*LYCIA* “What the heck are you yapping about? Are you crazy? Don’t listen to his words, Seff,” Esme laughed trying to dilute the situation but I could tell that Travis was serious in his suggestions.“No, it’s alright Esme you don’t need to defend me,” he said in response and taking my hand under the trouble he tightly held onto it making me look at him. His deep blue eyes were flicking between gold and blue and I knew he was angry.Clenching his hand back I tried to assure him that I was here for him and the touches seemed to work as he glared at Travis with bluer eyes and stated, “What we do or do not do doesn't concern you. I am Lycia’s mate and I will be her husband too. As long as she wants me I‘ll be anything for her but if you try to interfere in between our bond and take her away from me then I will be forced to do something about it. You shouldn’t underestimate me.”“Just saying that you would be anything to her doesn’t give you the qualifications to be that.” Travis argues
*LYCIA*Seff was livid.His body transformed on his own as his eyes shone golden and without a second thought he jumped off the ground and struck at Alora with his claws making a gash appear on her arm that she had used to protect herself.“What the fuck is wrong with this dog! Lycia, control your pet!” she shouted and then threw him off herself using her magic.“He is not a dog! He is my mate, stop insulting us and apologize for what you did,” I said, wishing for Seff to stop. Mom wouldn’t like it that he was fighting with her sweet sister.The magic didn’t work on Seff much as he rushed towards her once again. The magic Alora used on him only weakly pushed him back but didn’t hurt him as he struck at her with his claws again.‘Seff let her be, please’ I spoke to him in his mind but Seff ignored me and once again he used his claws to strike at her, this time breaking her barrier and throwing her to the side of the room with his giant paws just as she had done to me.Alora fell agains
*LYCIA*“I still don’t think we should be taking them with us,” Mom worried as she looked at both Seff and me ready and waiting in the living room.“I understand why you are worried, dear but Lars will need them to understand their connection with the spirit. We will have to take the risk,” dad said, going over the same conversation for the hundredth time since yesterday.“Don’t worry ma’am,” Seff said stepping forward, “I will protect Lycia, besides the mate bond is also there so you wouldn’t have to worry as much as before.”“Yeah, Mom and I are capable of taking care of myself too. I have grown stronger, maybe not as much as you two but I can handle myself,” I said, trying to assure her that everything would be alright.“You promise to stick next to me and not wander off on your own?” she asked, still a little agitated but she looked a lot calmer than before.“Yes, “I promised, letting her pull me into her embrace.“Fine I will trust you two but if something happens to you then be
*LYCIA*It had taken us around an hour more to find Lars' house and when we had reached there we found that he had been waiting outside for us to let us in through the protection dome he had built around his small house.He had ushered us in his small house and made us sit, finally taking a seat on a chair adjacent to Dad.Now that we had settled, I finally got the chance to examine him closely. Long tresses, raven and lustrous framed a thin bony face with slender eyes, deep set and peering at us with joy.“I can’t believe it has been so long since I last saw you! You haven’t aged a day,” Dad cheered, making me wonder just how long it had been since this man had looked this old.“Oh you shouldn’t flatter me, I always looked like an old man but years had always been kind to you and they still are,” he said and then flicking his eyes towards Mom he smirked, “Or does love help you maintain that youth?”“As brash as ever, huh?,” Mom muttered and this time I couldn’t stop myself as I blur
*LYCIA*I didn’t understand what happened but I felt someone grab my hand and the next thing I knew I had been thrown away. I felt my body smack against something hard but it wasn’t I who had taken the brunt of it. Seff had been holding me from behind protecting me from feeling pain.I couldn’t hear his groan because of the noise of the blast but I could feel his pain along with mine. He was hurt worse than I was. I wanted to check on him but my body had been shocked for a few seconds, unable to process properly. The smoke was heavily filtering the air around us, making me cough as I finally gained back some of my movements.Gasping and getting off Seff I scampered to check on him but the smoke clung heavily to the air making it difficult for me to see. The coughs that wracked through me made it impossible for me to speak and so instead I used the mind link as I asked, ‘Are you alright? Please say something!’‘Yes, I'm alright,’ he said in my mind, ‘But are you okay?’‘Thanks to you a
*LYCIA*“Alright I’ll look for more ways to search about the neighboring cults and try to find anything about them on my own while we wait for Lars to wake up,” dad said standing up to get to work.“Yes, I’ll see what I can find about all this too,” Mom said standing up along with him.“No, you both should rest for today,” I said, taking in how tired and weary they looked. I am sure I can’t understand what they feel as parents who are desperate to help their child but I hope they would understand that as their child I didn’t want them to be hurting as well.“We will do that later-”“No, I agree with Lycia, if the King and Queen of the coven are in a weak state then the coven itself is also weak. You also need to think about the people,” Seff backed me up and sighing they agreed.“Looks like our daughter has grown up enough to advise us now,” Mom merrily chided me, making me smile but all of a sudden the expression fell from my face.What was this pain?It was a dull wave at first but
*LYCIA*I didn’t think it would be this soon that I would step my feet back in this luxurious palace.“It’s the Second prince! Young prince is back! Open the gates, its Prince Seffastian.” The buzz had started as soon as the guard had come and taken a look at Seff. We had teleported just outside the palace gates and at the sudden static of magic the guards had immediately assembled around to check on the disruption when they noticed that it was Seff and almost immediately a car had been sent to the gate to drive us to the main palace.“I didn’t pay much attention before since you must have tried to hide it from me but you are well loved by the people here,” I noted wondering how I had been dense enough to not join the dots. But never in my wildest dreams had I thought that he would turn out to be a prince.“I think it’s only right for a princess like you to be paired with a prince,” He grinned and I had to chuckle at the boastful manner in which he had said it.Turning my gaze to look
*LYCIA*Neither Laverna nor dad had expanded on the new information they had bestowed on me. I think it shouldn’t matter to me much about who Dad’s ex was and how she was doing now but somehow this particular lady had shaken my guts. Something about her was amiss to me. “It truly is fate that has linked us together then. That is all I can determine from this situation and since we are family now worry not I will do everything in my bounds to help you.” King Roz’s words brought me back to reality and from my straying thoughts making me take a bite of the dessert that was served to us after dinner. At last he had finally spoken his mind after listening to the whole situation and everything that had conspired. From the lack of surprise on his face I could imagine that he was already aware of this to some extent.“Thank you brother, I knew you would agree,” Seff said from beside me.“To begin with, Seff you never needed my permission at all. This is as much as your home as it is mine an