I was invited by Finn to watch a dueling match between members of different races, according to Finn, it was the best way for me to understand the parts of other races that were not written in books and to get the real them, I needed to see them when all their inhibitions were low and I could see them in their primal levels.
I agreed with Finn but what I failed to ask for was for him to get someone to escort me, since I forgot that, I had to go all on my own and this I did lowly, hoping not to run into anybody else other than my mate and best friend, the only two males I was still comfortable with even though they were not comfortable with each other. They were slowly learning for my sake though.
I mean it wouldn’t be so hard since they were aware that I was going to watch the crudely set up fights and so would be on their way to meet up with me.
“I smell a little
IRISCirdan has been sulking since I told him that I could not be his date to the ballroom party. I had agreed to be Vine and Vane’s date when I sat close to them at the bonfire and I couldn’t very well go with Cirdan, that would be enough to put us under the spotlight and it would not be very long with people poking around before they discover that he is my mate. He knows this but it still doesn’t prevent him from sulking.“Cirdan, give it a rest, you know this is for the best, or would you prefer I go with Finn?” I asked my mate would was acting like a child of two and just as I suspected that he would react, his face pulled into a frown and I couldn’t help but smile at his reaction.“Don’t even joke on that?” He snapped and my smile ran free, he really acted cute when he was jealous.“And here I would think that yo
Terms used for Faery schools is the most annoying ever. They said prepare for midterm tests and that was what I did.“You should stop frowning.” Vine stated as Vane and Finn chuckled at my expression.“Finn, you are my subject, I can order you to eat dust if you keep this up.” I replied in a syrupy tone that made Finn chuckles turn to full blown laughter.“You shouldn’t be angry, in our defense, it is what we are used to, you are the strange one here.” Vine replied and in return I narrowed my eyes at him.“What do you mean ‘our’?”“Oh, he is laughing on the inside.” Vane voice was filled with laughter and that was when I looked into his aura and saw that Vane was right about his brother. Vine was truly laughing at me.“Vine, you are supposed to be
“For someone who doesn’t make trouble, we do get called to school a lot.” My father said, taking a seat beside me as I waited outside the principal office for my parents’ arrival.“Hello father.” I greeted, barely glancing up to my father’s face but I could feel his frown at my reaction.“Somehow, I am looking forward to the day where I am called to this place because my daughter broke rules.” My mother stated and then paused when she saw that I did not even bother to give her a reply.“This is serious for her to not smart off at me.” Nambra, my mother stated.“What is wrong?” My father asked me but before I could reply, the door of the principal office opened up and the head of the panel stepped out. Mt parents tensed beside me.“I believe
CirdanSomething was wrong, Iris did not come out from the tests for a very long time and when the door opened again it was a teacher running out. I was already going insane, it took me thirty minutes afterwards to get something out of the panel. Iris test was something different, she broke through their powers.That has never happened before, not even me who was a step above her could do so. What the hell was happening?“You need to calm down, you pacing around is giving me a headache, even worst that when Orion chases his tail.” Vane complained.I paused to address him. “Nope, it is not total strange that you name a feral wolf Orion and he is your pet, not strange at all.”Vane grinned at me. “Thanks.” Then he buried his elbow in his brother side. “I told you that my actions were normal.”
FinnWhatever Cirdan was called for, must not have gone the way the queen wanted it to go because she called for me. She knew it was risky for two of us to meet, she made sure she never had such a reason before but for her to call it means something serious.Wearing my gift from the queen which made me invisible in every aspect but one, and it was one rarely used, I took the quiet hallways to leave the school so I can meet up with the queen at the area she had chosen.Even as I walked, my conscience pricked me, I was betraying a friend of mine. Although being Iris friend started out as a job, the queen reaching out to inform me of what she wanted from me even before Iris stepped a foot into Faery. I had discovered that she was quirky and a very good friend to have, funny even I don’t remember the last time I ever laughed the way I did with her and the fact that she included two other people into our clo
IrisFinn has been distant for some time now, not his annoyance kind of distance thankfully but a lot on his mind kind of distant.I watched Finn with Vane and Vine as he dropped his tray in the bin and left the cafeteria without taking a bit of his food.“This is alarming to watch.” Vane commented.“And painful too.” Vine added.“Did he lose his mate or something?” They both asked at the same time as they turned to face me.“What did I tell you both about acting creepy?” I glowered at them. Stabbing my food with the spoon in my hand.Vane blinked those baby blue eyes of his at me innocently.“Dare it and ask, who us?” I cuts in when he opened his mouth with a finger already pointed at himself.
