Book 3: Chapter 8
Tiffany
I was so tired after running around with Hekki, that I literally plopped onto bed after a quick shower around 9ish….. In my sleep I saw colors, but no images….
Just blackish red. It was a bit unsettling.
Dreams like that usually indicate there’s a problem… Then I heard it… the displeased voice from Below….
“Master, give us a little more time.” Said Aptherraam.
“Not once have you summoned me… not once have I been called…..”
I woke up with a gasp. My husband was walking in Just as I sat up, while both our demons were passed out from their trip with Zayde… It was 5:50am now, and the early dawn was likely why the dream stopped.
“Are you alright?” Asked Zayde… He was covered in blood, but he seemed unphased by the amount of it… He wiped clawed hands with a wet rag from his pocket, before cupping my face…
“I am, just weird dreams.” I admitted. “I…” I paused. “I don’t remember it anymore… but I know it was important.”
“I think you’re stressing about the ceremony.” Said Zayde. “Everything will go FINE. You Already served time in Hell for your actions…”
“I am stressing a bit…. But I’m ok.” I said being pet on the hair by him. He was absolutely filthy, but that he tried keeping me clean was kind of sweet…. “I see your hunting went well.”
“I finally found the nest of hags in the mines that lead to the village.” He admitted. “My brother Thomas flushed them out with his master swordsmanship, and I got them when they popped out the main tunnel with my fellow beasts.”
“There’s a mine?! Are there Crystals in there?!” I asked excitedly…. It got our demon’s attention, but since they weren’t fully awakened… They were exhausted. He took them with him, but since they were so small in their familiar forms, or the human ones, they probably weren’t much help.
“Yeah. Want to see it?” He asked with a devilish smirk. He pulled off his clothes in front of me… You could have washed those clothes on his abs, but I held my ground.
“You haven’t slept yet.” I complained.
“My body doesn’t *need* sleep.” He countered.
“Then why do you look tired?” I demanded. He did look a little sleepy, but otherwise he was in peak condition… He went to turn on the water in the bathroom… I let him be.
Something told me that we’d be doing more than Just looking at an old mine if I did…
“Because I’m tired until I sleep.” He grinned. “Go get ready. Let’s go on a little date, hmm?” He said this huskily…
“…. I’ll get my cardigan.” I relented, scampering to the closet like a giddy teen….
“That’s a good girl… Better that you don’t come in here too.” He growled….
I blushed… rummaging around the walk in closet, picking some black leggings, a long sleeved red shirt of mine, and one of his large black Tshirts. It was in his pajama pile, so it wasn’t one of his nice ones…I sniffed it, because it smelled like him… There was something to it that told me he was my one, but I blushed even harder turning around.
“Do you like my scent?” He said catching me be weird…
Zayde was in only a towel, covering the deep V he held, being so fit. His hair was also down now, going about to the lower middle of his back. I was raised with wolves… It’s only natural that wolfish things turned me on….
Long haired males were strong…. It’s why most men didn’t cut theirs unless it was a declaration of war.
“You smell like Alpha…” I said quietly; He really did… I could tell this was a shirt he’d worn after shifting….
“I act like one too.” Zayde said with hooded garnet, purple-red eyes…He pulled me close, and kissed me lightly on the forehead.
Being held in his burly arms made me squeeze them a bit. There was no flex, being rock hard… So was something else…..It gently poked me, and I shyly looked down. He really was in about the best condition he could have been. He really was built like a shifter.
His low growled rumbled my entire body. He let me go, smacking me on the butt. “Go downstairs and wait before I take you.” Zayde grinned.
“It’s not fair!” I yelled.
I sprinted to the elevator, hearing him chuckle.
“It is.” He sang before I disappeared.
Gods my cheeks were hot… and I know any witch with beast skills, or actual shifters could smell how aroused he’d made me… My body was healed, but not quite ready to have sex with him now, not after a transformation… He’d be rougher on this body…..
