After a few hours of sparring, both Seraphina and Aurelia were sporting multiple grazes and bruises. “Well Seraphina, I must say I am impressed, you put up a better fight than some of my warriors,” Aurelia panted. Seraphina grinned widely at her, “I had a lot of emotions to work through,” Seraphina was leaning against her knees trying to catch her breath. “That was more enjoyable than I expected it to be,” she chuckled.“How are you feeling Seraphina?” Aurelia asked cautiously. Seraphina bit back the tears that were already forming in her eyes, “I am truly hurting but, I won’t be disrespected in such a way... Worry not, I have plenty to keep me busy though. I intend to learn my parents’ business’ and take over managing them, I would also like to make some changes in the manor.&rdq
Achilles scrambled out of the bath, his wet clothes clinging to his skin, as he ran after Seraphina. “Seraphina, wait!” Seraphina sighed as she turned to face him, “Achilles, I’m not-“ she was abruptly cut off by Achilles lips crashing onto hers. He pried her lips open with his tongue and claimed her mouth with his own. Achilles grabbed onto her hips and dug his fingers in as he pressed her wet body against his. Seraphina moaned into his mouth as she wrapped her arms around him.The pair made their way to the bed, their lips never once breaking contact. Seraphina explored Achilles’ body with her hands, she found the buttons to his shirt and quickly unbuttoned him exposing his sculpture like muscles. She slid her hand down and dipped it into his trousers to firmly grasp his fully erect member, she gently squoze him e
As promised, Aurelia arrived the next morning to continue training with Seraphina.Aurelia preferred to train without the use of weapons as in battle, one could easily be disarmed. After demonstrating to Seraphina how to hold herself properly and how to block various attacks, they began to spar. Achilles sat to the side observing, all the while, his heart was racing out of fear of Seraphina getting injured.Neither Achilles nor Aurelia expected Seraphina to be such a natural warrior though. Achilles could tell that Aurelia wasn’t holding back and he was extremely surprised to see Seraphina holding her own against the infamous ‘Azrael’. At the beginning of the match, Seraphina received quite a few blows from Aurelia but, she was quick to observe and before long was avoiding her attack
Seraphina arrived at Ethena’s office and knocked gently before entering. Ethena sprung up from her chair and launched herself at Seraphina, wrapping her in a warm embrace.She quickly corrected herself, “Please accept my apologies Seraphina, it’s just that your absence was noticed.”Seraphina smiled at her in response, “Come, let us walk and talk,” Ethena hooked her arm through Seraphina’s as they exited the room.“I have to know exactly what she did to me, there must be some way of finding out!” Achilles pleaded with Helga. Helga smiled sadly at him, “I’m sorry your Highness but, Seraphina was right in what she said. A love spell cannot have an effect unless there are underlying feelings alr
Seraphina recruited Bethel and with Helga, the three of them spent the remainder of the day studying various protection spells and trying to combine them across the 3 magic types.Every time they thought they had a breakthrough, the spell failed to hold. Manipulating the 3 magics had taken it’s toll on the Dhampirs, they had gone through 7 decanters of blood just that afternoon. Seraphina’s usual glowing olive skin was now dull and greying, she had large bags under her eyes and her arms were covered in raised, red lacerations that were struggling to heal.Helga looked at Seraphina and sighed heavily, “Seraphina, we really must stop for today. We are yet to find a spell that will work and I fear we are pushing ourselves too far. If we stop now and rest, we will be better prepared to c
It felt like an eternity had passed as Seraphina, Helga and Achilles stood watching, waiting for the potion to change. None even dared utter a word.Seraphina gripped the table as she watched the potion effervesce as it slowly began to glow. The concoction started to swirl within itself and it took on a pearlescent shade of pink. Seraphina felt her knees give out and she collapsed on the floor in a heap.Achilles and Helga had been staring at the potion so intently, it took them a moment to notice that Seraphina had fainted. Helga, in a panic, threw a vase containing flowers and water over Seraphina, she sputtered and coughed as she came too. “Thanks Helga,” she muttered sarcastically.He
“Helga, that can’t be. My father was human.” Seraphina shook her head dismissively, she had more important things to concentrate on.“And most Mages were human! Queen Ethena said that your father was gifted, well his clan were known to be gifted. What if those ‘gifts’ were the gifts of spirit magic? You bare the marking! I can’t believe I didn’t make this connection earlier. Seraphina, we could locate them, find your people, they could teach you how to hone spirit!” Helga clasped her hands under her chin as she stared hopefully at Seraphina, her eyes glistened with excitement.Seraphina smiled sweetly at Helga, she knew her heart was in the right place though, she often got carried away. “Helga, why don’t we put a pin in this matter for
As Seraphina reached the training field, she saw Aurelia had changed into her armour and was waiting with Credence. “Seraphina!” Credence called out to her, he wrapped his arm around her in an awkward side hug.“I’m really glad to see you healed and back here,” he looked down at his shoes and blushed. Seraphina smiled warmly at the young Prince. “Hello Credence, are you going to be training with us?”Credence shook his head, “No, actually, I was uhm, I was wondering if you wanted to go for a fly?”“Credence, do you perhaps have an infatuation with Seraphina? You do know she is basically your sister!” Aurelia was merciless in teasing her younger brother.