Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224

Zora

We were only alone without Victoria for about five minutes before she joined us. However, it was the longest fe minutes of my entire life.

Kairos and Maximus sat opposite Valentin and I. The two of them seemed to be glaring daggers at Valentin and L As per usual, Maximus seemed markedly less angry than Kairos. He looked hurt more than anything but his expression kept changing from hurt to some type of understanding and then back.

I gnawed on my bottom lip enough that it started to bleed. The metallic tang of blood made me nauseous. I kept looking at Valentin as if he were going to explain something. He only opened his mouth once but otherwise was silent.

Finally, my mother strolled through the doors. Her robes billowed behind her. Her jaw was tightly closed. I could only imagine the horrible conversation she’d had with Thorne. However, I was thankful that she broke the silence.

Behind her strode in Finare. Now that I was closer to him, I could sense how different he was to the rest of us. His ears were high and pointed, the same pale tone of the rest of his skin. His hair was equally as colorless as his skin. It was long but pulled back slick to his skull then tied at the base of his head. His eyes were a blue so light, they almost looked white. They also seemed to glow. I must’ve been staring at him because I caught his eye and he smirked at me.

“Never been around an elf before?” He asked. His voice was smooth and seemed to be almost trace–like.

I shook my head. “No, sorry,” I said. “It makes me wonder is succubi really do exist.”

Valentin snorted besides me. “They’re fairytales that old wolves told in order to scare young wolves.”

“Elves are fairytales in the human world,” my mother chimed in.

“Touché,” Valentin acknowledged with a raise of his eyebrow. He pushed off the desk he was leaning on and went closer to my mother and Finare. “Where’s the prophet?”

“My guard has gone to get him,” Victoria said. She peered around Valentin to look at me with a small smile. “I suppose you have questions.”

“A million,” I said with a sarcastic laugh.

Victoria gave me a slightly pained look. We stared at each other in silence for a moment before the door opened behind her. One of her royal guard came in, still in his full armor. Behind him was a small man in cream colored robes. They were adorned with gold threads and appliqués.

“Your highness,” The guard stated. “A scribe of the prophecies, Beta Kline.”

“Beta Kline,” My mother addressed. “Thank you for honoring us with your prescience.”

The scribe bowed towards my mother. “Queen Luna. High Alpha Lunerly. Thank you for meeting me here.”

“I’d like to introduce you to Zora Luna,” my mother said. “She is who we believe the prophecy to be about.”

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The scribe turned to me and blinked a few times. Clearly, he was shocked by my appearance. He also took careful eye of Kairos and Maximus standing in the corner.

“Well met,” he said slowly, eyes still lingering on the other High Alphas. He looked back at my mother.” Everyone here is sworn to secrecy, I assume?”

“Yes,” Victoria said. “The others in the room are the sons of High Alphas Wolfham and Moonraiser. They are Zora’s fated mates and, thus, also part of the prophecy.”

“Right,” the man nodded. “Well, as I previously told you, I have additional lines of the prophecy to report on. I mis–translated the last line and it turns out it’s actually not the last line.”

“How do you mis–translate a prophecy?” Valentin questioned.

“There was a- a line break of sorts,” The scribe’s eyebrows furrowed together, eyes darting back and forth on the floor. “I’ve never seen one before. I had me thinking that was the end. Then, the prophet was reciting the prophecy and I caught an extra sound that I hadn’t heard in the last twenty years. I realized I’ve been stopping the prophet before it’s finished. For twenty whole years.‘

“”

He shook his head as if he’d been burned. “Stupid,” he muttered. “Utterly stupid.”

Victoria reached forwards and gently laid a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her with bright, wide eyes. She gave him a soft smile.

“Mistakes happen in the prescience of anomalies,” she said. That seemed to placate the scribe. He nodded slightly before he stood up straight. Victoria dropped her hand from his shoulder.

“I can play it now, if you’d like?” The scribe said. My mother nodded and motioned for him to continue. He looked at me and the others in the room. “It’s a bit loud, just to let you know.”

“Thanks for the warning,” Kairos deadpanned. I didn’t miss the glare he shot towards Valentin.

The scribe swallowed thickly before holding up his hand, just like Valentin had done in the other room. A ball of white light appeared in his hand, identical to what Valentin had produced. Then, the booming words of the prophecy filled our heads again.

“Born of royalty, bound to five,

The collision of dark and light,

Remaker of olden times,

Night to his knees,

Light to rise,

Balance is once again in sight.”

There was a pause. It was long enough that I could completely understand why the scribe thought the prophecy was over. Then, the voice in our heads changed. It became garbled and gritty and sounded possessed. I gasped as it filled my ears.

“And when the evil rises,

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