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"Introducing, one of your highest; Crowned Princess Kimberly Beulah!"
The blonde curtsied to the cheering crowd, waving at them when she stood up straight again. She stood still; hands interlocked in front of her, and forced a smile towards the crowd. "Introducing, one of your highest; Crowned Prince Nicholas Fredrick!"
A tall brunette male walked out with the smallest forced smile possible. He bowed before the rowdy crowd. He stood up straight, locking his hands together behind his back. He looked at his little sister and gritted his teeth as he whispered. "I hate this so much."
Kim still nodded, her smile never fading. "Please clap your hands for Queen Myra the second and King Chuck the third, along with their youngest and newborn child; Princess Myra the third!"
If possible, the crowd got louder, making Kim and Nicholas' eye twitch slightly. Why are they so happy about another kid? What should really be happening are their groans of annoyance. They've through this so many times, Kim thought, wanting to choke everyone in the crowd. The King and Queen looked happy as they raised their newborn child. Kim's eye twitched in annoyance, again.
The ceremony of the birth – which Kim thought was hardly needed seeing as they had two kids already – continued until evening. They were seated in the ball room as guest – Lords, Ladies and rulers alike – from different kingdoms brought gifts for the newborn. Kim and Nicholas stood far away from the scene as the baby got useless gifts that didn't mean anything. "Where are the Northern Queen and King?" Kim whispered.
Nicholas searched the room and clicked his tongue. That was interesting. "They're not here." Their mother walked up to them and cupped both their cheeks after one another. "Mom, where are the Queen and King from the north?" Nicholas asked.
Their mother tensed and sighed, sending them the brightest smile ever. "Don't worry about that, we didn't invite them." She grabbed Nicholas' left hand and Kim's right. "Now, don't you two want to meet your little sister?" she asked.
Kim and Nicholas looked at each other, not wanting to meet the child. Kim faked a yawn, rolling her shoulders a bit. "I'm ready to retire, mother. I'm sorry, maybe tomorrow."
Queen Myra sighed and shook her head. She looked at her son with hope. He smiled apologetically at her. "I'm sorry, mother. I want to go practice my fighting skills, if that doesn't bother you. I was planning on meeting her tomorrow."
Queen Myra kissed her children's cheeks and nodded at them, sending them on their way. They smiled and rushed out. Kim picked up her dress and ran up the stairs. "Why are you in such a hurry little sister?" Nicholas asked.
Kim smiled at him from the top of the stairs, one hand holding up the dress and the other on the railing. "I've decided that I'm actually tired. I'll see you tomorrow morning. Have fun practicing," Kim said.
He nodded his head and walked to the practice area for knights. Kim rolled her eyes and continued to make her way to her room. She opened the last door down the hall on the second floor, panting as she leaned against the now closed door. She walked to her closet and stripped herself from the dress she was wearing and pulled out a pair of black pants and a black shirt. She put them on as well as some black boots. She walked deeper in to the closet and grabbed two twin Dao swords and strapped them to her back.
She grabbed a really twin dagger and put the cool blade in her cleavage. Smirking, she grabbed a long sheath and placed her Mameluke sword in it. She sighed and looked in the mirror. She grabbed a hair tie and put her hair in a high ponytail. She placed some red lipstick on her lips and ran out of the room. She looked both ways of the hallway and ran again when no one was coming.
She made her way to the horse's stable, going straight to a large black Friesian horse. She saddled up the horse and it neighed, nuzzling in to her warm hand. "Hello, Nightwalker, I'm back for another ride. I stopped at the kitchen and brought you this." She held out a few carrots and smiled the horse neighed again. She put a few away in her satchel, that the kitchen staffs had given her, and fed him one. "That's a good horse."
She walked him out of the sable and right in to an empty field behind the castle. She looked towards the woods and smiled. She got onto the horse and smiled. "Let's go boy!"
The horse galloped away and Kim smiled.
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Kim was holding onto Nightwalker's reigns as she walked through the now dark forest with him. "You know boy, I think my parents are going to end up talking to me about marriage. God forbid I don't get married, because I don't want to, I could get disowned or something." She sighed at the silence. "I don't understand how does a seventeen-year old female look ready for marriage and child bearing? Clearly we're not, and we have not mentally prepared ourselves for the pig like minds of men."
The horse neighed and Kim smiled. They walked further in to the dark forest and Kim began to become suspicious of the eerily silence. "Something's, boy," she whispered.
