Chapter 1
It was a dark day in the fourth kingdom, and many of the commoner's
outlooks were bleak. King Wendell had disappeared and the wolves had seemed
to take over. Hearts were heavy in the storm that had seemed to last for
over seventeen years now. The King and Queen had left for a visit with old
friends and had yet to return to their now dwindling and diminished
kingdom.
Wolves killed all night and all day. No one felt safe anymore in the kingdom. Many other kingdoms had offered aid only to be refused by an unknown ruler. Many packs now swarm the lands throughout the fourth kingdom, and all hope seems gone. Now as the other eight kingdoms rally troops to go to war with the fourth kingdom a portal opens and a young woman of the age of eighteen steps through followed closely by a man only a year older than she.
"Gwendolyn, we were told never to come here!"
The young woman named Gwen tossed aside her blonde hair with a beautiful yet bold saucy smile. "Go back if you wish Wylie, but I'm staying here, all my life mom and dad have refused to let me come here and they said when I turn eighteen I may go through the portal and now here I am."
Wylie sighed and let his head fall, he knew why her parents refused and he was entrusted to protect her at all costs. His parents had known King Wendell and the queen since before he was born and were the Kings close confidants for all these years since.
"Gwen I'm just saying that maybe your parents wanted to bring you and for you to not come here on your own."
Gwen spun quickly and eyed her closest friend. She had learned to sense his mood and right now he seemed on edge and frightened but why?
"Why do my parents keep me away from this place?"
Gwen looked up as the first of the rain fell heavily on her shoulders soaking her white spaghetti strap tank top and her white slip skirt. She hopped closer to Wylie as he wrapped his arms around her to help keep her from getting to wet. He pulled the hood on his hoodie up over his head and wrapped the open front around Gwen.
"This is why. It's always raining here."
"You lie Wylie and I won't tolerate it now tell me why!"
Wylie dropped his head to her forehead as she looked up at him, How long had he loved her how long had he been denied her, for far to long he was told to wait until she knew, knew who he was, and who she was. No one was here now though. What was stopping him from taking a tiny little kiss?
"Don't look at me like that Wylie."
"Why?"
"It's weird and you never look at me that way so please just stop."
"I never look at you this way Gwen, because I am not allowed to. Your parents could do a lot to me if they knew how I really feel about you."
Wylie dipped his head lower to Gwen's only inches from her lips. Gwen took a quick intake of breath. His shaggy hair fell forward touching her cheeks and leaving droplet of rain in their place. He planted a light airy kiss on her lips and drew away.
"You can let out your breath now or else you'll turn purple."
Gwen let out the breath she just remembered she held. Without Wylie and his hoodie to protect her, the downpour drenched her. She stepped lightly toward him again and he backed away.
"Will you stop? I'm soaking wet!"
Wylie allowed her to come to him again. He kept the black hood low so that she could not see his face. The only visible feature off his head was his black hair that hung limply in the rain. He should not have done that he felt that now. They shouldn't be inside the nine kingdoms either.
Suddenly his senses came alive, something was happening at that moment that would cause a huge change in the world, and not only inside the nine kingdoms but this would affect the tenth kingdom as well.
"Gwen we have to go now I have to talk to your parents!"
"Wylie it was only a little kiss you don't have to tell them."
"No it's not that it's something else, now please come with me."
Gwen tensed as she saw his eyes through his hair and hood, something was the matter and he could sense it so much more than she. He threw out his hand to her and as she gripped it he flung her at the portal and followed right behind.
Wolves killed all night and all day. No one felt safe anymore in the kingdom. Many other kingdoms had offered aid only to be refused by an unknown ruler. Many packs now swarm the lands throughout the fourth kingdom, and all hope seems gone. Now as the other eight kingdoms rally troops to go to war with the fourth kingdom a portal opens and a young woman of the age of eighteen steps through followed closely by a man only a year older than she.
"Gwendolyn, we were told never to come here!"
The young woman named Gwen tossed aside her blonde hair with a beautiful yet bold saucy smile. "Go back if you wish Wylie, but I'm staying here, all my life mom and dad have refused to let me come here and they said when I turn eighteen I may go through the portal and now here I am."
Wylie sighed and let his head fall, he knew why her parents refused and he was entrusted to protect her at all costs. His parents had known King Wendell and the queen since before he was born and were the Kings close confidants for all these years since.
"Gwen I'm just saying that maybe your parents wanted to bring you and for you to not come here on your own."
Gwen spun quickly and eyed her closest friend. She had learned to sense his mood and right now he seemed on edge and frightened but why?
"Why do my parents keep me away from this place?"
Gwen looked up as the first of the rain fell heavily on her shoulders soaking her white spaghetti strap tank top and her white slip skirt. She hopped closer to Wylie as he wrapped his arms around her to help keep her from getting to wet. He pulled the hood on his hoodie up over his head and wrapped the open front around Gwen.
"This is why. It's always raining here."
"You lie Wylie and I won't tolerate it now tell me why!"
Wylie dropped his head to her forehead as she looked up at him, How long had he loved her how long had he been denied her, for far to long he was told to wait until she knew, knew who he was, and who she was. No one was here now though. What was stopping him from taking a tiny little kiss?
"Don't look at me like that Wylie."
"Why?"
"It's weird and you never look at me that way so please just stop."
"I never look at you this way Gwen, because I am not allowed to. Your parents could do a lot to me if they knew how I really feel about you."
Wylie dipped his head lower to Gwen's only inches from her lips. Gwen took a quick intake of breath. His shaggy hair fell forward touching her cheeks and leaving droplet of rain in their place. He planted a light airy kiss on her lips and drew away.
"You can let out your breath now or else you'll turn purple."
Gwen let out the breath she just remembered she held. Without Wylie and his hoodie to protect her, the downpour drenched her. She stepped lightly toward him again and he backed away.
"Will you stop? I'm soaking wet!"
Wylie allowed her to come to him again. He kept the black hood low so that she could not see his face. The only visible feature off his head was his black hair that hung limply in the rain. He should not have done that he felt that now. They shouldn't be inside the nine kingdoms either.
Suddenly his senses came alive, something was happening at that moment that would cause a huge change in the world, and not only inside the nine kingdoms but this would affect the tenth kingdom as well.
"Gwen we have to go now I have to talk to your parents!"
"Wylie it was only a little kiss you don't have to tell them."
"No it's not that it's something else, now please come with me."
Gwen tensed as she saw his eyes through his hair and hood, something was the matter and he could sense it so much more than she. He threw out his hand to her and as she gripped it he flung her at the portal and followed right behind.