I didn't think as I straightened the spears in my hands, tightening my hands around them. My focus zoned in on the twelve or so attackers coming my way, and I went for them.I was so focused I didn't realise how fast I was going. So fast in fact, that the crowd could hardly see me. I was a blur, running from one demon wolf to another and slicing through only to go after the next. I went through them all in a matter of seconds, and stopped, breathing very hard. My eyes looked around, searching for my next target. I had only gone so deep into my feral state once, that was in the fighting realm, when I and several of the competitors had been put in a cage. I was feral right now, but I was also in control, all I wanted to do was kill all that wanted to attack me, nothing less.More demon wolves burst out of aninner cave, they looked deadly and angry. Persephone had really planned this down to the last detail, since she had so many of the demon wolves on her side. I smiled as I balanced
His arm around my waist squeezed reassuringly, giving me strength. I was finally able to raise my head up and face the council members, and we started the meeting."First of all. Persephone's warriors. I have had my head of warriors form a small group to go far to the southern and eastern lands in search of any men or warriors that she has left. I want none of them living in my realm" he said immediately."Yes Sir. We have been speaking and he has gone even farther than you directed. All warriors found under her name are being annihilated" said one of the council members."Good. Let the news go far and wide. No warrior of hers is allowed to live, all must die. No one in support of her should live, no one that stands for her should live" he added gravely.There was silence in the room, a quiet intense one. The king had just given out an order, and all must follow. I took a deep breath and cleared my throat. That had been aggressive."Emmm. Mandira, you wanted to speak with us" I said i
"It did, and then some. We were all quite shocked when we finally met with you, you were calm and a way nicer version that what the books had painted you to be" said Feta."And you were so... different looking than what we had imagined. A beautiful Queen you made" added Ira."I guess" I said "but why are you barefoot though? I thought you would be getting on the horses?" I was still curious about that."Maids and servants are not allowed on horses, ever" said Ira quietly."Why not?" I asked."Well, we are only slaves," she said with a straight face, as if this was a normal thing to say."What? Slaves? Did you just sayslaves?" I asked her, I was truly shocked."Yes my queen. Our parents have served the royal family for generations. Thousands and thousands of us, we serve hell and it's master" said Rega happily."Thousands? And that is...normal here?" I asked, I didn't want to offend anyone."Of course. Only the strongest families are chosen to serve Hades. We were very honoured" said
I never realised but the history of hell went even farther than I had thought. It was the first realm that was created, an underworld filled with the darkest and deepest evil of all kinds. This realm was the beginning of life, and it made sense that it was also the end and where all life came back to after it had done its time.Hades had been King for all that time, finding solace only in doing what he had been made to do, collecting souls and transporting them into the afterlife. That was his job and responsibility as King, the work of moving lost souls through the barrier and into hell, and where these souls would change and be converted to a creature of sorts, depending on how bad a deed they had committed when they were alive. The not so bad ones were converted into high ranking creatures, and the most terrible ones into the very hideous ugly looking creatures, all depending on the severity of the bad things they did when they were alive.Hades crossed them over and changed the
We rode for the rest of the day, and I lived in my little world with the book as my universe. I let myself get lost in its pages, going from one thing to another and then back. There were just so many interesting things to learn about hell, the past and how things came to be the way they were now, I was completely captivated and didn't even realise time was going. I remember my maids coming back and serving me lunch, and then leaving again. I thought felt Hades presence at some point but that was it, my eyes were trained in the pages of the book for most of the duration of the travel that day, then it slowly became nightfall, the environment getting a little darker as the hours went by.Soon enough I could hear noises of servants and guards as they ran around and got busy, and that finally took me out of the haze I was in. Iraised my head up from the pillow and looked around below me, we had stopped for the evening. I could see a few tents had been made up and stuff, lots of servan
I sighed for what could be the hundredth time, I could see the side looks my maids were giving me, they looked a bit worried but they didn't have to be, since I had a huge smile on my face and a dreamy far away look on my face as well. My body rocked back and forth over and over, something I had gotten used to since yesterday when we started this journey. We had woken up at the crack of dawn and had immediately continued moving, I had been told we had about three cities to pass through today and we would be continuing the ceremony. Nobody realised that I and my husband and the creatures of the parallels had our own little....ceremony yesterday evening.After that beautiful kiss shared between I and Hades, he stepped away and let me do the rituals. Many of the parallels, older looking ones males and females had gotten around me holding differently coloured eggs, they had gone round and around me and then presented the eggs to me, apparently all I needed to do was blow air into them
