The long awaited day of Glenn and Jay's wedding was finally here. I was excited for them and silly me, I couldn't sleep because of it. I knew that Mark had to go and prepare with Glenn for tonight, so I kissed him before he flitted away.
"It'll be hard for Glenn and me today." He said softly and hugged me gently.
I knew what he meant by that. He didn't want to be apart from me for the whole day and I felt the same. But it was only customary to do the same thing they did for us on our wedding day. But with this, I pretended not to know what he was talking about.
"What do you mean, Mark?" I asked softly.
He looked down at me and placed a big hand upon my stomach then slowly bent, placing a soft kiss upon my lips. I melted against him as a result. He was such a strong ruthless man but with me, these times meant the world to me; he was so gentle and loving that it made me fall deeper in love with him. He was always loving toward me and I wouldn't want it any other way.
He straightened with a smirk then wished me a soft goodbye before flitting away. I stood there for a moment and pressed my fingertips against my lips, cherishing his adoring kiss. I then closed my eyes and sighed. I missed him already, but we would see each other at the wedding, which was coincidentally at seven tonight. Although they weren't Vampires, Jay and Glenn wanted a wedding like Mark and mine.
Well that's good because Mark could go then. Sure he could walk in the sunlight and all, but it was nice that Glenn invited him nonetheless.
I opened my eyes and decided there was no better time like the present and floated to Glenn and Jay's room.
I appeared in their room only to find Jay awake and sitting in bed, looking down into a medium-sized purple velvet box with wide eyes. I floated to the window and grasped the curtains, pulling them open. The sun was just peeking over the horizon, which meant it was six in the morning. The Ancients sure knew what they were doing when they created this masterpiece. It was just so beautiful.
I turned back to Jay, who was still staring down into the medium-sized box in her lap, and floated to the edge of the bed. I slowly eased down upon the edge and looked at her as she finally looked up at me.
"He did the same thing for me that Mark did for you but it is something else." She said softly then showed me the gift she received from Glenn.
My eyes grew wide. It was a diamond heart-shaped necklace that he had gotten her. The heart was as big as the ruby teardrop I have. The chain was made of smaller diamonds, which offset the larger amber gem. This goes to show you that these men were seriously wealthy, hence their titles.
By the Ancients…
"It's gorgeous, Jay. Did he just buy that for you?" I asked then looked at her.
Shrugging she replied, "I guess he did. I do not know."
She sighed then and shook her head, still in awe of her priceless gift.
I slowly stood and looked down at her, placing a hand upon my stomach.
"I'm here to get you up and prepared for the day. All of us women are going to be pampered but you especially, just like I was the day of my marriage. So up and Adam." I said with a smile.
She closed the lid of the velvet box then looked down at her hands in her lap. I frowned at the sounds of her quickening heartbeat. Was everything all right with her? I slowly sat back down upon the edge of the bed and grasped her hand in mine.
"Jay, talk to me."
She then looked up at me with tears in her eyes. My frown deepened.
"It is just that, everything is changing. I changed because I do not want to follow a stupid rule with Glenn. I gave myself to him and now I am pregnant. Tonight I am going to become the queen of Wolphshire. If I have a daughter, then she'll be a princess. Oh Angel, I am so scared of the future and basically of everything it entails." She sniffled then wiped her eyes with her hand, looking at me after.
"Were you scared when you became pregnant then a queen?"
I grasped a tissue from the box upon the bedside table and handed it to her.
"Thank you."
I nodded.
"Of course I was scared. Terrified even but what got me through those times was my love for Mark. He's all I have along with you and our parents, but he's all I have for the starting of a family. Becoming his wife and queen, in my mind, meant that he and I would never part. I already felt that way before our marriage but now, we're officially together in the eyes of the Ancients."
I grasped her hand once again and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"Glenn loves you unconditionally, like Mark loves me. Being a queen is only a title, Jay. You both will forever be bound to another and that, my dear sister, is a beautiful gift."
She dabbed at her eyes then gave a soft smile.
"Lovely speech, Your Grace."
I pursued my lips at her then laughed.
"But thank you."
I nodded.
"Dad would be very proud to walk his eldest daughter down the aisle." I said with a smile.
