It was him.....I knew I smelled something familiar.....something that was comfortable and yet he didn't smell the same at all at the same time. The man who inhabited my entire being in a dangerous kind of way since the day I gave myself to him.
Daemon.
There was an eerie feeling in the air, something I couldn't quite describe. Although it raised the hairs on the back of my neck I felt certain it was something much worse than I really had a full grasp on. The air was thinning, and I felt fear from the earth itself. We weren't just the type of people existed, we were the type of people who were a constant. If one of us died, another rose up to replace them. We are all connected in one way, this way is very simple.
You see, the earth isn't what connects us but it's connected to us. We are what humans would consider Gods, or even Angels for that matter. In our world, we are guardians. Protecting the people who cannot protect themselves, and defending our own kind against that of the Dijapher. A Kingdom of self righteous assholes, who consider us meat. Meat that if they digest properly can be used to uniquely amplify their powers. No, I don't mean literally eat us, but it might as well be. Our core being ripped from us would be what humans see as being eaten slowly while being alive. A painful way to slowly die. As I looked upon my little sister laying on the ground I knew, he had marked her in a way that would kill her slowly. And feed him a hefty meal, the question still remained how you stopped this process from working, as it manifested over a months time.
"Dijapher.....Release her now! She's done nothing." I looked at him, pleading with my eyes and begging with my voice. What strength I had against this man, he knew he'd just stripped from me.
"My Queen, why should I?" A smirk played across his lips and he ran his fingers through his dark hair, showing his distinguished blue eyes.
Hesitantly I took a step forward.
"Ah ah ah my love, you see her death can also come swiftly." His foot went to her throat and I saw that her breathes were becoming more shallow.
"No! Alright, what is it you want Dijapher?" My amber eyes were becoming more red as I narrowed them to glare.
"I want you to retrieve our son and hand him over, you know full well that he will be manifesting soon, and I want him in my presence when he does so. I know that his fangs are already coming in and you know that, that is a bad sign. So why not just take the pressure off of yourself and hand him over? You know I'll raise him properly, I cared for you didn't I? I mean...."
"NO! That's enough, my sister would see fit it's a better cause to die then to give up our cause to your kind..." a growl slipped through my delicate lips as I dropped down, hands placed firmly onto the ground and knee to my chest. My back leg was outstretched behind me to prepare for a launch in his direction. "I guess we will just see who's faster."
I barely noticed his eyes widen as I took off for him, knowing that he was caught off guard by my sudden change of heart. A snarl rippled through the air as I tackled him. Panic caught in my chest, refusing to look at my sister to know if he carried through with breaking her neck or not. The tattoos started to build across my body and glow through what seemed like darkness that shrouded him.
The tables turned as grabbed my throat, and with a heave hurled me across open land. Only to disappear as I rolled and popped up onto my feet. I held my stance awaiting his presence, knowing that he wouldn't leave so quickly. My heart began to speed up, 'Why can't I control myself?' Then I felt it, his hand brushed across her bare shoulder as he bit down. Something came from my, what was meant to be a loud call became what I thought was a squeal. I couldn't tell what came from my mouth but I knew what he was attempting to do before I pulled away.
I took off across the field, focusing on the earth around myself. "Please be swift...."
This was all I could manage while running through the field, knowing that even though I was going faster than any animal could, I by far wasn't faster than Damien. They'd ran together when they first started to manifest, and he was much faster. Always allowing me to win even though I knew he did it to please me.
I quickly grabbed my sisters limp body and kept moving, I had spoken to the earth to inhabit Damien, keeping him still long enough for me to get away. I paused briefly to see him struggling against trees and vines that bloomed in my path where my feet touched the earth. "Thank you." This came as whisper before I was gone.
What was left? What could she possibly do now? She was stuck, she was losing this battle. He would do anything to get their son....and she could do nothing to stop him but try to prevent it further.
This was a man who rewrote their whole lives. He made me feel vulnerable, when I needed to appear strong. I had loved him, and it felt like a century ago but to be fair. Their son wasn't quite one yet, and my pregnancy was nearly four years long.
Now to be fair, that's normal for a Queen and King of separate clans. A Dijapher and Terikotan having a child is normally unheard of. Only ever happening three times in their entire history. And it being Queen to King has only happened one other time outside of myself. A Queen is born with a unfertilized fetus inside of her awaiting it's other half. To pass on the blood line. We are in all technical terms pregnant from birth, our anatomy being no different than a humans outside of the fact that we are already carrying when we are born. When it's fertilized by royal blood it takes four years for a immortal soul to develop. This may seem like a long time, but the longer the better when it comes to a royal. They are able to withstand much more. My mother, confused and dazed. Unable to go to doctors because she was pregnant with me for five. Needless to say as a human she isn't of right mind anymore.
However, nearly six years ago I started to date Daemon. A gorgeous and delightful man to be around. One that I wanted to spend forever with, little did I know that when we fully manifested a year after dating, we didn't know that we would be of separate clans. I mean it was kind of foreseen that he would be a Dijapher based on the fact that his father was Dijapher, but we didn't know I was Terikotan. I'd been forewarned that with my fast development and early manifestation that I was likely royalty. Our Kingdom had awaited a Queen for 100 long years, and finally when my siblings and I were born. The royal blood was reintroduced. But despite all of that, a few weeks before we manifested I found out I was pregnant with our son.
After he was born we fought one another in the Court of Kings, a royal dispute court that is held by the Elders of both clans. And in human court. Until they decided that I could keep him for 8 months, and then Daemon could. They made sure that it was after he was able to eat solid foods so that Daemon could care for him properly. I was furious. But as our child to them it was fair. And they said at 16 months he would go into a one week on one week off. So it was fair that I'd have him for eight months and he would have him for that amount of time. Human court said he was with me until a year with visitation for the father. Since a child needs it's mother. But let's face it, Elders over rule humans any day. And now I'm faced with being a little after three months behind on handing Ezekial over to his father. He currently hides out with my Grandmother, being kept safe in a human home away from the half way house, with limited time with me as to not give away his location to Daemon.
But in this moment I felt for certain that this wasn't over.....and I needed to stop thinking and start running. And with that, I ran and didn't stop until I reached Haven......
