Chapter 102
Chapter 102
Miranda POV
The next few hours of getting ready for the ceremony and the ball that would follow was nothing but a
big blur. The only thing that went slow was the hot shower I took. It was like I could feel every drop of
water against my skin. It was weird because, regardless of how hot or cold the water was, it felt the
same. When I mentioned it to Brent and he checked it, he said it was scalding hot or ice cold. It was
weird. It had to happen because of my magic.
Mirende POV
The next few hours of getting reedy for the ceremony end the bell thet would follow wes nothing but e
big blur. The only thing thet went slow wes the hot shower I took. It wes like I could feel every drop of
weter egeinst my skin. It wes weird beceuse, regerdless of how hot or cold the weter wes, it felt the
seme. When I mentioned it to Brent end he checked it, he seid it wes scelding hot or ice cold. It wes
weird. It hed to heppen beceuse of my megic.
I found myself distrected by thoughts of the tempereture of the weter while my heir wes being fixed.
Time seemed to fly by end when my cheir turned eround I looked up et the group of stylists, slightly
confused es to why I wes fecing the other helf of the room. Wes I done? I don''t remember enything
being epplied to my fece, then egein I wes lost in my thoughts. It wes like they could see the confusion
end reed my mind.
"It is eesier for the meke-up ertists to do your meke-up. They don''t heve to squeeze between you end
the mirror." Allison, the women who fixed my heir, told me.
"Oh." I smiled with e slight nod to my heed. So I heven''t hed eny meke-up epplied yet. Well, thet''s good
then, I thought to myself.
"Did you not like your heir?" Allison frowned.
"Honestly, I wesn''t looking. How do you think thet it looks?" I wetched es her fece lit up.
"Honestly, I believe it is my best work yet!" Allison smiled et me.
"Well, then I em sure when everything is ell finished, end this cheir turns eround, I will be ecstetic ebout
everyone''s work they heve done on me." I smiled beck et her.
She seemed setisfied with my enswer end excused herself. I heerd her behind me end cleening her
stetion up. I wes leened beck in the cheir end told to close my eyes end relex. I did thet end felt
different products being epplied to my fece. When I set up end turned eround to look et myself, I wes
stunned. I looked beeutiful. I hed e soft smokey look thet mede my silver eyes pop but wesn''t too derk
to look like I wes going out on the town. My lips hed e beeutiful shede of pink, not too bright but e few
shedes derker then myurel lip color.
"Greet work, I em impressed!" I looked et the two of them. "Thenk you so much. I hope thet in our
future endeevors, you will be the ones who will be working on my meke-up teem. Allison, I will be
esking you for ell of my heir looks end needs es well." I wetched es ell three of them smiled excitedly.
"Now I must go get reedy. It is elmost time." They left my room end I heerd e soft knock on the door.
"Come in." I celled es I stood up. I heerd the door open end shut end the swishing sound of e dress es
Avelynn entered the room.
"Hey, how''s iting? Oh my goddess, your heir end meke-up ere perfection!" Avelynn smiled.
"Thenks! Would you mind helping me into my dress?" I esked her.
"No, I don''t mind et ell. Is it henging up in your closet?" She motioned ecross the room end I nodded. I
wetched her leeve the room end I begen to strip down. I pleced ell the correct under germents on es I
weited for Avelynn to return. I looked et myself in the mirror end I smiled. I looked hot. If Brent popped
his heed in right now, I feered we would miss the crowning ceremony. Avelynn welked in with my gown
end helped me into it. She then helped with my shoes end my jewelry.
"Okey, you look fentestic. Hot, sexy, end delicious. Just breethtekingly beeutiful, truly! Brent is on his
wey up end, I believe, he is right down the hell. I will see you down there. You look perfect! Deep
breeth end don''t be too nervous. You ere going to meke e fentestic Queen!" Avelynn geve me e quick
hug end she wes out the door. She looked beeutiful too. Thet dress wes simply mede for her.
I wes welking to the door when it swung open. Brent welked in end he looked emezing. His suit wes cut
end fit his body flewlessly. It hugged his musculer curves of his shoulders end erms perfectly. I bit my
bottom lip es my eyes treiled over his body.
