I
She woke up with a little heaviness in her head. She touched her head, and then suddenly she remembered the wound in her shoulder. She removed the sleeve of her dress covering her left shoulder to check her wound; to her amazement, however, she noticed that it was healed. She could not even see any traces of wound therein.
Confused, Princess Shelyca got up and checked her surroundings. She noticed the simplicity yet cleanliness and orderliness of the room that she is into. It is big and the bed is big too.
She jumped down from the bed and peeped into the window. She did not know where she was right now. The last thing she could remember about what happened to her was when she tried to shift to her wolf form but she could not then everything became blurred.
As she looked outside the window, the very first thing that caught her attention was a natural beauty outside; the trees, the sea that separates this land she stood on against the mountains nearby, some animals around and vast farming lands on the side.
She also noticed wattle houses, some playing children, and folks of different ages, either loitering or working around.
“So you are awake now.” A male baritone, deep voice surprised the Lycan Princess. Immediately, she turned her head around only to be drawn deep into such bluish eyes that are intensely looking at her. At that moment, Sheenei, her wolf, suddenly growled; she is trying to come alive again.
“Where am I?” all she could ask him.
“In my village. I am Dareon and you are?” His bluish eyes squinted as if carefully assessing her.
“Shelyca… I am Shelyca,” she replied awkwardly while looking away from him. She would not want to be drawn again to those eyes. His presence is too strong, making her senses tremble and she knew why at that instant that their eyes locked. Aside from that, she could sense something about him; an aura, that only a supernatural being could possess like her.
“What, what village is this? She stammered.
He made a step forward near her. “You are here in my Thregonad Village Shelyca, or should I say she-wolf?” He darted at her with a look that seemed to be traveling down her every spine.
Princess Shelyca was caught off-handed. “How… how do you know? I am in my human form,” confused she asked.
He stepped one more time and then caught her face in between his big callous hands. “I saw it while I was trying to revive you but don’t you worry, I can keep a secret if you want it to be a secret,” he whispered.
“Who are you really? I can feel you are not an ordinary human,” she asked while looking at him this time. She wanted to determine what is deep within his eyes.
“You are right, I am not an ordinary human but I won’t tell you. It is up for you to find out.” He eyed her while grinning.
II
She tried, she really tried to use her abilities to see through him but it seems like he put a wall on himself that she could see nothing. All she can see in his eyes is smoke and nothing else.
“You know my secret; why then can’t you trust me with yours?” she tried to use a little trick to let him feel guilty but he only laughed at her.
“You will just know it Shelyca. Meantime, you need to tell me why I found you on the sea, floating, almost lifeless.” Inquisitively, he looked at her again.
Shelyca tried to reminisce about what happened and told him what she remembered. In the end, she was almost in tears realizing now what happened to Krista. “Krista, my cousin and my friend; she was killed, she is dead.” She looked dreaded.
Dareon held both her shoulders and the Lycan Princess felt that current that crept through all her veins; the blood rushed out of her heart and she almost skipped to breath.
“If that was what happened, then I have a hint that someone wanted you dead. Your life is at risk right now she-wolf.” He surmised.
“I don’t have enemies. My parents don’t have enemies. Why would someone want to harm me?” she asked confused.
“That we need to find out. By the way, what kind of wolf are you?” he asked while removing his hands from her shoulders.
“I’m… I’m a princess; a Lycan Princess.” She admitted. Her hands trembled as he reached for her and once more cupped her face.
“I know. I can see that in you.” He said at her with squinted eyes; his lips almost touching hers.
She snapped. “Don’t you dare … kiss me.”
He laughed, “You want me to kiss you, as much as I want to do it with you, my Lycan Princess,” he murmured, his breath fanning her right ear.
“No!” she hissed.
“Liar. You cannot lie to me, because I can see through you,” he murmured once again.
The Lycan Princess has been mystified and Sheenei, her wolf inside her, almost jumped with excitement.
Realizing what she felt and the way her wolf reacted, she tried to ask again. “Who are you really Dareon? I can feel it, your kind is different from the people here.”
Dareon just mysteriously smiled while his mind traveled into his past when he was not yet the Chieftain of the Thregonad Village. It was like a movie that flashed into his mind.
“Dareon, hey, are you alright?” Princess Shelyca asked, wondering why he suddenly fell silent as if he was in deep thoughts.
“Oh, I just remembered something, don’t mind me,” Dareon replied, shaking his head. He became too engrossed remembering how he was able to come to this Thregonad Village and became its Chieftain.
Princess Shelyca shot him with a doubtful look. “You did not answer my question Dareon; who are you really?” she reiterated her question a while ago.
“As far as I can remember she-wolf, I answered you that already. Try to find it out by yourself.” He grinned teasing her, trying to let her let out the beast in her.
But Princess Shelyca is a woman of grace; she will not succumb to that kind of provocation; she will not step down and deviate from who she is and how she was trained to be.
“I see, alright then .” She took the challenge he posed and smiled sweetly.
