A short chapter this time. Sorry I've been really busy and dealing with my mental health, but I wanted to get a chapter out to you guys. Thanks for bearing with me 😊
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
Crysanthi POV I woke up that morning aware that today I would jump through the time, space and dimensions continuum. Though I expected it, I was still slightly shocked when the feeling took over my body. As I floated through the continuum I prayed that I would wake in a body that was still good and light. The moment I landed I knew that it wasn't, that I was in fact in a body that had succumbed to the evil it had been raised around. I hoped this jump would be quick as I opened my eyes to have a look at myself. I wasn't sure what to expect as I opened my eyes, but I prayed that my skin hadn't started to turn black like the freaks I had seen the day before. Unfortunately I opened my eyes to find my skin a light grey color with sparkling scales starting to raise up in small patches on the uncovered parts of my skin I could see. I was appalled by the sight, and let out an audible gasp at the sight. The high pitched laughter that came from outside the room sent a burning r
Azak POV We were eating breakfast when Crysanthi fell into her jump. I was instantly paralyzed with fear as she drifted off into her jump because I wasn't prepared for whichever Crysanthi would take her place. I had expected her to jump later in the day, but I suppose the solstice had other plans for the timekeepers this go around. That was the worse part about dealing with timekeepers, though you knew what day they would jump, you never could pinpoint an exact time. So, all I could do now was hope that the Crysanthi that jumped into her body was from a dimension where she was still good, and not evil. As she began to awake I stood back and watched her carefully. I knew that soon enough I would know exactly what type of Crysanthi I was dealing with as she opened her eyes and glanced around the room. I didn't sense anything dark from her, but I wasn't a timekeeper. She straightened up in her seat before looking over to me and smiling softly. Her smile let me know that she wa