Saphira's POV
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As I entered the hall, whispers filled the hallway, judgemental looks were thrown my way but mostly I could smell the fear in those who stood before me.
The halls were filled with Vampires, Witches, Faes and many more creatures, but the first person I walked towards was the king himself, Edreon Krypton Knight, as soon as he saw me, well, he seemed shocked for a second but then he hugged me, and when I tell you I have never been hugged after my mom's death, I'm not lying, the only exception was Adele but this feels nice so i hugged him back, i could feel his happiness radiating off of him when i hugged him back
"Where were you kid, King Edreon missed you" he said with a small smile.
"Well, I'm not the only one who can travel now am I" I asked with a slightly raised brow and smiled seeing his reaction.
"Aaah, I see somebody's a little sassy today" I turned back to see Nick smirking at me.
"I didn't come because of you,so stop smirking Nick"
"Way to ruin my moment" Nick grumbled
After my reunion with the king, most of the elites surrounded me asking about my whereabouts as I was absent for most of the all-realms council meet, at those times I was in training, but as soon as the bell for the combat was heard, everyone disperesed to see the fight of the Night Brothers, but there was one problem, Ezra Kinight was not to be seen.
"Where is he" I heard Jonah from behind
"Maybe he is scared" I replied but all I heard was a scoff "Ezra, being scared, have you seen the way he fights, he can tear down a whole empire with just his knuckles"
"Isn't that a bit too much Jonah" I raised an eyebrow at him to which he just shrugged and replied "just saying, he's not the one to quit" but as soon as he said that tingles spread across my body like a wildfire, but i was not in pain in fact
I was in bliss, my senses were filled with an aroma I have never smelt before, I felt warmth all over my body but it was over in a split second, adrenaline rushed through my veins filling me with a desire I never had.
I looked upwards to see jonah having a concerned look on his face
"I'm fine, I-I'll come, just go, don't wait for me"
"But Ella-" I stopped him before he could say anything else "something is coming Jonah, I can feel it, prepare the troops, alert the witches to perform a barrier while I fix myself" with a nod Jonah vanished into thin air.
"What was that" crystal, my wolf asked
"I don't know but, I want to know so keep ur senses alert crystal"
"That's not what I meant, What was the reason for you to say to Jonah "somethings up" nobody even crossed the borders yet"
"I don't know crystal, I didn't want him to know that our mate is here " saying that itself made me feel tingly all over again
Crystal yelped at the sudden scent, urging me to follow and so I did
I have never felt this way, my heart pounded so hard that I felt like the vampires near me would hear but the worst part was the scent was fading and I needed to move fast.
"What if he's running away from us" I questioned to crystal but she was too happy to even listen to what I was saying so I did one thing I could do for her, I followed the scent
•Half an hours later•
"This is reaching nowhere Crys"
"We WILL FIND him" Crys bellowed out
I have never seen crys in such a state, I know that she's feeling the triple of what I was feeling and I felt bad, but I was sure of one thing, I was getting nearer.
I stood in front of a huge golden door but one thing I noticed was that he didn't open the door instead he went thru the window. `how's that even possible` I thought to myself, the window was so high that climbing was not an option.
Once I knew the coast was clear, I struggled a bit to concentrate on my power but it worked, the window opened a bit more making room for a branch to slip through.
I tried my best to speed up the process and soon the branch was right at my feet.
My senses were clouded with the sound of nature but with struggle, I caught onto the branch and it hoisted me up, once I was close to the window, I reached onto a steel bar which was fixed onto the window, praying that it would not break, i caught the bar and slipped through the window, my butt was legit on fire but the scent got more stronger and to find that was my aim.
With a swift jump,i shifted into my large wolf, the moon had started to shift color, the once diamond like moon was half red, i realized that i have to be fast or i will lose the scent again, with all my might i ran, and finally I heard a noise, it sounded like a growl, not a wolf but something else.
A shadow fell over me but I was too overly driven with the scent that I didn't care.
"why stay up when you could come down" I questioned after shifting into my human form,but all I heard was a low but terrifying growl.
Adrenaline, ecstasy, desire, fear, all we're hitting me one by one, it was killing me but at the same time, I didn't want that shadow to leave me.
I picked up my courage and gazed upward yet what I saw was what I least expected to see, a huge terrifying black lycan, teeth dripping of blood, an animal I suppose, but what I didn't expect was the wings which fluttered against it's back, standing proudly as if it was the most magnificent thing in the world, and let me tell you it was.
A huge cluster of black and white feathers lined as it was one of the most richest fabric in the world.
I knew there was a man beneath that veneer and that was my mate but for it to be a lycan with wings was what I least expected.
He looked down and I noticed that his eyes changed between green, red and blue, he let out a soft growl and jumped, coming face to face with me, he circled me as if I was its prey.
Normally I would attack but knowing that it was my mate, I couldn't. I softly raised my hand to touch it's fur but it snapped it's teeth making me flinch back.
"He's not supposed to do that" said crystal and I agreed with her
Something was definitely wrong but before I could act, his soft wings wrapped around me like an embrace shocking me, I didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing but I felt safe so I just stood there staring at him, His eyes held a warmth which was not there before, his dark red eyes shifted into a beautiful blue making me sigh in relief.
"Mate" I shivered as he whispered in my ear, like a soft purr, tingles ran through my body itching me to move forward and I did, I cupped his face and held it closer.
He tried to lick my hand but I held his jaw shut
"why are you not shifting" I softly whispered making him purr again, he tightened his wings around me and made me look up.
First I was confused but then I understood, he was stuck being a monster on the day of blood moon, my mom used to say stories about how a prince was destined to be monster on the day of the blood moon by the moon goddess, to punish him for his fathers mistake as his only treasure was his son, but I never thought it was true.
"Wait, a prince?" crystal questioned and that was when it hit me"Ezra" in an instant he looked at me with wide eyes, thinking his secret was out but before both of us could react, we heard a loud explosion coming from the are of the palace, Ezra looked at me then at the place where we heard the bang, withing a swift moment, he wrapped his one wing around me and hoisted us up in the sky.
What I saw shook me
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