Princess Shelyca turned her back and left the Chieftain Dragon more mesmerized at her. He followed her back with his eyes and a burgeoning need suddenly hit him. His eyes ogled her hips as it swayed gracefully while she walked like a real princess. That regal bearing showed so clearly in her. He wanted to touch those rounded hips; he wanted to grab her small slender waist and pull her hard into him.
Dareon suddenly sighed and shook his head trying to erase those naughty thoughts into his mind.
Yet, when he looked at her swaying hips again, he was not able to control it; his body already started to heat up.
IIt has been two days but the Lycan Princess from the Kingdom of Gold Valley has not arrived yet. She was supposed to be in their palace by yesterday.Duke Simon of Sussex has been restless since this morning. He needs to know why Princess Shelyca has not arrived yet. He called on his Assistant to try to contact the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Gold Valley.“Aron, contact King Andreios and Queen Lusica of the Kingdom of Gold Valley. We need to know if Princess Shelyca was able to leave their palace as scheduled.” Duke Simon instructed his Assistant.“Yes your highness.” His personal assistant excused himself from the Duke after vowing his head.
IPrincess Shelyca was in total shock when creatures of half-human and half-horse holding their swords appeared before her very eyes. She screamed, destroying the peace of every living thing inside the forest.The Centaurs laughed so loud when they saw the fear in their beautiful prey.Dareon without other recourse shifted into his Dragon form. If he will not do it, he might be late and might fail to save the Lycan Princess.“Did you hear that?” One of the Centaurs stopped laughing then tried his sense of hearing to ignite.“What?” The other Centaurs retorted.&
I“So what is it that you wanted to tell me Shelyca?” Dareon asked grinning as they entered his big hovel.“Dareon, Can you help me please contact my family? I don’t know where I am now and how I could be able to speak any of them. They might be worried already.” She replied with worry on her face. She sat on the wooden chair and Dareon followed. He sat beside her.Thoughtfully, he looked at her. “I am sure your parents are worried already. However, we have no means of modern communications here. We are a tribe composed of farmers, fishermen and hunters. We are far from the city.”“I was quite right then with my guess. There is no modern way of communicating from here.&rdqu
IPrincess Shelyca is not a woman who will just easily give in to something that she is not sure of and does not conform to her standards and principles.“Dareon, I am not sure what to do right now. I cannot just marry someone just because I need to, more so that I can give my whole self to him.” Princess Shelyca stated with dissatisfaction in her voice. In her mind, Princess Shelyca is asking how come her almost perfect life became a mess now. She sighed and stood-up trying to inhale some fresh air as she looked outside through the open window in Dareon’s house.Without her knowing it, her mind is so open, it has no barrier that the master dragon could easily penetrate it and sees what lies within. He could read her mind like an open book.
IOn the night prior to the wedding, Dareon flew to Dragon Land and sought the approval and blessing of the Dragon Lord to his upcoming marriage.The Dragon Lord was ecstatic when he heard Dareon’s news. “Dareon, finding your right woman is the happiest thing that you are going to do in your dragon life and I want to be a witness to that. Let me bless you and your bride tomorrow. I will come to grace the occasion and wed you.”“Thank you my Dragon Lord; however my bride is still innocent as to who I really am.” Dareon intimated to the kind and wise Dragon, heading the Dragon Land.The Dragon Lord shook his head with what he heard. “Dareon, honesty or transparency is the foundati
I“Shall we?” Dareon with a grinning expression offered his hand to Princess Shelyca.Without thinking twice, Shelyca gave her right hand to her magnificently looking groom. Dareon accepted her hand and even kissed it before finally leading her out of his hovel.“Ms. Shelyca, you left your veil.” The English speaking teacher who is now married to a Thregonad man handed to Shelyca her veil. “By the way, my name is Mercy,” she added after giving the veil to the bride of their Dragon Master.“Thank you Mercy.” She gave Mercy a smile.Without any word, Dareon helped her bride put the veil on her head. Mercy has be
IThe Dragon Lord smiled widely as he saw Dareon and his lovely bride walking hand and hand going to the altar where he is standing. He can strongly sense the royal wolf blood running the bride’s every vein. He smiled. It will be a history in the Dragon World for the strongest Dragon to marry a royal blood, Lycan woman. The union between them will be magical that will bring a storm of powers to both of them.Confusion yet a ray of excitement are lurking within Shelyca’s mind. He saw Dareon in his Dragon form. She is marrying a Dragon; another strong species that she never actually thought of and expected to be actually living. She heard the myths but she thought it was just a myth.As they reached the altar where the Silver Dragon Lord was standing magnificently in his all white
IAs they entered their big hovel, Dareon gently put down on the bed his newly wedded wife; his body followed lying on top of her, pinning her underneath him. Their eyes locked, each with glitters of excitement.When Dareon lowered down his lips into hers, Shelyca closed her eyes, thinking about nothing anymore except for the fact that she is now a Dragon Master’s wife, something that has never crossed her mind before.As Dareon’s lips grazed her lips, Shelyca quivered beneath him. Automatically, her arms wrapped his neck and she placed herself in that realm of complete surrender.To Shelyca’s surprise however, she suddenly felt herself swept and carried by his arms. When she opened her eyes she was greeted by the glari