Chapter 128 Faye King

Avalyn

The lady with silver hair and blue eyes appeared in front of me and smiled. Now that I notice it, her hair were exactly the same colour as mine. Our eyes were the same colour too.

"Hello, Avalyn." She smiled at me and another wave of peace and calmness washed over me.

"Hi," I smiled.

"You've done so good." She looked extremely pleased with me and my cheeks heated up at her compliment.

"Thank you."

"You both are now one step closer to your goal. You just need to keep going forward."

"What goal?" I frowned.

"The one you are destined for." She gave me an omniscient smile. "Fulfilling your destiny or not is on you now. All I can say that the road ahead is not going to be smooth. But it's going to be worth it."

"But I don't want to go through a bumpy road. I've been through so much," my breath got caught in my throat. "I just need peace. And Nikolai."

"Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations, Avalyn. And this bumpy road will lead you to greatness, because that is exactly what you are destined for."

"You're talking in circles again," I whispered, "you always do that."

She let out a low, tinkling laugh. It was the most melodious thing I had ever heard. "All I am saying is that whatever happens next, see it as a blessing. Everything will work out in time."

"Okay." I nodded.

She smiled again, "it's time for you to go back now, Avalyn. Wake up."

"I don't want to. It feels so good here. All I feel is pain there."

"It's not your time yet." She replied. "Open your eyes, Avalyn. Give Nikolai my regards."

The lady in white just smiled in a final goodbye and then she became all blurry before she disappeared.

"Ava..." Nik's voice cracked. He was lying on the floor besides me, clutching his chest. He looked in unbearable pain.

He was crying. Why was he crying?

"I love you."

My heart warmed at his declaration. "I love you too," I rasped, my throat very sore from all the screaming.

His eyes turned blurry and he extended his hand to hold mine. "The mate bond broke."

And then I felt it. My hand raised automatically to my heart. I couldn't feel her anymore. At all.

My wolf wasn't just absent anymore, she was dead.

That's why I was in so much pain. It was the pain of my wolf dying. And that hurt him more than it hurt me, if his heartbreaking expression is anything to go by.

He must have gone through the pain of the mate bond breaking and his mate dying. That is the worst pain a wolf can feel in his lifetime. The pain was said to be worse than dying itself. And while he was going through that pain, I was enjoying peace with that silver haired lady.

My vision blurred. "I'm sorry."

He shook his head. "You're finally a Faye now." He smiled a crooked smile that didn't look very happy. But he was trying to be.

Memories of what happened in the last twenty four hours flooded into my brain. The old lady. The fake house. Me waking up in Ovzdusia. Xillian. Him saying Nikolai died.

"I just want to be your mate." My throat clogged again. "I -I'm sorry, Nik. I'm so sorry. I- I let him touch me." A sob rose up my throat, stopping me from saying anything else.

"I'm sorry." Nik whispered, his fingers pushing back the hair from my face. "I should have protected you." His eyes closed as if he was pain and couldn't continue speaking but he did, "forgive me. I beg you." He released a shuddering breath. "It was b-because of my negligence that you were kidnapped and he t-touched you."

I cried.

I cried for what could have not happened if we had been more careful, what could have been avoided.

"He told me you were dead. He told me—Papa!" My eyes widened and then tears quickly filled up. He gave his life up for me.

Nik's eyes were filled with remorse. "I'm so, so sorry, Avalyn. I rea—"

A golden glow fell upon us that stopped Nik from finishing his sentence.

We both managed to sit up but Nikolai kept a tight hold of my hand.

A man shaped silhouette entered and the golden glow fell from behind him.

He stepped into the room and the circle behind him disappeared.

The man in front of us had dark brown hair and golden eyes that were staring straight into my soul. He was tall, probably taller than Nik too. He had wide chest and thick arms. His long shapely legs were covered with black denims. He was shirtless and I could see the dark tattoos of his left arm that continued to his chest and probably his back. They were thick swirls of black, gold and white which made an intricate pattern.

"Fiyo?" He asked, his voice thick and rough.

I scooted back from the unknown male.

His eyes slashed with hurt and for some reason, it hurt me too.

He felt... familiar.

I felt a bond with him. But I've never even met him. How can he feel familiar?

"Who are you?" Nik jumped to his feet and stood over me, covering me with his body.

The man looked at Nik and froze him in his place. He is definitely a faye. He walked around Nik and stood in front of me, looming over me.

Who is he?

His expression suddenly darkened and his mouth twisted in a scowl. "You."

"Who are you? I -I don't know you." I scrambled to my feet and unfroze Nikolai. I needed him by my side. I needed him to protect me. I wasn't strong enough right now to do it myself.

"You are the reason Fiyona is dead." He walked towards me, his body vibrating with anger.

I shook my head frantically. Nikolai hadn't moved. My powers hadn't worked.

Or maybe his powers were stronger than mine.

"I don't know what you are talking about! I don't know any Fiyona!" I tried to use my powers to push him backwards but it didn't work. So I started backing away from him.

"I'm talking about your mother, you ungrateful brat!" His eyes flashed.

My eyes widened. "My mother's name is Valerie."

And then it clicked. Fiyona was Mamma's mother. He must be Fiyona's mate. Is he really Faelern?

I looked at him. He had a larger-than-life aura. He carried himself with so much self-assuredness, so much poise and power, he has to be a King. He has to the be the King.

King Faelern.

Emotions I couldn't decipher passed through his eyes before they filled with sadness. The emotion looked like it belong there, like it had made a home in his eyes, having lived there for so long.

