Empyreal Dragons

No Longer Controlled

There was something different about the stars as the winds blew softly to aid the heat traveling through the air while the stars lit themselves up in the dark skies ruling among the humans of the Earth. The balls of gasses aligned themselves together in a position that was never seen before. 

Down on Earth, there was a woman who was breathing heavy and crying as she was about to deliver … 

A baby girl? 

A Queen?

No, a prophecy was being born… 

The crying woman yelled as her immovable body slowly broke down at the bone cracking pain she was feeling. As her pelvic bone shifted to adjust to the delivering baby, the woman's internal organs began to light themselves up in subtle flames that were hurting her. 

The woman’s legs were shaking uncontrollable as she was losing energy, she was losing her life trying to push out her baby. Her arms started to feel weird as she could feel them become numb at the pain. 

Up above, the world knew that this little human that was about to be delivered to this human woman, this unborn child who hasn’t even taken her first breath of air, held something special as the aligned stars started to shine brighter than they ever had before. 

The billions of balls of gases that were spread out amongst the world slowly began to gather into one spot in the skies. The stars were getting closer to each other, touching so closely that they immediately combined themselves into the shape of a being.

 A being made from the stars ruling the light of the world at night, a being that watches over the human race by splitting her body into billions of pieces around the world so everyone can have light… a being named Elizabeth. 

Elizabeth’s body formed itself from the stars of eternity as she looked down at the human who was about to deliver the chosen one. The chosen one that carried the blood of one of the creators of the world. 

“A girl huh?” Elizabeth said to herself as the world had to experience darkness from her body pulling itself together, leaving the world with no stars to see through the night. 

Elizabeth's eyesight was acute as it narrowed itself to see the human woman pushing out a baby. With the help of no one, the solo woman tried her hardest to push out the baby but was now losing too much blood as her body was now struggling to keep itself alive. The woman started crying in fear. 

“P-Please! Don’t let me lose my daughter because I can’t push her out myself! PLEASE!” The woman yelled out 

Elizabeth felt pity but it was so overruled when the baby from the woman’s body started to slowly push itself out of the woman. Surprised, Elizabeth didn’t know how the baby was doing that but was amazed. 

“The chosen one…” Elizabeth mumbled 

The unborn baby kept moving its own body until the body was out of the woman. The woman cried even harder. Even though she was weak from the amount of blood that was lost and the energy that was drained, the mother picked up the baby immediately. The mother then started to push on the baby’s chest and then put her mouth onto the baby’s mouth. Elizabeth squinted her eyes confused… 

When the woman pulled her face away from the bloody baby, the baby then began to cry. 

THE CHOSEN ONE BREATHS! 

Elizabeth’s body rejoiced in happiness as her Master and superior was reborn once again in the heart of a little baby girl. The little baby girl that was breathing now as her lungs filled while she was crying. Elizabeth smiled. 

“I will be watching over you… master…” 

Elizabeth spoke her last piece of words before her body split apart into billions of pieces again to give the world back its stars of the night. The stars that came together to rejoice the rebirth of her superior gave the world brighter lights than before as Elizabeth's excitement couldn’t be contained. 

The mother looked down at her baby and smiled as her axons shot electric throughout her brain telling her body that she was happy. Happy that she managed not to die… happy that her baby girl was alive. Kissing the baby’s mouth and crying while nodding her head, the mother decided to give her a name. 

“What do I call you?” The mother asked herself as she couldn’t stop staring at the beautiful baby. 

The baby was a masterpiece.  The woman couldn’t see anything besides herself in that tiny body of a child. Snuggling her nose against the baby, she couldn't help but take in the moment of the new life she was able to give the world. 

Moving her face away from the baby’s, she was stuck on that beautiful face that was so tiny and almond shaped. The baby's beauty put her into deep awe and she couldn’t get enough of looking at her. 

Suddenly, the woman’s eyes opened wide. 

