A U R O R A
Xanthus stares at me as I laugh a little more, "So...," I say after an awkward silence, "I have a meeting with other demon leaders," he stands I frown confused "Rekal will come and fill you in later because the next meeting you will be going with me as my queen," I open my mouth to object but he kisses my head and whispers goodbye.
Minutes later, I hear the doors of my room burst open, I open my eyes to see Rekal staring at me while I glare at him, I haven't forgiven him for leaving me all alone with Xanthus.
"Arie!" He grins but his grin falls when I give him a blank look, "You're mad at me" he states and I still give the blank look, "Why--oh. Arie, come on, everything later turned out okay" I abruptly sit up.
"Okay?!?! I was locked in a room! I was dominated on! I was dressed like a little girl's doll! I was told my memories of my eighteenth birthday were wiped off! So tell me does that seem okay to you?!" Rekal flinches, "You must have angered him" I cross my arms and scoff.
"You did. Despite knowing he is a temperamental demon" he smiles and sits close to me, "Fine, I apologize for leaving you alone with your mate" I stare at him and smile, "Apology accepted"
"Let's go" he stands and I frown, "To where?" "I'm going to teach you the duties of a queen" he answers like I asked him the dumbest question.
"I don't want to be a Queen! I want to go back home" I whine, Rekal's eyes become hard "Listen here, you are not going home! Stop being childish and stand up!" I stand up quietly and follow Rekal without an objection.
I never knew he is capable of being so... Okay maybe I was acting childish but who can blame? I was brought here without my permission, my memories were wiped without my permission, now I'm being forced to be a Queen when did my life turn out to be a movie?
Ha! If my life is a movie it will actually be a horror movie! I quietly laugh, it will be titled; sweet, innocent Aurora meets the bad, temperamental demon Asmodeus. No, no it's too long, maybe something like---
"Sorry I was mean." Real speaks softly I bring my attention to him, "yeah, sorry I was childish" I say to him and he smiles softly.
Why is he not my mate?
We stop in front of a large wooden door, and I stare at Rekal expectantly. "The man behind these doors is a little bit crazy don't take his words to heart," he says and pushes the doors open to a large library, the library is different from different normal libraries on earth. It has no librarian that would tell if you make the tiniest noise, that will glare at you if you returned a book late.
This library has no grumpy librarian, everyone that is here is floating and looking through books, "it's the town's library" Rekal points, I stare at the high ceiling and long ladders "Demons read?" I'm surprised.
"They do, some read to blend with humans properly, some read to learn more about the wars that happened in Dapphion" I nod, Demons pick up books and drop them without a single care.
"The books are made of strong materials" my mouth forms 'o' "Come on let's go, there's a special place for the queen" I roll my eyes as he dramatically bows.
We enter a room, it has some demons but they aren't as much as the ones I saw outside. It also has books on each shelf.
A ball rolls to us, I step back scared, the ball grows bigger till it changes to the form of an old man, "A goblin" Rekal whispers, the goblin studies me like I was a specimen before his face
breaks to a creepy smile.
"Your highness" he grasps my arm with a larger, creepier smile, "I am Jaak" I try to pull my hand from his grasp but he doesn't let me instead his hold is more firm, "Okay, Jack. My--"
"No, Jaak." God, why? Whyyyy?
"Jaaack, my--"
"No, your highness, Jaak, no 'c'" I nod and refrain from calling his name, I'm not in the mood to pronounce a person's name when we are actually pronouncing the same thing!
"I'm Rory" he nods like he knows already, Rekal follows silently with a small smile at the ladies in the room, the blush, and literally fan their cheeks. I know Rekal is an attractive man and a rare creature but he isn't as attractive as Xanthus.
Xanthus is a whole new level of attractiveness, he has a sharp jawline, beautiful gray eyes and his height is a--- Woah, Woah, I'm not going there! I can't believe I'm thinking about him, my water must have been spiked this morning, yes it must be mary! There's no way I'll find the person who stole me from my home attractive, no way!
A throat clearing brings me from my train of thought and I see, Rekal, Jack, and a woman I do not know.
"This is Sofia" great another name I'll say and they will tell me I'm wrong, I flop on the sofa with a sigh, "You're right she needs to be taught how to act like a queen!" Sofia mutters giving me disapproving stares, I wonder how many times I'll tell them I don't want to be a Queen!
"I'm Sofia" she stands and walks to me, "Rory--" she shakes her head, "Queen Aurora, you introduce yourself as Queen Aurora in a strong voice!" Well then, "I'm going to train you to be the best queen Dapphion has ever had!" She squeals then regains her posture.
"I'm going to teach you everything about Dapphion, the wars, the lord, etc, etc," Jack says, "And I'm here for moral support and because your mate doesn't want you to escape" Rekal chuckles.
"We need to fix a time table," Sofia says she stares at Jack rubbing her chin. "You can only rest on Saturdays and Sundays, I'll have Monday, Tuesday and half of Wednesday," Sofia says, "Thursday, Friday and half of Wednesday!" This is going to be fun! Note my sarcasm.
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