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abbatoirablaze · 2 years

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Hidden Sisters, Chapter 6

Word Count: 1.3k

Warnings: smut, unprotected sex.

It all happened far too fast for either Nadia or Ari’s liking. Nick had grown angry, watching his youngest sibling being held by the shifter, and he was quick to pull her away, much to Ari’s pleading that he not.

“Nick, no. Let me stay!” Nadia begged as she was pulled from her mate’s grip, “I want to stay with Ari.”

“He can’t protect you from them,” Nick reminded his sister. He pulled her into his arms and held her by the shoulders, “Ari doesn’t know the danger you’re in, Nadia. He cannot protect you as I can.”

Ari growled at the nymph, his pride taking a strike.

“I can protect my mate, nymph.”

Nick’s nostrils flared, and steam began to rise off of him. Both Nadia and Jennifer stood between the fire nymph king and the shifter, “please…do not fight.”

Ari’s heart broke as he watched his mate and her pleading look.

“I don’t want to let you go, sweet nymph,” he whispered softly. She bit back her tears and nodded, leaning up to place an innocent kiss to Ari’s lips. He melted into it until Nick pulled her back, “I will find you, sweet nymph. I won’t-“

“You will do no such thing!” Nick proclaimed, wrapping his arms around both his sister and his mate. Before Ari could disagree any further a pocket of flames swirled around the trio, becoming larger and larger until it swallowed them and disappeared in the wind.

Which is what led Ari to his current decision to trek up to the mountain to get his mate. It was obvious to him that Nadia didn’t want to go back, and he’d be damned if he let his little water nymph mate rot away in a mountainside.

To say that it was tough to get in would be an understatement. It was like the whole place was on a lockdown. And Ari had to be careful getting in.

He’d waited hours until it was the middle of the night when the guards were changing over. He had calculated just the right moment and followed them in during the change.

Earlier, he’d managed to knock a guard out that was doing a perimeter walk. He’d changed into his clothes and rubbed coal dust all over himself in an attempt to cover up his own scent. And it seemed like it was working for him.

And while he didn’t know where he was going, he managed to find himself in cavern after abandoned cavern. It wasn’t until he’d heard someone talking that he came to a stop.

“Do you really think that your choice today was the right one, my love?”

“I don’t need to hear my mate scolding me as well, Jennifer,” the other voice replied softly, “I don’t want to hear it…”

“I’m not scolding you, Nick…” she said quickly, “but Nadia found her mate in Ari…”

“She doesn’t know that,” Nick muttered, “she’s too young to know what love and mateship is.”

“I know you’re worried because of what happened with Nala, bu-“

“DON’T SPEAK OF NALA!”

Ari felt a growl rising from his throat and pushed it back. He took a few steps back until his own back came in contact with a door. It opened slightly a second later, before he was being pulled into the room and two arms were thrown around his neck.

“Ari!”

Ari was quick to put his fingers over Nadia’s mouth, his nervousness taking over, “we have to be quiet, little mate!”

“I knew that you would come for me! I just knew it! Take me away from here,” she begged him softly, “I-I can’t stay here anymore…not that I know you’re out there!”

“That’s just what I came here to do! I came for you, sweet nymph,” he said quickly, his lips brushing over hers. She shivered but leaned in, their lips connecting in a passionate kiss. When Ari pulled away her eyes were closed and she looked like she was afraid to open them, “I’m not a dream, mate…I came to take you away from here…now open your eyes so that we may run away together.”

“I’d follow you anywhere!” she proclaimed proudly, opening her eyes. Her smile grew as she looked at the selkie, “I love you, Ari.”

“I love you too, Nadia,” he replied, “and I will protect you, despite what your brother thinks. I won’t let anything happen to you!”

Ari held out his hand to her, and she took it, the two running through the cavernous halls of the mountainside to their escape.

The way the moonlight lit up her eyes was almost an addiction in itself to Ari. His heart raced as he looked at his mate in her true form.

“You are like a goddess,” he whispered softly, his hand trailing along her bare skin, “I could die a happy man looking at you right now.”

