22 days to her birthday
Sunday
Liam was no where to be found after the wedding. He might have went somewhere to numb his pain. What if the reason why he never asked me out was because he knew I wasn't his? I thought
We were ushered to the big hall after the wedding and everybody screamed when they saw us coming
"Ladies and gentlemen" a young man said while standing on the podium "Welcome our alpha, Alex Mixed and our queen, Irene Mixed"
They all howled and I waved, trying to act as calm as possible because I was shaking inside. The fact that I might lose to Amara and put my race under his foot forever was terrifying.
Alex spoke to the crowd while I stood by his side, smiling at people that were doing everything possible in order to catch my eyes
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"Are you nervous?" Darcy asked me as she was combing my hair to the
21 days to her birthdayMondayI could hardly walk straight when I woke up the next morning and I wondered if this was what sex was all about.Alex wasn't in the room when I woke up which I was grateful for since I knew how awkward this morning would have been if he was.Someone knocked on the door and I adjusted my sitting position on the bed"Who is there?" I asked"Sophia" the girl at the door replied"You may come in"She opened the door and stepped inside."Your highness, Liam want to see you when you're less busy"Liam, I thought and I smiled. I'd wanted to see his beautiful face since yesterday"Okay, tell him I will be right there""Okay"I got out of the bed instantly and rushed to the bathroom"Liam" I called and smiled at him when I saw him. He was sitting on a stool in the hallway"Your highness" he said and bow his head slightl
20 days to her birthdayTuesdayI woke up in the middle of the night and saw Alex sitting on couch, he was deep in thought but it only took him about two seconds for him to know that I was awake"Hey" I smiled"I heard you broke your ribs, how are you feeling?"Oh shoot! I'd forgotten all about my broken ribs until he asked me. I touched it and felt no pain"I guess I'm fine now" I said and smiled but he didn't returned it.He got out of the couch and came to the bed"I heard you almost lost" he whispered"But I didn't""But you almost""But..." He raised his hand up in the air and stopped me from speaking"I don't think you know what this, everything is all about? I don't think you know what is at stake here? It's not about us, it's about our future. One single mistake from you might cost us everything""I know..." He raised up his hand in the air again and I
19 days to her birthdayWednesdaySabrina sat me down on a golden chair and put a crown on my head"The meeting is about to start" she whispered into my face "it's going to be the last meeting. All princesses are to meet in few minutes time"She started casting some spells and within seconds, everything changedI found myself on an olden bed in a room, which seemed like mine and I was looking at nothing in particular when somebody called my name"Irene"The voice was extremely familiar even though I had no idea who was calling me"I'm coming" I said and got out of my bedI opened the room door and stepped inside the longest and the most beautiful hallway that I've ever seen. I turned left and headed to where the voice came from"Oh!" a girl that looked like me stepped into the hallway from another room and said "she called you too. I guess it's time. You might not reme
19 days to her birthdayWednesdayAfter resting for few hours, I went out of my room and asked Sabrina about Darcy's whereabouts"She should be in her room, your highness" she replied"Where is her room?""The third room by the second hallway. Should I come with you your highness?""Don't worry, I gat this"I opened the door to her room"Oh! Baby more" someone moaned and I tried to slipped away but the people inside the room already knew about my presence.Someone rolled off the bed instantly and Liam's eyes looked back at mine."Liam" I called quietly in disbelief"Irene"Liam, I thought and almost cried. I knew I was married but somehow it still hurt. I thought I knew Liam but I don't"I'm sorry, I was... looking for Darcy, I didn't mean to disturb you guys" I said and turned back to leave"Irene" Liam called "Wait!"I closed the door and walke
18 days to her birthdayThursdayAfter being dressed in a golden armour, Sabrina handed me a sword and looked straight into my eyes, she was scared"Is there something you need to tell me?" I asked"No your highness. I know you can do this" she replied "Your mission is to meet the great Adrian Sargon and ask him for the Zia stone""Why do I have to meet my father like this?" I asked her even though I knew the reason"You will find out when you get there""And even if I have to fight my way in, I don't know how to use a sword""You're a natural fighter your highness" she replied and started casting her spellsI found myself outside a fenced building"This must be where dad is" I thought and wondered how to get in since the fence was too high for me to climb.I walked round the fence twice to see if there might be a way in but I found none. So, I made up my