She saw a light up ahead and got back onto the horse. "Come on, Nightwalker. We're heading towards that light."
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"I told this was a bad idea! But no, Milton's always right!" a brunet hissed as he looked at the burning fire.
A ginger beside him, gasped in anger. "Well, Jack, I didn't see you or nut head here coming up with something better!" he exclaimed in a whisper.
Jack rolled his eyes and looked at the five girls sitting on the ground in fear. His eyes darted to three giant ogres approaching them. Milton closed his eyes as they got closer and Jack and another male looked at him. "Shit, they're actually going to eat them?" the Latino asked.
Jack gave him a look of disbelief. "No, they're going to protect them and marry them, Jerry," he hissed sarcastically. "Of course they're going to be eaten. Those are fucking ogres!"
Milton sighed. "We need an aversion to get those three away from them!" Milton hissed in a whisper.
Jack sighed and relaxed a bit, seeing the auburn-haired girl used her nails to cut through the rope that had her hands tied. "In my defense, my half-sister can easily do this herself. She's not stupid, idiots," Jack whispered. "She's a cambion* for crying out loud!"
Milton rolled his eyes. "Yeah, Donna isn't that strong, Jack! She's still a –"
"Who goes there?" one ogre hissed.
Milton sheepishly giggled under Jack and Jerry's glare. Oops, he thought. They felt the tree shake violently. "I smell humans!" another yelled.
Jack looked around the forest for another and much closer tree to jump on. He looked at the maple tree directly in front of him and jumped on it. Jerry and Milton fell out of the tree and in to the arms of the ogres. The ogres gave him an ugly and wide smile, showing off their rotting teeth.
Both boys, conveniently, screamed like little girls. "Don't hurt us! We're innocent!" Jerry screeched.
Jack rolled his eyes and sighed. Those idiots will get themselves killed. He stood up and climbed up numerous branches to get onto another tree. The five girls on the ground stared at Milton and Jerry in disbelief as they were tied up to the tree across from them. Milton winced and Jerry screamed. "Not to hurt, eh, my wrists are sensitive." The ogre tied it harder and Milton winced loudly again. "Okay, go at your own strength, Mr. Ogre, sir."
Jerry looked at behind the ogre's large legs and saw a flash of blonde hair. He smiled when a girl poked her head out and put her finger to her lips, telling him to be quiet, but Jerry hadn't seemed to process that. "Hey! Blondie, do you think you can help us?" Jerry asked loudly.
The ogres looked behind in Jerry's direction and stalked over to the blonde. "Ah, more food, brothers!" one hissed.
The blonde jumped up, grasping a tree branch and kicking one in the face. She flipped over his falling body and Jerry didn't even see what happened after that, but screamed when the one large, ogre head came rolling over to him. He screamed and kicked it away.
Jack looked at the girl in amazement from the top branch. She landed perfectly on her two feet, her arms outstretched with two Dao swords in her hands, drenched in blood of the ogre she just killed. Her head was bent down as she elegantly stood up, before glancing angrily at Jerry. His friend chuckled a bit out of nerves and she dug her swords in the ground, holding them as she kicked the next ogre coming for her.
Her strength amazed him. Not even he, himself, could take down an ogre with just a kick. She's not human, he thought, probably a spoilt beast from a rich family. The other ogre, who was still living, ran after her, but she was prepared. She reached in to her cleavage, making Jack smirk, and pulled out a dagger, throwing it directly at the ogre's throat without looking. The ogre fell back, allowing death to claim him as blood poured freely from its neck.
The girl stood, looking at the last ogre, who was taking tie to rise. She unsheathed her Mameluke sword and walked across its body, stopping just before his neck. Jack watched with interest as the ogre began begging to keep its life. "Please, lady! Don't hurt me! I was only following my brother's orders because we haven't eaten in weeks!" it begged in its gruff voice.
The blonde looked like she was in thought, as if debating to let him go. She sighed and sheathed the sword, before elegantly (in Jack's opinion) flipping off its chest. "Go! Do it before I change my mind and kill you!" she hissed.
Jack found himself being allured but her voice. It was soft and silky, but held a lot of authority in it. Jack scowled. No doubt she was some high up bitch or something. The ogre stood immediately and ran. "And don't go looking for human's to eat, you hear!" she yelled.
