Azak POV I stood there in disbelief as she strutted away from me after scolding me. I wanted to be furious with her, but I was too damn proud of her for standing up for herself. I knew I hadn't been fair to her since I brought her back to the palace, but I had only been trying to protect her from the dangers of this world. Sure enough though, she had found them on her own. I stood there going over her words to myself as I processed them. Princess Genevieve, the Wolf Timekeeper Princess was alive and now she was safe thanks to my Princess. I found it amusing that she and Rayan were mates, especially since Crysanthi and I had been fated together as well. That was another thing that concerned me, being fated to her. She was so young and inexperienced in life, especially since she had grown up so secluded. I had no idea what to say or do around her most of the time, so I just kept her as far away from me as possible. Sure I wanted to keep her close, I wanted to let
Crysanthi POV He disappeared out of the room before I could even open my mouth to ask what was going on. I wasn't sure what had gotten into him, but the tingling left behind from his touch had me floating. Perhaps hearing Genevieve speak about her mate had sparked something within him. I could only hope that he would continue to be affectionate towards me, though I knew by how quickly he had fled that it was unlikely. All I wanted in the moment was his touch, but I knew that if I dared to go to his quarters he would only turn me away. So, I opted to shower & turn in for the night instead. As I showered I allowed myself to continue to float on the cloud his kiss had put me on. I wanted to be close to him, to experience the closeness that Genevieve spoke of experiencing with her own mate. I wanted that for Azak and me. I knew it was a long shot though, especially since he was so closed off and refused to even be near me most of the time. I had no idea how the two o
Crysanthi POV It was an hour before Genevieve came back to the palace. One of the servants found her laying naked in front of the palace doors so they grabbed her a robe so she could go up to her suite to change. It was another 45 minutes before Ivy brought her into the library where I was reading a book about Azak's kingdom. She seemed quite excited to enter the library and I knew that much like myself, she enjoyed having knowledge at her fingertips. She sat down next to me and leaned over to glance at the book I was reading. "What are you reading? Looks pretty interesting." She spoke through a smile. "It's a book about this kingdom. I'm just trying to learn all that I can about it since I'm to be it's queen one day." I answered her, never looking up from the page. "One day? You'll be it's Queen when you come of age, won't you?" She asked me curiously as she leaned back in her seat. I took the opening to talk to her about Azak, because I did
Azak POV I had to walk from the princess as soon as Genevieve took off into the forest. I just didn't trust myself alone with her. Everything in my body wanted her close to me, but I knew that if I gave into the urge I would never let her go. It was easier this way, to keep myself secluded from her. I knew she would never understand, but until she came of age, this was the best choice for both of us. I was sitting in my office going over some kingdom paperwork when there was a knock on my office door. I sensed her from the other side of the door, and though I knew I shouldn't answer it, I couldn't help myself as I stood. I opened the door to see the magnificent beauty that my mother had created for me and once again I found myself in awe of her. I had to admit, the goddesses had truly outdone themselves in creating the timekeeper princesses. Crysanthi was everything I had ever hoped to find in my fated, and Genevieve, well she well she was truly incredible. Her warrior skills alone
Crysanthi POVThe week flew by having Genevieve to keep me company. When the time came for me to portal her back to her mate, I was incredibly sad, though I knew that I would see her again. I was afraid of which timekeeper would show up when I jumped over the solstice. There were some dimensions where the Vampire King had gotten to me and raised me in his own image. In those dimensions I was hell bent on taking over the supernatural community, but Genevieve was the only thing standing in my way. It was one of the reasons I was so shocked to find her alive in this dimension. I had never jumped to a dimension where I was still good and she was alive, it seemed she only lived in the dimensions where the Vampire King had taken me. My best guess was because the goddesses found it necessary to maintain balance once I had been turned evil. Either way, I didn't want to risk an evil version of me jumping into my body and taking advantage of the fact that she was powerless. I wouldn't lose my n
Azak POV I felt it the moment the bond snapped into place. Suddenly I could feel her every emotion. I could feel the way she felt about me, how badly she wanted my acceptance and love. I felt how rejected she felt by me, and it was all too much. I wanted to love her, I really did, but I was afraid to. I'd taken many lovers over the years, but I had never had a fated light for myself before. The idea of having her as my own terrified me. What if I messed this up? Crysanthi was definitely a special gift, so I feared that I would destroy her as she tried to love me. What if I wasn't capable of being loved? The thoughts swirled in my mind so I panicked and retreated to my quarters to think. I could still feel her in the palace, so I felt as she came closer, looking for me. The way our bond had snapped into place was mesmerizing to me, we had only been feeling the initial effects of the bond, but when both of us expressed our desire, it snapped into place. It was crazy how fas
