Chloe

"We need them out of the castle."

The question on everyone's minds is how. Luckily, I have a plan for that.

We don't need the entire place emptied out. Just the floor where the throne room is. Mia and I have already discovered where Kaceline has surely hidden the scepter.

My plan is to get all the wolves in the place and Kaceline to believe that the castle is under siege. The only things werewolves and witches equally fear are demons. That is because they alone are able to travel through space, hence their ability to possess any other creature and their constant intangibility.

Plus, they look really scary.

If an entire supernatural world says something is scary, you better believe it's worse than wet-your-pants kind of scary.

We can't get real demons though. As useful as they could be in our plan, they are far too dangerous, unpredictable and untrustworthy to work with.

This is where Luce and Fény come in. Mia's powers are on strong enough to a certain extent. She can't make an illusion as big and realistic as that on her own.

But a pair of white witch twins? Nothing they can't handle.

"When are we doing this then, sugar? Be quick now, I need to be back at my post in two minutes and we're miles away from the castle." Luce says impatiently as if she can't teleport.

"You'd think being thousands of years old would grow some patience on her." Haske and Valo snicker.

"Unlike you, Jerome, my job is important. Any slip up could have dire consequences for us all!" Luce snaps.

"Okay, let's not bicker now. Grandma Luce, when the full moon is at it's peak, I'll give you the go-ahead."

She nods at me, then teleports away. Haske, Valo, a distant looking Mia and I are left in the thicket of white bushes. A sigh escapes my chapped lips and we begin troding through the crunching snow back to the castle. The dim sun is barely making its heat felt.

"Jerome, where were you with the royal guests?" Franklin, one of my sternest guards questions Haske when we reach the castle.

"They were wandering around and got lost. I found them near the South South East borderline." Haske replies in a monotone.

He actually sounds like a trained warrior with years of experience.

Is it me, or are witches just gifted in acting?

Franklin nods at Haske and beckons for Mia, Valo and I to enter the warm castle.

Luce and Fény sit on either side of me on a bench near the North East borderline. It is currently evening, just after our dinner with Kaceline, Kenneth and surprisingly the Beta and Gamma families. After almost a week of us being here, they only bother with introductions today. I wonder why...

All I can say is that Kella obviously does not feel comfortable with Kaceline around. Kendra and Fredrick look full of themselves in their new ranks. Too full of themselves.

Inside the castle,we have Mia, Argia, Valo, Luxe and Lumo on standby all around on each wing. They will be the ones to spread word of the staged attack.

Limye, Haske, Leggero and Lorenzo have the perimeter of the castle surrounded from the north, south, east and west.

We are all waiting in anticipation for the full moon to swim up the dark, starless sky and rest on its high perch above us all.

"Must we wait any longer?" Mia mind-links me.

"Hold on. We have to time this just right. If we're correct, Kaceline should be in my office with Kenneth sucking each other's faces off if not doing their respective Alpha and Luna duties."

"We're always correct, she tells us everything." She huffs in the end.

I shut off the mind-link and watch the bright white coin in the sky.

Just a few more minutes.

"Chloe dear, when this is all over I don't want you to feel like you're indebted to us okay? A win for one kingdom is a win for all kingdoms is what I say." Luce chuckles.

"All in all. Thank you. For helping me save my kingdom." I say with gratitude. I honestly couldn't have done anything without the witches by my side.

"Yep. That's us. The Resistance! Saviors of the Delphinea kingdom." Fény, the more childlike twin says.

"It's just 'the werewolf kingdom' now, Mama Fény."

I get a sudden urge to shift. I look up in the sky and with no surprise, the moon is on it's highest perch.

I give the elder twins a solemn look and they immediately get the idea.

Their eyes and hair turn bright and become whiter than porcelain.

The pair of twins that look nothing alike at the moment smirk at me before crying out.

"Daemonus illuminus!"

During the first few minutes, nothing happens.

An ear splitting screech rings through the air. More screeches and high pitched cackles follow.

A dark figure zooms past us. Soon, the moon is hidden away behind the backs of tall looking figures that somehow look deadlier than the Grimm reaper.

Their bat-like wings are mangled and their faces gory.

Curse my good eyesight. Their rotting bodies are enough to give anyone a chill up their spine.

This is definitely something I won't be forgetting when I go to bed.

One of them stops in front of us and I shriek. The deformation creature gives me a smile then tilts it's head to the side.

What makes it scary is not when it turns its head so far it is upside down on its head, but it's eyes.

They aren't one distinct color, instead, a blend of colors that fills anybody's imagination up with dark things.

"Don't fret little one. They aren't real, see?" Luce reaches out and swipes a hand over the demon's torso. It's creepy form wafts away like smoke being blown away.

That eases my fear only slightly.

"We're inside ushering the maids and kids to the safe house bunker!" Mia reports.

"I'm ready for your command, my queen." Lorenzo says through the link.

I look at Luce and Fény before we all run towards the castle. The massacre makes it kind of difficult, but that's what I was hoping for.

"Hail Delphinea! May the Moon goddess be with us tonight." I cry out while running. My right arm shoots up into the air in a salute to our goddess.

"Hail Solarius! May the sun god be with us!" Fény cries out. Her hair turns back to it's brown-black color and a new burst of energy seems to surge through us.

Hail moon goddess, Selene.

Most of all, hail King Aaron and Queen Aliyah.

Eternal sunset

placated Ford

Evergreen leaves

Forest

the shadows

the dove

the cliff

Black trees