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AUBURON I freeze as I watch Liani rush over to my father. I can’t believe this is happening again. Carro whines in my head at the sight of our father. I can feel the anger brewing inside of me, as everyone zips past me in a hurry. I didn’t even realize Liani’s mom had come in. “Auburon!” “Auburon!!” “AUBURON!” Liani roars shaking me out of my thoughts. “Hmm?” I reply, trying to grasp everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in one of those movies where something happens to the main character and everything is just a blur. “I need you to help move your dad to the circle we made on the floor,” she says. I look to my left and see that there is a circle made of salt and candles on the floor with a huge symbol in the middle. I also see four mirrors around the circle. Two on the sides, one on top, and one on the bottom. I snap out of it completely and rush over to the bed where I see my mother, Liani, and Maya all trying to carry my humongous father to the floor. “Watch out!” I
AUBURON “Lay down,” she says. So, I do. I lay face down on my stomach while resting my head on my arms. It feels weird but nice to lay bare on the bed with my mate. She climbs on top of me and feeling her naked body against mine is sending me and Carro into a frenzy. She begins to pour the oil on my body and I ask “What is this?” “Lavender oil, it’ll help you relax and ease into sleep.” She says as she begins to rub the oil into my back, arms, and shoulders. The way she’s touching me is so delicate yet it feels amazing. Her touch ignites tingles in my skin and I can’t help but relax under the softness of her touch. She massages a little harder, rubbing out any tough spots on my back, and takes one hand and slips it up my neck, massaging deeply there too. She even grabs the base of my hairline at the back of my head and pulls gently. I groan. She chuckles. “Where’d you learn to do this?” I ask. “I guess, it’s second nature,” she says teasingly. “Does this feel nice?” She
JACOBY I stand there still oblivious to what she could mean. I must have a stupid expression on my face as she looks at me again and laughs. After a minute she turns and looks back toward the stream of water below us. “When Kaya attacked you, that was never supposed to happen. With Liani being the chosen one, I intervened. After all, you have such a vital role in this as well. Everyone thinks you are buried at the cemetery when in fact I had a couple of witches preserve your body. I wanted to wait till the time is right, but you’re mate is smart. She suspects that you are still tethered to the Earth,” she says smiling. “Maya knew about this?” I ask. “No, but she definitely knows that you haven’t officially crossed over. Why do you think you didn’t know who Liani’s mate was or the fact that she was the one? Once you crossed over, you would have known all of that. Maya knew that but couldn’t understand why,” she says. “So, my body being preserved? What does that mean?” I ask. “W
LIANI There’s no way we can meet them tomorrow, I mean we just got the letter today. I thought to myself. I hear my grandmother sigh and we all look at her. “This is so Shannara, she wants to catch you guys off guard, so you have no time to prepare for the meeting,” she says. I look over at my mom and see the fear etched into her face. This alone makes me nervous because I know my mother is a badass, even when she didn’t have her magic, she would go toe-to-toe with some of the pack’s strongest warriors. “Well, tell her we say No,” says Auburon. “You can’t just tell her no! It’ll give her a reason to attack, especially if she feels disrespected. Shannara is egotistical, we don’t want to bruise her ego right away,” my Grandmother says. “Well we have to figure something out!” says the Queen. We all watch as she goes back to pacing around the room. The room fell silent until the King and I locked eyes. “What do you think we should do Liani?” he asks me. I wanted to scream that I do
AUBURON Seeing Liani match my energy as I tried to tease her when I took off my clothes set both Carro and me ablaze. My little wolf was beautiful, smart, sexy, and powerful. She was perfect to me, let alone for me. Carro has been wanting to take over and mark her for a while now, but I’ve been holding out because I’m afraid something will happen once I do. There’s a part of me that’s not comfortable with happiness. I’m always waiting on the other shoe to drop, for something bad to happen, and since I’ve met Liani my energy has been matched and I have been met with consistency. I like it, but there’s a part of me that won’t let me get comfortable until I know that she’s safe. That my family is safe. That my uncle and her aunt, any witch or anybody that was against us is gone. When she ran from Carro and I, the predator in us woke. If she wanted to run, we would definitely catch her. Her wolf was smart and I can tell Carro loved seeing her for the first time. Her shiny white fur, wi
LIANI As soon as we walked onto the open field, I felt a shift in energy. It was heavy, dark, and absolutely sickening. I looked at Auburon and could tell that he was feeling this too, so I immediately placed my hand over his head to try to set up some sort of boundary with the dark magic. My mother and grandma followed suit. When the seven women appeared before us, I took a look at all of their auras. Surprisingly, all of them weren’t completely tainted with dark magic. It wasn’t until my eyes fell on a woman with long black hair and tan skin that I realized she was Shannara. Her eyes were also dark, almost as if there was no life behind them. “Hello Liani, Auburon,” she says. She didn’t even bother acknowledging the King, or my family. That sort of pissed me off. She and the rest of the elders stood a great length away from us. We were on one side of the open field, and they were on the other. “Hello… you must be Shannara,” I said loudly as my voice echoed across the open field.
