Elizabeth Diego safely returned me to my house. Currently, I am lying down on my bed while staring at the ceiling. Silence prevailed inside my room and many thoughts and voices are in my mind. “I am more powerful than I think of myself,” I mumbled out of my breath. “What does he mean? What did you mean, Diego?” Witches are powerful. They are powerful among the other creatures in this world. And Diego completely believes that I can do more than my healing powers. I wonder how I can activate that. It triggered me to roust off the bed and stand up. I wonder where I last put the book of spells that was owned by my mother. The last thing I remember is that I was hastily stashing it inside her dark room because I was so afraid of the villagers that visited me on that day I summoned the red lady. But right now, I will not embrace my fear. I will conquer it so I would know my strengths and weaknesses… now that I am acknowledging the fact that I am a witch. I lit up the candle lamp in my
“The ball?” Elizabeth exclaimed and her face disgruntled while furrowing her eyebrows. “You’ve got to be kidding me. The queen must have not been true to her words.” Without further ado, Nikita rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “I am telling you. They said it,” she said. “You know the protocols. If a royalty invites you, you should not be refusing them because there will be consequences.” “I know, but I don’t see a reason why I am also included.” “Well, let’s just say that the queen must like you!” “That is very impossible.” My friend slapped her forehead as I remained confused and panicking. I suddenly remembered that the queen mentioned a ball from the other kingdom, but she shyly refused the invitation since the princesses have dismissed her. When I approached her towards the door, she was fidgeting while telling me that the queen requires my presence in the kingdom this afternoon so we can go to the other kingdom and attend the ball with Nikita. My question is --- what a
Elizabeth Nikita only shook her head, but she was grinning as if what I said was ridiculous. I hit her arm that was clinging to mine and chased her flustered face playfully. “What I said was true!” I exclaimed while giggling. “If you are talking about the princesses and other daughters of the royalties on the other kingdoms, they can have all the forms of beauty, but when you have the purest heart among them, then you are the most expensive woman every prince would want -” “Ops, ops,” Nikita said and shushed me with her index finger by putting it on my lips. “I already understand it, so you don’t have to elucidate it elaborately.” “Okay, fine!” I said and pinched her cheek. “I believe in you, so you should also believe in yourself.” We were chatting nonchalantly as we went through the numerous bloody hallways until we reached the family balcony. While laughing with Nikita, the princesses together with the royal queen were already conspicuous at my sight. They are performing embroi
Elizabeth Diego was not bad, to be honest. He seems intelligent without actually showing it. Despite his handsomeness that sometimes drifts me off for a while, I am also amused by the way he talks naturally with his deep words and the hidden knowledge he would share with me. “Do you believe in werewolves? That they are still there?” he asked me while we are walking down the plaza of the village. I pouted and nodded. “Well, yes,” I said. “I have seen one…” My hands drifted on the ground, remembering the werewolf who bit my neck. I touched the scarf circling my neck and realized that I have not removed this since the day that werewolf showed up to me. “Are you not hot with your scarf on your neck?” Diego asked me curiously, so I looked at him again. “I feel hot, but it’s fine. I like warm,” I said and then gazed at a banana cue stand with the woman who was selling banana cues. “Oh, my goodness! We should buy banana cues!” “Banana - what?” Before Diego could ask me furthermore abo
Diego I stared at the sunset in the middle of the pasture. I am currently in the Dark Forest, and even though I want to go with Elizabeth to another kingdom to attend a ball, something happened in our village. “Hey. Are you okay?” I heard Roy behind me say. “Your father wants to see you.” “I’m fine,” I said and my eyes stayed remained on the setting sun. “And I can’t go to the village furthermore. There will be no time for that. I’ll transform in any minute.” Roy hissed and went beside me. He was having a disgruntled face as if I have sinned against him. I furrowed my eyebrows, trying to discern if I did something wrong. “What?” I asked and tilted my head. “I still don’t believe that you don’t transform if your mate is around you. Are you sure about that? Or are you just lying to me?” he asked. My best friend has been dubious because of my assumption that I am not going to be a dangerous werewolf if Elizabeth is with me. It is like Elizabeth has a magic field that if I just don’
Elizabeth I sighed in relief as I watched the entrance doors of the palace open in front of me. It revealed the presence of Queen Jonah and Prince Ronald side by side. Her Majesty was smiling brightly; while the prince was smoldering conspicuously as he stared at me. I bet he is already thinking about how he would kill me tonight. Pvt. If only he can try… I smirked at that thought and raised my forehead to step forward in front of them. “Darling, you look ravishing!” Her Majesty greeted me enthusiastically and spread her arms to offer me a warm hug. With politeness and coy, I indulged myself to hug her back even though it seems like we are just casual to each other. We are both wearing gowns, but the queen is most likely to be radiant with her crown over her head. “There is no one like you, Your Majesty. Your beauty is already more remarkable than any other one,” I said out of courtesy and was guided to be released from her arms. “Oh, stop me with your flatterings there. Have yo
It did not take long for us to depart. We rode horse carriages that contained us. One for me and Nikita who enjoyed riding through the road; one for the queen and the king; one for the princes; and one for the princesses. I even opened the window under the canopy when we passed through the village to see the children playing and waving at us. The villagers also bowed down their heads when the carriages of the royal family passed by. “Is that Elizabeth?” “Oh, yes! I heard that she was invited to the dinner last night with the royal family!” “How lucky!” “Take care, Elizabeth!” I regarded the throng of villagers who were talking nearby me. Different from the insults Bandura gave me last morning, they were not talking badly to me. And speaking of what happened, I looked at my hands with conspicuous confusion. I concluded that the powers I have discovered a while ago were triggered because of my emotions. I was frustrated and almost angry when the princesses locked me inside the gran
Elizabeth It was the biggest mistake that I did not ask Nikita or the queen about the kingdom we will attend for a ball. I just guessed that my face went blanched and my heart skipped a beat when the palace of Kingdom Azrael slowly loomed into my sight under the stars and moon. “Welcome to the Kingdom Azrael!” Nikita enthusiastically exclaimed and even almost stood up just to reach my shoulder using her palm. “This is your first time going here, Elizabeth, right? Oh, this kingdom might not be big as our kingdom, but it is beautiful, too!” Yes. I agree with Nikita. I could hear the people from the streets talking about the ball that will transpire tonight, and at any minute, it will start if the royalties that are included in the part list had already arrived. There was a village not far from the road we were taking. It was segregated from the road made of bricks where cemented establishments and houses were located. I furrowed my eyebrows as I realized that, unlike our kingdom, ri