The Hidden Princess

Training day #1

Everyone was up early for training.  The sun was warm, and the sky was blue as they headed out to an open field where Angela would have space to try out her powers.  Nobody was really sure what she could do.  She seemed to have this electric power, fire power, waterpower, great speed, an uncanny ability to sense something coming, intuition and strength. 

Adden and Angela broke off from the rest of them, he wanted to take her to a quiet spot and work on controlling her earth powers.  She had started the bed on fire, almost caved in her bedroom, and overflowed her bathtub all in the last day.  Everyone decided that it was best if she got control of that aspect of her powers.

They sat facing each other in a quiet open space with tree surrounding them.  Adden taught her to look inside herself and see her powers almost as waterfalls inside her mind that she could turn on and turn off at will.  First, they worked on feeling her powers, letting them come to the surface but not letting them out.  Adden had to dodge a few fireballs but she eventually learned to not let them out.  Then they worked on controlling each aspect.  Why would she use her waterpower versus her electric powers and so on?  She was able to finally have the ability to play with her powers, moving fireballs to where she wanted them and bringing them back to her.  She was able to send different levels of electric powers through her skin or around her space.  She still had a hard time throwing it without too much power.

Lilith eventually came forward and showed her how to control her electric powers since they are from her.  She also reviled that she could make herself invisible for a short time, long enough to move a fair distance.  They worked on that.  Adden liked Lilith, she was a fair-minded dragon and those were few and far between.  He found it peculiar that she had lavender eyes like him, but he knows he had no dragon blood in him lineage.

“I am from you.” Lilith was reading his minds thoughts. “Many generations ago I fell in love with a fairy, a peasant.  We were going to run away when we were caught, and he was killed.  We had one child to which I was able to pass my bloodline on and she was sent to be with the royal family.  They wanted a dragon hybrid in their lineage.  I was kept in a dungeon because they knew that my child would die without me. I demanded that she never show her dragon blood to anyone ever and that is how it remained until now.  Angela has something in her and it makes me feel like everything was worth it. We are a trio of good in a world that needs us terribly. We will not fail.” And with that Lilith bowed her head and she was gone.

Adden was bit stunned by her story but had no reason not to believe it.  He did have her eyes; he was saddened that they could be so cruel to each other.  “Okay I think we should set up some targets and practice your accuracy.” He said as Angela continued to play with a small fireball going from hand to hand and around her body. 

Cladd and Emmaline came running up to them, it was break time for them and they wanted to watch Angela practice.  They had been practicing running, jumping and sword fighting.  With him being a knight in the human world he ended up being a good teacher.  They helped set up targets for her to practice with.  Angela was able to hit all her targets with great accuracy from standing.  Flying was different story, however.  She had difficulty focusing on both flying and tossing out her powers.  Lilith came back to the surface and took control of her wings with her and they she was unstoppable.  They were a great team. 

The sun was setting, and it was time to head back in.  Everyone was hungry and tired.  They made up a lot of ground.  As they walked back Cladd took Angela’s hand and smiled at her, he had missed her all day.  Adden walked next to Emmaline and she made no attempt to touch him she just seemed happy to be walking next to him.  He noted that he had missed her while they were apart today, and it gave him a rush of energy to be standing next to her.  He reached out and offered his hand to her, she looked up at him with her big blue eyes and smiled and took it like she had done it before.  They were quiet as they walked together but Adden could feel the bond pull getting stronger and deeper. He heard a whisper from deep inside him “Fear not my Son, things are as they should be.”

Dinner was full of laughs as Adden recounted his near fatal interactions with Angela today.  Everyone was feeling better about her using her hands now not fearing for their lives.  Marta sat and watched this tidy group of people that cared deeply about each other.  Here in this realm, they have the mating bond to bring people together but in the human world they have love.  Love draws people to each other and allows them to care deeply for each other without the demands of the mating bond.  It is like this delicate, invisible bond that, with care, can be the strongest entity in all the realms.  And here she was seeing it in action flowing from person to person. 

