part 2 of Ceremony
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I was in and out of consciousness for who knows how long. I kept picking up people saying the most bizarre things.
"We have to get all the girls safe to the Bride Trade"
"Yes those two go to members of the elemental council."
"Shapeshifter"
"You know the Starlight family are one of the first fallen Angel families "
" The Prince will have our heads if theirs a single mark on her”
“Underworld”
I finally stopped losing consciousness all together. I could hear and feel when someone touched me but I still couldn't move at all. My heartbeat and breathing was calm even though I wanted to freak out. Must have been whatever they injected me with. Okay I can do this. I will come up with a plan while I wait for this stuff to wear off.
It was silent for a good while, before I heard faint footsteps getting closer. When the door started to open you could here voices on the other side getting louder as they walked in. I concentrated on what they said, to see if I could get a hold of any information to help with my escape. Is it too much to hope they will say a location? " Yes Baron, we made sure to confirm them as the princesses of Light and Darkness through Su and Tori, the head maids. Carrie Benson, bride of Prince Vince Starlight and Melanie Nyx, bride of Prince Tyson Nightfall. "
A male voice mentioned our names. Good thing my heart couldn't race because I was freaking out. After my mental breakdown I listened to the rest of what they were saying.
"Yes. Good. Very good indeed. I will be dealing with both prince's personally. But luckily for us Prince Tyson is more reasonable and is going to pick up Melanie at the Bride Trade. So if you can be so kind as to make sure Ms. Nyx gets there safely and is cared and looked after well." A different voice spoke. Also male. Clearly these guys were mafia that had some sort of illegal s*x ring and we were going to be sold to these prince's. But I don't ever recall hearing about these royal families before. Maybe they are code names, to protect the buyers?
"I really feel bad for this Carrie girl, Baron. Who has Prince Vince's immortal essence in her now." Said the first man.
You could hear the strain in the second mans voice. The one I now know as Baron. "Never disrespect Prince Vince again unless you want your head chopped off and given to the un-dead to feast on. Vampires are not the only ones who live there you know. You will become a zombie appetizer. And I don't want to lose you Garrett. Your my precious mate."
Wait hold up. Vampires and zombies? As much as I didn't want to believe this not to be true, deep down I knew it was and it explains some weird things that happened when I was a child. My grandmother used to tell me stories of the supernatural as a kid to help me cope with the weird things, and the vivid nightmares. She passed away when I was seven. My father, put me in therapy. I was given medication at a very young age. He said her beliefs rubbed off on me and I had a wild imagination. Even though the weird things and nightmares started before She told me stories. Dad never believed me and said I must have heard her in passing not paying attention. Oh grandma if you were only alive right now and with me. I am so scared. Help me. I prayed silently.
I felt a wave of calm wash over me keeping me from succumbing to fear. My head never felt more clear then it did now. Grandma was right. Praying did help a lot. I listened in again to see what they were saying so I could get my best friend and I out of here.
" Sorry Baron it won't happen again, my apologies. " Who I now knew as Garrett said feeling his sadness like a wave washing over me.
Baron’s response would have made me blush if I could. "Oh my beautiful mate you know to call me Berlioz and not by my title. Do I have to punish you for it to settle in?”
So Baron is his title, not his name? It’s all starting to make sense now. The princes they were talking about were underworld creatures my grandma told me about and not the mafia. She mentioned before their was a hierarchy. I heard a gasp and lips smacking. It felt like their make out session lasted forever.
"Garrett, we will finish this later. I need you to bring Princess Melanie back to the Bride Trade immediately. Please." He said.
What! No! Please don't take her, I need to bring her home with me.
There was the sound of clanking and shuffling of movement, then a door opening and closing.
Damn it! Why can't I move.
“ Sorry you had to hear our little make out session just now, Carrie. The mate bond really effects the senses sometimes. Take this as a lesson for when you are alone with Prince Vince, he is powerful and will not hold back and use the mate bond to his advantage. “ I heard the Baron speaking to me. Clearly he knew I was awake.
"It's for the best to do things this way. Trust me when I say you don't want your best friend or my mate being apart of what I say next." Berlioz said. I wish my body would just respond normally, instead of this constricting calm I feel. " Listen I didn't dose you fully because you need to know some things before being brought to that tyrant and the mate bond taking its effect on you. If he ever gets a whiff of this conversation while going through your mind, both my mate and your friend would have been put in danger. This way I can claim honestly they had no part of this.
"I made sure you got a bit more time then the usual eighteen years in Canada. I also made sure the medication would work, but your blood line goes back to the beginning, So you need more then normal human means. I got permission from the Fae King, Rollin, to give you potent fairy dust from me. I knew otherwise Prince Vince would try bringing you into our world a bit earlier. Which is usually illegal, except in a few cases. Yours being one of them. All the things you have seen and brushed off as a kid and then when you turned eighteen, once weaning you off the medication, were all real.
"You can ask many later, in fact it's probably part of your fictions that fairies can't lie. But all of you who end up being mates to underworlders, are like family to me. I have a love toward all of you, as if I helped bring you into this world like your biological father's did. And I refuse to let a daughter of mine go into the lions den if you will, unprotected." I heard him walk away open a door, thank someone while the door closed again. I felt something go around my neck.
" This necklace was blessed by the priests and exorcists who still know about all of our existence. It will help you along your journey and come into your powers. " I felt him bend down and kiss my forehead. "You will only remember this was your grandmas necklace. You will forget that Melanie is here for now until you see her again. You will also forget this conversation. Just trust God and the guidance from this necklace. I love you my dear child. Stay safe, don't give into Vince or the mate bond until he is out of his families clutches. This is the only advice I can give you."
I felt a sting at my neck again and passed out for the final time from this stupid drug.
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