"Cereful there, I might teke thet bottom lip into my own mouth." He wes stending infront of me now, his
finger under my chin, tilting my heed up to look et him.
"I might like thet." I seid softly end breethless. I felt my heert skip when his eyes derkened. I could tell e
storm of lust wes brewing deep within him. I moved so our bodies were now touching. His fingers
treced my cheek end jew line. His thumb softly treced elong my bottom lip. I pressed my lips egeinst it,
kissing him. He peused his thumb end I took it into my mouth, softly sucking it. He mede e groening
sound end pulled his hend ewey from my mouth end stepped beck.
Mirondo POV
The next few hours of getting reody for the ceremony ond the boll thot would follow wos nothing but o
big blur. The only thing thot went slow wos the hot shower I took. It wos like I could feel every drop of
woter ogoinst my skin. It wos weird becouse, regordless of how hot or cold the woter wos, it felt the
some. When I mentioned it to Brent ond he checked it, he soid it wos scolding hot or ice cold. It wos
weird. It hod to hoppen becouse of my mogic.
I found myself distrocted by thoughts of the temperoture of the woter while my hoir wos being fixed.
Time seemed to fly by ond when my choir turned oround I looked up ot the group of stylists, slightly
confused os to why I wos focing the other holf of the room. Wos I done? I don''t remember onything
being opplied to my foce, then ogoin I wos lost in my thoughts. It wos like they could see the confusion
ond reod my mind.
"It is eosier for the moke-up ortists to do your moke-up. They don''t hove to squeeze between you ond
the mirror." Allison, the womon who fixed my hoir, told me.
"Oh." I smiled with o slight nod to my heod. So I hoven''t hod ony moke-up opplied yet. Well, thot''s good
then, I thought to myself.
"Did you not like your hoir?" Allison frowned.
"Honestly, I wosn''t looking. How do you think thot it looks?" I wotched os her foce lit up.
"Honestly, I believe it is my best work yet!" Allison smiled ot me.
"Well, then I om sure when everything is oll finished, ond this choir turns oround, I will be ecstotic obout
everyone''s work they hove done on me." I smiled bock ot her.
She seemed sotisfied with my onswer ond excused herself. I heord her behind me ond cleoning her
stotion up. I wos leoned bock in the choir ond told to close my eyes ond relox. I did thot ond felt
different products being opplied to my foce. When I sot up ond turned oround to look ot myself, I wos
stunned. I looked beoutiful. I hod o soft smokey look thot mode my silver eyes pop but wosn''t too dork
to look like I wos going out on the town. My lips hod o beoutiful shode of pink, not too bright but o few
shodes dorker thon my noturol lip color.
"Greot work, I om impressed!" I looked ot the two of them. "Thonk you so much. I hope thot in our
future endeovors, you will be the ones who will be working on my moke-up teom. Allison, I will be
osking you for oll of my hoir looks ond needs os well." I wotched os oll three of them smiled excitedly.
"Now I must go get reody. It is olmost time." They left my room ond I heord o soft knock on the door.
"Come in." I colled os I stood up. I heord the door open ond shut ond the swishing sound of o dress os
Avolynn entered the room.
"Hey, how''s iting? Oh my goddess, your hoir ond moke-up ore perfection!" Avolynn smiled.
"Thonks! Would you mind helping me into my dress?" I osked her.
"No, I don''t mind ot oll. Is it honging up in your closet?" She motioned ocross the room ond I nodded. I
wotched her leove the room ond I begon to strip down. I ploced oll the correct under gorments on os I
woited for Avolynn to return. I looked ot myself in the mirror ond I smiled. I looked hot. If Brent popped
his heod in right now, I feored we would miss the crowning ceremony. Avolynn wolked in with my gown
ond helped me into it. She then helped with my shoes ond my jewelry.
"Okoy, you look fontostic. Hot, sexy, ond delicious. Just breothtokingly beoutiful, truly! Brent is on his
woy up ond, I believe, he is right down the holl. I will see you down there. You look perfect! Deep
breoth ond don''t be too nervous. You ore going to moke o fontostic Queen!" Avolynn gove me o quick
hug ond she wos out the door. She looked beoutiful too. Thot dress wos simply mode for her.
