He gently walked towards the hallway that led to the garden to see if she was probably there, but the place was empty and lonely just as they had left it. His heart began to feel unsettling, as he quickly made his way into every room in the palace that he knew she usually liked going to. "Check every nook and cranny of the palace for Azalea, right, now!" Ayden dispatched every servant and soldier around, as he walked back into their room looking so confused and stressed out. That was when his eyes caught the paper that was folded neatly, and placed under the oil bottle in the dresser in the room. He rushed to pick it as he opened it. It thus read; "Dear Ayden. I know you must have been alarmed by now about my disappearance, but do not be. I am sorry to leave you in this manner, but this is actually the best thing to do for now. Do not look for me too, because you will not be able to find me even if you try. My powers have gone out of hand, and I have finally figured out why. Seem
"Harder!! Hit harder!!! I said much harder!" The loud but frail voice commanded, as she used the long stick in her hand to push the young girl to pressure, who was almost crying, and sweating profusely in efforts to get what she had been trying to practice her fighting skills over and over again. "I'm tired! This is hard," she clamored and almost broke down into tears. She could feel the pain from the blisters in her hand, as she brushed the strands of her deep brown hair angrily, that constantly got in the way of her cute and small face."You must get it right! With this small and skinny body of yours, are more reasons why you should train harder. And how many times have I told you never to show an outburst of your emotions?" The woman raised her eyes in irritation, and almost dug the stick grasped in her left hand into the young child's skin, "Don't be weak minded!" "I am hungry. I am so tired," The eight year old girl cried, and sat on the floor with sadness and frustration writt
The huge palace was a beautiful castle that had a commanding and majestic aura, with different servants working in and out of it, to maintain the ancestral beauty of it. It was well structured with cross-garbles, lucarnes and high fortified walls. Inside the largest of beautiful rooms where the thrones royal family was, sat the great king and queen Roywood. "How many times have I told you never to step foot outside of this palace again?" The Alpha king, Aldfrith asked the young prince who was kneeling before him with his head bowed. He wore upon his head, a canary golden crown that was embellished with beautiful stars, and around him a black croak with a gold mantle. With the so much intensity in his father's voice, one would have expected him to cower like the others did.Instead, he raised his eyes and squinted it to the other side, gazing directly at the only person who had known he left the palace. His older brother, Zachary. Zachary had looked immediately at the other side, wh
Azalea sat beside her mother with a bowl of water, and pieces of dry cloth to clean her body. Hama's state of health had deteriorated over the past months, that she could barely lift her body again. Trying various herbs she had learnt from her mother to cure symptoms like hers had been used, but her condition never seemed to get better, which broke Azalea's heart so much. Within her, was a great immeasurable fear that grew by the day, as she watched her mother lose weight and remain on a spot all day. When she had told her mother any exciting news about their new hope of living through the next week, Hama only had a weak smile with so much forced effort on her face to encourage her daughter. Her body was so weak and empty, that she could feel it with every inch of her. During the past years, Hama had always prepared various types of wild herbs, to manage the sickness she had hidden for so long. The poison she had thought would have killed her a long time before now, had fin
"Werewolves, witches and elves lived together peacefully in this kingdom seven hundred years ago. In a kingdom of three different kinds of mystical being, there needed to be order of ruling. So, they all came to an agreement that in a sequential order, each person of its own kind would rule for a certain number of years. They had started with the witches who ruled for two hundred years, and the city was in peace and harmony. Then the elves took over after the witches reign and ruled too for another two hundred years, until it was finally the turn for the werewolves to rule. Fahagoth was the first ruler for the wolves and he decided to do it the werewolves way, and made everyone live in the packs for absolute safety. No one objected at all as far as his intentions were good, and his method of ruling worked really well. Everyone was happy and even went as far as marrying other beings aside from their own, even if it was only few parents that saw that practice as okay. His son, Ald
"Did she die?" Sabina asked pitifully, tears already dropping slowly from her eyes. Giselle was already wailing uncontrollably and could not even alter a word. "No one knows because she escaped despite been wounded severely, and ended the long fight that had wiped all the witches out. But she made sure to hang the king's head before leaving. The elves left the werewolves to continue the reign, and since then it has become peaceful. But I tell you, those who know the legend are probably still living in fear. No one wants to die the same way their fore fathers did, just because of the wolves," Maude finally ended. "I really loved the woman's courage," Giselle said softly, wiping the unending tears from her eyes. "Do you think there were vampires too?" Sabina asked with so much delight in her face. She had heard it from a friend, that liked to talk about mystical beings."Vampires? What are those?" Giselle asked cluelessly, as she wiped her face with the hem of her dress."They are
