PhillipaThe witches greeted us with such love and excitement that all my fears disappeared instantly. I realized that I was scared of how they were going to react to having a man in their midst, but they all seemed so happy to meet Andre, that my fear quickly disappeared. Andre and I learned about how everything and everyone was linked through some invisible force.We learned about how the witches believed in harming nothing. They didn’t even kill a spider! They believed that all life was precious. They also taught us that they believed good and evil had to exist for the world to be in balance. If it didn’t, something was sure to go wrong. I didn’t entirely understand it. Peace was so precious to me that I couldn’t imagine what they were saying to be true.“Let me put it this way, your highness. If your family hadn't gone to war with the werewolves and the slave masters, would there have been peace?” The high priestess smiled, and I had to give it to her. It made sense finally. There
PhillipaA couple of months later, Andre and I announced that we were expecting. We didn’t want to say anything until we were sure everything was okay. Although our kind didn’t have many issues with pregnancy, I was still trying to be careful. I didn’t say it out loud, but I was scared that the peace wouldn’t last. Peace never lasts in our world.The trade treaty my brother negotiated was meant to be the beginning of a new era for our kind, but from the whispers I noted whenever Andre met with my brother, I could tell something was going on. I hated the fact that Andre was probably hiding something from me, but I didn’t ask him about it. I didn’t want him to betray my brother’s confidence.He is one of our top warrior trainers these days. Things were really going great. Or so I thought. I wouldn’t know until they told me what was going on. If it was serious, I didn’t want them distracted by my interference. I needed them to focus on what they were doing. The more time passed, the more
PhillipaEverything happened exactly the way my family thought it would. The trolls were adamant that the mines in the pixie lands belonged to them. It meant that Eli had to go there to facilitate the visit. Before he could allow the trolls to walk onto pixie lands, he had to inspect the troll mines. He had to see the proof they insisted they had. I wanted to go with them, but it had become clear that I had to stay away from everything that had to do with the treaty.It was infuriating to hang around the castle while all of them left to do this inspection. My mom suggested that I do some research and that was what I focussed on. If we could find proof that the trolls were lying, we could kick them off the treaty and this entire mess would be over. People wouldn’t see me as the cause behind a full-scale war.I dug into the books in the library, hoping to find something that would help my family. It was going to take a couple of days for them to reach the trolls, which might just give m
PhillipaI couldn’t believe that it was that easy. Stressful but easy. The trolls weren’t clever enough to realize we had books going back centuries. They were playing the long game in the hopes that people wouldn’t remember. They were going to be kicked out of the treaty agreement by everyone else. They wanted to weaken us. The Lycan kingdom was a threat to everyone, since we were the strongest and largest group.I had to wait for a couple of days for my family to return and used my time to arrange a huge welcome. I had never been so relieved to see all of them back home safe. It wasn’t nice being on this side and having to wait to find out what was happening. I was angry at myself for all my ridiculous fears and insecurities. I was the princess and I never felt as insecure as I did through all of this. It started after I found out I was pregnant. Suddenly, the entire world just seemed too dangerous! I didn’t even notice it before! There were so many things around us that could cause
PhillipaSadly, our happiness didn’t last. My family had done a great job of hiding it from me again! I hated that life could get so messy so quickly! I loved my peaceful life! By the time I got out of the hospital, all hell had broken loose. Over the past couple of months, the treaty had been falling apart completely. Everyone who was involved wanted nothing more to do with it.Most of them believed it was our way of taking control of everything. They believed we were trying to control everyone. The treaty that was meant to bring peace was in jeopardy and I didn’t even know about it. I couldn’t believe that the people I met had turned on my family so quickly. Nobody was threatened with war, which was the only thing that seemed to be going for us.My family, including Andre, didn’t want to tell me because of our little baby. Now that she was born, they couldn’t hide it from me any longer. Eli worked really hard to get everyone to agree. It was sad to see it all fall apart, but I was b
ElizabethSurvival of the fittest. Wasn’t that the way things worked in our kingdom? My palms were sweaty as we walked into the ballroom and all eyes turned on me. My shoe hooked on something and I went flying through the air and all I could think about was how the tongues were going to wag after that! I didn’t have much time to think about it as I flew through the air and right into the arms of the one man I couldn’t stand! Jason Smith!“Careful!” He let go of me so fast that I almost tumbled over a second time! I mumbled a quick thank you and continued to the end of the aisle. Why did I have to fall right into his arms? Why couldn’t I just have held onto my father who was right there beside me?! We turned to look at the people while my father made his speech and I wished that the earth would just swallow me up!The people were snickering and whispering like they always did when I had one of my damn blunders! I knew what they were saying. I didn’t have to hear it. I’ve been hearing i
JasonHer scent was so intoxicating that I just wanted to bathe in it. I wanted more than anything to take her and make her mine. At that very first moment, I realized she was my mate, but now wasn’t the right time. She was the princess, which meant there were certain royal procedures that had to take place first before we could finally get to that last little part.Her title didn’t matter to me. The power of her title also didn’t matter. I was born into my position and have had the privileges that went with it since the day I was born. I was even relieved sometimes that I wasn’t a prince or the future heir to this throne. The royals didn’t know about all the threats against them most of the time, and it was my job to make sure they never found out.It was my job to make sure they felt safe. That they believed people loved them unconditionally … Blah, blah, blah. My father taught me all the rules from a very young age. He even told me at one point that he believed we were stronger tha
ElizabethSharing my room was the last thing on my mind when I woke up in the early hours of the morning drenched in sweat! I had been dreaming dirty things all damn night and, although I wasn’t a prude, I couldn’t believe that I could so suddenly be having these kinds of dreams! The mate bond really messed with your head! It was utterly infuriating!When I walked into the dining room for breakfast, I nearly peed myself! Jason and his family were there to have breakfast with us and each time I looked at him the memories of my dreams rushed forward instantly! It was as if my mind was trying to convince me that he wasn’t such a bad guy. I didn’t want to be this girl! The girl that could only gush about her mate and nothing else!Damn the mate bond! Damn the moon goddess and whoever came up with the idea that we were destined to love only one perfect person! I couldn’t for the life of me think of one reason why Jason was my perfect match! Okay, fine. He was the second-highest ranked male