Vampires Realm Prophecy 01 - Child of Light

though she was clinging to it. The last time he’d seen her without it had been the night she’d threatened Dmitri. He had known that she would be angry with him for taking it from her without her noticing, but he’d had no other choice. He’d deserved the harsh words she’d thrown at him and the way she’d threatened him with her power as well. He’d sworn to himself that night that he would never do something like that to her again. In his heart, he didn’t think she’d give him reason to. She was getting stronger every day and was learning the right way to react to things.
    Just as he was learning the right reactions to his feelings.
    He’d wanted to interrupt Mia’s speech to Prophecy that night on the balcony, but everything she’d said had been true. He had always been hard on Prophecy because she was making him feel emotions that he didn’t know how to react to. He had learnt the right reactions, just as Mia had said he would. He’d learnt them the moment he’d finally admitted his true feelings to himself.
    “You are not going to wake her?” Mia said.
    He shook his head. “No, I shall let her sleep. She needs rest. She has been through so much. The blood will still be there when she wakes.”
    He slipped his boots off and lay on the bed beside Prophecy. Lifting her head, he settled it against his chest and took hold of her right hand. She moved closer to him until her stomach was flat against his side and sighed in her sleep. He looked down at her hand where he was holding it above his heart. Through her fingers, he could see the soft glow of the stone in her amulet.
    He heard Dmitri cross the room and looked over to see Mia resting her head against his chest.
    Closing his eyes, he let his cheek rest against the top of Prophecy’s head and made the most of how good it felt to have her in his arms while he drifted off to sleep.
    Tomorrow, they were going into battle.
    Was Prophecy going to be the end of demonkind, or would she save the world?
    Only time would tell, but in his heart, he already knew the answer.

Chapter 36
    “We shall meet you there.” Mia placed a hand on Prophecy’s shoulder and then briefly embraced her. Mia whispered in her ear, “Do not be afraid of war, child, it is only another battle. Valentine will be there with you. Your magic shall protect you both, I am certain of it.”
    Prophecy smiled and nodded when the elder vampire pulled away. It was strange to have Mia so concerned with her after the way she’d been so distant since discovering her power and her past. She appreciated the reassurance though. Her stomach was tight and trembling, full of anticipation and nerves that wouldn’t settle no matter how hard she tried to regain control of herself. Even Valentine was having a difficult time calming her down.
    “Get that army of yours moving swiftly, old friend,” Valentine said to Dmitri. The werewolf grinned.
    “Do not fear. My men will be with you when it is time to fight. They would not miss such an opportunity to avenge the lives of their brothers and sisters.”
    Prophecy took the double-bladed axe that Mia handed her while Dmitri presented one to Valentine. She smiled and weighed it up. She’d never really used an axe before. Most of her training fights had been with swords. Looking across at Valentine, she watched him swing the battle axe in a wide arc by his side. He seemed comfortable with it, as though he’d used one many times before. She hoped that she could use it too.
    Her marks itched and burned, reminding her that she didn’t need a physical weapon when she had such potent magic at her command.
    “We will see you there,” she said to Mia and Dmitri as they began towards the door. When they disappeared through it, she walked to the window and watched them getting into the car. It would take them a few hours to get to their army, around the same amount of time as it was going to take her and Valentine to walk down the valley and get the lay of the land.
    The corners of her mouth tugged into a smile when Valentine stepped up behind her, his body close to hers, and placed a hand on her shoulder. Leaning backwards, she sighed out her breath and stared unseeingly at the dark, distant mountains. She brought her hand up and placed it over his.
    “You are not scared, are you?” he said in a low voice close to her ear.
    She shook her head in the negative. The impending battle didn’t frighten her, but the possibility of losing him