Damon rushed to the scene,Kiyiya following behind.He easily recognizes the woman Aiden is strangling to death as Jenna,one of the maids that has worked in this palace for years."Shit!" he curses as he morphs into a vampire and rushes to Aiden.He grabs his arms and makes him stare into his eyes."what are you doing? she is Jenna..an innocent maid! stop this craziness of yours" he says through the mind link but Aiden didn't even bat an eye towards him.Blake suddenly appears ,he pushes Aiden with so much force that he loses his grip on Jenna and goes crashing into a pillar."Whoa.." everyone exclaims. They stood with mouths open and eyes as wide as saucers.This is the first time anyone would dare go against Aiden.Jenna falls to the floor, coughing violently and trying to catch her breath.Aiden comes out of the rock debris.He was different again.This time his eyes were a brighter red and he had full rough beards that lined his jaws.He turned to Blake "You made a mistake." He stretc
Aiden paced around the room.He had no idea what to do and time was running really fast."Okay.. okay..I..I have to do this."He made sure to lock the door before walking up to the bed.He stared down at Nina.Sighing,he pulls off his shirt and slowly lowers himself on the bed.He removes the duvet over her.He stops as if to think.Sighing again he moves to remove the gown on her when he immediately sights the round red marks on her left wrist.He raised a brow.He dropped the dress and took Nina's wrist.All of a sudden it occurred to him that he doesn't even know what happened to her."What's this?" he whispers as he grabs her other wrist and sees the same thing.He looks up at her face.Checking,he sees a wound on the side of her lips..moving further down he sees hickeys all over her neck along with deep bite marks.He didn't even think he'd be able to go further,for fear of what he might see.He looks away as tears clouded his eyes.He slowly leans in and sits on the floor,just beside t
"Damon." Kiyiya stops him from leaving.He turns to look at her"I..I know you're probably mad at me and I'm sorry but you have to believe I am not responsible for what happened to Nina""Really? How do you expect me to believe that? I heard that friend of hers say you're both responsible.""Yes but that isn't what we were-""Then what were you both responsible for?" He asks as he cuts her short.Kiyiya remains silent"Huh?""I was trying to explain to him that he would be held responsible if anything happens to Nina mainly because she is his to protect considering they came from the same place."She stands up on her feet "When you stepped in he was saying we are both responsible because... because Nina is living here now and she's part of this clan"Damon stares at her right through the eye.He walks up to her so close that she felt so uneasy."Kiyiya." Even though it was only a whisper,she jerked out of fear.Why does he have to use that kind of deep voice to speak to her?"What your
They watched her through the crystal ball.Nicolina looks around.The place looked very dark and quiet.Her blue eyes lights the path for her."Hello?" her voice reverberates in the underworld which causes birds nesting on a tree to fly off.The fear on her face drained all the color from it.She kept looking everywhere with no idea where she is and where she's going.The last she remembers is she was with Jenna"Jenna?" she calls out again "Is anyone here?"She could see that she was in the middle of some forest and scary sounds were going in the bushes.It scared the hell out of her.Nina takes another step,sounds of stones crushing under her feet sent chills down her spine."Jenna??" she screams as it echoes in the air.Seeing how scared she was,he was almost tempted to call out to her and tell her everything will be okay.After all if he'd been there for her this wouldn't have happened."Jenna where are you?!" her tiny voice broke as tears filled her eyes"Hello,Nina" Alicia's voice r
Nina is given a weird looking chair to seat on beside the keeper.Together they watched the corpses dance and perform some scary activities and that scared Nina out of her bones.She sees most of the corpses dragging a young lady who kept on crying and pleading for them to spare her life.Nina swallows the lump in her throat.The keeper rises to his feet as he moves towards the woman"Keep..Keeper." the young lady whispers as she bursts into tears again "Please.Please let me go"She grabs the Keeper's legs as she pleads "I am not ready to die yet.I..I have children and my husband.He..he loves me very much.I do not want to die yet" she sobsThe keeper looks down at her "Did you think twice before having an affair with another man?"The keeper turns his back and begins to walk back to his seat."No...no...Keeper! Noooooooo!!" the air is filled with the lady's screams as Nina watches in horror how a smoke of fire comes over her and engulfes her.Thin screams coming from the flames filled
"Aiden?" Alicia tries to connect once the crystal ball was propped up again on the table "Aiden are you there?!""Where the hell did you go,Alicia?" Aiden suddenly shows up on the crystal ball.In the midst of a thick forest he keeps heading straight.Raven moved closer to the ball.She gasped on seeing Aiden.Leaning herself into it she said,"Aiden! What are you doing there??"Aiden stopped for a moment as if trying to recognize the voice"Raven? What is she doing there?" he asked"Interruption from King Klaus." Damon simply answered "It broke the communication""I have a feeling Nina isn't alright.Where is she,Alicia?" Aiden askedAlicia goes silent as she stared from the faces of Blake and Damon."Alicia?!" his voice boomed"We..we lost track,Aiden" her shaking voice replied.He stopped abruptly "What do you mean you lost track?""The crystal ball got destroyed" Alicia saidAiden said nothing.He should save his anger for later.What mattered now is Nina."Aiden, hurry." Alicia urged.