LIANI As I make my way toward the direction of where my father is walking from, I stop in my tracks when I see my mom hugging him. Iris whines in my head and I feel my heart beat heavily in my chest as I witness this sight. “H-how?!” I whisper. Iris snaps me out of my thoughts and I continue running toward them. “D-dad! D-daddy!” I say as I run. My mother turns around and moves out of my father’s view as he opens his arms and I jump in them. “Hi, little one,” he says as we hold each other in a death-grip hug. After a minute or two we finally release each other. “How are you here?! How do you have your body!? What the hell-” I say. My dad chuckles and my mother giggles as tears run down her cheeks from her eyes. He simply points to the sky and says “Thank the moon goddess!” I freeze as I feel the energy getting heavier behind me. The hair on my arms stand up again and for a moment, the slither of happiness I felt left in an instant when I realized where we are and who we were
LIANI I thought that I would be more nervous after hearing that it was about time to mate and ascend the throne. But, luckily I’m not. I’ve been waiting for Auburon to mark me and now knowing that it’ll happen soon, has me excited. When King Daniel said that he was ready to pass the crown and that it was time for us to complete the mating process, Auburon’s eyes were locked on mine. For a minute, I thought I had seen flames within his Irises. Goddess, I can only picture what I think our first time will be like the passion that we’ll create, the love that we’ll make once we mate, how my back will arch and our bodies will be pressed together. I envision our souls leaving our bodies and entwining in the air. I blush at the thought and this time my father clears his throat. “Well, uh, it is nice to meet you, your majesties,” he says bowing before King Daniel and Queen Emris. Then he glares at Auburon and extends his hand. “Prince Auburon,” my father says and I hear Queen Emris and
LIANI The next two days Auburon and I spent figuring out ways that we can help Aella. We’ve been back and forth to the hospital and back to our hotel room. However, since we are the upcoming queen and King, we have to resume the tour and head to Moonshadow forest. Luckily, it is only twenty minutes away from the hospital. So, if anything happens with Aella and we have to get there quickly, we can. My mind has been tormenting me about the situation with my grandma Nixie. Did she want me to see it? If so, why? Did she want me to be wary of what I say and do around her so that she has nothing to report to Shannara? She’s tried calling but there’s really not much I have to say to her. I mean I’m still pissed. Whether or not she wanted to tell Shannara she did and she waited till after our training session to show me her vision. She should’ve canceled, she should’ve told me at the beginning, she should’ve— “Baby, come on,” Auburon calls out, cutting off my thoughts. I hurry out of the
LIANI I lead Demetri out into the hallway where two chairs are sitting outside the hospital room. He pulls me into a hug which catches me off guard. “I’m so happy you’re okay, Li.” He says breathing heavily. “Y-yeah… me too. I just wish Aella was okay, too.” I say as I fight back the tears that pool in my eyes. He runs his hands through his hair and he averts my gaze. I stare him down, searching his aura. Why is it tainted? Why is it black? “D-do you guys know who hit you?” he says while frantically looking around the hospital room. It’s as if he’s looking for someone. The softness of his voice lets me know he’s afraid of being heard. “No. We don’t.” I say sternly. “But, we’re looking into it. Is everything okay with you though?” I ask. “Y-yeah, I’m okay, Li... Just, ya know... Stressed about Aella.” He says weirdly. He seems more panicked than anything. I go to open my mouth and he pulls out his phone as it pings. I’m assuming he has a message with the way his eyes go wide a
LIANI I look around and I stand in white light. There’s nothing here. Is this the sky? Am I in heaven? Is this what the afterlife looks like? I feel a sense of calmness as I stand here. I close my eyes and inhale. When I open them again, I see that I’m standing in a field. There are tons of flowers and beautiful trees. As I look out I see a figure walking towards me. A woman. She has on a white gown with gold bracelets. Her hair is long and wavy, and the color of melted chocolate. Her eyes change colors as they lay on me. First brown, then red, then green, then purple. I feel a closeness with her. I feel drawn to her. “Hello, my child.” Oh, my goddess, it's her. It’s the moon goddess. She smiles and then chuckles. “Walk with me,” she says and I do. I turn to face the left and follow after her. “I see you’re in a dilemma.” “I am. Is there a way we can save Aella? I-if it’s not too much to ask. I mean, when I was in the hospital room, her aura told me that she doesn’t have a lot of
LIANI BEEP…BEEP…BEEP. “Mmmm,” I groan while wiping my eyes. My head is pounding and the light in here is too damn bright. “Lower the lights,” I hear a male voice say. When the lights are lowered my line of vision is able to focus but my ears are still ringing. I’m in a hospital room, with an IV connected to my arm. “How do you feel?” Auburon says as his voice comes into the register. “Like I’ve been hit by a truck,” I say as I try to sit up. I groan in pain from the movement. Auburon’s face pales at my joke. “What happened?” “We were quite literally hit by a truck,” Dorian says. I didn’t even realize he and Layla standing there. Layla looks at me with sadness in her eyes. They’re all puffy and red. Dorian looks extremely tired but also on alert. My eyes meet Auburon’s once again and his eyes are pleading with me like he doesn’t want me to freak out. I scan the room one more time. AELLA! KAYDEN! “WHERE ARE AELLA AND KAYDEN?” I ask as I try to rip the IV out of my arm and move. Aub
