Blood Bound - Chapter 57

>>Esra {28 years ago}

Soft winds, calm beings and the beauty of nature was all I had ever known.

It was my everything.It was all I ever needed.

Overseeing and interfering only when needed was my job ever since I became the Queen ages ago.

I had seen life being made, grow and pass on.

I had seen all kinds of mystical beings and I knew them all well. All except werewolves.

Since wolves did not dwell in the magic realm.

Unlike the rest of us who needed magic to survive and came over to this side the werewolves had no such need. Their human appearance was a part of them and they chose to stay among humans since they aged similarly as well.

In my whole life I never got to see a wolf since the beings who lived in this world did not cross over to the human world and it was the same the other way around. Because it is this way, there is peace. The crossings rarely ever happened and were mostly when there was a need.

I had traveled the world before my coronation as Queen and I even met the undead, not very friendly creatures but not that bad either. They give a negative dark vibe but that’s who they are although I’m very glad they and us live separately.

We’re beings of magic yet we’re entirely different.

But still, there was no sign of a werewolf in the whole land and I thought I’d never get to see one unless I made a trip to the human world. That was until that one fateful day.

My fascination with these beings had no solid reason. I was just curious about them, maybe because they were the only non-human beings that stayed behind and not a single one of them came over to this side even though many vampires did. Or perhaps their natural ability to turn into a wolf and human interested me. Or maybe it was the fact that they didn’t need any magic to survive at all.

Whatever the reason, ever since I read about them in a book I was curious about them.

It was a usual day for me, I was sitting on the thick branch of the tree reading a book I got from the town when something buzzed in my head.

The book dropped from my hands as I realized there was a disturbance in the forest.

An invader was here.

Once you become the ruler of the forest, you are connected to all places. So I could tell someone had come in through one of the dryad trees.

I hopped down and ran towards the place where I sensed the foreigner. I decided not to shift into a raven because that part of the forest was dense and running there was better than flying.

The unirabbits ran ahead of me and some of the other animals were already there when I reached.

I found it very odd, usually they would all run in opposite directions if there was a disturbance in the forest.

I slowed down when I reached the place that was crowded by the forest animals.

“What are you all doing here?” I asked them and they all turned to me, then stepped back to let me see.

I gasped when I saw the body of a young man most likely in his twenties lying there covered in blood. He was unconscious and I was bewildered to see that.

What happened to him? Did someone do this to him?

I crouched down next to him to see if he was still alive. I placed my ear next to his chest and took a sigh of relief when I heard his heart beating.

I sat up besides him and looked at his face that had streaks of blood going down. I could tell his head was most likely wounded.

He was unconscious and all injuries needed serious healing.

His features looked human but a dryad would never let in a human so who was he?

I would have loved to sit there and think about it but there was no time, I had to get him treated, he was bleeding pretty badly and was on the verge of death.

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I’m glad I’m on good terms with the water nymphs, they came to help me out as soon as I sent the word.

I sat on the edge of my bed while the man who somehow ended in the forest was asleep on it.

I wish Arsay was here but she just had to leave to go to her lover.

I took a deep breath.

To think her husband is a vampire. I shook my head, fae and undead never went hand in hand yet still both of them somehow managed to work it out.

Alister, Arsay’s husband is not allowed in the forest so she always meets him in the towns or any place they both decide on.

I’m not fond of him although I love my nephew Quincelet. I feel like he’s a piece of my heart.

“Who…?” The faint voice of a man made me turn my head to the invader on my bed.

“You’re up?” His eyes were open but he laid there still.

“Am I dead?” He asked and I looked at him astonished.

“What do you think?”

“So I am.” He sat up, “Why else would I be seeing such a beautiful woman as soon as I wake up?” He sighed, “So unrealistically pretty.” He looked around at the room.

….

His complement didn’t match his innocent expressions and somehow I couldn’t help but feel a little bit shy.

“You’re not dead.” I told him.

He looked back at me in shock, “I’m not dead?” He touched himself, “How is that possible?” He touched his face, “I don’t feel any pain at all.” He stared at me as if he didn’t believe me, “That’s not possible.”

He got up and took off the shirt he was wearing and I was yet again shocked but that didn’t stop me from looking at his body. He looked at his torso that was now healed and that made him more confused so he began to take his pants off and I was taken aback yet again but didn’t stop him.

He looked at his bare legs that were perfectly fine in uncertainty.

He then raised his head to look at me while I pretended to look elsewhere while he stood there in his boxers.

“How? How are all my injuries gone?”

“I had you healed.” I told him and looked at him.

“Healed?” He slowly traced his stomach where he was stabbed very badly and was bleeding the most from.

I wondered what had happened?

My eyes traced his bare skin and I noticed the scars on him.

Looks like he had a rough life.

“Where am I?” He asked, “If I’m not dead then where am I!?” There was desperation in his eyes and I sort of got why the dryad let him in.

He was on the verge of death and the dryad chose to save him.

“You’re in the magic realm.” I told him and his eyes grew wide.

“The magic realm?” He processed the information, “Ah… I see… That explains why you have pointy ears and white hair.” He relaxed a bit, “But then who are you?”

I sighed, “I’ll tell you if, you tell me.” I folded my arms, “Who are you? I know you’re not human.”

“Ah I-I’m a wolf.” He said, “A werewolf.”

A werewolf?

My heart leapt happily when I heard that. He’s a werewolf! Of course! I should have known! How stupid of me to not notice!! If he’s not human, of course he’d be a werewolf.

Finally I got to meet one!

I looked at his body that was scarred but was still exceptionally alluring. He had nice toned abs with tan skin, slightly wavy hair and a good height.

“You know.” I started, “You can wear your pants now at least.” I didn’t want to say that but I still did for the sake of modesty.

“Ah!” He suddenly realized he was almost naked in front of a woman and got flustered, “Ah-this.” He clumsily started wearing his pants, “I’m sorry.” he brought them to his waist and continued to look at the floor, “Really sorry about this.”

“What’s your name?’ I asked not paying much attention to his apology, “I’m Esra. The Queen of the enchanted forest.” For some reason I was very excited. I no longer cared about the fact that he was an outsider.

Besides, I could feel that he was harmless.

“Ah-Adam.” He stated, “I’m Adam.”

That was it.

That was the start of the most lovely time in my life followed by the worst.