THE GUARDS quickly drew their swords and stood in front of me to protect me. The contenders had lost their formation in one corner. And as if they had been waiting for this chance, some of them already had swords in their hands while some had shifted in their wolf forms, ready to strike at my command.However, Blade didn’t flinch. My eyes narrowed but after a few seconds, a smile formed in my lips. Nothing had changed. Blade was still very unpredictable. No one could ever tell what his next move would be.Just like today.For a second there, I thought my heart was about to drop.“Drop your swords,” I commanded.“But your majesty-““Unless you want to join his performance, then I suggest you drop your weapons. Do it now,” I said in an authoritative voice. “Go back to your positions.”Against their will, the guards went behind me and returned their swords back in their scabbards. The contenders were also forced to drop their swords and to shift back to their human forms.In the middle o
WE wasted no time and ripped each other’s clothes. I wanted to touch Blade, every part of his body. Just looking at him the whole day was not enough. I need his warmth. I need him. All of him. And with the way he pressed his arousal against my belly meant that the feeling was mutual. I had never felt this sensitive, this needy, and this hot until tonight.And if I don’t release these feelings, I felt like my heart would pop out of my chest and I wouldn’t survive the night. There were patrol guards in and out of the castle, strictly scanning every crevice, every area to make sure that no contender would get to find his way inside my room but so far, those guards had never been a problem to me and Blade.He and I somehow just always find a way to meet each other. It was either he’d catch me about to break in his quarters and laugh at me afterwards or I’d catch him about to leave to meet me and I’d smirk at him.I had never met a man I wanted this badly, this desperately. When I’m with B
“CLOSE your eyes and jump, your majesty. I will catch you. Before you know it, you are already in my arms.”And I didn’t doubt those words. Before Blade and I parted ways last night, we agreed to meet at the bell tower at four in the morning. I saw him downstairs with his big, black motorbike. He was wearing a black leather jacket, ripped jeans, and boots.It was my first time seeing Blade in this rugged attire and with this motorbike. I didn’t even know he had one. He spread his arms and gave me that heart-melting smile.Once again, I heard the devil’s voice in my head.“Come here.”I swallowed. One mistake and I know I would die in an instant. But I was not afraid.After I experienced betrayal, I was afraid of falling in love again, of taking risks again. I was afraid to dive into love but since it was Blade, I know he would make the dive worth it.I prepared myself and steadied my breathing. Unlike what he told me, I didn’t close my eyes. I didn’t want to miss a single moment. I sp
TODAY was a day full of firsts for me. After we had our breakfast by the shore, Blade brought me in the biggest shopping mall in the city and together, we watched movies. It was just me and him inside the cinema.While looking at the giant screen, I remember the first time I watched a movie. It was with Dad. He took a day off from his duties as a king and spent the day with me. It was a week before my supposed to be wedding day saying that he wanted to have a date with his only daughter.The Council was against it. He had countless meetings but Dad didn’t listen to them that day and insisted to take me out. He brought me out of the castle.“Enjoy now, worry later,” I remember Dad saying as he winked at me. And together, we ran away from the guards. It was just him and me in the car and I remembered how we were laughing the entire time, how we sang our favorite songs out loud inside the car, since that was the only place where we were allowed to do it without people reminding us of the
“AND you are the only man I would fight for, the only devil I would love and believe in, and the only contender I would choose again and again.” I took Blade’s hands, the only hands I would hold. His hands were big, but together, our hands seemed to fit so perfectly. “In this lifetime, know that you have an ally and a lover in me.”I felt him freeze. And when I looked in his eyes, he suddenly looked pale as if he had seen something he was not supposed to.“Is something wrong?” I asked.Blade pulled me in his arms. My brows furrowed when I felt him shaking. “I am a man with many curses, Katniss. I could see the future. Others call this a gift, but it was the opposite for me knowing that despite this ability, I have no way of changing the future. Whatever I saw always happens.”(Blade)THERE was nothing worse than knowing you will get hurt and waiting for the day it finally happens. When Katniss held my hand, I saw her on a white dress. She looked so beautiful as she marched towards the
(Katniss)THE SUN had already set when Blade and I went out of the movie theater. Right now, I’m currently sitting on one of the benches in the park, with Blade’s jacket on my shoulders, smiling while inhaling his masculine scent which lingered on his jacket as I watched him fall in line to get me the ice cream that I suddenly craved to eat.The girls literally stopped whatever they were doing the second they saw him walked by. Even I wanted to just keep staring at him. In this crowd full of humans, of little kids playing and biking around, of lovers, and of vendors who sell many different things including the big guy who was selling balloons, Blade stood out.This may seem simple for others, but I couldn’t think of a date more perfect than this. And I couldn’t think of a man more perfect than the one I have tonight.But my smile faded when I saw a bunch of girls approaching Blade. Some of them even undid the first three buttons of their blouses, deliberately exposing their cleavage.
“BEFORE you open that door, I want you to know that if I could change my past, I would do it. If I have a way to change my identity so I could be a man worthy of you, I would do it in a heartbeat. But I could neither change my past nor my identity, Katniss. I do not possess such ability.”My brows knotted. Blade had been quiet after I told him the news about my mom. He teleported and brought me back to the east side of the castle where my family resides.But just before I opened the door that would lead me to them, Blade grabbed my hand. For some reason, I couldn’t read the emotions written in his eyes tonight.“Blade, what are you saying all of a sudden?”He took a step closer to me. “I am not good at this… relationship thing and I could not stop my nightmares. The past just has a way of dragging me back. I have no way of stopping it. But I truly love you, little wolf. And because of that love, I would give my all to make sure that my nightmares would never affect you. You could have
“WHAT have you done, mom?!”I didn’t mean to yell but I was so terrified to even think about what Mom would feel.“I have to protect you. I know him. He’s going to hurt you,” she whispered over and over again as if she’d lost it. Her face had gotten so pale and her hands were trembling. The dagger slipped from her hand and fell on the floor.“Mom, Blade is my hero! I only saved him from the tower. But he saved all of us from death! Without him, none of us would have been alive! He was there for me when everyone turned their backs on me including my own brothers!”“You don’t understand-““No, mom. You are the one who don’t understand anything about me and Blade! He loves me and I am in love with him! And if you do this again, I’m sorry but I don’t think I could ever forgive you!” With tears in my eyes, I glanced at the door. “Guards!”When Chelsea and the guards came, I averted my eyes from my mother and ordered, “Take the queen dowager away from here. She needs to rest in her quarters