He's not Prince Charming....

Jace Pov

It had been twenty minutes since he watched the men carry Ana off from the window. He hadn’t once moved to tell the others mainly because he feared he made the wrong choice by not fighting. There was no guarantee that she would get a trial, the king could have her killed on sight. His stomach knotted with anxiety.

The laughs from the kitchen grew closer and the rest of crew came bouncing into the living room

“Why the sour face? Someone poop in your cereal?” Lily mockingly asked pinching his cheek. Jace slapped her hand away and scowled at her idiotic question.

Taking a deep breath he prepared himself to tell them the truth. Better to get it over with sooner rather than later.

But before he could get a word out the basement door went flying off its hinges! Standing there in a sweaty rage was Seb. And boy did he look pissed. Jace had no time to wonder how he got the cuffs off because Seb came hurtling at him. The larger man tackled him hard into Cora’s coffee table that shattered under their weight.

“What’s going on?!” Simon yelled

“Seb stop it!” Marie shouted at her brother.

Seb didn’t listen and swung his fist out connecting with the side of Jace’s face. Seb was preparing to hit him again when Jace called on his natural magic. Jace held up his palm and Seb went flying across the room.

 All witches are born with what is known as natural magic; it varies on degrees by how powerful your bloodline is. It’s very addicting and the number one cause of light witches going dark. That’s why witches normally use spells and call on the earth for power.

Jace quickly got to his feet and began to chant a restraint spell instead. Once Seb shook off the crash he attempted to attack again but invisible tendrils wrapped around him holding him tightly in place. 

“Let me go witch! Where did they take her?!” Seb bellowed he was fighting very hard against his barrier and Jace was surprised at the power he had to use to hold him

“Someone please tell me what’s going on?” Simon asked exchanging looks between the two

“I’m guessing it has something to do with Ana considering she’s absent from this party” Lily jumped in saying in her usual Lily way.

“Let my brother go” Marie demanded stepping up to Jace. He wanted to but he couldn’t risk Seb attacking him again.

“He needs to calm down first” Jace bit out. His body was almost shaking with the amount of force it was requiring to restrain Seb. Not even Ana fought it this hard. Seb had a dangerous look in his eye and they appeared to be changing colors.

Marie stepped in front of Seb and place her small hand on his large chest.

“Brother please, calm down” Marie coaxed

“NO! They took her! I felt it! And he let them!” Seb asserted. The spell was breaking and Jace was afraid that soon he would have to use more natural magic to hold him. How on earth is a human this strong?

“Look we have to figure this out together but we can’t if you try to kill him. So look into my eyes big brother and relax” Maries smooth, gentle coaching did the trick.

Seb gazed and his sister and some of the tension in his body eased. It wasn’t much but a start. After a few more minutes of brother sister time Seb was no longer itching to hit him. Jace finally let his hold go and had to take a couple of deep breathes from exerting himself.  

“Alright now what’s going on? Where’s Ana?” Simon immediately questioned full of fear and worry. Now here was the really hard part. Jace glanced at each one of them before having the courage to speak. The only hope was the rest didn’t react the way Seb just did

“The king’s army abducted her about a half hour ago” He finally muttered

“WHAT?!” Everyone shouted but Seb. No the other man vying for Ana’s heart just stood back and shot death glares while the rest of them began ranting and yelling.

“Listen!” Jace shouted and interrupted all the chaos by standing in the center of the room next to the broken table. “Ana knew they were coming and she asked me to help make sure she was taken alone. For the safety of us all” he explained

“What about her safety?” Seb addressed harshly. Jace sighed running his hands threw his hair. This was such a difficult place to be in, but he had to stand by his decision. All eyes were on him, desperate for some answers.

“We will find her” Jace spoke with confidence and determination. Everyone was quiet. Lost in thoughts and fear. He couldn’t allow that. Ana was depending on him to be the glue while she was gone. It was her that brought them all together and it will not fall apart now. “Please have faith in me and each other, that we will bring her back. This isn’t the end” he added

“You want to lead us? You’re an inexperienced half witch who can’t even conjure a flame” Seb challenged him with narrowed eyes.

