Celestial Mate Series

Chapter 1

Celestial Mate Series

Book 1: His Sea Maid

Prologue

Thunder rumbled in the sky, roaring along with the raging winds. The raging winds caused the water to strike the shore of lands and the ships on sea. The sea wept, sobbing as the rain pelted down onto the sea. The loud howl of the wind swept through every ears it reached. The sea rocked the old ship violently, swinging the cargos and putting the men aboard in panic. A woman, the only woman amongst them sat in her cabin with a beating heart. Her eyes stayed on the sea, watching the water wave arrogantly. She muttered silent prayers, she had two daughters to return to, she couldn't die yet.

With eyes fixed on the sea, she noticed a strange movement in the water. Something was moving, lights flashed in it. She could only see it through her window. The woman peered deeper, straining her eyes to see what was in there, what was flashing. Suddenly, a figure burst out of the water, a little girl as she could pick out. She watched as the girl tried to swim to the ship. The woman ran out of her cabin immediately, she had to save the child. She paused at the deck, looking down to see her. She wasn't there anymore.

"How odd," she muttered.

"Kimberly, captain says everyone must return to their cabin, the storm is getting worse!" Someone yelled. She nodded and looked back into the sea, there she was. She looked back to call for help, there was no one there.

"Hey! Little girl! I'll help y..." Her words got stuck in her mouth as large beings she had never seen before sprung out. They looked so horrifying with their big red eyes and long sharp fangs. Their body was brown with scales of spikes and moss.

Paralyzed, she was paralyzed by fear.

The little girl turned around, her hair sweeping in the water. She couldn't quite see the girl well but she knew it was a girl. The creatures caught up to her, two holding her hands tight. "Let go of me! I won't go back!" She screamed with a voice like thunder. The beings began pulling her away, pulling her back into the sea. "Let go! Let go!!!" She screamed, her body flickered with light. She struggled with them, pulling herself away from them.

The woman's mouth fell open when she saw a tail, the girl had a tail. She was a mermaid. She couldn't believe her eyes, an actual mermaid. The girl finally away from them spun around with the speed of lightning and screamed, a loud frightening ear-piercing scream as loud as a banshee. The scream was so loud the beings burst up into mucky liquid. She stopped screaming and swam closer to the ship, searching for where to hold onto.

"I have to help her," the woman muttered, finally getting over her shock. She ran over to get a rope, a strong one. She went back to the deck to help her but the girl was surprisingly sitting there panting. "How did you..."

"The sea is going to rise and try to take me, please don't let them take me Miss, please don't." She cried.

"Y...y...you are a m...m...m..." The heavy thunder made her flinch. The girl looked back, indeed the sea was rising high, very very high. In few minutes, it would crash on the ship and sink it to the bottom. Everyone was bound to die. "I have to get the captain..."

"Don't bother, he can't do anything, but I can." She swept her tail over the edge of the deck and raised her hands up. The ship rocked, seating from side to side. Everything was happening too fast, too fast for her to comprehend. The water lifted the girl high above the sea, lightning and thunder increasing at each second.

The wind blew against her skin, sweeping her hair around wildly. She shielded her face from the wind, she could barely see. The girl's body radiated with blue and pink light, glitter of purple raining down on the water. The intensity of the wind became much, throwing the woman over to some couple of barrels and knocking her out.

Silence, all she heard was silence. She slowly started hearing her heartbeat, the slow pace of her breathing. Soon she could hear a loud ringing sound, the sound was just too loud and painful. Her head ached, her eyes itched. She opened her eyes to behold a clear blue sky, a sky filled with clouds and seagulls. Talking about seagulls, she could hear the sounds of seagulls and the clash of waves. "Where am I?" She muttered. She inhaled, holding on to her breath. With her breath still held, she forced herself to sit. "Land," she was washed off on shore.

She looked around, pieces of woods scattered on the bank of the sea. The ship must have been destroyed. She could see her shipmates on the ground unconscious. Her memory flashed back to the mermaid, she saved them in a sort of way.

"Oh," a soft moan floated into her ears, a painful moan. She looked to her side, there laid the mermaid child. Pale milky skin with wet long light brown hair hanging down her nude chest that would grow into firm breasts one day. A crystal coral gem decorated her hair which also fell across her beautiful face. The woman's eyes wandered down to her tail, a scaly but beautiful pink, blue and purple tail. The bottom of her tail was like a curtain of silky materials in lovely folds.

"I can't believe this," the woman murmured. The girl moved her tail, sweeping to the left. She watched as the girl's tail disappeared, withering away in dust until two legs stared back at her. The woman smiled as she stared at the child, a new secret unlocked to her world.

