Calvin sighed. “I don’t know, only the alpha and Luna know. It was the only stone we ever kept. It’s apparently the most powerful and it’s a threat to all of us being in the hands of the royal family. They didn’t know the stone existed until they had their castle’s mage use a truth spell on my father. My father is the alpha’s Beta. He went with the Alpha and Luna to speak with the king and queen. Truth spells don’t work on the alpha and Luna because their will too strong to succumb to it. My father isn’t as strong…” That sounded terrible.
We sat in silence for a while before I broke it. “I’m really sorry about what happened between us.”
Calvin shrugged. “I would have chosen a Prince over a future Beta too,” he joked.
“I didn’t tell you all of my dream… me and Lexus are mates. In the dream she explained why she chose us to be. I needed a mate to ensure that I’d come back and not stay in the human world.”
“What? I guess that’s possible, Diana has
I wanted to run to him so badly. “I’m going to head to my room,” Cade said. “I’ll see you in the morning okay?”I nodded and walked in the direction of Lexus’ room. From a distance I saw the door open, and he was there. He looked at me and I held back the urge to run. When I got to his door he pulled me in. He closed and locked the door. “Lex-“ He kissed me before I could get a word out. I pushed away from him. “I didn’t come for that.” I wish I had but I was still upset with him. “You ditched me, you didn’t speak to me for a month, and I went through hell here.”Lexus stared down at me. “I know. I heard it from your mom and the old human woman you stayed with. Do you know how hard it was for me to leave the castle without taking you with me?” He ran a hand through his hair. “I’m sorry. I’m not going to let anyone separate us. We’re back t
“Open the safe! 336543 is the passcode!” A guard yelled. “The gemstones are gone!” The guard panicked. I couldn’t believe it; my holder dream was unfolding before my eyes. “Someone alert the queen and king!” It didn’t make sense, I told Calvin the plan was postponed. “Calvin and Ruben were supposed to wait, they needed me. I was going to use my ability so nothing would go wrong. They’re risking our one chance.” I panicked. “I need the gemstones so that I can use the increase of my power to protect myself against the royal army and help the people of the kingdom. I’m going to be who they blame for this.” “It’s okay Aqua, we’ll figure it out, you don’t have to worry. I’m going to protect you,” Lexus said.He’d protect me but who’d protect the kingdom? I closed my eyes and looked around the castle with my third eye. “They’re cornered… fuck it’s not looking good.” “This was your plan Aqua? To steal the gems??” Cade whispered yelled at me when he walk
We were trapped in what seemed like an old dungeon that wasn’t in use anymore. “Why did you guys execute the plan without me?” I asked.“I didn’t know if we could trust you.” Calvin said. “You left with Cade and I didn’t believe you weren’t going to take one of their offers. After what you did to Sadia you don’t have the best track record. Plus, Lexus is your mate, so I didn’t think you’d pass up the opportunity to peacefully be with him here in this castle. We couldn’t take the risk.”I’d be lying if I said I didn’t understand.Ruben crossed his arms. “Of all the people I could have been stuck here in this dungeon with, Lexus had to be one of them.”Lexus leaned against the wall. “I’m not happy about being stuck here with you either.”Calvin sighed. “You two are insufferable together. Just admit that you want to be frie
I did the only thing I could think to do next so I could show her how much I cared, I pulled out a feather. “Do you want it?” Sadia's eyes widened. “When did you shift?” She stood up. “I only shifted halfway when I was with my Gram. I’ve never given one of these to anyone… I don’t even know if dragons want other dragons’ feathers or scales, but this is the first one to ever fall off and it’s important to me.” I felt Sadia hug me and I hugged her back. “I’m so sorry.” “I missed you,” she whispered. I think there was more she wanted to tell me. My intuition told me that she wanted me to know something important that affected both of us. I think this moment was the beginning of earring Sadia’s forgiveness. “I missed you too.” She pulled away. “There’s something I have to tell you, but I have to tell Lexus too… unfortunately.” “Oh, okay.” We walked out her room and I explained to Calvin why I couldn’t join. Ruben let me know that I was alw
Konn’s POVOnce I let Aqua and the others leave with the five gemstones I had explaining to do to the king and queen. “I don’t get it Konn, what happened?” The king asked me.I explained everything to them about Aqua’s holder dream and the truth about what Diana intended for holders. “So, you let Aqua leave with the stones?” The Queen asked. “We can’t just forgive that. This offense could lead to your arrest for treachery.”Did they hear anything I had said? “Did you know?”“No Konn but no other holders have made these claims before. We’re doing great things for the kingdom. How could the holder do more anywhere else?” King Peter might have not been my best friend anymore, but he once was. I know when he’s not telling the whole truth.“Did you know?” I asked again.Peter sighed. “Yes. When I became King, my father exp
The next day Gray was staring out the window. “Dad, when are we going to see Aqua and Cade?” “Soon, they’re both settling into their new homes.” “Everyone has a new home.” Gray sat down in one of the chairs. Everything must have been changing so quickly through Gray’s eyes. We’ve never had to adjust so much before. I was getting another call from King Peter. They didn’t want to accept their lost. I ran everything at the castle, I’m sure me quitting has affected everyone who works there. They haven’t put a warrant out for my arrest, and it was probably because they wanted me back. I didn’t feel guilt, I knew they’d get a new adviser soon. I can’t get my childhood back and neither can Cade. We grew up aiding princes and being prepared to advise them. I don’t know who I am outside of that. Lynn wasn’t the first woman I’ve ever wanted to marry. The first was a woman who worked at the castle. It was hard to meet woman who didn’t work at the castle. We date
Aqua’s POVWe traveled for a week before we ended up in the village Lexus stayed at while he was away before. We walked into the inn and Lexus walked to the front desk. “You’re back.” The man who might have been the owner said. “We didn’t think we’d see you back. You won’t have to worry about journalists or anyone bothering you while you’re here this time. Our village’s mage is back and will take care of keeping them out.”Lexus was handed the key. “That’s good to know but we won’t be here for long.” We were planning to stay here longer than the other places but not too long.The owner nodded. “Well, I hope you both enjoy your stay.”I followed Lexus to the room. He unlocked the door and we walked in. “Was this the room you were staying in?” I looked around, and it was small but nice.Lexus put our bags in the small closet and too
Lexus moved his hand and laid down. “Oh, is that it? I’d rather not.” He turned around with his back to me. “What?” I sat up. “What do you mean you’d rather not?” We also hadn’t had sex for a week, so I thought he’d jump at the chance. Lexus shrugged. “I mean I don’t want to hurt you. We can go into the nearest magic shop and get a potion that will lessen the pain for you. We’ll mate soon.” I wasn’t in a rush, but I didn’t feel like I needed a potion. I wanted to get through the pain instead of using something cheap like a potion to. “I’m not taking any potion Lexus. We don’t have to mate now but when we do I want it to be natural.” He didn’t respond so I got up and left. I walked into the front of the inn and sat down on one of the couches. I looked at the piano then at my phone. I wanted to talk to Sadia about this but that was a terrible idea, so I called Cade. “It’s late Aqua,” Cade whispered. “I know but I need advice.
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