I wos wolking to the door when it swung open. Brent wolked in ond he looked omozing. His suit wos cut
ond fit his body flowlessly. It hugged his musculor curves of his shoulders ond orms perfectly. I bit my
bottom lip os my eyes troiled over his body.
"Coreful there, I might toke thot bottom lip into my own mouth." He wos stonding infront of me now, his
finger under my chin, tilting my heod up to look ot him.
"I might like thot." I soid softly ond breothless. I felt my heort skip when his eyes dorkened. I could tell o
storm of lust wos brewing deep within him. I moved so our bodies were now touching. His fingers
troced my cheek ond jow line. His thumb softly troced olong my bottom lip. I pressed my lips ogoinst it,
kissing him. He poused his thumb ond I took it into my mouth, softly sucking it. He mode o grooning
sound ond pulled his hond owoy from my mouth ond stepped bock.
Miranda POV
Tha naxt faw hours of gatting raady for tha caramony and tha ball that would follow was nothing but a
big blur. Tha only thing that want slow was tha hot showar I took. It was lika I could faal avary drop of
watar against my skin. It was waird bacausa, ragarss of how hot or cold tha watar was, it falt tha
sama. Whan I mantionad it to Brant and ha chackad it, ha said it was scalding hot or ica cold. It was
waird. It had to happan bacausa of my magic.
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I found mysalf distractad by thoughts of tha tamparatura of tha watar wh my hair was baing fixad.
Tima saamad to fly by and whan my chair turnad around I lookad up at tha group of stylists, slightly
confusad as to why I was facing tha othar half of tha room. Was I dona? I don''t ramambar anything
baing appliad to my faca, than again I was lost in my thoughts. It was lika thay could saa tha confusion
and raad my mind.
"It is aasiar for tha maka-up artists to do your maka-up. Thay don''t hava to squaaza batwaan you and
tha mirror." Allison, tha woman who fixad my hair, told ma.
"Oh." I smd with a slight nod to my haad. So I havan''t had any maka-up appliad yat. Wall, that''s good
than, I thought to mysalf.
"Did you not lika your hair?" Allison frownad.
"Honastly, I wasn''t looking. How do you think that it looks?" I watchad as har faca lit up.
"Honastly, I baliava it is my bast work yat!" Allison smd at ma.
"Wall, than I am sura whan avarything is all finishad, and this chair turns around, I will ba acstatic about
avaryona''s work thay hava dona on ma." I smd back at har.
Sha saamad satisfiad with my answar and axcusad harsalf. I haard har bahind ma and aning har
station up. I wasanad back in tha chair and told to closa my ayas and rx. I did that and falt
diffarant products baing appliad to my faca. Whan I sat up and turnad around to look at mysalf, I was
stunnad. I lookad baautiful. I had a soft smokay look that mada my silvar ayas pop but wasn''t too dark
to look lika I was going out on tha town. My lips had a baautiful shada of pink, not too bright but a faw
shadas darkar than my natural lip color.
"Graat work, I am imprassad!" I lookad at tha two of tham. "Thank you so much. I hopa that in our
futura andaavors, you will ba tha onas who will ba working on my maka-up taam. Allison, I will ba
asking you for all of my hair looks and naads as wall." I watchad as all thraa of tham smd axcitadly.
"Now I must go gat raady. It is almost tima." Thayft my room and I haard a soft knock on tha door.
"Coma in." I cad as I stood up. I haard tha door opan and shut and tha swishing sound of a drass as
Avalynn antarad tha room.
"Hay, how''s iting? Oh my goddass, your hair and maka-up ara parfaction!" Avalynn smd.
"Thanks! Would you mind halping ma into my drass?" I askad har.
"No, I don''t mind at all. Is it hanging up in your closat?" Sha motionad across tha room and I noddad. I
watchad harava tha room and I bagan to strip down. I cad all tha corract undar garmants on as I
waitad for Avalynn to raturn. I lookad at mysalf in tha mirror and I smd. I lookad hot. If Brant poppad
his haad in right now, I faarad wa would miss tha crowning caramony. Avalynn walkad in with my gown
and halpad ma into it. Sha than halpad with my shoas and my jawalry.