LIANI Buzzing. Everything was buzzing. “LIANI! LIANI! ARE YOU OKAY? BABY LOOK AT ME. SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!” My vision was blurred as I tried to reach for Auburon as he panics. “Mmmmeh- A-aub” “Baby! Baby, you’re okay! Stay with me!” he says grabbing and gently smacking my face. My throat burns from the smoke inhalation that I can’t speak the way I want to. I hear a loud ripping sound, but my vision is too blurred to see it. I search my mind for Iris but I couldn’t connect with her. “I-I I can’t f-ff-find I-I-ris…” I’m able to say one last time before everything went black. “SHIT! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE AMBULANCE! HOW FAR ARE THE GUARDS?! WHY WEREN’T THEY FOLLOWING US MORE CLOSELY!” **** Ten Minutes Prior AUBURON After dinner, in the limo, I can tell that Liani wasn’t present with me. I could tell she was worried about the tour, especially meeting the higher-ups. I could feel her anxiety through the mate bond. I grab her hand and tell her “It’s okay. It's going to be oka
LIANI I take his hand and inhale one last time before I step out. Here goes nothing. I think to myself. “We got this,” Iris says. But, I can feel her anxiety too or maybe it’s mine. I’m not sure, but when I step out and grab Auburon’s hand, he smiles at me. I can’t help but feel at ease. The cameras flash as they bombard me with questions and statements. “Prince Auburon, is this your mate?” “Prince Auburon she’s gorgeous!” “Prince Auburon where is she from? Is she from a prestigious family?” The questions kept coming until the wind blew and everyone got a whiff of my scent. Everyone went quiet as they all looked at me with wide eyes. I can see the disgust on some of their faces while others look intrigued… excited even. I gulp and squeeze Auburon’s hand tighter. “It’s okay,” he says ringing through the mind link. But it wasn’t okay. Is he not seeing what I’m seeing? I swallow to hold back the bile that arises in my throat. It was so silent that it felt awkward. Is this even
LIANI Somehow Auburon’s words soothed me enough to get up and prepare for the day. Honestly, I had no choice, as today was our first outing. But, I could feel through the mate bond just how serious Auburon was about being there with me and protecting me shall the need for it arises. Cassidy and Sierra ushered in to help me with my hair and make-up. They were a little more formal and anxious than usual and I think it’s because they see me in a different light now. Aella and Layla also came to my room so that we could all get ready together for the outing. This will be Aella’s first public appearance and it makes me feel better that she’ll be there. But, I know all eyes are going to be on me. After all, I will be their future queen. I’ve also been thinking about my grandma and if she’s okay since she and my grandpa went back to their house. I wonder what her meeting with Shannara was like and if those burns ever went away. Goddess, I hope she’s okay. After about two hours of getting
LIANI I nod my head yes but he doesn’t enter me, instead, he inserts a finger into me. “Mmm, you’re so wet Liani, and so tight,” he says as he picks up the pace, angling his finger to hit me right on my g spot as he pinches and tweaks my nipples. Fuck, I love this so much. I moan as I run one of my hands down my body and begin to play with my clit. “You look so good baby, but you’re not allowed to cum yet,” He would say that as I’m literally about to go over the edge. He removes his finger from me and places his tip at my entrance. “Tell me if it hurts okay?” I nod. He enters me slowly, pumping in and out gently, allowing me some time to get used to his length and size. A sigh escapes his lips. “You okay?” he asks as he’s now all the way in me. “Y-yes,” I say. He wastes no time pumping in and out of me as he nuzzles his head into my neck. “Fuck Liani, you feel so good,” he says as he picks up the pace. The moans that escape me are wild and breathless and I couldn’t care les
LIANI I didn’t realize my eyes were wandering or that I was even gawking at him until he cleared his throat and said “Eyes up here, Liani,” My eyes immediately shoot up and I couldn’t help but blush at the fact that I got caught. I almost forgot Sierra was standing there until she said “That’s my cue to leave. Please do enjoy yourselves. Lady Liani, Prince Auburon” then bows and scurried off. As I watch her leave, Auburon pulls me into his chest, cradling his head into my neck. He then places a small smack on my ass and moves his hands slowly up my body till they’re resting on my shoulders. “You look beautiful,” I blush. “Come on,” he says as he grabs my hand and guides me into the room. I was so dumbfounded by everything that I couldn’t even say anything. “Tell our mate he looks good! Goddess!” Iris says through my mind and I can see her roll her eyes. “Oh, now you speak to me!” I say. “You look really good too,” I say to Auburon as we step into the room. He turns around and