She smiled as well, and I patted her hand gently.
"Jay, I know what you're going through with the stress of everything. Believe me, I know."
I sighed then looked straight ahead, toward the window.
"I was told yesterday by our mother of a prophecy the Ancients have declared recently."
"A prophecy?" Jay asked, sitting straight up in bed.
I nodded once.
"Yes. I am now the savior of the Vampire race as I am to behead Rose Wilde, Mark's mother."
I looked back at her then as she stared wide eyed at me.
"I do not believe it." She said softly.
I nodded once again.
"I know as I felt the same way when I first heard the news. With this, I'm scared as hell, Jay."
"But you do not show it."
I shook my head.
"I guess it's because of the strong person our parents raised me to be. That or the fact that I believe everything will be okay."
Her eyebrows furrowed.
"How can you believe in such?"
I looked her in the eye then.
"Because it's what keeps me sane, Jay."
"Oh," She said after a moment.
"So! Now that you're awake, go shower. We'll all be in the kitchen, awaiting you."
"Wait! How do you know when the time to fight will come?"
I stood and sighed. 'Maybe I shouldn't have told her of this.' I thought. I looked back down at her as her eyes narrowed at me.
"Oh well, so you told me. Now answer the question, queenie."
I shook my head, both at her and at the question she posed.
"I don't know when, soon-to-be-queenie. Now get the hell up." I said with a smile.
"Then you need to get the hell out of my room." She said, returning the smile.
"Okay, okay. I'll be in the kitchen with Mom and Harley. I assume Glenn left some food for you in the fridge."
I gave her a playful salute that made her laugh then I floated out of the room.
She slowly got out of bed and yawned with a much needed stretch. She grasped the box then stood and padded to the dresser, where she placed it down upon the dresser's surface then pulled open a drawer. Taking out what she needed for a shower, she pushed the drawer back into place then walked into the bathroom to prepare for a shower…
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We all sat around the counter once more. Harley and Mom were drinking coffee and looking at sections of a newspaper while I ate a steak Harley made me. I sat there as silent as the others and thought of what Jay has said before I left her room. Well, it's more of what she asked rather than said. How will I know when the time to fight will come? I may be given signs sent from the Ancients or maybe it wouldn't be such an elaborate thing.
I didn't know what the future held, and I prayed that each and every one of us would have a future with that fiend out there. The prophecy said that some would be killed. With the way I am, I was going to try to save them all- us all- the best I could. So talk about stress and hardcore fear. I was stressing myself out now and scaring the shit out of myself at the same time. I didn't know which was worse: stress or fear.
I placed the fork and knife down upon the plate and sighed heavily. Harley glances up at me then reached over and grasped my hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"I know about the prophecy and I can sense the stress and fear vibrating off of you like waves. That isn't good for the baby as well as you. I want you to know that you're not in this alone. We all are here for you, not to mention the vast race of Vampires. Everything will be all right, milady."
I looked at her then at Mom, who nodded encouragingly at me and grasped my other hand with a soft smile.
"Thank you. Thank you both very much."
Both women smiled more as Jay appears in the kitchen and walked to the refrigerator.
"So, what did I miss?"…
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The hour of their wedding was drawing nearer as the day had gone by so fast. Jay was excited as well as a nervous wreck. No matter how many times Harley, Mom, or I told her that things would be all right and not to worry so much about this, she would say she could not help how she felt. She grew more nervous as the hour slowly approached.
Now we were inside a back room of the Wolphshire Cathedral, where Jay sat before a vanity while Harley combed her long hair. She looked at herself in the mirror before her as light pink eyeshadow dusted her eyelids while a light shade of pink lipstick coated her lips. She loved pink and could not live without that color.
She could not live without Glenn either.
I smiled at her in the mirror as Mom grabbed her gown with an excited smile upon her face. I remained by the door as Harley, Mom, and Jay laughed together. That scene brought a comfortable and contented smile to my face. I loved them all and this truly was one happy family…
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Glenn was nervous as he stood before a mirror in a back room of the Cathedral. He wore an all-black suit and a matching tie, with a sash laying on his right shoulder and across his chest that was the color of Wolphshire amber with the emblem of the Wolf imprinted near his right shoulder. A silver crown sat atop his head with large amber gems adorning it, staring his kingly stature.