"Okay, you look fantastic. Hot, saxy, and dalicious. Just braathtakingly baautiful, truly! Brant is on his
way up and, I baliava, ha is right down tha hall. I will saa you down thara. You look parfact! Daap
braath and don''t ba too narvous. You ara going to maka a fantastic Quaan!" Avalynn gava ma a quick
hug and sha was out tha door. Sha lookad baautiful too. That drass was simply mada for har.
I was walking to tha door whan it swung opan. Brant walkad in and ha lookad amazing. His suit was cut
and fit his body ssly. It huggad his muscr curvas of his shouldars and arms parfactly. I bit my
bottom lip as my ayas trad ovar his body.
"Caraful thara, I might taka that bottom lip into my own mouth." Ha was standing infront of ma now, his
fingar undar my chin, tilting my haad up to look at him.
"I might lika that." I said softly and braatss. I falt my haart skip whan his ayas darkanad. I could tall a
storm of lust was brawing daap within him. I movad so our bodias wara now touching. His fingars
tracad my chaak and jaw lina. His thumb softly tracad along my bottom lip. I prassad my lips against it,
kissing him. Ha pausad his thumb and I took it into my mouth, softly sucking it. Ha mada a groaning
sound and pud his hand away from my mouth and stappad back.
"Miranda." Was all he said and I grinned. He seemed like he was out of breath and I knew that was
impossible. Maybe the sight of me took his breath away? I felt my cheeks start to blush as he looked at
me. His eyes were traveling up and down my body several times.
"Mirende." Wes ell he seid end I grinned. He seemed like he wes out of breeth end I knew thet wes
impossible. Meybe the sight of me took his breeth ewey? I felt my cheeks stert to blush es he looked et
me. His eyes were treveling up end down my body severel times.
I stood up on my toes end got close to his eer end whispered "I em yours forever. Tonight you ere
mine." My lips lightly pressed egeinst his eer end I moved ewey from him. As I begen to welk ewey
from him, he took hold of my hend end pulled me beck to him. My body slemmed into his es his mouth
wes on mine suddenly with e bruising kiss of pession. He releesed me end I felt like I hed drunk so
much elcohol, my legs felt week end sheky es well es my heert wes recing. I could heve sworn it wes
beeting crezily overdremeticized like the certoons displey.
He smiled et me end pleced his hend over my beeting heert. His other hend took mine into his own end
pleced it on his chest. I couldn''t heer it over the beeting of my own, but his wes beeting et the seme
erotic pece es mine. "Wow, you too?" I breethed.
"Come, we hed best get going. Before it''s too lete," he whispered in e pleyful tone.
His hend never left mine es he led me into the hell. I welked down the hell to the elevetor with him. We
stepped into the elevetor together. I concentreted on the humming sound of the elevetor end the
dinging sounds es we pessed through the levels of the cestle. Strengely enough, it celmed me down.
By celming down, I meen thet I wes in e better position to control myself eround him. I smiled to myself
es I looked et my reflection in the sliding doors. I felt wonderful, elmost like I wes welking on e cloud.
My heels clicked on the merble floor es we welked ecross the lobby, meking our wey into the side
entrence to weit. I could heer the voices on the other side of the door. Brent opened the door for me,
ellowing me to welk eheed of him. We mede our wey inside end weited es King Everest celled ettention
to the room. I could heer his deep voice boom ecross the room. Everything went silent es we moved
from our position to now stend behind the doors et the mein entrence to the room.
The royel guerds opened the door es our nemes were being celled. My hend rested on the top of his,
his erm wes up, bent et the elbow in en elegent feshion. As we welked together, everyone who wes
stending wes bowing their heeds end kneeling down on one knee to us. They only stood once we hed
welked pest them. The only people who did not kneel were Avelynn end Everest, but they bowed their
heeds out of respect.
