SHAY’S POV
When we’d been thoroughly educated on Area Alpha 101 and the weapons, we were taken back to the viewing room. There were a total of four weapons there, each with a different coloured light, shape, and design.
I was honestly curious about the weapons. To me, they just didn’t seem all that harmful. The minerals that were glowing, were enchanting, but I felt like I’d not only seen them before, but I also knew where they came from.
Random names and what I assume were locations, were flashing through my mind as I looked at the weapons. I wasn’t even paying attention to my father and Edgar, who were trying their hardest to get my attention.
“SHAY!” they both shouted, bringing me out of my trance.
“Huh? What?” I turned to them.
“What have you been saying?” my dad questioned
I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t know! What did you hear?”
“It sounded to me like you were naming the minerals from those weapons and where each one could be found,” Edgar said in suspicion.
I frowned in confusion. “Are you insinuating that I actually know where they come from?”
“Well, no,” he replied.
“Has anyone actually touched the weapons?” I asked.
“We lost three soldiers from that before we decided to pick them up with machines,” Edgar replied.
“I want to touch them,” I blurted out.
“WHAT?” both Edgar and my dad shouted.
“I want to touch them,” I repeated myself.
“We heard you the first time Shay. Why would you want to do that just after you get told what happened to people who touched them?” my dad asked in concern.
“I don’t know. Trust me?” I pleaded.
“I don’t know Shay. I’ve already lost one baby girl. I don’t think I’m ready to lose my other baby girl,” he shook his head.
“Well, there is a way to test if it’s safe for her or not,” Edgar jumped in. We turned to him expectantly.
“The minerals glow brighter when a ‘foreign’ species approaches them,” Edgar explained.
“So, if it doesn’t glow brighter, that makes me an alien?” I teased.
“Well, yes,” Edgar chuckled.
“If it glows brighter, you’re going nowhere near those weapons,” my dad warned.
“Ok daddy!” I beamed.
Edgar took us down the stairs to the place where the equipment had been laid out. Edgar used his card to open the door for me before I was let in. Everyone around looked terrified for me as I took my first step towards the equipment.
Nothing happened.
I took another step, and again nothing happened. This went on until I was standing directly in front of the weapons. These ‘weapons’ were smaller than hand guns by the way. I thought I should mention that terrifying fact.
I looked back to see shocked eyes looking my way. I looked to my dad, asking what to do, and he spoke into the intercom and told me to pick one of the weapons up. I picked up one that had a silver looking liquid and nothing happened. I fiddled with the weapon. I finally pushed one of the buttons before the coolest thing happened.
Instead of dying (which would’ve been tragic), the gooey liquid which was being referred to as ‘the minerals’, left the gun and instead travelled all over my body. I wasn’t sure what was going on, until I was completely covered by the thing. It had created a body suit for me.
“Shay?” I heard Edgar call me. I turned to him, but it looked like everyone was searching for something.
“I’m here,” I shouted back.
“Where?” my dad asked.
“You mean that you can’t see me?” I asked.
“NO,” was the resounding response. I fiddled with the weapon again until I felt the liquid thing return into the weapon.
Actually, this wasn’t a weapon – it was a body suit.
“Incredible! Pick up the second one,” Edgar instructed.
I picked up one that had a blue liquid in it. It wasn’t at all like the other one. Again I fiddled with it until I found a button. When I pressed the button, the liquid spread through me again, creating a hard body suit before the thing in my hand turned into a shield.
“This is technology in new heights!” my dad commented.
“Can you disarm it?” Edgar asked me. I nodded and pressed the button that retracted the liquid.
I didn’t need to be told to move onto the next piece. Everyone was watching on curiously as I picked up the one with black liquid. I was wary about it with it being a dark colour, but I found the button nonetheless. The liquid covered me up before the whole suit turned into spikes. I’m guessing you were a serious danger if you knocked into people in this suit.
“Amazing!” my dad commented.
Why did they have the intercom on the entire time?