Jace did something he wouldn’t normally do. Calling on his natural magic he allowed a flame to burst to life in the center of his hand. Everyone around gasped; not used to seeing Jace display his magic like this. But all he could do was stare at the stone face of Seb and push the flame to grow larger. If Seb thinks he’s the only one stronger enough to protect Ana he’s in for a surprise.  

“Enough young one” Cora said gliding into the room.

From the look in her eye Jace knew she was concerned for him.  He quickly closed his fist and smothered the flame. What he just did wasn’t the way of the light witches. Only dark witches show such blunt displays of power.

Seb of course had enough and stormed out the house, slamming the door closed behind him.

“Let me go after him. I have a way with words” Lily of all people volunteered following Seb out the house. Jace wanted to punch a hole in a wall right now but he contained his anger.

He was so tired of competing with the other man. It was making him crazy and act irrationally. If this was how he felt now he could only pray the third mate never shows up.

“You know if she doesn’t choose you, you can let go” Simon said placing a hand on his shoulder. His friend must have sensed his frustration at all of this.

“What are you talking about Sy” Jace responded exhausted. He then collapsed onto the plastic cover loveseat that made loud crunching noises in response.

“I read in the book about the three loves of the pure one. Apparently Celeste went through the same thing with three mates, but she ended up choosing a witch even though she had been married to a vampire for twenty years.” Simon explained

“What three mates thing?” Marie asked before Jace could ask his question

“Uh Ana has three mates, I though everyone knew. Anyways so did her real mother. Celeste found her first two mates and married the vampire one but they never officially mated. It wasn’t for twenty years after that she found her third mate which was a witch by the way. He ended up being her true love so she dumped her husband and mated with the witch, got remarried and had two children; Arc and Ana” Simon summed up taking a seat on the couch as well. Jace raised a brow at him

“Sy, can I ask what the heck does that have to do with anything?” Jace was clearly irritated and didn’t need a history lesson from Simon right now. He rubbed his temples to soothe his building headache

“My point is if Ana doesn’t chose you and fully mates with someone else you’ll feel it but something will happen and you’ll have the choice to let your bond go or keep it. If you let go it’ll be like your freeing yourself to find another mate. Just thought you should know” Simon commented. Jace thought over it for a moment. Could he actually let go if she didn’t chose him?

“What if I don’t let go?” he wondered. Simon’s expression changed to confusion

“Then you would suffer. You would still feel as strongly as you do now but knowing she’s with someone else could make you crazy. I would hope if it came to that you would let her go. Once she’s fully mated to another it’s only broken if one of them dies.” Simon concluded watching Jace making sure his words sunk in.

Jace pondered it for a moment.

The way he felt now he knew letting her go wasn’t an option. But what if she didn’t chose him but Seb? No he wouldn’t cloud his mind with that nonsense. Seb may have a connection with her but they have history. Not the best history but he knew given the opportunity he could make it all better. Ana was his and he would bring her back.

Jace stood up pushing all mate thoughts aside and began to think of how to find Ana. The king most likely took her to his kingdom, the problem was no one knew where that could be. Most people that go there never come back.

He continued to pace the room knowing everyone was watching and waiting for what he would come up with. The one person that could tell him where they took Ana was Ana herself. That’s when a light bulb went off in his head! He stopped pacing and turned back to his friends with a gleeful expression.

“I have an idea!” He proclaimed nearly leaping in the air with excitement…

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Lily Pov

Running outside into the darkening evening was not what she wanted to do. But she felt she had to; for Ana. Seb was so explosive and Lily knew exactly why and she planned on telling him.

“Hey! Wait up!” she called after him. Seb was walking along the dirt road kicking every rock in sight. She really had to jog to catch up to him since he wouldn’t stop. Once caught up she spun him around to face her

“Lily you’re the last person I want to talk to right now” He bit out angrily. Didn’t hurt her feelings at all.

