I furrowed my eyebrows, confused by his impulsive anger when his brother just suggested. I cleared my throat and continued massaging his shoulder. “They were just suggesting, Diego. You are still the alpha, so you have the power to decide,” I said. “I know, but the suggestion is just stupid!” “Y-Yeah, I know, so like… just reject it if you don’t want to, right?” He exhaled tiringly and turned his back so he can face me. His eyes were ferocious, but his expression was exhausted. He cupped both of my cheeks and pulled my face so he can kiss me. “I’m sorry,” he whispered softly, his lips still on mine. “I know I should not be rumbling about my day to you.” “It’s fine,” I assured him and touched his hand that was on my cheek. “I am your mate. It is only right for you to share what your problem is so you won’t have heavy right and problematic mind while you sleep beside me, hmmm?” He nodded and then initiated a passionate kiss. The next time I knew, he was already taking off my cloth
Elizabeth I looked over my shoulder to see Diego not still finished in talking with the werewolves inside the tent. I turned to Roy again. “Yeah. I was just gonna ask him if he could permit me to go outside the Dark Forest. Aurora wants me to go with her in the market.” He furrowed his eyebrows. “I see no problem with that,” he mumbled and crossed my arms. “I can just tell Diego for you. He still seems busy with his agenda with the other werewolves. Some random pack attacked the boundary, so he is preparing them for a foreseen battle.” “Oh, that seems very serious.” “Yeah, so you can just go and I’ll tell him about you.” I was dubious if I would say yes, because it would be all too well if I personally talk to Diego personally. But everytime I gaze at him and see how busy he is right now, I slowly realized that Roy is right. I should not disturb him to what he is doing. “Okay. Please tell him for me, okay? And then also inform him that I am with Aurora and we are just gonna go
Elizabeth The red woman stretched our silence and she was deadly serious just by the sight of her lips that were grim. I chased my breath while pursing my lips hard and widened my eyes in annoyance. I was angry; while she was deadpan. “I am asking you a damn question,” I demanded with a firm and strict tone. “What the bloody hell is happening? Who were the creatures that lured me into the deepest part of the Dark Forest?” “The flyers,” she answered after a long minute. “They are the evil creatures who were also included in living with the witches, vampires, and werewolves, except werewolves, have gone through their way to still exist to this day.” “And? They attacked me, because?” I mumbled impatiently. “Before you asked about their attack, why don’t you tell me how they have appeared if they have gone instinct?” Just by the red woman’s bluntness when she fired back at my attitude, I was slightly embarrassed. I am being impulsive rather than practical. It is not nice. I gulped a
Elizabeth “It’s the truth!” “Or maybe you are making that up because you want to go outside the Dark Forest and go back to your mortal kingdom!” he said. “Because this is all about it, right? You missed those stupid mortals who just made your life miserable and different from here with me?” And at that moment, just by looking into Diego’s eyes, I saw the change. That he was not the Diego I once knew. The Diego who… was quiet, calm, and obsessed with me. After he became the alpha of the pack, even if I want to defend him, he was slipping away. “You don’t believe me,” I said, my voice hoarse, but I refused to let go of the tears from my eyes. “I don’t, because I am telling you. Aurora was with me!” “Then who was I within the Dark Forest, right? Why do I have a damn wound on my head, right? They hurt me, Diego! She hurt me!” “Oh, my bloody hell! Don’t you understand the words that she was with me?” he retorted. “Just admit that you are lying so you can come again to the kingdom! G
Elizabeth It seems like his interest has vanished since he got his ambition. And I've heard men like Diego who are only driven by their necessity for women, manipulating them until they can get what they want. I still hope he is beyond men like that, because I won't hesitate to leave him, no matter how much I love him. I slowly went in front of him with my hands behind me. He watched me going to him with dead eyes and a fake small smile on his lips. Even though I don’t admit it, it was breaking my heart completely. What had happened to us? What went wrong? “We are going for a hunt in daylight to guard the whole Dark Forest. It seems like the other pack from the other side is going for an attack against the habitat,” he informed me and lifted his right hand so he can caress my cheek. “That is why before dusk, I want you here in the center of cycle. I would need you.” You have always needed me. And I have always thought that you need me because you love me. Why do
Elizabeth I grabbed it and saw that it was two meters. Looking new, huh? I furrowed my eyebrows and remembered the fairytales that I have read when I was still a kid. Princes ride with horses. Wolves ran with their claws. Witches control their brooms. “Hmmm,” I hummed and used my telekinesis ability to make the broom fly. At first, I could not make it. It required focus and discipline. I would close my eyes, then I would hear it drop. Ugh, I still can’t control my powers properly. And I bragged to the flyers a while ago that they should not underestimate me! Well, at least they died. Okay. Elizabeth, try again. You are a witch. You are the navigator of the prophecy. And just like what the flyer told you, you are destined to be the witch queen. Do not prove it to them. Prove it to yourself. For the nth time of trying, I was able to slowly lift the broom up. I smiled when I stopped controlling it with my hands; only my mind. I mounted on it, a little bit comf
Elizabeth I secretly landed on the balcony where she was. Thankfully, she is alone and there were no handmaids around her. I placed the broom against a partition before slowly walking toward her with a deadpan expression. “Flowers are known to be a symbol of beauty and power,” she suddenly muttered, making me stop on my walk. “But like a beautiful rose, we may be beautiful but we are also dangerous. We can hurt people with what we have, like thorns of a rose, but thorns can also protect us from the harm of the world.” “You know that I am going to be here, Your Majesty,” I said and smiled a little. “I wonder how many things you are going to say to me, Queen Jonah… or shall I say, Witch Queen Jenova?” She did not speak. Instead, she picked one strand of rose. The beautiful face was f the queen revealed in front of me, and her porcelain skin was glowing as ever. Her accessories were sparkling due to the light from the sun, and she looked expensive with her huge and elegan
Elizabeth “Are you okay, Elizabeth?” I heard Roy beside me ask me as my solemn gaze was looking at the fire burning in front of me. I have returned to the circle of the habitat and a tusk is forthcoming when my husband comes back home. “Yes,” I answered even if it is a lie, and heaved a sigh deeply. “I am sure Diego is not mad at you anymore if that is what you are thinking.” “Hmmm, yeah. I know.” But I am not thinking about what happened yesterday. It might sound like a minor argument because I was stubborn, but it only revealed Diego’s colors --- a needy werewolf who throws away anything or anyone after utilization. I even doubt if he has feelings. Were the manipulations he did making me fall for him? Or maybe it was so stupid of me for falling in love with him when it was too late to know that he is lying to me? “There they are,” Roy announced beside me and pointed his finger in front of me. "Thank goodness they won the battle. Some of the werewolves informed me that they ha