The reason it was so hard to shake is because in all the time we've owned the land nothing like this has ever happened. The dark ones aren't known to venture this far north and especially not to the sleepy little town where there isn't much to do to keep their need for constant excitement satisfied. The constant back and forth of my thoughts was making me out of sorts and lethargic all evening until I was making myself and everyone else crazy. "It's Friday night, why don't we go into town for a bite to eat?" Annalise came into my room already dressed which means I'm not going to be able to talk my way out of this one. "Come to think of it a burger from Smileys sounds really nice right about now." I showed real signs of life for the first time all day as I jumped up from the bed to get dressed in jeans and a light summer sweater. Spring was being its usual fractious self, one day cool and the other warm. By the time we got into the car to make the drive into town
Her fae ass can run the streets all day while I have to stay away from the human population, something I'm going to put an end to first thing. Contrary to popular belief the sun won't burn us to a crisp, but just as with humans of a lighter shade of pale, our lack of melanin makes the shit uncomfortable as fuck. When we get overheated and our skin starts feeling like shit, our tempers are known to flare. If that shit gets out of hand we can morph into our true form, in my case a dragon and that's all I need for the asshole human brigade to go up in arms and start their pitchfork fuckery. Since we'd been killing them out in droves back in the day, the meddling fucks that are our elders had decided that it was best if we avoided the sun altogether, which suits me just fine since I can rest all day and play all night, which for a freak like me is just about damn near perfect. But I'll be fucked if my wife is going to keep a different schedule than mine. "Where are
Someone walked through the door of the little restaurant and all my senses went on high alert. Whoever it was had somehow sent my system into a tailspin. Not human! The thought made me look up in haste just as my sisters turned to the door as well as if they too had felt the invasive presence. At first glance I got the shock of my life and almost fell from the seat of my chair. It's him, I'd know that face anywhere and this feeling, it's the same one I'd felt earlier this morning in the woods only a lot more intense. Had it been him out there watching, waiting? For a split second his shield shifted or he dropped it intentionally and I had to force myself to remain seated and not jump up from the chair and make a run for it. I was aware of my sisters doing the same as the four of us tracked his every move. Like prey in the presence of a known predator. And his presence was greater than most. It wasn't just his enigmatic good looks, that wild mane of dark hair a
He was up and out of his chair before I got the first bite in. I'm not sure if anyone else noticed that his feet hadn't touched the ground as he moved his approach was so swift, but I did. Nymph found this show of immortal power somehow sexier than anything she's ever seen before. When he reached our table and leaned down to whisper in my ear, the touch of his lips against my flesh made my body twitch. "Behave yourself!" I rubbed my cheek against him like a petted kitten before my fairy fought like hell to find her way back. It's only when he stepped back and away leaving just a little space between us that she was able to win the fight and bring myself back under some semblance of control with great effort. Mortified, that's the only word to describe what I felt and the looks on my sisters faces only cinched it. I wanted to get up and run but too late I remembered that he could now read my mind. 'Stay!' Somehow talking to him in my mind seemed more intimate t
"Well shit!" As soon as I said the words, warning her not to run she and her girls had some kind of mind convo and she disappeared from my arms again just as the three purebred fairies did their pixie dust shit and poofed it. "Should we go after them?" My cousins stood next to me now looking off in the direction they'd gone."No!" I headed for my ride and hopped on mad as hell that she'd ran from me again. For a minute there I thought things were going to be easier than I expected after finding out what she is. I guess I was wrong. At least I'd been able to keep myself in check, though just barely. I hadn't fucked her against the tree no matter how much my unruly cock had wanted me too. It would've made my life a whole lot easier that's for sure. She came damn close to unleashing my beast with that stunt she pulled though. We're gonna have to have words about that shit sooner rather than later. That's the kind of thing that can get her tiny little ass in a wo
The shortest woman I've ever taken to my bed must've been five eight or nine. Because of my strength I tend to stay away from women like her. Delicate flowers that bruise too easy. I looked down at my hands now and imagined them on her with nothing between us. Would I hurt her? Unintentional though it would be, it would still fuck with my head. This is so fucked! She was acting completely different now. Gone was the sexy nymph who'd challenged me to be replaced by the shy fairy who seemed scared out of her mind. I didn't move, didn't interfere but from the way she looked around as if sensing me made me wonder. Did she know I could see her, hear her? How much does she know about the mating ritual? Did anyone warn her, or had she been thrown to the wolves like I have? No, I'm sure somewhere along the way someone, maybe her mother or an aunt had given her the talk at least. Either way she's mine now so whether she knows I can invade her privacy at will is neither h
