Prince Aven’s POV
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“Well, Arlin I want your advice”.
“What advice my lord?”
“Would impregnating her be the smartest thing I’ve done in my whole life?”
“I am not allowed to tell you your future, my lord”.
“Yes, I know, I just needed your input since I'm still quite young”.
“My Lord, your father, and your father’s father have had sons at the same age you are now, you should be fine”.
“Very well then”.
“My prince may you tell the council the dreams you’ve had so we may differentiate them from the prophecy”.
I nodded.
“I had braced myself for this, the dream I've had yesterday was the final dream of the prophecy sequence”.
I paused watching the Royal Magick Council (RMC) stare at me while my Father and other royal advisors were there. I continued “It was vivid so I remember every last detail. First it was a… sexual dream. I was chasing her through the market, since she had stolen my amulet.
“A street rat..”, I heard some nobles whisper.
I continued “I followed her into the alley where she was running, she wore my amulet on her neck and suddenly we were transported into my chambers. She had taken off the brown hood she was wearing to reveal her pure cotton white hair and her bright honey colored eyes, she had shown her body to me. She had slowly approached me naked with only my amulet on, “I know how lonely you are”, she whispered.
She looked into my eyes and I had felt a deep sadness in my chest and I had watched her cry for me. I kissed her, and fondled her, she felt amazing. Shortly after I finished I took my gaze off her, and when I looked back she had disappeared. I blinked and suddenly I was on this huge pedestal then out of nowhere a different woman… a goddess rose from the ground, she was gigantic, and she spoke as her words echoed.”
“I am the goddess Aphrodite and I shall grant you woman by the name of Letharia, if she shall be willing to love if so, I shall grant you love and libido along with children. The goddess Aphrodite had started to shrink and changed back to that beautiful woman, Letharia, but her feet no longer touched the ground. She closed her eyes and fell from the sky, naked. I looked down from the pedestal and lost my balance. As I fell, I looked at Letharia, her eyes were wide open, and so beautiful to look at. She had sprouted the wings of an angel, but one wing was white while the other appeared black. She had caught be and dropped me back at the pedestal before she left she whispered “If you match my state of life, my state of loneliness then you will come find me”, she had kissed me while putting one hand on her cheek letting her single tear stop at her fingertips. I closed my eyes and when I opened them she turned into dust, I had woke up in tears in my eyes, that is all Arlin.”
Arlin bowed “You were right your majesty that indeed, is the girl whom you will marry, this dream has perhaps found your future queen.. Our future Queen of Xoria as the goddess had told you. But the worst case scenario may be… this may take months or maybe years, and during this search we will hide this from the public.
I stood up from the thorne and watched my Father sigh. “Months… maybe years… do not dare to lie to me Arlin!”
I slapped him. “I suggest if you do not want to be decapitated you will find her, I’ll give you three months!”
I headed towards the door and looked back at the council “Whoever called her a street rat, feed them to the hungry prisoners, understood?”
“Yes your majesty!”They had spoken in unison as I walked away thinking of the woman named Letharia.
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My Father had followed after me “Next time, I want you to think about what authority you have as a prince”.
My father was almost like a walking mirror of me, I scoffed. “Leave me in peace so that I can prepare for the execution”.