“Please don’t,” she whispered back, just as delicately. A shiver ran down Ari’s spine as her hand stretched over his neck and grazed his mating gland, “I like you a lot alive…and I’d hate to find my mate just for him to die on me.”

“I’ll never leave you,” he promised. Another shiver ran down Ari’s spine as her hand trailed down his chest, “mate…”

“I want to feel you, Ari.”

A happy rumble began in his stomach and pushed past his lips. She giggled which only spurned on the excited selkie. Her hand drifted lower and he gasped as she gripped him at his base and slowly started to pump him.

With a sensual growl he rolled them over so that he was hovering above her. Her ministrations never ceased.

“Mate…”

“Take me, Ari,” she begged softly, her strokes becoming more firm. Ari’s hips jerked and his tip bumped against her naked sex. She gasped, her hand falling away from his member. She braced it on his hip, “A-Ari.”

“We can’t go back from this, sweet nymph,” he purred. His hand stretched out and he ran it over her curves, “if I take you, I’m taking all of you…”

She bared her neck, showing that she was okay with his insinuation, “I want to be yours, Ari.”

His hips rocked against her, and she felt his hardened member along the crease of her hip. Her eyes trailed down, and she gasped, yet again.

“I’ll be gentle,” he promised, kissing her lips. His own hand reached down, and he touched her gently. His eyes flickered shut momentarily, as he caught the scent of her arousal. His fingers became coated in her sweet nectar, and he used it to coat his cock, “are you ready, mate?”

She nodded, watching Ari line himself up with her. Her eyes flickered to his face, and she watched the concentration in his eyes as he slowly pushed past her entrance. Her eyes widened, the burn of the stretch felt like she was being torn in two, but she stayed silent, not wanting Ari to cease his own movements.

When he was finally seated in her, he stopped, his eyes catching hers. He leaned forward and kissed her cheeks, wiping away the tears that she hadn’t even noticed had fallen, “I’m sorry, mate.”

“S-so big, Ari…”

“I-I can stop-“

“NO!” she said quickly, gripping onto his shoulders, “don’t stop…please.”

Ari nodded and slowly began pulling out. Her back arched, her heart aching at the thought of the loss of him, “d-don’t stop!”

He watched her eyes as he slid back into her. Her mouth parted ever so slightly, and her eyes rolled back into her head as she began to get accustomed to his size. Ari felt the slow pulsing coming from her core and growled, burying his face into her neck, “I-I don’t know how long I’m going to last like this.”

“Wh-what?” she asked nervously, “am I doing something wrong?”

“God no,” he admitted, his hips bucking in no particular rhythm into her, “You just-oh god…fuck, you feel so good, mate. I-I’m close already…”

“Mark me, Ari…”

“Little mate, I-“

But his own words were cut off when she leaned in and laved over his swollen mating gland, before biting down on it. It was hard enough to break the skin.

“Nadia!

Ari’s vision faded to black as he felt himself cum.

Chapter 7

Tag List: @lohnes16, @dontbescaredtosingalong, @teambarnes72

#fated #fated au #hidden sisters #the hidden sisters #a/b/o fic #a/b/o au #a/b/o #alpha ari levinson #selkie #soft ari #ari levinson smut #ari levinson #red sea diving resort #water nymph

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liria-rose · 1 year

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#Bride of the underworld #Fated Au #Frans #Fanart #Shayromi #Catsitta

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chryzure-archive · 2 years

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I think it’s funny that in the Fated Au Pleck is over here going through a traumatic even every time he sees this alt version of his sweet kind wife, meanwhile Jacks sees nightmare Chrysi and is like damn 👀 I hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me 😳💅👁👄👁✨

LITERALLY, it’s soooo funny because it’s so obvious that jacks is a masochist (self-described, canonical, thank you very much)—SO OF COURSE HE’S HEAD OVER HEELS W FATE!CHRYSI…. he’s like “yeah……..alright 😳”

plus plus plus…. you KNOW the fate part of him is still active, jst a bit… he likes seeing such cruelty in chrysi 🥰

#.asks #m.filly✨#s.chrysijacks #paper stars #fated au #i’m OBSESSED w this au #obsessed with the dynamic shift SM

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mutodaes · 3 months

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The Shepherd of Souls

I had an idea for a COTL AU in which the Lamb is a reincarnation of the original god of death, known as the Shepherd of Souls.