“Luck for me then because I’m the last person that wants to deal with you” Lily quipped back. Seb grunted. “Dude you need to control the testosterone and get back inside so we all can work together and get Ana back” She demanded

“You don’t know what you’re talking about” Seb sneered. He bumped past her to continue his walk down the road to nowhere. But his words really pissed her off. She may not know what she’s talking about most of the time but this wasn’t one of them times.

“SELF-CENTERED JERK!” She screamed after him. It worked. Seb stopped and came marching back right to her face. She wasn’t afraid Seb wasn’t the type of person to hurt anyone that didn’t deserve it. Unless your Jace

“What you’d call me?” he dared. Lily stood on her tippy toes so she could almost look him in the eye.

“You. Are. A. Self. Centered. Jerk!” She said every word slowly so he knew he wasn’t the only one angry right now.

“You know nothing about me or any of us for that matter” Seb countered folding his arms in that dominate way. Lily couldn’t help the dry laugh that erupted from her. People always doubted her but she was more than ready to lay it out for him plain and simple.  

“Ha! I know nothing! I’m on the outside looking in Seb! I see everything that you all refuse to acknowledge. Like the fact that Ana hasn’t accepted who she is. Jace is afraid of his own power. He only did that fire thing because you pushed him! And Simon is going through the motions that everything is okay and he’s taking it all in but really he’s freaking out inside! The nerd is scared shitless! Oh and your sister is so strong but doesn’t know how to step out of your shadow and prove herself! Mainly because you won’t let her! Plus she has thing for Simon who clearly feels the same way about her! But they are both too shy and scared to tell each other! Damn it!” Lily’s loud ranted ended and she was now breathing heavily. She had to place her hand on her knees to calm herself.

“So you got the others all pegged. But not me” Seb declared. Lily straightened up.

“Oh no I saved the best for last. Your biggest problem is your in love and you have no clue what to do about it. It’s so intense and unfamiliar that you wrongly channel it into anger” She concluded.

“That’s not true” He replied but it was himself he was trying to convince

“You’re in love Seb. Hot, raw, passionate, all-consuming love that people like me dream of!” Lily declared “Tell me I’m wrong?” She pushed but from the look on his face she knew he wouldn’t. His arms dropped and he huffed a sigh.

“It’s hard! And when I think of what she could be going through right now I have to fight myself not to go into a rage and destroy everything in my path to find her!” Seb admitted with a slight glow to his eyes. For the first time since she met him, Seb looked afraid. But she knew it was Ana and not himself.

“I know but you can’t run off alone like this. We need you and we have to stick together and come up with a plan if we are to find her” Lily reasoned. Seb nodded in agreement and she was so proud of herself for being able to pull him out the anger cloud.

“Want to hold hands and skip back?” She suggested with a smile. Seb rose a brow before chuckling a little. It was nice to hear him laugh even though it only lasted a second

“No, but we can race instead?” He offered with a half-smile. Lily shrugged feeling she would take what little fun she could get. But she hated losing and knew she was going to cheat some way.  

“Ok. But I have something else I need to tell you” She admitted

“What?” Seb asked curiously rolling his neck and loosening his shoulders. Lily copied him and also added a couple fake lunges. She had to stop though because flexibility wasn’t her strong point.

“Tell you after the race” She finally answered. Thy lined up on the dirt road preparing for the race

“On the count of three” Lily started “One…………….Two…………I think you’re a werewolf……….Three!” she yelled taking off towards the house. Seb wasn’t running and she knew her bombshell announcement worked as the perfect distraction….

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Ana Pov

“Welcome to hell!” Talon announced. The only thing I could do was hiss at him. If only there was a way to break these bars so I could break his neck.

“I’ve been in hell since the day I met you! By the way how’s my sister? I sneered. This animal has turned my sister into a vampire and brainwashed her to kill me. He better pray they kill me soon

“I don’t know. After the bitch ratted out your whereabouts, the elite imprisoned me” Talon retorted.

The wounded vampire carefully sat back down on the ground. For some reason he wasn’t healing at the normal speed. Whatever he was stabbed with must have deadly. I mulled over what he said about my sister ‘ratting’ me out. It’s a fact he’s a liar but that lie doesn’t seem farfetched considering the type of person Kim is.

