Chloe pulled her horse to a stop in front of the torn-apart building, unmounted, and began to move towards it, dry leaves crunching under her black boots. She exhaled under the moonlight and straightened her blue leather jacket.Getting inside the quiet temple and all she could hear after the whooshing sound of the wind was the crickets and her heartbeat. The further she moved inside, the darker it became. Just like her life. When she had told Maya that she forgave her already if she let Lyne go, it was only to protect her niece and the baby. She never had the intent to forgive the one who murdered her sister. How could she forget such? A sister she had been looking for fourteen years turned out to have been brutally murdered by this Spanish ninja that happened to be her mother-in-law. Ironic. She didn't expect that to happen.She heard a shuffling movement behind her and she turned but was met with staunch darkness. She needed to go further to get to the room with an open roof to get
Lyne looked up to the window opposite where she lay and couldn't deny the fact that a lot has been going on in her life that required her strength. She had been seeking freedom all her life as she lived with her family but was the freedom she sought similar to this one? From bullying to abandonment, to falling carelessly in love with Zeidan, to getting heartbroken and healing again. And now, she is carrying her child. Her heart skipped a beat at the thought of having a child of her own. Training that child and bringing the baby up to be upright, honest, and almost perfect if not perfect. She would have to be in charge of keeping her safe, protecting her, and at the same time performing her Queenly duties. She wondered if she could do all those at her age. Speaking of age, her birthday will be coming up in a few weeks. She smiled, realizing it won't be another moment of taunting and bullying. "You don't deserve to be with us, Lyne." Korba had said once when her father threw a party f
"Am I allowed in?" A knock rapped on the office door, calling Shelbrooke's attention back to reality.He exhaled as he looked around the room, a deep cut scar on his arm which he covered in a bandage. He swirled a black pen in his hand, thinking back and forth about Lyne. She has gotten her Wolf and worse, became stronger."Come in," Shelbrooke muttered and his man walked in, wearing a black jacket and black pants. He bowed slightly but paused when his gaze moved towards his arm."Who did that to you?" He pointed towards the bandage."This?" Shelbrooke lifted it as if he didn't know what he was talking about. "Ah! Well, the Princess of Vampir...I mean, Princess Lyne. She has her Wolf.""What?!" Reyns sat down on a chair before Shelbrooke, suddenly looking drained. "How? Didn't the rumors say that she was pure human?""I guess rumors lie sometimes.""No, they lie many times. Now that she has her Wolf, she is fighting for Zeidan?"Shelbrooke licked his lips and sat up. "I guess so. Tha
Zeidan Bran eyed the heavy metal door with locks before him. He hadn't wanted to involve the Onyx in the war but as bloody as this is getting, it's high time he does. Or maybe keep it in a safe place. A safe place like South Park. But can he trust Styx enough to give him all the Onyx? What if he refuses to return it? He touched the knob and thought of how his father had given him access to the room and treasure. Punching in the passcode, he pushed the door and went in, a blast of green light flashing against his face. He looked around the ancient building room, pushing dark brown hair off his face. What kind of strategy could be created to wade off the war without these beautiful stones? Would he have to invite Arthur? "Can we talk about the fact that you promised my Dad part of the stones but haven't fulfilled your part of the promise?"Zeidan smiled before turning his head slightly to see his golden-haired wife, looking at him from the entrance. She was wearing a polka-dotted knee
Lyne looked up at him, eyes wide as he narrated the event. He was right when he said he had been traumatized. Was the Onyx that dangerous? He was looking cool and manly with his hands dug in his pockets and eyes facing the window. "I'm sorry, Zeidan. I didn't mean to upset you.""I've always wanted to talk about it. Now, I'm glad I did." He confided. "My father was a strong man. He didn't mean to kill his people but I guess there is more to this stone.""Like it's cursed?" Lyne asked jokingly, with a chuckle but had to stop when Zeidan shot her a look. "I'm sorry.""No...no, not that. You may be right. What if it's cursed? I mean, we don't even know how it came to be, except for the fact that our ancestors were gifted by the last underground Vampire."Lyne's mind was spiked as she remembered Maya to be an underground Vampire."If the only underground Vampire left had given your people the Onyx, who then is Maya? How is she still existing?""I can't tell. In fact, underground Vampire
"Princess Lyne." She heard someone call for the second time as she sat by the riverside on a rock. The sun was lazily feeding on the ground and if she guessed right, it was still very early. "I'm here." She answered, not looking back."Hey. I'm sorry to disturb you, your highness, but I noticed you needed someone to talk to." The caller came closer and sat beside her. It was Amber. She wore an ankle-length black gown with a white apron around her waist.She beamed. "You're right. I'm just down.""I should have known. You must be going through a lot." Amber added, gesturing towards her waist. "Princess, trying to be strong or striving to be strong isn't going to be evidence of strength. Power is found amid weakness. To be strong is to achieve something at a point when there is no iota of strength. To be bold is to keep moving despite fear." "I'm not expecting to be strong overnight." She said honestly and was picturing her child running around the temple with her parents in the rams
