[P.O.V. Karen Davidson]
Ever since the arena, my dragon Avery has been on edge. It's like she is searching for something or someone. It is driving me crazy the way she feels only because her feeling affects mine. And right now, I feel like their butterflies are flapping around inside of my stomach. The feeling settles down a little after the arena games were over, but the moment we step into the ballroom of the castle, the feelings really picked up again.
After dancing with many gentlemen, the feeling I had only got stronger, making it hard even to breathe. And because of the feeling of not breathing, I excused myself to get some fresh air. Stepping onto the balcony, I breathed in deeply to try to help the butterfly feeling. It barely even worked leaning my back against the balcony railing. That's when I smelt the most intoxicating smell. It smelt like a fresh, rained meadow with the smell of pine trees. It drove Kalya and me crazy, and that's when I saw him standing outside of the balcony doorway.
He was tall and very handsome. He had light-colored skin, and his body was perfectly muscled. He had these unique dark blue eyes with a hint of purple in them, and around his iris was a small ring of dark gray. The three colors show that he is a hybrid, for each color represented a part of him. His hair was black as night and slightly shaggy. He also had a clean shave. He wore a black suit with a white shirt and purple tie and also wore a silver prince crown upon his head.
The butterflies I felt in my stomach had settled down, and a different feeling took place. I didn't know how to describe the feeling exactly. All I do know it made my heartbeat amazingly. Then we both spoke at the same time, saying the same thing, Mate.
"I'm Higher Prince Jared." He introduced himself as he smiled at me.
"I'm Karen Davidson." I introduced myself. It felt like I had no control over my body and my head felt like it was in a daze. I couldn't believe that mate was a prince, no regular prince either. He was the higher prince, a Prince of all Princes.
"Will you honor me by giving me this dance?" He asks as he holds out his hand to me.
"I would love to." Placing my hand in his, and I could feel the sparks dancing across where our skin touch. Entering back into the ballroom, we danced with each other. The way we danced with each other, I have never danced with anyone like how we danced with each other. The rest of the evening was quite interesting. A little later that evening, everybody left to head home or go to the castle's guest rooms. Jared walked me out of the castle to my family car.
"Thank you for a wonderful evening I'm looking forward to being moving into the castle tomorrow." Telling Prince Jared. The Higher King and Queen and my Father agreed that I should move into the castle. That way, Jared and I could get to know each other better. As well I can also start learning the duties of being a princess.
"Your welcome and I am also looking forward to you moving in," Jared says.
"Well, I guess this is the part where we say goodnight." He smiles at me as we stood in front of each other.
"Have a goodnight Karen." Jared takes me by the hand kisses it. I could feel the sparks between his lips and my skin as they made contact, and it made my heartbeat heavy.
"Goodnight, Jared." We looked at each other for a few seconds then he helps me into the car. Closing the car door, my father drove us back to our home. On the ride there, all I could think about was the incredible night I just had.
[P.O.V. Venessa Creely]
I have never really cared much for this kind of social gathering. I would rather be left alone, either painting or doing something with nature. I only come to these things because I am expected to after a few dances and conversations with different people in our community. I sneak out to the castle gardens when my parents and siblings weren't looking. Going to the place I painted earlier today. The strangest thing that happens when I got there my witch's amulet started to glow a little. And when it did, it gave me short flashes of a man. That has been here after I left here earlier today. I knew what this meant that this man was my true love, and my amulet was trying to help me try to find him. After all these years, I didn't think I even had one and know that this is happening. I'm rather excited, so excited right as I was about to look for him, I turned around, and there he was.
He had light-colored skin, and his body was perfectly muscled. He was also very tall and had these unique dark blue eyes with a hint of purple in them, and around his iris was a small ring of light gray. He had dark black short hair along with dark black well-groomed facial hair. His facial hair was a small beard coming down around his mouth to his chin. He wore a black suit with a purple shirt and a white tie. He also wore a silver prince crown upon his head.
I could hear and feel my amulet hum as I looked upon him, and within a flash, the vision came. And what I saw was incredible. The kind of love that we have for each other is intense and incredible. A love that most creatures and humans would fight for. After that, in a different flash, I could see something horrible, and it was heartbreaking. After coming out of the vision, my head felt like it was in a complete daze.
"Mate," He says possessively, and at that moment, I realized which Goddess he came from, which I was fine with. I have always appreciated and admire the Moon goddess mate bonds. I didn't say much at first, only because I was still a little dazed and stunned by what I saw in my vision. "Look, you don't have to say anything, alright."
From that point on in our conversation, we were friendly towards each other and a wonderful conversation. That was until I figured out he was the Higher Prince Riley. I have heard the tales of how he likes to play games with his women. It broke my heart a little to know that my goddess and his would pair us together. I didn't want to be another girl who gets a broken heart from him, so I decided to end our relationship here and save me the grief. To my surprise, it didn't work. Instead, he bounced right back. I have to admit the way he did was incredibly hot and sexy to see how possessive he simultaneously is, and it was also a little scary. After he left, I kept replaying what he said to me, and all I could think was what in the hell did I get myself into?
Sitting on the bench for the next couple of hours, I was looking up at the stars. Trying to guess what they look like to me, also thinking about a hybrid prince. While doing so I the bushes behind me was disturbed, turning my attention to the sound. Coming forward was the Vampire Prince Roland appeared.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you?" He asks.
"Not at all." Telling him
"May I?" He gestures, taking a seat next to me.
"Of course." He takes a seat next to me.
"You look like your lost in thought, and it doesn't look all pleasant."
"It's that obvious?"
"Yes, it is. May I ask what it is you are thinking about?"
"I'll give you the short version. I meet my beloved tonight, and the way we meet was great. But at the end of the great, I found out who he was. I judged him from the rumors I heard. Because of this, I rejected him before I had the chance to get to know him. I did it out of panic and fear; I wasn't thinking about it rationally. Now that I have had the time to think, I think I made a mistake."
"Did he reject you back?"
"No, he wouldn't do it. Instead, he promised me he would never reject me, no matter how much we hated one another. He also swore he wouldn't stop being who he is just because of my rejection."
"Sounds like the guy wants to give it a chance."
"And that why I panic because of what I have heard. I didn't want the heartbreak."
"Then why do you have fear?"
"Because I saw a flash of our future together and what I saw was amazing, and it was literally a fairytale kind of love. Why the fear? Because I'm scared that I might actually enjoy being happy with him. After all the heartbreak I have had, I am scared that the happiness would disappear. And I really don't want to feel that heartbreak again."
"I have been around for a long time, and I have watched others fall in love and out of love. Even though it scary, sometimes the best kind of love is the ones we take risks for, and opening ourselves completely to them." I just looked at him like what he had said was a myth. "Don't believe me?"
"No, not really, because it not real."
"We don't live in a normal world with reality. We live in a world that was created by magic. Sure our world is a mix of the human world and the old fantasy world. But it was still created by magic. Everything here isn't always based on human reality. Sometimes it is based on magic realism. That fairytale ending you saw is not made up. You can have that as long as you want it. But to have it, you got to take a risk and open your heart and face the struggles that come. You are not the only girl that has had a chance at this fairytale ending. Don't believe me? Ask Queen Adriana. That woman has that kind of love with King Zyston."
"Why do you care so much?" Asking him. Why is he giving me advice as a caring friend would?
"Because I want to be your friend." He tells me. All my life, I have only had other want to be my friend because of my crown. None of them have given me advice or be there for me before like a real friend would.
"I have never really had an actual friend before." Telling him honestly.
"Well, now you do." Giving each other small smiles and light shoulder shoving. We continued to talk about other things.