All Chapters of The Empress and the Alpha : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

The sound of trumpets awoke me from my sleep.Ugh I hated when the Royals did this. Why must this be the way they announce they’ll be walking around the kingdom today? Couldn’t it be done in a quieter manner that wasn’t so damn early?I shoved my pillow over my head, but the trumpets were much too loud. Well sleep was not an option anymore. Might as well get up. After getting showered and dressed for the day I went downstairs and found my parents scrambling around.“What are you doing?” I asked“The Royals are coming, didn't you hear?” Father asked. “Everything must be perfect!”I rolled my eyes. “It's not like they’re going to come into our home. They’ll be around for three minutes and then go back to their castle.”“Zelda, why do you feel the need to speak ill of the Royals?” Mother scolded.“Because they're not very good at

There was only darkness. No Darkened Shore, no Twilight Nexus, no Ravaged Hollow.All darkness. There was also no Cedric. I was completely alone. I looked around, waiting for something to come to me, but nothing did. Finally my eyes landed on a little square of light. The light at the end of the tunnel. There really was nowhere else to go. I took my time, slowly walking towards the light. I didn’t want to rush this. I had all the time in the world.When I got close to the light I took a deep breath. I closed my eyes and walked through the light. There’s an angel with wings above me. She looked concerned. “Zelda, are you okay?”“No, I’m hungry.” I groaned. “I want to eat. Is there food in the afterlife?”“Afterlife? No sweetie, you’re alive.” Posy said gently. “How?” I sat up and look

Zelda’s POVI was never going to live this down! I was always going to be the damsel in distress from here on out. After that whole proclamation I just made about being a powerful woman and this is what happens? How completely and utterly embarrassing! Penn was going to always bring this up. He’d probably tell our children about this. Who the fuck gets kidnapped by a goddamn key anyways?! How was it even strong enough to carry me? Not that I’m heavy or anything but I’m definitely heavier than a damn key!Still I didn’t think I was in any real danger. The key seemed nice enough and I was having a good time. For the most part I liked flying. It was like being in another world. It was thrilling. The one good thing about these kidnappings is I had time to reflect on myself and how I was feeling about the journey.Right now I was glad it was almost over. The suspense regarding my fate was absolutely killing me!

“What?” I asked.“I did what you asked and I listened to her and Zelda...I think Wyatt and I need to stay here. To catch up and to heal. I’m giving up on the Trials.”Time froze suddenly and a force field surrounded only Cedric and me before we were transported to Moxdea’s plane. Red smoke surrounded us as she floated in front of us. “You wish to give up King Cedric?” She asked. “Yes, Moxdea, I do.”“Are you willing to pay the price for that?”“What’s the price?” Cedric questioned. “You will be stripped of all of your powers; both Aleni and Wanix. You can never get them back. You will be completely mortal.”Cedric’s eyes widened. “Um, I’d have to give up becoming an Aleni...forever.”“Not a nice deal having to give up something you want forever, hu

“No,” Cedric whispered. “Is that a bite, Indrick?”“Yes, Chief, I think it is.” Indrick whispered. “So...what do we do?” Wyatt asked. “Is it reversible?”Nova shook her head. “No sweetie, it isn't. There's no reversing a Zombie bite. It's just not possible.”“So what do we do?” Posy asked. “I think...you have to kill me.” Indrick admitted, breathing heavily. “No,” I stated. “Th-there must be another way. We can save him right?”My friends looked confused. “Zelda, he's an Aleni.” Zeke pointed out. “But he was always so nice to me.” I breathed. “I think he's misunderstood.”“Babe, as much as that can be true...he can't stay with us if he's a Zombie.” Penn squeezed my thigh. “It's not safe.”“There must be some