… POV“King Asher, Gary sent me over here saying it was an emergency, is everything ok?” Roxy asked me with concern on her face as she walked into the guest house.“I’m fine Rox, honestly.” She relaxed when she saw that there was nothing wrong with me. Roxy and I had had sex a few times. We fulfilled each other’s dark desires.“Well, my King, who am I helping then?” “Rox, I have told you before. Call me Asher.” I sighed.“Not when it comes to being professional, your King. Now who am I helping?” “Her name is Sophia, and she is in the bedroom. I don’t know what is wrong with her. But I told Derek that I would find out what is wrong with her, and that’s where you come in.” She cocked her eyebrow at me.“Is this the same Sophia that your father has said you must take as a chosen mate?” she asked, masking something in her voice that I couldn’t work out what it was.“Yes, the very same. But it isn’t like that at all. She was poisoned. They injected her with wolfbane and something else. Sh
Derek’s POV“D, you need to talk to Asher.” Lars linked me, but I shut him out instantly. The rage I was feeling I needed to kill someone, and if I talked to Asher, then I would say something I would regret. It conflicted me with what to do with Soph. The thought of punishing my mate was making me sick to the stomach, but what she did was also confusing. Someone was in the house. I heard the door slam. Lars walked into the office. “D, have you been drinking all night again?” “So what if I have? What’s it to you?” I snarled at him.“You’re the king now. I get the loss of your Mom D, but enough with the fucking drinking, OK? If you don’t call Asher now, you will lose your mate as well. I am leaving in an hour on the jet to go to her, with or without you.” He was angry, I could understand that, but he still doesn’t get to order me around. Why was he going to Soph?“Why would you go to Sophia after what she did?” I snapped at him.“Because she is our fucking Queen, you idiot, and I will
Derek’s POV“Come now Derek, we all need to talk. We will stay here in the house, but not in here. Gary will stay with her and make sure nothing happens. She shouldn’t be able to get out of the cage.” He sighed as he left the room, waiting for the rest of us to follow. I didn’t want to leave her, but I knew I had to because I needed to know what the hell was going on here. Asher went to the kitchen.“Coffee anyone?” He asked.“Sure, we will all have one.” I said back to him. Sitting down on the stool at the island bench, the others copied what I did.“So, your mate has been poisoned with a rare concoction that Roxy has only ever heard of it once. But this is where it gets really complicated now.” Asher said as he paused, taking a sip of his coffee. I couldn’t move. I needed to know what we had to do.“Roxy is very talented in lets say potions. She is the best healer in the kingdom. I trust her with all the lives in the Kingdom. She smelt the poison. She doesn’t even know the name of i
…POV “Asher, I will be back in a few hours with a visitor, Elder Alaric. He is one of the original vampires Asher he has offered to come and help. He needs to know which Elder gave up their blood to do this.” Roxy’s voice came through the phone. “Rox, if that’s what it takes to save her, then bring him, but remind him that he may not feed on any of our members unless they are willing.” “Noted King Asher. I dislike werewolf blood. Funny taste. I feed outside the city limits. I will be fine for a week. But from the sounds of it, your friend Sophia does not have that long. We are waiting for Elvenia to bring her blessing.” The vampire elder's voice came through the phone. His voice rang with authority. If he was on the originals, then he was thousands of years old at the very least. This was going to be interesting. Hopefully, we do not offend him in any way, I was thinking to myself. “King Asher, I can hear your thoughts and yes, from a distance away as well. Your mind is very clear.
Elder Alaric This whole thing wasn’t adding up. Whoever had made the vampire-blood-enigma had something against this poor girl. The last time an Elder gave away their blood for this drug, we placed them in prison for a thousand years. For a vampire to be placed in a prison with no blood for a thousand years sends them crazy. Many of them would die, but only elders survived this. To give this poison to a Lycan/werewolf or any other creature is the worst law you could break. The punishment for doing so is death. “Elder Alaric, sorry, but Asher just sent me a text saying that Sophia is dying a lot sooner than we think. Derek is dying as well.” She sighed. I had come across Roxy before in my travels. She intrigues me. Such a calming soul. She will do anything to help someone. That is why she has travelled and learnt about herbs and how they can heal. This girl is smart. She has huge potential. “OK Roxy, how about you shift and I will run. It will be a lot quicker, my child. Elvenia is
King Asher’s POVWe were a mess inside. Derek was on a bed in the lounge room because there was no other room in the house that we would be able to fit another bed and all the equipment that we needed. “Derek is here knocked out, but Sophia is in the room upstairs. She is still knocked out. Well, we can’t be sure, but she is acting as if she is.” I sighed. I needed this headache over and done with.“I will go and get the girl. The rest of you need to clear the room out and help Roxy get the equipment we need. You have ten minutes.” Alaric ordered each of us with the tasks that he needed us to do.“Are you sure you can get her, Alaric? We covered her in silver?” I asked him, afraid that he would get hurt. “Thank you for your concern Asher, but I have built up let’s say a little tolerance to silver. I will be able to handle her. She won’t be able to hurt me so easily and I need to see whose blood is in her body.” He explained to me. Nodding my head, I would not disagree with him. We w
“Your brother, fuck Alaric. Is it him behind this?” I asked him. How the fuck was it about his brother? This wasn’t good at all. What if he didn’t punish him?“Asher, calm down. I have not seen my brother since I punished him last time. But after I tasted Sophia’s blood, I can confirm that it was Nikolas. Now I do not know why the hell he has done this? Or who he is working with? But I can swear to you all on my life that I will find out the people behind this and kill them all.” He declared there was something in his voice that sent chills down my spine. I wouldn’t like to be Nikolas right now.“I don’t get why they have targeted Sophia? I mean, is there something special about her that we are missing?” I asked.“Um, well, there is something. But it really isn’t our place to tell anyone. But if you think it will help you, Alaric, then I will tell you and take the punishment later.” Lars spoke up.“What is it, son? We need to know what we are working against here.” Alaric told him.“S
Derek’s POVI was alive. I couldn’t understand how the fuck I was? That nightmare had seemed so real. Holding Sophia’s lifeless body over and over had woken me up from whatever dumb state I had been in. I don’t give a shit what she did, because I know it wasn’t her. She is my mate, and I had left her alone through all of this. I was the worst mate there was. “How much do they know, Alaric? Did any of my guys explain to you about Sophia?” I asked him through my thoughts. I had met Alaric a long time ago. When I was little, he had helped my father with a few rogue vampires that had been causing trouble for the Kingdom. So after that, every so often, he would come to check up to make sure nothing had been happening. Plus, having him there, his scent was all over the kingdom, scaring away the rogue vamps. “I told them everything. They had a right to know. Yes, Lars told us all, and he said he would take the punishment for telling his Queen's secret when it wasn’t his to tell. But like I