Crysanthi POV When Benji said that there was a freak attack happening, I knew we needed to get there as soon as possible to help. I wasn't going to let those freak destroy a coven on my watch, and I knew Azak felt the same when he abruptly let me go to portal out with Benji. Perhaps because of our newly formed bond he knew I would be able to portal myself to him, which I was able to do. When I got to the open field, Benji was pointing to the hillside where the sounds of a magical battle could be heard. I wasted no time portalling myself over to help the witches fight off the freaks, who were throwing every time of elemental magic they had at them. Exactly where I portalled to a freak was using earth magic to wrap the witches up in the branches of one of the trees, so I immediately overrode their magic to stop the witches from being bound and unable to use their hands to perform their spells. Once I had stopped the earth magic spell, I began to throw my own spells back
Azak POV I felt her uneasiness through the bond we shared as she stood in the interrogation room staring at the freak that we had chosen first. He had made a terrible hissing noise as he stared back at her, so I touched her arm to assure her that everything was fine. I knew she blamed herself for the condition of these creatures, but I hoped that she would one day understand that each of these citizens of ours had made a choice to succumb to the darkness. What they chose to become was not on her, and all she could do now was stop them. I knew it was unlikely but I hoped that my feelings on the subject could be transmitted through my touch. She stepped forward towards the creature, and though I wanted to pull her backwards and keep her as far away from these freaks as possible, I knew I had to let her do whatever she was about to do. She was a Timekeeper Princess, and her power was insurmountable, so I knew that the best chance of us finding out anything through these creat
Azak "Let's go everyone! We are going to be late for the party!" I shouted up the stairs from the foyer. Today was the Timekeeper twins sixteenth birthday and the Wolf King and Queen were throwing them a massive party to celebrate. I knew Crysanthi was doing her best to wrangle our three children so we would make it on time, but as it stood, we were already going to be late. Our oldest daughter, Daisy, came running down the steps with her little sister Rose in tow. I could hear my beautiful light upstairs rushing our youngest, Gin, to hurry him up. My boy preferred to do things on his own time, but today was not his day, it was Harmony and Hunter's day, so his mother was rushing him. A few seconds later the two of them appeared at the top of the stairs just before Crysanthi gripped his should and disappeared in a flash of bright pink. Our girls knew well enough by now to know that that was their signal to grab onto me so the three of us could portal out to the party as well, so th
Crysanthi Our peace had been hard won over the past year, but as I sat in the gardens with my light, I knew every bit of it was worth it. He had spent the day gathering fruits and vegetables from the gardens so that we would have plenty of them for Rayan's cooking class tonight. Us Royals still got together every week for dinner to keep in touch, only now Rayan and Genevieve showed up with baby Heidi in tow, usually with Rayan carrying her carseat. She was a precious little wide eyed princess, always so curious and wanting to look around at everything. Tonight Rayan was going to teach us all to cook, though Genevieve would probably spend the evening holding her pup and watching on. But she didn't particularly need to learn to cook, since Rayan was her mate after all. Ember and Fioré had grown closer over the months, and within the next couple of months the dragon Timekeeper princess would come of age and become a Queen herself, just as Genevieve and I had. Then she coul
Crysanthi The weeks flew by as the summer season blossomed. Azak and I had spent much of our time enjoying the summer castle, with him exploring every inch, nook and cranny with me. I wanted to memorize it, as it had been my family home for centuries before I had even been thought of. We spent many evenings in the graveyard Grove under the shade of my deceased loved ones. It had been the perfect reprieve from the war that we were currently in the middle of. Ember and Fioré had stayed in the Elven Kingdom, refusing to leave the new princess unprotected. They didn't want the elves to suffer the same fate that their own people had. Many of the other dragons had joined them as well. Our alliance was paying off quite nicely for everyone involved. Even as the dragons migrated to the Elven Kingdom, their own kingdom was slowly being rebuilt. The elves had even stepped up to help to show their gratitude for having the dragons protecting their princess. Everything was calm and
