Chapter 12 Nothing Seems To Go My Way.
Lily’s pov.
I could feel Sapphire's contentment seeping through every pore, her time with Hunter left her completely giddy. After Creed and I shifted back to our human forms we started to walk back to his tribe, the black rainforest tribe! To say I’m kind of nervous to meet new people, these people are important to creed.. they are his people, part of his tribe. And I am to be his queen.. I wish we were able to just be happy, be in our own little world without the worry of the threats surrounding me, and now Creed too, he didn’t ask for this and I can’t help but feel guilty that I somehow dragged him into something he didn’t deserve.
“I’m sorry creed” I say in all but a whisper but he heard me.
“Why are you sorry sweetheart?”
“You’re wrapped up in the gigantic mess I have myself in, I can’t help but feel guilty that it lies on your shoulders now too.. we have to lie to your tribe for goddess sake! We have to pretend to be someone else completely… I don’t want this creed! I'm more than proud to be your mate” there’s so much agony in my voice, saying and feeling every word I say. Creed looks at me with understanding.
“It’s okay Lily, to be scared, to be hurt. You never asked to be born though and you never asked for your parents, they made you together and brought you into this world, we just have to make it worth living, fill it with happiness, we’ll do whatever we have to do Lily, you’re worth all the chaos in the world” creed says with love in his eyes. I can’t help falling for this man, the man I only met so many days ago, the man I’ve been dreaming of since I talked to Sapphire about our fated mate.
“Creed you’re amazing I just want you to always remember that.. I hope we get to show each other just how much love we have for each other in the future.. and I hope we get to have a wonderful future together, you’re all I want in this chaotic world we live in today”
Creed and I smiled and embraced each other in a warm hug, I felt content in his arms even if it was only a minute. We continue on our journey to the tribe, to tell them I’m their king's mate. I have to disguise myself as “Chloe” as that’s the only identity I’ve really tried doing before, easier to do something you’ve already done than learning new tricks, and with the amount of powers I have to learn… I’d rather not add to my list. When we were close enough I stopped walking and let creed know I’d be changing my appearance now, and to brace himself.
I see his eyes widen the moment the change happens, when my eyes and hair colour change along with freckles speckled everywhere, along my face. A totally different person compared to my true self, I take in Creed's face, there’s the undeniable change in his posture and facial expression.
“Wow.” Is all he says at first.
“How the hell can you even do that.. it’s crazy how many powers you have; you’re just this tiny little firecracker, with all these different things that could probably wipe out an entire tribe. You continue to amaze me”
“Blessed by the goddess herself or something like that, I am also the last female dragon, dragon shifter magic is basically being carried on my back you know” I say it casually but creed can tell the burden that was placed upon me does really haunt my dreams at night. We continue our chit chat laughing and talking about basically nonsense. When we got closer to his tribe, I could see all the nice two story houses everywhere each one looking different then the next, some have bigger garages or a long driveway, compared to smaller driveways and smaller vehicles, white houses, black houses, even green and blue. Creed tells me well continue back to his office and tribe house, he tells me how he’s got the fourth floor to himself, the fifth floor is for his storage and the third and second floor are for the tribe members who lost family and don’t want to live alone or warriors who don’t have mates but want to live out of their parents houses.
“So what are you thinking about doing to introduce ‘me’ to our tribe” when I say our tribe I can see creed smile.
“I like the sound of our tribe; not my tribe. I was thinking we could just hold a small banquet or ball, I have a large grand ball on the first floor we can use or we can do it outside if you want, maybe we could do it in a weeks time or sooner if you think we can pull it off” I smile when creed finishes, thinking about someone having a ball just for me makes me giddy, but Sapphire has to remind me of something I didn’t want to think about.
‘It’s not truly us tho Lily.. we have to be disguised as Chloe.. and I won’t even be spoken about. They will think we’re just some mere witch or something, not who we really are. They will not even see your true appearance and they’ll never meet me.. not until we kill our father.’ Sapphire basically growls when she says that in my mind. Thinking about it makes my blood boil, the fact I have to kill my flesh and blood so I’m not sold like some breeding whore. Thrown to a life of carrying babies until I die. I will never let that happen, I’d rather die then be destined to live a life that tragic. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy!
“We can do whatever you want to do creed; we shouldn’t bother making it special as I won’t even be introduced as me.. it’ll be Chloe.” I can feel my anger when I speak.
Creeds smile falls a bit when he sees how angry I am again, just nothing ever seems to want to go my way.