"Your Highness, dead bodies are walking," he said in a rush. The guard is pale and looked scared. Raphael and Angoori ran outside and were shocked to see an army of dead and decaying people walking towards the Raven palace. Their bodies are muddy as if they just came from inside a grave. Bones can be seen in their half-decayed bodies. Most of them are just walking skeletons, and the rest are in the process of decaying. Irina is leading them in the front. She looked happy at herself. Raphael thought he was prepared to deal with anything Irina threw at them this time. But no amount of mental pep talk would have prepared him for this. 'How does anyone fight with already dead people?' he thought while taking in the walking dead steadily approaching the palace. The Raven guards look scared out of their minds. But the guards are trying to look brave and do their part by locking the tall wrought iron palace gates and positioning themselves to shield the entrance with weapons. That dead ar
Raphael and his men together surrounded the dead army from all four directions. They start to burn the dead army with their dragon fire. As Irina is momentarily disoriented, the dead army stands still like statues, while their bodies are burned down to ashes. When Irina realized what was happening, she gained back the control she has on the dead people again. "You dumb idiots, attack" she screeched loudly. At once the dead army started charging toward the Raven palace again. As their bodies already started burning, they are now walking fireballs charging towards the Palace gates. At once the palace gates shook with the force of the dead army. It creaked loudly, protesting from the force with which the dead army was pushing at it and trying to breach the palace walls."Guards, shift and stop them from entering the palace. The gate will not hold that much force for longer. Barricade the gates with sandbags. Quick" Raphael instructed his men while he resumed burning their decayed bodie
After one year....Raphael wanted to hide everything Irina did, because she was once a queen of the Raven clan. Her black deeds will forever become a black mark on the Raven clan. The hard earned reputation of his ancestors would be ruined, which he doesn't want to happen. So he hid her death when it happened. As everything happened in the middle of the night and as the Raven palace is sitting at a fair distance away from the town, no one knew what happened or suspected anything. By morning, only ashes were left behind. The dead army and even irina who brought them to life are all gone. Cadmus lied to everyone that irina went on a spiritual journey to find peace. Everyone believed that lie as Irina made sure to keep her reputation spotless when she was alive. Only peace was left behind after she passed away. "Raphael? What are you doing here?" Valerie asked from behind him. He is standing in the palace court yard while looking in the exact place where his mother died. Valerie noticed
"Slut""Whore""Bitch""Scary witch""Look at how ugly she is. I don't know what the prince sees in her?""Too bad, we cannot see what she hides under those hideous clothes"Taunts and curses followed me everywhere in the 'Windsor high ' which is meant for the Royals. They look at me like I am a bad omen. I am completely out of place among the rich and spoiled Royals. I cover my face with my tangled and frizzy reddish brown hair. My clothes are loose and ill-fitted. They have holes here and there. But the kids around me are wearing branded clothes and look beautiful and stylish, unlike me, who is a slave. I don't want to be here. But my opinion doesn't matter. I have to do everything he wants me to do. If I don't, 'You have to bear the consequences 'His words echoed in my mind. His deep and strong voice gives me chills. His handsome face is a permanent part of my nightmares. Whenever his naked body touches mine, it makes me hot and wet. I don't want to, but my body has a mind of its
"Your Highness, I searched everywhere. But I cannot find any herb to cure our queen. Her condition is stable for now, but we don't know what that slave girl has used to poison, her highness. Our prince has her under his control. But she refused to reveal the truth" a healer shared with the Raven king, Cadmus Raven. Cadmus is restless. His wife and his queen Irina, who is a good soul was attacked when she was coming from a party hosted by the Nester Clan dragons. The Nester Clan are the grey dragons. Raphael found his mother lying in a pool of her own blood and a girl is holding the sword with which Irina was stabbed. That girl is bathed with the blood of his mother. Raphael became furious. He would have killed that girl then and there, but he need the name of the poison which she used on that sword to paralyze Irina. The Raven Prince is the most powerful and feared among all the dragon clans. No one has the potential to stop him or go against him. He is just twenty-five, but drago
Raphael returned back from another failed search. He is searching for the medicine to help his mother, but he cannot find anything. He is tired and frustrated. His anger is raising as time passed by and they couldn't find anything to help the Queen. As he stepped inside the palace, everyone scurried out of his way. He walked towards his chamber with long purposeful strides. The moment he stepped inside his chamber, her mouthwatering scent hit his nostrils. He hates her with every fiber of his being. But still her scent and body makes me intoxicated. She is everywhere in his chamber. Her scent is everywhere and he can see that she cleaned his room like a good little slave. He heard the sound of water running inside the bathroom. He banged the door open, making her jump with fright. Valerie felt him before she heard him. His raw power threatened to consume her as a whole the moment he entered his chamber. Her body tensed and after a moment, the half-closer bathroom door banged in
"She is not dead yet. I paid you for nothing" a man in a black cloak growled at another man. Both the men are wearing black cloaks, and are having a heated discussion under the blanket of darkness in a remote place. "She is not just anyone. She is the queen of the Raven clan. If the Raven prince gains a hint of our betrayal, he will kill us with his bare hands. Haste will only ruin our plan" the other one snapped right back, not caring that the man with whom he is speaking holds power in the royal court.The first one is becoming restless."Fine, do whatever you want but kill her soon," he said impatiently."Alright, I will try to kill her soon" the second one promised.On the other hand, in Windsor high, Valarie is taking books from her locker for her next class, when someone came and stood beside her. Her body became tense. "Hey" a soft masculine voice greeted her.She relaxed and her heart skipped a beat. She recognizes his voice. He is the only person who is kind to her. "Hey"
After school, Valerie is waiting for Tyson. She wanted to make him understand that it is not safe for him to do what he is trying to do. She will make sure that he understands the fact that she will not come anywhere with him and she prefers to stay in the Raven palace. She is tensed. She has a bad feeling that he would find out about this and punish her. She is scared, but she doesn't want Tyson to get in trouble because of her.Tyson saw Valarie waiting for him near the parking lot. He was thinking that she might not show up. But to his relief, she came."Valerie, let's go," he said and began to lead her towards his car.Valerie looked at Tyson with panic. The parking lot is almost empty as everyone else left for the day."No, Prince Tyson, stop," she said and try to dig her feet into the ground. But he is not ready to listen to her anymore. He is done watching her suffer every day."No, this will end today. I cannot watch like a silent spectator while everyone is bullying you and i