I sat on the ground while Phoenix paced around, I was in shock of everything that just happened. My parents...they’re dead. I held myself, but I felt something running on my hands, I looked down, blood. My mothers’ blood. “Hey,” Phoenix said softly, taking my hands in his, “it’s okay. I swear to you, that woman will pay for what she’s done.” I nodded my head, “Now then, if you’re ready, I’m going to warp us to the house with the others, okay?” I nodded; Phoenix pulled me up and we warped to the meeting place.
We walked up the stairs, but Phoenix stopped, “I’m going to place a protection charm around the house, I’ll be a few minutes. Go on in and I’ll be right there.” I nodded and went inside the house. I looked around the old house, the floors creaking with every step.
“Amber?” I whispered, “Chris?”
“Selene?” I turned the corner to see Amber standing there; I pulled her in close for a hug, hugging her tightly, then my cousins started popping out of their hiding places. Phoenix came in,
“Is everyone here?” He asked, but silence fell amongst them,
“We lost your father, Phoenix, and my mothers.” Amber answered, the grim look that fell on his face concerned me but he hid it and nodded,
“We’ll rest here and start moving in the morning; we need to put as much distance between that bitch and us.” Everyone nodded in agreement. “Selene, come on, we’ll take the master bedroom.” I nodded and followed him upstairs,
“I’ll come check on you in a little bit.” Amber called to me,
“Okay.” I told her,
“Chris, I’ll need to meet with you and the others here in a little while.” Phoenix told him,
“Of course.”
We continued our way to the room, this was our first time alone in a bedroom together; I was scared. Phoenix led me to the bed and sat me down, “I’m going to start a shower for you, okay?” I nodded; he went to the bathroom, I heard the water being turned on, but I just sat there in shock. Phoenix came back, “Do you need help?” He asked,
“Yes, with the laces.” I said; Phoenix helped me stand up and I turned around for him to undo the laces. I could feel the dress loosen from my body, it soon fell to the ground. I turned around and saw him look me up and down; I think he noticed how tense I was, and curressed my face softly,
“Selene, I’m not going to touch you like that until you’re ready, I promise you that.” I nodded and headed to the bathroom, “Let me know if you need anything.” He told me,
“Okay.” I stripped out of my remaining clothes then stepped into the shower, watching as the blood rushed off my hands down the drain, my mothers’ blood...I couldn’t hold it back any longer, I burst into tears. How could that evil woman do that? To her children? To her family? I didn’t understand why any of this was happening. Phoenix walked into the room but didn’t mess with the curtain,
“I’m going downstairs to speak to Chris and the others.” He told me, “I’ll send Amber up soon. Do you need anything?” I just shook my head,
“No, nothing.”
“Okay, I’ll be back soon.” He then left the room; I heard the stairs creak as he went down.
When I finally managed to get myself out of the shower, I went to the room and laid down on the bed in just a towel. Amber came in, “Hey,” she said, I raised up, keeping my towel tight on my body, “I brought you some clothes.” She handed me a set of folded clothes,
“Thank you.” I said, taking the clothes from her and got up to put them on; it was just leggings and a t-shirt and thankfully, some clean underwear. I got dressed quickly and sat back on the bed; Amber sat down and held me, we both started crying, “I can’t believe they’re gone.” I cried,
“I know, why did she do this?” Amber asked, I shook my head,
“I don’t know...mom and dad never spoke of her until I was older and then told me everything.” There was a light knock on the door, then it opened slowly; my cousin, Sam peered around the door,
“Chris and Phoenix are asking for the two of you.” I nodded,
“Thanks, Sam, we’ll be right there.” I told him, he nodded then closed the door back. I whipped my eyes from the tears and tried to put on a brave face,
“What do you think the guys need?” Amber asked me, I shrugged,
“Probably going to talk about what we’re going to do next.” She nodded in agreement as we started to head downstairs.
Everyone was gathered in the living-room, Amber and I were about to sit on the couch but Chris stopped me, “Selene, this is going to be pretty serious, do you feel up to it?” He asked, I pulled my arm away and stared him in the face,
“My parents didn’t raise me to be weak.” I told him; Chris was about to protest but Amber placed a hand on his and shook her head. Chris nodded then turned to everyone else,
“As far as we know, we’re all that’s left, all that escaped.” Chris started; Phoenix took my hand, trying to calm my nerves, “The deaths we know of, Alpha Jackson Alcmene, his luna, Addison Alcmene,” the list went on, listing all of my uncles and their mates, two of my cousins, Ambers’ moms, Phoenixs’ dad, “And lastly, the late king and queen, Nicholas and Aiday Serkan.” Chris turned to Phoenix and nodded,
“Tonight, we will mourn our losses. It is likely that Mara will be searching for us, more specifically, Selene.” I felt horrible that I am endangering everyone in this room, “Since the late Alpha has passed, Chris Alcmene is now the Alpha of the Silvermoon pack and once he and Amber marry, she will be his luna.” Phoenix turned to me, “Selene, you are now queen of the vampires, soon to be queen of the witches and wizards as well.”