A faint and frightened 'yes' sounded from the running creature. She went to pick up her swords, pulling out a cloth to wipe them clean. She walked over to the other ogre and pulled her dagger out of its neck, wiping that clean, too. Jack hopped down from the tree and helped his friends untie their bounds. He saw the girl walk back to her horse and get on. Jack's auburn-haired sister ran over to her with unnatural speed and stopped her from riding off. "Yes?" she asked impatiently.
Jack noticed that her fingers were shaking and her eyes kept darting to the sky. She was nervous about something. His sister gave her a smile and nodded at her. "Thanks!" she exclaimed.
The girl nodded and sped off in to the night. For the first time in his life, Jack found himself wanting to find the same exact girl again.
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Kim was racing through the forest to get to her destination. She arrived at a large sea and got off Nightwalker, heading over to the water. She stripped herself of clothing until she was in only her undergarments. She trailed through the water until she was knee deep in the water. She closed her eyes and braced herself for what was coming next. She felt something grasp her feet and drag herself deeper in to the water. She opened her eyes and came face-to-face with a beautiful woman. She smiled at Kim and Kim returned it, swimming closer to hug the woman.
The woman returned it and kissed her forehead. "This is dangerous, Kimberly," she whispered, her voice alluring and silky, like Kim's.
She bore a striking resemblance to Kim. Both had blonde hair, coffee-brown eyes and plump pink lips. The only thing that distinguished the difference from them both was that the woman bore a long, scaly pink and white tail. She was Sirena* and Kim knew it, but she needed to see the woman. "How can it be so dangerous? I'm half-Sirena aren't I, mother?" Kim asked.
Her mother chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Your father forbade you to see me, remember? Where's Nicholas? Is he coming to see me, too?" Kim frowned and she got the message. She nodded. "I understand. He is the heir to the throne."
Kim gasped at her sad expression. "He's also the heir for yours! He rather be the king of your kingdom, mother! Father has recently had another kid with the other mother. She'll take over, Nicholas and I have no desire for the throne!" Kim argued.
The woman slowly swam away from Kim. "Oh, it'll make me happy to have my son take over. I shall be waiting until you two achieved your destinies."
Kim furrowed her brows in confusion. "What destinies?" the woman was almost gone. "Mother, come back! Tell me, tell me, please!"
Kim whimpered and swam ashore once more. What does she mean?
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Kim walked back in to her room and almost screamed upon seeing her brother on her bed, reading a book. He looked up at her with a frown. "Kim, you went to see her, didn't you?" Nicholas asked.
Kim clenched her fists. "I had to. I miss her, Nicholas. You do, too, admit it. The last time she lived here, everyone wanted to kill her! We helped her escape! Don't you miss mother, Nick?" Kim asked.
Nicholas sighed and nodded. "I do, I'm not mad, quite the opposite, actually. You forgot to bring me along," Nicholas replied with a smirk.
Kim gasped and threw her boot at him. He laughed and ducked down, dodging it. She went to sit beside him and snuggled against his warmth. "What's going to happen to us? This isn't like the north. It's a human kingdom, Nick. The subjects here hate us because of our 'tainted' blood," Kim whispered.
Nicholas didn't answer her question, but instead he looked out her window. "Just go to sleep, Kim. Everything will be explained by tomorrow. I promise."
Kim closed her eyes and didn't protest. Although, his words did leave her a bit confused.
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Kim hated being awoken early just for family meetings in the throne room. So, here in the early morning, she was rushing to throne room because she and her brother were called in for something important that their father had to say. Once she reached, she opened the doors and kneeled beside Nicholas' body. The door closed loudly and echoed throughout the loud and practically throne room.
She looked at Nicholas' pale face and wide eyes, before following his vision. There sitting on the throne were their caregivers, but their looks looked wicked beyond Kim's understanding. Their step-mother smirked and arose, their father following like a mindless droid. Kim furiously stood. "What is the meaning of this meeting, father?" Kim asked rudely.
Nicholas stood up and wound an arm around his sister's waist. Their step-mother smirked widely, but their father held no emotions. "She put a spell on father," Nicholas whispered in Kim's ear. "She's a witch. Today you'll understand what mother has been talking about, sister."
Kim forced a nod, and Nicholas forced her to kneel with him. "I, Queen Myra the Second, am marrying you both off." Kim wanted to kill her, but Nicholas shook his head. "Kim shall be married to Prince Lucas of the Southern Kingdom."
