Chapter 3

Odetta

     I felt a strike on my back breaking my eye contact with the king.

'Nobody looks at the king in the eye, peasant!' One of the guards screamed. Demons are so uptight. 

'Stand up' the king said coolly. I stood up then looked at him in the eye. The guard came to hit me again. This time I turned around, grabbed him by the neck and squeezed. The other guards tried to stop me. I slam the guard on the floor hard.

'I see your mother didn't teach you not to raise your hands on a woman' I said. Then I dragged him up. Spin him then throw him into a wagon. I turned back and looked at my mate. I know he has been searching for me. I don't know why but he has been. I am not ready for him to capture me. So doing what I am good at I teleport to my little hut.

   I am not about to let him catch me. He has been looking for me for lord knows what. Now I know I have a mate. I have to be careful.

  It has been 2 or 3 days since what happened in the market. I didn't go out. I only go out to the woods to kill some deer. I am a skilled hunter. I kill animals and sell their pelt to some villagers. I have not gone to the village so I survived on some deer meat. But today i am going to the village to sell my pelts and buy some ingredients for making soup, some fruits also. So I went to the market again. And I noticed all the villagers looking at me and whispering. I was confused about what they were whispering about. So I strained my ears.

'That is her!, she saved the little boy'

'But she is a thief, the king is searching for her'

'Who would have thought a beauty like her was a thief!'

'She is a thief! I pray the king catches her!'

   Thief? Who did I steal from? I did not steal from the king why the accusations. I turned around. I saw a portrait of me on the wall. written on it was. 'capture if found and bring her to the palace, she stole from the king'

It was written in demons language. I know all the language of the supernatural and I speak it eloquently. I have to get out of here and fast. I quickly ran through the market. It was too overcrowded and there was no space to run. I shove everybody out my way. I can't use my power. I am not calm. If I use it, someone might die.

'catch her!!' I heard a man scream. I didn't turn back and I continued running. I got to somewhere less crowded and I quickly disappeared. I appeared in my hut. Packed my necessary things. The demon kingdom is no longer safe. I have to flee to another kingdom.

King Orion

  I sat in my throne room attending to some scrolls. Being a king is not easy. I have been ruling for 200years now. I have been ruling alone without a queen. I do have concubines but they can't be my queen. They are only there for my sexual pleasure. I have been searching for my queen. My kingdom is cursed. But that is a story for another time. My queen, my true mate is the only one that can uplift the curse.

   That woman I saw. I felt the bond but my demon didn't recognize her as my mate but I felt the bond. There was something about her that I couldn't place my hands on. When the guard struck her I felt like killing the guard in the most cruel way. I don't know why I feel all these things but I wanted to keep her close. But she suddenly disappeared. She seemed powerful. I had her face painted by the guards. I wanted her captured. There was something about her and I am going to find out.

'My king!' A guard said entering my throne room. He bowed.

'Speak' I said with no emotions whatsoever. He shakily stood up.

'My king, we saw the maiden at the market today. We were chasing her, b..but sh..she suddenly di..disappeared' the guard said still shaking.

'Hmm I see, so how is that relevant to me? I gave you a job. Bring the hybrid to me and you failed. I do not encourage failure. I will give you 5 market days. Find her and bring her to me. If not you know the consequences' I said looking at the shaky guard.

'Y..y.yes m..my .ki.king' he said and bowed.

'Dismiss' I said. He bowed again and ran out.

  That adds to the list of people I am hunting for. The maiden and the tribrid. And they are both connected to helping my kingdom.

'my king' 

I looked up it was one of my concubines, Margaret. She is one of my favorite concubines. She is very elegant and acts like a queen. I would have wanted her to be my queen but I can't disrespect my mate. I know my mate is somewhere. The seer confirmed it. I am still patiently waiting for her. Right now these concubines are temporary. I don't have any children. I don't mate with them, it is just for pleasure.

'Yes concubine Margaret' i said

'My king, when are we going to be formal with each other? She said, This is why I find her repulsive. She wants us to mate. She wants to be queen. She is power hungry.

'Concubine Margaret come by later as you can see your king is very busy' I said in a dismissive tone.

'My ki…'

'Concubine Margaret are you dismissing your king orders? I asked.

'No my king, I will see myself out' she replied bowing. Then she left. I like her because she is elegant and powerful. I show her favors sometimes but she is power hungry. Whoever is my mate should be more powerful because Margaret is a hybrid. A powerful hybrid. I plan on dismissing all my concubines when i find her but i know Margaret won't go down without defeat.