《Perspective into the Past》


 Prologue One: She has been found

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    "She has been found!" A man yells before slapping a small Polaroid picture on a mostly blank corkboard. "She was spotted in the wizarding hub of the Midwest in the US. She seems to have picked up several scum up as well." The man turns to face a growing crowd. "My forefather, may he rest in peace, started this guild to make sure all of these non-human scum are ended for good! They may have tried to escape our justice!" He says, spraying the crowd with his spittle, "But we shall end them! This guild shall finally reap what has been sown!" The crowd cheers before grinding to a halt as an old man slowly shambles forward with a cane in a time-wrinkled hand.


    "And have you done that thus far, my boy?" says the old man in a fragile, yet mocking voice. "I knew your father, his father, and his father''s father. But none of you have amounted to anything. All four of you have been a shame to the founding father of our guild!" He snaps before unsteadily shuffling forward into the light. "Do you have more proof than that of a small photograph?"


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    "Bugger it all, Old Clint, I saw her with my own two eyes! And she spawned like the scum of the Earth that she is. She''s got a 20-year-old that she calls daughter." He sneers at Old Clint. "Her spawn also spawned some scum. Two toddlers were seen with Marie Barbeau." The crowd gasps and jostles at hearing that name. "They looked to be about three or four, so they must be twins of some kind. I have no clue what kind of circle that Marie has, but it can''t be too dangerous. I''ve seen only one or two males around her, so it should be pretty easy picking." The man glares at Old Clint. "Happy, old man?"


    Old Clint rocks on his feet for a minute before slowly rasping his answer. "Yes, it does. My family has been chasing Eyre Barbeau''s family for the past 700 years, and I have just the trap for them. These dragels" he bellows out to the jeering crowd, "will do anything for their spawn... including dying for them." A sinister look appears on Old Clint''s face before his next statement. "Take this teleporter, and get the children to touch it. Then slit their throats. The scum will follow." The old man starts to turn around, but before he does his eyes soften while looking at the first man. "And yes, I am happy, Young Clint." And he fully turns around and walks away.

 Prologue Three: Warbling Cries

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    After spending the time barricading this bedroom, she exhaustedly murmurs, "I''m sorry, my Lady Death, but I won''t risk my son!" she gasps in pain before sending her precious, blood-covered, and newly inherited, Submissive Dragel son to the last known safe house to all Dragels left on Earth. Exhausted, she spent the entirety of her Death Magic sending her son away, hopefully to a circle that will keep him safe. She pants before bringing out her hooked and armored blackened wings before unbarricading the door and screaming to the Dragel hunters before eventually succumbing to death. Her last words burble out with a spray of blood. "I''m coming now, my Lady."


    Two Gheyos and a Gheyic Beta force their son into a small room before the smaller male Gheyo turns around and cups his son''s face. "I''m sorry, baby, but this is the end of the line for the family and I won''t let you fall down with us. Someone MUST alert the current Water King and you are the one to do it. We''re sending you to the last known safe house." He kisses his son on the forehead before whispering the phrase. The half-dead boy crying as he''s portaled away. He sighs before pulling out his previously armored pale blue scales with iridescent shimmering green on them and looks at the sadly fully blackened scales. "Let''s do this for the rest of our fallen circle." The three men kiss before weapons and wings are pulled out; they do warrior cries as they exit the room fully expecting to die. The smaller Gheyo smiles as he dies, picturing his Gheyic Submissive in his mind.


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    One after the other, two boys slam into the ground. Both are covered in blood with tears pouring down their faces. The two of them see each other and then grasp at each other in shock and horror. But they pause as soon as they see purple sparks fly off each other. They both soul-cry to each other at the exact time before lights flash on in the house behind them as a male and two female adults run out in horror.


    After being helped upstairs and healed, the two boys are left alone to mark and bond with each other, but no one in that house expects the outcome of their bonding...

 Prologue Two: Birthday of the Year

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    Newly crowned Crown Prince Alcandor looks around for his mother, the current reigning Queen, Queen Manthestia. He doesn''t see her anywhere near his little sister''s first birthday party. He waves at his grandmother, Queen Regent Esperanza before swimming off to find the Queen. At first, he hears whispers in one of the side rooms and listens to it for a second. "Alvon is a much better contender than Alanni or even Alcandor." Spits a male Merrow that he has never seen before. "The men of the Merrow populace deserve better than pandering to our weaker females! The Queen''s sister even agrees with us!" He continues as two more Merrow men nod alongside him. Frowning, Alcando decides that it wasn''t too important before continuing to swim down the Royal hallways.


    He eventually gets to a door that is partly cracked open he sees his mother, his aunt, and his mother''s main aide. "I don''t care what the information is or who it is from." Says his mother. The aide makes a questioning noise before she gets cut off by a wave of his mother''s hand. "Ignore all comments that have come in for a King. We don''t need a King!" She sneers before she gets a look from her sister.


    "Even Alvon?" His aunt asks his mother with a queer look on her face. "He''s such a good boy and is much more well-behaved than either of the two children from your circle. Plus you didn''t bear Alanni yourself, you are her third parent." She says condescendingly.


    His mother snorts and shakes her head. "This Queenship shall be passed only to my daughter, Alanni, even if she wasn''t born of my womb." Alcandor frowns, as he had just been crowned the Crown Prince. "I''ll give it to Alanni once she''s old enough to understand the burden she has been placed in. Of all the daughters of our bearer, Queen Regent Esperanza, I was the one chosen to be the new Queen. And Alanni will be chosen as the next Queen." The aide and his aunt give each other looks before frowning.


    Suddenly, a hand grabs his shoulder and drags him into the room. A previously unseen aide pulled him in front of his mother. "What are you doing here, boy?" His mother spits at him before staring at her sister. "This is exactly why we need to keep the Queenship instead of passing it onto our sons." She sneers at Alcandor before talking to the aide. "Bring him back to the kitchen. We don''t want the Queen Regent to worry that he is missing."


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    After being shoved back into the kitchen, he goes over and says hello to one of his grandmothers, Grandma Mura. She gives him a kiss before trying to spoon some baby food into Alanni''s tiny mouth. "Say Ahh Alanni!".


    Alanni giggles and spits out the food. "Alek! Mura, more!" She babbles as she is fed food.


    "Alek, hmm? Esperanza, remember that name for Alvon''s mother for one of her next children." She stops feeding Alanni before wandering over to Esperanza.


    Alanni giggles before seeing that Alcandor is in the room. She holds her hands out for Alcandor to pick her up, but before he can, his cousin Alvon comes over and roughly snatches her out of the chair.


    "Look what we have here," He snickers to his two younger brothers. "A baby female shrimp, pampered as all of them get." He hurtfully pinches her cheeks before she starts crying.


    ¡±Put her down Alvon!¡± Alcandor says before grabbing his two smaller cousins and pulling them away. ¡°Just because she was born the day you became an Alpha, doesn¡¯t mean you can torment her. If you don¡¯t stop, I¡¯m getting Grandma E!¡±


    Alvon looks scared and roughly shoves Alanni back into the chair.


    Alcandor saw enough though and runs up to his other Grandmother, Queen Regent Esperanza, before tattling on his cousin. She jumps off the chair before grabbing a spatula and smacking Alvon with it. "You dare hurt one of your cousins! Your baby cousin at that!" She chases him out of the kitchen while smacking and scolding Alvon.


    Alcandor picks up his baby sister, shushing her crying before bringing her to her crib to sleep after she starts falling asleep on him. "It''ll be okay, Ala. Big brother will protect you and keep you safe." He quietly walks out of her bedroom before heading back down to the party.


    When he gets down there, he sees his grandmother Esperanza bugging his aunt. "Fine, Mother. I''ll name one of my future sons, Alec." His aunt walks away from his grandmother. "What a stupid name." She tries to tut under her breath, not knowing Alcandor was close enough to hear it. Alcandor frowns but lets it go.


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    Later that night, Alcandor gets woken up by a weird noise but shrugs it off to go get a quick snack from the kitchen. He walks into the kitchen, but it is strangely fully lit. "Hmm, someone must''ve forgotten to shut off the lights before going to bed." Alcandor shakes his head before grabbing a small treat left over from the earlier party. He walks by Alanni''s bedroom before noticing that her bedroom lights are also on. He runs into her room before noticing that her crib is empty and a ransom note is left in it. He drops his treat, shattering it all over the floor, before turning around and darting off to his grandparent''s room. "Mura! Mura! Come quick! Alanni got kidnapped!"

 Prologue Four: In the Name of Our Family

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    Around 700 years ago, in the year 1325:


    Minutes after the entirety of the Dragel meeting has ended, the new Merrow King, Aldion Oceanus, holds his grandson''s shoulders tightly. "I don''t know why you are doing this, Almeer Oceanus, but thank you from the bottom of my heart. For the family''s sake, for Dragel''s sake, thank you. As the new King of Nevarah, I commend you to be the Earth''s Merrow Prince. And in the name of our family, I commend you for potentially sacrificing yourself and your new circle to protect Earth''s Oceans."