Kim stood up again, outraged. "Are you crazy? I will not marry an incubus! They cannot have children! And they're evil beings with no souls! Do you wish death upon me, woman?" Kim hissed.
"Kim, get down, now!" Nicholas hissed.
Kim forced herself to kneel again and the Queen ignored her outburst, continuing her spiel. "And Nicholas, you shall be married to Princess Ayra of the Western Kingdom."
Now, the usually calm and collective Nicholas stood up. "You are crazy even to suggest that! I will not and shan't not, woman! That family is nothing but a bunch of evil beings whom are possessed! You do wish death upon us, don't you?" he hissed.
She grabbed a hold of their father's hand and began walking off with him. "You both have no choice." Kim and Nicholas gasped at their father's retreating form. "I've already signed your lives over. Once little Myra is sixteen, she shall be married and ruler of this kingdom," their father stated. "You two are to leave by nightfall today."
And the door closed behind them. Nicholas hauled up Kim and she looked at him. "Watch over the King and Queen. Make sure they don't see."
The guards at the door nodded and bowed. "Of course, your highness, we shall. Now, get your sister and yourself out of here!"
He nodded and they ran to her room. Nicholas left her waiting by the door as he grabbed two bags. He threw one to Kim and she caught it. "What is this?" she questioned.
Nicholas put his bag on and looked at her. "Clothing for yourself and your weapons, I have the same in mine, don't fret, sister. Let's go, Frank has Nightwalker waiting for us at the edge of the forest."
Kim nodded but before she could leave, Nicholas grabbed the hem of her dress and ripped it until it reached up towards her knees. He nodded and grabbed her arm as they ran. I'm going to protect her until the end, mother, Nicholas vowed silently in his head. Please, don't leave us alone, grandmother. Guide us towards our destiny. Mother, please, don't fret, I'll be with you soon.
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Jack was tried to ride his sister's Chollima, but kept getting thrown off. "Dammit, Donna, this shit faced horse hates humans!" he yelled in frustration.
Donna glared at him and petted her white Chollima. "It's a horse, Jack! It doesn't!" she retaliated.
Jack huffed and kept himself in the pile of dirt he was lying in. "Get up, Jack," a female with white hair said.
Jack huffed and slowly stood to his feet. Fucking horse, I hate you. As if sensing his thoughts, the horse kicked mud in Jack's face. The brunet wiped it off and ended up in a glaring match with the horse. "Hate that fucking horse." The white haired girl went to touch his shoulder but he glared at her and she flinched and murmured, 'Geez, you have to attitude of an incubus.' Jack smiled at her and she shivered when his eyes flashed a dangerous shade of white. "An incubus you say? Funny, I don't even know my parents, Layla!" Jack hissed. "And I'm human."
She gulped and took a step back. She nodded and walked away from him. Jack sighed and just sat down in the dirt angrily. I'm not fully human, though. I'm like Donna. And our mother is a whore. Donna walked over to her brother and sighed. "Hey, Jack, you alright?" she asked.
Jack scoffed and looked at his hands. "Why'd mother have to die?" he asked his voice no higher than a hushed whisper.
Donna rolled her eyes. "Why are you complaining? I don't even remember her. I was two when she died, remember? I'm fourteen now, and no sign of my father or yours," she replied.
Jerry walked over to them. "Yeah, Jack, we're all orphans alike. No family."
Jack grimaced. "We're all half-bloods of some random ass creatures. And we all have something in common, the creature parent of us left and the human died."
Layla smiled and soon the group of eight were in a circle. "Because we don't know our other entire half, let's tell each other. Starting with me, I'm three quarters-human and one quarter-Caipora*," Layla stated proudly.
Jack scoffed and murmured something about her being too much of a forest lover anyways. Layla threw a rock at him. Everyone looked at Donna. "I'm a cambion. We all know that," she said.
Jerry was next and he furrowed his brows. "I'm half-Bysen*. And I know I'm not short at all."
Jack waited for the rest to explain themselves. "Julie? Milton? Clarissa? Grace?" he asked. They looked at him. "Fine, I'm half-Phoenix."
They all laughed loudly, except for Donna. She looked at her hands while Jack kept his face its usual emotionless mask. "How is that possible?" Grace asked.
Jack shrugged. "Mother told me that my father was cursed with some odd shape-shifting abilities and was the form of a humanoid," Jack replied emotionlessly.
