It was quiet. The only thing you could hear in the room was the turning of pages, the slight flick of the fire in the fireplace, and the breathing of the man that slowly becomes heavier over the time. Turning of Pages. The dancing fire at the fireplace. His breathing. Turning of Pages. The dancing fire at the fireplace. His breathing. Turning of Pages. The dancing fire at the fireplace. His breathing. Turning of pages— “Damn it!” Harry shouted when another piece of evidence of how Charlene was abused after the news of her being illegitimate or adopted came out. He threw the papers on the wall and flipped the table in front of him. All the pictures and letters scattered around the room as Harry breathed, even more, heavier than he had earlier. He loosened his tie. It feels suffocating. The veins in his arms were visible as he annoyingly try to lose his tie more and more and more— “What the fuck is wrong with this fucking tie?” he cursed and cursed and cursed until it was o
Charlotte smiled at him and caressed his cheeks, “Your sister— is no ordinary defect, son. She could not shift not because she’s a defect,” “Then why—” Harry stopped asking when his mother’s smile became sad. Her eyes were dreamy as she looked at the photo of Charlene from the table. “When we found her, she was surrounded by the bodies of dead vampires. I thought they were killed by the Lycan Royal Guards, but they were nowhere to be found. It seemed like the carriage of the Lycan Queen was hijacked,” Charlotte continued the story. It is a story that no one from the publications in the city had gotten their hands on. After all, no one of them lurking around was spared by that woman. Charlotte looked at her son and smiled, “At the very least, your sister was safe after just receiving a few injuries from running around the dark forest,” “She was in the dark forest?!” Harry sprang up from his seat. He could not believe that such a young child could survive that devastating forest fu
“Your Highness, the Alpha of the Red Moon Pack has arrived,” a servant informed the King who is currently having an audience with his daughter, Louise, and her fiance— the Vampire Prince, Prince Valiar. “It seems you have a different agenda for today, Your Highness,” Valiar commented as he drink the blood of a human from the glass. Louise looked at him and then at her plate that has a really fine piece of meat cooked as steak. The King let out a chuckle then grabbed a bread knife to throw at the Prince, “You catch really well, Prince. Have you been playing any sports when you were young?” “What do you mean young, Your Highness? I am still young though, am I not? I could pass as your son looking at my appearance,” “But you are older than me, isn’t that right, Prince Valiar?” The Vampire Prince laughed at the King of the Werewolves claim and looked at the terrified young princess beside him. The Princess that had killed hundreds of his kind, even the Prince has no idea why his mothe
“That damn idiot!” Alphonse threw himself inside the carriage, loosened his tie, and ruined his fixed hair. Charlotte followed him shortly, also wearing a stern face. The journey to their mansion felt shorter. Alphonse stopped by the forest to lose some fumes and Charlotte let him. She had arrived at the mansion, tired and worried about her daughter whom they had lost more now that the King was not informed of the situation at all. Charlotte wanted to question him but she knew it would not do her nor their daughter any good if the issue gets further. “Someone is here waiting for you, Your Grace,” “Someone? —” “Charlotte,” Charlotte’s body froze up when she heard that voice. That slightly deep yet sweet voice. She had never thought she would hear it again after all these years. “You can go, Camon,” Charlotte slowly turned around and saw the woman in casual attire. It’s more like a human commoner’s clothes. “What are you doing here? I just received your letter this morning— if y
Present time… “What? She was injured and now you lost her? Are you out of your mind? What would you do if something happened to her!” Ellis looked away. She could not answer that. All she can do now is get worried with Charlotte about the well-being of Charlene. “And there is something we should get concerned about too, Charlotte… Something really unprecedented appeared and I don’t know… I-I… I… I have no idea what it would do to Charlene,” Back to when Charlene is getting treated at the inn… “It is rare for you to seek my help after she died, Ellis. It has been a long time, how are you? Have you been well after they banished you? When did you get back? Why… Why did you get back here… I heard you were pregnant back then—” “Will you please shut up? I did not call you here to chat with me. I did not call you here to catch up! So shut the fuck up and just do your fucking job!” “Done,” Prince Valiar said as he stood up from Charlene's bed. “So this is the infamous Charlene Samarah Ad
“Ellis Ardens! What the hell did you tell her!?” Ellis’s eyes widened when Valiar shouted. She glanced at Charlene, she is still shouting in pain as she try to move back and back on the bed, as if it would help her escape where she is right now. Ellis was surprised to see that her obsidian eyes are slowly turning red, “Her eyes… no… this should not happen, Val. What should we do? Charlene cannot— she should not…. Ahh damn it! I mentioned that Adhler is marrying his chosen Luna… what else.. Ahm, I said something about going home to her family—” Ellis slumped to the floor, realizing what triggered Charlene. She was just really excited to have seen her awake and she said a bunch of things out of concern… no, was she really concerned for the woman? Can you really call it a concern when Charlene had fallen sicker after saying those things? “Are you out of your mind!?” Ellis froze when Valiar shouted at her. “The tranquilizer, please! Before she hurt herself more,” Ellis’s servants gave
“Why would I even have his child, professor? Is it not enough that I love him and he loves me too?” Charlene innocently asked. “You are as naive as your mother, Charlene. I see that you get that from her too. Your eyes, your nose… you look just like your mother when she was young,” “You could die if anything goes wrong in the pregnancy, Charlene,” “I am not pregnant, Professor. Where is the problem now?” The professor looked at her and sighed… “So you did not even realize that,” “You are four weeks pregnant, Charlene,” Ellis informed her of what Valiar told her when he examined Charlene the first time. It was a hunch that she had when she found the woman in that cave, but to think that her hunch was right. Charlene is conceiving a Lycan Prince… A Lycan King’s child. “What are the odds,” Ellis thought to herself and sat beside Charlene who looked pale after hearing the news. “I thought she would be happy to hear it after hearing her say she loves the prince,” “And I want to asses
Charlene’s Point of View I don’t know how long I have been walking in the middle of the forest. I am slowly losing my consciousness and though I have let it before, I cannot let it now. Not when I learned that I am not living for myself alone. I did something. I did something that I don’t know how I did until I regained my senses. I just saw multiple men in black lying in pain on the floor… and I think I did that to them… just like what happened when I was five. When I was five… my parents thought that I have no memory of that day but that is still as vivid as if it had happened yesterday. That day that I decided to run away from the family because I overheard my father and his friend— who I have later known as the King— talk about my situation. “What do you mean a defect? How dare you— Pardon me, Your Highness, but even if you are my ruler, I cannot just accept this kind of atrocious judgment! This is unacceptable. How could you come here of your own volition and just call my daug