He removed his hand on her mouth.Nina turned gently and she saw him.Tears welled up in her eyes.She momentarily forgot about what was at stake."Are you alright?" he held her arms,his face covered in smoke and ashes "Did he hurt you?" Aiden whisperedNina was too shocked to reply.She really thought it could be the Keeper playing with her mind again but deep down in her she knew he had really come for her.Back at the palace,the others watched this romantic scene.Of all,only Blake and Raven were growing green in jealousy.King Klaus chuckled.Aiden held Nina close.Now that he's found her he would never let her go again.The problem will be leaving this place alive."Aiden" Nina said as a gasp escapes her lips,her eyes wide open."What is it,lil wolf? Are you alright?" he was all over her that instant."He's.. he's close.I can hear his footsteps." Nina said.Aiden immediately holds her hand,without second thoughts he entwines their hands together.The footsteps were getting louder and lou
Raven's smiles slowly faded the moment a joyous Aiden rushed over to Nina,pulled her up and held her in a tight hug.Alicia smiled.She could see the obvious love for Nina in Aiden's eyes.It's surprising to see Aiden in love considering his terrible past.Alicia sees Nina's face turn pale and green."Aiden" she calls.He disengages from the hug and stares at Nina.She starts to puke.She turns towards the floor and throw up a greenish substance.Aiden holds her up."It's okay." he whispers.A maid is called to clear it up and Nina stares at everyone.She looked as if she's seeing them for the first time.Aiden gazes at Alicia as if to ask what's wrong but Alicia shakes her head in response."Welcome back,Luna." Damon was the first to approach herNina forces herself to smile.She still felt weak.Raven storms out of the room,her face in a very deep frown.Blake kneels beside her bed "I missed you.Are you okay?"Nina stares at him for a while.Her memories took her back to the conversation sh
New Year's night was great.The most wonderful thing ever.Aiden was coronated King and Damon,the right hand man.Nina automatically became Queen and she chose Kiyiya as her assistant.The greatest thing that would ever happen in the whole land.Nina couldn't at the same time, govern her city and stay with her husband here in Kingdom Fye.So she fulfilled destiny by bringing the two opposite worlds together.She destroyed the hatred and enmity and in place created room for love and unity.Everyone lived in harmony and it was just what she wanted.She was most grateful to her father.He was the first one to believe in her.And at a time she hadn't yet realized her powers.She wished there was a way for her to transport both from the underworld to the real world but Alicia said it was no longer possible.For she could only choose one to stay in forever.And she had chosen here.Kingdom Relf.She changed the name into a unitary and combination of the last two letters of Vampire and Werewolf.
Kiyiya gasped loudly,she glared at him."Let go off me!"He held her still against the wall."Why Kiyiya?" he groaned from within "Why did you hide it from me!" he thundered"Please, Damon.." she looked away,tears filling her eyes "I..I don't want to talk about this!""You will have to! How long will you continue to run?? How did you expect me to make amends if I do not know why you want to end things between us!""I don't want you to make amends!" Kiyiya shouted back "Don't bother! Because I am tired..I can't..I can't do this anymore!" He went quiet for a while."What more can I offer you?! All my life with you has been all lies! I was deceitful! A traitor! After all these,do you still expect me to face you,look you in the eye and pretend all is well?""No" she answered her own rhetorical question.She gazed at him."You've done more than enough for me,Damon" she began "But I never deserved a man like you and I'm not ashamed to admit it""So please.. let's end things before the new
A week later.It was the new year.A week ago after the victory of Nicolina and the beginning of her era,everyone had great plans for the preparations of the new year.They wanted it all in one because it was indeed a new year.It signified the end of the tyrant and the commencement of new friendships.The palace was re-constructed beautifully and by Nina's will did enmity between neighbouring kingdoms, ended.In fact she had summoned for all under Kingdom Fye to attend the upcoming ceremony.Kiyiya and Raven had chosen to go over to the farther lands to inform them of the New Year Festival and to invite them to the palace.Considering how far the journey is it wasn't until a week later did they return and Kiyiya did this on purpose.She didn't want to cross path with Damon.Although she was hurting terribly for having to stay away from him but she couldn't bring herself to look at him and love him the same again.She didn't want a relationship where there'd be compromises,even though s
