Empyreal Dragons

Chapter Twelve

Lovech Kingdom

“Master, welcome back. How was the tri...”

“Find as much information as you can about Reyna Rose.” Dragnior said heated

After getting home from his trip to the kingdom, Dragnior may have been confused about everything, but what he was sure about was the fact that Reyna wasn’t normal. Sure Dragnior and his son were both dragons and could do supernatural things, but they have never been able to demand and control a room like how Reyna did.

Everything she did today was scary and that’s coming from a man who can turn into a mythical beast and burn people alive, Dragnior thought to himself

James looked confused as he stared at Dragnior who looked paranoid.

What did the Queen do? James asked himself before he nodded his head at his Master knowing that he cannot disobey him.

“Yes Master.” James replied

Dragnior looked over at James in question.

“Have you ever seen Reyna do anything out of the ordinary?” Dragnior asked

James raised his eyebrows and Dragnior continued believing that James didn’t understand.

“Have you seen Reyna say something to someone and they obey against their will?” Dragnior asked more specific

James thought about it. Reyna isn’t that type of woman who has ever done something like that. She’s been truly nice to all of the servants even after everything they have done to her. She has been such a great help around the palace as she sometimes joins in the kitchens to cook meals, Reyna is amazing.

“No Master, I can’t say that I have.” James replied

Dragnior sighed. Of course she wouldn’t show her powers here in the palace, Dragnior thought but then a chill ran up his spine.

If she can do crazy things like that, just imagine what she could do when she realizes that she’s actually a dragon, Dragnior thought and became scared of the mistake he may have made to the world by bringing Reyna Rose back to life.

I created a monster, Dragnior thought as his thought process ran wild at the fact that Reyna was way more powerful than he ever thought, and this is only the beginning of what’s to come.

Lovech Kingdom; Dining Hall

“Ms. Reyna, welcome back.”

Syrah greeted me and Zahn as soon as we walked into the dining hall. Her eyes glanced from me and Zahn before slowly passing over to my mother as she instantly rose her head up ready to attack like how Zahn was just moments ago.

“Who is this my lady?” Syrah asked me while looking Eva up and down

“She’s a guest in the Lovech Kingdom. My mother Eva Rose.” I replied to her

Syrah looked shocked like she'd heard the name before. That’s no surprise. My mom traveled to different places defying the laws and rules set in motion by kingdoms as she is a crazy woman that believes rules were made to be broken.

Syrah bows slightly at my mother before I turned my head to look at my mother.

“If you don’t mind, are there any spare guest rooms for my mom to sleep here? I don’t want her to leave right after she just got here, even though that’s not a bad idea.” I said as I heard my mother chuckle

“What a smart woman.” My mother replied to my words

As Syrah nodded her head and began walking away, I forgot that I was holding the hand of a child within mines.

I do not need him to be here while I have this talk with her, I thought to myself as I let go of Zahn's hand and bent down to his level.

“Do you think that you could follow Syrah? I have something to talk to my mom about.”

Zahn cut his eyes low and glared at my mother with his gold eyes showing once more before he nodded his head slowly.

“If you need me, just call my name or dads, and we will be here.” Zahn said

I smiled at him as I watched his growing body run to catch up with Syrah. Once he was beside her, Zahn slipped his hand into Syrah’s hand and they walked out of the dining hall together.

Turning my head to look at my mother, she smiled at me before I rolled my eyes.

“Let us take a seat.” I motioned to the Royal Table in front of us

Luckily there weren’t any servants inside of the room with me as Eva and I took our seats sitting at the table across from each other. With no one here with us, I can finally talk to her how I please.

“What the hell are you doing here you dumb ass witch?!” I practically yelled

“ME?! Why the f**k are you inside of the royal palace?!” My mom yelled back

We looked at each other completely baffled before letting out laughs together. It has been a long time since I’ve talked to my mom. Due to me being raised by her, I inherited her foul tongue but I never showed it unless I was around her, because proper ladies aren’t supposed to know those words.

“I need to find the King and request an audience with him.”

An audience with Dragnior? Wanting to get right to the point without beating around the bush, I asked my question.

“Who sent you?” I asked

“Aaron.”

My eyes widen.

Damn it! I knew that he saw what happened that day. There’s no reason why he would send someone who is a forced ally with the Red Crest to Lovech if he didn’t see anything that seemed out of the normal.

But apparently whatever happened that day with me caught his eyes interestingly enough to make someone come back. What the hell did I do?

