To Be A Queen by K Lime (management books to read txt) 📖

we can't race off. It's a trap.'

'I know.'

Krissy pulls her bow off her back and adjusts her quiver. A rustle of leaves overhead draws her attention and she begins firing. The trees come to life with people jumping from them down at the duo.

Krissy fires arrow after arrow until she is out. Storm is racing around dodging the people and kicking at them to keep them at bay.

'Storm I'm going to shift.'

'Should I fly up?'

'Don't let them catch you.'

They both shift at the same moment. Krissy turning into her full queen form and Storm growing his wings and his other strange appendeges. Together they start making a greater impact on the oncoming people and soon they have most of them in surrender. Krissy shouts for her mates in her head.

Slade bristles in class as he hears Krissy's call for him in his head. He looks at his class and says he will be back. He rushes into the hallway meeting Kristoff halfway to the office.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Something about an attack in the rogue camp."

"What is she doing there?" Kristoff questions further.

"Something about horse theives?"

"Let's just get this figured out."

They walk into the office and ask for substitutes. At that moment a large group of students all start coming in to check out. Among them they see the twins.

"Boys!" Slade calls to them from the door to the office.

They sign out and walk out of the room quickly following their dads to thier vehicles.

"What are we doing?"

"Cars. Get in them. Stop once we get to the clearing."

"What's going on?"

"You're mom is under attack at the rogue camp. Not many there, but i get the feeling the students leaving are backup."

"What about Alyssa and Dawson?" Damien asks.

"They are too young. Their cat is not fully mature yet. They are still small."

"We heard Cassandra saying something about an attack. Somebody must have called her."

"Let's just go."

They hop into Kristoff's red charger and take off out of the parking lot. It takes them ten minutes to reach the clearing off the road where they can hide their car and they notice a few other cars are there.

"What's up with the cars?"

"I'll tell you it's either Krissy sent out the ability to shift at will to us or its them."

"She wont send that yet. Not til rogues are controlled."

"Let's go help her."

Daemon shifts first and takes off with his brother right on his heels. Slade and Kristoff follow suit and quickly catch up to the boys. They pass people running through the woods in blurs and hear more comming behind them. By the time they get close to the camp they can sense Krissy and several others.

The clearing Krissy is in is in ruin. The camp is near destruction and several people are on the ground unconcious. Nobody was dead-yet. Daemon leaps over bodies and slams his massive body into a few people attacking his mom.

The clearing gets more and more people filling into it. Slowly people are falling. There is both rogue and loyal people unconcious when Krissy realizes something. She can send out a massive strike by commanding everyone to calm down.

She starts to when she hears a loud roar that sounds like the owner is in pain. She looks from her position in a tree to see Damien and Daemon caught in multiple ropes. Daemon struggling against them more that Damien because of his brute strength. That's when she sees the spear sticking from Daemon's side. She roars and flys down to the ground and shifts. She picks up a sword and walks angrily to the people holding them. 

Cassandra stops her halfway with her own sword and the two begin to fight. She notices now that most people are either gone or down and that in reality its the people holding her sons and Cassandra that are awake from the other side. Slade and Kristoff stalk angrily around the group holding the boys but do not attack. 

"What's the matter cat got your tongue?" Cassie taunts.

Krissy ignores her and strikes. Cassie's sword hits her own. Daemon growls again in pain and Damien tries to move closer to his brother. The people holding them pull them further apart with the ropes and Daemon growls again. She knows if he shifts with the spear in him he will die.

'Slade?'

'I can't help him love. They all have knives.'

'I'm going to send out a command.'

'Through the magic?'

'Yes.'

'To everyone?'

'Just to them.'

'Can you do that Krissy?' Kristoff asks her.

'I think so.'

That's when suddenly a fightening thing happens. Cassie swings her sword and Krissy blocks. When Krissy is just about to call out the command, there is a voilent roar and a blinding red light where the boys where. Everyone is confused. Krissy hits Cassie and ties her arms behind her back and runs to Slade.

"What's going on?"

"I can't see anything."

Everyone from both sides is now clustered together extremely confused.

"What the heck is that!?" A younger rogue shouts to her.

"I have no idea."

The light begins to fade and the boys are standing. The spear in Daemon's side is gone and it is obvious he has undergone a change. His dark black fur is darker and more shiny, his eyes are electric blue, his teeth are longer and sharper, his claws are longer and sharper, and the cresent on his head is almost glowing a brilliant white. That isn't the major change. On his back is a pair of black wings with silver and gold linning the feathers and across his chest is a blood red crown.

Krissy smirks at her son. She knew one of them would be the next king, now it was obvious who. She shifts down to her cat form and walks towards her son and lifts up on her hind legs to hug him the best a large cat can. He nuzzles her softly before releasing her and looks at his brother.