I shut out my surroundings and gazed up at the stars, letting my mind cleanse itself of all clutter. As first meetings go it wasn't as bad as it could've been but we still have a long way to go. My greatest obstacle is obviously overcoming her fear, something I don't yet know the correct path to. Ergo my reason for freezing my ass off in the alps. I've made many a great decision here in the past and was sure something of use would come to me given time, but I don't have a hell of a lot of that. Five days now and counting. My stupid ass hadn't taken into account how my body would feel without hers after that little taste. Agony! Her scent was all over me and once I cleared my head it's all that was left, the memory of how she felt in my arms, the taste of her lips, the way she smelt, it lingered on the palate. The glorious stars started to blend together the longer I stared, but even as I laid there still upon the hard cold ground, my mind was making plays. When
Over time her needy persistence only served to build a rift between us, something I regret but found necessary. There were plenty others who were interested in her, and as my parent's foster child she could have her pick at any time. But ever since she made her first move and I rebuffed her, she's not let up once. Sure in her mind that I was the only one for her. She knows all about imprinting and how it works but in her mind she was willing to settle for being my concubine if and when I get married. I have no interest in living such a life, but no amount of telling her that has ever worked. She's one of the reasons I stay away from home as much as I do. Her constant mooning had grown stale a long time ago. Plus the fact that I didn't like hurting her, or seeing that look of misery on her face each time I turned her away. She came closer now as I got to my feet, in a hurry to get back to my woman and put my new plans into action. "I heard that they've chosen a m
I never thought I'd have this much fun sitting around in a room full of vampyre women, they're a hoot and nothing at all like the snooty vixens I always thought them to be. Or maybe it's because I'm the crown princess that they sheaf their claws. Whatever the case I learn a lot from them about their customs and whatnot, though lately there've been whispers about my bad influence on some of the younger ones. No one except my husband dares though so I pretty much ignore it all. It's because of them that I even learned what Lucien had done to Sabrina. You better believe I checked that one out for myself since the story seemed so farfetched. She was indeed unrecognizable, nothing at all like the beauty I'd met when I first came here. I can't say I felt bad for her though, it was a shitty thing she did. But I did balk when I heard that he'd had all her closest servants cut in half since I'd never had any dealings with them and had no idea what their crimes were.
The stuffy elders didn't make a sound didn't complain not once, too mesmerized by the spectacle. I doubt even they had expected things to turn out this well. At the top of the steps once again we both turned to face the crowd giving them one last look at the royal couple before turning to head to the throne. For most it will be the first and last time they'd ever see her. *** "Why couldn't I carry him in a pod like all other elf kind?" Now was not the time for laughter but I couldn't help it once Damien started snickering. His mother had gone into labor what felt like seconds after we'd gone to bed that night. It was just a few short months after our nuptial ceremony and she'd been settling in very well. Her days were longer now since the crown princess consort was more than just a figurehead and everyone seemed to need her attention at once. I know it was because they were still fascinated by her but I wished for the earlier days when she had to think of nothin
Now everything was coming together nicely, if I could only get through this day without incident. Yesterday's little kerfuffle was more than enough to last me for the next little while. I have no idea what had happened to the hag and the halfwit because he refused to discuss it and now that I can read his mind he still has ways of keeping me out, so I guess I'll have to be satisfied with his, 'they won't be bothering you ever again.' Not that I cared though I had way too much on my plate to dwell on bullshit. He actually fell asleep again and I had no other choice but to bite him. He didn't even wince, just cracked his eye open and looked at me. "What is it?""Let me up." I hissed but he didn't even budge."I'm not ready to get up yet and neither are you. You had a long day yesterday and you're facing another one today, no." "But they came all this way.""So?" Unreasonable much?"It's not unreasonable for me to want to take care of you. You almost lost y