“What did he explain to you?”

Eva sat back in her seat a little as she started to look uncomfortable. She’s about to lie about something, I thought to myself as I watched her movements.

“He explained that he saw something unnatural here. A servant doing something out of the ordinary.”

My heart dropped … He knows. But what does he know that I don’t know? What did he see that I didn’t see myself? Was it really that amazing for him to want it? Thoughts ran throughout my head but I couldn’t voice them to my mother.

“Does he know what the servant looks like? Maybe I could help you.” I said acting oblivious as the lies started to drag out of my mouth

Eva shook her head no at me.

“I need to get you out of here, blood of my blood. It is too dangerous here according to what I heard from Aaron. Which is why I may have found you, but I will go through with the plan I was assigned.”

My eyebrows rose.

“A plan?” I asked

“Yes. A plan to seek an audience with the King and explain the best options to save his kingdom and its image.” Eva replied as her nose twitched just a little

And there’s that lie that I was looking for, I thought to myself

Watching her button nose now fully twitching and her breathing start to get heavier, I knew she was lying from those traits that were showing themselves so obviously.

My mom may be a lot of things, but she is NOT a liar. It goes against her life’s rule to lie because she believes truth is everything, but here she was lying to her daughter for the man that killed her daughter.

Aaron is probably using her to attack the Lovech Kingdom, but in what way, I asked myself as my mother held her fake composure.

“Alright mom, if I can’t help you find the servant then I can at least help with getting an audience with the King. I have had run ins with the King and he seems respectful enough to enjoy your company.” I said

My mother nodded her head before looking at me in admiration. Looking into her eyes, I could see a big smile spreading across her face.

“I am glad that you are alive Reyna. My heart literally crushed itself on that day Rein. What happened?” My mother asked me while bring her hand onto the table to grab onto mines

I squeezed my mother's hand and sighed. I don’t even know if I’m ready to share my story, but here goes nothing.

“It was a while ago but I was summoned into the dining hall by a servant telling me that Aaron wanted to speak to me. I thought that he would finally come up with a name for our son but instead, there stood Aaron and Clarissa standing in front of me. I was in too much shock to realize but Aaron stabbed me in the stomach.”

My mother gasps as I squeeze my hand.

“M-My grandson?” She asked like she was trying to gain confirmation

My eyes amplified in question.

How did she know that I was pregnant and I haven’t seen her in 15 years? Matter of fact, how does she know anything about me if she was never in the Red Crest Kingdom? Disregarding the questions in my mind, I nodded my head and tears started gathering in her eyes.

“After being stabbed in the stomach Clarissa showed me her baby bump claiming that she was showing me how a real royal baby should look. It took me a second to realize that Aaron got her pregnant, but by the time I fully realized it, Aaron stabbed me through her heart.”

My mother put her left hand to her heart as tears now started falling. I frowned because I wanted to stop, but that wasn’t the end of my story.

“Confused by everything, Aaron decided that it was best to send me outside in the dreadful rain and let me bleed out to death. He told my personal bodyguard who served me since I And while I was bleeding out, I saw …”

I stopped. My focus was on the one thing that filled my head up completely. Everything snapped into place for one quick second as I never thought about it until now but I’ve only asked about that creature once and never pushed the topic.

What ever happened to it? Regardless, all I know is that I can’t tell my mother about that, I thought as I continued.

“I saw the face of my son believing that he was still alive, and then I felt my heart stop. But that was short lived as I woke up the next morning perfectly fine, healthy and inside of the Lovech Kingdom palace.”

Eva put her head down and began sobbing. I couldn’t do anything but watch my mother continue to be weak in front of me and it was honestly a scary sight. I didn’t even know that she could cry from everything she did to us as we lived a rough life due to her influence.

From being slaves to a man just to get food at night to eating rats because we needed the food at night, after everything we went through, I’ve never heard her cry, until now.

“You said that the Lovech people saved you, who exactly saved you? I must repay them for their help. If you died babygirl, then I would’ve died.” My mother mumbled

I sighed deeply.

“Mom, I’m still here and I am okay. Everything is fine.” I said lying

Lately everything hasn’t felt fine. I don’t feel right in the head and I don’t feel like my body is how it used to be. I feel empty of human features and full of the abnormal.

Eva looked at me and smiled slightly.

“I am so glad that you are okay.” Eva said while moving her hand to cup my cheek “You are my everything Reyna. You are my will to live.”

