*LYCIA* There are days when I really hate my mother. “Absolutely not Lycia, I do not care that Travis just got his own pet Wolf for his birthday you are not getting one and that’s final,” she said conclusiveness evident in her voice. “Then what about a snake or a falcon, a kitten or a dog? Just anything would do! Please, please let me have one!” I tried compromising with the other options but knowing my mother she would say something along the lines that I wasn’t responsible enough to handle another life. “It would do you good if you started paying more attention in helping me manage the coven administration. You are to be the next queen if this goes on then you would ruin the Amoret name. When will you become responsible?” she sighed making me cringe and put my phone away from my ear to avoid hearing the rest of her speech that followed soon after. She wouldn’t let me have a pet but she would gladly let me handle numerous people’s lives in my hand. I am sure the latter was a bigg
*LYCIA*“Mate.”That was the first word he spoke while I stood frozen in place at the fear and catastrophe I had wrecked on myself.He looked confused and his golden eyes were vivacious as it assessed me like a predator. I had never seen a real Lycan in my life before. My mother had made sure that I never came in contact with one but I had read about them. About their golden eyes the color of the sun and just as deadly, closer to the eyes of a beast than humans and one that they only showed when they felt threatened and ready to attack.Was he going to kill me?Preparing my hand on my side I was read to blast him with a spell if he was to attack me when suddenly I saw his eyes change their color. The golden dissolved leaving behind the cool blue of the depths of an ocean. They were dark but brightened up soon after as in one gigantic jump almost like the leap of a wolf the man shouted, “Mate!”What the fuck!I recalled listening to him have said that just a minute ago as well but I ha
*LYCIA*Trying to gain control over myself I am about to pull him away from me when I heard my mother’s voice.“Lycia? Are you done with the potion that I asked you to make?” she asked making me realize that she was seconds away from barging into my room.The unknown lycan man perked up at my mother’s voice and standing up he said, “She must be your mother, I should greet her-”At his words panic took over me. With my mother’s footsteps approaching my door and this lovesick man inviting his own death and mine with him I could only think of one thing and twirling my hand in the air I clicked my fingers. Thankfully I was quick because just as a knock came and my mother opened the door the lycan turned into a dog.The fur that he had as a wolf remained still but smaller than his wolf’s size he looked more like a husky. There was confusion on his animalistic features at the sudden transformation and whimpering he looked back at me. With its tail dropping down he plodded to my legs and loo
*WOLFIE*‘Run!’Anger and fear gripped me.A voice laughed near my ears hovering close to my very heart. The sound was so chilling that it made me shiver trying to control the consistent speed and the will to keep my legs moving.‘I’ll protect you so just run!’ Someone called out to me. I could tell from his voice that he was equally shook but who was he? A terror surrounded my being as I sped past the trees, my paws scrunching on the tree leaves only revealing my location to the entity after me.I turned back to look once almost blinded by the light that came whirling towards me and jumping at the last moment and feeling it collide with my leg I howled in pain. My wolf form stronger and yet the pain seeped through my body, almost numbing my movements. Unable to do anything I thrashed midair and then went tumbling down into a deep pit.My consciousness was barely with me and with the air whooshing around me the far away cry of someone calling my name rung in my head.‘Seff!’Was that
*LYCIA*“So what do you say? Will you be coming to my party today?” Travis asked his voice husky and it was clear that he had just woken up unlike a certain someone who had woken me up at five in the morning.That’s the time I go to sleep!“I don’t know, I am not feeling like it,” I teased him knowing well enough that he would be reduced to pleading within a second. I can’t deny that it was a confidence boost for my own crush to be pleading with me.What else does a woman need?“But you promised,” he said, lowering his voice to increase the huskiness. I am sure he was trying to be more attractive but after listening to Wolfie’s voice this morning I don’t think I can find any other person’s sleep voice sexy enough.The remembrance of the vibrations, the guttural and deep baritone escaping his bobbing Adam’s apple was the only reason why I couldn’t even complain about waking up that early. I am sure if my mother found out about this new alarm clock then she would reconsider having him a
*LYCIA*“Were you always such a pervert or did it change with that memory loss?” I asked exasperated at what happened this morning.“Hey, I already told you, it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t have any clothes to wear,” he said looking through the bags of new clothes I had bought for him.“So you thought lying naked on my bed was the most natural thing to do?” I asked, unable to understand how he could be so nonchalant about everything.“Yes, you are my mate, why should I be shy about showing my body to you,” he said with a smile on his face as he brought up a t-shirt in front of him. “Besides I am all yours, my body included.”“No, thank you. I don’t need you to be mine,” I said feeling awkward at the talk of the mates. I could see that he was being hopeful but there was no way I would ever accept him and every time he brought this up it only made me feel guilty somehow.It was stranger because I was more worried about this stranger getting his feelings hurt than I was ever with my other f
