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"Forget about that mark she bears and kill the one who murdered her parents in cold blood, the one standing in front of us." Elder Rue pointed at her. "Let's kill her like she did to the king and queen," he added. "As long as the mark is on her body, we can't harm the one the moon has chosen to guide us except she uses her own hands to kill herself, willingly." the third elder that hardly spoke at any of their meetings spoke. He was Elder Kila, the leader of the air Wolf clan. "Nonsense," Elder Rue said walking up towards Nyxoria and then proceeded to hold her hair, which tilted her head upwards and made her hissed out in pain. "She knows what she did. We just have to punish her gravely to make her admit what she did and then after her confession, we cut off her head. She sinned against the moon goddess and against the earth that she walks on." He spits out in anger. "Don't say things you don't know Rue, she said she doesn't remember and somehow I believe her, our top priority should be finding out if she is saying the truth and if she is, that means there is a killer amongst us and in our kingdom." Elder Kila spoke again, softly. "Until proven guilty, she will be the one to rule us after the burial of my brother and his wife." Vyr supported what Elder Kila had said. "Nonsense," Elder Rue said again, those words irritating Nyxoria, "she is just eight years old and she cannot rule us, I refuse to let a little child, a murderer, rule over me." "She has the mark of the Obsidian Sigil of Liora, and whoever puts the crown on his or her head forcefully will die immediately, you of all people should know that Elder Rue, except she uses her hands to place the crown on whoever she wants then that person is free from death, you know that's the curse from Liora and the only one the crown won't affect is the emperor except you want him to rule all of us." The fourth Elder of the Storm clan, Julian, said. He was the oldest and the rest of the clans respect him and his words. "Nonsense," Elder Rue spoke and this time around his hold on Nyxoria hair was so tight that he was pulling off some of her hair. "Don't pity her pretty little face, if not, you won't see the devil in her." "Uncle, will you miss him if he is gone? His voice is getting boring." Nyxoria's little voice cut through the air. She smiled as if the pain Rue was causing her was nothing. But none of them paid her any attention. "Elder Rue I don't know what problem you have with my niece but I can assure you that she is not a murderer and until we have evidence that she committed the crime, she is innocent." Vyr said. "Nonsen-" He didn't get to complete the word because a scream erupted from his mouth and he moved back as the hand he used in grabbing Nyxoria's hair was still holding onto it. His scream stopped whatever discussion that was going on. Nyxoria has cut off his left hand he'd uses to grip her hair off with the sword with her, how she had pulled it off since her back was facing him no one knows, Vyr rushed to her to get the sword, that his twin brother and his wife dried blood was still lingering on it and now coated with the blood of Rue, away from her but to his surprise once again, he couldn't. Her grip on the sword was as strong as glue. Vyr sighed as the memories flooded to him. After his brother and his wife was buried, everyone attended the burial, the witches, vampires etc everyone supernaturals came except for the young Emperor. Nyxoria had surprised everyone after the council of elders called for a second meeting and told them she had chose Vyr to sit on the throne and rule over the kingdoms. He could remember her exact words that day. "Until I remember what happened that night I won't sit on this throne even though I come of age to rule Uncle, I still won't sit," she had said. "Until I remember why and how I killed them, you will be the High King." She added and lifted up the crown and gestured for her uncle to knee down before her which Vyr did and she crowned him the High King herself. "All I am saying is that you know they already hate you so don't make them hate you more." Vyr told her. "I am not going to change myself because of some stupid people, you don't like me, I don't like you back, life is simple." Nyxoria said. "Why didn't you attend the academy today? You haven't attended since last week." Vyr asked softly, changing the topic. "I was not in the mood of going to the academy Uncle but since you said, I am now in the mood to go." "By now? The sun is up." "The moon hasn't come out, right? So there is still more time." Nyxoria shrugged. "See you in a few hours Uncle." "Take care, my child and please don't cause any trouble." "And you too." Nyxoria shouted as she walked out of the throne room and signal for a guard standing guard to ready her horse, penelope. ★★★ Academy of the Arcane: At the large Assembly Grounds of the Academy all students stood and were staring at the direction the principal of the Arcane stood there. The werewolves stood in their line, the witches, vampires, faires and so on did the same thing. The principal was a half vampire and a fairy. He was handsome, his pale skin was a sight to behold, he was tall and muscular, he had lost one of his eyes two years ago and doesn't like to talk about it. "I know you all may be wondering why I had summoned you all out here, I know all of you are eager to go back to your class but I have a very important announcement to make." He began grabbing the attention of everyone. "Our emperor will be joining us today, he ought to have come last week but for some reason he didn't so I want you all to be on your best behavior when he comes." he added. "Do you understand me?" "Yes Sir Archmiagus." All students said in unison. "Good, the Emperor has a few rules laid out," he said and clapped his hands once, a small scroll appeared beside each of the students which they all took to go through its contents. "The most two important rules he gave which he marked by himself its there: don't talk to him and never talk to him unless he talks to you so please do yourself good and obe—" he didn't get to finish his words when they all heard the