Nodding with my mother’s hands, I forgot how it felt to have her here caring for me. My emotions started to surface once more as I looked into my mother’s brown eyes. There was the longing look of affection that she always had for me, the look that tells me that everything’s going to be okay even when it isn't it. The look that made me feel secure.

“Yes mama.” I replied

Eva kept rubbing my cheek as she looked into my grey eyes. To see that I got all my beauty from my crazy mom, I loved that I was her replica as she was a dangerous beautiful woman who could convince a man to die for her with just a look at him.

“Alright you f*****g midget, you know that I don’t do touchy feely shit.” Eva said as she moved her whole body away from me

Her hands removed themselves from my face as she wiped her tears and slowly started to morph her face into a stern evil one.

There’s my mother, I thought as she completely recovered herself to look like she was never crying to begin with. Eva was always a person who never showed emotions, so for her to even cry for me made me feel like the lover she claims to have to me actually existed. That my heart warm up inside.

“Thank you mom.” I voiced out

Eva glared at me as her mom mode was now in effect again.

“HARDEN UP! I didn’t raise a weakling. I drifted away from you for 15 years and you stooped so low in life. You let a mistress take your position and your child my dear,” My mother said harshly and I flinched “It looks like I must teach you again what it feels like to be an unprivileged woman fighting for her spot in life.”

The creators of the world who rule over the length of time and the hands of destiny, I thought to myself as I watched my mother stand up in her chair and walk over to me, What the hell did you just do?

Lovech Kingdom Hallway

“Ms. Syrah.” Zahn called out

Syrah turned around to look at Zahn’s eyes as the two walked their way to the King’s office.

“Yes, Zahn?” Syrah said

It is hard to believe, but she accepted the name of Zahn for the Young Price after everything that happened to the Queen’s birth son. Dying in her arms as she wasn’t even able to see his face, Syrah closed her eyes and frowned at the sadden words. The day that Reyna turned into a dragon, something awoke in Syrah.

Being by the King’s side, Syrah knew a powerful being when she saw it but what Dragnior didn’t see as he looked into Reyna’s eyes, was a being coming from Reyna’s aura. A being in the shape of an all powerful woman with wings… an angel like figure coming from Reyna’s aura.

Syrah knew then and there that Reyna was more than she claimed, all the servants bowed down to her not just because she's the Queen of the Empyreal Dragons, but because she showed that her powers are constant or more than just the dragon's blood. She holds the blood of an angelic woman possessing her body, a true Royal.

“Do you think that mom will be alright?” Zahn asked

Syrah smiled as she looked at Zahn.

“The Queen will be fine. She is a strong woman, for that I know for certain.” Syrah replied

Zahn wasn’t sure about Syrah words, but he knew Syrah to be a woman that never lied about someone's power and strength. If she felt like there wasn’t nothing to worry about, then maybe there really wasn’t anything.

Even though Zahn was confused about what was going on with a sudden visitor claiming to be Reyna’s mom showing up at the palace, Zahn saw power in the strange woman. She held back emotions as her beautiful face showed no hints of fear or happiness.

A stale face that dad told him can be threatening if someone tried to read who you are, but here this woman was, doing it without having to force herself. She was a natural.

Even from earlier when Zahn was trying to smell her emotions, it was like she didn’t even have anything as she looked at the Royal Prince and King in question. Zahn was impressed by the woman. Who was she?

As they were getting closer to Dragnior’s office, Syrah could hear a bit of shuffling happening inside of the room. Confused, Syrah knocked on Dragnior’s office door and immediately someone answered the door.

There was a slick face James smiling at Syrah as he missed her puffy cheeks complaining about everything.

“James…” Syrah said annoyed

“Baby.” James replied with a smirk

James annoyed Syrah’s soul as she knew him since they both have been working here together under Dragnior since she could remember. They always had a hate-hate relationship.

“Where is the Master? Queen Reyna asked if we could give a spare room to her mother.”

James backed away from the door and let Syrah and Zahn come in. Zahn ran into the office and over to his father’s chair. Jumping onto his lap, Zahn started talking.

“Mommy kicked me out, so now I’m stuck with you.” Zahn said pouting

The whole room laughed at his cute bluntness as Dragnior opened his mouth to speak.

“I have a room to give her, we will put her inside of Reyna’s room and move Reyna into my room.” Dragnior stated

Everyone’s eyes went wide and surprise struck them. What did the Master just say?!