“You should prepare yourself for torture. They took Marcos a few hours ago. I’m sure now that you’re here they’ll want you before me” Talon suggested.

So they had Marcos? Damn the king doesn’t waste time with a threat. But whatever Marcos had planned doesn’t involve me. For one he never even told me he wanted to kill the king. And for two I was kidnaped! No free will, until I escaped, even after I’m still feeling trapped. Ironic since my current environment is a cell.

“Torture? But this is all a misunderstanding. I’m not in league with you and Marcos” I protested. Geez someone needs to listen to the truth here!

“Ha! Good luck proving it. My advice don’t sure weakness, it might keep you alive longer” Talon advised laying on his back. It was clear he was done talking, probably to concentrate on healing.

My feet carried my body in an angry pace across the small room. If he was telling the truth I’m in big trouble. Never had torture come to mind. Marcos was an ass who kept me locked up but he didn’t out right torture me! Unless I tried to escape and then would get shot a couple times, but that’s nothing compared to torture. My mind raced with all the possibilities of things they could do.

 The moment of truth came when four guards appear at my cell. I sized them up. Most likely I could take them out but then what? It’s too risky trying to flee just yet. They entered the chamber and immediately began to shackle me again. Testing the strength of the cuffs, it was obvious platinum was used due to the slight burning I felt

“Die slow for me!” Talon piped up to add as the vamps ushered me by. I so badly wanted to throw a bolt at him and end his miserable existence but I refrained myself.

Five minutes later they shackled me in the center of a large white room. Almost like the ones in mental hospital. Wonder if that’s supposed to add to the fear? Talon was right about not showing weakness. If I did it would only make things more difficult for me. Considering vampires pride themselves on being strong and showing no mercy for the weak. After my clothes were stripped the hell began…

Strike after strike two guards whipped me mercilessly. They never asked a single question. Every strike burned like acid. It was worse than any platinum I’ve ever felt. My wounds were healing but the more they struck me the slower they healed. The whips were weakening me…

I don’t know how long it went on before I heard the loud clicking of heels approaching. But it was getting close to the point of my hyping out and destroying this place. My rage was peaking and I knew soon they would all know exactly what I’m capable of...

“State your name!” a female commanded with cold unfeeling voice. Was she serious? They brought me in here and beat me and the first thing they want to know is my name! A dark laugh bubbled from my lips.

“Kiss my ass” I barked back. My patience was gone. Soon I would kill everyone in this room.

Suddenly a chill crept over me, a presence of some sort. It was quickly forgotten when the scorching pain of the chains connected against my skin. The howl of pain was enough to drive me mad. I turned my head intent on focusing on my power, when my eyes lock with a glowing red pair...

The air buzzed around us and not from my kinetic talent. The eyes belonged to the most alluring and dangerously dark sexy vampire I’d ever seen. His stylish dark hair, red eyes, barely there scuff and strong jaw lines made him mouthwatering. He was dressed in all black; covering what I knew to be a body of perfection. This vampire had a darkness about him, but he made it look good. My body ached for him.

Another lashing had me screaming but not from pain. From the realization that I was actually desiring him like he was my ma-

My thoughts were interrupted by the red hot rage that over took him. I could actual feel his anger. I watched stunned as he snatched up the nearest guard by his throat and then ripped his heart out! He dropped the lifeless body to the ground and turned his rage on the other one. The vampire dropped his whip and held is hands up in surrender, but it was too late. In a second he shoved the other vamps black heart down his throat and then picked up his whip and strangled him with it until his head tore off. It was ruthless.

 After he was done with the men he slowly walked back to me. All I could do was stare full of shock and confusion. The dark vampire gently ran his bloody finger down my face only whispering one word…

“Mate…” he spoke so soft I could barely hear it. But the one four letter word changed everything. It sent all my senses crashing down in a panic.

He was my third mate. No it couldn’t be! Who is he?

