Monsters

Chapter 12

Azrael's POV

I came back to the throne room smiling ear to ear. But only two princesses were there not three.

"Excuse me your highnesses. Where's Lourdes ?"

"I don't know. She excused herself after talking about her mother." Ember spoke.

"Ok.I'll look for her." I bowed and left. I bounded and ran down the hall. I went to her room. She was nowhere to be seen. I saw a note on the bed. It was written on cheap paper and it was a barely legible scrawl. It read:

"I love fairy tales. But will this one play out as planned? Or will the prince fail to save the princess."-N.R.

I growled in anger. This person clearly had a death wish. I ran towards the throne room and showed Ember the note. She was livid her hair a bright red and orange. The other princess seemed startled. She called the nearest servant to deliver the news to her parents and within minutes they barreled into the throne room. Ember took the reigns of the situation and started ordering guards to collect anyone with the initials N.R. within twenty miles of the kingdom.

"All guards who refuse to look that aren't palace guards will answer to me personally and I will not be kind about punishment."

The King and Queen ordered spies to look as well. I was even allowed to do perimeter searches. I took off immediately.

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Day 1

Within the first day, several men were gathered into the throne room in chains. All were questioned and asked to write what was on the note. Some of the men had no ability to write and were dismissed. None of the handwriting matched and was returned to their homes.

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I woke up to the loud chime of a church bell. I was near a window and everything was fuzzy around the edges. Nothing had much detail that I could make out. I could see what looked to be the outlines of pews. Rotten and fallen over. Graffiti all over the place.

'Am I in an abandoned church'

I moved to stand up but was yanked back by chains hanging from the walls. I was able to stand up against the wall and that was it.

"Good, you're awake."

A man's voice said from high up. Definitely not the same man from yesterday. The man from yesterday was drunk unless that's what alcohol does to him.

"Where am I?"

"Somewhere clean, unlike your kind."

He came closer and I could see him clearly. He was slim and tan with light brown hair in a quiff.

His eyes were grey and unsettling. He wore my crown on his head. He held a red cup in his hand and threw its contents on my face. It caught me off guard and I felt as my makeup began to drip down my face. He seemed shocked that I didn't have a reaction to it.

"What are you and where did you come from?"

"A monster.I'm from California."

"Where did your powers come from?"

"I don't know. I was born with them and then over time I learned to control them."

"Are there others like you coming?"

"To rescue me. The princess will not be happy and will ensure that I'm found."

He said nothing and came up to me with a bottle of the black substance.

"I'm just doing what is right. Ridding the world of people like you."

A needle appeared in his hand and he filled the needle. Before injecting me with it. I closed my eyes at the pain. I tried to slip out of where I was. I relaxed but unable to do or go anywhere.