Azalea's heart beat slowly in fear of anxiety, as she watched her mother lift her body from the bed by herself in quite a while. She looked so pale and skinny that something in Azalea's psyche, kept clamoring that her mother might not survive her sickness, even when she had tried to wade the terrible thoughts off. Hama had asked that she lifted her body herself this time, without anyone's help or assistance. And as the saddening and painful thoughts engulfed Azalea's mind, tears began to drop from her trembling eye lids, to the heavy aching of her heart that felt like it would rip out. She loved her mother so much, that she believed her should live more years than any time in recent memory. "My daughter," Hama's weak voice called to Azalea as she smiled at her. Azalea wished she would save the great energy she had used to smile, to the ones she would use to live longer. She rose up from where she knelt and took a sit beside her mother, in her heart were thoughts of leaning on her m
Ayden was shocked about the tunnel he was staring at, right inside the garden he had always been at for so long. Who on earth dug that there?'What if it was a trick by someone to get him implicated again?' his mind questioned suspiciously, but staring right at the tunnel that could lead to somewhere was so tempting. He wanted to close the lid back, arrange it smoothly and turn to leave like he had seen nothing. Nevertheless, he jumped right into the tunnel to see just where, he could land his feet safely on. As he walked down down the narrow and dark tunnel which got darker, he began to regret why he had taken the risky trip into where he had never been to before. His entirety was quaking in great fear with each step he took, as he continued to walk down the dark lane until he reached the end of the tunnel. Already scared that he could be trapped in, probably forever. He saw another opening at the end of the narrow tunnel, which he could see through the rays of light from the
He gently walked towards the hallway that led to the garden to see if she was probably there, but the place was empty and lonely just as they had left it. His heart began to feel unsettling, as he quickly made his way into every room in the palace that he knew she usually liked going to. "Check every nook and cranny of the palace for Azalea, right, now!" Ayden dispatched every servant and soldier around, as he walked back into their room looking so confused and stressed out. That was when his eyes caught the paper that was folded neatly, and placed under the oil bottle in the dresser in the room. He rushed to pick it as he opened it. It thus read; "Dear Ayden. I know you must have been alarmed by now about my disappearance, but do not be. I am sorry to leave you in this manner, but this is actually the best thing to do for now. Do not look for me too, because you will not be able to find me even if you try. My powers have gone out of hand, and I have finally figured out why. Seem
The palace of many rooms and hallways was unbelievably quiet, with just servants and maids doing their best to clean every room in the large building. Everywhere was now more silent than ever, rather than the usual noises of the main family that once lived there happily. Everyone now had their lives to live.Zachary had left the palace together with his wife Armani and their son, after publishing his new book which had become best selling in a few weeks. Edla refused to go with Elliott when he came back one more time to see Ayden and Azalea, rejecting his offer to find a job for her in the nearest city which was many miles away. He told her that Eadlin had joined another pack as a warrior, and just spent her time training endlessly. Edla remained in and out the palace walls in hopes that one day,, she would still be able to capture the heart of Hendrix whom she still loved in her heart. Being well versed with the embroidery skills she learnt and spent her time doing during her
For the king, she had robbed him of his mate and the real Luna of the kingdom, because of her own selfish gain. She also made their only child's life a miserable one, and tried to kill the true prince of the kingdom several times without number. And she had even given birth to the children he had loved with his entire life, for another man whom she disguised as her brother to the palace. With him again she conspired to put his life into danger and left his already thin body to decay, so that she could finally usurp the throne with him. She also put a division between him and his bonafide son. For her first son Elliott, she made his life a miserable one since he had started growing up by pushing him too hard. Beyond his limits that put him into great depression and low-self esteem, and helped him to find solace in a lady who was willing to do everything for him. Robbed him of being the first son of the king. And to that beautiful union she put a division because of her greedy