“M-Master, that’s a bit of a stretch sir. Who’s to say that Reyna would feel comfortable being in the room with you?” James questioned

James didn’t want Dragnior to move too fast and scare away Reyna. She was a woman who experienced hardships and there’s nothing worse than to force a woman who went through hardships to sleep in the same bed with you, James thought to as looked towards Syrah in concern

Syrah was also worried. Reyna seems to like Dragnior, but she hasn’t admitted to her own feelings. Rushing into sleeping together could be a bad thing.

“Well where else could Reyna sleep at?” Drangior asked the widen eyed group

James and Syrah simply looked at each other. There weren’t any other bedrooms in the palace because Zahn slept with Dragnior up until now and the servants sleep close to the dungeons of the palace because they are the first line of defense to defend the King and Prince from danger. The only bedroom other than Dragnior’s is the one that Reyna is sleeping in.

“Alright then. Reyna took the gamble of keeping her mother here, and now she's sleeping in the same bed as me.” Dragnior said proudly

His dragon was getting happy knowing that he’ll be able to sleep next to his woman finally. Finally being able to sleep next to her beautiful face, Dragnior smiled eternally.

James and Syrah smiled at Dragnior's face, when was the last time they saw their Master happy like this? They thought to themselves as they began to prepare themselves for the storm of emotions that they are ready for Dragnior to develop. He was one step closer to being in … love.

Lovech Kingdom Dining Hall

“DID YOU LEARN YOUR LESSON?!” Eva yelled at me

Feeling weak and embarrassed, I bowed my head in shame in the face of my mother. Servants now coming into the dining hall were shocked by what I was doing as their new fond of respect seemed to have wavered as my pathetic sight.

“Yes ma’am!” I yelled in reply

Eva looked satisfied at my answer and she started walking towards me. My mother had me kneeling on a bunch of bones she found left over in the kitchen as I held her heavy sword in my hands to push my weight down more onto the bones under my knees. My knees were now bleeding as my mom also had me recite a song she used to sing to me as a child.

A song about our native people and lands, a song of where we came from.

“STAND!” My mother yelled

As she removed the heavy sword from my hands, I sighed as I lifted my head up and she smiled. Raising her hand out, I avoided it all together because that was a tactic she used. My mother believed that if someone had to help you up while you were at your lowest, you were weak.

Because the strong don't need someone to help them up, they will do it with their own will. When I was younger and used to grab her hand, she would hit me with the sword causing bruises on top of my bleeding knees. I would fall face first to the muddy ground.

“Move woman.” I said as I placed my hands on the ground and pushed myself up

My mother laughed at me.

“Don’t you miss these days?” Eva asked

I glared at her

“f**k you Rose.” I replied

The servants around us gasp as I forgot that they came into the dining hall. Looking over to them, I bowed my head slightly and chuckled.

“I am sorry.” I said but my mom scowled

“You don’t bow to servants Reyna.” My mom said

“You do if the f**k up was your mistake mother.” I replied

Eva rolled her eyes and began walking away to a chair at the Royal Table. Snapping her fingers, the servants looked at her confused before she looked at them like they were stupid.

“I am the QUEEN MOTHER OF THE RED CREST KINGDOM! SERVE ME YOU IDIOTS!” Eva yelled

At this point, air blew into my mouth by itself and I started laughing. The Lovech Kingdom is gonna have a handful with my mother. Looking over to the servants that stared at me, I nodded my head and they rushed into the kitchen hoping to get food for her.

Taking a deep breath, I turned on my heels and began walking towards my room. My knees were bleeding, but I already knew how to take care of them without my mother’s help. Disinfecting it with boiled hot water and keeping it bandaged up is what kept me alive from dying of infection.

“Where are you going!” Eva yelled

“TO FIX YOUR f**k UP!” I replied referring to my knees

Hearing her chuckle, I walked out of the dining hall and into the hallway where I bumped into Syrah and James. The couple went from talking to each other, to sharpening their heads as if I said something. But nothing came out of my mouth.

“MA’AM! YOUR BLEEDING!” Syrah said as she rushed over to me

James looked panicked as his eyes focused on my knees. He frowned as he walked over to me.

“I’m fine. It’s nothing I'm not used to.” I said

“USED TO?!” The couple replied

Giving a confused smile, James picked me up in a princess carry as he looked angry at my words. Syrah looked angry as well as we all walked in silence towards my bedroom. Once we made it into the room, James sat me down carefully onto the bed and sighed.

