"Do you miss me?"
*Ough ough* I cough out as I wasn't expecting him to say this.
"I...I" I was lost in words to say to him.
"Do you miss me because I miss you from the minute I left your side this morning" He continues
"Z...zeid"
"Well continue with your shopping we'll talk more when we see soon just have it in mind that you are always on my mind"
"Hmmm" I couldn't hide the flush that appeared on my face as he cut the call.
I pass the phone back to Alexa who was giving me a knowing look.
Winking at me, "Can we go get the phone before we return to the palace otherwise your lovestruck Mate is going to have my head if we don't get back in an hour to two hours, and sweetheart I still live and cherish my beautiful head"
Giving her a look," who's fault is it that we stayed this long"
"Yah yah I know it's my fault you don't need to rub it in. Can we get going now, madame" She drags me along th
We were on our way to the palace when suddenly the bodyguard in front of us, whose name I later got to know is Josh was contacted by Ryan, one of the bodyguards in the other vehicle that we were being followed. The other guy's name is Jay. I could hear this due to my heightened hearing despite how discrete he was trying to be so as not to alert us and also saw him signal the driver to drive faster as we were outnumbered and won't be able to fight them back for long. Immediately, I veered around to see what was going on and saw five black cars coming at us at full speed. "Have you called for backup?" He asked as he observed that the cars were catching up with us. He told the driver to increase the speed of the car. "D**m I don't think we can outrun them for long but let's try to lose them till we can get reinforcements from the Palace." Remember our main priority is the safety of the Princesses." He said over the phone to Ryan.
At the front, a guy stepped out from the car in the middle. He was slightly built than the rest of the assailants and Josh and the other two including. The aura he emitted makes me believe that he was the one that calls the shots. I was proven right because the moment he stepped forward, his gaze landed on Josh and the rest before looking pointed at the car as though he could see Alexa and I sitting at the back seat. He moved his gaze away from us, "I have no issue with you guys so I'll give you two options. One, hand over the Princesses to us and we will let you live. and two, if you refuse to, we do it the hard way. We kill you lots and still take the Princesses with us". He walks forward with his hands behind his back before coming to a stop about ten steps away from our car. "Your choice. What will you choose?. I would suggest you choose the first one which will require no bloodshed". Taking a few steps forward an
Giving me a gentle smile, "Yes your highness you can save everyone here not with the abilities you just mentioned, but with the ones you possess which have not been discovered by you." Trying to come to terms with what she said, "how sure are you that I will be able to do so in such a short period. The abilities I have now took me days if not weeks to curb." "Yes you can, Your Highness." "Alright, how do I go about it?" "All you need to do is to reach into your inner self and find your essence. Once you locate it, try to sync with it and become one with it. After that, channel it to your surroundings and you will feel yourself becoming one with it. "When you become one with your surroundings, you will feel all the elements of life coursing through your veins" She concluded. Curious, I asked, "what are the elements of life that I'm supposed to feel?" "There are seven elements of life. These are Nature, Water, Fire, Earth, Light,
"Alright, how do I find my essence?" I ask her ready to follow her instructions. "Your Highness, you can do this by going the way you used in reaching out to me." The way I connect with her? That should be easy since all I do is to get myself relaxed and clear my mind of all thoughts. I get myself seated appropriately and try to clear my mind of everything going on around me, proving difficult for me no matter how hard I try. I just couldn't help feeling agitated. Feeling frustrated, I take in deep breathes as I try once more. "Your Highness, you need to try harder. I can only stop time for some time so as not to cheat time force. If I exceed the time frame, there will be grave consequences for it which I have no power over." Nodding my head, I close my eyes and try to concentrate once more, and think of what is at stake if I fail to do as told. Within minutes, I felt myself withdrawing from everyt
This war went on for years, never-ending, that it got to the point that the Moon Goddess and some Goddesses and Gods had to intervene before the world becomes destroyed completely. They faced every being under their creations and forced them to stand down, placing them under a curse to restrict them from using their powers and strength as they wish. The Vampires were placed under the curse of the sun. The sun shall smite them if they attempt to walk during the day but they are given full power over the moon to do as they wish. But were subjected to being killed by the bite of a werewolf and with silver, and a stake to the heart, and once that is done, they burn to ashes. These were the weakness given to the vampires by the gods. The Sirens were placed under the curse of not having the ability to change their appearances as they want when they approach their victims. They were cursed to retain their appearance of a pale humanoid w