“Excuse me Prince Cassius, but what the hell are you doing?!” The female vampire asked voice extremely hostile

“Gwen, get someone to remove these chains from my mate now! Before I kill someone else” He demanded back with a deep authority voice. Wait, did she call him Prince?

The female vampire, Gwen scoffed but did as was told and in seconds guard members unleased me. My body collapsed but before I could hit the cold tile, the dark sexy vampire scooped me into his arms.

“Wh-who are you?” I asked not taking my eyes from his red ones. He smiled down at me.

“I am Prince Cassius. Next vampire king, but to you I’m your mate love” The prince answered sounding so sure of himself. But I was freaking out internally.

Holy shit! The prince is my third mate! This can’t be happening! All of the chaos must have been too much on my weak body because not a second later I blacked out…

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I don’t know how long I was out but without opening my eyes I knew I wasn’t in my cell. My body was on a plush mattress so soft it was like laying on laying on a cloud

“Are your sure she is your mate?” the voice I already recognized as the cold vampire Gwen asked with obvious disbelief and disgust.

“I already told you Gwen she is the one” Cassius replied in an even tone. The bed dipped beside me and soon I felt his hand slowly caressing my face and hair.

“It’s just unbelievable that she show up now! Not to mention she is a traitor for plotting the death of your father” Gwen accused. It was clear she didn’t like me one bit. Maybe I should let them know I was awake but curiosity of what they might say next held me still.

“Any crime she may have committed beforehand will be forgiven because she is my mate. Now go arrange a meeting with my father so I can personally deliver the news” Cassius spoke leaving no room for argument. I could hear her huff as she stormed from the room. Something tells me she is going to be trouble.

“You can stop pretending to sleep love” He said amused. My eyes shot open and instantly connected with his red ones. The same intensity I get when I look and Seb and Jace happened. The mate sparks flew all around us and it was hard not be consumed by them.

“Your eyes are remarkable. How are they blue?” He asked curiously. That simple question made me remember why this couldn’t happen. He was the Prince! Technically I was supposed to kill him and his family. Not to mention his crazy grandfather killed mine! Damn it! Fate has a funny way of fucking up my life. I hurriedly flipped from the bed, needing some distance.

“Don’t be afraid nothing will harm you now that you’re my mate” Cassius insisted taking his shirt off. My jaw dropped at the sexy perfectly defined abs. He was gorgeous

“Wh-what are you doing?” I gulped realizing for the first time I was in his black dress shirt and nothing else. Thank goodness he was tall and the shirt reached to my mid-thigh.

“I wanted to wait but I must have you now! Get in the bed so we can make love” He purred, red eyes glowing. And damn it if I didn’t almost obey him. It was sheer will that kept me rooted to the far wall.

I have to get out of here!

Panic climbed up my throat but not from fear, from the desire I had to sleep with him. Images of his hands all over my body had me growing wet between my thighs. What the hell? I tried to shake it off

“You like what you seeing love? Come here and I can make it real” Cassius tempted laying on the bed like the prince he was.

“Can you read my mind or something?” I asked. I sure hope not because my thoughts are very naughty for some reason

“Or something” he boasted. I tilted my head puzzled by his response “I planted those images in your mind. One of my many talents, now come here love I don’t want to have to come over there. Or do I?” he teased sexily. Damn! It was so hard not to be turned on by him. This vampire was not prince charming but something else entirely.

But after knowing he has some sort of ability I questioned if what I was feeling was my own doing or his...

Without warning he had dashed from the bed and was now inching closer to me…

I took matching steps backwards until I hit the wall…nowhere to go…

The prince smirked….and it looked so damn good on him….in a sexy bad boy way

He was closer now…so close his whisky breath fanned against my face…

Cassius lips were moving…I knew he was saying something to me but I couldn’t hear a word...

All I could do was watch those plump pink lips and fantasize about them on places on my

body I’ve never explored…What’s happening to me?

He slowly tilted my head to the side and exposed my neck. Cassius then dragged his tongue from my ear to the curve in my neck… My body shivered in response...

I couldn’t take it any longer…

I wanted him…..

Bad….

And I was going to get him…

NOW……..

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