#my art #cult of the lamb #the lamb #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl au #cotl fanart #relics of the old faith added some very interesting lore surrounding how one would become a bishop #so the idea is that Narinder found the crown after the gods' war #and the lamb was fated to be chosen as his vessel (and eventual successor) because they were the original wearer of the crown #illustration #narilamb #< adding this tag bc. yeah 👍

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galacii-gallery · 2 months

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Chapter one of Shattered Fates is almost done! Here’s one piece of art that’s going to be included in the piece,

#art #myart #my art #au #aus #utmv #doodles #shattered fates au #shattered dreams au #Tw blood #Tw violence #nightmare #dream #dream!sans #nightmare!sans #nightmare sans #Dream sans #Dreamtale au #Dreamtale aus

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mooncheese3 · 9 months

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just bestfriend things

#everyone hates them but everyone wants to BE them #it girls of their gen #original shang qinghua #original shen qingqiu #idk maybe this is a time travel au and theyre drinking their problems away rn #maybe #maybe theyre one second away from a breakdown over how the fate of the world rests on their shoulders #yknow #the world that continually gives them the finger #svsss #mxtx

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fated-au · 2 years

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Sans and his pet

Fared AO3 series | Fated AU masterpost

#undertale #hades and persephone au #sans #Fated AU

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occudo · 10 days

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I never considered smokeyeyes before discovering your blog...now I can't stop considering it and how amazing it is

*slaps roof of the Gertude Agnes ship*: This bad boy fit so many dynamics inside! They are old ladies! Only one of them looks like one! They kiled multiple people Agnes called Gertrude her anchor!! Also, consider that Agnes knows Gertude way before she become what Shasa called a stone cold bitch- she was just a human

there is so much in this ship!!

#occudo's art #tma fanart #gertrude robinson #agnes montague #smokey eyes #gertrude is still around au #also their relationship changing through the years #Gertrude getting stronger and less human #Agnes getting more and more human #they were connected by fate?? come on #what's not to like?#forever sad they didn't get more to do in the show #or Agnes even getting a VA #but that's what the AUs are #am I right?

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cartooncadet666 · 1 year

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New Memes: Featuring Pointyheads (maybe OC's)

Tip: Explain the point of your smolness.

Axis: I don't even have a clue myself, I just roll with it. :D

Tip: But that doesn't explain why you're so small...

Axis: I'm just built different! I can't help my smolness!

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Desmond: *adorable confusion*

Axis: *baby squid face*

Pac: *innocent puppy eyes*

Calix: .....*inhales*

Skeebo: Don't say anything about it, let their autism do everything.

Calix: Angel darling you know I do the exact opposite of what you and lemon boy say every time.

Skeebo: Say shit and Imma kick your ass again.

Calix: OH MY WHAT A LOVELY LOOKING STONE OVER THERE-

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Skeebo being tired af: What did you do.

Dr. Buttocks: *incoherent mumbling*

Skeebo: W h a t.

Dr. Buttocks: Threw Specter into the wall on accident...

Skeebo: How tf do you throw someone onto a wall ON ACCIDENT?!

Dr. Buttocks: I don't know SHEER WILLPOWER?!

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Tip: Wait! That area is extremely chaotic, you can get really hurt. It's too dangerous to go alone, here, take this.

*he picks up Pacster and hands them the Pac*

Apex: ....Yeah I don't think I'll need it. Thank you.

Tip: Take the f*cking child or I will destroy our planet myself.

Apex: OKAY. Jeez. *takes the Pac*

Tip: :)

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*cue the moment from Cosmic Contest*

Pac: Hey! Pretty good driving for a Pointyhead.

Tip: Heh heh, you're not bad either for an orb. It's almost a shame I have to beat you!

Pac: Yeah well, may the best man win. And by that, I mean the best Pac Man!