The baby reminded her of a powerful goddess that ruled over the countries with caution and intelligence. While having the power of seduction by her side, the goddess power itself was fierce and dangerous hence the reason why she decided to name her first born daughter, the miracle daughter that brought life into her own little world… 

Her name was...

 Lovech Kingdom; Reyna's Bedroom 

“REYNA!”

Regaining her consciousness slowly, Reyna started to open up her grey eyes at the sound of someone calling her name and not by her title. Blinking her eyes so that the blurriness clouding her vision could go away, Reyna pupils constricted from the sunlight while also focusing on the figure that was standing in front of her… Eva. 

“Mother…” Reyna called out as her eyes began to close themselves again

“Is there ANY reason why you are sleeping in a MANS ROOM! AND BETTER YET, THE KING’S CHAMBERS?!” Eva yelled out

Widening her eyes, Reyna shot her body up to look around her. 

Oh no! This can’t be happening, why is she inside of Dragnior’s room?! The plan is about to go to s**t. 

Looking over at the other side of the bed, Reyna's heart dropped.

Dragnior and Zahn were nowhere to be seen but there was James, sleeping next to her… ?

Reyna eyes widened as she made a scrunched up confused face. 

“I knew that you said that you had run-ins with the King, but I didn’t think that you were actually SLEEPING with him!” Eva yelled out

“MOTHER!” Reyna yelled back and Eva shut her mouth at her loud voice “The King is asleep and you are being disrespectful.” Reyna finished

Eva rolled her eyes. 

“Oh please, I could beat both of ya'll asses and no one would do a thing about it. Maybe if you weren’t trying to sleep with another King and trying to get pregnant to replace the child you lost, I wouldn’t be saying anything.” Eva said 

Reyna frowned. 

Reyna face moved into a frowned before she could even listen to the rest of her mother's words. 

How could she say that about me... about her dead grandson? Reyna thought to herself as she watched Eva's hard face go soft and look at her daughter with sadness. 

She must’ve realized what she said to me, but it doesn’t matter now. She already said the words. 

“Rein…” 

“It’s time for you to leave the room.” Reyna responded harshly 

Eva opened her mouth to speak but then turned her head away. Nodding her head, she turned on her feet and walked out of Dragnior’s room and shut the door behind her. Sighing as the crazy woman was now gone from the room, Reyna could hear a cough coming from where James was laying down at. 

“Are you okay?” James asked 

Looking over to James, Reyna smiled before she nodded her head. 

I didn’t realize that he was awake, Reyna thought to herself as she looked into his hazelnut eyes as they stared at her with sorrow. 

“I’m okay.” Reyna said to him rubbing her feet together under the covers “But more importantly, where is Dragnior and Zahn?”

James smiled. 

“They assumed their positions as the servants of the house this morning before your mother came into the room.” 

Reyna sighed in relief. 

At least the plan was in action, but how was Dragnior dealing with the sudden change? 

Wondering how Dragnior was adjusting to the new position, Reyna moved the covers from her body and heard a hard gasp. Looking at James again, his eyes were stuck on Reyna body as they weren’t looking into her eyes.

James didn't notice this before, but his Queen really was a beauty. With her lovely body showing her curves right now and her grey eyes telling him to wonder why Drangior loved to sleep with her at night, James had to question his position in whether this plan was going to be good for his heart or not. 

Looking down to where his eyes were, Reyna's boobs decided to have a mind of their of their own as they moved themselves around to plop themselves out of her shirt. 

“JAMES! TURN AROUND!” Reyna yelled embarrassed 

James snickered as he turned his whole body around to no longer face Reyna. 

James acting as the King is going to give me so much anxiety, Reyna thought to herself as she rolled her eyes for the days to come 

Lovech Kingdom; Hallway 

“Damn it Eva! Why couldn’t you be sensitive for once in your life.” Eva yelled at herself in disappointed 

Eva was a woman that understood trauma and pain... she understood it so much that her trauma and pain became the reason why she is how she is as a human being now. 

Eva knew what she said to her daughter was harsh and hurtful, but her daughter was her heart, her pride and joy, her everything. 