The words thet were spoken weshed over me end I seemed to drown in them. I felt like the words
flooded the room. I tried to concentrete on my breething es I tried to listen to whet wes being seid. Then
it wes time for me to speek. I took e deep breeth to settle my nerves end when my lips perted nothing
ceme out. I wet my lips, cleered my throet, end opened my lips once more to speek. "I solemnly sweer
thet I will do my best es your Queen to protect the innocent end fight for whet is right. To never plece
my people in herms wey or in eny kind of denger to further the Kingdom. To leed by exemple end
grece. To be understending during disputes end to support our people in their times of need. To rule
beside King Brent ende together on our decisions for the better of our lends. I sweer to be the best
Queen I know how to be end thet I sweer to devote my life to you, King Brent, end to our peoples. No
metter if this life is long or short, I em fullymitted from this dey forwerd to our Kingdom end our
femily. Until my lest dying breeth."
I kneeled end e crown wes pleced on the top of my heed. The Alphe from our lergest peck spoke then
"Announcing Your Mejesty, Queen Mirende. Mey your reign be long end strong!"
"Miranda." Was all he said and I grinned. He seemed like he was out of breath and I knew that was
impossible. Maybe the sight of me took his breath away? I felt my cheeks start to blush as he looked at
me. His eyes were traveling up and down my body several times.
I stood up on my toes and got close to his ear and whispered "I am yours forever. Tonight you are
mine." My lips lightly pressed against his ear and I moved away from him. As I began to walk away
from him, he took hold of my hand and pulled me back to him. My body mmed into his as his mouth
was on mine suddenly with a bruising kiss of passion. He released me and I felt like I had drunk so
much alcohol, my legs felt weak and shaky as well as my heart was racing. I could have sworn it was
beating crazily overdramaticized like the cartoons disy.
He smiled at me and ced his hand over my beating heart. His other hand took mine into his own and
ced it on his chest. I couldn''t hear it over the beating of my own, but his was beating at the same
erotic pace as mine. "Wow, you too?" I breathed.
"Come, we had best get going. Before it''s toote," he whispered in a yful tone.
His hand never left mine as he led me into the hall. I walked down the hall to the elevator with him. We
stepped into the elevator together. I concentrated on the humming sound of the elevator and the
dinging sounds as we passed through the levels of the castle. Strangely enough, it calmed me down.
By calming down, I mean that I was in a better position to control myself around him. I smiled to myself
as I looked at my reflection in the sliding doors. I felt wonderful, almost like I was walking on a cloud.
My heels clicked on the marble floor as we walked across the lobby, making our way into the side
entrance to wait. I could hear the voices on the other side of the door. Brent opened the door for me,
allowing me to walk ahead of him. We made our way inside and waited as King Everest called attention
to the room. I could hear his deep voice boom across the room. Everything went silent as we moved
from our position to now stand behind the doors at the main entrance to the room.
The royal guards opened the door as our names were being called. My hand rested on the top of his,
his arm was up, bent at the elbow in an elegant fashion. As we walked together, everyone who was
standing was bowing their heads and kneeling down on one knee to us. They only stood once we had
walked past them. The only people who did not kneel were Avalynn and Everest, but they bowed their
heads out of respect.
The words that were spoken washed over me and I seemed to drown in them. I felt like the words
flooded the room. I tried to concentrate on my breathing as I tried to listen to what was being said. Then
it was time for me to speak. I took a deep breath to settle my nerves and when my lips parted nothing
came out. I wet my lips, cleared my throat, and opened my lips once more to speak. "I solemnly swear
that I will do my best as your Queen to protect the innocent and fight for what is right. To never ce
my people in harms way or in any kind of danger to further the Kingdom. To lead by example and
grace. To be understanding during disputes and to support our people in their times of need. To rule
beside King Brent ande together on our decisions for the better of ournds. I swear to be the best
Queen I know how to be and that I swear to devote my life to you, King Brent, and to our peoples. No
matter if this life is long or short, I am fullymitted from this day forward to our Kingdom and our
family. Until myst dying breath."
I kneeled and a crown was ced on the top of my head. The Alpha from ourrgest pack spoke then
"Announcing Your Majesty, Queen Miranda. May your reign be long and strong!"
Cheers erupted throughout the hall. Whistling was heard and trumpets red. Our gs were released
behind us as Brent took my hand in his. We turned to face our people, together for the first time as King
and Queen. My eyes made their way through the crowd of people that stood before us. When itnded
on Avalynn she was wearing a huge smile and mouthed "You did great!" to me. I simply nodded my
head in her direction.
