The book of the Realms: Book One

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Liam's pov

Hearing Jayla talk and how she's been all over Kingston and Jayden, these shifters below me made me so angry. Now she wants us to give up everything and just follow her to the human realm that we know nothing about. I was not going to go to my mother and put her and everyone else in our realm in danger because Jayla angered her mother and her lover's father. What the hell was she thinking?

Did she charm us or somehow spell all of us men and that's why we're so dedicated to her? I thought I felt something for her. I thought she felt something for me but to find out that she slept with every guy she met with now I'm wondering if it was all a cruel ploy to get us on her side so she could start a war between the realms. I wasn't going to be some little pawn in her game if she wanted to take off her mommy and have mommy issues, she can do it on her own with her lover boys because I'm not going to be a part of this.

I needed answers from her, and I needed them now before I decided what my next move was, I wasn't going to let her hurt me again. I wanted to believe that she wished for peace within the realms and that she would make a good queen but now I'm not so sure my head is full of doubt and fear and that's something I mermen do not like to deal with is fear.

If she didn't charm us if she's true to what she says if she is just an innocent victim in this game that Jayden's father and her mother are playing, then I will stand beside her, but I will not put my people in danger for something there is a silly little game. I had to know I had to ask her did she had charmed us or was the feelings I once thought felt real.

"Is that what you did to us?" I asked Jayla with clear sadness in my voice.

"How could you even ask me that?" Jayla said to me and looked so hurt.

"I need to know before deciding what my next move is."

"NO! I didn't charm any of you. Yes, I may have that ability, but I would never use it. The only reason I am willing to use it now is to protect us all. I am not asking any of you to stay with me and fight along with me. Go home and protect your people but I am telling you now with the war that is coming nothing will be the same again. She is going to destroy us all and no it's not because I have slept with any of you. It's because she wants there to be only one realm and only one ruler and that's this realm as her being the Queen. Think about that before you accuse me of anything."

I felt like a total dick for accusing her of what I accused her of I didn't even think. I knew she was telling the truth by the look in her eye she was scared not for herself but for all of us. I now realize she isn't fighting a war. She wants to be queen because she wants to have power. She's doing this because she cares about each one of us, it may not be the same way, but she does care. She's fighting this war because she has no other choice. She's doing it because without her we're all doomed.

I knew now that we had no other choice but if we wanted to keep our loved ones safe if we wanted to keep our realms safe, we had to go. We must go to the human realm, that's the only place they will not find us. It's not like we're running away because we're cowards we need to come up with a plan and we need to figure out who we can trust and who's going to be at our side, and we could not do that in any other realm. I've vowed to her that I have her back even if I must give my life for hers.

"I stand with you and if we are going to do this then we need to leave soon."

I was jealous and I was letting that cloud my judgement. I needed to send a message to my mother and tell her what was going on. She would have Jayla's back, but I needed her to know how to be careful about who to trust. I had a feeling Jayden's father and Jayla's mother have people in all the realms that are on their side.

Jayla's pov

I thought none of the men would be on my side after how Liam reacted but all of them including Liam were agreeing that we all needed to leave. They all left the room to call the people they knew they could trust and tell them we were going hiding. They didn't tell them where exactly we were going for their safety.

I was alone in the room with Jayden so now was the time to talk to him. He said he was going with me, but I felt as if he wasn't coming with me, but he felt he had no other choice. His father was now a part of the drama my mother was creating. He couldn't go back home now even if he wanted to.

"Jayden, can we talk?"

"Now is not the time Jayla we need to worry about getting everyone to safety first and dealing with what's going on. I told you I am with you on this but for now, I can't promise anything else."

I guess that connection we had was gone now andI deserved the cold shoulder I was getting from him. I had other things toworry about so for now I would set everything else aside and make plans toleave. I hated leaving the only place I had ever known but it was for the best.I just hope after all of this is said and done that we all still have homes tocome back to.