Magic Vs Science

Nine

The last thing that I remember, before being forcefully closed off in the darkness, was the smell and taste of blood. I floated in the darkness for God knows how long, before finally, I felt like I was being lifted from the sea of darkness. I had to admit, I didn't like not being in control. Was this how Onyx felt? Surely I didn't lock him away like this. "Onyx?" I called out, forcing myself to stay in the darkness of my mind. I called out for him again, but he didn't answer me. "Onyx, you come here right now!" I yelled, placing my hands on my hips. There, in the darkness, a huge black dire wolf with bright red eyes came toward me. "Onyx, tell me what happened out there."

He sighed. "I got angry." He spoke in a low tone.

"I noticed. Now tell me, what did you do out there?"

He hesitated for a while, but I waited patently. He let out another sigh and sat down. "I attacked the girl. Ursis stopped me from doing anything more than biting her. She's alive, but she hates us. Ursis also knows that he is ours."

I felt my heart stop. "Did you tell him about our feelings?" Onyx nodded, looking ashamed of what he did. "I don't care about the girl. Ursis is ours and that's all I care about, however, telling him our feelings before I was ready, wasn't a nice thing to do Onyx."

He whimpered and flattened his ears. He looked so sad. "I'm sorry."

"Just be more considerate of others feelings. Okay?" I smiled lightly at him. He nodded and went to walk away. "Wait, Onyx." He turned and faced me once more. "Can you tell me why we have different genders? I mean, I'm female and your male. I've noticed that males have female Beasts and females have males."

He laughed. That was a strange sigh for me. "Simply because that's the way the first Queen wanted it. She had a female Beast and all they did was fight. They couldn't even get along when they had to fight for their lives."

"Wait, there's enemies out there that still want us?" I furrowed my brow. I think that was what he was talking about anyways.

"Yes. There are Witches out there that want our ability to themselves. We were somewhat safe when we were fighting with Adonis, but now that he has been stripped of his titles and power, all Beasts are in danger again. That also includes those who know about us. Like Viki and her family and others that worked under Adonis. They all know that we exist, which means that they are in danger of the Witches too. I can tell you that there are good Witches out there, but they are extremely rare and hard to find."

Well s**t. That's all that ran through my mind as my blood ran icy. How in the hell was I going to fight a Witch?! I didn't even know they were real! I thought they were stories and myths of the past. Don't get me wrong, people were burned alive for being suspected of being a Witch, but that was back then and it was proved that they were in fact, humans. I gulped. "How would I even fight a Witch?" I asked, but Onyx just shook his head and turned away.

"You've spent too much time here already. Ursis is worried about you. I can feel Kasey getting worried about me too."

I furrowed my brow. Who was Kasey? Suddenly, I was ripped to the surface with a gasp. "Ixora! You're awake!" I looked over to see Ursis sitting beside me. I frowned. He looked tired and had worry lines on his forehead and beside his eyes. "I'm so glad!" He pulled me into a hug.

I felt happy while he was holding me, but as soon as he let go, I felt alone. I felt as if something was missing. I looked around and noticed that this was a hospital room. How did I even get here? "How long have I been out for?" I asked, my throat sounded scratched and dry.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Ursis sounded worried and stressed. I looked at him and nodded. "It's been six months since Onyx took control and forced you into a coma."

"Six months!? Oh god! I'm so behind in school and my new duties as Queen! No wonder he wouldn't answer all my questions! Onyx said that I'd been there too long already." I groaned and held my head as it began to pound.

"Don't push yourself, Ixora!" Ursis laid me back down on the bed. "Everything is fine. I've taken care of everything. I can help you catch up in school. All you need to do, is recover."

"I'm fine. I need to see how everything is going." I insisted, but I was pushed back down on the bed again.

"Everything is fine. I've been leading our people for hundreds of years. I know what I'm doing. Only thing you really need to worry about is your health and school. Well, not so much for school, our teacher doesn't want to give our Queen too much to do on top of her already full plate." He laughed. I missed that laugh. I missed him.

I smiled a little and relaxed back into the pillows. "Onyx told me that he told you." I blurted out. I wanted to get the rejection over and done with. I had to get it off my chest to be able to get stronger for my people.

"He did. I guess he didn't tell you what I said than?" I looked at him with my brow furrowed and shook my head. "Kasey once told me that I'd fall in love with a princess. That part came true. The other part she told me, was that I'd one day marry a queen. I don't know if that will happen, but I'd like it to." He paused and looked at me. I could feel my cheeks burning. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

I nodded. "Yes." I couldn't help but pull him into a hug. I've wanted to do that for a while now.

**********

It had been a year now. Onyx and been pestering me to bound our souls together for the last week. He kept telling me that it was time. That we were ready, but I couldn't bee sure. I was nervous as hell. Yes, we shared a room together, yes we have had make out sessions, but was I really ready to give him my body and soul like that?

I sighed as I rinsed my hair out. "Yes Onyx, I know that you are ready, but I don't think that I am. I'm nervous about it. Every time I think about it, I get this weird feeling in my belly and I feel like I'm going to throw up."

"That's normal, Ixora. Just think, you'll be more powerful against the Witches with a mate at our side." Onyx insisted.

Yes. The Witches have been attacking us for about a month now. Sadly, two entire families were killed and another five Beasts were taken by them. The ones that were taken, have yet to come back or their bodies to be found. So I guessed that they were being held prisoner, or killed and consumed. Witches aren't what the humans think they are. No. They were worse. Their faces were disfigured and they had sharp claw-like nails. Their teeth were black and as shape as razors. They were very ugly, but telling them that, made them lose control over their anger and whole cities were burned to the ground. They ate anything they could cook. Animals, humans, Beasts, even their own young if they were hungry enough.

