#8
1866 Words
LOGAN MOON
Working with my girlfriend has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. At least we get to see each other more except that sometimes, my shifts do not clash with hers. I also work night shifts at times. It has been the best three weeks of my life, we don’t only work in the palace together but also have our lunches together, like now.
“So, now you'll be able to save money for school, you see,” I say to her. We are having lunch under the tree, sitting on the beautifully mowed lawn.
“Yep plus, I will be able to afford not an expensive phone but something that I can use to send and receive calls,”
“Mmmh, and maybe send me some nudes too,” I smirk.
“You are naughty, Mr. Moon,” She says, giggling.
“But you like it, Ms. Ajax,” I kiss her on the lips. “I can’t wait to make you my wife so that I can get in between those legs any day, any time, and however I want.” I slide my hand between her legs.
“Baby, we are in the King's place,” She shyly says, removing my hand. I laugh.
“What? Did I push that one special button on you?” She bites her lower lip, looking down. “Did I tell you that, you look sexy in that black and white maid uniform?” She flashes a smile at me, blushing.
“Why are you playing with me like that, Logan?”
“Am I? Do you want to know how I play?” I tickle her.
Her giggles loudly fill the air as she tries running away.
“Leave me alone, Logan!” She finally gets up, running away from me. I chase after her. “Logan, stop!” She says, breathlessly.
“Slow down!”
“Stop chasing me!”
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PRINCE EDWARD WILLIAMS
I am standing by the balcony of my bedroom, having a cigar and whiskey session. I am looking in the direction where Logan and Angela are running around like little kids. They look happy together, but I am afraid that won’t be for too long.
I hear my bedroom door opening before it closes. I wait for the person to come through to the balcony and my mother’s figure appears. She has this beautiful smile on her face that charms everyone, even me.
“The Queen of my heart,”
“The prince of my heart,” Put the cigar on the ashtray and leave it to burn.
“What brings you up here?” I ask as she stands next to me.
“Can I not check on my odd son who is always cooped up in his room,” I chuckle.
“I am not odd, I just enjoy like my personal space, mom”
“I see.” We both silently look in the direction of Angela and Logan being playful… Children!
“You like her, don’t you?” I choke on my saliva at that question.
“Huh, who?” She softly laughs.
“You know who I am talking about. I’ve seen how you look at her, like now.” I shift my eyes from Angela to my mother.
“What?” She chuckles at my shock.
“My smartest son acting dumb,”
“No ma, seriously. I don’t know what you are talking about,” She shrugs.
“Okay, I will act as I believe you,”
I sigh, biting my lower lip.
“I sensed her powers. She is not like us,”
“I felt it too, and I want to keep her closer so that I can figure her out,”
“I hope it ends there. You have your wife—your Luna, Alpha Edward; Angela is young and not someone you should go for,”
This is the hardest pill to swallow. I know I am married to Luna, but I do not have an emotional or physical connection with her. We were arranged by our parents because my parents have a good business with my wife’s family, plus I am an alpha in the Moon Valley Pack. In our pack, you need to have the strongest mate to run the pack, and my wife happened to be one. She is not here right now because she went to her parents’ house and stays there. Even in Florida, where we have a house together, we never really slept together in one room, or even got into intimacy. She is trying, but I am just not there. I won’t say I love her, but I am okay.
“And has a boyfriend too. Do not get between them,” I sadly nod. “And he loves her,”
“Mom!” I don’t know why, but it makes me angry to hear that.
I felt the connection between Angela and me on the first day, and I felt it for the second time at her home. It cannot be a coincidence, can it? Could she be my mate for sure?
“What? I am stating the obvious, can’t you see? Focus on your wife, give me some grandkids because I am not getting any younger, neither are you,”
“I guess so,” I turn my eyes back to Angela. “Mom, can I take one of the cars out? I need to get some fresh air… and when are you fixing the roads here? I want to buy a sports car,” We walk out of my bedroom heading downstairs.