Arturo was pacing his sword already in restless motion, in stark contrast to Azalea's as he traced roving loops with the point. He stepped forward, his sword swinging in a mock offense in an experimental probe into motion. He had put his dark magic power into the sword, and was ready to destroy the despicable little lady that was right in front of him. He hated so much that she had refused to die and always sat on his nerves, and that she was doing it till the very last moment. That was when he knew that she should not have underestimated her powers. However, he was ready to destroy her finally.Azalea launched aggressively straight into the attack as she filled her sword with her powers, left, right--she twisted away, jumped back, closed in for the attack again taking him off balance. The last time that she had hesitated to finish up everything with the fight, Ayden's sudden attack from Eadlin had distracted and almost caused both of them death.The werewizard swung his sword in a
Azalea was lying on the cold and bare floor hopelessly, weak and out of breath, with no assurance of surviving till the next day. Ayden had not even stirred ever since they had been locked up in the room, and was just motionless on the floor with also no one to tend to the wound he got from Eadlin's stab. If he was dead or alive she knew not, and her wrenched heart could also not take anymore pains or could her eyes shed anymore tears. The floors of the room were beginning to quake more violently, of the self-destruct effects it was having on itself. It was a glaring fact that the situation was just too despairing to do anything. If a miracle would occur by any chance at that moment, then she would first have to get out of the prison she was locked in unscathed. If there was another one that was willing to follow, she would also need the strength to escape together with Ayden. If she was going to escape safely with him, he needed to be alive and strong enough to migrate, for h
Edla and Zachary had remained restless all day while going in and out of his room, searching for clues that could help them discover where Azalea and Ayden could be. It was a tricky one because there were now twice as many soldiers in the palace, but they could now walk around freely however they liked. No one was talking about their mother and if she was okay, and they had no idea if the king was still even alive. The entire family had become a royal mess that the gossip about it could never be heard outside the palace if they all wanted to keep their heads. Eadlin was the only one allowed to see her mother and see her recuperation progress, while Elliott had run away from the palace the night the fight escalated with Azalea, and he saw his mother to the ground. Though he still felt the love he had for her as a son, she had ruined him too much for him to watch her stand back on her feet. He went back to search for Gianna at the inn where her parents owned, but they told him t
"We are all doomed now!! There is certainly no way out of this. There is no way!" Edla panicked, yelled and screamed, as she paced from end to end in Zachary's room. She had stood by the nearest room with a window to watch what had happened during the fight, but fled after the buildings collapsed for the second time. The next event that followed after the entire fight and commotion, was Arturo that now sat on the throne as the new king to reign. That same day, he summoned everyone in the city and called them to the palace, in which his new men informed all of them of the new development. It became the words amongst them that the wicked queen had been usurped, while their savior whom she also manipulated initially had come to save them from their misery. Everything had turned on Etheldreda to Arturo's full exploit. To make everything seem plausible, he started by banning the restriction orders and then fixed the reduction in tax payments. Grains were massively shared too among
"Azalea took the entire afternoon to rest by the hut and to regain her strength, while Ayden sharpened the sword that they found in a corner which was insinuated to have been left by Armani. She had a strong affirmation in her heart that no matter where Armani was, she would be safe and fine in everything that she did. They had nothing left to eat from their bag, and just had to wait till nightfall before they returned back to the palace. It was definitely where they had to start the fight from, and choosing the night was the best time to attack.There was definitely no time to waste time. Using her powers to become invisible through air, both Ayden and Azalea were able to get near the palace wall. And through the hidden tunnel which was still safely untouched, they both made their way into the tunnel as they crawled gently. As soon as they continued to get near to the other end of the tunnel in the garden, Azalea continued to sense some kind of ambience around but she could not
"Go and take any clothes that would suit you well from my wardrobe, and remain here till I come back. Do not open the door to anyone even if they knock!" She instructed, and hurriedly put on the clothes the girl was wearing initially, ignoring whatever sweat and dirt that might have gotten on it. The royal family which now consisted of Etheldreda, Arturo, and Elliott would be at the royal dining having dinner at that time. It was around that time too that the soldiers changed shifts and received dinner, so things would definitely be rowdy around without much attention paid to everyone passing by. But still, she had to make sure not to get caught, because she had no idea what her mother would do to her for disobeying the rules. With tension and some sought of contrition in her heart, she hoped so much in her heart never to run into anyone who would figure her out, even with her changed appearance. Edla stepped out of the room with the empty tray of food plates that the maid had