The Sacred Coven

Chapter Nine -

Adaline’s POV

I turn my head just in time to see a dark dirty blonde head of not very well-done curls, a nasty sneer on what would have been a beautiful face, chocolate brown eyes and lips that are a little on the thin side to be wearing red lipstick. I don’t normally pick apart other females, but this one’s aura is nasty, so I know for a fact she’s rotten to the core. “Well well, Rora, who’s your friend?” She sneers, Rory looks her dead in the eye and says “This is Princess Adaline, Erica” She made sure to draw out Erica’s name so that she understood she doesn’t have a title, I love it. Erica’s eyes widen slightly, “so you are the one trying to get into Elijah’s boxers?” She questions, I laugh while she continues, sounding angry “Well he’s mine and has been for around 4 years now” showing off a ring that could be anything to me, I look at Rory and she’s making me confused what the hell are you on about face. “Sweetie, I’m not trying to get into Elijah’s boxers” I start, she seems a little relieved until I continue with “ I’ve already been in the” I smile sweetly, I know I shouldn’t provoke her, but I couldn’t help it. She gasps “How dare you!” “How dare I? Well, he certainly didn’t say he was exclusive with anyone otherwise I wouldn’t have” I reply. She looks me up and down and says “Well it doesn’t surprise me to be fair, easy game with your legs always open” I laugh so heartily that there are a few people around us asking the people they’re with if they heard what the joke was that I thought was funny. “Rora, go grab me a drink while I tell this slut not to mess with me” Rora goes to stand up and I grab her arm and sit her back down, “Rora does it now,” she says with menace. “She won’t go and get you anything Eric, she’s the princess you should be getting her something to drink,” I say. “My name is Erica” she snaps, “I’m sorry I wasn’t sure since you sound like a man, but I suppose men aren’t as bitchy as I should’ve realised” I reply. This is such a secondary school tiff, I don’t know why I’m bothering, but I won’t have people speak to a princess like s**t. I see her go red with rage and wait for her to erupt. “ WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! SWANNING IN HERE TAKING ANYONE WHO HAS YOUR FANCY AND INSULTING PEOPLE!” I stand up and watch her back up a step, “I think I am the heir to the vampire throne and should be treated with respect, child. I think that if people weren’t so nasty and horrible, they would also treat their princesses with respect” I say loudly, I can hear the whispers of people around us, some in awe of how regal I am, some in disgust at how Erica is behaving. “You stupid slut” she growls “Elijah is mine, and it will be my bed he warms tonight” I snarl back at her, “you may have him if he wants you, now you apologise to Rory, or I’ll make you” I glare at her. “Why would I apologise to that little brat” she seethes. The rage courses through me like never before, I don’t know where it’s coming from “Apologise NOW!” I say it’s such a command that I feel waves of my aura fly off me and many wolves around us submit their necks in submission, I look down as I haven’t realised the force has knocked Erica to her knees. Her eyes are full of fear. “I apologise, my princess, it won’t happen again” she gasps as she can barely speak. I see Melinda walking over to us and look behind me to Rory and notice she has her head bowed and her neck in submission, “Rory, what are you doing sweetheart? You don’t need to bow to me” I say gently, “I can’t not bow Ada” she gasps. f**k how do I turn this off? I look up again and Melinda holds out her hand and I touch it, I feel her pulling my aura back around us and forcing it back into me. I look up from our hands “Thank you Melinda” I say, she smiles and looks around so I follow her gaze. Everyone who submitted looked at me in shock and awe, with a little bit of fear. I catch Elijah’s eyes and he looks astonished and proud, which makes me swell with a little bit of pride too. I look back down to Erica still on the floor and say “Don’t let me catch you or hear of you treating Princess Aurora as anything but nice and courteous, or I will have your head on a spike” I say. She nods and scurries away with the other two females she was with.

Elijah’s POV

Wow! Just wow! I didn’t know vampires could make werewolves submit, I was millimetres away from submitting same as my father, her aura was so powerful I’d never felt anything like it, and I am the total other side of the garden, anyone close to her looked like they could barely breathe, it was when she let her aura out that I realised Erica has found her way over to them to cause trouble. Only she was on the ground like a lot of them who are close to Ada, I watched as Erica scurried away looking frazzled and scared to death. I can’t help but feel proud and awestruck at my mate. She is powerful and beautiful. I watch as she ensures my sister is okay and happy, and they toddle off to probably natter about Erica and her sly and devious ways. I look over to my father and he looks just as shocked as I feel. I set off to follow Erica to see what she has done, she will be punished if she has been an evil cow to my sister and mate. As I head out of the garden I hear two growls, and speed up then I hear Erica and Marius both say, mate. What the hell! I get round the corner and see them both staring at each other! Marius looks livid and Erica looks shocked. Then I hear Marius ask her name. After which he squares his shoulders and says “I Marius of the emerald guards of Princess Adaline Reject you, Erica of the Silver Stream Pack as my mate” Erica looks shocked now and Marius looks directly at me as Erica falls to her knees and says “why?” “ I cannot be mated to someone who is horrible to a young princess and to the person I serve on my guard and my future queen” he replies. “I accept your rejection” says Erica then gasps in pain and I see Marius wince and start walking towards me.