Reyna has to be tough because this world is evil and no one has your back more than you have your own back, Eva thought to herself as she walked the hallways of the palace with a head held high. 

Eva never means to hurt her daughter, no ... no mother ever means to hurt their daughter. But in the moment of anger and hurt, in the moment of fear of unknown happening to your daughter that makes a mother's mouth say whatever words are roaming through her head at the moment. 

All.. out of fear. 

Sighing now in anger from not knowing where anything is, Eva kept looking around to Lovech hallways walking until she reached a room that had a huge doorway, it must be the the dining hall. Stepping into the dining hall, all the servants stiffen up in fear as Eva broke them down with her signature greeting, the same one she gave to Reyna. 

All of the servants were terrified of her, the woman was crazy. 

Snapping her fingers twice, a servant rushed to her with food on a tray and placed them down in front of her. Eva nodded in satisfaction at the food as the servant ran away to line back up with the others. 

“I realized that yall have no discipline. You lack that of knowledge and strength.” Eva began speaking among servants “Other than Syrah who also isn’t complete, none of yall have what it takes to protect this kingdom.” 

The servants started breaking a sweat at her words. Eva made this same speech yesterday to them as she made them kneel on bones for 5 hours and drink tea that contains a little bit of poison. Most of the servants woke up horribly sick while some managed to keep their composure and deal with the pain killing their stomachs. 

“Today I will teach you how to become immune to the poisons and how to detect what poison is what. Poisons are the easiest and fastest way to kill someone of royal blood.” Eva yelled out 

The servants stomachs began to rumble in fear. 

It was bad enough that some were coughing out blood from the poisons that they drank yesterday, but now they have to drink more?!

“My daughter Reyna has been doing these lessons since she was born. She knows a poison when she sees one. Her knowledge of s**t comes from me.” Eva says bragging 

Hearing that their Queen has been doing this since she was born, the servants gained more respect for their angel like Queen. She was truly remarkable to have not only lived with this crazy woman, but to also survive drinking poisons!

Listening to Eva’s words, one of the new servants, Zahn, was among the servants hiding behind them so that Eva wouldn’t see him. But Zahn was in awe, he couldn’t believe that his mother has been drinking poisons since she was born and can recognize one at any moment. 

Eva lifted up her right hand and showed a tiny bottle with some liquid in it. Pouring the little bottle’s liquid into her drink that she had before her, she smiled as the cup’s clear glasses started to turn a deep shape of brownish red. Looking at one of the servants, Eva opened her mouth to speak.  

“You! Tell Reyna that her mother needs her right now. Make sure to say 'Rein, Queen Mother wants you now'” Eva said 

The servant nodded their head and ran off through the dining hall door. Eva smiled as she picked up her fork and began eating the meal that the servant gave her. 

Zahn was confused but interested. 

Who was this woman? 

Pushing past the servants in front of him, Zahn opened his mouth to speak. 

“Why is poison the fastest way to kill a royal?” 

Eva stopped her movement as she heard young voice call out. Looking up from her tray, she saw the little boy whose eyes changed from brown to gold, the weirdo. 

Even though the last time the boy was in nice formal wear, now he was in servant clothing and looked pitiful. Eva felt for him, he reminded her of her daughter when Reyna was a little kid. 

“It is the faster way because of it’s different range. Poison can be put inside of foods, drinks, or even underneath your pillow at night. There are also different types of poisons. Some that smell, some that don’t smell, some that attack your brain, some that attack your skin. It can work immediately or it can work within a couple of days. It's faster to put a poison inside of someone’s drink rather than stabbing them through the heart. You'd be more at risk to die on the spot if you decide to attack a Royal with a sword." Eva replied

Zahn was amazed by this information. He didn’t know much about the world because his father kept everything hidden from him but he was in love as he was watching Reyna’s mom teach the servants about the world. Zahn was happy to learn it all. 

“Little boy, do you know what’s the most dangerous poison?” Eva asked Zahn 

Zahn’s little face looked confused as his head tilted to the side. 

