บททั้งหมดของ Moon kissed, Blood crowned: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Maya The hot afternoon sun streamed in through the draperies as I stared at my room floor. “What are you planning to do now?” Valerie asked in a hushed whisper, as she clutched my arm fearfully. Valerie wasn’t just my personal servant, she was my best friend and ally. She was the head chef's daughter, but when her mother died, my father took her in and appointed her as my private maid and companion. She was supposed to keep me out of trouble, but she constantly failed miserably at that task. “I’m going to sneak in there and find out what’s going on,” I muttered.“Maya, you will get caught! And your father will punish you if he sees you. Please reconsider.” She pleaded, as her fingers tightened around my arm, but I shook her off impatiently.“I won’t get caught and I have made up my mind.” I smoothed down my pleated skirt. If there was one thing I was very skillful at, it was being invisible, especially when it came to my father and my eldest brother. I touched my lips and left my ro

Maya “I have an idea!” Valeria said, clasping my face in her hands. “Let’s run away!” Gracious goddess! The idea was so tempting. It wasn’t the first time that Valeria and I had contemplated running away from my family. Pack up a bag, slip out the kitchen door, steal a steed from the stables and ride out to start a new life where no one knew who we were, or where we came from. But that was a childlike wonder. “I can’t,” I said sadly, staring into space. “Lord Darken will still hold my father responsible. He might retaliate against the pack.” As much as I wanted to be selfish, and preserve my own life, I also didn't want to condemn anyone else.” Valeria let go of my legs and jumped to her feet to pace in front of the chimney. Valeria has a habit of being in motion whenever she wants to generate an idea. She often said she couldn't think clearly while her body was not moving. She tapped her lips with her fingers, “What if we use a reverse mechanism? What if you were taken against y

TylerI stared at the miniature boy in front of me and it took all of my willpower not to laugh. Looking at his tiny frame, I am certain he wouldn't be more than eighteen, but when I looked into his hazel eyes it was captivating as if they held the wild beauty of untouched forests and the warmth of a fading sunset, making it impossible to look away. I felt a weird feeling that I might have encountered the youngster before, but I couldn’t seem to recollect. I tried sniffing the air, but I couldn't perceive his scent. Only a mixture of soothing herbal essence mingled with the foul stench of the inn. The boy had cloaked his scent. Interesting!!!I took a mouthful of my beer and immediately regretted it. I had planned to sip it slowly, because I had no spare coins in my pocket to buy a fourth round. “I have been hired for so many dangerous assignments,” I said carefully, pushing the stein aside, “But never for that.” “Please!” The boy pleaded. “You would be saving someone whose life i

Maya “You can’t continue starving yourself,” Valeria said, for what felt like the hundredth time. She was crouched in front of me, holding a bowl of lentil porridge under my nose as though the smell alone might tempt me. “You haven’t eaten since yesterday morning, please just a few scoops.”“I am not hungry.”“You are never hungry when you are worried, and you are always nervous, so by logic you’d never eat at all.” She pushed the bowl closer, “Eat before you starve to death.” I turned my face away. The smell of the perfectly seasoned porridge somehow didn't appeal to me. Three days! Just three more days before I would be loaded off in a carriage and sent off to a vampire’s fortress like a package. I gently pushed the bowl away and Valeria gave me a sympathetic look. She took the bowl of porridge and placed it on the tray beside my bed. “Fine! Since you have decided not to eat at least drink some water,” she coaxed.I took the glass of water from her and drank some, it seemed easie

MayaMy father turned to the guards before the silence could settle into something unbearable. “She is not to leave the carriage unaccompanied,” he ordered, in the same tone he might have used to discuss livestock management. “She is not to speak to strangers on the road. You will deliver her to Lord Draken’s fortress intact and on time.”He paused, for the briefest moment, and something shifted in his voice. “She is an Alpha’s daughter and must be treated with respect.”The guards nodded, but neither of them looked at me. I almost laughed at the irony. This was the only protection my father had ever offered me on the morning he was sending me away to a vampire.I watched as Valeria stepped forward from the spot where she had been standing quietly against the wall. She had been so silent that everyone in the room had apparently forgotten she was there. Which, I suspected, was exactly what she had intended.“I’m going with her,” she announced.The effect was immediate that father had t