Now after eight hundred years, the Wolf King would finally have a queen.
He closed his eyes, the anticipation of seeing her soon was almost too much to bear.
"You'll do just fine, Glenn. You shouldn't worry so, Sire." Mark said with a proud smile as he stood behind him, looking at his friend in the mirror.
He turned and looked into Mark's emerald eyes. He then nodded and took a deep breath. Mark hugged him then as Glenn reciprocated. Mark then spoke.
"Your parents would be so proud this day, Glenn. That their only son is finally truly happy. Make them proud."
Glenn nodded again. Yes, he would make them proud and hoped that they would be looking down from the Heavens to witness his and Jay's marriage…
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Glenn walked down the long aisle with Juli on his arm. He wanted to ask her how Jay was and how she looked but he didn't bother to, knowing he'd be seeing her very shortly. Everyone sat within the pews and watched them as he and Juli made their way to the altar.
Juli carried an amber colored pillow with their wedding rings upon it proudly. She couldn't be prouder of her daughters. Jay and Angelica needed good men in their lives and thank the Ancients they found Mark Calloway and Glenn Jacobs.
They arrived at the altar as Mark and I began walking down the aisle. My gown felt kind of confining, especially with the fact of my slightly bulging stomach. My gown was white with amber thread woven into the material. It was gorgeous and my stomach didn't stretch the material too much. Harley was kind enough to magically reinforce it so it wouldn't rip or anything tonight. So that was a good thing.
Mark wore his crown as I wore my feminine crown. It was an amazing feeling to wear a crown as I never thought I would in my eternal lifetime. I will forever be amazed with that aspect.
Mom wore a completely white gown that reminded me of the Angel she was. Glenn looked so handsome in his suit as he awaited his beautiful bride-to-be. I also carried a pillow with Jay's beautiful amber and silver crown upon it. I was so excited because I was going to place the crown atop her head when Archbishop Sebastyn married them.
Harley was at the altar as well as we slowly approached them. Her gown was also completely white. It was so beautiful. The Archbishop stood in white robes before the altar as we finally reached the first pew.
Mark and I took our seats in the first right pew as beings of different creations, mostly Wolves, stared at us and being a Phantom with the gift of hypersensitive hearing, I could hear them whispering to those around them. Both Wolf townsfolk and others who were invited whispered to each other. Some women were jealous as others critiqued our attire as the Wolf townsfolk were glad the Vampire and Wolf Kings finally found their beautiful wives.
I smiled to myself. Being called beautiful was a big compliment for me.
Jay and Dad stood before the huge mahogany doors of the Cathedral, awaiting them to finally open. She held a bouquet of maroon and white roses with baby's breath close to her chest as she nervously shifted from foot to foot.
Her gown was perfect as her veil traveled down to the small train behind her. The necklace Glenn had bought her laid upon her neck comfortably as it caught any form of light, dazzling her to no end. Dad rubbed her back softly and Jay looked at him.
"I told your sister the same thing I'm going to tell you now. Everything is going to be all right, Jay. I promise."
Jay released a nervous breath then nodded slowly. Suddenly the pianist began to play, and Dad held out the crook of his right arm to her. Jay wove her left hand beneath her father's arm as the huge mahogany doors slowly began to open.
"Well, here we go."
Everyone was standing when they started down the long aisle. The townsfolk all looked at her with smiles upon their faces. Well, most of them smiled. She could tell that most of the townsfolk were young women who were jealous, but Jay was not going to let that ruin her special day.
She then looked to the right side of the Cathedral when her left hand tightened upon her father's arm as her right hand tightened around the bouquet in her hand.
When the topic of wolves is spoken about, it's not of the four legged animal. They are people with the mark of the Wolf upon their souls. When the need to fight or protect arises, their appearance becomes more lupine, without the fur.
Wolves of all sorts looked at her now. Most had found their companions as they were the ones truly happy for her hand Glenn. All sorts of colors of eyes watched them as they slowly made their way to the altar. Their heights and the color of their hair and eyes were different but the only thing similar to them all was their sun-kissed skin.