IrisI was not going to escape them. My thoughts moved around, I was panicking and although it was not full blown yet, it was going to be very soon. My mind races as I watched the men approached me where I was huddled together with other women.“She thinks she can hide.” The male who seemed like the leader spoke with laughter.Another member of his gang took in a deep breathe close to my hair even as I shrank away from him. “She smells of ATI from afar, polished and pompous. The queen raised her replica.”I found my voice through my fear and unclogged my tongue from the roof of my mouth where it was. “My mother did not raise me, my father did. The king of the folks.”“And the brat just had to talk.” The men laughed between themselves as if my information about who my father was is a joke to them. “Yes silly g
CirdanWhen Finn rushed into school to say Iris was missing, I was already feeling something was off with the bond, the principal calmed him down and contacted her parents who came to school as quickly as they could and then Finn took us and a considerable amount of guards to the last place she was seen.For the next six hours, it was hell as I wondered where my mate was and what dangers has befallen her and I had a right to wonder too. When the bond opened, I could feel her terrified, so scared that my hands shook, all efforts I made to try and calm her through our bond yielded no results and just like the last time when she was attacked by a feral wolf, I used the bond to trace her location. Finn was with me and we both arrived at the deserted warehouse in the wild fae lands at the same time. He used some sort of spell of his, to get us through the walls after reassuring me that he had talked to the king and queen and their guards, a
IRIS“I am sorry for your loss.” The shifter king said, I didn’t even bother with knowing his name, the council had introduced their selves to me, thanking me for saving them from my power corrupt mother and they were more willing to be allies now but I did not want anything to do with them. Not after they prevented me and Cirdan from being together and were the cause of this.It could all be traced back to them and they knew it, they felt guilty and are trying to appeal to their conscience.“That loss you are referring to better be the loss of a mother who was not a mother or else.” I threatened the shifted king, my eyes shifted to red.The past few days, everybody learnt not to fear when my eyes shifted, brown were I was normal, red was when my powers were coming active which was often these days and black or swirling black was the entity which
I got to the cliff just in time to see Iris chanting.“No, Iris stop.” I yelled, Iris paused, froze a millisecond and then continued.“What are you doing here boy?” Nambra stepped in front of me to prevent me from moving forward.“Trying to prevent my mate from opening a portal to hell. Iris if you can hear me, fight him.”Nambra chuckled. “You silly boy, Iris is long gone.” My heart stuttered.“You are lying, she would never choose to give up.” And at that moment, Iris groaned. That gave me hope to try and reach her again.“She is fighting me…” The demon gritted through Iris mouth.“Chant and get your pack here, they will help ground you.” Nambra ordered and I shook my head. 