He threw his arms around her without the slightest caution and pulled her into his embrace fiercely.Their skin contact created a warm spark that ushered into their hearts floods of love.It was like the eruption of a volcano.It took seconds before Nina wrapped her hands around his neck.Even though her love for him that was sleeping in the crevice of her heart had awoken by the touch of his hands,she still remained adamant about her decision.She maintained that it was because she loves him.So therefore,she was willing to let him go...to the person he truly loves.He withdrew,holding her face in his palms and rested their foreheads together"I feel so blessed to have you" he whispered."How..how did you manage to get back?" he asked with his hands all over her,gazing at her wounds that were slowly healing.Nicolina smiled."You're looking at the Keeper of the Underworld" It took few seconds for him to understand and when he did,he couldn't help but smile at the warrior she has now
Alicia went between them and seperated them."This isn't the time to fight!" she sniffed "Raven just died,we have no idea where Mateo is and all you can do is fight??!""Fight??" Aiden chuckled "Trust me,when all this is over I will make his life miserable!""Aiden!" Alicia shot a look at him "When did you become this way?!""Since when everything was taken away from me"Kiyiya was all quiet however the moment she saw Damon running towards them she immediately opened her mouth to speak."I think I should go to the palace and..and-" she didn't think of the lie yet when he came and interrupted."Mateo has taken the vault!" he announced."No..he mustn't release it yet!" screamed Alicia as she immediately began to run towards the palace.The rest followed after her.Mateo,on seeing them,created a force field to stop them from coming closerAlicia banged on it."Don't do it,Mateo!! The Keeper will kill us all!!" she screamed.He grinned and then broke the vault into two "Nooo!!" Kiyiya sc
A thin line of blood crept down her lips.He withdrew the sword from her,making more blood to gush out.Raven fell on her knees,her sword dropping from her hand."Goodbye,Princess" Mateo grinned as he raised his sword to cut off her head."Noooo!" Klaus screamed as he ran towards them but it was impossible to get there on time.Just as the sword lowered,it stopped midway in the air.Klaus stopped in his tracks and so did the others.What was happening?They could all see Mateo struggling with his sword ,however it hanged there on the air.A large hand grabbed his throat from nowhere.It was more of happiness than surprise to see him again.He looked nothing like he did back at the dungeon.It was like he'd gone for a thorough transformation but this wasn't the time to ogle.Aiden narrowed his eyes."I've come to pay you a visit" he smirked as he looked around "I don't see any chairs or wine?"He hissed slightly "Oh..I forgot! It's not a time for you to make merry, you're gonna die soon
They marched together all the way to the palace.Luckily,Mateo was still finding it difficult to open the vault.He was in the room trying to reach the Keeper about the process of opening the vault when one of his soldiers came and alerted him about the crowd gathered outside.Mateo was at first surprised.He thought the soldier had lost his mind.However,when he moved to look through his window he caught them.He wasn't the least surprised.Instead he changed out of his casual clothing and into his fighting suit."Get the soldiers ready" Mateo ordered even when he knew he wouldn't be needing them.He stepped out of the palace,his jacket flowing with the wind.He smiled."Hello." he said sarcastically "I see it is my ex-wife leading this useless battle"He shrugged"What really made y'all think you can defeat me?""We're not here to defeat you." responded Alicia "The one to that will be here soon,till then no more talking"He began walking towards them"As you wish"* * *Zeres was givin
"We have to leave." Klaus said "He isn't going to react""Is there a way we can destroy this cell?!" demanded a furious AliciaKlaus shook his head."We can fight Mateo together?" Raven suggested "Just to buy..buy us Nina a little time?"Alicia shrugged as she continued to stare at Aiden."We would all die even before Nina defeats Zeres" Alicia replied"But..for how long would it take for her to defeat him?""I don't know.The fight's been on for three days now" came Alicia's reply."However, that's not the point" she turned to them "We all know that Aiden is the only one capable of defeating Mateo.""If Nina can defeat the Keeper then I believe Aiden can surely put Mateo in his place.He just needs to believe in himself""He doesn't need belief" Damon interjected "He knows he can defeat Mateo he just doesn't want to""His mate is dead-""Can still come back to life" interrupted Alicia"It's still an option.We don't know yet if she can." Damon responded "If he's mate is dead who will he
The next morning.Matteo had both Kiyiya and Raven standing in front of the small number of citizens.Considering the present crisis,the number of citizens of Fye Kingdom has reduced drastically.The King had summoned them to the palace for them to witness the reward of those who dare goes against him.The ladies were chained with their hands behind.They were on their knees with a huge rock stem in front of them.They are going to be beheaded.Klaus stood not afar off,trembling.He still didn't know what to do.The dark circles under his eyes and the swelling told that he had not slept at all last night.Instead he had prayed.He had prayed that Aiden would show up suddenly after much thought to what he had said yesterday.However nothing like that happened.Mateo came up beside him."What is it? Are you still expecting a miracle?" he chuckled "You'll only have yourself to blame once your daughter's head goes rolling to your feet"Klaus shuddered as he watched Matteo order the soldiers