    Almeer grasps his grandfather''s wrists and quickly hugs him. "You shouldn''t keep them waiting, grandfather. I''ll send you messages if I see anything amiss. You shall always have my heart. And don''t let my mother know until you are in Nevarah, I''m afraid she will stupidly try to join me. At this rate, I will be your only grandchild and that would be a very sad end to the new King''s line." He lets go of his grandfather and stands proudly next to his small, but mighty circle. He holds the hand of a young boy in his right hand while placing the left on the obviously pregnant stomach of the Merrow next to him. Two baby Merrow are held in the hands of a female Merrow on the other side of the new Prince.


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    After everyone willing has ported off Earth, anyone left nods to each other before porting away to their given safe houses. Almeer brings out his pale blue wings that have the tiniest bit of iridescence on them before picking up and tossing the boy high in the air. After catching the boy, Almeer says, "Let us go and find our new home. I don''t want to have to sleep on the land if I have any choice about it. Embelia, find your way to the nearest ocean. That should give us plenty of space to work with..."

 Chapter One (1): What is in a Name?

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    "Hey Molly!" says a friendly-looking woman. "Is this your first grandchild?" She says before going over to a small female baby with white hair that''s streaked with blue and red. "Oh, what a cutsie little girl!" She babbles in baby talk to the girl. "It''s strange that her parents decided to dye her beautiful white blond hair blue and red though."


    Molly chuckles before replying. "Yeah Synthia, she just got into some raspberry puree and blueberry syrup yesterday." She turns to the child before tickling her under the chin, "Who is my precocious Alexia?" She laughs as Alexia starts giggling and wiggling her toes. "She just turned one! Her parents are very happy about it too. But I need to go before they storm the building looking for their precious baby." Both women laugh before saying goodbye and parting ways. "Now, let''s get you home to your papa Brian before he never lets me take you to the store again." She doesn''t notice the man looking at her quite peculiarly before she leaves the store.


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    "I don''t know why, but I have the feeling of getting followed again, Troy. My wings are feeling itchy, like they''re expecting an ambush again. And Brian mentioned that his wings were also twinging with anxiety. And I could¡¯ve sworn someone saw Alexia change forms the other day! We went into the changing room with Alexian and came out with Alexia. I¡¯m scared Troy!" Molly turns around before hugging the man. "I know I''m no longer Marie Barbeau, but it feels like my past is haunting me and our circle." She says before scrunching up her eyes in anguish. "And I don''t want that to follow our dear Alexia! She just turned four! She''s got her whole life ahead of her! And think of Allegra and Alia! I just felt them move in Brian! We may be dragels, but that doesn''t mean our babies can survive at 19 weeks!" She slams a fist against Troy''s shoulder and warbles out a cry.


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    "Shh, my love," Troy says while trying to calm his Submissive. "It''ll be fine! I was also worried when Alexia was born, but she came out fine. Joni!" He yells over Molly''s shoulder. "Joni! Can you get the phone so Molly can talk with Alexia, Alanni, and Brian?" A distant yell of agreement comes from further on in the house. He nuzzles into Molly''s hair before comforting her. "It''ll be all fine love. We''ll all laugh in twenty years when Allegra and Alia have children of their own." Molly sniffles before nodding into Troy''s shoulder.


    After a phone gets handed to Molly, a small tiny voice goes, ¡°Mammam! You there mammam?"

 Prologue Nine: Shades of Blue

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    30 years after Soul''s Scream:


    Minh Shae sighs and yells up the stairwell. "Atty, if you don''t hurry up, I''ll take your sister instead."


    At that, a thunderous stampede happens as a 17-year-old Submissive runs down the stairwell. "Sorry, papa. Matty and I were discussing whether we liked any Alphas this hunt."


    Minh rolls his eyes and gestures to the door. "You know the rules about going out -"


    "Yes, yes!" The boy rolls his eyes back at his third. "I know the rules that you and papa Hadrian put into place for this Hunt." The teen sighs as the male stares at him. "#1, no going anywhere without a Gheyo. #2, no courting Alphas without a Gheyo. #3, no looking at Alphas without a Gheyo."


    The older male scuffs the boy''s hair. "You''re not wrong about the last one. I think both Harry and George would have a fit if the two of you started courting so early."


    The teen tries to smoosh his hair back down. "Papa Minhhhh! I just got this to where I wanted it! Papa put it just as I wanted it" The teen pouts as he looks at his third.


    "Yes, your sire sure did a good job with your hair. Though, Matty''s hair looks very pretty with the emerald hairnet against her red ombre hair. Harry even agrees with George about her hair being her best feature besides her pretty blue eyes. George will be beating off suiters this hunt for both of his children." The male chuckles before holding out his arm. "Let''s get to the bakery before all of your mera''s favorite cinnamon pastries get sold. You know he would kill for some right now with the little one on the way. Especially since Harry doesn''t plan on using your Papa Bran again as a carrier as he did for you and your sister plus your two brothers." He pauses before looking at the teenager. "Do you have your dagger?" He asks Atty seriously. "Harry, George, I''m taking Atticus to the markets now!" He yells through the house; two yells back quickly happen. After Atty nods in confirmation, He ports them to a busy intersection of the Markets.


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    Unfortunately, two unscrupulous Air Dragels were waiting for an opportunity such as this. A heavyset Dragel whistles to his thinner friend before the two of them slink behind the pair. After a few streets, the thinner Dragel grabs the boy by the wrist and quickly runs to the location while his partner distracts the elder Dragel. Once he gets into their hideout, he cackles before tying up the teenager and messages for everyone to pot to him. "We have finally got a live one, boys!"


    Once everyone has ported in, the man starts his show. "I welcome all of you to this ''showing'' of this juicy young Submissive." At that, everyone leers at Atticus with lust in their eyes. "I, Ulric Vaughn will be the first to show this tasty little treat what it means to have a real man take them! And my son, Roderick Vaughn will be next!" The others cheer and eagerly wait for their turn.


    Knowing what is in store for himself, Atticus tries to fiercely pull on his parent''s bonds to get them to save him, but after a few minutes, he gives up.


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    After Lynk is done, he leaves the room for Atty to stew in his thoughts and tears. The thoughts turn toward his mera and his twin; this could''ve happened to Matty! This could still happen to Matty! He had to protect his more fragile twin!


    With the thought of Matty being kidnapped and forcibly taken as he had just been, the anger starts to creep in; and the thoughts of murdering everyone here danced in his mind. His grandmother had put a seal on his empathy at the same time she placed one on Matty, but this just bursts the seal wide open. He begins to feel the lust of the other room and gets even angrier. His wings pull out without him thinking about it and they sear with pain as they fundamentally change. He''ll do this for his little sister; his mera told him to protect his twin and he would do that to his dying breath. His vision turns blood red.


    His eyes dilate and he grabs his dagger before sprinting into the other room. He will slaughter the monsters that would''ve done that to Mattea.


    He only leaves one alive in the room...

 Chapter Two (1): The Shades are Drawn

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    The following days seem like years as the Water Court is left reeling from the kidnapping of Princess Alanni. Crown Prince Alcandor spends most of it in a haze of disbelief as he contends with the fact that his baby sister is now missing from not only his house but also his heart. He cries multiple times a day thinking about the fear she must have as she had been taken from her family¡¯s side.


    As time slowly moves on from the scandal of the missing child, people forget about the young Princess entirely. Including what feels like his entire family. Many years in the future, he will realize this as the warning sign it was. But Prince Alcandor feels the pain like it was just yesterday, even as months and years pass.


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    Years later, his cousin Alec angrily swims toward Crown Prince Alcandor in the Court hallways. ¡°I don¡¯t know what it is that you¡¯re pulling, cousin, but I refuse to see it happen! I REFUSE to follow him as my King¡±


    He tenses up, not understanding what his cousin is talking about. ¡°Alec, what are you talking about? I am your future King.¡±


    Alec gives him a piercing look before darkly laughing at his naive older cousin. ¡°You don¡¯t even know?¡± He huffs before boring his eyes into Alcandor''s. ¡°My mother is trying to rally behind my eldest brother, Alvon, as the new King. She wants him to dethrone your mother.¡±


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    Alcandor turns around and yells at the walls before looking at Alec again. ¡°Are you sure?!¡± His breath hitches at the thought of his aunt trying to replace him and his mother in one swoop. ¡°I didn¡¯t realize that she hated us so much.¡±


    ¡°It isn¡¯t you so much as it was her sister, the Queen, advocating for her baby daughter over her, the Queen¡¯s sister¡¯s adult children.¡± Immediately after saying this, Alec cringes at Alcandor¡¯s narrowing eyes and angry face. ¡°I don¡¯t believe it though! I still think you¡¯re the best option for our next King!¡±


    Alcandor¡¯s eyes narrow even further. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, cousin, I¡¯m giving you one of my medallions that you WILL wear from here on out.¡±


    Alec¡¯s eyes widen before he nods his head in agreement. ¡°I¡¯m fine with that. Oh! Also, some random Merrow female is waiting in your study.¡± Alcandor nods and starts making his way over to the room.