She then looked to the altar, feeling so scared until her gaze met Glenn's.
Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
He stood on the Archbishop's right side with his hands folded behind him. 'He is so handsome in that suit.' She thought. She then saw the slightest smirk on his handsome face and the fear she felt within her subsided.
Baby, when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
Once at the altar, Dad placed Jay's hand in Glenn's awaiting one then moved to the left spot beside them. Glenn smiles and Jay blushed.
I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts, I can see your dreams
They took their place before the Archbishop upon the third step as the music ended. The people then say back down within the pews, their creaking sounds echoing throughout the vast Cathedral until there was no sound left to hear.
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I'm amazed by you
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here this evening to bear witness to the union of Glenn Jacobs and Jay St. John."
Glenn and Jay turned to one another and looked into each other's eyes.
The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me
Baby, you surround me
Touch every place in my heart
"Glenn Jacobs, repeat after me."
"I, Glenn Jacobs, take you, Jay St. John to have and to hold, for better and for worse, for rich and for poor, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish. Until death do us part."
And it feels like the first time every time
I want to spend the whole night in your eyes
"Jay St. John, repeat after me."
"I, Jay St. John, take you, Glenn Jacobs to have and to hold, for better and for worse, for rich and for poor, in sickness and in health. To love and to cherish. Until death do us part."
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Mom stood and walked up the three steps and held the pillow out between Glenn and Jay. He grasped her amber and diamond ring then slid it onto Jay's finger as he looked down into her eyes.
"I do."
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I'm amazed by you
Jay then grasped his silver band and slid it onto his finger as Mom walked back down the steps and to the pew, where she sat down.
"I do."
Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
I slowly stood and walked up the steps then waited beside Jay with a smile upon my face.
"I now pronounce you man and wife, King and new Queen of Wolphshire."
Harley grasped the pillow as I grasped the crown. Jay bent slightly and I placed it upon her head. She straightened with a smile as I slowly walked back to Mark.
"You May kiss the bride." The Archbishop said then with a smile.
Every little thing that you do, oh
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I'm amazed by you
Glenn gently grabbed Jay and pulled her close, bending down and kissing her. Everyone stood and applauded. With Glenn smiling and Jay blushing, we all returned to the palace where the reception would be held in the ballroom…
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Mark and I watched as the same painter painted a portrait of Glenn and Jay. I was so happy for them. They both were inseparable since the wedding. I just knew that Mark and I would be the same way when we were married. Even now, nothing nor no one could pull us away from one another. I loved having him beside me as he was my husband so how was I supposed to feel?
A small crowd gathered to watch as the wild king and queen's portrait was painted. Mark grasped my hand and led me to the open doors leading out to the courtyard. It was warmer here in Wolphshire instead of the cold weather of Aeroso this time of year.
The path that led from the doors of the palace led the way to a big beautiful garden at the end of the walkway. My eyes grew wide at the sight of the beautiful garden. Mark smiled as he led me onto the path with his big hand on my lower back.
His touch would always send shivers down my spine. Goosebumps now broke out along the length of my bare arms even though it was warm out here. He paused by a large tree on our right side and looked up at the clear night sky.
I glanced at the tree and thought back to our first kiss. I smiled softly then looked up at the sky as well. The sounds of the band and of everyone's laughter and chatter filled the silent evening. I agreed with those various Wolf townsfolk I overheard within the Cathedral. Mark Calloway and Glenn Jacobs finally found their companions after many lonely centuries.
"I'm so glad I found you, darlin'. If you hadn't come to Glenn's party that day, we would still be alone and miserable."
By we he meant he and I.
"I thank the Ancients for each day that I can awake beside you. I love you, Angie."
This was true love. I would forever be unconditionally in love with him and there was nothing anyone could say to change that. I placed my hands flat upon his chest and inches up on my toes as he bent, meeting me halfway as our lips finally touched.
I would never tire of Mark or his love for me. I finally knew how my characters in my novels truly felt. I knew that this may have sounded crazy but that was how I really felt. This all felt like a fairytale; falling in love with a king and he was a Vampire, a being of which I fell in love with in literature.
