During my time in the elf village I learned a lot about community. They all helped one another out using whatever skills they had to offer. They were kind to each other and cared about each other. I helped in whatever way I could but while keeping a low profile. The children of the village all played together and were basically raised by all the adults in the village in a way. I was only staying in the inn and not planning on moving in permanently, but they welcomed me.
After I got the call from Cade this morning I was shaken up. He told me they’d find her and for me to stay put but I couldn’t exactly do that. “Hey, stranger.” The inn workers daughter greeted me as I walked out of my room. She tried to talk to me all the time, but I barely responded. Whenever I tried to relax outside, she would always be staring at me trying to impress me with elf magic. I waved so she’d be satisfied but she followed me. “You’ve been here for a month
When I got back from the human world, I looked in a few other places. I called her over and over again all throughout the day. I got back to the village and reporters were there. It had got out that I was staying in the elf village. The innkeeper's daughter was right about the neighboring villages. I was prepared to leave so I was fine with it. They asked me all kinds of questions, but I ignored them all. They wanted to know if I were exiled or disowned. They asked if I were romantically involved with the current holder and if I still planned on ruling. The inn keeper made sure they didn’t get inside. “I told you they’d find you.” The girl walked to me. “You don’t have to leave; they’ll get them to leave.” I walked to my room. “I have to leave. I don’t want my parents knowing where I am.” “Why?” “They’ve known my whole life.” This was my chance to breathe and let them know we’re either in each other's lives completely or not at all. I’m no
Sadia’s POVAfter my breakup with Lexus, I felt so broken. “Sadia are you going to be okay?” Stella asked me as she came into my room. “I’m worried about you and so is Lydia.”I was sitting in a beanbag on my phone. “I don’t know…”Lydia walked in after her with a third girl around their age in the pack. Lydia was 15 and the youngest while Stella was 16 and the third girl looked a little older than them, maybe 17. Still a few years younger than me. “This is Cindy, her boyfriend cheated on her too.”I guess they thought we could relate. They all sat down in front of me on my carpet and we talked. We talked for hours and it felt good. For the next week we hung out a lot. They were there to listen and be there for me and I actually gave them a lot of advice. They treated me like I was their older sister. “I can’t believe Aqua did all of that to you,” Lydia
Cade had insight on my relationship that I didn't. “He once told me that he assumed you didn’t expect him to be monogamous before marriage. He made it seem like he only hiding it out of courtesy. I still think it’s bullshit Sadia. He would have told you if you asked but he knew you wouldn’t ask. He could have told you himself that he was still seeing other women.” “Maybe…” It made me think that communication could have saved my engagement. If I knew from the beginning that he’d see other women and would stop once we were married, I probably would have been fine with that. Only because it’s not like we were together before. It’s better I wasn’t with Lexus otherwise I wouldn’t have just had sex with someone who cares about me. “Anyways I had sex with you because…” “It’s okay, you don’t need to have a reason or need to tell me it if you do.” But I did have a reason that I didn’t mind sharing, I liked Cade, but it felt too soon to be with him. I turned over
Cade’s POVLexus was gone as soon as his parents found out he was cheating with Aqua and Vella. I was going to stay in a hotel until I could move but since Lexus was gone and Vella was fired I was fine with staying until I could move. “Cade please stop packing. Vella is gone and I doubt Prince Lexus will come back anytime soon.”I was kneeled down on the ground sorting my things. “Mom I thought you of all people would understand why I can’t stay.” I continued packing. “It’s too much, it reminds me of what happened, I’m ready to move on with my life. I don’t even want to be around Dad right now.”“How do you think I feel Cade? Your father betrayed me.”“I know Mom, but that doesn’t mean I’m not affected by his affair too.” I was only a baby and that didn’t stop him from potentially tearing our family apart. “I’m saying that it’s con
The rest of the week I tried talking to Aqua more, but she was trying to talk to me less. She stopped hanging out with Arma and Stewart all together. I walked to my door when I heard a knock. “Do you need something?” I asked my father. “Yeah, can I come in?” “Sure.” I stepped aside so he could come in then I closed the door behind him. “Your mother told me you were upset with me and not speaking to me because of my affair. You know it had nothing to do with you, don’t you?” I looked away from him. “How could it not? It affects the whole family, not just you and mom. I tried to ignore it but when I found out Vella cheated on me with Lexus I couldn’t anymore. Now I sort of know how mom felt.” I looked at him. “How could you risk losing us when I was so young?” I could see the guilt in his eyes and I’m sure he saw the disappointment in mine. “I don’t have an answer that will satisfy you Cade. I didn’t think I’d lose you, maybe Lynn bu
Aqua’s POVWhen Lexus hung up after I called him I didn’t know what to do anymore. I wasn’t sure when I’d see him again since he didn’t know how long we shouldn’t be in contact for.The next day I was called into the king and queens office with my father and Hannah. “We’ve decided that Hannah is going to take over Lexus’ responsibilities.”Hannah’s eyes widened in excitement. “Really? I’m going to rule?”The Queen sighed. “Not exactly but you are back up because we’re not 100% sure about Lexus anymore. You’ll have stricter studies surrounding preparations to possibly become queen. You’ll have Lexus’ workload and Aqua is now you’re aid. We’ll have to think over whether or not we want Lexus to return as heir,” She explained.The king spoke next, “This means no more sneaking off. If we can’t count on you
Arma brought in a new tv, she set it up for me then they left. I laid in my bed then got up when I heard a knock. I answered the door and saw Gray and Cade. They wanted to spend time with me, so we watched a movie. I’m sure Gray was the one who wanted to spend time and dragged Cade along, so it was a little awkward but nice.The next week I tried to get over everything that happened but there were reminders everywhere. I was able to see into the pack house and central city from here in the castle. I was using my abilities so much that they were getting better, but I was feeling sick. I constantly had headaches and the corner of my eyes bled a few times. The castle wasn’t the safe haven from the human world that it used to be for me.“Aqua.” Arma stopped me in the hall. She frowned when she noticed dried blood in the corner of my eye and wiped it. “Are you okay?”I shook my head. “You have to promise not to te
The first place I went to was the pack house. I hid in some nearby bushes and tried to convince myself to go in and truly apologize to Sadia. I stayed for an hour but couldn’t bring myself to do it again and for the same reasons as before. I stared at my phone and re read some of our old messaged. Sadia talked about herself a lot, but she cared about me too.Before I left the castle I took the portal splicer and used it to go to my mother’s house. I teleported to her doorstep and knocked. Mae looked happy to see me. She gave me a hug and it was the most comforting hug I’ve gotten in the past few weeks. “I didn’t think you’d come back so soon; you father usually takes longer than a few weeks.” She pulled away. “You look…”“Terrible, I know.”She pulled me in. “I’m going to put on some tea and run you a bath. She walked to the kitchen. “So, what’s been going on with yo
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