    As he does, he has a very sickening thought: what if his Aunt and her aide were behind the kidnapping? Almost immediately, he banishes the thought from his head. His aunt wouldn¡¯t be so shameful to kidnap a baby. Or would she... He tries to shake the thought out of his head again, but it maliciously lingers in the back of his head.


    The minute he arrives at his study, he takes a deep breath in and then goes into the room. But the minute he enters, all the breath leaves his body as he looks upon a very beautiful Merrow female and a very handsome Merrow male.


    The Merrow female looks up and smiles gorgeously at him. ¡°Hello, Prince Alcandor. My name is Killigan and I have a proposition for you.¡±

 Chapter Four: Our Numbers are Shrinking!

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    Around 300 years ago, in the year 1775:


    A blue-finned man looks around the smallest encampment of Merrow that they have ever had. He swims up to his leader, the Prince of the Oceanus clan on Earth. He clears his throat before his leader turns to him in his large Water Dragon form. ¡°Your Highness. I¡¯m wanting to talk to you about the situation we have found ourselves in.¡±


    The large Elasmosaurus snorts before changing into his Merrow form. "Speak, my submissive. You know I am always free to speak to you!¡± The prince swims up to the man and cups the large, child-filled abdomen. The Submissive''s smaller hands rest on top of the larger ones.


    ¡°My love: Prince Alwis, son of the previous Prince Alexander and grandson whose forebearer, Prince Almeer began this conquest, we have a problem. Our numbers are shrinking in size; and all glamoured Merrow who leave never return to us! The waters on this planet are getting more corrupted each day by those stupid humans! And don¡¯t get me started on the wizards trying to slowly kill us.¡± The man sucks in a breath before continuing to say what has been on his mind for many years. ¡°It has taken us almost 30 years to have this one child! And that can be said about most of the Merrow here! The unclean waters have stolen our children away from us!¡± At this, he shrieks and tears start to pour down his face. ¡°We are close to becoming inbred with the lack of Merrow here! If most of us only have one or two children, there won¡¯t be enough Merrow left in two hundred years for us to even have a full circle, much less a bearer and a sire!¡± He looks towards the creche that had only one babe along with two small children before looking up at his Alpha. ¡°If we don¡¯t do something now, my love, our child will not be able to grow up and have a child of their own. Much less have a sibling to play with as they grow.¡± His eyes close with pain and turns away to blink his tears away.


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    Prince Alwis pulls his Submissive into his arms. ¡°We¡¯ll think of something.¡± He says staring at his Submissive. ¡°All the messages that I have tried to send to the Merrow Courts have been rejected or lost. I think we are stuck here from now on.¡±


    The Submissive wails at that statement before multiple Merrow come over to calm their Princess down.

 Chapter One (2): Urgency is Needed

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    At a lovely grass clearing, a family sat on a checkered blanket while eating a light lunch. Three men, a woman, and a small child sit peacefully in the sunshine. "Alexia, eat your lunch or you won''t get any dessert!" Says a tanned man with light grey eyes that almost shimmer with a purple hue. "And don''t you encourage her, Brian!"


    "Yes Daddy." Says Alexia whose beautiful eyes slowly close in the sun. Her eyes blink back open and stare at the group. The left is the color of a frozen lake like her Third¡¯s while the right is a light grey with an almost purple shimmer like her Sire¡¯s. She unsteadily toddles to the third man.


    Brian, a pale-skinned man with fire-red hair laughs. "It''s okay Alexia, even if you don''t eat your lunch, you''ll still get dessert." He stops laughing as a woman with pale skin and eyes the color of a frozen lake glares at him. "It''ll be fine, Alpha. If she misses a meal, it''ll be just fine." He nuzzles into her and kisses his mark on her shoulder before she lovingly caresses his slightly bulging stomach. "Back me up, Adam!" He says to a pale white man with very elegant features and ocean-blue hair.


    "Silly Papa! Sede wants me to eat too!" The toddler giggles as she nibbles on the small sandwich given to her by Adam before walking over to Brian for cuddles.


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    The man in question stretches up to nibble on Alexia''s stomach. "As a Water Fae, I just want to eat you, Alexia!" He says before she giggles so much she drops the sandwich. He laughs and brings out his bright blue feathered wings and flares them out. "See! As the only Water Fae here, I say we-" An echoing bang sound makes all the birds in the nearby trees quickly fly away.


    In an instant, Adam rolls over and shields the toddler and Brian. "Brian! Take Alexia and go to Alanni''s Circle''s house! We can''t let them have the three girls! Alanni, Matt, let''s hunt."


    Before Brian can even move, three more gunshots come out and hit Alanni, Matt, and Adam. Brian then scurries to pick up Alexia, but before he can port out to a safe place, he gets snatched by two men wearing masks. "I guess you''ll be coming too." The first man leers at him while the second holds Brian and Alexia in place. "To the Reckoning!" shouts the first man while touching an old boot to the second.


    After a few minutes go by, Adam twitches in place. ¡°Fuck!" He says while touching the spot he was shot. ¡°No!¡± He exclaims seeing the two bodies on the ground. First, he slowly shuffles over to Matt¡¯s dead body and lowly moans before crawling to Alanni''s dead body. He screams in pain before his feathers flair and turn completely black. He quickly gets to his feet and sends a message to Alanni''s circle. "Quickly! Brian and Alexia just got kidnapped. Alanni and Matt are dead and I''m afraid Brian and Alexia might quickly join them. Port to me in five minutes, I''ll port to Brian''s side and get Alexia to safety first." He ports away and nothing is left but the sound of wind gusting through the once happy glen.

 Chapter Three: The Starting Trio

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    After the two young men go upstairs and shut the door, they stare at each other from across the room; both are taking in their future while also starting to realize how attractive the other is. The Submissive finally has enough and darts over to his new Alpha before nipping him on the lips. ¡°My name is -¡± the Submissive stops as the Alpha puts his finger on his lips.


    ¡°Names don¡¯t matter right now. All that matters is that you need to pull your clothes off and sit on the bed.¡± The Beta says before pulling off his own clothes.


    The Submissive looks below the waist at his new Beta and drools before realizing one major flaw in this situation. ¡°Wait.¡± The Beta pauses for a second waiting for his new Submissive to speak his mind. ¡°W-what about our Alpha? Shouldn¡¯t we wait for her?¡± At this, the red-haired man looks towards the door next to them.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about our Alpha. We¡¯ll have her join us in the morning. Until then, she can enjoy herself listening to you moan as I take you.¡± says the second man.


    The Submissive blushes all the way down to his chest and the Beta covers him with his body. ¡°I hope you¡¯re ready to moan loud for her.¡± The Beta says before making his new Submissive his.


    The two boys didn¡¯t realize it at the time, but the Alpha next door had listened to every word and moan that came from the room and had deeply wished it was her that was their Alpha.


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    In the morning, the girl makes sure to not leave the bedroom until the boys do. She ¡°accidentally¡± runs into the Submissive in the hallway, making sure to completely cover his back with her front. ¡°Oh, I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m so klutzy that I misjudged the distance between us.¡± She is sure that he can feel her hard nipples behind him. But she doesn¡¯t expect what happens next.


    In a second, both boys sandwich her with the Submissive against her front and the Beta behind her back. The Beta mutters darkly into her ear. ¡°I¡¯ll forgive this one transgression against my Submissive. Tell me the reason why I should not talk to your parents about this.¡±


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    ¡°I-I.¡± Her breath stutters as she feels the Submissive grinding into her while also kissing her neck. ¡°I spent all night listening to you...¡± She gulps as the Beta starts caressing her outer thighs. ¡°There were times that I had to stop myself from coming.¡± At the word coming, the Submissive latches onto her upper breast and she sags between them. ¡°Ohhh.¡± She starts grinding back at both men. ¡°I had to stop myself from coming to join you last night. God, the two of you yank at my soul.¡± She looks down, almost saddened by the lack of purple sparks coming off of them. ¡°It¡¯s too bad that we aren¡¯t soul bonded. It almost feels like we are...¡±


    At this, both men look at each other and nod but only the Beta speaks up. ¡°Well, you¡¯ll be glad that we have decided to choose you as your third.¡±


    Right then, the Alpha spins around and kisses her new Beta. ¡°I¡¯d be glad to be your third. Your Alpha. Your rock in the storm. The summer to your spring and fall.¡± She spins around and kisses her new Submissive. ¡°It¡¯s too bad that my parents have already requested we join them for breakfast to talk about everything.¡± She narrows her gaze toward her Submissive. ¡°Otherwise, I¡¯d have you on your hands and knees in front of me.¡±


    After the Submissive whimpers in want, the young woman leaves their grasp and walks downstairs. ¡°You heard our Alpha.¡± The Beta says to the Submissive. ¡°We best go join her before we give cause for her to punish us.¡±


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    Days after the three of them have bonded, the Beta reaches out to the Water King and is told that since the Water King has just taken over the courts, messages will not be taken and to try back in several weeks. Molly looks very worried about what is happening in the Water Courts for two important messages to be so thoroughly rejected. But life went on and they never tried to send messages to the Water King and his Court again.


