Lucian Morningstar

THE MARK!

There was an uproar in the castle since the princess took a stranger into her bedroom. The royalties were furious at her but there was nothing they could say, after all she was the daughter of the great ruler of Demi-lots, Samael Morningstar’s Beloved Daughter. And she never made any promise to marry the prince of Hems-lot. She has never even allowed the prince the privilege to hold her hands much less of to go into her chambers even though, she was betrothed to him. When the prince heard about this he was angered so much that he commanded the little village were Killian and his family were living to be raided.

When the princess heard of the prince’s plan, she visited Killian in his dream and warned him of the plane made by the prince to destroy his village. The next day when he woke up, he wondered whether to warn his family or not after all it was a dream so he hesitated. But since he was bothered about the dream he confided in his mother. His mother pondered on his dream and although she doubted the dream, it too serious to be ignored. So Killian’s mother checked her magical orb and confirmed that it was true, that they will soon be raided. The witches in the village created an illusion magic to confuse the raiders when they attack. The women and the children were sent off into hiding leaving behind only the men to fight.

When they were attack, all that the raiders could see was the illusion created by the witches. They saw children and women crying when they started attacking. From their own view as they were swinging their sword all they could see was the bloody view of injured women and children. While they were fighting the illusion the men attacked some of them and killed them. After the fight the few escaped went back to the prince and reported of their illusionary victory. The prince was impressed, even though only a few men returned back to the castle. The princess watched from a distance as the prince cackle at the false news he was given;

“How can a prince be this foolish and I am expected to be his darling wife humph, he can go die alone, because I Maeve Morningstar will never be one with that man? I have found my spouse!” she chortles and walks away.

That night when Killian was fast asleep in his room, he felt wind in his face and the presence of a strange power in his room. He opened eyes realizing someone entered silently without any notice and he saw someone in a black robe with a hood covering the face. He moves backwards in fear and picked his spear and said;

Who are you? And what are you doing in my room?” the person was silent, and neither did the person attack, Killian didn’t want to be foolish while he contemplated so he started chanting magical incantations when he heard the soft familiar voice’;

No need to jumpy it’s only me!” she took of her hood and her rob and she was left in violet short nightgown that only the royals were privileged to wear at that time.

She jumped into his hands happily and said;

I miss you sweetheart!” the confused man who was ogling at her dropped her when he came back to his senses and fell to his knees   

“Your highness! Permit me to speak but what are you doing here at this time of the day!” Killian was scared of her presence for what it could do to his people but regardless he was polite even though he felt like shouting at her and sending her back to the castle.

“If you don’t like the time I could come any time!” Maeve could tell how tensed the man was and how furious he was with her presence, but she wanted him and if it meant visiting him that way she would do it over and over again.

Nobody knows I am here, my maid is a witch so she turned herself into me at my command and she’s probably sound asleep and snoring over there while I am here yearning for the man I’ve fallen for to embrace me even a little. She smiled at him and her deep dimples pronounced beautifully on her face. she wrapped her hands around him and whispered;

“I want to sleep sweetheart; I haven’t been able to since the last time I saw you.” She pushed to the bed and jumped on him, lying beside him, he spooned her and cuddled with him and kept blabbering until she fell asleep. Killian couldn’t help admiring the beauty of the woman who sneaked into his bedroom. Her smooth glowing skin was tempting and she smelled like peonies and roses. Her neck and shoulders were perfectly shaped in a manner that could make any man drool. Looking further down he saw the most beautiful set of melons he had ever set his eye on. He swallowed hard and looked away quickly.

“What sort of temptation could this be! I have to send off in the morning I can’t lose my morals to tempting woman like her”

When he woke up the next day she was no were to seen, except for the note she left behind for him;

“For the first time in a long while, I was able to sleep like a baby in your arms. You’ve made me want you more. When I return to you in the night I am gonna kiss you until you drop” Killian’s cheeks were red after reading her note. There was this unexplained bloom of happiness on his face that day.

Their continuous meet-ups went on for weeks, nobody new about this except for Vlad. he kept quiet and refused to tell anyone about what his son has been up, for weeks.

Finally, one day when Killian was together with Maeve she marked him as her mate. This meant that, he belonged to her alone. The mark she gave him made him dislike other women from coming close to him, even Eve. He was madly in love with her which made it even more effective. Maeve knew that Lucian was betrothed to Eve and she also knew that they were expecting a baby but she was in love to be considerate.

Eve gave birth to a baby boy without her husband’s support, because he wouldn’t go too close to other women, even his own betrothed or even be bothered about her. He refused to complete their marital rites before she gave birth to Kaden. All this infuriated Eve to the core. That after she gave birth she decided to return to her family because she felt Killian wasn’t serious about her.

With the intense feeling Killian and Maeve had for each other, they both decided to elope together, but they were stopped by the borders by a coven of witches. Maeve was cursed that day and she was forced to make a hard decision. Evelyn Killian’s mother was among the witches that day;

Princess Maeve Samael Morningstar! Today we have caught you after so many attempts. We have no intention of allowing our son Killian to elope and be wedded with you, when he has a wife already!” they all began to say some incantation in unison;

“Maeve Morning star we curse you to never set foot on Hems-lot, if you do, all memories you hold of Killian will be wiped from your memory and all you will feel for him is hatred and from today hence forth if you ever come close to Killian the baby you are carrying in your womb will die!” Maeve fell to her knees and said;

“Here comes the end of our story sweet heart! I love you so much and I wanted to tell you that I am pregnant with our child as a surprise. Unfortunately, this is as long as we get in our relationship. At least I have a momentum of you growing inside me… I will always hope for the day we meet again” she disappeared living behind a heart broken man that was on the edge of losing his mind.

Ever since that day Killian has been nothing but bitter. Even though he married Eve according to his family’s order, he was never being the same. Until one day Vlad returned from his journey with a handsome one-year-old boy who took away all his pain at one glance. Vlad said to him;

“Your princess said she’s happy and she has moved on, she want you to have your child and know that she’s happy with a prince she’s married too” the baby had beautiful sea green eyes and his skin was just like his mother even his hair was like hers, every time he looked at the child he remembered Maeve the brave princess who sneaked into the room of the man she loved and people always think that it’s the men who have to do sneaking into the room. She was different and he loved her but knowing she’s happy helped him to move on.

END OF FLASHBACK