I sighed again. "I don't know, Onyx. Please, let's stop talking about this, I already feel sick enough as it is."

"I know why you are sick, Ixora. It's why I've been pushing you to this. The spell that was cast on us by that Witch is slowly taking its affect. We need a mate to survive." Yes, I was struck by a spell in the last fight with a Witch. I can't figure out what that spell was, but it hurt and now I'm just getting weaker. Sooner or later, I'll be too weak to fight them and they will over take me. "Please, Ixora. I don't want you to die yet. You are my first human counterpart. I don't want to go back to the others and tell them that I failed because you died."

"What others?" I stepped out of the shower and wrapped myself in a towel.

"There are souls that were chosen to become one with humans like you. I'm the only dire wolf and if I have to go back to the others so soon, they will make fun of me, or worse, I'll no longer be worthy to get another human."

"I'll think about it, okay?" With that, he backed away back into the cage in my mind. Onyx knew not to invade on my thoughts. I'd scolded him for hours the last time he did. Well, it was the first and the last. He has learned the hard way with that one. I walked into the bedroom to find Ursis reading a book on the bed. "Hey." He looked up from the book. "Shower is free if you want to have one."

He nodded and headed to the bathroom, but not before stopping to give me a hug and a passionate kiss. "I love you, Ixora." He whispered by my ear.

I blushed and smiled. "I love you too, Ursis." After he closed the bathroom door, I headed over to our closet and dug out some s****l items to wear. I'd made up my mind. I was going to bound our souls and have him as my mate and king.

It wasn't long before he came out of the bathroom in a towel as I had. He hadn't seen me yet, so I lightly cleared my throat to get his attention. When he looked at me, he froze. "W-what's this about?" He stuttered. I didn't say anything, just moved slightly so he could see my lady parts better. I watched as he gulped, but he wasn't looking away. I could see the tent he was starting to make under the towel. I patted the bed and he didn't hesitate. He had been waiting and fighting himself for me to be ready.

*****

I opened my eyes to the sun streaming in through the small crack in the curtains. I blinked a few times, and tried to get up, but a bolt of pain ran through me from my lady parts. I gasped and Ursis stirred in his sleep. Luckily for me, he didn't wake up to see me struggling to get to the bathroom to have a hot bath. I put my feet on the floor and stood up. I heard Ursis roll to his side, facing away from me. I looked at him, but noticed a rather large blood stain on our white sheets. "What the f**k!?" I yelled and looked myself over for any wounds.

Ursis had woken up from my yell and was now looking at me. "What is--" He didn't finish when he looked down at the sheets. "Oh." He quickly came over to me and hugged me, slowly stopping my panic attack. "It's okay. It's normal. You bleed with your first time. It's totally normal." I looked up at him with wide eyes. I knew he was my first, but I didn't know that I would bleed. He smiled softly at me. "Really, it's okay."

He carried me to the bathroom when he noticed that I was having a hard time walking. Yes, he was that big and yes, it hurt like hell at first, but it felt good after the pain was gone. I had no idea why I was hurting now though. "Why do I hurt so much now?" I blurted out without thinking. Instantly, my face went red and hot.

Ursis laughed. "Don't you remember?" He looked at me after setting the temperature and filling the tub with water and some light soap for bubbles. I shook my head, looking away in embarrassment. He chuckled this time as he walked over to me. "You kept telling me not to stop. You wanted it harder and faster. I never knew that you were so wild in bed. You clawed my back up pretty good." I felt my cheeks burn so much that I felt like my face was going to melt away. "But I'm happy with it. I bare your mark, as you do mine."

He smiled at me with those eyes. Those green eyes that hold so much love for me that I couldn't even begin to explain. "We are bonded." I heard a female voice in my head. I furrowed my brow. "I'm Kasey. It's nice to finally meet you. I've been waiting for you for a long time, My Queen."

"Ursis, I think I can hear your Beast." I said lowly as he placed me into the tub. He didn't leave my side, which I was thankful for. I liked that he was by my side all the time.

"He knows that I'm talking to you. He can hear me too. Just like when Onyx will speak to Ursis, you'll hear him."

"What do you mean, you've been waiting for me for a long time?" I couldn't help but ask Kasey.

"Ursis and I have been around for a very long time now. When you are one with us, you live for a long time, unless you are killed that is." She explained.

"Oh." Was all I could say. I wondered how old he really was. He had told me that he was 19 when I met him, but now that I know who he is, I know that he's not. He's much older.

"Yes. He is much older. He's--"

"Don't tell her!" Ursis yelled, making me jump. "Sorry. I just want to be the one to tell you, not Kasey."

I giggled at the blush he had on his cheeks. "Well, how old are you, Ursis?"

"Well, Adonis is 268 and I'm only four years younger than him. Think you can do the math?"

"You're 264, but you don't look a day older than 19." I smiled, giving him a light kiss on the cheek. I heard Kasey and Onyx laugh. "That's going to take some time to get used to."

"I agree. I've only heard Kasey's voice for so long. Kind of odd hearing Onyx too." Ursis chuckled.

"Well get used to it old man! You bonded with my human, now you get to deal with me!" Onyx growled.

"Oh Onyx, be nice to my human, because don't forget. Your soul is much older than any of us here." Kasey said. I hoped that this wouldn't be happening all the time. I don't think I could handle their bickering 24/7.

Onyx growled at her and I felt him go to the back of my mind. I couldn't help but feel lonely without him hanging around up front. I let out a sigh and leaned back to let myself sink a little more into the warm water as Ursis used a cloth to gently clean my body.

Later that day, I was sitting in the living room watching T.V when I felt something was wrong. I had no idea what it was. I had suddenly felt hot and feverish. I'd never felt this before. "Ursis!" I yelled, but I couldn't keep my eyes focused on anything. What was going on with me?