I pushed the button and the suit dissembled into the liquid. I picked up the last piece with the orange liquid. This one actually didn’t have a button. Hell, it didn’t look like a weapon. It looked more like a system of some sort. I frowned as I fiddled with it, but nothing was going on. Suddenly, something pricked me, causing me to drop it.
“Ah!” I jumped and sucked on my now bleeding thumb.
My thumb was forgotten when the piece ‘stood up straight’ and made a holographic image of me before listing all the attributes that I have:
Name: Unknown
Origin: Unknown
Age: 18
Height: 5’4
Hair: Black
Eyes: Combination of orange, red and amber
Blood: Pure Royal
Position: Royal Princess/Rightful heir to the throne
Parents: King Aragon and Queen Valencia
Siblings: None
Location: Unknown
I stood frozen as I looked at the information before me. Royal Princess? King Aragon? Queen Valencia? Pure Royal blood? No siblings?
“Baby girl, what is it?” my dad’s voice interrupted me.
I turned to him. “You mean you don’t see this?”
“See what?” a whole lot of people asked.
“Wait, what do you guys see?” I asked first.
“You dropped the last thing and it’s still laying there,” my dad replied.
“So you don’t see it sitting upright and displaying holographic information about me?” I asked wide-eyed.
The strange looks I was getting from everyone were enough for me to know that I probably sounded like I was smoking my socks. I ignored them and turned back to the machine. I was going with my gut feeling by requesting the next thing.
“Search King Aragon,” I said lowly so as to not be heard by everyone else. The machine changed holographic screens before I was faced with the image of ‘my father’:
Name: Aragon Salvatore
Origin: Highlands of Agoa
Age: 1 346
Height: 6’7
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Combination of orange, red and amber
Blood: Pure Royal
Position: Royal King/Grand Alpha Male
Parents: King Gordon and Queen Matilda
Siblings: None
Location: Unknown
One thousand three hundred and forty six? And he’s my father?
This machine must be high for sure!
“Search Queen Valencia,” I said lowly once more, well aware of the fact that there were still eyes on me. Again the holographic screen changed to reveal the image of ‘my mother’:
Name: Valencia Salvatore
Origin: Lowlands of Grecia
Age: 1 298
Height: 5’6
Hair: Black
Eyes: Crystal blue
Blood: Traces of Beta blood
Position: Royal Queen/Grand Alpha Female
Parents: Timothy Hunter and Faith Hunter
Siblings: Hayes Hunter
Location: Unknown
“Put results together,” I said before the holographic screen of ‘my father’ joined that of ‘my mother’.
When they were together, I gasped. I looked just like them. I had my father’s eyes and facial structure, while I had my mother’s hair and body structure. I was more confused than ever. I’d grown up thinking that Hugh and Emily Montgomery were my parents, and yet the information was staring right back at me.
They were not my parents, and according to this thing, Kay never existed.
“Shay? Baby girl are you ok?” my father asked from the intercom. I snapped out of my thoughts.
“Uh yeah! Uhm, this thing does nothing,” I lied.
“We kind of figured that out,” Edgar replied. Only then did I notice that everyone else had gone back to doing their own jobs.
“Can I come out now?” I asked.
“Yeah sure,” they nodded.