"Should I expect anything? Maybe something different than what has been happening?" I wanted to know."No, of course not," he replied."Okay. I saw in our schedule that we would be staying there for two nights? And just seeing the people? Is that all?" I asked, wanting to know more."Yes it is. If anything else comes up l will let you know" he replied.The rest of the ride was quiet, I got lost immediately into my thoughts. I was loving how I and Hades relationship was, we both knew what time it was for certain things and we let things stay in their space. We could be romantic if we wanted, distant when it was needed and professional like when it was time. These past few days have been so hard on us with the cities and meeting the creatures and stuff, and I was guessing it would even be more busy when we finally got to the Central City. This whole trip would take about eight days back and forth from the castle, and we were only on the fourth day.Far away I could hear trumpets and
I sat as gracefully as I could with my eyes straight, I could feel Hades eyes onme but when I looked over at him, he turned away almost naturally as if he hadn't been looking.The rest of the day was spent that way, meeting up with the people and then interacting with them, they were all different and hence interacting with them was different, almost all of them brought gifts and it was all different. A goat, cheese, someone even brought me a crate of eggs. My maids were responsible for collecting and keeping them in an orderly fashion right through a curtain just behind us to the side.It was afternoon and then we took a little break to go have lunch and then immediately came back, and we continued that way all the way till nightfall before the meeting was closed for the day. I and my husband held hands as we walked towards the elevator surrounded by our guards and maids. My head was pounding so loud and I was so exhausted I felt faint and hence why I was holding Hade's hands, I co
Our footsteps rang out as we walked back into the castle. The noise of the crowd was still reaching my ears after that little speech I and Hades gave. I thought we would get back into the elevator and then back into the new suite that I was staying in but Hades pulled me into one of the rooms in the hallway then closed the door on the guards that were accompanying us."Are you okay?" He asked, looking worried."I am" I replied as I nodded.Our heads both bent down to look at my stomach. It was showing a little bit for over three months."You told them about the baby" I said to him "I did. They were excited for us" he replied with a soft smile"I need to keep you safe," he said, pulling me close. He looked really very worried again."I am safe with you. I promise I won't let pride or any sort of duty keep me from protecting peanuts here. Apart from you, he is the single most important person in my life" I said to him earnestly.He immediately pulled me close and shoved his face into m
A shot came out of nowhere. I was facing Hades and we were both talking about something, now that I think about it I can't remember what it was we were talking about, but a shot came high above from the left side and it came for me. Hades was fast and immediately removed me from the position, and I heard the loud boom that followed it's impact on where I just left. Hades held me tight to him and we were suddenly moving very fast. The guards that were hiding immediately appeared and surrounded us. They had shields out that were covering I and Hades as we rushed back to the palace. Several other loud sounds followed us, very close to where we were but managed not to hit anyone. We were soon inside the palace and I could hear barks of orders from Hades as he shouted at the guards. He went into the elevator and then down underground to the several floors of building we had.He was breathing heavily by the time we appeared inside a new suite. He sat me on the very good looking couch i
We went home silently and uneventfully. The barrier was easy to breach of course with the help of forest whom by the way I hadn't seen once on this entire trip, I was too down and exhausted to play with him and all I wanted to do was go to sleep. The royal demon wolf guards were waiting for us when we arrived and they immediately escorted us back to the castle.The castle was quiet when we arrived, almost as if it had been completely cleared out before we arrived. Hashira and a few familiar council members were waiting for us but I ignored them as well and went straight into our bedroom. It was a little while before Hades joined me. By the time he arrived I was under heaps of blankets shivering and my teeths chattering because I was so very cold. All he did was find me amidst the mountain of blankets and then he held me close."Hades" said after my body had calmed down."Yes?" He asked."You are in love with me" I said softly.He was quiet for a moment, but he couldn't deny it. I t
