The kids shifted into their human forms and Gray ran to me. “You have to play with us because Kaya and her sister are on one team, so I have to be on the other with mine.”
I was surprised to hear Gray call me his sister. “Y-yeah,” I stuttered and got up. We played a few rounds of freeze tag until we got tired out. Polly was tired out first. We all laid down next to each other.
“Your sister is fast Gray.” Polly said. “You're fast Aqua.”
“It’s because she’s older than us Polly.” Kaya said. “I’m going to be that fast when I’m her age too.”
Gray laughed. “You might be.” He looked at me. “Are you coming with us on our picnic Tuesday? We always do something once a week out of the castle and that’s what we’re doing next week.”
I smiled. “If our father asks me to come then I will.”
My answer made him happy. “My mom said that full siblings and half siblings aren’t the same thing, but I don’t get it. I know my mom isn’t yours, but my Dad is so y
I was in the city hanging out with Arma. We asked Stewart if he wanted to come along but he wasn’t interested. “Are you going to the ball Arma?” I asked.“The only workers who are invited are ones who put a certain number of hours working on planning and setting everything up. Also, live-in workers but I don’t live here, and I fell short seven hours because I had to give one of my shifts away. My mom put together a surprise family day and she insisted that I give my hours away. If not for that I would have had enough to go.”I felt bad and wished there was something I could do. I looked down at my phone and got a text from Cade: You have something waiting here for you. “I have something I need to get at the castle.”Arma flew us back and I met cade in the front. He handed me a box with something attached. “A little late but there’s your invitation.” I should have expected to get my own si
I stared at Cade waiting for him to answer my question about if he was okay with me replacing him as future adviser. He scoffed before answering, “Of course, I am Aqua. It was a little hard to hear but I’m fine with it.” I noticed Vella staring at us from a distance, but I didn’t think too much of it. We walked back to Arma and Stewart. They got drinks and we sat down at a small table. I didn’t want to be drunk during the rejection, so I passed. “Hey.” Calvin said when he sat down at the table. I introduced him to everyone then we got up to dance. The singer they got was really good. They even had other performances planned for every hour. We had watched one when we were sitting before Calvin showed up. “You look beautiful.” I smiled. “Thanks, you look handsome.” When we finished dancing Konn approached us, and I introduced them. Konn introduced me to a few people then they walked off. “You look good Aqua.” He complemented. “Thanks
I couldn’t tell him I didn’t love him or didn’t want to be with him because it was all I wanted. Tears ran down my cheek. “I love you too Lexus.” He pulled me to him and kissed me with passion.“Ew.” Cade groaned. “You guys are gross, is it over?”I pulled away and looked at Cade. “Uh no… we’re not going through with the rejection.”Cade rolled his eyes. “Whatever, let’s go back to the ball.” He ran to the river and fell to his knees as he threw up.Lexus laughed. “Let’s go before someone comes looking for us.” He looked down at me. “I’m going to end this with Sadia in the morning, I just don’t think right now at the ball is the right place.”I understood. “Okay.” We started walking down the hiking trail.“Wait for me.” Cade ran to us. On the walk down I had to fix my bun and
I found Vella out in the garden sitting on the ground against one of the pillars. “Vella, do you need someone to go home with you?” Vella stood up. “I’m fine.” She glared at me. “I don’t need you or Cade or Lexus. I don’t need your help or your pity or their attention. Stop acting like you’re a saint Aqua, it’s annoying.” She walked past me and laughed. I watched her. “What’s so funny?” She turned to me and shrugged while walking backwards. “Just have fun, I wish I did.” She shifted into her dragon form and flew off. I walked back into the ball and asked my father to send guards to make sure Vella got home safely. I often though that if me and Lexus weren't mates or if we were, but he didn't fall in love with me that I would have turned out like Vella, broken hearted, spiteful, a mess, and a distant regretful memory of Lexus. Maybe I that's why I had empathy for her. I had got back after talking to Vella in time for the last perfo
Lexus’ POVSix years ago.“You’re going to love the pack house,” Ruben said to me. “You can bring Cade around next time.”I followed him. “Okay but you’re not going to mention that in the prince, right?” I didn’t want to be treated the same way I was treated in the castle. If I were then there would be no point in me being here.Ruben scoffed. “I can keep a secret Lexus.” He opened the door to the pack house. “This is where all of the pack members eleven to nineteen live. Since I’m the future alpha I’ll be in charge of this house when I’m older. Even after I’m nineteen, plus there are a few who are over nineteen who are supervisors who report to my father. When my father is ready for me to lead the pack, I’ll take over the main pack house. Right now, this house is run by the beta’s son since he’s a lot older than me.”
