The Lightning Queen

Chapter 9

Maven

The last time I lifted weights was less than a year ago. My arms are sore and my body aches after 2 weeks of intense training.

Jake doesn't let me rest, he only expect perfection from me. He only forces me to eat lots and lots of protein, after this I might be a vegan but then again I love meat to much to care about those little creatures and their lives.

Samson enters and I stop doing push ups. Jake placed an iron weight on my back at the beginning of this session and he takes off as I stand.

"Your spy has returned from Montfort." He says in a monotone voice.

"Send him in." I say with a little to much eagerness in my voice. I can't wait to see more pictures of Mare.

My espionage agent brought back many things from Montfort for me, he hands me the bag containing: Mare's hairbrush and a piece of her clothing and A bra? What the hell I am suppose to do with this? He also hands me various photos.

"You touch her intimate clothing?" The poor thing shakes from fear so does everyone these days, ever since my killing spree at Cal's wedding.

"My King you said bring anything of hers." His shakes annoyingly.

"Your dismissed for now." He walks off almost gratefully.

"What am I suppose to do with her bra?" I hold it close me.

"You innocent virgin." Jake says as he smirks and pats my shoulder. I don't take offense to his accusations, what's true is true.

I look at photos. There's one with her at the beach with a yellow sundress on beach throwing rocks into the water and then one with her staring into the water; her brown hair shines as the night sky highlights her golden skin. I'm framing this photo. As I skip closer to the ending there's one with a man.

I know him; Jacob Provos, he's hugging her. She doesn't hug back. She knows she is mine. I've been waiting to touch her face and feel her warmth against me for more than three mouth and a half and this piece of shit is touching her. Polluting her skin with his filthy fingers.

I take a weight and throw it at the wall and it leaves a dent.

"What's wrong?" Jake asks with worry and I hand him the photo.

"Do you remember when we were younger and you push this kid on the floor and broke his nose." Jake recalls. Although that skank is five years older than me I was always a violent child (discreetly) by my mothers hands. After I broke his nose he tried to punch me and then Cal broke his wrist. I was eight at the time.

"He's touching your girl." Jake jokes. He doesn't think I deserve her after everything I put her through but she is my girl.

"And he will lose his head for that, not to mention he's an informant for Montfort on me. I should have broke more than his nose that day." Piece of shit. I'm so pissed.

"He's five years older than her." Jakes chimed in. This is Cal's fault. Mare was a child when he seduced her with his filthy face.

"If he steps foot in Norta he will die." I maintained as subtly tone.

"I'm going to take a shower." I'm cover in sweat from head to toe. I heard a window shatter and I rush upstairs.

Iris

I hate Maven so much. There's no loving a person as broken as him. He's demented. Leaving the Lakelands and my family was hard enough but leaving someone I'm in love with to marry someone less than him was terrible.

He still sends me letters and it breaks my heart to read them. He's coming to Norta today although I explicitly told him not to. I told him of my hate for Maven. It made me sick to watch him imprison Mare and he's in love with her. I saw her brand numerous amounts of times.

Maven talks about her frequently and by frequently I mean all the time. He seems more relaxed when he thinks about her so I don't mind.

I hear shouting and then a rock flies through my window.

"Erin," I say almost inaudible. It warms my heart to see him here. His brown hair looks beautifully curly but his brown eyes look somber. He missed me.

Before I can even think he kisses me.
"I missed you so much Iris." He says against my lips. He realizes that time is of the essence and he pulls my hand but before we can leave the asshole Maven steps in front.

"Well, well what do we have here." He clap his hands together and smiles a sinister smile. Fangs intended.

Maven

"Well, well what do we have here." I clap my hands together and smile a sinister smile. Fangs intended.

"Iris you look like you've seen a ghost was I interrupting something." I try my hardest to be angry about this but I just don't care about her and her relations with other men.

"Well given your as pale as a ghost sometimes I think you are one." She sassed. Her statement doesn't hurt. This face is only meant for one women and that's Mare.

I hold fire to this punks head but he doesn't seem fazed. He actually tries to spit on me the nerve but I punch him; not that forcefully but his lips starts to spill silver blood on my fucking carpet. It actually reminds me of Mare and how she loved to spit on me. I sigh. Mare. I feel like a lovesick puppy.

"Your spilling blood on my carpet you idiot." I take his head and slam it against the wall repeatedly.

Iris uses her water to extinguish my fire but I surround the air with approximately 268°c of heat and her water steams out. I've been trying to find ways to defeat water. It takes absolute concentration to get the air this hot and not cause a fire in the process. Maybe if me and Cal were close I'd share this secret, he hates water more than I do. I don't even know if he showers.

"Maven please let him go!" Iris crys out and she stares at me like I'm going to kill him. Which I am.

"Imagine if this were Mare, wouldn't you want her to live. She wouldn't want you to kill him so please don't." She begged. I like other royalty begging to me but after careful consideration. I'm only listening because, she's right Mare wouldn't want me to killed someone other half.

"Everytime I look at you, your unhappy, you look like you'd rather be in the Lakelands with the rest of your Nymph kind." I say and her face looks electric with rage.

"I won't kill him." She sighs from relief and pull him closer to the exit and I step in front of the way.

"Unfortunately I can't let either of you leave." Iris' father is the only reinforcements (along with some loyal houses) currently have without her army Cal can take my Kingdom. If he takes my Kingdom and becomes king he'll let Evangeline be with her traitorous whore and he'll marry Mare. It's easy to see his plan.

The only reason why I still want to be King is because I want Mare here as my Queen and I like to see people crumble at my feet.

"So I'll let you leave when, I'm close to winning this stupid war." Now she looks like she wants to spit on me. Luckily I had alot of practice dodging them when Mare was my prisoner.

"Nymph kind? Maven if this is your way of being nic-" I dismiss her by the wave of my hand.

"Your man whore can stay here in your room." I say with a friendly smile and send someone in to escape proof the windows and doors. Once that's done I leave.