by Sasha Moon
I grabbed his hand. I wasn’t going to lose him!
“Drake!” he cried, holding on.
“How touching,” Doven scoffed. “I don’t have time for this.” He snapped his fingers and Ethan disappeared and appeared by his side, gagged and tied up by his black magic.
“Mph!”
“Well, I’ll be back with my demands. But for now, I’m going to watch you suffer.”
Doven disappeared and dropped me down on the ground. I ran over to where he appeared and touched the wall. Nothing.
I fell down to the ground and punched the wall.
“Ethan!” I shouted.
‘I’m coming, mate! I will not let harm come to you and our child!’
***
“Impossible!” one of my council members said. “Doven wielding magic?!”
“I knew it!” Lilith said, hanging her head low. “I should’ve trusted my instincts. I never liked that foul man. I suspected he had magical abilities. But I could never get solid proof.”
“Lilith, tell me you might now where he took him.”
Lilith squirmed in her seat. “I’m afraid I can’t.”
“This is an order from the king. Let the army know to scour every corner of this kingdom, of this planet and find him!”
The council members got up and shuffled out of the door. Lilith remained behind.
“Lilith, what’s wrong?” I said, walking up to her.
“He wants your position. I know it. He wants your position as king, head Alpha of Etherios. You must love him, Prince Ethan from Andail. Don’t you?”
“Yes I do, he is my fated mate.”
‘And I will get him back.’
Chapter Seven
Ethan
“Let me go!” I yelled once he took me to his black abyss of a hideout.
“Oh, I will, after I become the king of Etherios. Finally, I’ll be the one people bow down to.” He paced around in circles with a maniacal smile. “It was so easy to make him think your planet wanted his dead! Everyone believed my little white lies. Hah, pathetic.”
I knew it! Drake wouldn’t be enemies with someone out of the blue. Magic, this was black magic and he was going to use it to overthrow Drake!
‘Come on, think. You know magic too. There has to be something I know that can set me free. Wait!’
I had to make this quick. Doven was a magic user and could shut me up quick before I could complete the spell. I mumbled the spell under my breathe and Doven snapped. The black chains that were around my ankles, wrists, and hips fell off and I got up.
He charged after me with a dagger in his hand and my stomach grew warm.
A powerful glow enveloped me and blasted Doven into a find dust.
He was gone.
Just like that.
However, this wasn’t my power.
It was our child’s. A combination of both Drake and I.
The light grew brighter to the point I couldn’t see. When the light finally dimmed down, I was at home in my room.
It was filled with candles and flowers. I can tell my father had been in here crying. His cologne was still here.
If I had any luck, my father would still be here.
I ran out into the hallway and held my slightly bulging belly as I waddled down to my father’s office.
Stopping outside the doors, I placed my ear on the door. He was there.
I swung the doors open. “Father!”
He looked up at me and ran to me with open arms. “Andail!” he cried, hugging me.
“Not too tight, daddy,” I sniffled, “I’m pregnant.”
“Pregnant?!” he said, breaking our hug to examine me.
“Father, listen to me. We don’t have much time. Another planet is dying and they need Flagestrin. They are not our enemies.”
“Wait,” my father shook his head. “Where in the hell have you been? Do you know how sick I’ve been worrying about you? Now you’re pregnant?”
“I’ve been in Etherios and my… my mate is their ruler, King Drake Seidelmen.”
“Your mate?!”
I placed my hands on his shoulders. “Father, listen to me. We need to give them Flagestrin. Take me to the medicine closets. I can take many vials with me.”
“Okay, let’s go.”
My father unlocked our medicine closet that housed many different things to heal people.
Most importantly, Flagestrin.
There was a breakout of a fungus called Rooturt on Etherios, and the only thing known to heal it was Flagestrin. But since they’ve never had that issue until now, they didn’t have Flagestrin on hand.
We were the main planet that manufactures it, and I was all too happy to share it.
My father walked with me, asking me all kinds of questions. From the gender of the baby to details about my mate.
“I have to go now, father. I’ll be back to visit.”
“You better. I was on my way to that planet anyways. It’s a week worth of traveling, but nothing is too far for my son.”
My father gave me another hug and rubbed my tummy. The baby inside me activated its magic and I was taken back to Etherios…
Epilogue
Drake
My planet finally got the Flagestrin it needed.
Ethan was by my side and each week that lulled by his belly got rounder.
Our precious daughter kicked around in his stomach, ready to come into the world.
I had met Ethan’s father, and good Etherios almighty, he was protective, yet supportive. I got to like him very much and could see he was the main reason for Ethan being the way he was.
Our planets were finally connected in harmony and Doven was no longer a threat. He had been destroyed by our child, left in his own dark magic.
***
The wind blew by us as we walked hand in hand through the anemone field where we first met after another visit with Ethan’s father.
“Do you think Andalia would be a good name?!” Ethan perked up.
“Hmm, Andalia Seidelmen. Perfect.”
Ethan leaned onto my arm, sighing with his angelic airy voice.
“Oh, damn it! Ow, Andalia!” he grunted, plopping down onto a bed of anemones.
“Ethan! What’s wrong? Is it the baby?” I reached out to scoop him up, but he batted my arms away.
“No, don’t do that! Ow, she’s coming.”
Oh good god, we were in the middle of a flower garden. I knew I should’ve made Ethan stay close to the palace.
He clawed at the flowers and arched back.
“Okay, just push,” I coaxed him gently.
After much screaming and pushing, baby Andalia Seidelmen slid into my arms. Ethan cried and reached for our baby, desperate to get a look at her.
Her small little cries melted any ice that may’ve been hidden in my heart. Such a small child brought immense life.
“She’s beautiful,” Ethan said, holding her against his chest.
I scooped them both up in my arms.
This was the start of something beautiful.
THE END.