“Run some boiling hot water and grab me some bandages.” I said to them

James squinted his eyes before nodding his head

Syrah walked into the bathroom and I heard water pouring itself down onto whatever surface it was hitting. My heart was beating regularly but my mind wasn’t correctly processing what was going on, what the hell was going on and why were they angry? I thought to myself as Syrah peaked her head out from the bathroom

“The water is hot.” She said

“Please grab a cloth, place it under the hot water, and then bring it to me.” I said in order

Syrah nodded her head before I heard a deep voice speaking.

“How did you get injured?” I heard

Glancing over to the doorway, I saw Dragnior there as his green eyes were gold. I made a disgusted face as I realized that James didn’t grab the bandages but instead the King of the palace.

“Damn James.” I mumbled to myself

Dragnior started walking over to me as Syrah came from out of the bathroom with the hot rag. Her hands were turning red as the hot rag seemed to be burning through her skin.

“Come, place it on my knees.” I said

Syrah looked at me with widened eyes as if I was crazy.

“N-No ma’am! This will burn your knees off.” She said

I gave her a blank look as motioned with my hands to bring over the rag. Syrah flinched and looked over at Dragnior before looking at me. Syrah nodded her head finally before slowly placing the super hot cloth onto my knees. Winching at the pain, I realized that it’s been a long time since I’ve had to disinfect anything on my body.

Believing that Syrah felt guilt from causing me more pain, she nodded her head at me before running away out of the bedroom and closing the door behind her.

Feeling the heat transfer back and forth from my skin to the cloth, I felt tears forming at the hot pain.

“Reyna, what happened?” Dragnior asked me

“My mom…”

Then I stopped. I have to tell Dragnior about what my mother said.

“My mom said that Aaron sent her.” I said

…

“My mom said that Aaron sent her.” Reyna said

Dragnior looked shocked at Reyna’s words. So Reyna’s mom was the Queen Mother mentioned in the letter from the Red Crest. But why is Aaron claiming Reyna’s mom as his mom? Is there something that I’m not seeing, Dragnior thought to himself

Reyna didn’t know what Dragnior was thinking, but she only hoped that the news she shared next didn't go from bad to worse.

“And she said that she wants to have an audience with the King but she also kept telling me that I should leave because it’s dangerous here due to Aaron telling her about the unnatural thing he saw me do.”

Dragnior jumped. Aaron knew it was Reyna!? Dragnior thought. As if Reyna was reading his mind, she chuckled.

“No, he doesn’t know it was me, but I am the servant that my mother is looking for, for Aaron.” Reyna replied

Dragnior’s face visibility lightened up in relief. He didn’t know what he would do if Aaron knew it was Reyna. He could’ve tried to get someone to come and kill her.

“Well do you feel like your mother is a threat?” Dragnior asked Reyna

Reyna nodded her head no.

“My mother doesn’t know that you're the King even after she saw you. We need to be one up on her just in case Aaron wants her to do an inside job of destroying everything and being a spy.” Reyna said

Dragnior nodded his head in agreement. His woman was smart and she is right as they do need to keep one step ahead of everything that Red Crest Kingdom is planning. But what exactly could they be planning?

Red Crest Kingdom

“Your Highness! We received word from Eva Rose!”

Hearing a servant call out to him, the busy King, King Aaron was in the middle of sharing his bed with a servant woman before a servant man came into the room while holding a letter, disrupting his fated time in the bedroom.

Aaron rolled his eyes, what the hell!

Getting up from off of the bed, the servant woman covered herself in front of her husband, the servant man who came to give the King the letter. The servant man bit his lip in anger at his wife sleeping shamelessly with the King as he stared at his wife. The wife that she was with for 5 years and claimed to love in life or in death.

Aaron snatched the letter away from the servant man and started reading it.

Aaron read the letter fast as he grazed the letter with his eyes. Everything started to piece itself together as Aaron started smiling.

Eva finally reached the palace and is now inside of the palace. She convinced the King to give her a room. Aaron nodded his head, now it’s time to one up Eva.

“Tell the commanders to meet me in the Throne Room. We have something to discuss.” Aaron said

Aaron processed everything that Eva sent in the letter as a lie. Even if she was telling the truth, either way, she would die in the process of being a part of this war. This war that Aaron was ready to start over a mysterious thing happening and he wanted it… A war over his wife that he didn’t even know is still alive…