“You are also the queen of the werewolves.” Chris chimed in. I turned and stared at him for a moment, everyone bowed their heads to me,
“For your safety and for everyone else’s safety, we’re all going to Scotland.” Phoenix said,
“Why Scotland?” I asked, he rubbed the back of his neck,
“It’s because of something Mara said.” I replied, which had me curious and confused; he sighed and cupped the side of my face, “She said you had purple eyes when you had your hand around her throat.”
“So?” I asked, he didn’t stop there,
“When you found out about the contract, your eyes were red; I don’t mean crying red, I mean the color of your eyes went from the blue color they normally are to a dark red.” I nodded; seeing that it wasn’t clicking with me, he looked to Chris for help,
“Don’t look at me, dude, this is all you.” Phoenix glared at him,
“You know your family tree better than anyone in your family, including the extended family. Tell her what you found, because the eyes are what's convincing me that what you found is the truth.” Chris sighed and nodded,
“Okay,” He turned to me, “Okay, so, I’ve been studying our family for years, and I’ve been able to track the Alcmene family over two hundred years, then there’s your family,” I crossed my arms, turning to face him completely, “I was able to track the Serkan family over a thousand years.” Amber and I looked at each other then back at Chris, “There was a young woman, Victoria Elizabeth Aysun, she was born on May 15th of 1761, she was a witch. She was the mate of Alpha Ayberk James Alcmene, our grandfather of ten generations.” I nodded, “Well, your grandmother around the same time was a part of a coven, her name was Maryanne Claire Nilima, she was chosen by the king of the vampires at that time, Alexander Michael Serkan to be his bride.” The more he pieced these together, the more I realized what he was saying, “None of their children showed any signs of witchcraft and so they went on with their lives.” I felt faint,
“So, you’re telling me that I am…”
“You are a hybrid vampire, werewolf, and a witch.” Chris said, those were the last words I heard; the room started spinning then everything went black.
I woke up in a bed; I looked over to see Phoenix sitting in a chair, half out of it, “Phoenix,” I said, my voice was raspy, but he heard me all the same,
“Selene! Oh my gosh, I was so worried.” He said as he came over to the bed, taking my hand in his,
“I need some water.” I said, he nodded and got me a glass. Bringing it to me, he helped me sit up and I drank the glass completely. Then I thought back to what happened before I blacked out, “I’m a witch…” I muttered to myself; Phoenix stayed quiet while I let the new information sink in.
“We’re leaving for Scotland soon.” He told me, I nodded, “Rest, you’ll need your strength. I’ll come and get you when we’re leaving.” I smiled,
“Okay,” He kissed my head,
“I love you, Selene.” He told me,
“I love you too.” Phoenix kissed my lips lightly before heading downstairs. I had hoped that this was all a big, horrible nightmare but it wasn’t. I laid back down and closed my eyes, thinking about everything.