AZALEA’S POV“I can’t believe two years into your marriage and you’re still pulling these stunts!”“How else am I supposed to keep the romance alive?”“He’s going to kill you, you know that much, right?”“He wouldn’t kill me while my dad still lives.”“At this point, Hugh would welcome your death. You truly are a menace.”My mouth dropped as she giggled. “You don’t mean that!”“Oh, I believe it too. When they told me you’re a menace, I didn’t know just how right they are,” my aunt teased.“You all just hate me,” I argued.“No one hates you because you won’t even allow us to do that much,” my mother commented.I gasped, and the evil women just laughed at me. “I can’t believe you’re in on this too!”“You and I are connected, and while the reason why is still a myth to all of us, at no point in my life did I swear to stand by your foolishness, especially when it involves tormenting that poor sweet boy,” Simoa stated.“There’s nothing sweet about him. You guys just don’t get to see how he
CLAYTON'S POV“I underestimated Eligor’s memory spell. I was desperate to explain myself and my actions, and to ask for forgiveness. I wasn’t sure if going to Aragon would help, so I went to the only other two people who knew me better than he did. Avril and Val were my best friends, so I thought if I could get them to understand, then they’d help me make sense of everything and help me deal with my new reality. I was lost, and in pain, and I just needed someone to understand me, except it was in that moment that I realized it would never happen. If the people closest to me couldn’t remember me, then I had no one. I was officially all alone,” Alyx explained.“What happened? Where have you been all this time?” her brother asked her.“After what happened with Avril, I knew I had to find a way to control what I’d become. I got some of Eligor’s powers through our mating, and they helped me to an extent. I found out he was abusing the Xeglan, and they asked for my help in keeping them from
CLAYTON’S POVOnce King Brennus lifted the spell from them, it was decided that we should head back while their memories started to trickle in. With everything over, the packs had been instructed to stack the dead hybrids and burn them.We suffered a couple of casualties and injuries on our side, and it was decided that the bodies of the dead would be put aside and we’d have a funeral for them the following day. We needed to let everything settle down first.With Eligor out of the picture, King Brennus ordered the Xeglan to return to Advalur, and they happily complied, while the Xeglan hybrids were imprisoned. At the end of the day, they were traitors, and it would be decided later what we’d be doing with them.Azalea led her aunt to our room, refusing to leave her side, while Pixie was quickly at mine. “You’re coming with us.”I followed after her, and she led me to a room with our friends in it, including Brantley and Bentley. “When did you guys get here?”“That’s not important! Wha
AZALEA'S POVThe turned Lycan looked my way. “I’m the source of a lot of your problems. With me out of the way, you stand a better chance of taking over this kingdom, but you’re going to have to catch me first.”I closed my link to my family and friends as I turned and made a run for it. I could hear him following after me, as well as my family following after him. I had absolutely no clue what I was doing, or what the plan was, but this distraction was giving me some time to think.And before I knew it, I was running past the border and into the Forgotten Lands.Being here, I knew that only Eligor, Clayton, King Brennus, Greier, and my aunt could follow after me. My father and Clayton’s father didn’t have the bracelets on them, so they’d be affected if they came through.I finally let my mate through our link as he ran in after me, shifted back and changed into shorts. “Now what?”“I have no idea, but I know this is where everything has to end,” I told him just as Eligor’s beast grow
AZALEA’S POVShe looked more badass than she had in the vision. Confusion surrounded us as we watched everyone wondering why the Xeglan hybrids weren’t fighting, and who the woman was. Much like in the vision, she was preceded by smoke, and when it cleared, I could see recognition from our inner circle.“It’s her. It’s the woman from the painting,” Pixie was the one to state.“It’s Alyx, isn’t it?” Cleo asked, but no one responded.Instead, we watched as Eligor took in his mate, surprised to see her in her true form. “You can control the faces?”“I can do a lot more than that, but I’m not here to tell you all about that,” she told him.“Well, it’s about time we joined hands and finally took over the kingdom as planned,” he smiled, walking over to her.She put her hand out. “You either didn’t hear me, or you’re choosing to ignore what I said. I’m here to stop you.”It was a slight opening in his emotions as the vulnerability showed on his face. “Tell me that these people aren’t right.
CLAYTON’S POV“Avril and Valencia were my closest friends. Lost as I was, I thought if I went to explain myself to them, they’d understand, but I underestimated Eligor’s spell. They really had no idea who I was, and the changing faces and my changed form weren’t helpful. That’s when I realized that I needed to learn how to control the faces and my body.”Azalea was crying beside me, and I put my arm around her. “Where was Eligor during all this?”“I didn’t want anything to do with him, and he agreed to give me my space. However, in that time apart, I realized that my love for him was turning to hatred. Every time he checked in on me, he would let me know about his efforts to undo what he’d done, but I’d already lost too much. Being with him didn’t feel like something I wanted to do anymore, so I kept to myself. One thing I got through our mating is some of his powers, and I used them to travel the dimensions, learning as much as I could about what they knew about shapeshifters. I also