Once we were back in our room, I quickly showered and changed into clean clothes, luckily someone had brought my sisters and I fresh clothes, as the ones we were in were in dire need of a wash. I put on the silk light blue dress and brushed my hair, braiding it to keep it out of my face. Ari had showered as well and was sitting on the couch in the small living room, pouting. “What’s up with you?” I asked, sitting next to her as she moved so I could braid her hair as well. “It’s so unfair, how can you have yet more abilities?” she scolded. I shrugged, “It was an ability I already had just never mastered. I mean, I still haven’t I have had no control over it.” “Join the club.” She grumbled, playing with the sleeve of her blood red dress. Gia walked into the room while towel drying her hair. “Maybe it is a defence mechanism and when you feel threatened, your subconscious takes over putting you in your spirit form. The goblins surrounded us the first time it happened, and the second
Frustrated, I leaned back against the couch, Tyr’s hand still on my back. Closing my eyes, my head pounded, and my vision still had yet to return. It had not taken this long before. Maybe it was because the two visions were so close together. “Here you go.” I heard Ezryn say after a door had opened and closed. Seconds later, a cloth with ice in it was placed on my forehead. “If he is not a full Goblin, then what is he?” Gia asked. “Don’t know, but he can control elements, so he’d have to be part dragon shifter or part pixie. I am leaning more toward pixie as it would explain why he started attacking them first, wanting to take over, then again that is just a guess.” I replied, doing my best to ignore my headache. “I remember a rumor at the pixie court before the king and queen were killed.” Ela shared. “What rumor?” I asked her telepathically. “It was just a rumor.” Karm replied coldly before turning to Ela, “We were sworn to keep it a secret.” “No, we were told to take it to ou
I sat up in bed grabbing my head in pain as another vision took over, my vision faltering before I am back in the room with King Churd and Colonel Delano, they tied me to a chair in front of them as they talked to each other. “She will tell us how to open the gate to the human realm.” King Churd told his colonel. The human realm? I don’t even know where the key is for it; I knew it was a person, but I didn’t know which person. My sisters and I were supposed to protect the key, only no one ever said where to find it. They seemed to argue about something, listening to their words as they turned on me. “Maybe she is the key.” King Churd shared, staring daggers at me. “She isn’t the key. She is the protector.” Prince Rehan interrupted as he walked down the stairs towards me, stopping in front of me, he kneeled down and looked at me, “And you are going to tell me where it is.” He smiled. “Over my dead body.” I spat at him as he moved his hand towards my face, his goblin claws lengtheni
I looked down at the beautiful woman asleep in my arms; I had every intention of putting her down to let her rest, but I couldn’t bring myself to leave her. She started moving around again in her sleep, her towel slipping down, revealing her back as she turned in my arms. I noticed intricate designs shaping into wings which filled her back. What looked like diamonds were embedded in her skin, making the details of her wings stand out, grey and white swirls filled in the wings, hypnotizing me. I brushed the hair off her shoulder and looked at the stars that lined the top half of her shoulder leading up onto her neck. They had the same diamonds in them, but they also had other colored gems as well. I covered her back when she shivered, pulling her closer to me. Ari walked into the room and crossed her arms over her chest, “wake her up.” She demanded. “Why?” I asked, confused. “We have to fight Taoen tomorrow. She needs to train, and she still needs to tell us about this blasted visi
We were heading back to the castle when Ari walked over to me and grabbed my arm, “We need to talk.” She demanded as she steered me away from the group, letting them go on ahead of us. “Okay, what is wrong Ari?” I asked as I watched the group in front of us getting farther away. “What is our plan exactly? We have to prove ourselves tomorrow and from what the other guards have told me, Taoen isn’t trained at all with his abilities and is a bit of a loose cannon.” “Good.” “What do you mean, good?” Ari screeched. “It means he has no control over his abilities and if they are unpredictable, us being trained is an advantage.” “Yet he can control all the elements, so you won’t know what he is going to use against you.” Ari pointed out angrily. “If all we have to do is prove ourselves to them, I don’t think the fight will go that far, they just want us to demonstrate our abilities once we do that, they will call the fight off.” “Or maybe they will want to see who the winner would be,
I opened the door, annoyed by the interruption. “Yes?” I asked, looking at Ezryn and Mohan. They were the only ones that knew about this place. “Sorry, Prince Tyr, hope we didn’t interrupt.” Mohan apologized as he looked behind me and smirked. "What do you want?" I asked, ignoring his comment. “Your father wants an audience with you.” Ezryn informed, and I nodded as he added, “Right now?” “He can wait.” I retorted annoyed. “He thought you might say that and told us not to leave here without you. Or we are to arrest the sisters.” “Very well.” Akasha stood up and walked over, “I’ll head back.” “It’s okay. This won’t take long; you can wait here.” I told her hoping she would stay. “Thanks for the offer, but my sisters are probably looking for me or destroying the place.” “Okay, I’ll see you later.” I moved out of the way and let her leave as Mohan raised his eyebrows at me teasingly. “Shut it, Mohan.” I warned, as he shrugged and laughed. Mohan and Ezryn led the way to the thr
Smiling, I followed Tyr to my room, “Won’t your father have an issue with this?” I asked as he took his shoes and socks off, he sat on the bed and removed his shirt, leaving just his pants. “Why would it matter?” he asked. “It doesn’t.” I answered, distracted, as he stood up and walked towards me. I looked up at him as he towered over me. I looked down, avoiding his gaze; he stopped in front of me and gently tilted my face to look at his. “Why would it matter?” he asked again, his green eyes piercing into mine. I shuffled uncomfortably as I answered, “Isn’t there a law against royalty and peasants?” “First off, you are no peasant and second, what they think doesn’t matter to me never did.” I was doubtful. Who knew how many women he has shown an interest in? I could just be the next notch on his bedpost? He frowned at me, “Shit, you heard that, didn’t you?” I questioned. He moved away from me and sat on the bed, “I did, but to be perfectly honest with you, I am not exactly a lad
I watched as Akasha slept peacefully in my arms, I couldn’t help but worry for her and the upcoming battle. I knew that she and her sisters were speaking the truth when they told me who they were, why was it that my father could not see the truth? It didn’t matter if they were lying or not. I knew my father was using this battle as an excuse to get rid of them. Taoen was a brute and unpredictable warrior, especially with his abilities. The outcome could very well mean death, and part of me believed that was my father's intention. Thoughts swirled around my head, I tried to think of a way to stop the battle but came up empty. Feeling defeated, I pulled Akasha closer and let sleep take me. … Morning arrived too quickly, it felt as if I had just closed my eyes, and yet the noise from the other room told me otherwise. Akasha was already moving around the room. I could hear her rustling and digging through drawers, I opene