*LYCIA*“I think you brought me a little too early to this party. Shouldn’t we be fashionably late? You know we are important people,” I huffed making my way up the driveway of Travis’s house. People immediately stopped what they were doing and looked when they recognized me passing them, whispering among themselves.This wasn’t new and at first it had bothered me but now I thrived in this attention.“Oh come on, this much is fine,” she said and instead of going towards the dance floor outside she took me inside the house.“Why are we going in? That’s not where the real party happens, unless of course you want to use one of the rooms for sex with someone,” I said to which she rolled her eyes.“I know for sure that Dylan is going to be there outside and I don’t have the courage to face him yet,” she sighed at the thought of meeting her ex-boyfriend.“Well fine we’ll go in first but it’s only because I hate that guy too,” I said entering the house first to get some alcohol filled in her
*LYCIA*The anger in his eyes made me even angrier.It was as if Wolfie was trying to accuse me of doing something bad? I didn’t appreciate that gaze and glaring back at him to let him know that he was in no position to be treating me this way I hoped he received the message that he wasn’t to interfere me.“Go back and leave me alone,” I said and even though the party was so loud that people could barely hear each other shouting over the music I knew he had heard me. His expression darkened with defiance as he instead leaned against the tree near which he was standing.It was clear that even though he wasn’t going to bother me or storm up and do anything he wasn’t going to let this be easy for me with his continuous staring.If he was going to torture me with his annoyance then I was going to torture him with my teasing.Two could play at this game.Grabbing the guy next to me I said, “Kiss me.”He didn’t seem to understand but when I pressed my body against his and leaned he got the
(6 years later)*LYCIA*Blinking open my eyes I yawned and turned my head to the side to find that my husband and adorable mate was already staring at me.“Good morning,” I mumbled, making him kiss me.“Morning beautiful,” he said against my lips.“How long have you been staring at me, you creep?” I asked with a chuckle, realizing that it was still early in the morning.“Long enough to get me hard,” he said, swiftly turning us over so that I was now sitting above him as he clamped onto my thighs that were stretched out on his either side, with my crotch directly in line to his cock.“Seff!” I admonished him hitting his chest as I felt all sleep vanish from my mind with the straining hot dick I felt through the soft cotton of his boxers. The loose t-shirt I was wearing over my boy shorts moved out of the way leaving us touching directly save for our underwear.“What? I thought you promised that we would do something naughty today,” he said and I realized that he must have been looking
*LYCIA*"I can't believe you would be the first one to get married among all of us," Esme said, adjusting my veil so that it framed my face better."Hey, don't forget you were the one who wanted me to get into a serious relationship. I merely adhered to my best friend's request," I said, making her pout at me."Don't think that just because you made me your bridesmaid I will forgive you for keeping that secret about the spirit from me," she said, clicking her tongue in disapproval. "That isn't something you hide. You should always come to me first when something happens. I want to be there for you.""I've already apologized a million times for it. Please let it go for today," I groaned, her action reminding me of Reemus. The two were similar in that they both held a mean grudge.She grinned at my expression and then, facing forward, she said, "By the way, you look really sexy! Seff is going to lose his mind."Suddenly, there was a cough behind us, making her look embarrassedly at my d
"Give me some space and move as far away as you can," he said, motioning for us to stick to the walls and keep our distance."Are all magicians this strong?" Seff asked in my head. "I feel like every witch and wizard that I have seen so far are phenomenally strong.""No, I think it's just Lars who can get off a hospital bed and start to wield such strong and difficult magic like that," I said in slight awe at the power he held."Alright, I will start now. Don't try to intervene in between," he said, and then closing his eyes, he started chanting a spell in the old witches' language.Electricity crackled in the air around him as the clothes on his skin started to lift in the air from the waves of magic that he was sending out from him. Slowly, he was lifted off the floor, and just when we thought something would happen, he was plopped down to his feet, making him open his eyes and shake his head."Ah, I think I have become a little rusty not having used magic in so long. Don't worry, j