Letharia’s POV ________________ The poor had gathered outside the television store windows, gathered around by guards to view the execution. If the poor couldn’t afford to go to the colosseum gaurds dragged them out of their homes to watch a dictator cut off the head of someone who had shed no blood, stealing for his family to survive. Sometimes it was a person who helped those captured girls who had turned into palace slaves to escape or someone who fed the occasional prisoners who criminals meant to die. That man wasn’t going to die today. I backed away from the crowd, sneaking into a dark alley, climbing onto the ladder, and onto the roof. I then descended another later onto the roof of an abandoned church, sneaking inside. I spotted Jessi by the stained glass windows. “I can’t believe we’re going to do this…” he mumbled, sound enough for me to hear. We st
A man stared at me with wonder in his eyes that man was no other than King Nero. He unlocked the prison cell and ran up to me, he stood in front of me as I had a blank stare on my face. He grabbed my face, turning it side to side as if he were looking for something. "Tell me, are you the one responsible for this massacre?" I grabbed his hands, pulling them off my face. “Yes”, I answered. “You rebels sicken me”, he gave me a repulsed look. “You sicken me as well, oh almighty King Nero”. I bowed with disrespect. “You seem to be nothing like your mother, I’ve wasted my time here.” He turned his back to me”What did you do to her??” “Your mother? That’s a story
Letharia’s POV _____________ I took a deep breath, and Aven was nowhere in the room to be found. I looked in between my legs to see if he had left anything. I passed out after he gave me that syringe. He didn’t do anything to me, but why? After he was so eager to do so, he left me naked in his bed. I stood up and grabbed one of Aven’s shirts. I wouldn't say I liked his smell and the scent he left on his shirts of rich cologne. I wore one of his shorts. I opened his room door to see a flurry of servants going left and right along with guards outside the doors of the nobles, including Aven’s door. The guard bowed to me as he spotted me. “Hello my lady I am sir Galloway I must escort you to your stylist before your RMC council meeting.” I noticed all the stairways and long hallways and pictures of the kings along the palace walls. I was quite the entire ti
Save my son! Why are you all just standing there!", Queen Eliza screamed frantically as I held a sharp blade to her son's neck.Nero crossed his arms, and the guards were mortified that a mere woman could do such a thing. The council members were still, and Aven chuckled."Wow darling, how impressive. But darling, listen. If I die, they die, your brother dies, your father dies, and the list goes on & on.""Screw you". I spoke."Well, what are you waiting for.... ", his voice was calmthen he screamed, "Do it"!The sword was shaking in my hands, and my head started to hurt. My vision becoming blurry. I zoned out hearing voices until Aven grabbed the sword from my hand and pushed me onto the ground. He threw the sword across the room and pinned me down with his body weight.I squirmed trying to set myself free. He starred at me with such anger in his eyes, the room silent. Aven started to entangle his fingers in mine slowly, then in one fast motion"Crack".
"Th-That was my mistake-", Aven pulled away from me. Aven stared at me with blank eyes, I closed my eyes in fear he might hit me but instead I felt a tugging sensation on my lip. My head tilted slightly, by impulse I had kissed Aven back. I then felt his touch disappear, I opened my eyes to see Aven staring at me with his hands in his pockets "I will ask my Father to cancel the execution at once, do not leave this room". I sat there in shock, free from handcuffs, one kiss may earn me my freedom back, what could my whole body do? I somehow wondered if I may have accidentally put him in a trance, what if this was one of the powerful magicks my mother had possessed. I sat there looking around his room from my spot in the corner next to Aven's bed. I noticed how he had no photos of his Mother and Father, his room looked quite plain even I would decorate with newspaper scraps and collages. Aven only had one photo of a cat sitting on a woman's lap, I couldn't tell if it was his mo
As the execution was over Nero sent Jessi over to him in handcuffs, he walked past us but proceeded to give Aven a side glare.Aven looked at me “This is the last time I let you get what you want- “Aven-“
“Shouldn’t we do this on our honeymoon?”, I asked taking off my dress. Aven scoffed, giving me a smirk, “Press your stomach against the bed, and I’ll do all the work.” I sat on his bed facing him. “What am I to you? A pretty trophy or a convenient sex toy”. Aven looked at me. “I have plenty of toys that I play with, but I want you right now.” “Why?” I raised a brow. He sighed. “No more questions lay on your stomach.” I took off my undergarments and showed Aven my bare breasts. “Isn’t that better than laying on my stomach?” “Much better,” he approached m
Jessi's POV"That was a disaster," I spoke.I walked slightly behind Nero as he glanced at me. "Send a new messenger to order Letharia mandatory psychology testing."Nero had completely ignored every damn thing I've said. "Understood; where are we heading to?""Council Member Velis's chambers," he answered. We had both suddenly become quiet, moments had passed by, and I finally decided to ask him "Nero."King Nero stopped in his tracks to look into my eyes. "You have my full attention." I cleared my throat "Illy, the woman who saved me from prison, I want her back." Nero scoffed, "Evander, never have I thought you wanted love instead of power."