Early the next morning,Aiden awoke first.His eyes immediately caught Nina's spread legs across the pillow she'd used to divide the bed.He smiled and then got up from the bed to take a shower. When he came back in,Nina was awake sitting on the bed and rubbing her eyes. "Good morning,lil wolf" he said Nina raised her head to see a bare chested Aiden standing in front of her with a towel from his waist down and another on his hand which he used to clean his wet hair.Water dropped from the tips unto his body,Nina was too shocked to reply to his greetings."Good morning" she immediately replied after realizing herselfHis back to her,he searched for a cloth to wear. "I hope you're preparing for the invitation you accepted from the King?" he askedNina found herself lazily staring at his broad back,he had a tattoo there.It had some kind of writing on it that Nina could not easily fathom.Lost in his body she didn't hear what he said.Aiden turned back and caught her staring at him.H
The party was in full swing.Everyone was dressed beautifully and the whole palace glittered with light. There was a stand with a fluffy canopy drawn over it for the groom and bride to be.The groom,Stefan Collins was dressed in a red tuxedo suit which is in contrast to his blue bright eyes but it fitted him anyway.His fiancee was about to grace the occasion with her beauty but unfortunately someone entered at the wrong time and stole the spotlight.It was Nicolina Althea.She had no intention of attending the engagement ceremony but after having a deep thought she realized that there was nothing to lose.Thinking she was late to the party she hurriedly entered through the entrance door and drew everyone's attention to herself.They were supposed to be staring at the fiancee, Princess Raven as she descended the stairs in her white slim fitted gown,lined with red roses done at the edge.She had a beautiful tiara on her head and just to say...she looked beautiful but there was one more wh
Blake and Nina on the dance floor created a kind of sensational energy in Aiden."What's she doing?!" he growled, unknowingly speaking out his thoughts.Princess Raven with whom he was dancing with heard. "Who?" she askedHe looked back at her and said nothing but Raven was quick to notice that she no longer had his attention.Someone else has it.She turns her gaze just behind her.Nina was dancing with some kind of man she couldn't recognize.Aiden wasn't focused on her anymore.His eyes sometimes turned red as if his wolf was about to take control and go rip that man's throat off."Don't mind her,Aiden.She's only trying to disrupt this party." Raven tried to convince him but he didn't even bat an eyelid at her.Nicolina didn't spare him a look.Although she knew all eyes were on her especially that of her husband's.It was burning holes through her skin but Nina kept dancing.Blake was sure to take advantage of the situation.He twirled Nina around and when the music played in a slow mann
Nina's effort to scream were futile.It all came out as muffled sounds through the fingers of her abductor.The more she tried to struggle the more powerful her abductor becomes. He pulls her through a hallway and all Nina could think of was Aiden.She was beginning to get choked up but soon they reached a room when she noticed her abductor pulling a door open.On getting inside,he pushes Nina to the floor in order to lock the door.Nina uncontrollably lands on the floor and hits her forehead on the foot of the bed.Dazed,she couldn't immediately notice where she was.It took juts a moment for her to see that the room was pretty dark.It was illuminated by the little light the moon provided and it was through the second window in the room.Nina looks up at her abductor.She had initially thought she was only being abducted so Kiyiya could have her way with Aiden but little did she know that she was about to be molested.The man's black overalls made it difficult for Nina to guess who he w
Jenna had retired from the days work.The Princess' engagement party would give them a lot of work to do tomorrow.She felt so tired to even go to meet her mistress,Nina.She imagined that she could be wanting a warm bath tonight after feeling stressed out.Sighing,she got up from bed and left her tiny room heading to her mistress'.She knocked a couple of times but got no response.Placing her hand on the knob she was about to pull the door open when she heard a silent whisper."Je..Jenna."Jenna turns her head to the right.She gasps as she steps back in shock and covers her mouth in surprise.It wasn't until Nina fell to the floor did she run towards her."My-My lady! What..what happened to you? Look at you." she questioned but Nina didn't have the strength to answer it all.With Jenna's help she got up on her feet.When Jenna tried to unlock the door to her room,Nina refused."Take me..t-take me to your room." Nina weakly requested but Jenna was totally confused How could she take the
"Where the fuck is she?!" Blake draws Kiyiya aside,away from where everyone could see.She pulls her arm off his grip,fear written all over her face."I don't know! I should be asking you that! What did you do to her?!""Keep your voice down." Blake replied "I can assure you that she ran away.She escaped and she was badly...injured" Kiyiya turned to him,eyes wide in surprise"What if..what if.. someone else must have taken her? If she's injured she'll have no strength to fight back.Oh my god!"Blake runs his hand through his hair"I have searched everywhere in this palace.She's no where here.Do you..know of anyone perhaps that might want to harm her?""Are you kidding me?! The whole damn kingdom wants her dead.How can I-""I said keep your voice low! Dammit!"Kiyiya places a hand on her mouth "How do you expect me to be calm?! We're about to die because of you!""Me?" he grabs her arm "Don't forget you pushed me to do this.We are responsible and you better be rea-" Blake was saying,h
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
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