Azak As the baby's high pitched screams echoed through the hallways, the dark forces began falling to their knees and grabbing at their ears. I took the opportunity to scorch them all as they squealed and hissed, ensuring that if the high pitched noise didn't finish them off, the flames would. Once the flames had died down I felt Crysanthi strongly through our bond, and knew she was right around the corner. When she turned it, I saw that she had the Queen and the Timekeeper Princess in tow. She had to speak loudly, but she told me that she thought we should work our way through the castle with the baby since her cries were dropping the dark forces and I agreed. So we worked our way through the entire castle until we came to the front where the underwater battle continued to rage on. It didn't take long before my little light was using her water magic to create a fifty foot air bubble in the ocean, effectively allowing the princess's cries to reach the sirens and water
Crysanthi It was only a few days after the battle with the dark covens when we received the news that the Atlantian Timekeeper Princess had been born. Azak and I were ecstatic to hear that there had been no issues with her delivery and that all was quiet on the ocean front for now. Fortunately we had been spending the summer in my birth castle which sat just off the coast of the Atlantian Kingdom. So, we decided to take a day to go visit the new princess and offer our support however possible. I was quite excited to meet her, as I had never actually held or even known a baby before. We had arranged to have the water fae warriors set up on the coast line for the time being, just incase the dark forces decided to make a play at attempting to kidnap the new princess. Rayan and Genevieve had even sent some wolf warriors and a coven of witches that were skilled in water magic. We suspected that if a play were to be made, it would be by freaks with water magic. Atleast tha
Azak The next few days passed without incident. Crysanthi and I spent all our time in the Royal suite, enjoying our one on one time since we had gotten very little of it since officially claiming one another. But I suppose all good things must come to end. I watched her portal away without so much as an explanation, as she was coming back from the ensuite bathroom. I began feeling for her through the bond immediately, but it didn't take long before she popped in right infront of me panicked. "Call Rayan, get them to the werecat kingdom now. They're under attack. They didn't want to bother Genevieve with her being so close to her due date, but it's a couple covens of dark witches. They need our help. I'm going to portal Ember to the Elven Kingdom to watch over Queen Eidi. Grab Fioré and follow me. NOW AZAK!" She rambled out. I grabbed my phone off the night stand and followed her out of the suite. I called Rayan as we walked quickly down the stairs to the suite that Ember and Fiore
Crysanthi I woke up to Genevieve and Ember giggling like school girls as they sat on the couch eating their breakfast. When I turned to glare at them they both giggled even more as they sat eating fresh fruit and smoked fish. "Wake up sleepy head. Today you become a Queen!" Genevieve squealed joyfully. She was more excited for me than I was, but I allowed her joy to rub off on me as I jumped out of bed to join them. No doubt Azak had let them in, I'm sure he was quite excited about today's events as well. "I doubt that my coronation will be near as exciting as yours, but I'm ready I suppose." I told them as I sat on the chair across from them. "Wait, what happened at yours?" Ember asked Genevieve curiously with a giggle. "I may or may not have melted the brains of the entire werewolf council. It's no big deal or anything though. They had it coming for plotting against their monarchs." Genevieve answered her casually. Ember's eyes grew wide as she stared at Genevieve causin
Azak Once we had gotten the mess cleaned up from the fight, I had the staff immediately begin decorating for the pup shower that Crysanthi wanted to throw for Genevieve. All of our guests were fine after the battle, and excited for the shower. Genevieve had definitely made her mark on all of us, so it was nice to be able to show our appreciation by doing this for her. I knew I personally would never be able to thank her for handling Lila for me, as I knew I never would have been able to. She had payed back the debt she owed Crysanthi ten times over. But I also knew that Genevieve didn't see it that way. As far as she was concerned, she was just doing her duty as a Timekeeper Queen to regulate the balance of the light and dark. I was also quite happy for her and Rayan, and I wanted to show them how much they were appreciated with this shower. So, I went through, double checking everything from the decorations to the food to ensure that they would enjoy this shower tha
Crysanthi When I jumped back into my body it was late at night and Azak was smiling at me from outside the cell door. I smiled back at him, but my smile immediately faltered when I realized that I smelled like piss. Apparently the version of me that had jumped into my body thought it would be funny to piss herself instead of using the toilet and sink combo that was in the cell for that specific reason. "It was a freak Timekeeper Queen from dimension 5. She thought it would be hilarious to make me watch you piss yourself, and I ofcourse wasn't dumb enough to open the cell to stop her or try to change your clothes my light." Azak spoke softly when he saw that I had noticed my appearance. All I could do was nod my head at his words as I stood up to be let out of the cell. He obliged and unlocked the door for me. I didn't speak a word as I walked up both sets of stairs to our suite to shower. I knew I shouldn't be embarrassed, as it was not me who committed such an embarrassing act, b