StormI go towards where Aurelia and I live, but Yori stops me."Aurelia is with the princes. Your parents are there now, explaining how things went and what happened," Yori says, and I nod. Walking through to my brother's part of the palace, I get there just as my parents are leaving."Where's Orion?" Darius glances behind me, clearly in shock that Orion has left me alone."I suggested he speak to his family; he seems to be avoiding them," I explain with a sigh. I know he is avoiding them, and I'm not sure if it's because he fears they will try to make him leave without me or because he's just not ready to give up the life he had before."Good, as this is going to get complicated. You four need to decide the way forward. Will you stay here or go? I told them the same." Darius' words made my eyes widen. What is he going on about?"Look, to assume all four of you will stay, and all four of them isn't right. They might want to return home, then what?" My mum looked at me, and I hadn't c
StormI walk into the room and expect to find Orion and me sitting away from the Fae. I'm shocked when I see Orion sitting beside his mother. A pace next to him for me, then my mother sits on the opposite side of the empty seat.I take my seat, apologising for being late. It wasn't entirely my fault; Raven had me on edge and made me feel like I needed to shift, which I couldn't do.Yet she's quiet. All I can feel is her urge to take over and protect me, but she won't explain her reasons for it. She seems to be obsessing and wanting to ensure everything is safe.My eyes stop when I see Elijah beside Seraphine. They are talking and truly look amazing together. I'm glad he's stopping running scared because of Rose."Storm," my mother's voice commands me to turn to face her. She tilts her head in a questioning look."Oh god, did my makeup run?" I ask, feeling my face despite knowing I can't tell by my fingers. I do remember throwing water on my face before leaving the room. She tilts her
OrionStorm had sent me to spend time with my family. I wanted to refuse, but I knew she needed time with her brothers and sister. A lot has happened, and I essentially took every moment of her time.While I am happy to spend all my time with her, I need to remember that she had her own life. Being with my family was strange. We spoke a lot. Adler and Adelina told me stories of them growing up.Both of them expressed how they had always known they had an older brother. To them, I existed even if I was never there. It was about halfway through our time together when one of the guards for Queen Nymeria suggested I shift into my Fae form, as it would help the bond to my family heal.He was right. I felt the bond more when in my Fae form and felt more relaxed. It's not ideal for me to constantly walk around shifted here. I learnt that back in the kingdom, most people stay shifted and only really return to their human form to sleep.I still don't know a lot about how things are done there
StormI watch Orion walk out, and my mum laughs."Why are you laughing?" I don't understand what is funny."I didn't know, but Queen Nymeria just explained something to me," she says as she sits on the bed. Fae males become increasingly more protective when their mate is pregnant."Oh, great, just what I need. "They also become more obsessed with looking after their mate, so you can guarantee he will try and send you to bed to rest, ask if you've eaten, and how much and everything else." Her words clear up the whole sleep thing.So now I'm faced with the reality of Orion asking me constantly what I've done and how I feel. I watch as my mum, dad, and Darius sit and look at me. Okay, so it was foolish. I didn't consider getting pregnant, but then again, I wouldn't want to actively stop myself either."Queen Nymeria is going to explain it to Orion, and try to make him realise he needs to not obsess so much. Not this early, but expect no freedom towards the end," my mum explains, and I si
StormAfter the drama with Rose, I didn't even argue with Orion when he insisted I get some sleep. I wasn't hurt, but I knew that wouldn't stop him from worrying.I woke up smiling, feeling Orion's arms around me. Despite the families having breakfast together this morning, I refused. I pulled Orion away, and we sat alone in a different room, eating."I'm in trouble, right?" he asks while looking at me. I laugh slightly at his question."No, I need to know what you want to do going forward, Orion. Now, before you answer, consider what you want, not me," I explain, and he nods.Sitting, we eat, and he considers it."I'm fine, Orion. If you want to live with your family, I am fine going there with you." I've had my family close my entire life. He needs this time with his family, especially to learn about the Fae. Even for me, it would be helpful to be there, as there's so much I don't know about them."I would like to go when things are sorted," he explains, and I nod."Then I will let
StormI walk out, and my parents are sitting with William and everyone else. Something tells me this was planned. It is fine if it was; it just feels like this was planned and set up before now."You agreed?" My mum laughs, and I nod. "And Asher was having such a good run of winning," she laughs."I may lose. It's been a while," I remind her. She laughs with my dad and Darius. Okay, I never lost the races, but it's been too long since I shifted and ran daily; I could be far slower than I was before."What is this?" Orion looks at me. I see the others out here: Fae, Merfolk, Bears and Dragons. It was planned; as I look around, I see the cameras at the end spot. I have a feeling my parents did an interview about the others being here, and this was announced at the same time.Orion stands, waiting for me to explain what is happening."So, since we were young, we would race around the entire ground. The first one to get back to this spot wins. I always won," I laugh."She cheats," Elijah
OrionI only agreed to take part as I thought I would be with Storm. If I had known I wasn't, I wouldn't have taken part. I have no urge to try and win her in a race.I've shifted and am waiting for the second shot. When it comes, I follow the scent, as I do I collect the flags along the way. I can't concentrate, though; something feels off. So I gave up on the race and began to track Storm. As I run for where I can feel she is, I hear her howl and panic.My body runs faster, but pain floods through my leg, and I stagger. Pushing myself to run, I ignore the stabbing across my body.As I get to Storm, I see two wolves. My body rushes towards one that has its mouth against her throat. Knocking it out of the way, it barely even staggers.I shift into my Fae form as the wolf runs at me, my hand flies up, and I watch the fire hit the wolf. It howls and falls to the floor, trying to get rid of the fire.Turning, I see the other wolf biting her leg, flipping my hand forward, the fire hits it
StormIt has been a week since Grant showed up. Orion has barely left my side throughout the entire time. He's constantly checking that he can hear the baby's heartbeat.We leave today to go with the Fae. Now everything has settled down, it seems like the ideal time. Orion needs to learn more about who he is. So do I, as the baby will be part Fae as well.I've sent Orion to his family to plan things, and I'm currently on the hunt for Elijah. I decided to start with him first. We all said goodbye so that he wouldn't be expecting me now.Walking through the rooms closer to the pool where the merfolk are, I see him sitting by the pool. Seraphine is in it, and I know she's on a strict routine of staying in water for long periods because of how long she was left without the chance to swim."Sis?" Elijah glances at me. "Shouldn't you be leaving?"Nodding, I walk over. "I wanted to say a personal goodbye," I smile at him."You will be back in a month or two," he laughs slightly, and I nod."