"It is nice out today" I said to him after a while."Isn't it? I am glad you like it" he replied."Rain is coming though" I said, my eyes trained on the dark clouds far in the horizon, watching them as they got closer and closer to where we were."Yes I see that as well. We can't stay out for long, we have to get back soon" he replied."Of course," I said as I nodded."Where do you want to go in particular?" He asked me.I looked around at the far outstretched land in front of me. The huge grassy field we were currently on. To my far left was a very dense looking forest and to my far right was the edge of a cliff."Let's go to the cliff. I hear it's an amazing view" i said pointing at my right."As you wish" he said as we headed that way."Woah" I whispered the moment my feet touched the ground.The view in front of me was absolutely breathtaking. Even more so than the way Angela had described it for me.There was a small waterfall right underneath the cliff and after that was a vast
"What is the number one priority to both of us?" He asked."Obviously the barrier and making sure it remains unbreached" I replied."Exactly. We have to focus everything that we have on that, together as a team. This is a new evil that we are facing and we do not know how strong this force is and what it is truly here to do. What I know is that we stay together, at all times, promise me" he said as he looked into my eyes."I promise. Together "I promised him."Good" he said as he nodded " I'II scheduled that visit to the facility. Let us see face to face what we are dealing with" he said to me."Yes" I said. My heart was really heavy and I just had to lay my head on the table, trying to stabilise myself. What was all this coming from? I didn't like it one bit, it was honestly not good for my mental health."Hey. Let us go to your horses" he said as he pulled me up and literally had to drag me with him as we walked out of the study."How are you so cheerful? After what we just heard"
I woke up the next day happy and feeling lighter than I have felt in a very long time. I left Hades on the bed and went ahead with my morning body routine in the bathroom and dressed down before leaving our room. It was around eight and I knew Hades would stay asleep till early noon. I was sure we didn't have any plans.went to the kitchen and immediately made toast and then made coffee in a takeaway cup before leaving the castle through the side door. I hurried to the stable where I found that they were already feeding the horses for the morning."My Queen" bowed Angela. She was one of the many workers I met yesterday, she was a little younger than me, tall with beautiful dark hair and blue eyes "Hello Angela. You are all up early" I said as I looked around."Good morning""Morning my Queen"Several of the workers said as they saw me."Good morning everyone" I said out loud.Looking at them now there were not as many as they were yesterday. If anything they had reduced by half. I co
We spent the rest of the evening soaking up in the tub before we came out and finally got that wash down from my husband. We both came out of the bathroom and then into the closet room before dressing up as comfortably as we could."I will have the servants ready the snacks. You go ahead" I said to him as we parted ways at the top of the stairs. I went down and headed straight to the kitchen where I met with several of the cooks there."Hello. I am glad you haven't finished up for the evening" I said to them as I smiled.About three women were marinating chicken while two other males were stocking up the pantry. They all wore uniforms and looked very professional and coordinated."My queen" they said as they all bowed."You are all busy. Let me do it myself" | grumbled to myself as I went ahead to look for where the corn was kept. I found the butter, sugar and milk. But where was the...?"Here my queen" said one of the women as she passed me a bag of corn seeds.It was easy from heat
We went back to the castle silently. The mood between us was dull and tense, like a tight rope being stretched, any moment now it would reach its elastic limit and snap. I could just feel it. We walked into the castle and I could see that Hades was struggling to say something."Let me go freshen up" I said softly to Hades without looking at him.I immediately turned and walked away, climbing the stairs and getting back into our room. I needed some privacy. I walked into the bathroom and shut the door, then immediately pulled out my body care products. I felt the need to pamper myself. I needed to distract myself from everything or I felt like I would just shatter.I spent most of the day first of all taking care of my hair. It was now long rather than the short hair it used to be, and now hair wash days were no longer a breeze the way they used to be. It took me forever to pre-poo, then shampoo, deep condition, leave in conditioner and then seal my hair, before finally styled it.
"You do know that most of us at the academy were related to royalty one way or the other right?" She asked incredulously."Really? I always just thought your grandparents or fathers were all commanders or something" I replied."Well about seventy percent yes. In Fact I think almost all of the students at the academy are one way or the other related to a Commander. A lot of us in the other hand, are related to royalty. Like me" she explained."That explains how you were so grounded, you grew up basically knowing that you were going to rule Lamar one day" I said."Exactly" she replied "so how have you been? Is there a reason why you haven't aged a day since you left?" She added, looking at me with pure envy."Time is slower there" I replied in a chuckle "you still look beautiful by the way, royalty fits you" I said to her.We laughed it off and continued our small talk. It was really nice catching up with her."Where are the guys? Emily and Bryan? Achu and Anthony?" I asked her eagerly.