THE MOON COURT

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Charlotte POV 

One thing is for sure. I didn’t realize how hungry I was until I took a bite of the ciabatta bread. I eat some of the lamb and some of the fruits and as I reach for the chicken Greyson’s hand and my hand touches and I grab mine back. He takes the chicken and slowly takes a bite, his eyes flickering to his wife then to me. 

“I’ve never seen a female wolf eat like that before,” he says and takes another bite, his eyes raking up my body. 

“Go lick yourself, a woman can eat just as much as she wants if she has a body like that!” Enya says and I take a large sip of water and smile a little when Greyson glares at his wife. 

I look at Enya’s hand that is covered with a strange tattoo as she reaches for one of the oranges. Her eyes flicker to mine, making me choke a little on my water. 

“I don’t believe in marriage,” she says and uses her ring finger to dip it in some of the chocolate mouse and licks it off. 

“Then why did you call him your husband?” I look and eye Greyson and see he has a strange look on his face. 

“I like the nickname and the way it made you uncomfortable,” she says and I roll my eyes and down my water. 

“Need something a little stronger?” Simon says and I glare at him. 

“You lied to us,” I say and see his face fall and he steals a look at Kiara. Her face is tense in a way that makes me wonder who she is to him. I could sense that she was the one in charge or Greyson, but I wasn’t sure. 

“My name is Kiara, I am the cousin of one of your mothers close friends. I am a rogue fey from west coast africa. I was to be chief, but the wolf called Lance slaughtered my people and I was left alone until they found me and sent me here. I am the adoptive mother of all the people sitting at this table around you and the ones that already found their peace with the Gods,” her words make me confused as I stare at her. She couldn’t be that old. 

“Kiara took me in when I was only three years of age, I just lost my parents to drugs and I was addicted, a addicted child laying in the street hoping to die. She found me and I will use this life to help her in any way I can, but I never betrayed you Char I..” 

“Wait till we get there,” Enya says and Simon looks at me like he wanted to say whatever he wanted so badly. 

 “You know the story of my people?” Enya says and I just shake my head. 

“Only the basics, Your family were one of the strongest to ever live and then a warlock fell in love with the heir inline with the throne in Atlantisia, but she was taken away from him and then there was a war between the two species, because the warlock was one of the most powerful to ever walk the earth? I’m not sure, but the two lovers died..” 

A look is shared between Enya and Kiara and I frown a little. 

“Is that all what the people know these days,” Enya says a little disappointed as she stands up and walks around the table to take a seat next to Kiera to look me right in the eye. 

“The princess was in love with the warlock and they did love one another deeply, but my family bloodline was too pure to have warlock blood come into the picture. My great great great grandfather had started the war by killing the warlock's sister that crossed the border to try and persuade him that her brother was only in love and would be an honorable husband to his daughter. Because of all the death my family had caused, the Mer people wanted us dead even if it meant that our powers would fade even more and more over time. The rebels that started to kill my bloodline had a leader that fell in love with my mother and that is how I escaped. My father protected us and then I was captured into a new type of hell when I came here and that is where I found Greyson.” she cuts off her story and I see everyone is looking at Greyson waiting for him to continue the story.

“I don’t have parents. All I know is that my mother died giving birth to me and because of what was injected into me when I was in her womb. I was, am an experiment part werewolf, vampire, shapeshifter and merman. I only know that it was vampires doing the experiment, because I could always smell them. Enya came to the laboratory when I was sixteen. We escaped together and that’s when Kiara found us.” 

He stops and takes a deep breath and smiles at me, his eyes suddenly turning red and his fangs extended. 

“I need blood,” he says and stands up leaving me shocked by the information. 

“The vampires created experiments? Hybrids? That’s impossible! When species are mixed one is always more dominant as the other my aunt Hannah is an example of that!” I say and regret it as Greyson suddenly fills a glass with a very dark liquid and starts to drink it. I almost throw up as some of the blood drips down his chin.  

“They are manipulating it by infecting the children with demon blood,” Kiara says and my eyes widen as I look between them. 

“The demons died with the war,” I say slowly and see Simon look down at his hands. 

“They had warriors sacrifice themselves in the war by drinking the blood of the demons, their bodies were sucked dry for the poisoned blood to use on their experiments, but it ran dry after Greyson was born.

“I don’t understand why would the vampires want that kind of power? We had peace! The war was just about land. They wanted to take the Fairies side of the kingdom! It was never truly against us?” 

“No, it was a distraction while they made their next move. You're right it’s not against the wolves it’s against all the magical creatures. The vampires want to rule over all of us here, because they couldn’t have earth. Hector  started to plan it when we were still on earth. He made a deal with Lilith and your grandfather's brother Lance. He wanted earth and said he would betray Iris the moment he knew that he was on the winning side. Lance gave him what he needed. A pregnant rogue with only one use, to serve.Their king Lord Begot was humble, but his son, Hector,  killed him in his sleep and took the throne after Greyson was a success.” 

Greyson crushed his glass in his hand and threw it in a bin standing close by and licked the blood of his hand. That man is a psycho. 

“He killed Lord Begot, the man your mother always called Hilgard, after you were born princess and then his plan started,” Keira’s words have me shaking with confusion.

“What!” I say and shake my head standing up a little surprised that my legs worked. 

“Hilgard’s dead? That’s impossible! He was once a friend of my mothers, that doesn’t make sense at all! We would have known of his death and of the demon blood the vampires were using!,” my words feel strange in my mouth. 

“If this is true we need to go to my parents right now!” I try to walk but suddenly Simon hits his hands on the table making me stop. 

“There is a spy in the kingdom! I was there to try and figure out who it was, but nothing would work. I stayed and listened, but somehow someone kept reporting to the vampires that your parents didn’t know anything about it. Then the Manticore’s came into the picture and I knew we needed to start with our plan B.” 

I stay quiet and take a deep breath as I wonder what did this have anything to do with me? As if reading my mind, Enya smirks. 

“I hate to admit it, but we need you Princess,” she says and folds her arms as Greyson comes to stand behind her chair. His red eyes and fangs were back to normal. He ran his tongue over his lips and finally met my gaze. 

‘’We need to use you as bait to get through the vampire lands and kill Hector.”