51. Prompt Wedding in Frozen Crescent

In the kingdom of Ukada,
Alabruz was worried for both Akshara and Karen. He was worriedly seated on his throne deeply immersed in the thoughts about his son and his darling. Yadivah was very upset by her husband’s current situation. Yadivah pleaded for him to bring their son back.
Alabruz denied it initially, “Unless he gets used to this situation, he can’t be the ruler of this kingdom Ukada after me... He cannot lead these werewolves unless he is strong to defeat his enemy”
Yadivah requested him, “But the path he chose was too much difficult and why don’t you help him...?”
Alabruz replied to his Luna, “Help? Let him learn his strengths and weakness from the outside world. Time is the best teacher, it will teach him.”
Yadivah shouted at him, “You are risking our son’s life in it...” and left the place with a heavy heart.
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Back in the Frozen Crescent,
Madame Anura took her deep breath and thought for a couple of minutes and informed, “As a maid is possible, but as a bride, it’s against this edict manuscript. Your highness, you are making the situation complicated for me to favour you.”
Dev told, “It seems I am left with no choice," decided to take his dragon form; the entire room was filled with his majestic dragon form of Dev.
Akshara was panicked to see a magnificent creature in white and enthralled in his formation and whispered in the ears of Ruko, “Ruko, Devil can transform himself into a white dragon. I saw his emergence of wings twice but it is my first time to encounter his dragon form.”
Dev picked one of his dragon scales from his body which bleed his golden blood and returned to the mortal form Dev felt little pain in removing one of the scales from his body.
Ruko mentioned the fact to Akshara, “Axe, I think he is indeed in love with you.”
Akshara asked her, “How can you say that?”
Ruko reacted in no wait, “It’s a hard and painful act to remove the scale from our body. How will I explain this to a human-like you? Axe, the pain would be like peeling your skin off while you are alive.”
Akshara got goosebumps and replied, “Is it...? Peeling my skin off when I am alive? The pain would be deadly. Death is better than tolerating extreme pain. Huh, why would he do that to endure such pain?”
Ivan who was standing near him shouted, “Dev, Are you mad? You are bleeding,”- Ivan hurried with a piece of cloth to force the wound to stop bleeding.
The golden blood oozed out from his skin Dev, near his heart where he previously removed his scales.
Akshara moved toward Dev and touched the wounds. Akshara looked at her hand wondered about his blood colour and yelled at him, “Did you have any cracks in your brain? Why would you do that... your blood colour is weird.”
Dev replied her holding her hand, “I am doing this for you.”
Akshara narrowed her eyes at his icy blue eyes and said, “I never asked for your dragon scales. Don’t blame me for your trivial activities.”
Dev replied, “Don’t worry about wounds, my body has inbuilt nature of self-healing.”
Akshara widened her eyes to witness the self-healing skill of Dev, the golden blood which was flowing was drawn back and the open wound closed. Akshara who has been witnessing the wound healing indulged in tremor.
The emergence of wings startled Akshara to make her scream a little which made Dev smile at her and Akshara told him, “Why can’t you just acknowledge me before your transformation?”
Dev pulled a feather from his wings along with his silver hair and used his inner spiritual power as a wizard to make the feather and dragon scale change into an amulet with inner spiritual power.
Ivan Shirk wondered at his friend’s deed of making an amulet for his bride and thought to himself, “I have never seen him do all these in centuries. I am happy for you Devrit.”
After the amulet had been shaped, Dev told to Akshara, “Let me...”
Akshara asked him while backing her legs, “What is this...?”
Dev explained, “My token of love”
Akshara covered her neck with her hands and denied him, “I don’t want to wear such an amulet. Have it with you.”
Dev pulled Akshara towards him by grabbing her waist who was moving away from him and placing it around her neck. Akshara was startled by his actions sensed the weight of the amulet on her chest and touched the amulet with her fingers.
The amulet glows brightly as the first cold rays of the moon and everyone closed their eyes to endure such brightness emitted from the amulet.
Dev smiled at Akshara, “I know you too are in love with me. Perhaps, my position may lurk you from showing your true love to me.”
“It’s too bright, is it torchlight?” Akshara asked him, “How can you say that?”
Dev asked Madame Anura embracing Akshara by her shoulder, “Can I take my bride with me to my castle, Madame Anura?”
Madame Anura has no words against him, “Yes. You can.”
“Wait, no. I still can’t come with you. Ruko, please help. Devil… you do some magic and tricks to trick me. I am not coming.” Akshara denied going with him.
Madame Anura and others departed from the place while Ruko faked her smile to Akshara, “Axe, I should congratulate you. But I can’t, it’s up to you to choose your destiny. The Crown prince is a gentleman with wits. I assure you that he will protect you. Try to survive.”