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    Naught but 10 weeks later, the Submissive is vomiting in the bowl every morning, noon, and night. ¡°This isn¡¯t right!¡± Says their new mother-in-law. ¡°I¡¯m putting a glamour ward on the kids and taking them to the wizarding hospital!¡±


    But once there, all three young Dragels have their lives changed as the nurse comes into the room. ¡°Congratulations, Daddy and Daddy!¡± The three young adults look like they could be knocked over with a feather. ¡°And even better news from the ultrasound scan! It¡¯s twins!¡±


    The young woman faints to the floor as the two young men stare at the nurse in shock. Their new mother-in-law shakes her head ruefully.

 Chapter One (3): When Everything Goes Wrong

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    The four of them get transported into a decrepit old building before a man runs up to them and throws rope at them. "Toss them in the storage room with their hands tied behind their backs, Anglestun!" Says Young Clint before he sees only one child. "Damnit! You forgot the other child! I''ll have to tell Old Clint about your mistakes." He spits before he quickly walks into another chamber.


    "You heard Young Clint!" says Anglestun before tying the hands of both Brian and Alexia behind their backs. "We''ll have to put them into the rusted-out closet. But what other child?" He questions before he starts to drag Alexia to the closet. However, Anglestun''s head gets slapped by the second man before he can drag her there. "Man, Derek, why must you hit me so hard? You¡¯re new! You can¡¯t abuse people in this guild!¡±


    "Don''t drag her there. Pick her up and put her in there." The second man says before glaring at Anglestun. "Are you deaf?" He lunges at Anglestun before Anglestun picks up the girl and starts running toward the closet. He turns to Brian and quietly asks "Do you have anyone in the circle that is coming to help?"


    Brian gives him a penetrating look before giving an answer, "I don''t trust you assholes. You and your dragel hunters can all rot in the depths of Lady Death''s realms before I would give you an answer." He spits at Derek before walking towards the closet. Derek sighs and walks to where Young Clint went.


    Before Brian and Alexia get locked in the closet, Anglestun taunts them by saying "Enjoy your stay in there, princesses. Don''t piss your pants. Ha!" he closes the doors with a bang before cackling while walking away to join the others.


    Two minutes after they get locked in the closet, Adam quietly ports in and quickly undoes their tied hands. "Fuck, sweetheart, I''m sorry to tell you..." he says before bringing out his wings.


    The second Brian sees the blackened wings he falls to his knees and keens out a mourning cry. "Alanni! Matt! No!" He cries before going over and tugging the child into his arms. "I can''t believe you and these two are the only living children of our circle." He sobs as he puts a hand on his stomach.


    "Brian!" Adam snaps as he looks at his mourning Submissive. "Now is not time! I need to get you and Alexia out of here before they come back and kill us all." He pulls Brian up before putting his forehead on Brian''s. "We can mourn them later, but right now, we need to get her out of here!"


    "No!" Brian snaps back as he brings out his now-blackened wings. "Alanni and Matt might''ve died, but I will not let that go without trying to slaughter their murderers! I don''t care what it costs." He hisses while his eyes go slightly shadowy and his voice deepens to sound like shadows from the depths of the Earth. "The last scion of the Rivi¨¨re de l''Ombre clan will not let this slight go! I will fortify the closet and then kill them for this! Kiss Alexia goodbye. I will get them justice." He steps out of the closet to give Adam space.


    "Sede, what''s ''appening? Where''s Daddy and Mommy?" Alexia says before tears start streaming down her face.


    Adam sighs before kneeling before Alexia. "It''ll be fine, my little firefly. I''ll make sure everything is fine from here on out." He kisses her forehead before whispering a protection ritual for her. "Gun c¨´m na Sprites Uisge thu s¨¤bhailte. Gun d¨¬on an Rivi¨¨re de l¡¯Ombre Clan''s Shadow thu bho chron sam bith." A light blue bubble encases Alexia before slowly popping. "I love you, firefly, never forget that." Adam nods his head before heading out of the closet. "It''s your turn, Brian. Make it count."


    As Brian comes into the closet, he first notices the shadows encasing the floor, the walls, and his crying daughter. "Baby. Alexia. Know that I love you very much." He sits next to Alexia before hugging her. He puts two fingers beneath her chin before bringing her head up to meet his but gasps and his hand flies to his mouth. "You''ve got my bearer''s magic, love." He lovingly caresses next to her completely shadowed eyes. "You must be good, baby. Stay here and be safe! The line of my bearer must be avenged for this slight done against us." He starts to stand up to leave.


    "But what about the babies?" Alexia asks as she puts her hand on Brian''s slightly bulged stomach. "Leggy and Lia are gonn'' be fine right?" She looks up sadly at her Bearer.


    "We''ll be fine, sweetheart. Now cover your eyes and sit in this closet. Don''t leave unless it''s your Maman, your Poppop, or your Gumpe okay?"


    "Okay, papa." She says before she sits on the floor with her pudgy hands over her shadowed eyes and lowers her head to sob into her dainty chest.


    Brian closes the door and whispers something at the closet before a shadow covers it and locks it against almost all magic. He walks over to Adam before running into where he saw Young Clint go. "This is for my Alpha and Beta!" Brian cries and rushes into the next room. Adam quickly rushes in behind him and yelps of pain quickly follow.


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    Minutes after the door was locked, a man cloaked in shadow walks up to the door and eventually opens up the tightly warded closet before quietly staring at the child. He gently lifts up her head, but before he can see her face, she bites deeply into his wrist and hisses at him, "I won'' go with you!" She squeals, "I wan'' papa and sede!"


    He looks at her with sad eyes before his ruddy brown eyes turn shadowy. He sends a hint of Death¡¯s Magic to her before she relaxes in its presence. "I have been looking for you for decades now, little bee. First, let''s get you safe. And then I will be able to come back and get your papa and sede." He gestures for her to get up and she does while holding her hands up to him get held. He quickly gathers her into his arms and walks to where he knows the door to the outside is.


    As the man silently opens to the door to the outside, three people try to rush in, but before they could, the small child cries out, "Mammam!" and motions towards a slender dark blond-haired woman. The man pulls back while pulling a hunting dagger.


    "Give me Alexia right now!" The dark blond-haired woman hisses while bringing out her peach and white scales. "Don''t think you can get away with her to then sell her to the wizards!" She flares her wings before debating on attacking the man.


    The man relaxes his grip on the dagger before sheathing it and pulling out his own red scales. The three slightly relax before he asks the next question. "Which of you is the Submissive and Alpha? You two need to take her," He gestures to Alexia, "and stay in the Shadows outside while the Beta and I take care of everything else."


    "Hmph," says the dark-haired woman before pulling a set of machetes and joining the man. "My name is Joni. Troy, will you be able to hide them enough? Molly, you be safe." After the other two nod at her, she nods back and spins around to go back inside to join the man.


    "The name is Derek." says the man that previously was holding Alexia. "And ignore the shadows, they will only help us hide better." As the two of them stalk toward the middle of the building fully encased in shadows, they hear screaming and dart toward the sound.


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    Once there, the two dragels hiss and quickly kill the last two wizards alive. Young Clint¡¯s body drops to the floor with a splat to join the rest of the dead. Joni drops to her knees next to Brian''s obviously dead body and moans lowly. "Not him and Adam too! What will Alexia do without her Sede and her entire circle!" She starts keening as she rocks back and forth in pain with Brian in her arms.


    As she does that, Derek quickly goes over to Adam after noticing the blood bubbling to his lips with each breath. "Shit!" Derek snaps out before trying to heal Adam. "Nothing is working! Fuck this." He gets up and does his clan¡¯s unique ritual to call for Lady Death. "Vocate eam, Domina Mortis! Exaudi clamorem meum et occursum mihi!" He slices his wrist and quickly draws the symbol of his clan with the drawn blood.


    From a sudden flash of darkness, an angry feminine voice hisses, "Who dares to summon me without the proper protocols! Speak up or all here shall forfeit their lives!"


    "My Lady Death," Derek says before dropping to both knees with his head bowed. "I wish to call upon that favor that is owed to my clan. Heal this dying man as much as you can."


    The incorporeal and shadowy form floats to Derek before she slowly says "Deal." But before Derek can get up, she claws his chin and drags him up to his feet with her claws inside his flesh. "But you''ll owe me, Perevell. Your clan may currently be my second favorite with my magic''s blessing, but you can just as quickly lose my favor like that." She snaps her fingers before looking at the dying man on the ground. "And I won''t be able to fully heal him, just give him enough time to say his goodbyes and set his affairs in order." The shadowed figure drifts over to Adam and breathes a small blue mote into his mouth. She then notices Brian dead on the floor and sighs loudly. "Hopefully Her line hasn''t ended." She says to herself. "That would be a shame. To lose three members of my favorite house so needlessly..." She puts her hand on his head and stomach and gently grasps their souls before sending them on.


    "It hasn¡¯t ended quite yet," Derek says to her before Lady Death flies to him.


