I shoved Nate away from me as I rolled and jumped back. The princes and the others were now looking at me.
“Get her!” Ace ordered as the princes all charged at me. Well, all of them after Ren gave my sleeping familiar to the chief.
I don’t know how my body became so light, but I was able to avoid all of their moves and advances. I undid the belt from my dress and wrapped it over Nate’s eyes as I threw him over to Ren. Ace tried to grab me but I blocked him with my hand and side stepped so I could stand behind him. He turned back with a jab that I narrowly dodged.
I paused, then pointed an accusing finger at him. “Hey! That looked like you really meant to hurt me.” I commented as I compared him to how the other two were moving. Ren and Nate prioritize to c
‘Malduk, I see you have found yourself a new host. And a working tamer at that.’‘Viex, you are free. Long time no see. I have heard word of your liberation but I wasn’t able to welcome you personally.’There was a laugh. ‘Doesn’t matter. What are you doing with this half baked tamer anyway? I understand that her powers are working but those people from the tribe would be far more useful than this one right here.’‘You do not understand, Viex. She’s a royal blood.’‘A royal-’ There was a pause and I can hear a twig breaking and leaves shifting on the ground.
“Let me guess. Don’t make any sudden movements so it wouldn’t see us?” I whispered to Viex as I looked back at the forest monster that was now slowly making its way towards us.‘Woman, are you nuts!? That is a totem and not a snake! RUN!’“Rude fox says run!” I told the princes and started running on ahead.‘The other way! Cross the river and head towards the forest!’I skidded to a stop and ran past the princes to cross the river. “Sorry, guys. Wrong way.” My feet splashed through the water and I had to raise Viex just so he wouldn’t get splashed with the water as well. I looked back, Custard was safely in Ren’s arms.
The Nymph, far different from how I last saw her, bolted towards me. Viex, Custard, and the princes moved out of the way as if sensing something that I couldn’t. I was looking at them all until the nymph held my face in between her hands and started pinching and playing with my cheeks. “It has been a while since I have visitors! Wow your skin is lovely but so stressed. I mean,” She pulled my head closer so she could examine my forehead. “Would you just look at this zit?”I slapped my hands wildly in front of me to shoo her away as her offensive words reached through me. I moved back and covered my forehead. “Will you all just leave my George alone?!”“George? Is that your name? But you’re a girl.”“No. My name is Rose. George is th
‘Help. A-’ It was the last words that I heard from my dream before I woke up. I blinked slowly and felt myself floating. I carefully looked from side to side and realized that I was still in the water. I winced as I forced my body to move but to no avail That’s right. The last thing that I remembered after pulling PRINCE Ace to the water was feeling a burning pain to my chest. Every part of my body was burning despite being in the water. Steams of black smoke coiled from my body as I felt the foreign spirit being burn out of my body. It was like I was being steamed alive that my consciousness decided to shut itself. I was floating on my back when a panther suddenly appeared in my line of vision and was looking down at me. Before I would have screamed, but now I simply reached out and scratched the back of his ear. Somehow, just by touching him,
The statue of Prince Terrence looked as if he was trying to reach for something before he was petrified. He looked exactly like what he did when he showed himself to us when he was a ghost.I glared at Serena. “Lady, I understand that you have not interacted with other people for a long time but this is just sick. You can’t just show Nate the corpse of his father.” I pointed out.Serena’s eyes widened in horror. “Wait. Wait, my friends. Prince Terrence is not dead. He was simply placed under a spell!”“Who would...who would do such a thing?” Ren asked while we cautiously glanced at Nate, who was staring intently at the stone figure of his father.“King Varon of course!”
I ran towards Nate and started pulling on Prince Terrence’s hair to get him off of Nate. “Sir, this is called child abuse! I could sue you!” I threatened him, but the old vampire Prince seemed to be blinded by something that he wasn’t listening to me.“Who sent you to assassinate us? And how the hell did you people know of this place?!” Prince Terrence demanded Nate, who was pinned under him.“What the hell? Get off of me!” Nate yelled. In that instant, Ren and Ace came forwards and dragged a thrashing vampire off of Nate. I ran to his side worriedly.“Are you okay?” I asked and glanced at his wrist that was now starting to bruise. To hurt a vampire-like Nate, Prince Terrence must be pretty strong.
‘Princess, look out!’ Viex yelled in my mind and grabbed me using his tails to pull me out of the way as Custard charged at me. I let out a yelp when I felt the intensity of the air when he landed. Our eyes met briefly before Viex placed me on his back and secured me with his tail.‘What the hell is wrong with you!?’ Viex growled at Custard. ‘You let an evil spirit possess you just as you are about to become a royal familiar? How shameful. You even attacked our princess!’ Viex chastised him.In response, Custard lowered his front legs to the ground and growled. I was stunned. His beautiful white fur whenever he transformed was now a
I let out a sneeze and sniffed as I wrapped the blanket around me tightly as I scooted closer to the fire. Custard placed his massive tail in front of me to provide me with more warmth. Viex, shifting back to his smaller form, wrapped himself onto my neck.“What the hell is wrong with this place. Why is it so cold!?” I demanded as I continued to shake. I was already dressed in a long-sleeved shirt and some trousers that we had to pin to the side. I refuse to wear another fancy dress and shiver to death.What’s worse is that we had to camp outside because the inside of the cave is colder. It was too damp and wet from the spring and the hole at the top didn’t help either.Ren appeared and placed a blanket over me before sitting by my side. He scratched Custard’s chin and lau