“What?” Aliyah asked, all drowsiness cleared from her eyes as she stared at the man in front of her in shock.Edward leaned back to look at her, that was not the action he expected from her. “You don’t want to?” he asked.“No, no, not that, just…” she gulped and licked her lips. “It’s just, why do you want me to do it now?”Edward sighed and closed his eyes, “what happened tonight, if it weren’t for Irene, I would have never found you or even if I did, it would have been too late. But if you had marked me, completing the bond, I would be able to feel you whether hurt or not.” He opened his eyes then, “so, mark me and complete the bond.”“Do you really want me to?”Edward smiled softly and climbed on top of her, supporting his weight with his hands on the bed as he looked at her, “I am the one asking, right?” he raised an eyebrow.Aliyah bit her lip and looked away shyly. Just today she had wondered when her mark would sit on his neck like his on hers and now, he is just offering it to
Aliyah stared at her as she remembered what Edward said last night. ‘Irene would not always be there to help and I will hate to depend on someone to save you,’ She sighed and licked her lips, understanding that the woman was not a threat. Her hand returned back to normal as she looked around, walking to stand in front of the woman who has not taken her eyes off of her again. “How long have you known Edward?”“Wow, that is the first thing you had to ask?” Irene rolled her eyes. “Well, that is a pretty long time,” she said and chuckled when she saw the girl’s gaze on her. “Don’t worry, my days of crushing on him are over,” she smiled, “over seven hundred years is enough time to get over a crush.”“Seven hundred what?”Irene laughed softly and dropped a dead toad inside the big bowl in front of her and Aliyah tried not to look disgusted. “Yes, it’s pretty long isn’t it? Well, I have known The Prince for nine hundred and two years to be exact. He found me when I was fifteen and sadly, he
Aliyah furrowed her brows, “I don’t understand.”“I know,” Irene said, “I’m still telling the story aren’t I?” Aliyah chuckled, embarrassed at herself, “I’m sorry.”“It’s okay,” Irene said, scooping up her mixture and bringing it to her face to have a sniff, “hmm, one more ingredient is missing, the tongue of a deer.” She placed the spoon back in the bowl and went to her drawers, searching for something. Aliyah watched her in fascination and slight disgust when she brought a jar and opened it, bringing out something that definitely looked like a tongue. She placed the jar back and walked to the bowl again, dumping the tongue inside it. She placed her hand on the bowl and closed her eyes. Seconds later, the bowl started boiling and she opened her eyes. She stirred and scooped another potion up and inhaling it, she sighed in content, “ah, now it’s ready.” She reached for a cup sitting beside her and scooped some potion inside it and handed it to her, “here you go.”“Not in th
“The Dark Prince agreed,” Irene said, putting the chicken in the oven and setting the time. “Women were the last thing in his mind. However, unbeknownst to him and the princess, a servant had seen the princess sneaking into the prince’s chamber and had followed and therefore related their discussion to his master, the first prince. Princess Mariah true to her words told her father to postpone her wedding till a year’s time and when asked why, she said she wanted to court her groom and get to know him before becoming his wife. Her answer sounded reasonable and so her father agreed. Determined to win the heart of her love, Princess Mariah started learning how to cook and when she could, she started cooking for the prince twice in a month and taking it to him.”“Wow,” Aliyah said again and Irene laughed.“Wow indeed,” she replied. “She would pluck the freshest fruits and put in the basket along with her baked foods and take to her Prince. The Prince thought she was wasting her time but h
Aliyah gasped when she finally understood what the woman was talking about. “I met Edward in the human realm and…” she paused, her eyes widening in shock. “The woman last night, she called me…” she couldn’t finish her sentences.Irene smiled, knowing the young girl has already figured it all out. “You two started the war and Selene wants you two to end it. She created a whole new world of new creatures based on a love story and her love for a happily ever after. The only problem now is that I don’t think this is about a lost love anymore. There is something more to it, a darkness brewing in the middle of this sweet love story.”“What are you talking about?”“The woman last night was a witch, aye?” Irene asked. “The witches and demons have always hated Selene’s guts and they hated her creatures the most. While one feed on humans, the other was a mockery to humans and they fear that with their very existence, the humans will know about them as well and they hated it. For the past days,
“I knew I would find you here,” Steven said to the boy fighting with a dummy. “Go easy on it, it’s not the reason for your frustration.”“What are you still doing here? Shouldn’t you be gone by now that your brother is fine?” Sean asked irritated.If Steven was offended the way he spoke to him, he didn’t show it. “Now you talked of it, that’s what I came to tell you. We are leaving tomorrow.”“Safe journey,” Sean said as he slashed his sword on the dummy and kicked it with such force that the stick keeping the dummy standing broke off and the inanimate flew for a while before crashing on the ground.“Wow,” Steven said, really impressed. “With that force you might be able to beat the Original,” he chuckled. Sean didn’t say anything to him as he marched to another dummy to begin his fight anew. “They are not your equal match, how about you fight someone your own size, maybe it would make you feel better getting your ass kicked,” he said, grabbing a sword and approaching him in stealth m
“What now?” Irene asked the man sneaking out of the room.Edward sighed and closed the door gently before walking to sit on the couch. Irene followed him, sitting opposite him with her arms crossed on her chest. “Thank you for looking after her.”“It’s nothing. Watching over her for a few hours cannot compare to the ninety years you watched over me,” she shrugged. “But I’m serious, Edward, what now?”“I will protect her if it’s the last thing I do,” he answered.Irene noticed the difference in the man and she asked, “What is it?”“I can’t help but feel like I failed her once. Like a long time ago, but that can’t be true, I have only known her for a month and yet, it feels like years.”Irene smiled at that. “You hate her, how can you have failed her before?”“I don’t hate her Irene,” he frowned.“Oh, then you love her?” she raised an eyebrow, “isn’t a month too small to fall in love?”“I want to go to the rogues field,” he avoided her question. “I want to know if I will see him. The on
A man stood in front of a big polished gate. He closed his eyes and when he opened them again, they looked determined as he reached forward to press the bell on the wall.“Elder Maximus, I will think twice before ringing that bell,” a voice said behind him and he turned to see five of his pack soldiers.Maximus smiled. “I should have known. It is typical of Alan to put a tail on me.”“Alpha did it for the future of everyone, including yours. You should think twice of what you are about doing. Your single action now can ruin many lives and even so, bring chaos upon Blue Moon pack. The last pack that involved the High howlers in a fight was eradicated. Do you wish that for the Blue moon pack?”“No,” Maximus shook his head. “You are wrong, I am trying to protect the Blue Moon pack, I gave my sons to prove that. But Alan has become stubborn and has forgotten the Alpha code.”“That’s a lie, he is living the alpha code. He is protecting Aliyah, our pack member.”“He is protecting his daught