hear other people, but I could not make out who or where they were. I sat up trying to get my barring's. My head did not agree with my quick movement nor did my stomach. “Fuck.!” I growled. When I tried to stand up. Yeah, that was a fucking mistake as I banged my head on an extremely firm surface. I sat back down as I rubbed my head. It was already screaming at me and hitting it did not help matters. I looked around again and that is when I saw that I was in some sort of cage. What the fuck is going on? The room we were in was not completely dark, but unless you had vision like us supernatural's have you would not be able to see. There was one small light bulb hanging from the ceiling in the far corner of the room. I could see several other cages all of which held women. I could also tell that all the women here, except me, were human. I am not sure how I got mixed up in this trafficking shit, but here I
I lost my fucking shit when I saw her locked in that tiny ass cage. I was already pissed knowing they had the women locked in cages like fucking animals but seeing her made me and Locke snap. I ripped the lock off her damn cage. I was too big to squeeze through the doorway to get her. One of the warriors was able to contort his body enough to reach her. I let out a growl when he put his hands on, but I took a breath and reminded myself that he was helping to get her out of that damn cage. Her cage was close to the wall, Sofyia’s was behind hers against the wall. My dark princess had curled herself up in the corner furthest from us. Thankfully, Freddie was able to squeeze into the cage. Once he had pulled her close, I bent down sliding my arms under her pulling her against my chest. She was unconscious and freezing. I saw Niven grab Sofyia carrying her out. The others had already helped the other women get out and they were being checked out and transported to the nearest hospital. Sofy
“God my head hurts.” I groan. “Do not move to fast honey.” a woman says. I opened my eyes to see an incredibly beautiful woman sitting beside the bed that I am in. She looked vaguely familiar, but right now my brain was not working well enough for me to remember why she looked familiar. I look around as I push myself up to sit against the headboard. The room that I am in is nice. The bed is comfortable. It is clear she is a wolf, but I am not sure where I am. She hands me a glass of water and what must be some aspirin. I gladly take it. Anything to get rid of this raging headache. The water feels wonderful as it slides down my throat which was extremely dry. I pushed myself up so I could lean against the headboard as she refilled the glass of water. “Where am I?” I asked. “My son brought you back to the Blue Lunar Eclipse pack. Him and the others rescued Sofyia and you from that horrible place.” the woman explained. I had a feeling that was where I was. Damn it, that means that m
We were all sitting in my office. We had gotten back a half hour ago. Mother made all of us go shower since according to her we were dirty and smelly. I was afraid that Aerian would be out for a while, but she woke up quick. Mother also made her eat as soon as she woke up, which seemed to help. That made Aerian giggle as mother dragged her to my office. I sat down in my chair as everyone else got comfortable. My dark princess was sitting by my mother. She was clearly on edge and twisting her hands in her lap. I could feel her anxiety as she sat there. I could not figure out why she would be so nervous. I knew she was not afraid of us, so this did not make sense. “My dark princess please calm down. We would like you to explain what happened out there and how you know Delphynia. You mentioned her when you were unconscious after we brought you back here. I would also like to know how you ended up there.” I said. “I stopped by the restaurant to see how things were going. I was thinking o
I have been here at the pack for two days. I was skeptical about this idea at first, but so far everyone has been genuinely nice to me. There are a few women here that are not thrilled with me being here. I think that has more to do with the fact they want Ruari and want to be his Luna and they see me around him all the time. I am sure they see me as competition which is ridiculous. There is no competition even if I am still having a challenging time with this whole mate and Luna thing. I do not believe that I am going to be a good mate for their alpha or Luna for this pack. I let the back door close as I stepped outside. I needed some sunlight, even if it was cold as fuck outside. I needed some alone time. I have been surrounded by people these last two days. I will admit that I am not the most sociable person, but all these people have made me feel very boxed in. I am used to being by myself since that is how it has been since I was 16. I headed for the forest. I have always loved na
I sat beside my dark princess as she talked with my mother. I admit when I got home it was eerily quiet. When I did find a couple of omegas I asked if they had seen Aerian. When they said they had not I was not too worried, but after asking a few more people I began to worry. As I asked a few more people and they all said they had not seen her since breakfast I began to freak out. Peadar and I began looking around the pack house but the only person I could find was mother. Sofyia was not even around which is not unusual. I figured maybe they were together. I had gone to my room to shower and change. I had just stepped into the room when Sofyia and her mother came walking through the door without my dark princess. I officially lost my shit when I asked Sofyia if she has seen Aerian. When she told me she had not seen her since they left that morning that was when Locke went crazy in my head. I sent out a pack link asking about her. I am not sure why dad did not respond by telling me they