18 days to her birthdayThursdayTwo Sabrina took something from my hand and ran out of the room. I was partially unconscious. Everything I was seeing were in two."She got the Zia stone!" I heard Sabrina screamed in the hallway and I imagined her raising the box up in the air"Irene! Irene!" People started shouting in the hallway and I used all the strength in me to get upSomeone opened the door and rushed to me, it was Darcy"Let me help you" she said"Thank you"She helped me out of the armor and hugged me "I've always knew you are our savior""I wouldn't have made it if not for my sisters"She held my hand and we both walked out of the ritual room"Hail Irene!" Alex howled into the air and the rest followed.Even though I did nothing to earn the praise, I was still proud of myself. I took my hand out of Darcy's hand and walked to Alex.He looked at
17 days to her birthdayFridayI was unable to sleep after what I heard in the midnight. Nobody ever told me that Amara Conrad was going to eat my heart if I lose to him and just thinking about it alone was driving me crazy.Thankfully, it was morning and a knock on the door took my mind off my horrible fate."Your highness" Darcy said and sat down on the couch that was in the room "How are you feeling this morning?""A little bit okay" I replied and sat up "Did I did great last night?""More than great your highness, it took me three weeks to do what you did last night"Someone knocked on the door and we stopped talking"Your highness" a male voice said "His highness want to see you and Darcy now""Okay. We're on our way"We left the room and Darcy took me to another room which wasn't far from the one we used in the midnight where Alex and Sabrina were waiting for us"We'r
17 days to her birthdayFriday"What!?" Liam said alarmedlyAlex got out of his seat instantly and looked at Liam"Go get the army ready" he commanded Liam, and Liam, Tanner and the other guy started heading out of the roomThere came three extremely loud sounds the moment Alex stopped speaking BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! And the next thing I knew, I was on the ground.The sound of the explosion continued ringing in my ears for almost a minute after it had exploded and that made it very hard for me to get up."Get the princess out" I heard Alex commandingSand was now raining on us and the room had became too dusty to the extent that you couldn't see the person next to you not to talk of the way out of the room but, I knew what was at stake and I wasn't ready to lose to him.I forced myself up and tried to navigate my way out of the raining sand but I couldn't see anyt
We got to the second underground and was welcomed happily.From my own point of view, the second underground wasn't as big or furnished like the first underground, but it was still okay"What do you think?" Alex asked with his thick voice. All of us were dirty and we really needed a good, long showerI pouted my lips and said "It's okay"He smirked and continued walking "The memorial is tonight" he said to Darrell that was on his left side "Go tell everyone""Consider it done your highness" he said, bowed and scrambled away"What memorial?" I asked him when we entered our room"It's for the people we lost during the attacks" he replied"Oh!" I gasped and remembered Darcy and Tanner. They were the ones that rescued me when my parents house was attacked some weeks ago, but now they were no more."I hate losing people too" Alex said and brought me back to reality.I sighed heavily and said "Are you going in first? Or
10 days to her birthdaySaturdayThankfully, everywhere was dark"No stopping" Alex said "We have to keep running. His men might be out here"Even though all of us were still sad about what happened to Darcy and didn't want to leave her in an unknown land, we realized that we do not have an option but to listen to Alex.After running for half an hour, we slowed down and started working normally.I was looking at nowhere in particular when I saw something in the air, it was projecting our way, at Liam to be precise."Liam!" I called in horror and launched myself at him in order to push him down. The arrow hit a tree and Alex screamed "split up"I rolled off of Liam instantly and we both got up. We ran in the same direction and came across about two hundred vampires. We were surrounded and there was no way we were winning against them.My back was to Liam's and I could feel his anger
11 days to her birthdayFridayAlex opened the door and we all ran out"Get me the princess!" Someone shouted. It was the B-Lord "Alive!"His men were after us in seconds"No stopping" Alex said "Keep running"We kept running for almost a minute until we came across some vampires. We all stopped on our tracks and formed a circle with our backs to each other.The Blues were coming towards us with their syringes on one side while the vampires were coming towards us with their fangs protruding out of their mouths on the other side"Don't be far away from me" Alex whispered to me "Watch out for the syringes" he warned all of us and roared"Attack!"The way he screamed attack was a replica of how Adrian Sargon had screamed his, hundreds of years back and I wondered if everything was going to end for us the same way it ended for Adrian and his armyAlex and Jack's fangs and claws were ou