*the doofus proceeds to speed up and gets him and Spiral yeeted off the road for a sec*

Pac: WOAH-

Tip: EYES ON THE ROAD PAC MAN! *genuine concern*

Apex: *mad af at him*

(Meanwhile, in the heavens)

Calix watching that happen: ............Um excuse me, what the actual fu-

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Desmond: Do you think he'll be alright?

Betrayus: IT'S ME BOY, I'M THE PS5 SPEAKING TO YOU INSIDE YOUR BRAIN!

Tip: *confused screeching* GET OUT OF MY BODY!!

Calix: Eh he'll be fine, he's more tougher than the rest of his team, he can handle this.

Tip: *proceeds to strangle Betrayus out of his body*

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Skeebo playing on the piano like Charlie Day: ... I don't need control, or which way to go, I just wanted to tell you all, go F*CK yourself~

Apex: I- WHA-

Betrayus: BAHAAHAH-

Buttocks: I raised him real damn good.

Tip: HOHOHO- Sh*t- *cracking up*

Skeebo: *starts rocking that solo* GO F*CK YOURSEEEEEELF~~~

*Pac, Cyli, and Spiral questioning why a shape god wanted his soul again*

Skeebo: *throws a cup at Apex and flicks off Betrayus* WOOOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~

Tip: And that kids is why you go to bed early, you don't want to grow up to be like him.

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Tetris: Axis, dear, do you remember how or when you were born.

Axis: No...

Apex: =_=

Axis: But I do remember something.

Tetris: Well what is it.

Axis, who looks and sounds like a good boy: Well.. Our planet split open and I crawled straight out of hell?

*everyone being in both shock and fear*

Pointybrains: Yep. That's your kid alright.

Apex: HE'S NOT MY KID.

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Tip: And this is Skeebo. Very useful as a weapon or just to pull a 'harmless' prank on someone while releasing this beast of a teenager.

Calix: Yes, my angel can do many things, only use him for his correct purposes.

Desmond: Correction, pardon me, but don't you mean OUR angel?

Pac: Yeah come one Cal, share da Skeebs.

Calix: NEVER.

Desmond: SHARE THE SKIBSTER! WE ALL NEED OUR DAILY DOSE OF HIS EXISTENCE!

Calix: NO!

Pac: SHARE THE SKEEBEYBLADE!

Tip: COMMUNISM.

*evil cackling is heard*

Skeebo: Is this my life now...?

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Axis: Hey Api?

Apex: First off, call me by my title young man, and what, what do you want?

Axis: I made a girl cry today but I didn't mean to.

Apex: Well what happened?

Axis: Well she said 'I think you're kinda cute.' And I said, 'Well that's nice!' Then she said, 'Well don't you love me?' And I said, 'Hey listen, how would you like to be the sun of my life?' And then she said, "Oh, because I'm so bright?" And then I said, 'Well kinda, but you can start by staying 93 million miles away from me.'

Apex: ....*laughing hard af*

Tetris: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THIS CHILD?!

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Tip: I've only known Pacster for a day at that time.

*Pac being wholesome*

Tip: And if anything happens to him now, I'm going to kill everyone in this room and then myself.... Same rules apply for Axis and Skeebo.

Skeebo: Hell nah bro, Imma join you, I wanna kill someone today.

Axis: Yay murder! :D

Pac: :0

Calix: WHAT?!

Desmond: ....They're going to hell...

Calix: WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU SAY THAT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN?!

Skeebo: WE'RE THE SAME F*CKING AGE YOU BILL CIPHER RIP OFF.

Calix: BI-

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Apex is buried in the sand with only his head sticking out: I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand!

Betrayus: Pac-Poseidon quivers before him!

Apex looking at the ocean: F*ck off!

Stratos: ...Why are they more chaotic than the kids?

Amaros: You think that's chaotic? Stratos he's your brother and Apex was originally my project, why do you think they're chaotic together? They don't have any brain cells left.

Jared: Amar, let's not be insensitive. They don't have a brain left, what cells would they need?

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Jared: You are grounded.... For... Till college.

Apex: FOR TILL COLLEGE?!

Jared: FOR TILL COLLEGE!

Apex: WHY?!

Jared: For kissing for that delinquent! *pointing at Tip*

Betrayus: *dramatic gasp*

Stratos: *proceeds to be uncomfortable af*

Apex: You're the one that took him under your wing!