Chapter one

••••••••••••• Narrative •••••••••••••

Red cape floating behind him, red silk whipping in the air, swirling around his ankles in a glorious air dance and back to the ground in a graceful floor sweep. His heavy angry face and huffy breath echoed in the quiet hallway. The hallway was decorated with the best of most: portraits of Kings and queens, princes and princesses, and all those noble, royal bloodlines. Pottery works of ancient making, sculptures of the most skilled hands, and wall painting of rose gold. Soldiers with everlasting warrior gene running through their veins stood at each side of the walls, dressed in their glorious attire of black and grey cape of magic conjuring.

King Finn moved like an angry wind, muttering to himself as he made his way to his throne room. How ironic it was for him to be summoned to his own throne room. An insult to a vampire King equal to none. But for the sake of the peace he was sent down to hold, he had to tolerate it. The two soldiers at the black double doors opened it quickly, before their king would fling them away. His anger could be perceived from miles, the redness of his eyes announcing his annoyance and utter displeasure. The mutters of his mouth struck fear into their hearts, Finn was not a being to mess with.

Stomping into the throne room, he sneered at the two elves standing there patiently. "Greeting’s sire," the first one with pale white hair greeted, bowing his head low. "Sorry to have disturbed you but the matter at hand is very import..." Finn raised his hand, shutting him up instantly. He quietly walked to his throne, whipped his cape aside and sat down. The two elves and his royal advisor watched him carefully, every single move he made looked like a deadly threat to them.

"Now, why are you here?" Light, his voice was light but filled with so much authority.

"The Human Safety Agency sent us," the one with light brown hair stuttered because of the death glare he assumed Finn was throwing at him.

"I believe I'm not dumb, I can tell," he spat venomously.

"I'm sorry if we disturb you in anyway, but they thought that is was right to bring a pressing new discovery to your knowledge, something to do with your vampires." The white haired explained as boldly as he could, he was scared out of his wit.

"What is it about my vampires that I don't know?" Finned scoffed mirthlessly.

"Blood bath inns have been running in the human dimension, one older than the other," they paused, waiting for him to speak.

"Impossible," Casmir, his royal advisor protested. "no one can dare open such inns after the king himself made it illegal..."

"Silence," Finn snapped, "don't elevate me when you are aware that it is impossible for me to know it all. I told you to place watchers at every possible corner of the world in case of rebels, so how am I not aware? Doesn't mean that this is your failure?"

"I...I...I..." Casmir bowed his head, unable to speak further.

"Now, tell me everything I need to know," he sighed, tired of the conversation. He had two ladies waiting for him at his chamber. And he rather be there than here.

"The three inns are owned by one person but controlled by two extra managers. The inns belong to Lord Craig, a two-thousand-year-old vampire. The first inn is run by him, been running for six months now. The second is run by Lord Bancroft's daughter, Lady Rosalind, been active for four months. And the last is run by Ellian Truce, active for three months. The total number of human lives lost to this activity is eighty-five."

"Lord Bancroft's daughter, right?" I asked with a dark chuckle. That girl likes daring me, just because we once had a thing.

"Yes sire, and this file contains everything you need to know about them, their locations and the names of all the employees and vampires visiting the inns. The agency hope it would be sorted out before any more lives is claimed."

"Or before... Alpha Kale finds..." The brown haired coughed nervously. "Before Alpha Kale finds out that..." Finn stood up immediately, the mention of that name meant trouble and all knew that. He knew how jokeless the ruthless alpha was. All he cared about was protecting his kind and making sure the unknown creature killing them is found.

Finn was powerful, that he knew. But he also knew that even though he was older, the alpha in question was equally as powerful as he was. Never in his six hundred- and thirty-three-years life had he faced a force like the mysterious alpha. "What is this about Alpha Kale?" He asked coolly with one brow raised.

"Though the council haven't told him yet, five werewolves were murdered when they came across these inns. He was told that the creatures killed them but..."

"Are they from his pack?" He couldn't help the sudden skip of his heart, he really didn't have strength for any war right now, not after the incident with Alva. The last thing he needed was an angry werewolf bursting in to yell at his face or smash his head against his throne. Don't annoy the alpha with a terrible anger, one immune to silver. He found that out the hard way.

"Only one is, the others aren't," Finn breathe out in relief. "Alpha Carlyle assured us that his friend would never find out if only you can take care of this."

"Tell the council that this problem would be handled soonest," Finn concluded, leaving no room for more talks.

"Thank you sire," they bowed. The white haired passed the blue file to Casmir before they both disappeared into white and blue dust.

"Casmir,' Finn growled, causing his heart to accelerate as a new wave of fear took over. "where are the inns located?" He barked. Casmir tremulously opened the file and swept his eyes through the information.

"The main inn is located in Sarunn district on Mego Island, while the other is spread out in the upper and lower side of Barcelona."

"You and Axel would go to Barcelona with the squads, I want the managers brought back alive and all the employees dead. Every single game that visits these inns should be either brought dead or alive. If they try to resist, kill them, including Lady Rosalind."