"Do you know what iris represents?" She asked me plucking one of the iris and placing it behind my ear. Nodding, "They mean wisdom, hope, trust, and valor." "Good child. You see these flowers represent you. What you stand for." She gestures to the flowers, "look around my child," I turn to look at the flowers around us. "What do you see?" I look at her and gave her an obvious look that of course, I see iris flowers all around us. Shaking her head, "hehe hehe... yes what you see are ordinary flowers, but what I see are what they represent as you've mentioned. So dear child, what I see when I see you are wisdom, hope, trust, and valor. I see my beautiful child that will lead and rule her kind in the principle of knowledge and good judgment. One that is courageous enough to put hope and trust in the midst of every being uniting them as one to live in harmony. These are what I see in you child. For this pu
I walk towards her and reach out for her outstretched hand. The instant my hand touches hers, she places the one with the light ball on my forehead. The next second, I felt myself covered with the light from head to toe. I raised my hands to check them and literally speaking, my hands were glowing with different colors. Red, black, white, yellow, blue, green, and purple, all swirling around my hands and I can also guess all over me. They were just so beautiful to behold. "Close your eyes child and channel this glow within you. Feel them flowing through your body, blood, and bones to the tip of your fingers" I do as asked and immediately senses myself being engulfed in the light. Every ounce of my body feels alive that I could feel the flow of my blood through my veins. I could hear my heartbeat also. I opened my eyes that I didn't know I closed at one point and saw things in different shades of color t
I look at mother Goddess and notice her looking at me with pride written on her face. Nodding, "now you are ready." Taking a step towards me, she places her index finger on my forehead, "Go now my child. May the moonlight dwell with you and guide you". Nodding my head, I close my eyes and take my consciousness back to my body. Opening my eyes, I turned my head about to see that everyone is still at a standstill. " I'm glad you were able to attain your powers. Now use them to save your own. I will always be here to help you through your journey all you need to do is to summon me and I will come running to you, your highness." The moment she finished talking she faded away, making the time that was stopped, start and the action that was taking place commence. Not a second late, I reach out to the earth element and summon branches from the trees to attack our assailants. A branch grabs one o
"What? My father?" I looked at the 'young' handsome man in front of me in disbelief.He was claiming to be my long-lost father, a fact that seemed impossible to comprehend.I mean, how could someone this young be my father? He looked so young that he could easily be mistaken for my older brother.He was fair, almost pale white. His unfathomable, golden-brown eyes contrasted exceptionally with his light-toned face. His chestnut-colored hair pulled back into a neat ponytail; he truly was the epitome of elegance and grace. He had a certain air of wisdom and maturity that was beyond his looks, making it even more perplexing to accept the fact that he was my father.With his cheekbones and piercing golden brown eyes, he certainly had the same striking features as me, making it difficult to deny that we were related.However, that wasn't the thing that got me perplexed. It was his status as king that got to me the most."Wait a minute. You mean to tell me that you are my father and also the
Unknown POVKnock, knock, knock.The knocking on the door disrupted the activity that was going on behind the closed door, and a series of frustrated curse words came gushing out of the mouths of those occupying the room."Greetings, my Lord. May I come in?" A man in a combination of black clothes with an eye patch on his left eye, with silky long black hair tied together at the nape of his neck, said towards the door to the man in the room."Didn't I mention it earlier that I'm not to be disturbed? Why do you think that you could disobey my orders?""A-apologies, my Lord, I came bearing news of great importance that could no longer wait for a moment." The man standing outside the room stammered."What is so urgent that it couldn't wait until morning and had to trouble me on it?"The man's disgruntled voice grunted out between groans of pleasure as the owner kept pounding the female bent before him with urgency. The sound of flesh hitting flesh increased drastically along with the wai
"Yes, we are changelings. We can change our appearance at will, blending seamlessly into any environment or society. We are a rare breed, feared and misunderstood by many. But to those who truly know us, we are loyal and protective friends."Hmm, loyal and protective indeed.With a sly smile, he added. "For thousands of years, we have stayed hidden, isolated ourselves from the rest of the world, until recently. There are those who no longer like the way we keep to ourselves and want to let the world know of our existence. It's probably one of them that you encountered before me and that tried to harm you. The reason behind that attack is unknown to us, but rest assured, I will protect you from anyone who tries to harm you and also find out who has done such a thing and the reason behind it. I will get to the bottom of it. But for now, this is all I can tell you. I will leave the rest to your father to explain to you when he comes to see you."The whole information about their being wa