Jared: Well this wing shall flap no more! Tip is never allowed in the cabin again, and you're not allowed to have any contact with him.

Apex: WHY?? WHat did I do that was so bad?!

Jared: OH YOU KNOW LIPSY!

Calix: ...Dad what the f*ck. I know he's your creation but seriously what the f*ck.

Axis: Nah.. Personally I would not let that slide.

Pac: Fr.

Skeebo: I wanna die already.

Stratos: WAIT YOU WHAT?!

Apex: THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT I SWEAR!

Skeebo: Calix, can you hit me with your bat? Please don't hold back, I'm done with everything.

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*Jared staring at Skeebo with absolute hatred*

Calix: Dad can you not? He's not doing anything.

*Skeebo staring back with a murderous intention*

Jared: I want that twink obliterated.

Skeebo: That's it.

Calix: ANGEL NO-

Skeebo: Square up b*tch, or maybe you can't, you're probably so god damn weak you can't even fight being what you are symmetrical dummy.

Calix: DAD-

Jared: OH HELL NO, COME HERE YOU LITTLE SH*T-

Calix: FOR FIVE SECONDS CAN YOU BOTH NOT?!

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Axis, about Apex and Tip: My god, would you two just get a room already? Tip: Excuse me Axis? Axis: You both just keep agreeing about horrifying things and relishing everybody else's misery. So seriously, when's the wedding? Apex: …I-

Tetris: I ship it! Pointybrains: CAN YOU NOT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tetris: Plants have feelings too?! What is this? Now I can't have food! Pointybrains: You can eat a rock. Apex: Air. Tip: The fabric of time and space. Axis: Chugging a bottle of bleach can solve all your problems. Tetris: You guys are not helpful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Hidden Sisters, Chapter 19

Word Count: 2.9k

Warnings: unprotected sex, smut, nonconsensual marking/taking back permission after the fact, angst, violence.

Jefferson’s nose nuzzled against Sam’s neck. His eyes fluttered shut and he inhaled, a sharp, deep breath being sucked in.

“Need you!” she whimpered as her teeth grew, a shift wanting to take place, “Jefferson…please…”

The nymph shuddered as her nails dug into his shoulders. She could feel his erection pressing against her inner thigh, his precum leaking from the tip of his cock, “Samantha…”

“I’m eighteen now!” she smiled as her lips trailed along the column of his throat, “we can be together. Please, Jefferson!”

He shuddered again when she nipped at the juncture of his collar bone. His cock twitched, slapping lightly against her thigh, “mate…”

Her hand reached down, and she stroked his impressive length. He groaned, his eyes rolling back as his head fell forward, “Fuck…”

“Not yet we haven’t!” she teased as she continued to stroke him. The woodland nymph’s hips bucked, his lips parting while he tried to catch his breath.

“Samantha…”

“Take me, Jefferson…take all of me.”

“Mate,” he growled as she nipped at his neck a little rougher. She smirked at him and lined him up at her entrance. He moaned, feeling how wet she already was. She bit down on his collarbone and his hips stuttered, splitting her precious petals, “FUCK!”

“FUCK!”

She hissed in pain as his hips stuttered forward, spearing into her. Her nails dug into his shoulders even more, the crescent moons now turning into puncture marks, little rivulets of blood spilling from them and around her nails, edging them with his scarlet essence.

Jefferson’s eyes fluttered shut again. The mixture of the pain he was feeling coupled in such a way with the pain of her core constricting around his cock. His jaw opened further, and he was at a complete loss of words, all thoughts leaving his mind.

“Jefferson…” she whimpered, her mouth still on his neck. Her eyes widened as she realized that she could taste blood. She removed her mouth from his neck and saw that she had bitten him. It wasn’t a little love nip.

No.

She’d marked him, and he was clearly in the bliss of the mating bond opening up to him. She wiped the blood from her lips and looked at her mate. His eyes were glassy. She shifted and instinctively he dove right back into her, wanting to stay buried deep inside of her. But with the single thrust she moaned, getting lost in the moment as the pain withered away, turning to a slight pressure, with the pleasure rolling off of her in waves. Her legs locked around his waist, driving him even further into her, until there was no space between them.