I opened the door to see Selene sleeping; she’s been through so much in one day, we all have. There was a small tap on my shoulder, turning my head, I saw Amber standing behind me; closing the door quietly, I turned to talk to her, “We’re ready to go.” She said then looked at the door, “How is she?” I looked at the door then turned back to Amber, “She’s strong, but she’s gone through so much so fast. I don’t remember her being like this when we were children; back then, she was so skittish, it was so cute.” Amber smiled lightly, “Phoenix, she’s grown up, she’s not that same little girl anymore.” I nodded, I knew she was right, but that’s what worried me. Selene is strong, I knew that, but she’s the same strong my mother was and even that much strength can’t help you during the trying times; for my mother, it was when she delivered my sister, they
I was sitting in Ambers’ room at her vanity; she heard that Phoenix and I were getting married tonight and insisted that we were going to be married the right way, and Katherine agreed. Katherine and her daughters came in wearing long dresses and had bouquets in hand, “Here we are,” Katherine said as she laid a dress on the bed, “A gentleman came here months ago, asking me to mend this for his daughters’ wedding, needless to say, the union was cancelled and the dress was never retrieved.” She told me; I went over to it and looked it over. It was a simple dress, similar to my dress at the ball but was even more elegant and beautiful, “It’s perfect.” I said, “We have a dress for you too, Amber.” Fiona said as she handed it to her, “Thank you, it’s lovely.” Amber told them, “I need to get her ready and t
The attackers bound my wrists and ankles; Phoenix was yelling at them. Greg was on top of me, foundling me; tears were pouring from my eyes, “Oh my, my dear princess, are you a virgin?” He asked me, I didn’t answer him, he nodded to Nathen who punched Phoenix in the face, I screamed, Greg then grabbed my face, “Answer the damn question!” I nodded slowly, “Don’t hurt him,” I begged, “Please.” Greg smirked, going for my underwear, removing it quickly, “Well then, let’s fix that.” I cried more, “Don’t touch her!” Phoenix yelled; Greg got off of me and started undoing his pants. I fought against the restraints, hard. Nathen punched him again, “NO!” I screamed; Greg got back on top of me and slammed into me hard. Shock, surprise, call it what you will, I didn’t know
We walked towards my grandfathers’ home, a literal castle, nearly as grand as the one count dracula was said to have. There were guards, servants, everything you could think of. One of the guards stopped us, “Hault, state your business.” I stepped toward him, “I am Phoenix Mackenzie, grandson of Lord Fredrick Martens.” I replied, “I am accompanied by my wife, Queen Selene Summer Serkan Mackenzie, and her cousins. We seek refuge and an audience with his grace.” The guard gave us a look then turned to one of the other guards, they spoke for a minute and then, “Alright, someone will meet you at the door to escort you to Lord Martens.” I nodded, “Thank you.” I told him as the gates opened and we all went inside. As the guard said, there was someone waiting for us, a woman,
I laid in the bedroom while studying Phoenixs’ old school books. I practiced a few small spells and while trying a light spell but next thing I knew...boom! Phoenix opened the door and coughed from the smoke, “Selene, what are you doing?” He coughed out, I looked at him from my spot on the bed; when the smoke cleared, Phoenix stared at me then started laughing, “What?” I asked, Phoenix just continued laughing, “What?” He laughed more as he grabbed my hand and pulled me to the bathroom and turned me to the mirror. When I saw what he was laughing about I crossed my arms and glared at him, which just made Phoenix laugh harder, “Okay, I get it.” He went over to the shower and turned it on, “Let’s get you cleaned up.” He said as he started stripping my clothes off, one by one. My breath hitched when he undid my pants and slid them down my body. He smir
The moment my lips touched Selene’s I could feel my jeans getting tighter as our kiss got more heated. After a moment, we pulled away, “Phoenix, the doctor said I was poisoned, maybe we shouldn’t.” He kissed me once more, “I asked him about it,” I told her, “he said that it would be safe for us. And he even said that the poison could have caused the low drive.” The second I got that out, I was tackled to the bed. Selene attacked my neck with kisses as she went down my body. “Selene…” before I could say anything she kissed my lips hungrily. Her hands unbuttoning my pants, “I want you.” She muttered, “I need you.” It was those words, those three little words that turned me into an animal. I picked her up and practically threw her on the bed and ravished her neck. The soft sounds of her moans turned me on as I unbuttoned her blouse, but she pushed me
It has been three days and I was helping some of the servants with the preparations. We didn’t have two weeks, this circle has to happen soon. It was nearing dark and already witches and wizards were arriving. I sat in the living room, reading a book when Phoenix came in, “Hello, beautiful.” He said as he placed a kiss on the top of my head, I looked up and smiled, “Hey,” “How come you’re all alone here?” He asked me, I closed the book and sat it down, “There may have been a mishap with some candles in the dining hall.” I said, Phoenix stared at me for a moment, “Was anyone hurt?” He asked, I shook my head, “Well, that’s good.” “Yeah, until the garden decided to burst through the windows in the kitchen when I was trying
I watched Selene as she trained, her belly was getting bigger and I was getting worried. What if she went into labor in the middle of the fight? What if something happened to her or our child? Amber came up beside me and sat down, “Hey,” she said as she began to watch Selene, “how’s she doing?” I motioned to her and shook my head while smiling, “She’s...she’s Selene. What do you expect?” Amber and I laughed, “But seriously,” I said as I turned my attention to Amber, “She’s stubborn. All Selene wants to do now is train, and I’m so worried that…” I didn’t even have to finish my sentence before Amber pulled me into a hug, “Selene and that baby will be fine.” She assured me, I smiled and embraced her. “Thanks, Amber.” Selene ran over to us, a bit out of breath; we both looked up at her, “Selene, honey, you shouldn’t