So cute, Eva thought to herself as she decided to answer 

“Love.” 

“Love?” Zahn questioned and Eva nodded her head 

“When you are in love, your partner could convince you to drink something with poison or they use your niceness to stab you in the stoma …” Eva stopped as she thought about her daughter “Love can kill you. So the first lesson you must learn as a little boy is that you can only trust yourself and one other person. You can't live throughout this world alone, you always need one person to help guide you through it. But they cant be weak, or they will hold you back. ” 

Zahn looked sad. 

But what about Reyna? If I choose for my father to have my back, will Reyna be left out of that bond?

“C-Can I trust two people?” Zahn stuttered 

Eva’s right eye twitched as she hated stuttering. 

“Rule number one, don’t stutter in front of me.” Eva said getting up from her chair 

Walking over to Zahn, Eva was ready to start her teaching immediately as she placed her right hand on Zahn's lower back and another hand on his chin. Pushing his back in, Zahn was now standing straight. Lifting his chin up, he was now lifting his head properly to support his spine. 

A perfect posture. 

“Always remember to straighten your back to sit up straight and raise your head. You need to show people that you pose a threat. If you can’t show that, then this world will rip you apart.” Eva said walking away from Zahn 

Zahn took Eva’s words to heart as he mentally wrote them down. 

The servants around Zahn looked impressed as their young master actually looked reliable from the posture Eva just showed him. Maybe she isn’t just a crazy woman after all. Eva went back to her seat and sat down at the table once more. 

“Inside of this cup is a poison. With my daughter being my daughter, she will be able to identify it within a few seconds.” Eva said 

Hearing footsteps coming towards the dining hall door, everyone looked over to the door and saw the servant from earlier and Reyna coming through the door. 

Reyna looked beautiful today as her long hair was pinned up into a messy bun on the top of her hair and she had on a little dress that covered her body but you could still see her amazing figure that made the servant men stare at her with lust. 

Bowing down to their Queen, the servants put their head down and rose it back up after 5 seconds. The proper respect if a Royal doesn’t say to lift your head up. But of course, the servants had to wait the entire 5 seconds as Reyna didn't even notice that they bowed their heads down to her... but Eva did. 

As Reyna was inside of the dining hall simply looking at her mother with her cut her eyes low as Eva smiled back. Eva motioned for Reyna to come closer to her. she did. 

“My dear child, I am suspicious of the food before me, can you please test it. I had one servant do it, but after a while of waiting, she started to look funny and was struggling to move her body. We had someone come to rush her away.” Eva said with her nose twitching 

Reyna thought about calling her bluff right then and there, but she knew that her mother was up to something. Instead of avoiding it and going her own way, Reyna decided to oblige. 

Nodding her head, Eva picked up her cup and handed it to Reyna. Reyna put the cup to her mouth and sniffed as she smirked. Letting her tongue touch the surface of the liquid in the cup, Reyna placed the cup down and smiled. 

“Well that servant is going to have one hell of a time trying to recover herself, she might just die mother. How much did she eat?” Reyna asked 

The servants looked at Reyna confused as she only had the cup in her hand for one second. 

“She ate most of my meal and drank some of my drink. “ Eva replied and Reyna’s eyes opened wide 

“Oh my god mother! YOU JUST KILLED ONE OF THE SERVANTS!”

The servants were looking in horror at what Reyna was talking about. What was in that cup?

“What was in the cup dear?” Eva asked smiling 

“Oh you sneaky woman. You knew that there was snake venom in the damn cup and food but you STILL let the servant consume that much of it?! There's no way to save her if she already ingested half of the poison!” Reyna yelled 

“How do you know it’s snake venom?” 

“HA! SERIOUSLY?! Brownish red color, no taste but a slight smell. Damage to the nerves after a while of intaking! MOTHER WHERE IS THE SERVANT!” 

All of the servants in the room looked shocked. 

How did she know what the poison was after a second of having the cup near her? Is this what Eva lessons taught her?