“Oh god!” Jefferson moaned, his cock twitching wildly inside of her. It was without warning, but he was closing in on his orgasm. It was coming at him like a freight train, and there was no hope of stopping him, “I’m gonna…”

“Cum inside of me, mate!” she begged, pulling his face towards her neck as her hips rolled. Jefferson moaned once more, his hips working up a rhythm. He inhaled her scent, and she licked at the mating mark she’d give him. He began picking up speed, pounding into her as his orgasm hit its height.

And as the warmth filled her core, a white-hot ache started at her neck. Her eyes widened as she felt the sharpness of his teeth digging into her flesh, her blood seeping from a newly formed mating mark.

“No!” she declared, not wanting the bond to be open on her side just yet. She tried to push him away, but he stayed locked on top of her, emptying himself into her while simultaneously forging the bond and setting it with each moment his mouth was locked over her mating gland.

“FIRE!”

Lance could barely see through the smoke that was filling the halls of his castle. But he couldn’t leave. Not when he knew his love was somewhere in the castle.

“ANNALISE!”

“MY KING YOU HAVE TO GET OUT!”

One of his guards actively tried pulling him down the hall, but he shoved him off. Behind him, one of the beams from the ceiling collapsed, the fire from the floor above spilling down to him, “I HAVE TO FIND ANNALISE!”

“We have to get you out!”

“I’M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT HER!”

“Your cousin’s forces are closing in!” he said quickly, pointing out the fact that the fire nymphs were invading the water kingdom, “Lance we have to get you to safety and then-“

“I’m not leaving without her!” he said firmly. Lance tried to fight for air, praying that there was enough humidity in it that he could draw the water out.

But he had no such luck.

The guardsman left him behind, choosing to spare himself instead of helping his king look for his mate. He fell to his knees in the next hallway, just a few rooms from his master bedroom.

“ANNALISE!”

Lance’s eyes closed, the smoke too heavy for him to keep breathing it in without consequence. He tried to cover his mouth and nose with his shirt, but the mesh had all but burned up from the heat. He began to cough, the smoke getting into his system.

“Lance, we need to leave!”

“Not without-without my love!” Lance begged, not able to see more than a foot around him. The shadow swept in on him as his eyes closed and threw him over his shoulder. He began coughing as the smoke got thicker. He prayed to whatever gods that exist that he get out in time.

“You’d do well to stay down and recuperate, my lady.”

Annalise shot up, her head pounding with the fast reaction, “shit…”

“As I had said,” she replied quickly, pushing Annalise back onto the pile of blankets, “you need to remain still…you and King Lance…”

Her heart burst at the thought of the man she loved, “Lance!”

“ANNALISE!”

“La-Lance!” she coughed, trying to fight the immense amount of smoke that had been in their bedroom as she trudged through the broken bits of the area. Part of the ceiling had collapsed, and cause a large catastrophe, making it nearly impossible for her to make an easy exit.

The ceiling behind her collapsed, sending a new wave of smoke, ash, and flames into the room. Annalise dropped to her knees, praying for someone to find her. She started crawling, trying to cover her mouth with her shirt, but it didn’t do much good.

“Queen Annalise!”

She looked up, just as one of Lance’s men entered into her line of vision.

“Lloyd!” she whimpered, reaching out to the man.

He grabbed at her, picking her up. She began coughing even more.

“Try to stay conscious,” he advised, “we’ll get out of this! I promise!”

“Lance…i-Lance-where is he?”

“We’ll find him, my queen. I promise!”

“Lance-“

“Is fine,” a voice replied dryly. She turned her attention to the man sitting in the chair beside her, “get some rest, Annalise…”

“L-Lloyd…” she whimpered, looking at the water nymph that had saved her and Lance and had yet to leave her side, “please tell me-“

“We got to him in time, Annalise,” he replied, cutting her off. He put down his book and looked at her for a moment. He’d known that the queen that he’d saved had also made his king a better leader. She was the one that helped his kingdom heal. He reached out to her, taking her hands in his own, “he’s already been in to see you…one of the guys told him he needed to get some water…he didn’t want to leave your side, but the good doctor here told him that you’d be up soon. I haven’t left your side since the castle, my queen.”