thundering pounding of hooves on the ground coming towards the Academy gate signaling the arrival of her. Archmiagus disappeared the next second without any more word. All teachers and students ran back with speed to their various classes, locking up the doors.Chapter 5️⃣0️⃣ ❤️ The Empty Bed ❤️ Liora had stayed with Myrrak until the moon was high up in the night sky, and she had been sitting close to his body on the bed the entire time. She let out a long yawn because her eyes had never left his face for more than a few seconds, and it was at that exact moment that she realized he had finally fallen into a deep sleep. She carefully tucked the blankets around him to make sure he would stay warm and comfortable, and then she quietly left the guest room to go back to her own chambers. She hadn't eaten anything since earlier that morning, and her stomach was starting to make hungry noises, but she was too tired and too worried to think about food right now. The discussion between her and Lynn was still playing over and over again in her mind, and she couldn't stop thinking about the terrible thing her sister had suggested that she do to save Myrrak's life. When she opened the door to her own chamber and stepped inside, she paused right ther
Chapter 4️⃣9️⃣ ❤️ The Mate Bond Trap (5) ❤️ "But I still don't understand how and why Erezhul would do something like this to you," Liora said to Myrrak, and then she realized at that moment how dirty and bad smelling her clothes had gotten from his smelling blood. She had been walking around outside and through the palace hallways in these clothes, and now she felt gross and uncomfortable. "Don't you know that the hearts of some people are just naturally evil, and in this case, that person is Erezhul?" Lynn said, stepping closer to where her sister was kneeling. "Maybe he somehow knew what was about to happen between him and you, and that was exactly why he gave you my own sparring partners before he poisoned Myrrak. He probably figured that if he gave you something you really wanted, you wouldn't think it was such a big deal when he hurt your mate." "I don't care what his reasons were," Liora said, and she stood up straight and turned around to face her sister directly. "I am go
Chapter 4️⃣8️⃣❤️ The Mate Bond Trap (4) ❤️Vyrelen nodded his head in understanding as Erezhul let out a long yawn and stretched both of his arms above his head like he was getting ready to settle down for a long rest."I will be sleeping for a while now and I really do not want to be disturbed by anyone or anything," Erezhul said, already sounding tired and ready to close his eyes.Vyrelen nodded his head once again to show that he understood what Erezhul was telling him and that he would make sure he didn't bother him while he was trying to rest. Then Erezhul leaned his back against the cold ice stone wall of the cave and closed his eyes, falling asleep almost immediately.††††Lynn's Chamber:"Before you came here and started doing your whole pretend illness act, Liora actually convinced Erezhul to create two people for me that are supposed to be like her own sparring partners, but even stronger than the ones she already had," Lynn told Myrrak while they were sitting together on h
Chapter 4️⃣7️⃣ ❤️ The Mate Bond Trap (3) ❤️ "If you don't mind me asking, why exactly are you looking for him?" Fefe asked, and she sounded curious about what could be so important that their master would come looking for them just to ask about Erezhul's whereabouts. "I need to talk to him about something that he needs to help me solve," Liora answered, but she didn't want to get into all the details about what was wrong with Myrrak and what the healer had told them about needing Erezhul's heart. That was way too complicated to explain right now, and she wasn't even sure if she could trust Noah and Fefe with that kind of information. She stood there for just a moment longer, hoping that maybe one of them would remember something useful or think of somewhere else she could look for him. But when it became clear that they really didn't have any helpful information to give her, she turned around and started walking away from their chamber. "I'm sorry we couldn't help you more, maste
Chapter 4️⃣6️⃣❤️ The Mate Bond Trap (2) ❤️"I will try my absolute best to do what you want me to do," Lynn assured him, and she meant every word she was saying. She knew that this was going to be really difficult and maybe even dangerous, but she was willing to do whatever it took to help make their plan work.Myrrak nodded his head and smiled at her like he was really pleased with her answer. "The meeting we had planned with everyone else was completely successful, and now everyone is just sitting around waiting for the next part of everything to happen," Myrrak told Lynn, and his voice sounded satisfied like things were going exactly the way he had hoped they would.††††Liora arrived at the Forest Training Ground where she used to practice her fighting skills all by herself before she had gotten her own sparring partners from Erezhul. She looked around everywhere she could think of, checking behind all the big trees and even looking up high in the branches above her head, but she
Chapter 4️⃣5️⃣❤️ The Mate Bond Trap ❤️"What are we going to do now?" Lynn asked once she had finally gotten over the shock of what Daisy had just done, ignoring her and only acknowledging her twin sister. "And don't forget that your mate ceremony with Myrrak is supposed to happen in two or three days from now." she added, because she knew that was something they really couldn't postpone or cancel without causing a lot of problems because it falls on the day of the full moon."I honestly don't know what we're going to do yet, Lynn, and I also don't know where Erezhul would be right now," Liora said, and she sounded tired and frustrated and completely overwhelmed by everything that had just happened. "He comes and goes whenever he wants to, at his own time, and I never know when I'm going to see him or where he might be."She walked up to her sister and took both of Lynn's hands in her own, holding them gently like she was trying to ask for a really important favor. "Please look after