Nathair

When the light clears, Janice and I stand before the witch queen. Sitting on her throne. Her expression bored. "I was wondering when you'd appear" she addresses us. Feeling the hairs on the back of my neck rise. I leap behind me and in one swoop, slice the throats of the silently chanting witches behind us.

The witch queen rises, anger flashes across her face. She waves her hand to us and a ball of energy knocks Janice to the floor. I remain standing but I will admit, it really hurt. As my skin heals before her, she let's out a frustrated scream.

"Tell me your grace, why switch sides? What offer could the serpentine make that would render you a fool?" I ask stepping forward. Janice has managed to pull her self up. Electricity flowing on her fingers.

"I suggest you cuff your witch before I have her executed" The witch queen says amused. She sits back down and crosses her legs. "The serpentine did not make me an offer. However, another made me see sense. You are the problem here. All the strange things unsettling all realms is because of you"

I will admit, she has a point but the oracle stated it was Thorne's doing so, I'm not the only one at fault here "Do you not believe the word of your oracle? I think I have an idea whom may have been behind this enlightenment. We both know it wasn't your husband" I taunt.

A sneer crosses her lips. I hit a nerve. "You take mine, so I shall take yours" She laughs. With a wave of her hand, Thorne comes out from behind her throne. He takes her hand and quickly sits on her throne with the witch queen on his lap. A sickening silly giggle comes from her and he places a kiss to her lips. His hand holding her face.

Jealousy sears through me for a moment. The vampire within me is itching to decapitate her for touching my Thorne. I shake my head at the vile thought 'my Thorne'. "Naturally, you'd be behind this and what a fool you are queen to fall for his charms" I address the cosy pair.

"Jealous?" The Witch queen laughs her finger twirling a white lock around it. Thorne sits there with that fucking grin. I bring my now changed humanoid hand up and examine my nails with indifference "You can have him" I retort.

Thorne's eyes flash the familiar red. He stands and the queen tumbles to the ground off of his lap. It was a funny sight. He strides towards me, his beautiful jaw clenched. This is my opportunity to rip his heart out. I fly towards him but I'm knocked back and down to the floor by and invisible barrier.

He strides towards me on the ground. Tall and imposing. Looking triumphant and handsome. His hair flows down in beautiful locks. He is wearing a black shirt the 3 buttons at the top undone. Exposing the top of his large, muscular chest. I am admitidly still very much attracted to him but the need I have to end him is stronger, than my need for him.

He picks me up by the hair and brings my face to look up at his. I'm trying to strike him but I'm deflected by the witch queens barrier "You belong to me, how dare you let another paw at me" I scoff and roll my eyes but this only tightens his grip. He slaps me with the back of his hand.

I spit the blood in my mouth from my burst lip to the ground and show him a red stained grin. "I don't want you" I spit. The serpent eyes flick within his pupils. He pulls me closer to him and wraps the other arm around my waist. He kisses me but I refuse to kiss him back.

An awful screech comes from behind us, the witch queen throws another energy pulse towards us. My beautiful Janice deflects it back to her and she flys over the back of her throne, tipping it over as her legs collide with it.

"I told you, I will never belong to you again. Once you are no longer protected by the witch queens barrier. I will kill you" I say pulling away from his lips. He brings his hand to my throat and starts to crush it. He brings his mouth to my ear and whispers "Anam cara"

The vampire within me stirs and takes over. I raise my hand and trace his beautiful angelic face. For the first time in 500 years his eyes soften and a sincere smile graces his lips. He recognises the vampire. The vampire he made. His Rose.

Thorne's hold on me loosens. I look up into his black eyes and see something, I'm not sure I've seen before but very familiar. Serpents swirling in them. Beautiful and hypnotic. "You love me" He says placing a tender kiss to my cheek."I love you" I nod. "You belong to me" He says as his kiss moves towards my mouth. "I'm yours" I nod again. His lips on my skin is sending a pleasurable tingling all over me.

We kiss each other lovingly and full of promise. I hear Janice shouting but she sounds far away. I feel her hand on my back. Strange. A flash of light falls over us. I'm no longer in his arms. I feel lost, cold and sad

"Majesty?" I hear Janice's voice far away. I can't see anything. Where am I? "MAJESTY!" the sound rings in my ears and my vision returns. Confused and back in the house with the wolves. Janice takes me into the office followed by Dante, Arlo and Will.

"He can haze you!" She snaps. I look up to her no longer confused. Realisation washes over me. I feel sick. I still feels his hands on me, His kiss on my lips. I retch and buckle to my knees. Will comes down to me stroking my back. He sniffs my hair and roars, flipping the desk and it smashes out the window. "MINE" He shouts, his chest heaving. His eyes are switching between grey and blue.

I'm feeling too sick to deal with this. "Janice do something" She nods and waves a hand over the lycan. He falls to the ground sleeping. "What happened?" Dante asks us. "Thorne has convinced the witch queen to turn on us. He can also haze her highness" Arlo is helping me to a sofa on the other side of the office. "Pfft Thorne. For such a ... a villain, his name is quite funny" Arlo says to me.

"That's not his name" I say to them. "His name is Prince Nathair of the Serpentine Dynasty, The only Prince to be born of a Queen. As the oracle states, a mistake. One who does not belong. His mother certainly didn't accept him. He was raised by the servents of the Palace. His mother the former Queen, only acknowledged him in formal occasions for the sake of appearances"

"Ahhh mummy issues. Classic" Arlo laughs. "It certainly explains his strive for power and his treatment of women" Janice adds. "Nathair, Hmmm I assume it means snake?" Dante adds, I only nod in return.

I open a safe within the office when I regain my strengths. The haze did not agree with me. I take out the the necklace with the lock of hair, tied to it with the blue ribbon. I hand it to Janice "Is this enchanted? Is this why he can Haze me?" Janice places it on the ground but smiles at the ribbon

I raise my eyebrow at her "Sentimental fool he appears to be, This was weaved in your hair the night he changed you" So that's why it felt familiar. "Do you know my human name?" I ask her. She shakes her head.

Janice waves her hands over the pendant but shakes her head "I'm affraid it isnt enchanted your majesty" Her finger traces over the middle of it, and it opens following her stroke. Inside a ripped piece of paper. She hands it to me and it reads:

Your mark the way it was meant to be. Fitting Royal seal for a new dynasty. Come to me, my love. My Rose.

I scrunch it in my hands. My vampire is swooning, My wolf is growling. I'm so lost. All I know is separate from my entities. I want him dead. Being able to be hazed by him certainly adds another problem to the ever growing list. "Enchant it" Arlo adds leaving all of us shocked. Arlo just came up with a plan and a decent one.

"Yes, I can enchant the pendant so you can't be hazed like mine" She pulls one of her many necklaces out. To back up her statement. "We have a lock of his hair, perfect" She says placing the hair inside the pendant and it shuts on its own.

I nod and she starts chanting "Well done Arlo" I say offering him a smile. He takes my hand "Not just a pretty face, Queenie"