I stood at the wide balcony. More vampires behind me as Marie and I stood around the pillar holding a huge stone goblet. Inside was red win poured by the castle mage earlier. The man wearing an elegant fur robe and braided hair stood near the balcony rails. Beneath the castle was the crowds. All villagers gathered to witness as the king only daughter come of age. Including myself of course. I wore a white shirt with white pants while Marie wore a white dress. Simple, plain and we both look at each other nervously and excitedly. The king and my mother stood behind us, witnessing the moment the moon becomes full and its light graze this wine into blood. A sacred blood that will recognize us as an immortal and part of the royal family. Normal vampires don't do this but for royalty? They always wants to make such important event as fancy as possible.Since both of us will come of age at any second soon, I held the edge of the goblet. Staring at the crimson liquid shines brightly an

A/N: Unedited. Will do soon. Just trying to catch up with the due date. tq...My Marie is now officially married. And not to me. My beautiful mate whom I loved from the age of 9 and from the very first time I met, is now married to King Aleksander of Makkari Coven. Her head was bent down while the groom raised his head eye, ecstatic and waving to everyone in the village. They all spoke of Marie being the blushing bride. Unable to face anyone because she was too shy and being as young as 18 years, they claimed the young queen was lucky and blessed to have the king as her husband. Only I knew it was all false. I knew my Marie wasn't happy. Just like me, she was broken inside to be making bonds with another man who is not even her mate. Father know this and yet, he pushed the wedding to be done as soon as possible. He thought he was doing the best thing he can as a king hut he was far too delusional to accept that his decision was a mistake that would soon cost all of us. My mot

I stayed in the Makkari castle for months, even being made into King Aleksander's advisor but, I doubt my opinion matters to him nor did I give him any. I notice he just wants me to be around him and when I see how affectionate he tries to be with Marie, I would bite my lip so hard until it bleeds and ache to bury my fist into the pathetic king's face. Marie would look at me when others weren't looking and smile. Even she knows how our situation is affecting all of us badly. Hyatt and Isaac were still kept to my side but even I can see the treatment of the guards here towards them was mean and not as accepting as I thought they would be. Then I learn that these guards and soldier whom Hyatt would train within the Makkari castle is none other than one of the most powerful general in vampire history. Jakub Maelstrom. A Dutch who was raised by the Makkari former kings. Strong, powerful, and a good friend of every king of Makkari. Including Aleksander and from the way he looked at us,