< Aero >
"Brother!" Elijah's voice boomed across the receiving room the moment I heard the main door swung open. I already knew he'd be visiting me this early morning after my show of possessiveness last night. He was either happy that I got hitched for real or angry that I didn't tell him sooner. I was curious to know which reaction he'd show.
Finishing up the buttons of my coat, I stepped outside my bedroom and faced him.
"Hey, what I saw last night, that was real right?" he asked in a hurry, his face completely curious.
My mouth curved into a small smile.
"Keep your voice down, Serena is still asleep," I replied.
Slowly, he stretched his head and looked past me to the double doors I had intentionally left open.
"Ha! I knew it!" he exclaimed in a joyful tone. "I knew you're going to surrender."
Then, he gave me a smirk,
< Serena >Hurt wasn’t an enough word to describe what I felt while looking at the betrayal before me. Pain of any physical kind couldn’t even match up to the anguish I felt deep inside.What I felt was pain caused more than slicing me open with a blade, more than pouring acid on my insides, more than chopping me into pieces, more than bleeding me dry...My bright world had completely turned dark and gloomy and for a brief moment, I thought I had died.Actually, dying was preferable than witnessing this highest form of treachery. What was worse was I was present to witness it all. Inch by inch of their nakedness. Inch by inch of their lewd connection.They were so engrossed that none of them appeared to notice me. Rhea kept on moaning loudly, enjoying every bit of Aero’s embedded cock, while the latter was in his own world of pleasure, grunting and groaning. The tautness
(Earlier this morning...)< Aero >Elijah continued to walk beside me when I entered the throne room. Two guards immediately lowered their heads. With a flick of Elijah’s hand, they left. I found this unusual. He usually wasn’t sensitive to extra eyes on us.“I’m happy to see you finally found your true mate, brother,” he stated, stopping at the base of the stairs while I continued to climb up.“Same goes to you,” I stated over my shoulder, hinting his relationship with Serena’s friend.“Well, ye...ah, about that,” he replied hesitantly. I picked up an uneasiness from him that instant.“You have a request,” I said, more of a statement than a question when I sat down my throne.Elijah wasn’t the type to ask a request from me. He only does it when needed, and I sensed this was exactly that time.“I’m planning to propose to Rhea, brother, and I n
< Serena >I found myself standing beside a boulder, silently staring at the golden lake inside the Baltic Forest. It looked the same as the last time I saw it, but the sky was dark. The lake and the surrounding diamond-looking flowers now seemed to glow even brighter. They seemed to call to me...seemed to draw out a feeling of nostalgia inside me.I was at peace, completely relaxed until a movement opposite where I was disturbed my solace.From across the lake, a young man emerged from the darkness. He was wearing a black royal suit. From the crest embroidered on his right upper chest, I realized he was someone of status in the Kingdom of Phanteon.I was far away from him, but when I really scrutinized his features, I could see, as clear as day, exactly who he was.King Aero...Or in this case, a younger version of him.And I could see just how melancholic hi
< Aero >When I woke up earlier this morning, I found Serena surrounded by the bugs. Two were hovering above her, another two were perched on her shoulders while three more rested on her feet.This scene here wasn’t new to me anymore. I had been so accustomed with the bugs that their presence felt like a routine already in our lives. They didn’t stress me out like before nor did it evoke a jealousy within me.Serena was sleeping so calmly that I didn’t want to bother her. I just continued on staring at her whilst welcoming the blissful feeling growing inside me. This woman will be my life forever. No one will replace her and no one will take her away from me. She’d be the mother to my sons and daughters. She’d be this kingdom’s best queen.However, I couldn’t keep myself from thinking about her real identity. This one problem had turned out to be the biggest hurdle we had to face.
< Aero >“We agreed there would be no girls here,” my twelve-year-old self cried out in disappointment when I saw my long-time friends Adamar and Adaen approach me with a tiny creature in tow. A pipsqueak. So easy to crush, so frail-looking. Wearing a white ankle-length dress and sporting a short hair, she hid behind the twins who obviously towered her.My fae friends and I decided we wouldn’t admit a girl into our circle, much less into our hangout spot, but look at them now. They had broken their promise and I was left complaining about it.Adamar, the older twin, tossed an arm over my shoulder and flashed his pearly whites at me.“Let Ysanna be an exemption, Prince Aero.”“Yeah, she’s our future boss,” added Adaen.I lifted a brow at them, disgusted at the sudden idea in my head and disgusted at the tiny creature with saucer-like hazel eyes
< Serena >‘You’re special.’‘You’re unwanted.’‘You’re ugly.’‘You’re weak.’‘You need to be strong.’‘You’re not allowed to go outside.’‘You need to practice more.’‘Your mother was better.’‘You could be better.’‘You have an amazing power inside you.’‘You’re unique.’‘You’re a freak of nature.’‘You’ll be alone forever.’‘You don’t own your freedom.’‘You’re not allowed to love...’As my sense of sight returned, slowly, so did my other senses. They all clashed inside me, filling me with a whole new perspective of my life.My reality.It had been years, hundreds maybe, since I last felt this way. It was both overwhelming and terrifying.I gazed at the cei
< Aero >“What’s the matter?” Serena noticed my sudden tensed form and asked.With a gruff, I raised my head up and looked at her. “Trouble knocking at our door, my queen, and I reckon their visit has something to do with you.”She knotted her brows at first, fell silent for a moment, then I saw a flicker of awareness in her eyes.“Yes, they are here for me,” she muttered softly, a sudden tinge of worry painting her face.Hell, she was yet to tell me everything. She was yet to give me a thorough explanation. For these damn faes to boldly enter my realm meant that Serena was too important for them to just simply ignore.Unlucky for them, she meant the same to my kingdom and to me. More even.“Don’t worry, I won’t let them take you,” I said whilst standing up. “Stay here.”With the fae king’s visit, my wolf started baring its teeth. This was eve
< Serena >I was nine when I first stepped out of the fae realm. My friends Ada and Ade, sons of my caretaker, High Elder Hanhena, helped me. They were called Adamar and Adaen, the twin swords of the Silken Family, but I preferred to use short names for them. I wasn’t adept much with speaking as I was a late learner...or so the Elders kept on telling me like a broken record.To be honest, I chose not to speak. I chose to stay silent. My mother before she died told me the fewer words I release, the safer I was. Safe from what? I didn’t know, but I had stayed true to her dying words ever since then even if it got me in trouble many times.Ada, Ade and their mother were the only people who showed me care. The rest of the Elders were quite strict with me, and it even got to the point where I felt they hated my existence.Again, I didn’t know why, but I was told I was a freak of nature many times.