They all went quiet for a while. "I'm half-dwarf," Clarissa piped up.
Jack snorted. "Explains the height," he sneered.
She glared at him and flipped him off, not retorting back with anything. She was only 4"2. She knew she wasn't going to be growing anymore, not because of her heritage. "I'm half-Aloja*," Grace stated blandly.
Jack looked at her with a frightening cold stare. "I dare you to try and ever seduce me," he hissed.
Grace snorted. "As if, I don't want a piece of walking, talking ice," she retorted. "Plus, we aren't known to mess around with other creatures."
Jack laughed loudly, realizing something. "Your mother was a water spirit!" Jack kept laughing. "No wonder why you were abandoned."
Water spirits were known to watch over their kin after the father or mother had died. In Grace's case, father, her mother had abandoned her over the death of her father. She was only three and has no memories of the Aloja. She blushed and picked at the dirt around her. "I'm half-Banshee*. I can predict the deaths of people," Julie murmured.
No one spoke after that. Soon, everyone forgot that Milton didn't announce what he was and got up. "Let's get going. I smell trouble," Jack whispered, walking off.
Donna sighed and nodded. "I can sense something coming too…"
Everyone began packing up to leave, with everyone's identity in mind. In all honesty, everyone just wanted to avoid making Jack angry. They hated playing with fire.
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Kim had been jolted awake by her brother. She opened her eyes and looked at him. He sighed in relief. "Shit, you had me worried." Kim yawned and murmured the question 'why' before tiredly rubbing her eyes. "Well, for one, it's only midday and you're asleep. I think you came in too late last night." She smiled when he ruffed up her hair. "And I thought you were dead. You sleep like a rock and I just had a vision. We have company coming soon."
Kim stood up, clutching her Dao swords that had been strapped on her back at some point in their journey. "They seem harmless. Maybe they can help us get to the North."
Kim froze and looked at him in confusion and before she could ask him why they needed to head north, a group of people no older than twenty-one came into view. Kim gasped and grabbed a blanket from her bag, covering her face. Nicholas gave her a weird look and she smiled sheepishly at him. He groaned. "You had a run in with these people. Didn't you?" he asked.
She nodded. "Sorry."
She didn't sound sorry, though. She was planning on not seeing that brunet, whom she had caught multiply times staring at her intensely, ever again. He frightened her to death. "Get on the horse. You're going to pretend to be ill…"
Kim nodded and hopped on Nightwalker, clutching her stomach to make it look as if she were sick. "Excuse me!" Nicholas yelled, walking up to the group. Kim peeked from under the blanket a bit to see what was going on. "We need a bit of help."
Achoo!
Kim rubbed her nose and sniffled. I guess I'm actually sick. I guess midnight swimming isn't good for a half-human, even if their mother is a Sirena, Kim thought. She sneezed again and looked up. The group was coming with her brother towards the horse. She sneezed again, which was followed by a cough. Nicholas worriedly looked at her and pulled off the blanket. "I knew it! I envisioned this would happen! You were sweating in your sleep! You're sick!" he yelled. "This is what happens when people go out at night to –"
Kim tuned out his voice and shivered when she felt someone's intense stare on her. She looked at the brunet, whose face she didn't get to make out last night, and gasped. He was just staring at her in all his half-naked glory. He had dark chocolate brown eyes, two moles that adorned his face and perfectly plump lips that were held in a frown.
He looked like an angel. His body was perfectly chiselled – like a god. She tore her gaze away from him to sneeze loudly. "- you see why we don't have to visit mother all the time, Kim? We're only half-Sirena!" Nicholas finished in frustration.
The brunet looked at her brother sharply. "You're half a creature, too?" he asked.
Nicholas nodded then looked at his sister. "Yes, Kim, these are Jack, Donna, Jerry, Clarissa, Julie, Milton, Layla and Grace. Guys, this is my twin sister Kim and I'm Nicholas," he stated.
They nodded and everyone – but Jack – said hi. Kim gave them all a small wave before sneezing again. "You guys need help getting to the Northern kingdom?" Jack asked; his eyes trained on Kim.
Nicholas fought the anger in his system. To hell he wanted a guy interested in his sister. He nodded stiffly and Jack looked at him again, his lip curled. "It's not that hard getting there. Just head north," he hissed.
