"I'm not sure if I can do that, Alexander."Alexander had just given me the biggest surprise ever. Although I had cast a spell on him to give him a sense of hope and new direction, I would have never thought that he would want to stop being a vampire."Please, it would really mean the world. I want to grow old with her. It doesn't seem right if she's the only one getting old.""Why don't you just turn her into a vampire?"Alexander frowned at my question. "Being a vampire can really suck the inner beauty and innocence one has. That's what I like about her. I can't see her ever becoming the monster I am."I frowned, "You do realize what that will mean right?"He nodded, his gaze dropping to the floor. "I won't ever be able to come back here again.""Meaning you won't see your family again. Goliath, who basically raised you. Sei, Silas, Kaiser, or me."Alexander sighed, "I will always be grateful to father, Goliath, for being there when my own dad wasn't, and although Sei, Silas and I n
Hundreds and thousands of different eyes curiously stared back at me, the arena veering off into a nerving silence. I watched as Sei made his way to us and stood to my left, while Silas remained standing my right.I cleared my throat and opened my mouth. Although I didn't even know where to begin, I knew that there was a lot to cover."Greetings, to all... Mighty and small. Firstly, I would like to once again congratulate your new king." I started, giving Silas a nod. He smiled at me, and slipped his hand into mine.I took a deep breath, "Although I do not really know where to begin with this, I must explain to you all what has been happening around us. The killings that left many of us feeling unsafe, and families of the victims clouded with grief."So I explained everything. I told the honest truth about Damien, and how he had done all that he did. When my explanation was over, most creatures looked unsettled by my words, but it did not seem like any of the blame was directed to me
I couldn't believe that we had been wrong.Valedria's suspicious behavior had turned out to be the usual hatred he had for me. He had not been possessed, despite acting cruel enough to seem like he was.We killed the wrong person.My voice box probably ripped somewhere from how loud I had screamed when I realized who I was faced with. It even started hurting at some point, and my high pitched screams turned to uneven cracks of my voice. There was no possible way that others didn't hear me, even if there was noise around the arena.Sei and Kiaser charged down the hall when they heard my response to seeing Damien, both of them rushing to see if I was okay. I lifted my shaking hand and pointed to Nazari, who now completely had ice blue eyes."Damien." I only said, making Sei stare at his father in disbelief.Nazari blinked, and the blue from his eyes vanished. They returned to their original brown shade. Then he stared at me, seeming absolutely offended by my accusations. "Who is Damien?
"Females and gentle-males! It is with great excitement to present the event that shall rewrite the history of our people as we know it. The event that we may only get to see once in our long lifetimes. The battle for the crown!"Loud cheers could be heard roaring throughout the huge arena. It was a stadium-like setting but was surrounded by buildings that had started decaying because of age. It reminded me a little too much to the famous Colosseum in Rome, except that this one was rectangular instead of circular.I looked around, and I was able to see thousands upon thousands of creatures from the high balcony I was seated on. They had placed a fancy throne for me at the highest point of the arena, that way I could get the best view for today. Silas and Alexander were already preparing for everything, so I couldn't see either of them earlier this morning.My heart hammered in my chest. I had no doubt that Silas would impress me today, but I was concerned about the other mission that w
"I can't believe you would do something like this! You know I can't, Akielia. You know this."I felt my head spinning, the sensation painful and uncomfortable. My stress levels didn't seem to want to drop.My eyes skimmed over Alexander, who had just finished hissing in my ear for the tenth minute since the fairy left our home. I knew that he was in a panic because he couldn't beat Silas, but I was honestly backed into a corner when I was asked the question that led to my response."I'm sorry, Alexander. It was the first thing I blurted out." I apologized sincerely. Even though the battle between Silas and Alexander was bound to happen eventually, I knew that I had called for it sooner than needed. Alexander ran both of his hands through his dark hair, his eyes shutting as he deeply thought of a way to escape this situation. I turned to look at Silas, who was relaxed on the couch without a single worry in the world.He knew that he would win.When my eyes went back to Alexander, he w
Damien broke my mind into pieces.He took the very last shred of sanity I had been holding onto for the past few weeks. I'd been dangling from it this whole time, grasping it for dear life and he had the nerve to appear in the form of wind and take it all from me.As if the deaths we had counted weren't enough already. I was going to lose someone else.He had mentioned that I would have the assistance of my men when stopping him, so it couldn't be Sei or Silas. Kaiser was probably out of the picture too, considering he was still too weak to do anything.He was still a possibility.Then there was Alexander, Valedria, Goliath... These were all men that I was close to, but he had never said that it would specifically be a man. I just had automatically scratched out the women because I didn't know any to begin with. The ones that I did know were long dead. Sapphire and Daffodil.The only other women I knew were Elder Norabi from the wolfpack, Alexanders girlfriend and the twins' mother,