Unknown Royalty by Leeann29 (knowledgeable books to read txt) 📖

laid a brand to my back the heat disappeared. I didn’t have to look to know what it was.
It was my proudest accomplishment. It was what I had been wanting since before I had decided Krystal was it. I lay out beside Krystal and got a nap. I woke up to a pounding on the door. I pulled on my clothes and made sure Krystal was covered and hers didn’t show.
I answered the door to find Niph standing on the other side. He didn’t come in. he said “you and the mistress are wanted downstairs in an hour and a half.” I nodded. He left.
I woke Krystal and said “ready to wear your dress for the first time? We are wanted downstairs by the parents.” She nodded still under the influence of sleep. I got her dressed and down to the room without running into anyone.
Once she was in the room I stopped a passing maid and told her I would need some hot water. She went to fetch it. She brought it to the door and I took it in. I washed Krystal first then got a sketchy wash myself. I had fun putting Krystal into her dress now that she was awake.
Once Krystal was in her dress I did her hair and she did her makeup. Using a little magic she concealed her bite mark and her tattoo. She stood and my breath caught. Sal truly was a gift from the gods. Krystal looked like a goddess and she was mine and mine alone.
There are no words to describe Krystal in her dress. I held out my arm and asked “are you ready to stun the fools of court?” Her reply was to look at me. That was all the confirmation I needed. We headed for the stairs. I went down before Krystal.
Her little secret

After what Kay did to me in the attic I’m surprised I can walk. Let alone go to my supposed engagement party. This was going to be harder than I thought. Oh well I have no choice in the matter. After letting him wash the after traces and the sleep from my body I let him help me into my dress. He did my hair like he has since we started going to these things.
I did my makeup with all the skill I learned in the human world. The result was priceless. My amulet and my ring were the only jewelry I wore. Kay escorted me to the stairs then headed down before me. Head held high I descended the stairs with the most passive face I could muster.
Everyone in the ballroom stopped and stared. The only person I was concerned about stood at the foot of the stairs like a sentry. Even my parents stared. I got to the foot of the stairs and Kay offered me his arm. Like the gentleman he had been raised to be he escorted me around the room.
Introductions were made and the game began. I could tell the gossips were going full force. I smiled but glared daggers their way. Eventually we were called to dinner. Kay and I sat across from each other.
I felt my survival instincts hit full force and I had to suppress the urge to stab whoever was behind me. I didn’t have to turn around to know who it was. I had two guesses and both were correct. I disliked both of the men standing behind me. “Now that is just plain rude and I know your mother raised you up a lady. Despite all the time you spent in the forest.” Marco said just over my left shoulder.
Kay said” if the lady doesn’t want to talk then she doesn’t have to. Don’t you have some where to be Marco?” “As a matter of fact her parents sent me down here to sit someone next to her so they can get to know one another.” Marco replied.
I growled low in the back of my throat and Kay looked at me. I shook my head. Thanking Sal for her foresight I pulled a dagger out of one of my many hiding spots. The stranger sat next to me and Marco left. The stranger turned to talk to me and I reacted.
Laying the point of the dagger in his lap I said in a low voice “try anything or say anything to me and I will gut you like one of the deer I used to skin. I want nothing to do with you as I have made so perfectly clear in the past. And if that doesn’t work then know that the man across from me will tear your throat out if I fail.”
I put the dagger away and finished eating. When I did I stood up and said “when everyone finishes I would like for you to reconvene in the ballroom.” I turned and left for the ballroom to set up for what I had in mind. I had Kay tell people as they entered the ballroom not to touch the salt circle on the floor.
I waited for everyone to gather a safe distance away from the salt circle I had laid down. Then projecting my voice so that all could hear me I asked “are there any witches present? If so please gather around the circle.” Several stepped forward and lined the salt ring on the floor.
“Now any questions before we begin?” I asked. “Yes. What will we be doing exactly?” a younger witch asked. I could tell he had only recently came into his power. “The witches that line this salt ring will help me to raise a circle and aid in a spell I taught myself and mastered after a day of practice.”
“Now let’s begin.” I said. The witches linked hands but I held my hands by my side. I said the words and raised a summoning circle. I could tell they were confused by the summoning circle. Then I began to whisper the spell that allowed me to pull energy from the light and the shadows. Then I pulled power from not just my amulet but the others as well.
All that energy and power rushed into the summoning circle I had raised. Once it all was there I strengthened the circle and began to compress and compact that energy. When I finished I dropped the circle and approached the stone.
“You might want to move back.” I said to the witches still standing around the circle. They dropped back into the crowd and I applied a slight bit of magic to the stone and it erupted into a mix of shadows and light swirled through with color. Everyone gasped. I let them stare and enjoy it for a little while then I called it all back.
The stone lay in my hand and I pulled some wire out of thin air. I wrapped the stone and strung it on a ribbon. I turned and walked the two steps up the dais. I knelt before my mother and said “as princess of this great realm I felt compelled to give you a gift to honor all that you have done for me. I have come to realize just how much you have sacrificed for the greater good of the kingdom and for me. I pray I am half the ruler you are.”
Deliberately using my left hand to give her the necklace probably wasn’t the best idea. She saw the ring and her eyes got real wide. I leaned over and whispered “y’all had to make me do it. I will not marry a stranger when my heart lays elsewhere. It’s too late to do anything about it now. You never learn. I told you and you did not heed my warnings. I felt compelled to take action. I would not have done so if you had listened. The engagement is off.”
She nodded. I pulled back and enjoyed the fear on her face and in her eyes. She went pale and I curtsied then rose and walked away. Kay hugged me and whispered “you did well. Now they will learn. If anything you will be twice the ruler they were. Let’s get out of here.”
We slipped away and ran to our room. Once there he leaned against the door while I spun once in the center of the room laughing. He smiled and I was pulled in by it. I slowly worked my way to him. Once there I wrapped my arms around him.
Not a word was said as he slowly lowered his head. I could see into the strange eye color he has. It’s not hazel but it’s not green. It’s a cross between blue, gray, black, and silver. I could feel his breath on my face as I got lost in his eyes. Then he slowly closed the gap between us.
I could feel his wolf just rolling off him. He was struggling for control. I ended his little power struggle with a kiss.

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They both gave in and didn’t fight. After a minute Kay responded to my kiss almost cautiously as if he were afraid control would be ripped from him.
I smiled because if anything Kay had nothing to worry about. He felt my smile and wrapped his arms around my waist. I pulled away from the kiss so that I could stare him in the eye as I led him away from the door. I led him to the bed and stood beside it. He got the point I was trying to make and like a gentleman helped me out of my dress.
Once I was out of my dress I pulled his shirt over his head. What came next was decidedly the best night of my life. Of course I spent it wishing we were in the tree house. He kissed me with a passion that I felt and returned ounce for ounce. His hands wandered my body as I stood before him.
His eyes fluttered close. His lips left mine and worked their way down my jaw to my neck. I rolled my head back to allow freer access. He put his lips on my pulse point and could feel it jump as my heart beat wildly. I dug my fingers into his bare shoulders.
He gently laid me on the bed then lay next to me. With every brush of his skin on mine a fire was kindled. When I thought I would burn from the inside out he set me free. When I could see clearly I saw the wolfish smile on his face and knew what he was planning for me. It said that what just happened was only the beginning.
And so