"You're my grand daughter." It was a statement.

I nodded hesitantly.

"My daughter is dead." He stated again.

I nodded.

The fury in his eyes returned. "You're going to die soon too."

My lips parted. "Are you...are you going to kill me?"

I remember Max saying that Faelern didn't want Fiyona to have her child and kill herself in the process. That was the reason Fiyona ended up leaving him and coming to Jivan. He must really hate his daughter. My mother.

"I won't need to. Your mate has it covered." And with that, he disappeared the same way he came.

What did that mean?

Nikolai rushed to my side, kneeling next to me, not frozen anymore. "Are you okay?"

"I don't know," I whispered, gulping. Too much has happened in twenty four hours. I haven't even had the time to process it myself. And I still wasn't feeling well. I was feeling incomplete.

Nikolai is still my soul mate. I felt half empty without him. Because he was missing from me. Nik made me whole. My soul ached for it's other half.

I pulled my hair over one shoulder and titled my head, exposing my neck. "Mark me again, Mi Amor."

Nik met my eyes, "you're always going to be mine." And then his canines punctured my neck.

A pain seared through my neck straight to my heart. I embraced it. I craved it.

My eyes squeezed shut as I held on to his him, my nails digging in his back, drawing blood. It was so much more painful than last time. But I accepted it. Because I wanted to. We weren't mates by nature's choice anymore. It was our choice.

And for the first time in a very long time, I could feel him. I could feel him and his wolf through our bond. He was going through a turmoil of emotions. Love, anger, hate, anxiety, happiness, sadness... he was so sad. Why was he so sad?

Before I could ask him anything, he crashed his lips against mine again, making me forget everything. A different sense of peace settled in my heart and my soul felt complete again.

After what felt like forever, he pulled back and rested his forehead against mine.

I felt my blood roll down my neck. My eyes lowered to see that it was a glittery gold in colour. And my hair were silver now, the brown was gone forever. I was truly, one hundred percent, a faye.

And then Nik leaned in again and licked the punctures he had created, sealing the wound and marking me as his forever.

Footsteps hit my ears and I pulled away from Nik to see Tessa.

And all I could smell was blood. Human blood. I could hear the blood gushing through her veins, her delicate little heart working hard to pump that delicious blood to her entire body. My eyes zeroed in on her neck, right where I could see her pulse beating.

I took a deep breath. She smelled mouthwatering.

And then in the second, I had her pinned on the wall on the other side of the room and my teeth were digging into her neck.

The moment her blood reached my tongue, I moaned in delight. This was the most delicious thing I had ever had. I sucked and sucked and sucked.

But my thirst was never ending.

I couldn't get enough.

The entire world blurred out and all I could think about was her blood. And that all of it was mine, that it belonged to me. And that I'd kill anyone who got in my way.

My brain couldn't comprehend anything else.

"Avalyn," Nikolai growled before he tore me away from my human.

I looked at him in anger before I pushed him away and jumped on my human again. She was trying to escape from me. Me!

"You're my fucking slave. You belong to me. Your blood belongs to me." I hissed and before my fangs could puncture her skin again, I was pulled back.

Nikolai had his arm around my waist as he pulled me away. No matter how much I thrashed or how much I hit him, he didn't budge.

"Avalyn, stop!" He snapped and then suddenly, my body stopped. I couldn't fucking move anymore.

The collar! It was because of the collar.

My hand raised up to remove it but it burned my skin and I pulled away with a shriek.

"Remove this thing right now!" I snapped at Nikolai.

"Snap out of it Avalyn!" He commanded again.

I blinked and then suddenly I was back to reality.

My eyes widened and I twisted in his hold to see Tessa lying on the floor, bleeding to her death. I gasped, "release me Nik, let me heal her!"

The second he did, I was next to her, using my powers to heal her. What just happened? How could I ever do this? Why did I do this? To Tessa of all people!

"I'm so sorry. I'm sorry." I cried. Half of her neck was ripped out. My fangs were so deep in when Nikolai pulled me away that I had bit out a huge chunk of it. She was lying in a pool of her own blood, obviously unconscious. "Tessa!"

I had healed the wound but she still wasn't waking up. I had also increased the amount of blood in her body but she still was unconscious. Half dead.

Will she die? Did I kill her?

I looked at Nikolai through my tears.

"She'll live, Love." He whispered, not taking his eyes off me. "She just needs to rest."

"You, on the other hand... your eyes were red. You were drinking blood..."

"Faes don't drink blood, do they?" Fear reared its ugly head when I saw the expression on Nik's face. I know him like the back of my hand. And right now, his mind is running a hundred kilometres per second. He knows what happened. And he is scared that whatever he is thinking is really the truth.

"They don't," he whispered. I remained silent, wanting him to continue. "Only vampires do."

"But I'm not..."

"Xillian sucked out most of your blood. Your body was filled with Javier's blood. A vampire's blood. And then you died." He spoke but it was like he wasn't even here. He was far away in his thoughts. Everything he was saying was the truth.

To turn someone into a vampire, you have to suck most of their blood out and feed him a vampire's blood before killing him. If he is strong enough, he wakes up as a vampire. And once he feeds on a human, the transition is complete. I did all of that. Unknowingly.

But supernaturals can't turn into vampires. Only humans can. Right?

"You're a hybrid now, Avalyn." Nikolai's voice broke me out of my thoughts. "First of a kind. The only one in the entire universe."