*LYCIA*So maybe I was wrong. The reason why Mom wasn’t worried wasn’t because she had been hiding her fears; it was because she had been working on it. So far, she had put ten tracker witches on Alora’s case to find her, and although they hadn’t been successful, she had been putting all her time and energy into bringing her out of whichever hold she had been hidden in.“It feels weird to be back here,” I commented from my spot on my bed, where I had been lying flat on my belly while Seff was seated on the sofa of my room, holding a cushion to his chest and taking in the room.We had decided to stay the night at the palace yesterday after the ceremony and had only returned back home just two minutes ago after having breakfast with Roz and freshened up.“Yeah, it does, but also kind of nostalgic and comfortable,” he said, picking at a stain on the wall of my lipstick form when I had once thrown it at him, and the stick had smeared red on the wall. “I can’t believe so much time has pass
*LYCIA*There was a still silence that hushed the people as they stared at the scene before them.“Your Highness,” the priestess started at the sudden change of the happy scene. “We shouldn’t do something like this on such a joyous occasion like today.”“It is exactly why it should be done today, in front of all these people, to show them their fates if they were to try to harm the crown and the royal family,” Roz said, his voice naturally reaching far and wide even without the microphone as people listened in on what their feared leader had to say.“But this is an auspicious occasion, shedding blood today…?” The priestess trailed off hesitantly, voicing her thoughts and those of the others who had been raptly looking at the scene before them.“Are you questioning your king right now?” Seff asked, looking over at her with a raised eyebrow.The question chilled my blood; there was rage behind it that couldn’t be masked even with the calm demeanor he had used to ask those words. He abho
*LYCIA*My heart felt like it would beat out of its cage and run all the way back to Amoret. Amoret was a small coven, so its population was small too, but with the way things had been in Darrow, I didn’t know how to face such a gigantic crowd.“Nervous?” Mom asked, coming to my side where I had been waiting to be called to greet the crowd of Darrow.“How could I not be? There are more than a thousand people out there waiting to see me, and millions more watching me back at their homes,” I said, feeling the anxiety eat at my nerves. "I knew what was coming for me, yet when I peeked out and saw it in reality, it was unbelievable. I can’t believe I am a part of the royalty of such a big kingdom."“Regretting being mates with that boy now?” she asked with a wicked smile on her face. She was teasing me and enjoying seeing me squirm, as if taunting me to have listened to her and stayed within the protective walls of the coven.“Never,” I admitted, “I almost died, fought a crazy manic culti
*LYCIA*"So you finally got rid of the Luna training, huh? Wasn’t this a bit extreme, though? You didn’t have to go and risk your life for it."At the words, I turned around to finally see the man who had been missing since yesterday after our return."Reemus! Where have you been?" I asked, rushing towards him. I had wondered about his whereabouts a few times but had forgotten to ask Seff about it."While a certain someone freed herself, I am still bound by my duties to get the Luna ceremony prepared for her," he said with a sigh. Then, with a small smile, he let go of his pretenses of being annoyed and said, "It's good to see that you are fine. I heard what happened, and it must have been really scary for you.""Of course, almost getting transformed into a chimera with my mate wasn’t the most pleasant of thoughts," I joked. But even as I said it, I felt my bile churn at the thought of it actually happening."Spare me from having to imagine that again. If that human hadn't already bee
*LYCIA*They knew.It was apparent by the silence that we now sat in after having just finished our lunch. We had been late because of obvious reasons, and by the time we came, dessert was already served to Dad and Roz, making us quietly hurry through our meal."Since we couldn’t talk while having lunch together," Roz said, looking at the two of us pointedly, "We should continue our conversation in the sitting room."Oh my goodness, I could see it from his gaze that he knew we were late because we were busy fucking each other.‘This is so embarrassing,’ I said, following King Roz to his sitting room, who was now talking to Dad again.‘Is it? I feel quite content, though,’ Seff grinned, glowing from the post-orgasmic bliss.‘Don’t joke about it! I can’t even look Dad in the eyes,’ I said, groaning as I remembered Dad politely smiling at me when I walked in and apologized for being late. ‘We should have stopped right there in the bathtub. Why did you have to seduce me to do it properly
"Lycia! Oh, my goddess! You are back!" Dad's worried voice fell on my ears like a salve, and tears spurted to my eyes like those of a child. I turned around to let him gather me in a hug."My sweet child, I am sorry. It's all my fault. Are you alright?" he asked, his shaky hands reluctantly pulling away from me to look me over. I could see in his eyes that even as I stood there, he found it difficult to believe that I was before him, safe and sound."Why are you covered in soot? Did she try to burn you?" Roz's aggravated voice roared out his anger and concern as he grabbed Seff by the shoulders and turned him around to check on him."We are fine, but let us talk about everything after Lycia and I take a bath," Seff said, pointing at his attire and our state."Yes, of course, but first, tell me, are you both hurt anywhere else besides this?" Dad asked, still anxious as he examined my burnt hands. He didn't wait for my response as he closed his eyes and started working on healing my han