"What do you mean by that?" I was confused by his words.Why is it his duty to protect me?"Protecting you is my sole purpose," the mysterious figure replied with a calm and reassuring smile. "I was privileged to be appointed by your father to protect you at all costs."Perplexed, I repeated questioningly, "My father?" I wasn't sure if I heard him correctly.Growing up, all I heard about him was that he was a beast that had forced himself on my mother and had his way with her. I never imagined that, apart from hearing about my father in the same sentence as a monster, I would hear about him in a different sentence entirely different from the ones I had grown up with. I had no idea if he was even dead or alive, or who he was or even looked like. There was nothing to tell me anything about him. The word father to me was more like a passing word that was used to insult me when needed."Yes, your father. He is very much alive, and he sent me to look for you and protect you as soon as he go
I quickly walked toward the door and hoped it wasn't locked, but my hope was dampened when I tried the handle and found it wouldn't budge. I became more anxious as I realized that escaping was going to be much more difficult than I had anticipated.What to do?What to do?I searched around the room to see if there was another way out.The window.I quickly darted toward it and checked if it was unlocked.To my joy, it was.However, that joy was short-lived because, as soon as I pushed it open, I realized that it was way high above the ground, and attempting to climb out would be extremely dangerous.To be precise, the room I was placed in was at the top of a tall tower. I was trapped.No wonder they hadn't bothered sealing the window shut. It was impossible to escape.Feeling extreme despair, I collapsed onto the cold stone floor and held my head with both hands. A sense of hopelessness washed over me as I realized there was no way out.I stayed that way for a while, only to hear a wiz
"Hehe, I didn't think it would be this easy after everything that had happened so far," another male voice said."Of course it is. That was why I told you guys to let me do it since no one would suspect me and I have the closest access to her." I heard Agatha's voice say, surprising me. I didn't expect her to be involved in this. I never for once thought she was involved in the whole thing."Yeah, let's get out of here before they notice her absence and come searching for her," the first male said."As if they would. No one cares about her that much, especially not her so called mate." With a smirk laced to his voice, the second male replied."Let's just get out of here before they notice her absence for too long. "Before they realize she's missing and start looking for her," another voice said, and I felt my body being lifted and moved right before I completely lost consciousness.Prince Dante's POVI know I've not been the best mate to her, but I needed to keep my distance from her
By the time I finished taking my shower and came out of the bathroom, the prince had gone, with no sign of him ever being there in the first place. I couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment and longing. I had thought that since he had taken the time to come to the room today, we would have had a chance to finally talk and get to know each other better. But now, it seemed like that opportunity had slipped away.Talk of someone who goes and comes as he wishes, it was clear that he had no intention of working on our mate bond—at least not now.It was quite disappointing, but who was I to blame if not me? I could understand his unwillingness to complete the mating bond between us.After all, I was the one who worked as a spy for the enemy and is still being suspected of working for the enemy, no matter how subtle they seem not to show their suspicions towards me.I let out a deep breath and went about doing my usual routine for the day.By evening, the dress finally came from the
On getting to the prince's private quarters, I was extremely tired and fell asleep immediately.However, I was woken up by a loud noise in the middle of the night and jolted up from the bed, frightened. Initially, I thought it was the prince who had entered the room, but to my surprise, it was a shadow hidden in the darkness of the room that sent chills down my spine."W…who is there?" I called as I quickly reached out to switch on the table lamb that was placed beside me on the bedside table. However, when the light illuminated the room, there was no one there. Instead, only a cold, empty silence filled the air.But I could not be wrong about what I had seen. I was certain that I saw a shadow in the corner of the room right before I turned on the light, and I couldn't shake off the feeling that someone or something was watching me. But since I didn't see anything, I tried to put the unease feelings aside and went back to sleep. But the lingering sense of unease stayed with me through
The days stretched into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, and during those periods, with the help of Princess Audree, I had been able to improve my skills and relationships with a small portion of the pack members, but there were still others that remained distant and untrusting. However, I decided to ignore them and keep on training so as to be able to protect myself and prove my worth as a member of the pack. Oh, and yes, as you've probably guessed, Princess Audree was the person the Prince spoke to to help me train, which so far has been great. "Nice Divya, you are doing an excellent job. If you keep up with this pace, you will in no time be able to defend yourself against my attacks when we train. And that will make you a formidable opponent," Princess Audree said to me with a proud smile on her face after one of our evening sessions. I smiled gratefully in return, feeling a renewed sense of determination to continue improving, as I knew I still had a long way to go. But