Lover Of The Last

Prologue

"I don't care if I fall in love to a devil, as long as that devil will love me the way he loves hell."

My name is Arabelle Marie Fedore and I thought I was safe. Turns out safety is a luxury my people and I can never afford.

Once supernatural creatures were exposed to our world, a giant war was created. The war split families, killed thousands and made normal human beings into shape shifters, bloodsuckers, and a frightening mix of the two.

My kingdom was created on the distant shores of the Western Sea, away from the uncontrollable chaos. Ever since I was a little girl, I was told not to go out past dark or venture outside the kingdom's limits. Our lives have been untouched by supernaturals, seeing as we have cut ourselves out of the world; limiting any connection with outsiders or other surviving settlements. I always imagine other places like us, living peacefully, but I've been told none such places exist anymore.

I live in my kingdom's villages, which has a beautiful view of our strong, stone Palace.

King Xavier and Queen Katherine live in the Trinivantin Palace with their son, Nicholas. Nicholas is my best friend William and I's age. We grew up together, seeing as I enjoy the company of men over women. I was raised with two older brothers, which probably contributed to me not being very lady-like and elegant.

We know to never let our guard down, that danger could be lurking anywhere. Stories still float around about people disappearing in the Dark Forest and not returning, and of the constant fear of the unknown.

One that I've heard is of the legend of werewolf Mates. It made me fill with curiosity, and also shiver with fear. The fact the someone could be made perfectly for you, a beast capable of evil things; can fall for a fragile human. The reason I felt a pull to that story was probably because of him.

My wolf that I had been seeing in secret, in the large clearing behind the trees of my home. He was silent and beautiful, his charcoal gray eyes always watching my blue ones with a unreadable expression. The interaction between a supernatural creature and a human was considered insanity, destined to lead to tragedy.

Maybe he was just a friendly wild animal, but something clicked inside me when my tiny eight year-old feet lead me to the clearing and discovered him. His black coat standing out on the light grass of the ground. He was different, not just an animal.

He was my secret that I kept from my family, that I kept from William.

But now, after that fateful evening back when I had ran home for dinner, I've changed. Finding my family slaughtered by vampires; and my brothers missing made me something in me snap.

Nothing has been the same in my kingdom. The unknown fear, was now becoming more real then ever. Bodies hit the ground and blood runs through my village's cobblestone streets. 

My leaders have been murdered and my best friend is attempting to keep me sane. My secret beast has disappeared after a mysterious prisoner is captured and takes his place.

Who am I, and how I wonder will my story end?

Since I got such a great response from my first story I was thinking about making another. This storyline has been something I've been thinking about for a while, I was inspired by movies and songs I've listened too and decided to publish it soon. If you could read the description and tell me what you think, I'd be so happy!

The castle to the right is the Palace, its from Snow White & The Huntsman which is sort of a common setting/atmosphere for this book.

Thank you so much to all my lovely readers, you're amazing!

Read on to chapter 1...