“Lloyd…you are a good man…”

“And you are the queen that we deserve,” he smiled honestly, “and soon, you’ll be up, and you and our king will rebuild for us…”

“I want Lance…”

“He’ll be back soon, Miss…”

“That’s your future queen,” Lloyd said, a flicker of rage in his eyes as his attention turned to her. Annalise frowned, Lloyd’s internalized rage coming to the surface over a simple mistake in speech, “and you’ll show more respect than pushing her back into bed and then calling her miss…you want Lance to find out how you’ve treated her.”

“Lloyd, stop,” Annalise begged, looking at the nymph, “I-I don’t want you acting like she hasn’t taken care of me…and you aren’t going to tell Lance anything. The doctor has cared for me. I don’t want anyone using fear to hold anything over anyone’s heads anymore.”

“Annalise…”

“Lloyd…I want Lance to lead with his heart, not fear…” she sighed, “he has the capacity to be a good king…I know it…”

“If he does, it’s only because of you,” Lloyd replied dryly. He dropped her hand and picked up his book once more, trying to create a distance between himself and Annalise. She gave him a sympathetic frown while he closed up on himself, going back to his book, “Lance doesn’t have kindness in his soul…least, he hasn’t shown it to his people. Only you as of yet.”

“Yeah…well that’s about to change.”

“I just don’t get how they managed to get into the kingdom, my king,” another one of the guardsmen said quickly as he tried to give Lance the report of his findings, “we’ve searched the city up and down, and looked through all of the ashes…but it looks like it was from the inside. There’s no signs that a fire nymph came from the outside until we opened our gates to flee.”

Lance’s jaw tightened, but Annalise put her hand over his, “Thank you, Nathaniel…we appreciate your investigation.”

“My queen-“

“Just Annalise…you remember what my husband said when we started the new water kingdom.”

He nodded, “Thank you, Annalise…Lance…”

“We must come together as one united front!” Lance said boldly to the group of nymphs that stood on the edge of the refugee camp that he’d managed to make, “we are water nymphs…and together, we may rise and fall like the tides, but if we hit a low point, we may break apart…that is up to you!”

For the first time since Lance could remember, the people cheered at the end of his speech, not just because he was trying to rally them, but because he’d just told them that the attack on their kingdom was a wake up call.

He’d admitted that he had not been a king that was worthy of the life that he’d had.

That he hadn’t watched out for his subjects like he had.

And he did something that none of them had expected.

He apologized.

And he promised them that he would rebuild.

That anyone would be welcome in his kingdom, whether they were a water nymph or not. That anyone could leave.

But he announced he was first going to marry his mate: Annalise.

And that together, they would lead the new water kingdom, into a purposeful, prosperous living.

And he hadn’t lied.

Over the coming weeks, he’d dug into what funds he had, and used all of his resources to rebuild the water kingdom. Instead of a lavish castle, he built a modest home, choosing to spread the resources amongst the new village and the people who chose to stay with him and rebuild.

He married Annalise, and side by side they worked, Lance helping build the new city, while she cared for the sick, wounded, and did anything in her power to make sure that people felt loved, honored, and respected.

And in such a short time as a few weeks, people believed it.

They saw the difference that Annalise had brought about in the kingdom. The differences in their king.

And they followed it.

So much so that while Annalise requested they stopped calling Lance ‘king’ and her ‘queen,’ they still did. Not out of fear, but out of respect.

Lloyd had been recognized as the nymph that saved them from the fire, carrying them out of the burning castle and to the safety of the center that had been set up.

And he’d been rewarded as the official second in command; brought in on the new decisions of the kingdom.

But they didn’t know that he was hiding something far deeper.

“Lloyd, a moment?”

Lloyd’s head shot up as he looked at Lance who stood at the entrance of the meeting room. He nodded, following him out to the hallway.

“What’s wrong, my king?”

“No, nothing…there is nothing wrong…I just…wanted to talk to you!”

Lloyd was confused.

