I turned around and my gaze met with Teresa's."Please..." She whispered.Her eyes were filled with tears and she had never looked as horrible as she did. I knew I looked confused. What did she want?"Queen Cassie. Mate of King Hades. I know who you are. Save my Father and brother.. please" she added.I wondered how wide my eyes looked as stared at her, shocked. For the first time in a long time, my wolf rose from within me, acknowledging her name as mate to Hades. I was doomed.My feet were up and walking towards the field before I knew what was happening. Part of me knew that I was doing the right thing, while the other half had zero control, my wolf was doing all the work.I looked for Jonathan and saw his eyes wide with fear, and his head continued shaking as he watched me. He wanted me to stop, what he didn't know was that didn't have control of what I was doing.The commanders all looked shocked as I walked to where the other students that had volunteered had stopped. I stood b
"We should go ma'am" said the driver.I had been sitting alone for a long time, just watching the calming water and the nice breeze on my face. My thoughts had been scattered and I had thought of everything and nothing.I looked around and suddenly realised that the time had gotten away from me. The sun was setting and had been sitting here for a few hours. The King was also knowhere to be found."Where is....?" I asked, standing up and looking around"He left immediately and brought you here. You have a flight leaving in a few hours time so we should go" he explained.I stood up and went after him back to where the car was packed. The man was wearing a suit with black glasses, he gave me international security vibes.We reached the car and I realised that the colour of this car was different from the one that had brought us, but I asked no questions. I got in and we were soon driving away.I looked back at the cliff, I was definitely coming back here again. It was..nice. No wonder i
I walked into the building and looked around. The guys were all seated around in the living room, bags and luggages abandoned on the floor. I walked in after them and got settled as well.An old looking woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere, she was dressed in a uniform of sorts and she bowed when she had all our attention."Welcome to the house. I would be your host for your stay here. Please follow me as I take you to your rooms" she said.She turned and walked away and slowly we all got up and followed her. The interior of the house had a nice decor, with a small open enclosement in the middle of the building that had a pond with a few fishes inside. We went past and she showed the guys their rooms and I and the girls ours right next door.The wooden door slides open as I opened and I stopped into the empty room after taking off my shoes, I walked in and looked around. There was a cupboard filled with mattresses and linen sheets which I knew we were meant to sleep in. Apart from
"Numbers will be assigned to each team. You respond immediately, when your number is called and you take yourself to the designated location and you await orders!!" Shouted Commander Albert.We were suiting up with the new gadgets we had been given. A mike and an ear piece for everybody, with sensors on several parts of our body for location tracing. I was wearing casual clothing but I had Glock guns beneath the dress I was wearing."Buzz cut! You are with me. we will be team one" he said as he went past us as he left."Let's go!" He shouted.We all followed him and got into the awaiting delivery bus outside. It was filled with computers and several gadgets and all the seats were empty."Commander Albert should choose a student, you'll be in team two and three respectively. You'll be on these chairs. Commander Jonathan and Commander Dominic will be team four and five. Pick a student and wait for orders" he said.The teams that had been assigned to computer duty immediately sat with Ka
The elevator pinged open on the twentieth level of the building. The personnel went ahead of us and we followed immediately after them.The opulent floor with its high ceiling windows and expensive chairs spoke volumes about the kind of consultations they did here.I couldn't imagine how we left the dump we were staying in only to drive for an hour to get to this rich, busy looking city. The two places were so distinct and different yet they were so close to one another.We went straight past the reception desk and went into the inner buildings. My eyes kept scanning the names on the doors we passed, maybe the names would help us later. We walked past a few before we reached the door with the name of the doctor we had come to see.The security opened the door for us and walked in. From where I stood I couldn't see the face of the doctor but I knew that the personnel was talking privately to him. They spoke for a while before he excused himself and left.We silently walked in and took
The doctor was dressed in scrubs and he had a face mask over his nose. He had me lie down properly on the chair and placed my feets up in the stirrups. I was still partially dressed inside my hospital gown and I was still wearing my boy shorts. Nobody was going to see me down there whether we were acting or not.The doctor took a partition and covered half my body, I couldn't see what he was doing on the other side. I was tense and waited silently for any wrong movement before attacking him.Luckily he did nothing and I only heard the sounds of tearing and metal clanking against the other. I laid on that chair for a long time as I let him do his thing on the other side.I must have dozed off for a bit because the next thing I knew was the doctor pulling the partition open. His gloves hands looked gooey and a little bloody and for a moment I hoped he hadn't sedated me then did something. He shook his head a little, letting me know it was all fake. He went over to the nearby sink and
I walked to go after Emily but I stopped, because he was right behind me. I turned back around and faced commander Albert, he had leaned on the door frame and had his hands crossed over one another."Having issues with your colleagues?" He asked.I said nothing as I watched him, I was right not to trust him a little bit."With all due respect Sir. What the hell was that inside? Trying to rile Commander Jonathan up for what? Do you enjoy it? And I don't care what all these other people here think, but you and I know that I was following orders, I did all I can to make sure our act was sold and that was that. Nothing more. I would do it all over again if I had to do it. But next time, choose someone that has more than a buzz cut okay?" I asked.I turned in my anger to walk back into the room, I was even thinking he would stop me but he never did. So I walked into the room and closed the door shut.Karis sat tense on her mattress while Emily was already lying down, but I knew from the te
I didn't now where everyone had dispersed to and I didn't care enough to look. I went through the destroyed living room to the kitchen and pulled out the drawers. I had seen two long rusted looking swords kept there the first day I had gone through. I didn't know who they belonged to and what they were doing here and I didn't care, I just wanted to get in some actionI pulled them out and turned around, my gaze clashing with the old woman's as she cowered behind the door."Leave and hide, immediately" I ordered.She shrieked and quickly turned around, disappearing into the house. I went the opposite direction back to the living room. I stopped the moment I heard crashes in one of the other rooms, they had probably gotten in and were already engaged in fights with the team somewhere in the house.I walked through the broken wall and furniture outside where I could see their huge truck waiting. I didn't think as I ran towards it, Alpha mode on.My attacks were swift and precise, I had
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.