The other woman turned slowly after she heard the Onyx, her purple eyes boring into her very soul. For a while, the three stood in the old broken building, silence descending on them, save the sounds of the crunching stones beneath their boots. Lyne would have cowered beneath that gaze if she was her former self. However, looking into this woman's eyes gave her nothing but more confidence."What do you know about the Onyx?" Maya's voice was hoarse and firm."Just a little bit. I know about the fact that you have been going about, seeking revenge for your lost cause. I know that you have lived for centuries now and that you're an ancestral Vampire, one of a kind which we all believed have been wiped out by a volcanic eruption." Lyne explained, her stance firm to the ground."That's true." She heard Amber call and for a second she forgot they had a third party. "But, Princess, how do you know she is an underground Vampire? For all we know, they are nothing but myths."Lyne nodded, glanc
"I still can't believe I just witnessed that, Princess." Amber said as they stepped outside the temple, the sun resting behind the clouds. If she hadn't asked for them to come there themselves, she would have concluded that they were dreaming. "Yeah." She answered breathlessly."So, we have one underground Vampire still alive. Does that mean several of them still existed?" Amber asked, glancing around."I doubt that," Lyne answered absentmindedly."Maya survived narrowly, but then her son..." She ransacked her brain to know whether it was possible to speak with mother Earth now, to help with their war. But that would be stupid. Maya could be speaking in parables, or worse, lying. When she and Zeidan were still in Los Angeles, Roderigo had explained the same way. The way Maya had told them how much she loved him. However, she felt betrayed, contrary to what Roderigo thought. According to her, Roderigo had chosen the Onyx over her and her son. Was she still mad over that and had deci
Sometimes when one thinks of the past, moving forward to the future seems hard for them. Every night, Dad would always come to tell me tales of how they fought with a magical stone called the Onyx. He said it was what brought us together as clans all over the lands, excluding the Werecats. The breeze blew my light brown hair which was slowly bleaching into blonde like my mom's as I kept writing my journal. Although I still haven't believed there was any such thing as magic, I still needed to find out. I jumped down the fence, in my leather top and jacket with boots, my two long swords clasped to my back as I walked back to the training field. I looked at the people fighting and some bowing to me. With pride and elegance, I swerved my hips past the boys, while my four friends followed from each side. Tracy, Eretria, Romena, and Sasha. Two of them were hot blonde chicks in their mid-twenties, while the other two were brunettes. We are the Angel Squad and we rule the United Clan Train
"What's wrong, Lyne?" Zeidan asked looking up at her. She now had strange eyes and he wondered if she still recognizes him. Lyne opened her hand and he could see the Onyx on her palm, green and glowing. But that wasn't the problem. The problem was Lyne's nose bleeding and her eyes returning to normal. His hands quivered and loosened around Luana which made her grab the opportunity and kicked him in the stomach while he tended to it, she kicked him in the face turned, and stabbed his stomach with a knife.Awareness dawned on him as the object sank into him. He looked at Luana with shock and his eyes were getting blurry."You had every chance to be happy with me. But you ruined it all." Luana said and further twisted the knife inside of him, making him scream out.Lyne still lay on the floor, bleeding from her nose. He gasped and was finally released so that he could sit on the floor, weak and helpless. He raised his arm but no help came. "Die, Zeidan. Goodbye." Luana left him with Sh
Lyne looked at Luana, a smile curving her lips as she resolved to fight with all her might no matter how good she may be at magic. Or using the Onyx, but she sure is good with her claws. She stretched her fingers, eyes intent on Luana whose black eyes were also fixed on her. As they both snarled at each other, they also did the same with the charge and attack. Lyne swooshed her claws at Luana's face which she moved slightly backward to avoid and in turn twirled on her heels and hit her stomach with her knee. She bent and held on to her stomach as she felt the sharpness but only for a while before she was back on her feet. Luana threw a punch from the left to the right side which she dodged and grabbed her wrist, then right to the left and she grabbed the second wrist too, then holding both wrists captive, Lyne hit her forehead with hers, not minding the resounding bang she felt. Luana cried out and she released her so she could nurse her bleeding forehead. "You bastard!" Luana swo