Surprisingly, Sadia took my advice. I told her she should slowly befriend members of the pack and that’s what she did. The problem was she befriended Rubens’s future Beta, Calvin. I didn’t love that since Ruben wasn’t the fondest of me anymore. It was mostly fine because it's not like I had to hang out with him. Sadia preferred to hangout one on one anyways. I wasn't really sure why, but she didn't even really want Cade around. As time went on, she made friends with another wolf named Tam. “You were right Lexus, I just had to focus on one at a time instead of trying to befriend everyone at once. You’re the best.” I loved seeing her happy. “Oh, and that girl who likes Cade and works in the garden, Vella I think we’re becoming friends. She wants to hang out with me soon. I think things are looking up for me.” It turned out those were the only two interested in being her friend. Two years later and she still wanted to leave the pack. “Are you sure your mom likes me? I would lik
I asked Sadia to meet me in the woods near the pack house. We walked to a field. “Being engaged to someone you didn’t date has been kind of weird right?” I started.Sadia chuckled. “We were best friends before, and I told you I always liked you. It’s not so weird.”I sighed. ”It’s been weird for me Sadia, it’s been confusing.”Sadia walked around a tree while staring at me. “Well, you like me now don’t you? We’ve been going on dates and having sex. We didn’t do those things before we were engaged.”“I know Sadia.”She stopped walking and stood in front of me. “Do you like me Lexus?”“Why do you expect me to Sadia? I didn’t ask you to marry me because I liked you. I asked you to marry me, so you’d be happy. You were miserable with the idea that you had to stay in the pack house.”A tear rolled down h
I couldn’t stop Sadia from hearing what Cade said next. “So, you had sex with my girlfriend and was so regretful you started sleeping with my sister? I kept trying to convince myself that you weren’t a shit person for what you were doing to Sadia but it’s clear to me you are because how you treat the two people you call your best friends. You’re really one of the best liars and manipulates I know Lexus. You acted so concerned when me and Vella broke up.” He looked at Arma. “I guess you’re happy now, you were right, and I was wrong.” Arma looked down and frowned. “I didn’t want to be right.” She muttered. Konn walked up behind Cade. “Cade-“ Cade cut him off. “No. There’s nothing you or he can say. I quit; I’m not working anywhere near him. Tell the King and Queen that I’m sorry for not giving any notice.” He looked at me one last time. “I defended you.” He chuckled out of frustration. “You know I felt guilt just from the fact that I started to like Sadia even
Quinn’s POVOne of the other kids pushed Zaya down so I tackled him. “Hey stop!” Zaya yelled as we started to fight then jumped in so now we we’re both fighting this kid.The boy shifted into his dragon, so we’d get off him then he shifted back. “Whatever, I don’t want to fight either one of you. If I did I’d hurt Quinn cause she’s part human and sick because of it. Plus, her mom is always watching.”I glared at him and stood up. “I’m not sick because I’m part human.”My sickness was common among both humans and dragon shifters.Zaya spit at him. “She could take you and her mom isn’t always watching, you’re just scared of her mom.” She grabbed my hand and walked towards the pack house. “Sorry the kids here aren’t like the kids in the village you live in.” In the village there were hybrids and other mixtures species kids
In the morning we got ready. “You still haven’t told me how work’s been.”Lexus chuckled. “We’re on vacation, I don’t want to talk about work.” I looked at him seriously. “Fine, work is good. I’m practically running Viv’s business myself. We’re considered partners now.”“What do you even do?” I felt weird that I didn’t know but it’s not like I didn’t try talking about it before.“She’s a noble. Her business is creating work for the people of her kingdom, selling them land, and giving them protection. She works closely with the king and queen too.” I noticed he was feeling admiration for Viv.“How do you feel about Viv?”Lexus sighed. “She’s always been a really good friend, she’s still a really good friend. I enjoy her company and I missed her but not in a sexual or romantic way.” Since we
My mom called me over to talk about something important. “Okay so after a lot of convincing from Konain.” All I could think about was how it annoyed Cade when she called Dad that. “I decided I’m going back home.”I raise my eyebrows. “What? No, you can’t, you love it here-”“To visit, only to visit our family.”I exhaled out of relief. “Oh yeah, they think you’re dead or they did. They saw me ride off on a dragon the last time I saw them, so they probably think that you’re with me or something.”“Are… are my parents still alive?” Mom asked nervously.I nodded. “Grandpa and Grandma are still very much alive. They just sleep a lot and don’t like being bothered.”Mom laughed. “So, they’re the same. So, you were raised by my sister and her husband but no one ever talked about me? Not even your grandparents?&r