CirdanThe first place I should have started from in searching for King Elros was the queen palace, I really never thought that she would be egotistical enough to try and hide him close to her, or so I thought.I was already down to one day and I was panicking. I had not gone home in two days even though I sent words to my father that I was alright and he should start amassing the army of the Folk very quietly that there will be a sign and then they can charge forward.I knew that I should be looking for my mate but I did not even know how to start or where to start from. At least to some extent I knew where the king would be or who took him. The queen would not have kidnapped King Elros if he had not stumbled unto something, I was seriously hoping that, that something could help Iris and whatever was happening tomorrow.The Light castle was empty. The guards were few as if th
CirdanThe king is missing, and I was one of the last people to see him but I knew more than any other person what could have happened to the king or where he went. He went to confront the light fae queen and then he went missing. That was not a coincidence but before I could do anything, I needed to inform Iris about her father. She was in a better position to help him out of the queen clutches and besides she must be going crazy with worry.I would need to sneak into school and see Iris but for that, I would need a disguise, something that would hide me completely from others but my mate. She would recognize me and it would be easier to do this.Now all I had to do was to leave the ever watchful gaze of my mother without causing her to raise an alarm. And that was not going to be easy.“You have not been eating well for some time now Cirdan, I am worried.” The woman in
“What about Iris…” Finn asked cautiously as he walked side by side with me or rather Gader’el, they were currently at my mother’s castle and getting closer to my mother.“Weak and has given up.” Gader’el replied and he was not wrong, I had no will to even try clawing my way back, not when my father was missing and presumed dead while my mother, the woman who birthed me was the one who placed something else in my body with me.“But she is still alive right.” Finn asked but Gader’el paused at looked at Finn.“You like her.” Gader’el tilted his head to the side. “You are in love with her even though she doesn’t even think of you that way.”“You don’t know that.” Finn replied, his face growing red.“I
Iris“What do you mean that my father is missing?” I snapped at Finn who shifted away from me as if he could escape my rage that way.“He has not been seen in over three days and none of his retainers knows anything about where he is. If he is not found in the next four days, you would be pulled out of school so that you can hold the position down for him until his body is found.” Finn explained but my head was banging, like I was fighting a war with myself.“Stop talking, nothing has happened to my father, he probably took a breather.”“He didn’t iris.” Finn said, his eyes was filled with sympathy and pity, something which I just could not tolerate right now. My father was okay. I know that, he just needs to realize that too. “His people would be aware.”“He is a king Finn, Kings don&
KING ELROS“Perfect father, perfect king, perfect everything.” Nambra spat in hatred as she paced in front of me. “You did such a terrific job in raising Iris that she didn’t even want to know me, her mother. I had to bring her back somehow, I needed her for this purpose. I specifically went after one of the council members to father her because of my vision. She had to be on faery for it to work.”I froze, trying to comprehend what Nambra was saying. “Iris… is no mistake?”Nambra snorted. “Even if I had told you that she was a mistake, you should have believed something else, for goodness sake, I am the queen of the light fae, you think that I would allow a child I did not want to be born to even conceive. I did not bear the ridicule and gossips for a mistake.”“But you clearly said she was a mistake, faes don&rsquo
CirdanI was sitting, arms hugging my legs to my chest, starring at the wall of my room when the news came in.No, that was not right, I have taken this position for days now, ever since I was released home, I haven’t really talked, eat or move. i kept my mind blank and it helped with the pain.“Cirdan, the king is here for you.” My mother said softly and it took me some minutes to process her words, what was the king looking for.It took me some more minutes to make myself presentable and then I presented myself to the king who was pacing the foyer like he had a lot on his mind.He was a king and he must have a lot on his mind.“Your majesty.” I announced my presence as I swept into a low bow that almost had me stumbling, my stomach growled, I haven’t been eating much. 
IRISMy head felt like it wanted to split open, that was what woke me up. I groaned even as I sat up. A thick weight was on my hand as I tried to lift it to my head so I stopped bothering about lifting my hands to my head and focused on getting my head to reduce banging. When it did, I tried to open my eyes but the light made me whimper as I started to cry.“I will kill that fairy, I will break her wings and shove it up her ass.” My mother said, not in her usual shouting voice but rather in a calm way that felt even deadlier as the words ghosted over my skin and raised goosebumps in my hand.“Get in line.” My father replied in that same tone, a second before I felt the bed dip as extra weight landed on my side.“Papa.” I called in a small vulnerable voice, using a name which I rarely used since I was seven. I felt him tense before he placed his ha