Kim looked at him in anger. "Listen, we've been cooped up in a stupid place all our lives! Our mother taught us to read and write at a young age, but not directions to other kingdoms. She never wanted us to leave the Eastern kingdom. So, we're pretty lost, okay?" Nicholas retorted. "We need help dammit."
Donna, not trusting Jack to talk again, butted in. "Okay, we were heading there ourselves! Let the journey begin." She hesitated to move. "Is she alright? She's a bit pale…" Donna asked, pointed to Kim's face.
Nicholas sighed and looked at the lake near them. He picked up Kim and walked towards it. He took off his shoes and walked in to the water until it was knee high. Then, not warning his sister, he unceremoniously dropped her in it. She screamed as she fell and Nicholas walked out of the water putting back on his shoes.
He stood by the group and watched as the water glows a faint yellow. "Is she… being healed?" Layla questioned.
Nicholas nodded and looked at her. "You're a Caipora. If you were to ever become injured or sick, the forest will heal. Like fire would heal him. Like water would heal my sister, the half-Aloja and I. Cambions heal on their own. They have a fast healing process, like their Incubus or Succubus parent," Nicholas replied, watching as the glow fainted.
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Kim felt like she was being wrapped in a mother's warm embrace under water. She looked around for her mother and saw a blonde Sirena hovered above her, her hands emitting a yellow glow. She touched Kim's cheeks and smiled. "You're healed, my daughter."
She didn't want for Kim to speak but swam away as quickly as possible. Kim tried to swim after her, but she disappeared in no time. "Mother…" she whispered.
"I'll be waiting for you and Nicholas at the next water sight, Hun. Go, go and get to the Northern Kingdom."
Kim was confused. "Nick said the same! What are you guys talking about, mother?" Kim questioned her.
"Time will tell. Only time can tell, Kim. I can't tell you your fate, and neither can Nicholas. You must find out yourself. Now go."
Kim nodded and swam to the surface, inhaling the sweet air. She swam to surface, where her brother and newest group members were waiting for her. "We'll help. But be forewarned, we tend to kill other beasts out there," Jack hissed, hating the fact that they had contact with their parent and he didn't.
He turned on his heel and walked in the direction of north. Kim looked at him then at Nicholas before looking at his friends. "You guys have contact… with your parent?" Layla asked.
Kim and Nicholas nodded. "B-but how is that possible? None of us do!" Donna cried out.
They were all shocked. Nicholas sighed. "Let's move. I'll tell you as we're walking. We don't have precious time to lose."
They nodded and followed in the direction Jack stormed off in.
They could still make out his angry figure.
I couldn't help it! I had to! So yeah, it's a romance/fantasy book. I hope it's good, though. And, it's rated M... sorry. I'll warn you...
Now, just interpreting the first chapter, Jack doesn't like Kim. He won't state why but you will all figure it out. Just saying this beforehand because I don't want to hear 'Get them together already' and if I do, I'm going to freak. Jack obviously doesn't care for her at the moment because he clearly hates that she had contact with her mother and he has none with his father.
Don't ask me questions of what Kim's mother is saying because we'll find out soon… or maybe not soon, but sometime in the book. She and Nicholas were made mysterious for a reason and Jack was made bitter for another.
A Sirena is a mythical creature that's a mermaid. She will sing to lure people in to the water before drowning and destroying their boats.
A Caipora is male fox-human hybrid. They are kings of the forest. In Layla's life, she had never met her father because her mother had forbid it. Her mother's status is still alive. But she abandoned Layla, too, to be with her father.
Cambion is the offspring of a human and Incubus or Succubus. If you don't what an Incubus or Succubus is, they're mythical creatures that feed off people during sexual intercourse. In all honesty, Jack and Donna's mother's status is unknown. They think she's dead.
A Banshee is the spirit of death. So Julie can predict the death of people, just like other Banshees (which are only females) but she will never know when it will happen. It would be a surprise.
Ajola is a water spirit. She is supposedly beautiful with red-hair and emerald eyes. Grace obtained her father's features and none of her mother's, but oh well.
A Bysen is another forest spirit that plays tricks on people who travel through one, making sure they get lost. It's a very hyper-active and fun spirit. But once you see him, he'll erase your memory of him and set you back on the right path. Or at least the one you were on.
Now, just remember, we don't know what Milton is. And that, that's a secret. And it will be for a long time.
Now, now, R&R.
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