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o tell me, mama? Because

e so due to the encounter rather than the chill of the night. Everything had shifted right before her eyes, and she could not

r mother began to brew some coffee for all of them. Whereas Calli was craving something stronger, s

r? Now, he has seen her and

lisen knew what she had done and knew that whatever outcome had come to pass, it was the best in the situation they had found themselves

interpreted as a declaration of war against him. You would have been keeping him from his sole right- to look upon her on a full mo

espect. Not many could rival Elisen Rowenys' magical abilities- including her. When she had seen her daughter walk out of her room, almost as if in a trance, she knew that

wards the edge of their backyard where the forest met with their land. There, she stopped and seemed to wait for him. And, like a spectral with

same scene- only this time, Calliope would not return- filled her with immense sadness. She did not want to lose her granddaug

nfusion coursing through her entire body. Her mind was muddled, fixated on the words he had spoken and the sure tone he had used.

pposed to it as she should be...That she was not sca

ONE SECOND and explain to me- the victim in all

er veins and her anger was a reflection of this as she turned from one to the other, waiting for an explanation that both seemed reluctant to give. Calli kn

mean by you tried to 'cast a void spell'? Why does this arrogant, cocky asshole think that I belong to him? Did you

cups before bringing them to the dining table where they had

ld you first? I promise that after

at her, waiting for some sort of response. It was clear that they were worried for her, wo

oon would wane in three days' time- the time corridor in which the Beast King was prophesized would come to the Mortal Real

with her narration of everything that had happened with some details

s other world in which he found you? Be as accurate

n all those years ago- when she had discovered that she could disappear from the world she knew and into a fantasy realm within her dreams where none of her problem

y began to dream of this place when I entered my teen years. Though I have no idea why tha

sigh and sipped her coffee silently with a nod towards Ira who lo

m the moment you were born. You were meant to stay by his side,

stead facing the backyard where the clouds had gathered, and rain seemed to be threatening to fall.

ma.

le as she took both her cold hands into her warm ones and squeezed. She revelled in the warmth, allowing that to centre her as s

ld narrate to you when you were a child. This is real

ferent Elemental Courts- from Wood Elves who live in the magical forests of Ikraseon and control the Earth and Nature Element to Sea Elves who live in the vast seas and control the Water Element. Flame and Dark Elves control the Fire and Darkness Elements and rule over the Nightlands in Underground cities whereas the Air and Light Elves rule the skies and control the Air and Light Element.

e raw reaction but the stories that she had told her as a child seemed to have eased the delivery of such grand, life-changing news. Taking a deep brea

protection of the Witches who guard this place. We believers never gave up hope, though, and awaited the fruition of the Prophecy that had been declared centuries before. The fall of the Rowenys family had been foreseen by one of the Seer Witches. They declared that one day, our family would be ousted from the throne, but we would rise again in a later generation and only through the union of our bloodline with another- A powerful but cursed lineage that would foster the beginning of a new age and the unifica

is is no fairy tale. I agree that some of them are creatures with true hearts whereas others are nothing but beasts, just like their King. Lucien Gray is not the quintessential werewolf like his brothers and sisters- he is an Immortal that was cursed after he committed a great sin against the Celestial who created his kind. Six of these Immortals exist

o stand beside Lucien and become his Queen. He was not the hero of a fairy tale. No, he was the villai

of the Dark Elves but not at the cost of my child. I refuse to give you to him as some sort of payment for his help in this w

individual known as the Beast King, a ruthless Immortal who wishes to possess her all so he could hel

ent woman in anticipation of this day. The only thing remaining is granting you the tools to protect yourself- your birthright and in the next three days that h

had to be done. Part of her was eerily aware that no matter what they did, they could not stop him from taking her. She knew that rebelling against him would mean th

...and the only thing she had to do to save them was

ht?

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