Chapter 6 - Princess Rogue Walking into the ball room with my father slightly ahead, I scan the crowd of fancily dressed dignitaries from around the globe. Werewolves stare back at us, bowing or curtsying to their King and Princess and I internally roll my eyes. Sadly, today their respect for me will be gone. A runt that rules the werewolf world is not the ideal future ruler. My eyes scan the room until I find who I am looking for. Geminie Starlight with her mate Ariven and daughter Destiny. My distant cousin and next heir for the throne. Walking down the elegant steps, I make my way to where she stands as a light catches the necklace she is wearing – a snowflake shaped moon stone. Her prism coloured hair and white eyes the opposite of my white hair and prism eyes. Smiling, the future Goddess nuzzles her cheek against mine. “A pleasure to finally meet you cousin.” I speak first, pulling away to address the strong she-wolf before me. “Th
Chapter 7 - The white Spirit “Geminie, we can’t keep her here at the temple. The moonstone is proof enough that she is in deed the lost Princess” Muffled voices reach my ears, bringing me out of the darkness. “What do you mean? I grew up with Crysta.” “What Amberle means is that I am the daughter of the Current Moon Goddess. Crystalline is the daughter of the first Moon Goddess.” I wish for those speaking to be silent. The pain is just too much to bear and being woken when I should be healing is not a nice feeling. “Shit, why is it glowing?” Someone exclaims. Glowing? What’s glowing? “She is being summoned by some one. My stone glows when one of the Goddesses want to talk to …”… A soft breeze caresses my skin, the scent of moon flowers reaching my nose and bringing me from the darkness that consumes me. “I am happy to see you are awake.” A man’s voice from my right calls ou
Chapter 8 – Allies “We need to start her training as soon as possible. With Prince Coro’s antics becoming even more dangerous than the next, who knows what can happen in the next few years.” A voice with a musical lilt floats through the air, reaching my ears as consciousness slowly returns. “Trust me, Crysta can take anyone down.” Matrix retorts with a huff to this mysterious person. “I believe she can, but her brother is a tricker person. He has ways of killing without a trace.” Another voice, one I recognize as Geminie, argues back. I frown, deciding that now is a good time to wake up if the wolves in the room decided to continue talking about me. I need to know what they know in order to prepare myself for what ever fate has in store for me. With a sigh, I open my eyes and am met with a canopied setting, realizing I am laying on a canopy bed. Turning to the sounds of the voice, I notice Geminie with her mate sitting close together on
Chapter 9 – Lessons Groaning, I shut the history book on the desk in frustration, wondering who’s god-awful idea it was to have me learn the history of wolves – the entire history of wolves might I add. Deep inside the library in the Temple of the Goddess surrounded by shelves full of books, Ira watches over me, her sharp knowing gaze showing her amusement at my frustration. “You need to know everything Crystalline. A knowing ruler is the best ruler.” She states, turning back to the paper work spread out on her own desk. “I get that. Its just, considering I grew up in the palace, I am pretty sure I know all that needs to be known.” Laying my head on the desk, I close my eyes for a moment to take a break. The smell of the old books and stone shelves bringing a sort of peace to me even if I find reading constantly torturing to my mind. “Do you know how Coro managed to life for all these years? Or how he amassed his powers?”
Chapter 10 – Bitter Sweet Decision I sit in front of the Moonstone orb, questioning if I should put my hands on it or not. Three weeks have passed since Ira brought me to this room and every day I would spend an hour either before training or after training, staring at it, wondering if I am ready to know the answers to my questions. Sadly the answer is always no. I am not ready because there is so much I need to learn, so much I need to do before I can ask the questions needed for me to beat Coro and Alexander. “You ready to go?” I jump as Geminie comes up behind me, Destiny in her arms. “Almost. I just wanted to spend an hour alone and figured this would be the safest place.” I admit, standing and making my way towards the Future Goddess. I smile at Destiny, taking the toddler into my arms when she reaches out to me and resting her against my hip. “Well you’ll be leaving in a few hours. I think this trip will be good for
Chapter 11 – A Journey with new friends I sigh as I pull over, my tears blurring my vision and making me unable to drive. It’s been two hours since I left the temple and it takes everything not to turn back and return. But I can’t. I have to keep going and make my way to Toronto in order to hide from Alexander and to find my own way in life before I can take the throne. Taking deep breaths, I wipe away the tears and calm myself down. Even with the feeling of home sickness kicking in harder than I expected. Deciding I need some fresh air, I turn the hummer off and step outside, making sure to bring my silver dagger with me before locking the vehicle. Thankfully, I had pulled into a rest stop that leads to a hiking trail, no one would question a car left unattended here. With a smile, I walk into the forest, relishing in the freedom of being one with nature for a moment without any constraints. Awwwwooooooooh My foot steps pause at the sou
Chapter 12 – A Lawful Vampire “Is this the place?” Blake asks as we pull into a parking lot. I smile at the pup turning to see his siter Alice fast asleep in the back seat, her golden hair shinning after our night in the motel room and having access to a proper bath. “Yes. We can talk to the Lawyer about making me your legal guardian.” I answer, seeing the hope in the thirteen year old’s eyes. With a chuckle, I climb out of the vehicle and make my way to Alice’s side, opening the door and gently shaking her. “Alice, we are here.” I coo to the nine year old, watching her slowly open her eyes. She yawns as Blake joins us, still a little weary of me even after three days on the road getting to know one another. “We’re here?” The little pup mumble out, rubbing her eyes. I chuckle, helping her unbuckle her seatbelt and lifting her into my arms. “Yes, we are here.” I reassure, closing and locking the car and mak
Chapter 13 – Temporary Home I groan at the multiple boxes around the room, realizing that I should have paid for the moving crew to build the furniture for me. I am an idiot and thought it would be easy. “Crystalline!” A voice calls out as the front doors open. “Upstairs Uncle Atti.” With a sigh, I lean against the wall and call down, the vampire appearing within second. “Hello young o– what’s with all the boxes?” His greeting is cut off as he too searches the room with a multitude of boxes laying about. “Furniture that needs to be built.” My grumbled response brings an amused smile to his lips as he ruffles my hair. “I told you to let the movers do it.” He chuckles, pulling me to his side in a hug. “I know. I should have listened but I wanted to try it on my own. Besides, the pups are with Heidi right now shopping for decorations for their rooms so I have time to work on f