Everyone retired to their rooms.  Adden stopped with Emmaline outside her room and she turned and looked up at him.  She wanted to kiss him terribly, she felt so close to him, but she was going to let him take the lead.  She said she would wait, and she meant it.  “Well, good night.” She said as she opened the door and began walking in. 

“May I join you?” Adden asked as wanted to respect her space.

“I would love that.” Emmaline did not leave anything to question with her big smile and excitement in her words.  She wanted him to know that she was open to him, always.  She moved over to allow him to enter.  She turned to close the door behind him and when she turned back, he was standing right in front of her, his eyes a light, almost glowing, purple and she could feel his heartbeat. 

He reached out and pulled her close taking her breath away.  He took in her scent as he caressed her face with his fingers just looking deep in her eyes.  He did not say anything, he just stared at her for a bit and then gently brought his lips to hers and she willingly accepted them.  She brought her arms around his neck and opened her lips to allow him to explore her and she was hungry for him.  He pushed up her against the door that was behind her and lifted her up to his height and she held herself there by putting her legs around his waist.  She could feel that he was excited for her and she was sure he could feel the heat coming from her.  She began rotating her pelvis into him while they were kissing.  

He lifted from the wall and carried her to the bed, he was getting hungrier and hungrier for her, he was starting to feel out of control.  He pulled back and stood up from the bed looking down at her.  He took a deep breath looked away from her closing his eyes. 

“Adden, come to me.” She whispered in a gentle voice as she reached her hand out to him. “We can just hold each other.”  She patted the bed next to her inviting him in.

He felt in more control and took off his jacket and laid down next to her, she scooped him up in her arms and laid his head on her chest and she played with his hair.  She loved just having him close, she just felt whole with him nearby.  He reached around and pulled her close to him and she could feel him relax and soon they were both asleep.

Adden woke up first, he could feel Emmaline breathing under his head.  He loved it.  He just laid there and listened to her breathing and feeling her arms around him.  He wanted to make her his and it seemed that she could feel his thoughts because she began to shift while waking up and soon her beautiful blue eyes were looking at him. 

He reached up and started kissing her, their kiss grew in passion and soon his hands were floating all over her body.  Removing her cloths, he was touching her everywhere until she was totally nude. He stood up from the bed and got himself undressed and they laid between her legs and pulled her in for a kiss.  Her breaths were quick, and her heartbeat was racing in her chest. “Do you want this?” He asked gently.

“More than anything.” She said back breathlessly, and she could feel him enter her, she lifted up her pelvis to match his.  She felt like she was going to start on fire when he filled her with himself and soon, they were dancing together a beautiful lovers dance.  Together they climaxed and he kissed her passionately as they finished. He rested himself down on her chest and she began stroking his back.

“I am yours and you are mine.” He whispered into her neck. He had so many emotions swirling around his head, he was not totally sure he was ready for such an action, but it definitely let him know that he could be in love with her.  He felt an undeniable need for her, it may not have been as formidable as his need for Delilah, but it seemed to be building in strength to be stronger.

“I am yours and you are mine.” She whispered back to him smiling to herself.  She knew that their bond was sealed now, and nothing could break it, but it seemed like more than that.  She had this swirling down in the pit of her stomach that it was going to be so much more than that.

Both of them pulled back to reality with a hard knock on the door.  “It’s time for our morning meal and then training again you sleepy heads.” They both heard Angela on the other side of the door.  They smiled at each other and cleaned up and got dressed for the day.  He watched her get dressed and she took his breath away.

“What are these scars from?” He asked.

“My parents, they hated me.  I left home when I was about 8 years old and I have lived in the woods ever since then.” She said so matter of fact and he was stunned.

“No one will ever treat you that way again, I promise.” Adden could think of nothing else to say.

“Thank you.” She looked over at him fully dressed “We better get to the morning meal.”