“With all the cars that we have here, you want to buy a car. Can’t you just take one of the BMW SUVs?” I roll my eyes.
“I love the cars, they are nice and all I won’t lie but, I want me a sports car mother,” I take one of the car keys from the Keyholder. “Later, mother,”
“Bye, odd one!”
I make my way out to one hell of a garage. I have to pass by where Logan and Angela are 'playing'. I find them standing, chit-chatting, and laughing all nice. I come from behind and clear my throat, they turn in a fright.
“Prince Edward,” They bow.
“Shouldn’t you be getting back to work?”
“Yes, our prince,” They turn on their heels and walk.
“Angela,” I stop her. “You can stay behind.” Logan looks at her and they both nod at each other as if they were communicating with their eyes. She walks over to me.
“Prince Ed-,”
“Just call me Edward. Follow me,”
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KING ETHAN WILLIAMS
I decided to go back to the seer. The last time I came here, she had nothing for me. The ancestors were hiding everything so, I got nothing out of her. I am sitting on the grass mat right in front of her as she has an incense burning, filling up the room with smoke. She starts incarnating and sneezing.
“Hail!” I say, clapping my hands.
“They are refusing, my King. They are still hiding the girl’s identity, both the Williams and the Ajax ancestors. Maybe if she comes here, or if I can get closer to her, I can get something. I will try harder, my King. This has never happened before, and it is frustrating me that I can’t see anything.” Knowing Aradia from way back when my father was still alive, she hates defeat. I know that she will eventually get something.
“Maybe we are using her wrong last name, don’t you think? I mean, she did mention to me that she does not know who her father is,”
“Or, the ancestors are trying to prevent something from happening. Angela does not seem to be our kind, your highness,”
“How so? She has fangs, and I felt the strong aura when I first met her,”
She shakes her head and starts singing her crazy songs.
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ANGELA AJAX
Pri—I mean Edward drove us to the woods until we stopped at some hill. He got off from the car and came to my side of the car and opened the door for me, I got off. I started feeling scared and uptight because I had no idea why we were here. What if he was going to leave me here to get eaten by the wolves and drive off. I heard terrible stories of wolves eating humans in the woods; I just never saw anything like that.
“Relax, princess,” Did he just call me a princess… again? I don’t even fit to be a princess but anyway; we stand behind the car. From the hill, we can see the whole kingdom looking back at us. I love it here.
“It is beautiful,” I say. He keeps quiet, ignoring me. We stay in silence for too long until it starts getting uncomfortable, I decide to break the ice. “Why are we here, prince Edward?” He looks at me, stands in front of me, and lifts me up, putting me on the trunk of the car. He goes back to leaning on the car with his back, looking at the view.
“Why are we here?” I nervously ask, but he does not answer.
“Don’t you wish to get out sometimes, out of the village living the life that you have always wanted to? Don’t you feel like you are where you are today and you are with who you are with because you have no choice, unless this is what you wanted, maybe?”
Why is he asking me that? It is like he wants me to say yes as if he will make the opposite of what I want.
I smile as I want to share my dreams. God damn, I am stupid.
“It has always been my dream to have money, travel, and live in a fancy house and drive luxurious cars. But I want to go to college so bad to further my education,” I breathe out. I always dream about living a fairy tale life, and it makes me happy.
“What do you want to do?”
“I want to be a biologist. Science had always been my strongest subject and I love it,” He nods, looking impressed.
“Mmh, so you are our future Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Beauty with brains, I see you girl,” I shrug.
“Good with numbers, yes. Beauty, I don’t know about that,” I laugh.
He stands again in front of me, staring at me.
“You are beautiful.” I gasp, staring back at him. I swallow. He moves closer and closer to me, my eyes automatically close. I feel his hands on my waist, and he carries me up again and then puts me back on my feet to the ground.
Wow… What is this man playing at?
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