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She reached out to squeeze my arm reassuringly. “Minus one hundred and fifty points for Ignis and Aer for the two of you missing assembly though,” she said before releasing me and walking away.
Today, I seriously needed to channel the badass chick who stole super bikes in her spare time and didn’t take shit from any of the assholes at Joey’s bar.
Hydra. Kraken. Phoenix. Arian Dolphin. Empusa. Ophiotaurus. “Can anyone tell me what links these Orders?” Orion asked, gazing around the room as if he expected crickets. “They're extinct, sir,” Sofia said, her voice a little high. Orion nodded firmly. “Five points to Ignis. And can anyone tell me why?” He turned back to the board, circling the Hydra Order in red. “Because of impure blood lines?” a raven-haired girl called from the back. “Precisely, Miss Abdul, five points to Aqua,” Orion said. “The Hydra Order is the most recent to become extinct after King Vega died twenty years ago.”
That is why some rarer Orders now try to keep their lines pure by only breeding with those of their kind. Can anyone give me an example?” “The Dragons, sir?” Tyler offered and Orion nodded.
“What’s an Elysian Mate?” I asked with a frown.
“Gah you’re so ignorant it kills me! It’s like your one true love. Point is I couldn’t marry them if they weren’t a Siren.”
I narrowed my eyes, wondering if maybe he had some sort of personality disorder I wasn't aware of. He'd gone from volcanic hot to glacial cold in the space of five seconds and apparently he'd forgotten all about it.
“I will do whatever it takes to ensure Darius and the other Heirs sit on the throne of Solaria. And I urge you to never underestimate that vow.”
“Elysian Mates are the most unpredictable of all the Star Bonds,” Zenith started. “An Elysian Mate is your absolute perfect match. Your other half, your soul mate, your twin flame, your one true love. It has many names. But in Solaria we call it this. Your Elysian Mate is Star Bound to you somewhere in this world. And if you come into contact with each other, the Zodiac will draw you together like two ends of a rope bound to a turning wheel. And the more time you spend together, the more you will be pulled magnetically and inescapably toward one another. But...”
“Your Divine Moment is the moment the fate between you and your Elysian Mate is decided. You will both be called under the night sky and be presented with the choice to seal your bond forever more. If you choose to stay together, your love will be branded on you, forming a ring of silver around your irises. But if you choose to part...”
“You will be Star Crossed and a black ring will form around your irises, marking your love as doomed by the stars themselves. From that day forward, every celestial being in the universe will work against you, forcing you apart.”
The Astral Adversaries tend to be of a Star Sign which clashes violently with your nature. On top of this, their Natal Charts will oppose yours in many ways. If you were born at night, they will have been born in the day. If you draw your spiritual energy from the sun, they will draw it from the moon.
“Then stop looking back, Lance.”
“He looked at my memories of me doing stuff with guys,” I explained, unable to say any more without shuddering.
“You have to either please me or challenge me, babe. Pleasing is easier.”
I just couldn’t picture a diddy Darius toddling about the halls with a teddy clutched in his fist.
Seth’s mother, Antonia, was all Werewolf, pouncing on her son and brushing her hands through his hair as he nuzzled against her with a wide smile. She even dragged a tongue up his cheek in a wolfy kiss and I almost laughed in response.
“Forgive my language, your majesties, but ripen my grapes and call me Talulah, it is an absolute honour to meet you both.”
But golly brambles! Where are my manners? You must think I'm an absolute rotter mouth and that I’m terribly impolite for not even giving you my name yet.”
Darius Acrux may have been a lot of things but it seemed he was a man of his word; he’d promised to be nice to me tonight and that was what he was delivering.
“Have I told you how exceptionally beautiful you look tonight, Darcy?”
Heat was curling its way through my body, lighting me up with desire for this beast before me and I decided to act on it before I had the chance to question my decision.
“What's that?” I pointed and Sofia immediately answered. “It's a force-field to protect the crowd from any rogue magic which might fly our way.”
I was maybe one percent rougher with him than the others. But he had cut off Blue's hair and I just couldn't fucking forgive it. End of story.
“It’s not our claim,” I countered darkly. “It’s our birthright,” Darcy finished.
I felt like I was tearing in two, my
soul ripping free of my body and the deepest sense of dread filled me.
“Why did they attack us?” I whispered, ready to do anything I could to help. Orion looked around, his jaw locked tight and his eyes as dark as ink. “They attacked the children of the most elite Fae in Solaria, so my guess is, the Nymphs just declared war on our kind.”