The last time he’d been alone with Lance, even from a short amount of time, he was being beaten for not retrieving Nick’s child for being a water nymph. So, to say that he was wary, even after saving his life, was an understatement.

“Annalise has told me that she wants to do an official ceremony…” The news struck Lloyd off guard. The nymph king stared out the window, his eyes captivated by the water as he tucked them behind his back, “Annalise wants an official mating ceremony where I bite her, and she does the same to me…and she’s already set in her mind that she wants to start a family…have hatchlings with me.”

Lloyd swallowed, “is that what…you want?”

“I want to make her happy, Lloyd. I will not lie though, I fear for having hatchlings. I know it secures my legacy, but I haven’t been a good leader…how will I know I will not fall back to old happens if I become a father,” he admitted with a sigh. He turned partially towards him, his brow raised, “I hope that I have truly changed, but time is the factor that determines this, is it not? Do you not think that she has made me a better man? A better king?”

“I think that your people respect you now…that they see a different type of man…” Lloyd commented, “one that deserves their respect.”

“And do you, Lloyd?” he asked, “do you respect me?”

Lloyd felt his chest tighten. His body filled with worry and he felt the itch to reach for the dagger that was strapped to his back, “wh-why wouldn’t I?

“I ask, because you are a friend,” he said after a moment. Lloyd released the breath he’d been holding and his body relaxed, “a brother even…. which is why I ask your opinion. I respect it, Lloyd...”

“Well, I…thank you.”

“I have a serious question, Lloyd,” Lance began, “if Annalise and I do commit to the official ceremony, then I am to take her in every way…to fill her…with myself.”

“You mean to begin your line of succession.”

He nodded, “yes…”

“Is there a problem with that?”

“I want you to be the one that looks after my line…if anything were to happen to me or Annalise.”

Lloyd was taken back by Lance’s request, “what?”

“I want you…to be my child’s godfather,” he repeated, “when we get to it, that is. You have been faithful to me…been at my side at every turn…you have saved the life of my mate and myself…and I haven’t always been smart or kind enough to acknowledge it…but I want to start making it up to you, Lloyd…I-I want to right that wrong.”

“And asking me to be the godfather to your child…”

“I trust you with everything in my life, Lloyd,” he said definitively, “with my life even…I know that you would allow no harm to come to me or mine…and should something happen to me and Annalise once we have hatchlings, I know that you would steer them down the correct path.”

Lloyd felt his throat tighten. He didn’t know how to answer what Lance was saying. Not without betraying himself in the process. A few tears filled his eyes and he nodded. Lance took it as a good sign, instead of the look of a man who felt regret in agreeing to betraying him. He pulled Lloyd to himself, wrapping his arms around him, “you are a good nymph, Lloyd…like a friend and a brother…thank you for standing by my side all of these years my friend. I am sorry for our past…but I promise to make it up to you in the future.”

He only nodded, unable to even find the courage to hug Lance back. With a curt nod, Lance removed himself, opting to head back to the meeting room where Annalise was waiting for him. Lloyd removed the fire-forged dagger from his back and stared at it.

The volcanic rock handle seemed to taunt him, a deal that he’d made with the owner’s king making him feel like less of a man.

“You will get rid of him, yes?”

“I’m not doing this, Nick…”

“You’ll do it, or your precious mate will disappear…”

Lloyd’s heart ached as he looked at the dagger held in the fire nymph king’s hands, “you can’t hurt her…she’s done nothing wrong. She protected your child from me. She is loyal to the fir-”

“And I saw how you looked at her, how you spoke to her,” Nick said angrily, cutting the water nymph off while holding the dagger out further for the water nymph to grab, “either you follow through and I let you leave the mountain…or you stay here…in pieces.”

“Your wife already believes you are freeing me…what happens when people hear that I never made it to the base…hmm?”

“Things go disappearing in the mountain all the time!” Nick smirked, “now be a good water nymph and take the dagger…or your little flame follows after you.”

A tear slipped down his cheek as he stared at the dagger.

He was torn between an impossible choice.

Save the woman he loved, without her even knowing. Or betray the man that had earned his trust, and was making up for everything he’d ever done.

Chapter 20

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