"With all of you at each other's throats, filled with distrust, your eyes have no longer been focused on us have they, you are too busy fighting against each other to care about what we've been doing, as it should be." I dropped her back on her feet and waited for her to stop gagging. "But you failed this time, so why are you still here?" I'm waiting for her to tell me that she was here to take my wife's life. Not that I needed justification but I believe in being fair. I want her to know exactly why she was going to die. "All should've gone as planned this time. Had I not been careless I would've noticed the child and they'd both be dead by now." Good enough!"Bellaque!" "Sire!" He came out of the shadows and she tried going through the wall to escape, her eyes wild and wide with fear."Go!""How many?""All of them." "What does that mean? Where is he going?" She kept a wary eye on my pet.'To annihilate your clan. Starting with you!" The wor
I took a step back from the look he gave me and I swear I came within a hair's breadth of telling his son to put that shield back up. "Do you know how close you were to losing your life? You were ten feet away from..." His body shook as if rocked by some unseen force. "I didn't go there intentionally, that airheaded halfwit tricked me into going there.""And how did she do that? Did she enter these rooms and forcibly remove you?" "Well, no, but..." He paced the room back and forth in an agitated state."I am calm... I know she can't be punished. You don't have to make excuses for her she....""Who're you talking to?" Had he really lost it? "Your son, he's pleading your case. Did you really get drawn away by the smell of fruit trees?" Damn, this kid is a snitch. Hey you in there? How do I get you on my side? You have to tell him everything? "He can hear you but you can't hear him so don't waste your time.""Stop listening, you promised.""I take
"That was a long time ago...""Mom, you both saw the way Sabrina acted when she came to dinner that night. Had I not been there who knows how far she might've gone. You also heard the story of how she forbid my wife to enter the throne room. Even if Natalia is ignorant of the facts, Sabrina has lived here her whole life, she knows that it was an offense worthy of death." "I won't blame you entirely. For too long I let her errant behavior slide because it was of no importance to me, but now that my wife is here I will not allow her even one toe over the line. You can choose not to tell me, it would just mean me having to pay a visit to the hall of records, which might start tongues wagging..." "It's not that we don't want to tell you it's just... that was such a dark time." I didn't answer but waited for her to go on. "Back then your uncle was betrothed to the fairy princess Hyacinth, she's your wife's ancestor." "It would've been the first such marriage. Other
She was even more forceful than that night at the dinner table it seemed and I couldn't quite get a grasp of her. My magic by rights should be stronger than hers no matter what she was made up of, so why can't I get by whatever protective shield she'd wrapped around herself? I tried again to push through and was stopped once more. Then I felt her here, the only one who has ever been true to me and welcomed her gladly. Though she'd been told to stay hidden under cover of night, her powers added to mine should be more than enough to withstand whatever power the fairy was using to protect herself. I called forth the hag as I kept my eyes on the fairy, only now questioning whether it was Lucien protecting her. Too late, I'm already here and she's so close, just within my reach. Even if he hates me for destroying her at least his heart will be broken; like mine. "Here princess take this!" The hag held out what looked like a shield shattering sphere. I reached for it
I no longer care about the outcome. I'm no longer worried what might happen to me if I were to be found out. There was only one thing on my mind and that was getting rid of her and to seek revenge. The hag, who until now I'd believed had come to me out of our shared dislike and disdain for the union between Lucien and the fairy had waited until now to tell me the whole truth. A truth that until now had been hidden from me; the truth about my parents' deaths, about why they had to die. The hate I'd felt before paled in comparison to the rage filled hate that now burned in my bosom. I'd spent the whole of the next day after that ill fated dinner reliving the words she'd whispered in my ear as the mix of emotions I already felt grew into something darker, much-much darker. Now for the first time in my life my mind was filled with something more than winning Lucien's heart. Now I have even more reason to hate her and her kind and what this union represents.
I'm hiding out from the monster. I'm literally peeking around the side of buildings and hiding in the bushes so I can get some peace and quiet. How do I get myself into these situations? And why are all of my many identities getting more and more scandalous? After living as a fairy my whole life, being a most fair and dainty being, it boggles my mind how all of my other personalities can be so very different. And this last one seems to be even worst than the nymph, which seems rather preposterous. She's the only part of me I'm not too familiar with, my elf-lady. I've only just gotten used to my nymph here in the last year or so when she started making a regular appearance, so her, I'm kind of getting a handle on. But my elf never really makes an appearance. Since I've spent so many hundreds of years in the earthly realm she's never really had reason to materialize since she seems to only show herself to immortal royalty and the elders of our people, so her I am