    "What!" Lady Death screeches loudly before inhaling an angry breath. Lady Death hisses out, "You WILL become that child''s Oret. You shall teach her all there is to her magic. And you shall teach her the proper way of calling for me. I need to teach this child what Her line exactly means to me once she is old enough to fully grasp it." She scoffs before turning around to look back at Brian and Adam. "This is the price you shall pay for what you have asked. And while you are not busy raising her, find everything there is about what happened to these three artifacts of mine. I gave them to your clan to protect and yet all three are missing..." She holds her hand to transfer knowledge to Derek. "Find out all you can while you teach that child everything. Once she is bound to her future Circle, it will be time for you to fulfill this favor for me." She drifts to Joni and asks, "Is it your circle that this child is from?"


    Joni wipes her eyes before getting up and replying. "Not exactly, Lady Death. I am the Beta of the circle of Alexia¡¯s third parent. But once Adam dies, she will be an orphan and my circle will take her in."


    ¡±Alexia, huh? Unique spelling for a very unique child.¡± Lady Death hums before she speaks again to Derek. "I want you to join their circle, Perevell. It''ll make you being that child''s Oret easier." She floats over to the last two killed wizards. "You have my permission to integrate these two for as much information as you can. If Her line is in danger, I need to know so I can send Aiden to end the threat. And change your circle''s name to Perevell. It''ll help hide the child better from scum like this." The shadows darken before she speaks once last time, "And Perevell, make these bastards pay for trying to kill out the Rivi¨¨re de l''Ombre line." The shadows blacken the entirety of the room before vanishing like it never happened.


    "Scheisse! She''s of that line?" Derek exclaims before looking at Brian with a new light. "Alright, Joni. Call your circle in. We''ve got a lot of stuff to discuss."

 Chapter Two (2): A Royal Request

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    As Alcandor stares at the two Merrow looking at him, he replies to Killigan¡¯s statement. ¡°What type of proposition do you have for me?¡± He asks the Merrow woman. ¡°Is she normally like this?¡± He asks the Merrow man.


    ¡°I¡¯ve got they/them pronouns, Prince Alcandor. Please use them in the future.¡± After he nods and apologizes, they continue. ¡°I have heard of the struggle that is coming for your head and your crown if you are not careful. You do not have many fighters beyond those you have personally chosen.¡± They pause here, judging Prince Alcandor¡¯s body language. ¡°But, there may be a solution to this.¡± Killigan clears their throat before looking at the other Merrow. ¡°I purpose a marriage alliance between myself, my father¡¯s friend¡¯s son, Krymsen, and you.¡± When Prince Alcandor beings to speak, they interrupt him. ¡°Wait until I¡¯m done to say yes or no.¡± They glare at him until he looks down at the desk. ¡°Hmmph.¡± they sniff. ¡°Anyway, as I was saying before, the marriage would be between the three of us. Four of us if you accept Krymsen¡¯s brother, Mesmyr as another Gheyo Ace, but that isn¡¯t needed.¡± Killigan shifts in the seat. ¡°But what you would gain, would be both my father¡¯s fighters, our family¡¯s fighters, Krymsen¡¯s father¡¯s fighters, and Krymsen¡¯s family¡¯s fighters.¡±


    Alcandor¡¯s jaw drops as he realizes the boon that this could be. ¡°That is what, nearly 20 thousand fighters, correct?¡±


    Killigan nods their head. ¡°Yes. Thereabout. Not to mention how many will flock once they hear how many we have and that my family is backing you. My family name has quite a reach, including to those at the many Rhabdomancer colonies.¡±


    Alcandor closes his eyes before lowering his head in thought; he imagines his baby sister in his eyes before nodding his head in acceptance. ¡°Yes.¡± He looks to the two of them. ¡°Yes, I will be willing to bond and marry the two of you for the support behind me becoming the Merrow King.¡± They quickly mark and bond with each other.


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    It takes three long years to prepare, but the day finally comes for Crown Prince Alcandor finally dethrone his own mother and show his cousin that he will not be the next ruler of the Merrow.


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    After a long and brutal fight with his mother and her allies, she is successfully cuffed and put in a jail cell. The new King sighs as he has his fighters bring his cousin and his aunt to the throne room. ¡°Prince Alvon.¡± He sneers as he looks at his bloodied cousin. ¡°You have not won the conquest of the Merrow throne.¡± He pulls his youngest cousin, Alec, to him by his medallion around his neck. ¡°Your brother has backed me up and will now be under my protection as my Court''s Beast Trainer.¡± He gently shoves the boy away. ¡°As for you, you will be punished to do nothing else but to watch over the Immortal in our protection and his weapon. And for your brothers, they are temporarily banished from my Court for the following 2 years to only your house. If no rebellions are planned or acted upon, they will be able to leave the house freely.¡± King Alcandor stands up from his throne and calls for his first meeting for the entirety of the Merrow populous.


    ¡°People of the Merrow Courts! Welcome your new King! My name is King Alcandor and barring any rebellions, I shall stay that way for many years to come. My Queen is Queen Killigan and my Gheyo Ace is Krymsen, the Crimson Tide.¡± He gestures for them to join him. After they do, he starts speaking again. ¡°AS of today, the following things are true. First: My mother, the former Queen Manthestia, is now banished to a jail cell for five years. After that, she shall be heavily guarded. Second: Queen Killigan and Krymsen are to be off-limits from anyone thinking of touching them. Third: I ...¡±

 Prologue Five: Crystals Down Deep

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    The Rhabdomancer squirms in agitation as she reads the crystals. "Poeira''s scales!" Her glowing eel form turns around and yells for her Ace. "Syphus!" She hisses when he doesn''t answer. "Syphus! You need to grab that one Gheyo Queen and Princess pair! You know the one!"


    After Syphus murmurs in compliance before going and grabbing the pair of Gheyos. "You two!" He says gruffly. "The Rhabdomancer has requested your presence, now." The two look at each other before following their head Ace.


    "Gheyos! You two need to head to this specific location! There will be a cove that you need to find. If you two are late, a tragedy could befall Nevarah. Be armed to the teeth and expect to need to sweep up any Fabrine left at the site." The Rhabdomancer says to them.


    The Gheyo Queen nods and gestures for the Princess to follow him.


    The Rhabdomancer has one last command for them. "There could potentially be a soul cry. Are either of you too against that?"


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    The two Gheyos look at each other before the Princess speaks. "No, Rhabdomancer. We shall go there right away and report to you how the mission ends."


    The glowing eel glances back at the crystals before motioning for them to leave.


    Outside the room, the two Gheyos look at each other. "Are you sure you are willing to potentially soulbond to someone ''mone? I know you said that your parent''s circle almost broke due to a soul cry." The Gheyo Queen says to her Princess. "I know we bonded due to how often they pair us together, but..."


    The Princess''s face is almost stone. "I know that it is possible anywhere at any time. I know my duty is to obey Her command. If we come across someone who will give a soul cry, I will send it back. Will that be an issue for you, my chosen Queen?"


    The Queen looks at the seabed. "I told you when we first met that I would never let you go." He looks up at his Princess. "I won''t let you go. Not for anything in this world." He looks at his Princess before laughing. "Besides, training another Princess would take too much time."


    The Princess smiles before pulling her Queen next to her. "Then we agree. Let''s head out now."

 Epilogue One: Questions Best Not Asked

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    In the pouring rain, Derek stands at a graveyard while his new circle stands around him. His new Submissive holds his new granddaughter while sobbing at the four gravestones. He never expected to find his mentee like this, not in a hundred years. He looks up when his new Alpha clears his throat.


    "We should get going..." Troy says before pulling Molly into his arms. "Alexia will catch a cold if she is out here any longer, Merrow blood or not." He tugs Molly towards the awaiting limo before the five of them crawl into the back of it. "Please drive us home," Troy says before raising the divider between the front seat and the back seat.


    Once home, Derek holds his new grandchild and tries to soothe her to sleep. "Meine kleine Bienchen." He sits in a rocking chair and slowly rubs her back. "Shhhh... Geh schlafen, meine kleine Liebe." He smiles as her unique eyes slowly close. He gently rocks the chair and thinks back to when he first had the feeling of her magic.


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    A fifteen-year-old Derek snaps up his head after he feels a trace of Death''s Magic. "Yes, boy! That feeling is the magic our clan has been searching for the past thousand years since we lost it. You may have declared yourself to be a solitary Pareya, but I foresee you gaining yourself a circle." An ochre-skinned elderly man rasps out in their native language German while Derek blushes all the way from his ear tips to his chest. The man continues after giving Derek a happy look. "The magic did not come from Germany, but I severely doubted it would be. Too many Dragels have left this continent." He spits on the ground in disgust. "Too many Dragels have died here. Maybe our ancestors had the right idea of leaving this cursed planet." He sighs and sits next to the boy. "I know Lady Death had our forefather stay here for a specific reason, but I''m starting to disbelieve it''s been for any reason whatsoever..."


    "Don''t despair Great Grandfather! I''ll find that magic if it''s the last thing I do." He swears before his magic turns his body shadowy for a minute.


    "No boy! Don''t make promises to Lady Death like that! We may be her second favorite clan because of our forefather, but that can easily be stripped of us!" The man bellows before sighing and grabbing Derek to cuddle. "You better hope you find that magic, mein Bienchen. Otherwise, it may be the death of our millennium-old clan."