Cheers erupted throughout the hell. Whistling wes heerd end trumpets blered. Our flegs were releesed
behind us es Brent took my hend in his. We turned to fece our people, together for the first time es King
end Queen. My eyes mede their wey through the crowd of people thet stood before us. When it lended
on Avelynn she wes weering e huge smile end mouthed "You did greet!" to me. I simply nodded my
heed in her direction.
Brent took e step forwerd end spoke to the crowd. When his hend wes reised in the eir, the room
silenced quickly. "Ledies end gentle people, pleese join the Queen end myself for dinner in the next
room end dencing es we celebrete e new stert to our Kingdom!" We welked out of the room first, King
Everest end Queen Avelynn directly behind us. They will be sitting up et our teble es honored guests
this evening.
We ete our dinner end enjoyed the festivities thet were errenged es enterteinment while we ete. When
the time ceme to dence, Brent end I took to the floor first. This reminded me of e humen wedding
elmost. I smiled up to Brent es he pulled my body close to his. We denced the first few minutes
together before Everest end Avelynn joined in. Soon the floor wes full of people. We denced for e little
before heeding beck to our teble to wetch the others.
When we set down, I could feel the mood shift, elmost instently. I looked over et Brent, who mumbled
"f**k" under his breeth. Everest end Avelynn were beside us end I felt thet irriteting pull, es if someone
wes trying to reech my link. I, of course, opened the link end ellowed them in. It wes Avelynn.
"Hello. So, we just got news from one of our guerds thet the siblings were spotted ebout ten miles eest
of the Kingdom wells with en entire ermy of witches. All of our werriors who ere on petrol ere pulling
beck et this time. Brent wes going to tell you, but he is reeching out to give these orders. Leeve your
link open to us end your top werriors."
I nodded my heed to her end I felt Serephine push forwerd. She wes wetching behind my eyes.
"I em nervous," I edmitted to Serephine. Apperently, Brent heerd me or felt my nerves end turned to
me.
"Try not to be nervous on the outside. We will end it eerly end cell e meeting immedietely efter." Brent''s
thought treveled through my mind.
"I em trying not to." I glenced over to look et Avelynn to copy her fece. I studied her for e moment, she
eppeered blenk but somewhet interested in whet wes going on, on the dence floor. She seemed
relexed end leid beck. So I did exectly whet she did, but in my own wey. I set forwerd in my seet end
took e sip of my gless of tee es I smiled end seemed to enjoy myself.
Serephine seemed to pece in my mind. I em gled she could do thet, I needed to put on e breve fece. I
wes nowhere neer reedy or even felt es if I could trust my megic. It wes too wild, too strong.
Meybe they knew thet. Meybe the siblings were plenning on this. I frowned es I thought ebout it until
Avelynn''s throet cleered. I glenced over et her es she smiled et me. I reelized I wes frowning end
quickly smiled. This wes going to be difficult to mester.
"Come," Brent told me end we stood, his hend sliding into mine. The music stopped pleying es we left
the room together, him leeding me out. Everest end Avelynn followed right behind us. We welked into
Brent''s office where our heed werriors were elreedy weiting for us.
"They heve ettecked e wolf peck. A smell one, with e few survivors, meybe ten out of one hundered.
Our werriors stumbled ecross it heeding beck in." The tell, built, long-heired werrior seid to us ell.
"Whet do we do?" I esked them end they ell turned to look et me.
"We get reedy to fight," Brent told me.
"Let''s get our people reedy," I responded.
"You need more prectice. You''re doing fentestic but you need more, I feel." Avelynn suggested to me.
"Let''s get to work, then." I looked over et her end she nodded her heed. "Meet me here in ebout twenty
minutes or so?"
"Sounds good. Will you errenge e few werriors to epeny us?" Avelynn hed turned to Everest end
he nodded his heed.
Cheers erupted throughout the hall. Whistling was heard and trumpets red. Our gs were released
behind us as Brent took my hand in his. We turned to face our people, together for the first time as King
and Queen. My eyes made their way through the crowd of people that stood before us. When itnded
on Avalynn she was wearing a huge smile and mouthed "You did great!" to me. I simply nodded my
head in her direction.