Damien gives a cat-smile and hugs his brother tightly. Then, he does something suprising to everyone, he backs up and bows. Krissy smiles at her son and looks back at her mates. They join her on either side and they all shift back.

"Mom?"

"Yes?"

"What does this mean?"

"Just means that you are next in line for the throne."

"Do i look different in this form?"

"Yes."

"What?"

"Well brother, you look a heck of a lot uglier." Damien laughs teasingly.

Daemon looks over at his brother and laughs along with him. He did look different. His hair was shinier, his eyes brighter, his body more muscled, he had grown taller, and across his chest was the same large red crown. Only in this form it was a tattoo.

"I like it."

"Well you have one too." Kristoff says looking at Damien.

Damien had grown just like his brother except on his chest, there is a large white crown.

"You're the prince. Even though you already were a prince."

"Soooo?"

"It means if anything happens to your brother, you will be king."

"Ah."

"Soooo lets get these guys locked up."

'M'LADY!!!'

"Hold on, we need to find Sugar."

"Sugar?"

"The horse."

"I know."

"They took her thinking she was mine. Storm is very upset."

"HAVE YOU FOUND HER STORM?" Slade yells.

A whiny anwers them and they set off in that direction. They find a concrete building with a metal door. The top half is just bars. Behind the door is Sugar, with her nose stuck through the bars.

The group looks around and cant seem to find a key. Krissy smirks and shifts into her full form as a queen and everyone backs up. Her claws are made of the strongest metal on earth and able to cut through everything. She raises up and begins to slash away at the door. She keeps going until it is ripped off.

My Love...

'Sugar?'

'Storm...'

Storm whinnies and ducks his head into the dark stall. He breaths in his love's scent and nuzzles her softly. Sugar steps from the stall and behind her follows a wobbly legged foal. He has blue eyes, short black main and tail, and white and grey fur. On his back are two little silver wings. Krissy reaches out to pet him and he snorts softly before nuzzling into her hand.

"He's beautiful Storm." Krissy says to the large stallion standing next to her.

'Thank you M'lady.'

"Mom?"

"Yes son?"

"Who does he belong to?"

'He will grow quickly, he will be Daemon's.'

"Thank you. Storm says he is yours."

Daemon carefully reaches out to the young foal. He whinnies at him before sticking his nose in his palm. Daemon smiles and leans down to pet him and hug him. Slade and Kristoff wrap their arms around Krissy and they smile happily for a little bit. They turn to the rogues behind them and watch as a few loyals come strolling in to help get the rogues into vehicles to take them for questioning.

"It has been a hard day. How do you want to get home?"

"I rode Storm here, but I think he will want to stay with Sugar."

"He will. Why dont we call a trailer to take them all home."

Kristoff pulls out his phone and calls for Elias to bring a trailer for them to take the trio home in. Elias pulls up about twenty minutes later. He has brought one of the larger trailers. The one with the family part in the front and the horse stable in the back. Krissy laughs at his planning. They start moving the rogues into the trailer and open the back so that the horses can step inside.

Krissy walks through the front of the trailer and to the back where Storm and Sugar are. She opens the door to see Sugar standing while the foal lays in the very front of them on the other side of the bars. She smiles at the fact they planned ahead so they wouldnt accidentally fall on him. She bends down and scratches behind his ear. He nickers at her and she pats his head softly before standing up.

'He's pretty Sugar, what is his name?'

'Shadow.'

'Tripple S?'

'Yep.'

'Nice. I shall have to tell Daemon. Won't I little Shadow?' Krissy asks the foal scratching him again.

'Yes.'

Krissy smiles and pats him again before rubbing storm softly and pulling off his tack. The little one would be full of words soon enough. He nuzzles her softly and she hugs him tightly. He looks at her pointedly and she smirks at him before grabbing some treats and giving two to he and Sugar and one to Shadow. Sugar snorts happily and she turns to go back into the main trailer.

Inside the trailer, people are sitting on the floor, the chair, the couch, and the bed. It isn't exactly going to be a comfortable ride for them, but oh well. She walks out of the trailer after hugging Kristoff and wishing him and the boys luck. She looks for Slade and sees him walking towards her with Elias.

Elias nods as she tells him to take the horses home first and then drive over to the dungeon area. She looks at Slade and shifts into her queen queen form. He shakes his head and reaches up to pet her.

"You and this form is a pain in the ass."

'Why?'

"You are a 7 foot tall panther with wings."

'So?'

"At least in the normal cat form you are close to normal cat size."

'Cry about it.'

"I might just do that."

He smiles at her and she leans down a little so he can get