Jake’s POV
” Grandma please tell us a story” I looked up from the book I was reading to find a 5 year old with my aged nanny.
It was her grand daughter. It was raining hard and dark. Everything seemed gloomy. There had been no news yet and I was gradually loosing my patience.
My nanny smiled at her. ” Alright come sit on my lap. We don’t want to disturb your highness” she muttered.
Then she cleared her throat. ” Are you ready?”
“Yes grandma” the little girl muttered.
“It was in the old days of the werewolf. It was often said , there was a thin line between being good and being stupid. Often times, the former wandered past this line, unknown of the ripple effects of such actions. Zais the ruler of the dragon kingdom was kindest ruler ever to exist, in the world of the super naturals. He judged rightly. Loved his people and listened to them but, there would always be a ‘but’.
The people of dragon kingdom was home to all kinds of sorcery. The good, the bad and the wicked travelled far and wide to visit. And none of them left a good taste in the mouth of the people.
Zais, their ruler made that possible. He wanted to foster a middle ground and a safe haven for all super naturals. But as you know, not all super naturals were equal. Some of them had strength that meant nothing but harm.
Zais, the ruler, allowed it all to happen. The people believed that he had been bewitched by his lover, who turned out to be a witch. This has been going on for the past 1000 years till a heinous crime was committed. A witch had killed the child of one of the people. There was proof of it by the people. They had seen him turn her inflict him with the devil’s sickness. Then when it was brought to the court of candor, Zais’s son, the evaluator found the witch innocent, even with glaring evidence. The people murmured for weeks. They groaned in pain but it all fell on deaf ears.
And so this continued, for the next 20, 000 years. Slowly but quietly, values were changing. People could no longer identify good from bad. They were all alike. Evil was now normalized. The visiting super naturals got married to the people of the dragon kingdom. They birthed monsters that terrorized the city.
Then came Lucas.
A man made from two witches. He yielded great power. He could crush hands by a flick of his fingers. Blood flowed at the mere blink of his eyes. He challenged Zais to a fight and of course won him. He took over the city.
From that day hence fought, law and order began to reign. The people loved him but that was not enough. So he thought of a plan. A plan to divide the gifted and the ordinary. He went on searches for people with supernatural powers. He separated parents from children. Husband from wives. He tore down the family unit to fulfill his plan. By the time he was through, the city looked like a well decluttered house. The ordinary was dragged to the far end of the city, where they were at risk of developing the devil’s sickness. Inflicted by witches who were passing out of the realm of the kingdom. But in that dirt, lived a boy named king. He had one wish only. To not have his mother die by the Devil’s sickness. He had lost enough that could fit into a family tree. He didn’t want to lose any more.
Then he began to teach the gifted how to harness their powers. He took them to battles and perfected their powers. He used them to build an army and defeated his rivals. Lucas was happy at their rate of conquering cities and taking their gifted but he wanted more.
He sought the counsel of a day old witch and she provided him with a solution. He knew that a day would come, when the people might revolt. So he went on a killing spree. He killed all the super naturals that didn’t agree to his rules. And the ones he couldn’t kill, he had them exiled to the land of the shadows. Nothing survives in the land of the shadows.
He and the witches of the old age came together and made a portion. In that portion, was a power neutralizing agent. Everyone drank so as not to be killed. People walked around like ghosts, afraid of being accused of plotting against the ruler.
Two days later, a group of women were accused of plotting against the king and unfortunately, king’s mother was among. They were brought out at the realm and immediately were inflicted with the devil’s sickness.
King was distraught. He asked for help but none was delivered nor was he listened to. He was just an ordinary boy, with a sick mother. Like many boys.
That night after he and his mother had drink the neutralizing portion, she began to breath her last. He cried his eyes out. Begging that a miracle occurs. When his mother gave up the ghost, he matched outside and began to tear down the place. He ran in and grabbed his mother. He took her to bury her at the realm of the kingdom, not scared of getting the Devil’s sickness. Then he stooped and breathed into her ears. Suddenly she sneezed. King wanted to run but he stood still.
” mother?” he stared intently at her.
” king are you there?” she asked gradually opening her eyes.
” yes are you okay?” he said as tears welled up in his eyes.
“Yes” she said standing. Then she gripped his shirt. It dawned on her that her son was a supernatural. He was a healer. He was a supernatural of a different order. She couldn’t scream. She had tears rolling down her cheeks. Grabbing his hand, she hugged him tightly. Slowly they walked home in complete silence. King, oblivious of what he had done or who he would be in the future.” She smiled.
“What later happened grandma?”
“Years later he ruled the kingdom but he had no offspring”
“Oh that’s sad” the little girl said.
She stretched and yawned. ” I think I’ll go to bed now” she turned to me. ” Good night your highness” she smiled
” good Night princess ” I smiled back as the maids took her to away.
“Nan” I muttered.
“Yes your highness”
“You and I know that story was false” I said quietly.
She Sighed. ” I know your highness. There have been rumors that there was just one person from his lineage with his powers, but we don’t know who”
I smirked.
“What your highness?” She asked.
“Oh nothing. I just think I know who that is” I said. Just then thr door to the sitting room swing open. My beta emerged.
“Speak ” I said immediately.
“You highness, you have a guest”
“Who is that?”
“Dean from the black moon pack”
A huge grin began to spread on my face. I guess my waiting time is over.
“Let him in immediately”