I
It 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.
After a few minutes, the Duke’s Assistant returned with worries plastered on his face.
“Tell me Aron, did the Princess leave their palace as scheduled?” Furrowing, he asked. He noticed the expression on his Assistant’s face when he returned after following his order.
“Your Highness, according to the Queen of the Kingdom of Gold Valley, their daughter Princess Shelyca together with her Personal Assistant, Krista left their Palace as scheduled. They are now worried why she has not reached our Palace yet.” Aron replied to the Duke with a worried tone.
Duke Simon furrowed more and then worries too flashed in his eyes. “What happened to the Lycan Princess?” He asked while his mind is thinking of something to do to find the Princess that he truly likes.
“Have you heard any news or anything that might l**k to the missing Lycan Princess?” Duke Simon asked Aron again. His heart is racing.
Aron shook his head with sadness. He knows how important the Lycan Princess is to their Duke. “None yet, your Highness; but I will check the news tonight and see if we can find something that might answer our worries with regards to the missing Princess Shelyca.”
“Aron, prepare my helicopter, if until tonight we will not hear anything or see the Lycan Princess enter the Palace, I myself will search for her. I offered marriage to her parents; the very reason why she travelled going here. Therefore, she is my responsibility and I have an obligation to find her and bring her back to the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Golden Valley.” The Duke said with firmness yet sadness in his voice. He was so excited to meet the Lycan Princess once again. He only met her once in a royal gathering and there and then, he knew he found the one for him. He will not allow anything or anyone to snatch her away from him.
II
At the Thregonad Village, Princess Shelyca is already worrying about her parents. Most probably by now, the Duke of Sussex already gave word to them that she has not arrived yet in the Sussex Palace.
She needs to find a way to return to their place. She needs to talk to Dareon. She peeped in the window again and without seeing him anywhere through the window, Princess Shelyca decided to get out of Dareon’s house.
She was greeted and treated hospitably by every Thregonad villager that she passed-by as she walked out of Dareon’s house. As if they know her.
“May I know where Dareon is?” she asked one of the women that she passed-by. She seemed not to understand her question or most probably her language, but hearing the name Dareon, she pointed to the east direction going to the nearby forest.
“Can I go there?” she asked once more but the woman just looked at her with confusion on her face.
She smiled at the woman and tapped her left shoulder. “It’s okay. I will just look for him there. Thank you.”
The Thregonad woman just smiled back at her then left after making a quick nod.
She walked to the forest. As she saw and smelled the forest, she suddenly missed her home. She made a deep breath and walked fast inside the forest trying to look for Dareon. Her wolf Sheenei wanted to control her, wanted to come out and run the woods but she reprimanded her.
“Sheenei, it is not time to relax or enjoy; we have a problem to solve first. We need to return to the Kingdom of Gold Valley,” she talked to her wolf, which suddenly became silent as if offended.
As the wind blew, Princess Shelyca’s eyes narrowed as she smelled something nearby; definitely not Dareon; something like the smell of an old wine or beer. She looked around but she saw nothing except trees and some flying birds and monkeys hanging around, transferring from one tree to another.
“Dareon! Where are you?” she shouted, hoping Dareon could hear her. With such a voice, other creatures looking for prey in the forest suddenly turned their heads to the direction where the woman’s voice came from.
Dareon on one hand, who was waiting for these other creatures to pass-by his hiding place, furrowed, when he heard the woman’s shout. He knows who she is; annoyance yet worries evaded his prior focused mind to fight. He forgot about his plan to make a surprise attack on these two creatures the moment they pass-by his hiding place; all he could think now is the safety of the Lycan Princess. From bluish, Dareon's eyes turned into those deep brown eyes; fears for the safety of the Lycan Princess, whose beauty at the onset mesmerized him, overwhelmed his whole being.
The two other creatures suddenly run to the direction where Princess Shelyca is standing. Their eyes grew wide when they saw the pretty Lycan Princess wandering around.
The two creatures looked at each other and grinned mischievously. They found a beautiful prey to devour.
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
I Under the not-so-bright rays of the sun, a mighty reddish Dragon, carrying on his back a blushing bride in her wedding gown, slowly glides into the sky savoring the moment of their oneness. The reddish Dragon continued the gentle gliding of its wings until it slowly soared down in a tiny island where a small castle stood up. No other structure could be seen standing in the said tiny island of white sands surrounding it. The Master Dragon landed down on the island just beside the tiny castle. As Dareon shifted into his human form, two old folks, a man and woman came out of the gatehouse of the tiny castle, both waived at Dareon. Dareon answered while waiving back his hand to the two old folks. “Master, we are glad that you were able to visit here again.” The old woman bowed her head as he greeted Dareon and then she looked at Shelyca with a mix of admiration and curiosity in her eyes. “Shundiya and Ranulo, this is Princess Shelyca, my wife.”