Maybe this was all a dream and all I had to do was either a silly phrase or pinch myself really hard to wake up. But here's the thing: I didn't want to wake up of this was a dream. I am not ungrateful, mind you, but my life of fame was a lonely one and I was sick and tired of being alone.
Finding Mark was the best thing that ever happened to me alongside with my career.
"This is a dream come true." I whispered when he pulled away.
He smiled softly down at me.
"Although this isn't a dream, my queen."
I smiled softly as well and hugged him close as Mom yelled to us from the doors leading from the courtyard to the palace and back for us to come back inside, for the Wolf King and Queen were about to share the great news of their pregnancy.
Mark and I smiled at one another then walked back inside…
Space
It was hard to find a spell or potion that would work to create some sort of seeing eye, if you will, into other worlds to find a means of escaping the hellhole they were in. Ardemys often grew agitated by how slowly things were going.
He had to mis certain potions together that would cause small explosions. They were small but they were harmful. He would often harm himself, warning young Burgundi to stay away. She'd listen, watching on with wide eyes. Rose didn't approve of such experiments but Ardemys could really give a damn.
Although whenever the fuckwit would enter the room, Burgundi would hide behind him with fear in her eyes and soul. Rose got a big thrill out of that, Ardemys knew. The fiend even had the nerve to ask him if he had fucked her yet!
He hated that bitch even more as he couldn't wait until he and Burgundi got out of that hellhole once and for all. He vowed to the young one everyday that he would get them out soon. She had faith in him, would even encourage him to try harder, believing that he could accomplish anything.
All of that from a ten year old.
Amazing.
That night he spoke in whispers to her when he sensed Rose was asleep.
"Things are slow, but I feel that we are close." He whispered as he sat beside the child on the floor, leaning his back against the wall.
She pulled at a loose thread in her dirty shirt and nodded.
"I'm glad, Ardemys." She whispered back then leaned her head back and closed her eyes.
He looked at her as she rested her head against the stone wall. Something was amiss, he just knew it. But whatever it was had made her complexion grow paler than she already was.
He reached over and grasped her small hand in his. She flinched slightly and opened her eyes just enough to look at him for a moment. She then closed them once more and gave his hand a weak squeeze.
He wondered if he should ask her what the matter was, but he somehow knew why she was acting like this. She was a Vampire and she hadn't fed since she was captured. She must have been a natural born Vampire because it looked like she was fully immortal; no mortal blood ran through her veins. So that meant that both of her parents were full-blooded immortals.
He knew a Vampire could rip a mortal to shreds with their bare claws. He'd seen it done many times and knew that Vampires are those of which one does not fuck. Aside from Vampires, Wolves were the most powerful beings in the immortal world, or so most have said.
He knew that Vampires were one of the powerhouses if the immortals.
He then felt her little ha d begin to tremble within his own. He looked at her only to find sweat beading upon her sickly pale skin. She trembled from thirst, no doubt. Should he feed her his blood? He vowed to always care for her, no matter what the situation was. No one had ever bitten and fed from him before but if he didn't act fast, she would surely die.
She was his adoptive daughter, so he had no choice.
But if there were others who still yielded power like him, would they despise him for his choice? He then scowled at himself. He didn't give a damn what others thought of him before and he damn sure wasn't about to start caring what they thought now.
This was a child who obviously relied on him for everything, so he wasn't going to let an innocent die. Besides, what would they do if they were in his shoes? He released her hand and yanked back the sleeve of his trench coat. She whimpered as her complexion grew paler.
"Hold on, child." He said as he finally yanked the leather sleeve up his arm.
She opened her eyes weakly and looked at his bare arm. Her small fangs lengthened with just the look of his bare arm and the veins inside. She couldn't believe that such a powerful Sorcerer was about to feed her his blood.
Aren't us Vampires considered the lowest of the low? The grit at the bottom of the barrel? He obviously cared about her, which awed and humbled her.
She blinked and suddenly felt his warm arm being pressed against her cool lips and his deep accented voice demanding her to feed. With her last ounce of strength, she latched her hands around his arm and sank her fangs home…