11 days to her birthdayFriday"Get up!" I ordered him and looked at my friends for a few seconds. I will soon be back, I thought "Take me to your priest" He wasn't expecting that. He didn't know that I was going to work it out so easily "Now!"I pushed him to my front and followed him "And one single mistake, you're dead" he nodded with fearAfter turning and turning for five minutes, we stopped at a corner and he turned and looked at me "We're there"I held him by his neck and slowly peeped at the hallway. If I counted the number of men that were in the hallway right, there were fifteen huge men there.I looked back at my captive and whispered to him "Go to them and tell them that the B-Lord is in trouble and they are needed" he nodded his head "You do this, you live. You betray me, you die" I said venomously "Go!"He ran into the hallway and shouted while breathing heavily "The B-Lord is in trouble
11 days to her birthdayFridayWe dressed in the attires we were given and were welcomed to the party by the B-Lord himself.He stopped the singer, dancers, drummers and the whole gathering by raising his hand up in the air"Blues!" He called"Forever" the whole gathering chorused.I guessed that was their slogan"Blues!" He called again"Forever!""I want to introduce you to our friends here, they came from the other side of the world" we waved at them and they 'whoa' at us "All of us have given up hope. We thought everything was a lie, we thought they wouldn't make it here but just few days...just few days, they showed up. Welcome them once again!"He motioned to us to sit down and signaled to the singer to continue her music.The singer had a very beautiful voice but the song wouldn't make it in our side of the world. I scanned everybody at the party, they were all
11 days to her birthdayFridaySomeone knocked on our door and Alex jumped out of his seat."Relax" I whispered. Liam and Jack were still sleepingAlex went to the door and opened it"Hey" someone said, it was a female "How was your sleep?""Great. Is it morning yet?""Morning..." The lady trailed off "according to you people, yes. The B-Lord will like to see you after your first meal""Okay" he replied and the lady leftWe were served a different meal, but it still tasted the same to me"What were you and Jack discussing when we got here?" Alex asked when we were almost through with our food"Oh! Jack told me something. Maybe you should tell them yourself" I said to JackJack wasn't really happy with what I did, he hardly talks to Alex but he knew he had no other choice but to answer the questionHe put down the bowl of blood which he was drinking and faced A
12 days to her birthdayThursdayAfter resting for five days and trekking for five nights, we were finally at the boundary of the The Blues"What are we to do now?" I asked and looked around in confusion since where we were looked nothing like what I was expecting. We were just standing on a plain land"We wait" Sabrina whisperedLiam was in front of me, Alex behind me, Jack on my right side and Darcy on my left, they were all ready to fight in case we got attackedAn invisible gate opened and we all became at alert"Welcome" someone said and a blue man appeared in front of Liam "What can we do for you?"Sabrina opened her backpack and brought out the box which contained the Zia stone. The man looked at it intensively and nodded his head"I will be back" the blue Man said, took about three steps and disappearedSo, they are real, I thoughtAbout five minutes later, th
16 days to her birthdaySundayNot even up to thirty minutes after I slept, someone woke me up roughly"Whaaaaaat?" I asked grumpily"Wake up" someone whispered urgently "I think they are here"I sat up instantly and looked around the room"What are you talking about?" I asked Alex, he was the one who woke me up"The vampires are here. Their scent is in the air"I sniffed in the air "it's Jack's scent I guess""It's stronger" he said and sniffed in the air heavily "We have to leave now"Even though the only scent I could perceive was that of Jack, I still got up and followed him out of the room on tip toesDarcy, Sabrina, Liam were all waiting for us at the entrance of the hut and I looked around for Jack"What of Jack?" I asked when he was nowhere to be found"We were all standing here but..." Darcy stopped talkingLiam moved away from where he was sta
16 days to her birthdaySaturday"Where are you going alone?" Alex asked me coldly from the entrance of the cave"I'm looking for something that Jack can feed on when he wakes up""And you think that you can do it alone?""I fought for myself last night""You still aren't getting it" he stepped out of the cave "Things are becoming more dangerous now. Amara Conrad is becoming impatient. You can't just be walking up and down anyhow. His men are out there looking for you. Which part of this don't you understand?""My brother needs to feed""Liam, Sabrina, Darcy can get you what you need""I'm getting it myself""I'm going with you then""Suit yourself" I murmured. I knew he heard me but he ignored itWe walked into the woods and started sniffing the air for any nearby animal"There" Alex said and I looked at the direction he was looking at. An antelope ran past a