    Derek shakes his head and gets up off the grass. "Don''t be silly, Great Grandfather. Father and mother are in perfect health! Our clan will live on for many years to come!"


    "Oh mein Beinchen. The arrogance of youth never looks attractive." The older man says before he pats the young boy on his cheek. "Let''s go inside, hm? I know your Aunt has been craving your favorite cookies with her being late in her pregnancy."


    A thunderous sound snaps throughout the forest before the old man springs up and shoves the boy behind him. "That is the warning alarm. They''re here. Run Derek! Run! You''re the last scion of the main Perevell family! You cannot die! Port to the magic district and get out before you''re dead like the rest of the family! I''m going to go to try and save my daughter and granddaughters!" He spryly runs to the now burning manor in the distance.


    "No! Grandfather!" The boy wails before thinking about also running to the house. He hears the screams in the wind along with the fire crackling in the distance and starts crying before porting to Berlin''s magic district. His body falls to the cobblestone road and he sobs for a second thinking of his now-dead family. But before anyone can try to help him, he stands up and quickly walks over to a shadowy alleyway. He changes into the image he knows as his Great Grandfather''s bearer. He slowly limps away from the alleyway with a cane in his right hand before he walks out of the district into the muggle area of Berlin before looking back in the direction of his home and porting away for good.


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    Three days later an owl finds him four hours away from his family¡¯s estate. He eventually takes the letter off the owl before reading it. He gasps and then quickly appears next to the wizarding hospital in the nearest town to his now burnt-down shell of a former home. He quickly does a glamour ward to remove any signs of him being a Dragel before sprinting into the building. He goes up to the main entrance desk where nurses were telling people to go. He impatiently waits in line before asking where his baby cousin is. He is sent to the pediatric ward before he has to wait for the nurse in charge of the baby to help him.


    The nurse shows up with a sad look on her face. She beckons him to join her in the small nursery room. ¡°As you see, your cousin was safely delivered. She is a completely healthy young witch.¡± At this, she looks at him with pity in her eyes. ¡°Her mother and the two that came with her on the other hand...¡± She stops at this and gives him a clenched smile. ¡°I¡¯m sorry to say that all three died the day they arrived. The older gentleman died saving who we assume was his pregnant daughter, your aunt, and his young granddaughter, your cousin.¡± After she says this, she stops to give him time to grieve. When she sees his face having absolutely no emotion, she reluctantly continues. ¡°The older man died of smoke inhalation as well as numerous third-degree burns on his body. His daughter died of smoke inhalation as well as childbirth; unfortunately, she bled out while giving birth and we could not save her. The young girl died of smoke inhalation as well as second-degree burns on her body.¡± Here the nurse stops to give the young baby to her nearest relative. ¡°I¡¯ll leave you to feed her as I go get the discharge paperwork for her and the death paperwork for her family. I¡¯m sorry for your loss.¡± The nurse puts a hand on his shoulder and shows him where the rocking chair is. She puts a box of tissues next to the chair. ¡°Call us when she¡¯s done feeding and we will show you how to burp and change her.¡±


    He slumps down into the chair and stares at his only other living relative. The emotions of the past few days finally overwhelm him and tears stream down his face as he realizes the situation he is in. The magic that his side of the Perevells was meant to be split amongst the entire family. Even those that were not Dragels shared a small part of the magic. He puts the nipple in the bottle and starts to feed the last baby ever related to him.


    He starts whispering to her while staring at the absolutely stunning emerald green eyes that she had gotten from her missing father. ¡°It¡¯s okay, baby bee. Since I know you aren¡¯t exactly my kind, I¡¯ll find you a nice family with ties to mine to give you to. They¡¯ll keep you safe as they have to keep their own necks safe.¡± He sadly smiles at her as she grasps at his fingers. ¡°Ah, bee, if only you could have met your mother and grandfather. The old man would¡¯ve loved you.¡± He kisses her forehead and just stares at her as she finishes feeding from the bottle. He presses the call button to recall the nurse.


    After she shows him how to change the baby¡¯s diaper, she gives him the discharge paperwork for the living baby and his not living relatives. ¡°If you have any questions, feel free to come back to the Diamond Grove Hospital. We¡¯ll send the bill to the Gringotts bank account that was indicated on the sheet you gave us. Have a good day, and again, sorry for your loss.¡±


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    Derek heads to an inn for the night before heading to the Gringotts to see if they can contact the Bulstrode family for him to take the child to join their family. The next morning, Derek and the baby head to the Gringotts in Britain to talk with the goblins. Derek enters the bank before a goblin dashes at him and tells Derek to follow him. After the goblin escorts him to a private chamber, a goblin with many pieces of jewelry tells him to take a seat.


    ¡°Derek Perevell, Lord of the Perevell clan. I am saddened to see that you and the babe are the last two known surviving members of the clan.¡± says the well-dressed goblin. ¡°It is a shame that one of the last known Dragel safehouses was destroyed by the greedy wizards.¡± The goblin spits on the ground in anger before composing himself. ¡°Now, what can Cloict of Gringotts do for you today?¡± The goblin asks Derek before waiting for an answer.


    Derek furrows his brows before recognizing the name of the goblin. ¡°Cloict, son of Vriohukt?¡± Derek asks the goblin and after the goblin nods, Derek relaxes into his seat. ¡°Good. I¡¯m glad you¡¯ve taken over our...my account, as it is your right.¡± Here Derek pauses before resuming. ¡°What I need is for you to urgently get in touch with the Bulstrode family. The line that specifically still holds Dragel roots in their genes. I need them to take the child. Not only am I not old enough to really look after a child, but I also have to find the quest that created this Perevell clan. You know of whom I speak.¡± He looks at the goblin¡¯s face and notices the goblin choking down a breath of air. ¡°Good, you know of whom I speak. Well, I might have found Her line. I cannot both take care of a young child and do that. Therefore, I am willing to have the baby adopted, but not blood adopted into the Bulstrode line. They will raise and protect her until she is an adult. And if she miraculously is a Dragel, they will send her to Nevarah for her safety. If they accept, she is to have a one-galleon dollar dowry allocated to her husband along with a three-galleon dollar allotment for her safekeeping under said husband. And the same for any children she may have & so on. If any of them are found to be dragels, there needs to be word sent to Nevarah to quietly send them there. Once there, my Nevaran Perevell relatives are to be alerted and told about them. They are allowed to take the same amount of money if moved to Nevarah upon marriage and birth.¡± He signs a paper giving these instructions and sends it to the goblin. ¡°Send this to the bank Phoenix Holdings. They have the other set of my family¡¯s accounts and this will give whatever family this child has the ability to withdraw said money in Nevarah.¡± Derek sits back in the chair and takes a deep breath. ¡°That is all for now. In the future, I may end up in Nevarah with how long my family lives with the magic.¡±


    Cloict snaps his fingers and sends a message to the Bulstrode line that Derek wants. ¡°I sent a message to the current Lord and Lady of the Bulstrode. They both carry Dragel roots but are not Dragels themselves. They have two daughters, one born in 1873 and one born in 1880, so this child would easily fit in amongst them. The child¡¯s eyes though, where did they come from?¡± The goblin asks Derek as he looks into the girl¡¯s unique eyes.


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    ¡°I am not sure, I think the father¡¯s name was something along the lines of Everson?¡± Derek says while choking down tears. ¡°I was supposed to meet him the day of the fire.¡± A tear drips out of his eye and he angrily swipes it away.


    ¡°Hm.¡± The goblin says trying to figure out a possible name. ¡°Wait? Do you mean Evanson?¡± Cloict gasps as he stares at the baby. ¡°The eyes make sense now! They are known for their famous emerald green eyes. I wonder why this one decided to leave Nevarah as there are no lines here on Earth with it...¡± At this, he pauses before his eyes widen. ¡°Except the Bulstrode clan you want to give the girl to many, many generations ago! They¡¯ll easily be able to pass off the eyes as a one-off thing!¡±


    At this two people appear in the room. ¡°Lord Goblin and Lord Perevell, yes?¡± Asks a man with brown eyes and greying hair. ¡°What is it that you want?¡± He stops speaking as soon as he sees the babe. ¡°Dearest! She has your families¡¯ eyes!¡±


    The lady gasps and picks up the girl. ¡°You¡¯re right!¡± She narrows her eyes and grabs her wand to threaten Derek. ¡°Where did you get her? There are none from this clan here on Earth anymore! Did you steal her from Nevarah?!¡± She holds the babe tightly in her arms to protect her from the other man.