Damnit, I needed to get my head out the gutter! I Wanted to be ravaged by my husband, but if he knew that now…
“My lady, his majesty sends word that he will be down shortly.” Chuckled Mr. Cornwall… He’d been texted by Zayde, still holding his phone… and he could smell me…
“Tell him I’ll wait in the courtyard.” I said being led there by the minotaur.
“I’ll show you, my lady.” Bowed Mr. Cornwall.
It didn’t’ take long, as there was a teleport pad labeled 0-2. The combination 0-1 was the front entrance, and 0-3 was the entrance to the cellar floor… Then those switched to B I believe. I was probably wrong… but for now, outside, I looked around.
Most men were naked, covered in blood, laughing among themselves, but they covered up when they saw me. They bowed too... They probably saw the bite and scented Zayde…
Then I locked eyes with the tallest female there…
“I smell… witch’s flesh.”
Said the woman. She was naked, lean, and tall, about 6’5 foot, an alpha shifter height… The look she gave me could cut steel…. Her hair was cut into a feathered style that went to her hips, but since it was two toned, it stood out. Her black hair faded to a light grey, but her red eyes told me that she was a dominant female too…
The male who was about 20 feet behind her had a matching collar and hair style, but he was taller than even Alteer, being at least 7’2…. They both look like Greek, walking statues… but I didn’t care about that. I cared about how confrontational the woman was.
“I am flesh.” I said firmly. I held no fear, and I stood my ground.
She sniffed the air.
“That makes no sense…” She said scratching her chin with clawed fingers as if it would threaten me. “His majesty would not allow his sons to breed a lesser creature.”
“If you keep up with your attitude, I’ll show you who’s lesser.” I growled…. No wolf, so it was human sounding… but it did attract attention.
I wished my familiar was down here even though he had no true form yet, but he really did need the rest… They Were fully paired with each other… and they had human forms… That took energy I didn’t give him, nor did Aptherraam ask…
Now that she ws closer, I saw that she was also a thrall of Alteer…
She glared at me, standing there as if I’d insulted her by merely talking….
“Who his majesty marries is his own business Echidnah.” Said the man who caught up to her. I didn’t know, but I was thankful for the backup. I didn’t want to explode her… I’ve been shooting lasers from my fingers since I was 3…
But she was named after a mythological woman, the mother of monsters… Surely said monster wasn’t actually just a magic caster…. If she was, her title meant this was a fight I shouldn’t pick…
But I wouldn’t be picked on either.
“Typhen I am Right.” She hissed like a snake….
Well shit…
My heart dropped about 7 stories… I was only 18; even with all my skills and knowledge, there’s still some things I don’t have the ability to do yet….
“My mate, you are not.” Said Typhen… the ‘father of monsters’… So I *was* in trouble. How did they manage to catch a Pair of creatures so grand?! How did they manage to get them to cooperate too?! I thought people with titles like that would automatically have sided with the Diamond Covens back then…. It was said that Typhen was large enough to swallow people whole…
That he turned men to beasts with a flick of his wrist…Was this how the Coven had beast magic…? Their badges had runes on them that roughly translated to ‘trainer’….
They were both winged snake monsters if they were, in fact, said titled creatures.….
“You bring Theophania fear, and I’m *not* ok with that.” Typhen said with crossed arms.
“That *isn’t* if there’s fear in her heart…. ” She looked down on me with viper eyes. I was dirty to her for my condition, but I was cut off before I could defend myself.
“There Better be A Damn GOOD Reason for this.” Snarled Zayde.
They bowed, but he wasn’t satisfied. With the wave of his hand, their collars glowed his name, and they kneeled lower.
“I started this, forgive me….” Said Echidnah truthfully. “But it must be said-” He cut her off.
“The only thing that *must* be said is a full apology, and for you to Begone from My Sight.” He hissed… Zayde sounded like a dragon, but the fear in her eyes told me that he was More than Just a dragon when shifted…
She bowed on hands and knees. “Then forgive me master…. It was you who awakened us… bound us…”
“I didn’t need to find you; I already knew where I buried you before I died.” Zayde growled.
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