Soon the August room was left with Dev, Ivan and Akshara. Akshara murmured after the departure of Ruko, “What’s she talking about? It’s all because of you, Devil. I am not coming with you.”
Saying those words, Akshara marched towards the door of the August room. Ivan told Dev, “How did you fall for her? She doesn’t want to marry you! She is a lunatic after being raised by the black witch.”
Dev smiled while his eyes trailed to Akshara, “I have my ways.”
Dev jinxed to take the form of a white phoenix and flew to her. Akshara wondered and jumped in joy to see the white phoenix after a long time. The white phoenix sat on her shoulder and rubbed its beak on her soft cheeks.
Akshara caressed the white phoenix in her arms while she giggled at its actions of rubbing its beak over her neck. “Stop, Stop rubbing, where have you been? I spend my nights in loneliness expecting your company. Why you didn’t come to me? You know how much I worried.”
The white phoenix in her embrace voiced, “You expecting me? It’s nice to be in your arms.”
It shocked Akshara to hear the white phoenix voice, “Oh my god, you can talk in a male voice? Wait... what? Why are talking in Devil’s voice?”
The white phoenix turned to Dev, and he smiled at her. Akshara retorted back missing her steps, Dev caught her. She asked him, “What did you do to my phoenix?”
Ivan, who was silently watching everything, enlightened her, “Can’t you understand he is the phoenix. He is a wizard by nature; he can shift to any form.”
Akshara asked Dev, “You tricked me again. Are you the phoenix?”
Dev nodded and Akshara asked, “And the unicorn in my dreams?”
“It’s me as well. My dear bliss, I can be in any form of your wish. All I want is you. We can start our life when you feel my love. Until then, I won’t force you. But be under the title of my bride.” Dev requested Akshara.
Akshara stood puzzled and frozen at the request of Dev and she thought, “Why is he insisting I go with him. Is this the new plan of my destiny? Or he is truly in love with me?”
She looked down at her feet. The chillness of Ice Cave Bar caught her, and she barely felt her feet. Dev placed his hand around the waist of Akshara to hold her towards him. He gestured for Akshara to stand on his feet to warm her body.
Akshara ignored his offer and tried to stand by one leg. Dev got her involuntarily by her waist and made her stand on his feet. Akshara hissed on, sensing his warmness and their face came to closure.
Akshara lowered her head, not wanting to meet his eyes; Dev lowered his head to catch her eyes. Fear of falling, she placed her hand on his chest and told him; “I wanted to know who I am?”
Dev replied, “Together, we will explore many things. Come with me, my eternal bliss.” Akshara smiled at him by holding his arms for support.
Ivan breathes fire. “Dev, you can make her a legwear with your jinx, and need not be holding her like this and crushing the heart of a single like me.”
Dev was looking into the exotic eyes of Akshara deeply, while his hands were making circles on the back of Akshara. Akshara was immersed in his touch, and breath and his eyes were making her blush in his embrace.
Dev, without parting his eyes with Akshara, told Ivan, “Why you are still here? Go away Firefly. Dare to watch us sharing our love?”
“Dev, you are insane to show off your love to me. I can understand why you are not in your chambers in recent days,” Ivan complained.
Dev commanded him, “Prepare for our journey, while I...”
Ivan insisted on his point. “Do everything inside your chamber back in the castle, not here.”
“Hey, Ivy, I, her- huh, we are sharing only verbal communication. What are you thinking in your mind?” Dev looked at Ivan with fake anger in his eyes. Akshara blushed and buried her face in his muscular chest.
Ivan kept moving from Madam Anura’s room while delivering his agony, “Don’t blame me if I melted this Frozen Crescent with my single breathe. I request you both to wrap up your love. I am worried about what might happen if we show up in the castle with your bride?”
“That’s your problem to take care of. You are my general, you are my friend. Think of any way to inform this kingdom that I am taken by a beauty.” Dev smooched Akshara on her cheeks and she giggled in return.
The amulet around her neck brightened with gleaming light. Ivan interrupted them, “So, everything is your strategy and do tell me the rest.”
Dev looked at him who has been kept on disturbing him from kissing her, “Do we ever have a strategy on our battlefield?”
“No,” Ivan replied.
“That’s our plan. Follow it.” Dev responded and Akshara raised her brows, “No plan is your plan? Then what’re all these?”
“Well,” Dev rested his forehead on her forehead and continued, “All these are consequences of your exotic eyes.” Akshara chuckled at him back.
The newly wedded couple Dev and Akshara were ready to depart from the Ice cave bar, Frozen Crescent once and for all. Ivan Shirk headed the way to the Ice castle of Ayruzglow.
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