    Derek sighs and explains the whole story again. After he is done he looks at the two with hope in his eyes. ¡°Are you willing to take her in as your own and protect her? I am unable to do it. You seem to be protective of her already.¡±


    The lady sighs and looks at the babe. ¡°It¡¯s true, husband. I am already falling in love with her.¡± She brings her eyes up to her husband. ¡°We need to help her! We cannot let those wizards have a grasp at one of the last good dragel lines.¡± She caresses the baby¡¯s face. ¡°Plus I already have a name for her. Violetta. A flower first found in Germany and is in line with how both we and the Evansons name their female children.¡±


    Derek sighs in both sadness and pain when the man agrees. ¡°Two last things: the Perevell magic is meant to be spread across many generations to holster the magic given to us by Lady Death. I will try to shield her as much as possible from it, but as long as she doesn¡¯t become a Dragel, the main function of the magic will not engage. The magic will only increase her life to around double what it naturally should be. If she turns into a Dragel, the magic will fully activate and we will have to fully share the magic until both of us have children and grandchildren to spread the magic to so she will have to be sent to Nevarah for her safety. Same with any children she has with her husband.¡± Derek takes a sip of water to give them time to think everything over. ¡°The last thing is that Violetta will have 1 million galleons from the Perevell bank account as a dowry for her husband. She will also get 3 million galleons in her name for her pleasure. Any children of hers will get the same and I do mean every child. If they are sent to Nevarah, Cloict will have given my bank there a paper saying that the children can pull out the same amount from the Pheonix Holding bank upon marriage or bonding.¡±


    The two humans look at each other before nodding. The man walks forward to shake Derek¡¯s hand. ¡°We¡¯ll do it, Lord Perevell. But we request that you do not come to visit our daughter or her children in the future.¡± Derek nods in agreement. ¡°However, Gringotts is to tell you whatever you wish to know about Violetta and any children she may have in the future. We will try and tell the children and their spouses to let you get information about the next generation, but only if both parents agree on it.¡± The two men shake hands before Derek nods to the couple and ports out to the wilderness to grieve in his pain and loss.


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    As time goes on, Derek cannot find any trace of the magic he felt right before the attack. Even going to the ruins of the castle does nothing to have him find the magic. Eventually, he gives up on finding it for Lady Death but does not alert her of this (so he does not lose his head). Over time, he tries to find his clan¡¯s missing items but is not able to find hide nor hair of any of their locations.


    Years quickly go by as he looks for them. He occasionally gets updates from Gringotts about little Violetta, but once she dies, he does not have the heart to ask about any of her children. He slowly moves around from place in Europe to place trying to find the mysterious magic, but never succeeds.


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    In 1981 he finally feels the magic again, but it is over too quickly for him to trace it. He debates contacting Lady Death about his failure but instead decides to move to the United States to try and track it down there.


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    In 1997, he starts picking up on it again. But instead of it being in Europe like he thought it would be, it was in the United States like he was. ¡°Hmmm,¡± he says before planning it out. ¡°With as many sparks that are being given off, I can probably try and start pinpointing the location it¡¯s coming from.¡± He ports away to the closest location he can find.


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    It isn¡¯t until 1999 that he is able to officially find it, but destiny stays his hand from telling Lady Death. He follows the circle of hidden Dragels for a year before hearing about a Dragel hunting guild and joining them in the Midwest. He quickly realizes that the Dragel hunting guild is after his quarry as well and tries to stop the kidnapping of the child, but it never happens.


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    It isn¡¯t until 2001 that things came to a halt. The kidnapping was planned while he was away but was able to still join the group that would be doing the actual kidnapping. Sadly, things did not go as planned for Derek or his new circle.


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    Once Lady Death had left and Joni was grabbing the rest of her circle, Derek had to figure out a plan that would satisfy Lady Death about his grandchild and mentee. He looks over at Brian and wishes it hadn¡¯t gone this way, but he didn¡¯t have enough time to get Brian to trust him. After the rest of his new circle joins them, Derek tells them his plans for the future.


    ¡°I know this is quite unexpected, but Joni can tell you that I¡¯m telling the truth. Lady Death is my patron; she has been searching for Brian¡¯s line for the past 7 centuries to refind them after almost all the Dragels left for Nevarah. My forefather came over from Nevarah to help Lady Death find Her line. Unfortunately, we have only had small bits of magic come our way until about 1882 when a small burst of magic caught my attention. But our fortress was attacked by Dragel hunters that day so we, I, was never able to find it. I saw another about 1981, but I never was able to find that either.¡±


    All the Dragels look at each other in shock and horror along with recognition of one of the said years, but it is Alpha Troy who speaks up. ¡°Wait? 1882? How are you this young if you were alive in 1882? That would make you, 119 years old! You look like you are in your 30s! Are you a necromancer??¡±


    Derek looks shocked before he chuckles. ¡°No, not a necromancer. Just one of the last of a formerly large line of Dragels and Dragel carriers. The magic that Lady Death gave us to help find Her line has stretched out our lives. Had the rest of the family been here to shoulder the load of the magic, I would look and act my age. Since I am the last one remaining, the magic is stretching my life significantly. But now that I have found Her line, she may give pity on me and allow me to die with my circle.¡± He looks at the four of them.


    Joni quickly speaks up. ¡°Yeah, about that. What did Lady Death mean when she told you to join with us? Do we have no choice in the matter?¡±


    ¡°If you want to live long and healthy lives, far away from the gaze of Lady Death, yes,¡± Derek says while staring at the four of them. ¡°I wish it wasn¡¯t like this, but it is now our future. Trust me, you do not want her mad at you.¡± He thanks Molly as she gives him a handkerchief. ¡°Thank you, meine Schmetterling.¡± He wipes the blood off his chin and five obvious claw marks appear.


    Molly gently grabs his chin. ¡°No! What did this?!¡± She tries to heal the wounds but fails to do so. What? How can it not be healing?¡± She looks at Troy with worry in her eyes before looking back at her new Paryea.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Schmetterling, they will heal over time. It is the price you pay for angering Her Lady.¡± He says with a gentle smile on his face as he removes Molly¡¯s hand and holds it in his. ¡°I need to interrogate these two.¡± Here he kicks the two dead wizards. ¡°Lady Death has told me to do whatever is needed to figure out exactly who this is and if anyone is left alive, to tell Lord Aiden.¡± At the blank looks on their faces, he explains more. ¡°Lord Aiden is Lady Death¡¯s first Hellhound. I met him once as a boy when he checked up on our progress. I can easily send him a message to wherever he is.¡± He turns to caress Alexia¡¯s cheek before grunting out, ¡°I need Molly and Alexia to leave. They do not need to see what is about to happen. And someone needs to join them in case there were wizards here that escaped.¡± His new Alpha ports his new Submissive and grandchild to a safe location along with the dead bodies of his new daughter¡¯s circle. ¡°Okay, Joni.¡± He tells his new Beta. ¡°I don¡¯t know how much you have seen about necromancy and making bodies tell you no lies, but you¡¯ll have first-hand experience in a minute.¡±


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    Two hours later, they have interrogated every dead body there. ¡°Let me message Lord Aiden, and then we can leave for the house.¡± Derek says before sending off a message. ¡°Greetings Lord Aiden. I don¡¯t know if you remember me, but my name is Derek Perevell of the Earth Perevells. I finally have found Her line and Lady Death knows; but there was a problem and the grandmother of said child is being hunted by a wizarding hunting guild. There are two members left of the society. An old man by the name of Old Clint and a young woman who is the widow of his great-great-grandson. They both seem to be living somewhere in the Midwest and the young woman may be pregnant so you¡¯ll want to take care of her before she spawns the next generation of hunters. My new circle will be moving to the coast where I can more easily guard them. Tell Lady Death that I would appreciate her coming to the funerals of my new circle¡¯s daughter and her circle. It would give her a chance to say goodbye to my mentee¡¯s bearer and the ability to introduce herself to the child.¡± Derek sends off the message and the three of them join the rest of the circle


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    Five months later, the last of Allani¡¯s circle was laid to rest. At the funeral, many people showed up, including Queen Amalia of the Water Fae Court and her young song along with both Lady Death and Lord Aiden. The young boy spent most of the time cuddling with Alexia before saying goodbye and wishing her luck on her tide from here on out. Lady Death and Lord Aiden introduced themselves to her before also saying goodbye. After that, we just stood in the rain and stared at the tombstones.


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    At this moment, Derek snaps out of his memories as he sees movement next to him in the nursery. But it is just Troy walking in to check on the two of them. ¡°It¡¯s okay Derek.¡± Derek sighs before putting the now deeply sleeping Alexia in the crib. ¡°She¡¯ll get over it in time; wounds like this never heal, but they do scab and scar over.¡± He walks over and touches the scars on Derek¡¯s chin. The two of them bump heads and cuddle before Derek leaves the nursery to his cold and lonely single bed.. ¡°Joni and Molly are in bed.¡± Derek pauses at this, waiting for Troy to continue his sentence. ¡°And both of them want you to join us from now on.¡± Derek turns around and looks at Troy before Troy speaks again. ¡°Okay, let me rephrase that for you. All three of us think it¡¯s time to join us in our bed. Let us bond and then let the sorrows of the past wash over us so that the future can happen.¡± Derek looks at the other man before rushing to him and deeply kissing him. Both men walk out the door after turning off the light.

