After leaving Lucian laying there I returned to the dark insides of the castle with tears streaming down my cheeks and a feeling of hopelessness gripping my heart."Why are you weeping princess, you should be thrilled that all of your mate's memories will return…unless you are hiding something from him?" Azrael said staunchly as he crept from the darkness. I wiped my eyes and shook my head."He looks dead and it was difficult to see him as such," I said softly and he exhaled deeply."He is a vampire and will go into a rejuvenation sleep as his mind heals. Surely you are aware of the workings of a bloodsucker?" He scoffed."Yeah they drink blood and turn into a bat-like beast," I mumbled sourly and Azrael shook his head."Only vampires with a royal bloodline have wings and once upon a time hunters used to pull their fangs out and watch them starve," he said stoically and my eyes narrowed in confusion."How can that be, they could just simply drink the blood," I mumbled and Azrael laughe
"What do you think happened?" I questioned Eva and she whined telling me Selene is now on the run and will be sentenced and released from her position. My brow furrowed as I followed the blood scent back into the dining room. My eyes widened at Galen's corpse lying on the floor and Azrael hunched over with his hand covered in a dark liquid. I rushed over to him and lifted his chin. His eyes were narrowed and looking at me incredulously."That bitch is a crafty one," he winced. I grabbed a cloth napkin off the dining table and held it against his gouged midsection. I felt a chill when his hand went through mine to hold it in place. Azrael was similar to a spectral and it boggles my mind."Aren't you immortal, sir?" I questioned curiously and he shrugged. I glanced around the darkness and growled roughly, "help your lord." Azrael grunted and sat up, shaking his head."They will not interfere with anything that happens to me, they are only here to serve.. the Enforcers," he coughed and I
My heart was hurting even worse than it had with the skank Gloria and I rubbed my eyes feeling moisture collecting in them. I glanced up hearing Azrael entering the room and noticed that he was angry and glaring at me. He glanced down at the dead body of Galen and moved his hands in the air. I watched the body disintegrate into tiny miniscule particles and dissipate into the air. I grinned and said, "I hope none of that enters my nostrils." Azrael grunted and went back to scowling at me."I hope you are proud of yourself for destroying that young woman's view of mates. You know she loves you but is hesitant about the feeling because you never said it to her in return. God, you're a mess," he mumbled sourly and sat in the chair across from me."She was also your one-way ticket out of here but now you're stuck with me bloodsucker," Azrael grinned showing his perfectly straight teeth."I recall several times being in your presence. The most heart-wrenching was the time I was accused of k
I entered the kitchen and headed to the table with a smirk on my face."Did my idea work, princess?" Azrael asked me and I nodded."Yes, he refused to remove his mark," I said softly as I rubbed Lucian's mark on my neck. Azrael chuckled and his eyes changed to a light green color. I eyed him strangely and sat across from him."Your loneliness manifests itself into the entire realm…does that mean that you can change it based just on how you are feeling?" I asked him carefully. When he looked over at me he shrugged."It was once a lush area centuries ago but shit happened and my sorrow made it rain constantly. When my heart grew cold so did the rest of it," he said stoically and I frowned. "I'm sorry…it must be tiresome," I mumbled and he asked me, "how so?""Just being alone with the apparitions. By the way, thanks for your hand-wavy thing and for taking away the dark circles under my eyes…I had a rough night," I mumbled softly and gave him a small smile. I realized that Azrael was a
My heart felt full of happiness and my soul full of joy as I watched my mate flying above me and giving me heart signs with his clawed fingers. I breathed in the forest around me scenting the elfin magic within it. "Azrael is certainly a powerful necromancer," Eva commented in my subconscious and I agreed with her as I ran further up the tree-covered hill. Reaching the top I glanced over the amazing view. Lucian dropped beside me and pecked my furry muzzle. I side-eyed him as his vampire looked smug. I rolled my eyes."We make an odd pair," I grunted and he chuckled."You're genetically more of a bloodsucker, Nia since your father is full-blooded. You carry only a fourth of a Lycan," he mumbled casually. I grinned at Eva telling me she was staying with me and not to worry my pretty furry head about it. I frowned remembering what Lucian had told me about his lineage and rubbed my abdomen."What you said about your bloodline…our child could inherit the vampire killing gene and that's w
"Lucian, wait! The princess should be dressed in more than just your dress shirt," Azrael grinned slightly and Lucian grabbed the sweatpants from his hand. Lucian's shirt covered me like a thigh-high dress but rode up to allow my cheek to peek out. When he handed the pants to me I grinned."Poor baby, you won't get to see my bare ass any longer,'' I teased playfully, pulling the sweatpants up my bare flesh. Lucian wasn't smiling as he watched me which caused me concern. I squeezed his hand when I finished tying the knot and asked what was going on. He shook his head and led me to the back of the castle. Once outside he roared out a pitiful sound."What is it, Lucian?" I asked with deepening concern. He gazed at me with blood tears falling down his cheeks. Cupping his face I kissed his mouth.He grabbed my wrists and pulled my hands gently away."I have put you and our unborn child in harm's way because of my blood oath. Can't you see that?" He said solemnly and I shook my head."We wi
I entered the castle and went to Azrael to inform him that I wanted to confront the Elders. I knocked on his office door and entered when he said to enter. Azrael glanced at me with a furrowed brow."I removed my mark from Nia to keep her and our unborn child safe from the Elders. We will keep our bond until she can carry my mark without retaliation," I told him calmly. "Her father is requesting that I take her back to attend her debut celebration," Another voice asserted from the corner. I frowned seeing the devil making himself known. "I just came from there after dropping off Noah and Jaxon at Nikolai's," Lucifer said. My heart dropped realizing this was it. I sighed deeply, looking sternly at him, and asked, "Can you go to my suite at Nikolai's and bring me the letter in the top drawer of my desk, please?" Lucifer eyed me glumly, disappearing for a moment and then reappearing with the envelope in hand. I took it from his hand and snatched an ink pen from Azrael's desk. Opening t
Standing in Lucian's shower I scrubbed the tiredness from my eyes. The hot water worked my stiff muscles from the awkward way I'd slept during the evening and half the day. I had fallen asleep on Lucian's couch holding a recent photo of him to my chest. I had awakened abruptly once I rolled onto the cold floor and broke the glass inside of the frame. I ignored the visitors who knocked on the door, not wishing to speak to anyone. When I headed to shower I saw my black gown hanging on the door hook and huffed in annoyance. My anxiety was spiking and my nerves were frayed due to having to attend my debut."You must attend the celebration for your father, it is an important matter for you to be presented to the others for your position," Eva growled bluntly and I rolled my eyes. After drying and wrapping my hair in a towel I donned one of Lucian's t-shirts and a pair of shorts I'd found in the dresser and brought in with me. When I opened the bathroom door I was greeted by Jaxon screechin