Fangs POV
When Midnight was born, she was meant to bring together 4 different kingdoms.
Vampire, werewolf, fae, and shadow.
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The king and queen signed a treaty stating how their first born would have to marry into the 4 different kingdoms to bring forth peace but because the queen was infertile the king and queen couldn't go through with the plans for peace. The queens illegitimate sister heard and offered her body and became a surrogate mother.
The days before Midnights birth, fights broke out about who she was to marry and the situation being stressful; the treaty in a rage was torn up and war broke out.
Many of them had the same thought: "If I can't have her no one can!" Thus why she was in constant danger of her being killed. I at the time had that mindset. Being a spoiled heir to the throne I wanted her all to myself and if I couldn't have her, nobody else could.
That night she was born, I snuck into the palace to kill her. After all she was just a baby. The king and queen could have another.
Getting to her was too easy. My senses were so heightened and I was super excited for the hunt of this baby. Should I kidnap her and mold her to always love me or just kill her. Her blood would taste so good even tho there wouldn't be too much of it.
I rounded the corner and took the king out with poppy powder before going into her room.
She was inside this cradle with a navy blue cloak laying over her like a blanket.
I bared my teeth; anticipation building for the kill.
I smirked down at her watching her sleep and pulled out a knife even tho I could just snap her neck. I really just wanted to have fun with her and bleed her out while her tiny cries echoed across the room.
I put the knife at her throat and before I could do anything else, her eyes opened.
Baby blue eyes and a tiny pout to her lips before a giant grin overtook.
I couldn't stop staring.
This tiny baby...she's my soulmate.
But I don't have time for love! I just need a wife and heirs! I'll have to kill her so I'll never get distracted.
I'll just snap her neck. Quick and easy.
I grasped her neck and her tiny pulse never sped up in fear or slowed down. I felt my non beating heart start beating and I then started to feel the pull towards her.
Dammit.
I can't hurt her.
I can't kill her.
"I'm Midnight." I heard a faint whisper in my head.
"Can I have you forever?" I heard again.
I looked at her and her small hand wrapped around my index finger.
"Will you always protect me?" That tiny voice continues.
I look at her and before I could say anything I smelled my brother behind me. I turned around and there he stood with lust for my mate.
I saw him mouth out the word " my little mate" before I threw a dagger at him making him go back to our home. A look of anger and bewilderment covered his face.
She's mine and only mine.
"I'll always protect you." I said out loud as her father got up in a slow heap.
He told me to get away from his daughter but I refused and told him I was her mate and I'd protect her for life. After that he welcomed me to Slymethius.
Shortly after I was welcomed; I went back to my home and started to gather my things to go live in Slymethius.
Shadow approached me with anger as both our parents stared at me with disappointment.
"She's not just yours!" He yelled at me as father held him back.
"What you've done is a disgrace. One day! One day she'll turn to the darkness and when that day comes I hope she loses all humanity and feelings towards you!!!" Shadow shouts out before storming off.
"I'll never be sorry for hiding her away from you. I shall protect her forever even if it means it'll break her one day."
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Present time Shadows POV
She's getting closer towards the darkness. I can feel it. Soon. She'll come to me all on her own. No manipulation or tricks of magic.
I stalk closer to the lands that Midnight and my brother are at. Word has it her daughter resides here with the werewolves.
I pull along the man who hurt her and think back to when I killed him just to bring him to the shadow realm. It was then where he learned his place.
Although I act indifferent towards Midnight and act like I don't care about her I protect her in my own way. Not like Fang does where he watches her like a hawk to make sure nobody hurts her; I protect her behind the scenes. Fang thinks it's him who scares the monsters all away but they don't make it too close before they're essentially being dragged into the shadows by me. He coddles her and doesn't let her reach her full potential but today that's all changing.
She just needs one final push before she goes rogue and lets her powers take over. But it's not a bad thing because once she unlocks her potential all she really needs to do is learn to harness it.
Today is rather interesting tho. She met her 3rd destined mate.
Vampire, Shadow, Werewolf.
All she needs is the the Fae mate.
He has been pushing for her to just be his but she belongs to four.
It's too much responsibility for someone so young like her.
Her fate is sadly going to end tragically.
"What do you even want me to do? And why do you want me to do this? I know I hurt the princess in my lust fueled haze but I don't want to hurt anybody no more!" He said starting to break down
"Please don't make me do what I think you want me to do!" He begged his voice cracking at the end.
I looked at him with a deathly silence and he then broke down into silent sobs.
It's almost time. And I won't have to do a thing. No magic tricks and no manipulation.
"Don't worry I won't make you do anything that your instincts won't do. You're a natural at any form of destruction and pain. Only reason you're crying right now is because of that chain around your neck making you basically human. You can actually think about the consequences to your actions. The moment I take this chain off of you; you'll be the monster that broke and impregnated my mate." I say to him with intensity.
"I am sorry! I'm so sorry! Please don't make me go back to being a monster I won't be able to handle it when I remember everything I've done." He wailed out.
I rolled my eyes and yanked his chain moving him forward with me.
The little Angel is near.
Strange.
Wasn't her hair ink black when she was born? Why is it white?
I shake my head but when I look back at her it's black again.
I have a bad feeling about this but all the same this is all bound to happen with or without my presence.
I turned around and took the chain off his neck while he cried and thrashed around to prevent it.
It unclasped and his hair turned back green and eyes back to yellow.
No longer was his skin paper white and his hair and eyes black cause for the time being he is no longer a shade. He is the monster I killed.
This time...he won't have a chance to come back.
He looked at me then turned and ran towards Angel with a malevolent look.
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Nathaniel re-entered the room as I processed what I've done.
"You shouldn't feel bad for your decision. You wanted to be marked by both your mates. It's only natural. However there are other matters to be discussed as well." He moved from the doorway and two others were holding Angel.
I screamed and everything I've been suppressing was unleashed.