 Epilogue Three: The Start of Marriages

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    The three newly graduated Dragels happily walk into the tiny wizarding church along with their young toddler. They greet the wizarding priest and gladly get married before going out for a celebratory lunch. As they walk out the door, the priest tells the little girl something in jest. ¡°Don¡¯t forget to go look for the Sidhe! They¡¯re everywhere!¡± The priest winks at the parents before waving goodbye to the beautiful newly wedded trio.


    ¡°Now you can¡¯t get rid of us, love.¡± Says the red-haired Submissive while twirling a fork of spaghetti before his eyes betray him in his laughter. His Alpha swats at his arm before hugging and kissing him. She also steals the bite of food making him pout at her.


    The Beta laughs and slowly feeds their daughter who is absolutely covered in spaghetti sauce. Once done eating, they take her back to their hotel room to bathe her and force her to take a nap. ¡°I don¡¯ wanna nap, papa! I wan¡¯ to go look for the sede!¡±


    All three parents sigh as they realize the young child doesn¡¯t get that it was entirely a joke. ¡°Sleep darling,¡± the red-haired man says before rocking her to sleep. ¡°We¡¯ll go find some Sidhe at the beach later on.¡±


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    Two hours later, a very hyperactive child is running in the room after getting absolutely slathered in sunscreen. She screeches happily as her parents pick her up and port them to the bach. But before they can tell her to wait, she darts off to the beachfront. ¡°Baby, no!¡± All three parents sprint to catch up to her.


    Once the young child reaches the beach, she runs off to a man and what looks to be his younger brother. ¡°Sede!! Sede!!¡± She yells as runs to the man. She hugs his legs and looks up at his face. ¡°I knew there would be a Sede here at the beach!¡± She says, utterly confusing the man.


    ¡°Excuse me, miss, but my name isn¡¯t Sede...¡± The man says before noticing the beautiful trio running his way. His jaw drops in awe of their beauty as they come closer.


    ¡°Alexia! You know the rules! You cannot just-¡± The woman starts scolding the child before noticing the man. She gasps after noticing his pointed ears before blushing red when the other two men look at her.


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    ¡°Mama! Look! A Sede! I told you the Sedes were real!¡± The girl looks at her parents before walking to the ocean.


    But before she can do that, the young boy grabs her and brings her over to her parents. ¡°Thank you...?¡± The man with red hair and blue eyes.


    The boy blushes and looks down at the sand. ¡°¡®m name is Asher.¡± He mumbles before letting the girl go. He gasps after seeing the young girl''s eyes and blushes even deeper. ¡°Your tides look so pretty...¡±


    At that phrase, the man pulls the boy behind him for protection as his bright blue feathered wings to protect him and his brother. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare come any closer!¡± He says before pulling out a short dagger. ¡°I¡¯m warning you!¡±


    ¡°Peace, Water Fae! Peace!¡± The red-haired man pulls out his ocean-blue and peach scales. ¡°We don¡¯t mean you and yours any harm.¡± The man gets pulled behind the woman and the other man.


    The young boy runs back to the young girl before he takes her to the water. ¡°Asher! No!¡± The man yelps before looking at the direction of the man¡¯s wings. ¡°You¡¯re...you¡¯re Dragels?¡± He exhales loudly. ¡°That¡¯s good. With the way Earth is right now, it¡¯s hard to trust anyone.¡± He walks up to the red-haired man and kneels on the ground before kissing the man¡¯s fingers. ¡°I deeply apologize for the way I have acted towards you and yours today. Can I take the four of you out to dinner to apologize?¡±


    The red-haired man blushes before looking toward the kneeling Water Fae. The two others with him nod for him to accept. ¡°Sure. My name is Brian.¡± The red-haired man says before pulling the kneeling man off the sand. ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡± The Water Fae stares into Brian¡¯s eyes with wonder.


    ¡°My name? My name is Crown Prince Adam of the Water Fae Courts. And that over there is my brother, Prince Asher of the Water Fae Courts.¡± The man says before kissing Brian¡¯s fingers again.


    The woman twirls a finger around her hair before deciding to spill everything. ¡°Well, my name is Alpha Alanni Perevell and my two new husbands are Beta Matt Alvi and Submissive Brian Maurois. It is nice to meet you, your highness.¡± At this, she curtsies at him. ¡°That is Brian¡¯s and Matt¡¯s daughter, Alexia Perevell. I am her third and Brian is her bearer.¡± She looks around for the children and calls for them. ¡°Come, Alexia! We are to have dinner with these two nice men.¡±


    Alexia looks up at Adam and smiles. ¡°Does that mean Sede will be sticking around forever now?¡± She innocently asks her parents. All three of them blush and look toward Adam.


    Adam ruefully smiles before picking up Alexia. ¡°That depends on you, princess. Will you allow your ¡®Sede¡¯ to stay in your life from now on?¡±


    All three laugh when she enthusiastically nods. They walk up to the car rental and drive off to the restaurant. Adam cackles as the blushing Brian explains the story behind Alexia¡¯s belief on why ¡°The sede¡± exist.

 Epilogue Two: Bloodspatter in the Hallways

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    Alcandor walks down the blood-soaked hallway to his sister¡¯s dust-covered nursery with his new Queen and Ace. He hadn¡¯t allowed them to clean or remove the furniture in there. He stops at the entrance to the room and gazes through the entire room. Before he can physically walk into the room, his hands clench and in a rage, he destroys the entirety of Alanni¡¯s nursery. He shakes his head when he realizes what he¡¯s done and runs to his study to hide from what he has done.


    When Killigan realizes that Alcandor would not be coming back, they sigh before leaning back on their old friend. ¡°Have the maids clean up the nursery.¡± Killigan sighs again before turning around to look at Krymsen. ¡°We may not ever use it as a nursery for our own babes, but it being clean (as well as being gone) may help him get the closure he has been wanting.¡± The new Queen cuddles with their Ace before kissing him on the lips and walking away to go do the work required for keeping their new throne.


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    Several hours later, when it is almost time to go to bed, Alcandor stays in his study. He looks at the large custom-made painting of his sister and realizes that it will never replace her, even with how detailed it is. King Alcandor takes the last sip in his glass, throws the glass at the wall next to the painting, and yells in pain. His new Submissive, Queen Killigan, and his new Gheyo Ace run into the room. ¡°Oh, Alcandor,¡± Queen Killigan says sadly before walking over to him. ¡°Let¡¯s go to bed, hmm?¡± They try to pull him out of the chair but cannot force him out of it.


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    Krymsen shakes his head and pulls the King¡¯s drunk body out of the chair. ¡°Let¡¯s get you to bed then.¡± He pulls Alcandor to the bedroom and forces him into the bed after taking off his clothes.


    Killigan turns off the lights before walking to the bed. ¡°Sleep now, darling. Tomorrow will be another day. Hopefully, the scouts that you put out for Alanni finally report back to her location.¡± They kiss Alcandor on the head before climbing into bed and falling asleep.


    King Alcandor breathes out before a tear rolls down his face. Krymsen wipes it away before forcing the man to lie down and attempt to sleep. Minutes later, nothing is heard from the chamber but silence.

 Epilogue Four: Last Man Standing

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    Around 20 years ago, in the year 1991:


    The last Merrow of his line looks around at his home, deep under the ocean, and sighs loudly. He turns around and ports to where he knows the rest of the Merrow were going. They were joining a small group of Dragels as they could no longer survive in the disgusting waters of Earth. Once there, he sees a trio of very beautiful female Dragels.


    He cannot help what he does next, he pulls out his large armored pale blue scales with iridescent shimmering green spots and fans them towards the beautiful women. All three laugh and come over to him. The smaller of the three coyly looks at him and asks him the most important question of his life. ¡°I guess that means that you are willing to bond with us, yes?¡± He eagerly nods his head in agreement. ¡°Lovely! My name is Margaretha Adam and I am this small circle¡¯s Submissive.¡± She marks him on high on his neck before introducing him to her Alpha and Pareya.


    ¡°I have been fated to meet you, my Submissive. If you will take this lonely Merrow as your bonded Gheyo, I will protect you with my life.¡± He says before he bows to the Submissive. ¡°My name is Prince Reede, the last Prince of the Oceanus clan. I am a Gheyo Princess and of course a Merrow.¡± The other two giggle and mark him as well. The two escort him over to the Gheyo Prince and Beta.


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    His eyes darken with lust as he sees what will soon become his Gheyo Prince and Beta. He cannot wait to get them into his bed.


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    Many months later, the circle¡¯s two children are born. The first is a daughter that they name Allouette Oceanus after Reede¡¯s mother and the second is a boy they name Matt Alvi after the sire''s father, Mataalii Alvi. Over time, the children grew up pretty safely, until the day the wizards came.


    With Reede and his Submissive both being heavily pregnant, the family was slowed to a crawl for escaping; the Submissive was slain almost instantly with Reede¡¯s pregnant stomach getting sliced open. It was only luck that Reede was able to get himself, his son, his Gheyo Prince, and his Beta away from the wizards. The trio looks at the last child of their circle before making the decision to send him away to the last known safe house.


    Once he is gone, they bring out their now-blackened wings and take out their rage on the wizards. But the only one that escaped that night was a half-dead boy who instantly had his childhood ripped from him.