With blazing eyes and a torn-apart soul, Lyne glared at Luana and the stone in her hand. "You know, if I were you, as a mother who has empathy for her daughter," Luana began to say as she walked in circles around Lyne. "I'd dive into that water and save my baby." Lyne looked back at her daughter who was still afloat, her tiny arms unable to hold her on the surface for long. "You may have won this time but not next time," Lyne hissed, looking into Luana's eyeball. "And that next time is soon."With that, she jumped into the water and swam her way to her daughter, arms and legs fluttering the strong current. She grabbed her daughter by the waist and held her tight to her body, swimming back to the shore. She climbed back to the surface and bent to check her daughter who sat on the floor, weak. "My baby." She muttered, hands running over Aurora's face and body. "Are you okay?" Aurora breathed heavily. Lyne felt guilty. She was the reason her daughter passed through all these. If she
Shelbrooke was too engrossed in staring at Lyne that he was unaware when Zeidan turned and grabbed his ankle making him fall. As Reyns moved to attack him, Zeidan grabbed his spear on the floor and pointed it at Reyns who chuckled and drew out his long swords."I'm sorry that you got played not once but twice, Zeidan. However, we can't blame you but the bitch that always thought she saw the good in you." Reyns said as they turned to the center of the field, each of them stretching their weapons at the other."I didn't ask her to find the good in me. I was already good to myself." Zeidan replied, his eyes not leaving Reyns and his swords."Then, it's obvious, you had her under your magical spell. Once we have the Onyx, I'll have the power to break that stupid spell you placed on her." Zeidan huffed. "Admit it. You like her and you're just afraid that she'll reject you if you let your true intention known." The other man held on tightly to his swords now stepping forward. "That's neve
Amber and Effinton stood gallant in front of Lyne and Zeidan, already in their fighting wear. Amber was placed as leader of the archery team since Chloe had died. She was also as good as the former leader, which makes it a win-win situation. Effinton also wore his black leather suit and pants with his boot heels. They all stood at the council table, all focused on the map before them."We need to come up with a better strategy than before. A unique one that will disassemble pure enemies before they even get closer to the field that separates Vampire city from the rest of the clans." Effinton spoke up and Zeidan nodded."You're right. But what do we come up with? We have exhausted the rest of our strategies on past wars." Zeidan replied but Lyne was seeing a different thing."Maybe we don't need a new strategy but ones we have used before and can put together to fight. They won't know what hits them by the time we strike.""I think the Queen is right," Amber spoke up, pointing to a sm
Shelbrooke moved forward, his steps cautious. The rest of the team geared up, some of them suddenly shifting. Luana let out her claws and Lyne snarled at them, her strong sharp teeth revealed. "I must say I'm quite amassed by your bravery and confidence. I mean, you even managed to come into his den." Luana said, walking behind Shelbrooke, her eyes turning black."Don't tell me you're thinking about lifting a finger because I won't hesitate to draw life out of you." Lyne threatened, gritting her teeth. Shelbrooke roared, his voice booming in the cave."You lose girl." He snorted and rushed towards her. Lyne jumped up and landed behind them, turning sharply when she heard Shelbrooke order the others. "Let her be guys. I know how to handle her." She snarled at him, eyes catching her father's body from the corner of her eyes. "Bring it on." Shelbrooke hopped on her but she turned sharply and hit him head-on, her teeth sinking into his neck. A painful cat cry pierced the cave and he
Lyne received the letter from Amber, tore off the pin that held them together, and read it. When she was done, she looked back at Zeidan who stood behind her. His men were busy clearing the palace but when he saw the look in her eyes, he ordered for the both of them to be left alone. When they had gone, Zeidan moved close to her."What does it say?" He asked and she raised her blue gaze at him."They want me to come to South Park."He frowned. Yes, news reached them about Lyne's arrival but why would they need her to come to visit them? He had thought Styx would come to visit her. Perhaps, he didn't try to because he doesn't care any longer or he thought it was fake news."Why?""It says here that they want me to become the Alpha.""For South Park?"Lyne nodded but she still has worry written all over her face. She should be happy about it."This is unusual. Charles wasn't supposed to like this. He had been clamoring for that position for as long as I can remember. He should get it a
Maya exhaled audibly as she stared at the body of the man she had just finished killing. Before her, bodies lay on the floor and she could see Shelbrooke and Reyns looking at her in admiration. "I have a request to make, however," Shelbrooke said and she glanced at him."What request?" She asked still shaken from the fight. This was weird. She never gets weak, no matter how many people she kills, but then it dawned on her. Her time is up. "Remove your cover," Shelbrooke said."What?" Maya exclaimed."We need to see your face." Reyns chipped in and she felt all their gazes on her at once.What was the point? She had been hiding her face for a long while and her time is almost up. She touched the edge of the fabric, looking up at Shelbrooke. Images of what had happened the other day came rushing back. The grounds shook and it was daytime already. No one could go to the surface to survive the blast as the sun was up. Going to the surface at that time would only cause their death, fast