Author's Note: Hello dears! I'm here with a new series inspired by Once Upon a Time. This is the first book in the series.
Please review with your thoughts on this first chapter! It would mean the world to me!
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Prologue
The Arrival
"You summoned me, sire?"
Adam turned at the sound of the familiar smooth voice. His ice blue eyes were cold and fierce, "Are the rumours true?"
"Aye."
The King's lip curled into a snarl of disgust. "Then the human female is with child?"
"I believe so."
Adam growled, the sound a low rumble in his chest. "You believe so? Yes or no, Lumiere?" He could tell that the taller man was trying to cover for the woman. Although he was not the father, Lumiere still felt a reason to protect her. It baffled the King.
The man sighed, reluctantly answering. "She is with child."
"When is it expected?"
"It arrived some time ago."
"Get the child."
Lumiere clenched his fists, "I will not take the babe from her mother. That is going too far."
Adam glowered at him. "Do not defy me, half-breed! The only reason you are not in a cell is because there is use for you." Humans were weak and useless, good only as servants. But Lumiere was different…a hybrid of human and sorcerer.
"I draw the line at separating a babe and her mother."
"It's a female?"
"From what I have heard, yes."
Suddenly, guards burst into the room, dragging a chained and bloodied woman. In her arms, she clutched something wrapped in a blanket. The woman held the small figure to her chest, tears welling in her eyes. "Wh-What do you want?"
"Your babe."
The woman's grip tightened around the baby. "No! P-Please don't take her!"
Lumiere stood protectively before the human woman, glowering at his Master. "Don't take another step."
Adam matched his expression, "Or what?" Lumiere was one of the few people that existed who could actually harm him. So he admitted that the hybrid's threat wasn't as useless as a threat from a human would be.
Not taking his eyes off of the King, Lumiere conjured a ball of fire in his hand. "I'll burn you where you stand."
Adam smirked, and a white could of smoke swirled around him. Seconds later the smoke cleared, a white wolf standing in his place. Lumiere narrowed his eyes. The King was a powerful Shifter, able to change into any form he wished. But curiously, the animal was always white.
The wolf lunged, but Lumiere threw a fireball towards him. The smell of singed fur filled the air. The wolf growled, a section of fur on his cheek burnt from the fire. The creature attacked again, slamming Lumiere to the ground, the impact rendering the hybrid unconscious.
The wolf jumped off, and a swirl of white smoke encased him again. Once he was back in human form, Adam reached forward, attempting to rip the baby away from its mother's grasp.
Clutching onto her newborn child, the woman begged. "Please…please don't take her! What do you even want with her?"
"It is a half-breed. Its father was a wizard."
The woman's grip tightened around her child. "You still cannot take her! Please! The father is dead! I am alone without her!"
A sadistic smirk spread across Adam's mouth as he tore the baby away from her mother. "You will not even miss it." He nodded towards the guards. Seconds later, one of the armoured men held a sword under the human woman's jaw.
Adam glanced at the baby in his arms, then back at the human. "What is her name?"
Tears trickled down her cheeks, "E-Elizabeth."
The Shifter signalled towards the guards. "Kill her."
The woman didn't even have time to scream before the sharp sword sliced into her throat. Dropping the dead body, one of the guards stepped towards Adam. "What do you think of her name?"
"That is not a name deserving of a lowly hybrid. I shall call her Babette."