I did a few more jobs, some required the gems, but most didn’t. At first I was doing jobs that asked for a magic user but now that people knew the current holder was taking jobs they asked for me specifically. My coven went through a lot of the jobs and sorted them for me from least difficult to most difficult. Other covens and sorceress agencies tried to recruit me, but I liked staying with the one who delivered me as a baby and that my mom was a part of. Once I was done I met Cade and Sadia at a small restaurant. “Hey.” I sat down and put my bag under the chair. Cade smiled. “I assumed you’d be late since you’ve been so busy with working.” I shrugged, “I do as much as I can since Gram warned me about how long I should be working a day. I don’t want to overwork myself again. I usually work when Lexus is working.” Sadia was staring at the menu, and she wasn’t saying anything. Cade spoke instead, “How’s he doing working with Viv?” I
Aqua’s POVLexus shook me awake. “Babe, you told me to wake you up whenever you overslept.”I opened my eyes. “It’s hard not to sleep in sometimes.” I sat up. “You were really rough last night.” I blushed. “It makes me want to sleep longer.” I yawned. “And I hate going anywhere with visible hickeys.”I got out of bed naked, but he pulled me back and kissed my mark. Marks are really sensitive if someone else touches our marks the other will feel pain. When we touch each other's marks, we feel… pleasure. “I wish I could go with you today.”I rolled my eyes. “You have to start work don’t you?” I moaned when he kissed my mark again then pulled away and got up.“Yeah I do but I still wish I could go with you.” He got up. “If you get back before me you should start packing.”“Packi
I took a deep breath and got ready to explain. “Fine, I went to go see a friend about a job, but you know that don’t you because you used one of the gemstones to spy on me then you sent Cade.” Aqua glared at me. “You’re avoiding the question. Yes I used one of the gems, but I didn’t send Cade. I told him who you were with and he felt the need to confront you. I told him he didn’t have to go and that I trusted you, but he went anyways.” “Viv put her hand on my shoulder and gave me quick peck on the cheek. That’s all,” I explained. ‘The conversation didn’t sound like that was all,’she thought. “You can hear what you see with your third eye?” I didn’t realize that she could hear our whole conversation, that put me in an awkward position. She sat down on the bed. “Only with the gem, you’re constantly reading my mind which I’m fine with, but I can’t read yours if we’re not together." She sighed. “This is stupid, this isn’t worth fighting over
Lexus’ POVWe walked into Viv’s office. “True mates?? You're Kidding.” She threw her hands up. “I might have a mage employed who’s strong enough to prevent even a true mate from being able to know.”I sat down in a chair in Viv’s office. “I’m not cheating on my mate Viv. You’re either offering me a position or you’re not.” I cared about Aqua too much to risk losing her. Aqua is all I want, and I finally have her.She frowned and sat at her desk. “Fine but I’m not going to stop trying. I only just took over business for my parents so I probably need you at a high position, that would take a lot of pressure off of m-” She stopped when she saw a portal opened outside.I stood up and walked to the window. “Cade? He can’t be here for me since he hates me. Did you guys plan something?”Viv shook her head. “I haven’t se
The woman Lexus was with stopped when she got to the top of the staircase. “You don’t have to walk so far behind me. You're mated aren’t you? I’ve heard rumors about it, apparently you ran off with the holder and you’re marked. You both are very controversial now.” Lexus chuckled. “Yeah I know. If you knew I might have been marked then why would you touch my shoulder and kiss me?” I didn’t feel good after hearing that someone kissed him, but I didn’t stop watching because I had faith in him. She leaned over the staircase railing. “I kissed your cheek, it’s not a big deal. I just wanted to mess with you. I think I can offer you a job since you are a childhood friend.” She gave an expression of thinking. “You’ve been taught to rule since you were like twelve so I can offer you a job to be in charge of one of our branches.” She walked down the hall. “It’s a shame you’re marked.” “Viv, I’m not here for you to realize your childhood crush. I’m here to find w
Mom and I were on her bed in our pajamas drinking tea, “So is Lexus always high?” Mom asked. We were on the topic of relationships, so I guess that’s why she had to throw that question in. I chuckled nervously. “Only a quarter of the time. More often now that we’re not in the castle anymore. Do you think that’s bad?” Mom shook her head. “I guess it’s fine as long as he does what he needs to do.” She took a sip of her tea then said, “It was just a little bit of a surprise seeing him like that after dinner two weeks ago.” I could understand that. “Mom… have you been keeping up with the news? Everyone’s calling me a trader.” Mom sighed. “Yeah I’ve seen it. Don’t let it get to you Aqua, you’ve been doing good.” I had told her about the little things I was doing for the village I was staying in and the neighboring villages. I think you should start doing bigger things you know. Magic users and spell casters usually take jobs posted online