“Oh my dear child, I’m joking. I didn’t let anyone eat the poison, except for you. The cup contained the snake venom and that’s all. But you know that a simple tongue dip isn't enough to affect your body unless there's a cut in your mouth exposing the poison to your blood stream immediately. Go go now. Sho sho.” Eva said 

Reyna rolled her eyes and felt anger coming into her soul. 

This damn woman! Reyna thought to herself 

Not wanting to deal with her anymore, Reyna began storming out of the dining hall with her feet stomping against the floor. Once Reyna’s body was completely out of the dining hall and through the door, Eva then turned her attention and looked over at the servants. 

“Now, who’s ready to learn?” Eva asked smiling 

Zahn was now smiling as well. 

I am ready, Zahn thought to himself excitedly. 

Lovech Kingdom; Garden of Rubian 

As Dragnior looked down at the daisy below him, he couldn’t help but stare because no matter how many years go by, the daisy would never wither away. 

Dragnior was a complicated man, that much was a no brainer, but it scared this complicated man to know that his heart was starting to beat again for someone who wasn't Rubian. For someone who he ended up giving his blood to, Dragnior could feel his heart moving for this woman who didn't even know that she was a dragon... 

Reyna Rose. 

Dragnior's head was filled with thoughts as he realized that his feelings for Reyna are growing more and more. Not knowing if it is from the dragon blood or from the real connections that they've been building over the course of being with each other for a while, Dragnior couldn't get her off of his mind. 

Today was supposed to be his first day working as a servant, but he couldn't seem to shake his mind from everything that has been happening throughout the days. The realness of emotions, the feelings that pulled them together, Dragnior couldn't avoid them anymore. 

"Last night I… I almost… I almost moved on from you. I slowly opened my heart to another in hopes that she won’t betray me like you did. She’s a wonderful woman, she’s great with Zahn… the baby that you tried to kill.” Drangior said with the veins in his forehead showing 

“She has been an amazing mother figure to Zahn. Yes Zahn. She named the son that you didn’t want and his name is Zahn Lovech, the heir to the Lovech Throne. He is growing everyday with love thanks to Reyna.” Dragnior said sighing in relief 

Dragnior has been thinking to himself since last night as he laid with Reyna. He knew that she was ready from the smell of her arousal that he was getting. And he was ready as well, ready to take things further than what they were before. 

But maybe them being stopped constantly by others was a sign, a sign that Dragnior has to let go of his past. The past kept him grounded with guilt and hurt. 

Reyna doesn't deserve a man who is still stuck in the past. If she could move forward from her past and she died for f***s sake, then so could Dragnior. 

Dragnior smiled at the daisy as Reyna’s face popped into his head. Lifting up his left foot, Dragnior said one more thing as his goodbye. 

“You once told me that no one will ever love me because I am a monster that kills people for fun. I am a man with no heart who deserves to die alone. But look at which one of us is happy and which one is in the grave…” Dragnior said as he stomped on the flower beneath him 

Reyna did it once, but it was time for Dragnior to do it himself to let go of the woman who caused him heartbreak, Rubian Lovech, Queen of the Lovech Kingdom and daughter of King Joshua Ahasteen of the Ahasteen Kingdom. 

Closing his eyes, Dragnior finally felt like he put everything to rest by killing the past he had with a woman who never loved him. 

Removing his foot, Dragnior started walking away from the flower and the crumbled daisy began to suddenly get old. The daisy that Dragnior planted had a special magic spell on it that Rubian put on it while she was still alive. The daisy would never wither, it would never die, and it would never age for as long as Dragnior was in love with her. 

It was a tactic used to hurt Dragnior everyday and claim guilt over him as he had to keep looking at the flower that his wife was buried under. Rubian wanted Dragnior to suffer ever after her death by keeping the flower alive forever. By looking at her flower, it was meant to constantly hurt Drangior, and that flower did hurt Dragnior, until today. 

The daisy finally withered away as Rubian’s spell no longer controlled the soil of Drangior’s favorite garden, she no longer controlled the suffering Dragnior was feeling, she no longer controlled Dragnior’s heart…