《Princess Of The Underworld》25| Wish
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I bit the inside of my cheek as I sat in the carriage, Ben beside me. My hands fumbled with the two little boxes on my lap.
"Hey," Ben took my hand, "It'll be okay. You just have to sit there and look beautiful, which will not be hard for you."
I gave him a fake smile, before looking back out at the crowd, who were all waving at Ben and I as we neared the Coronation Hall.
"Hadey," I looked over at the Prince, who was fiddling with something in his hands, "Will you wear my ring?" He held out the gold beast ring to me, I felt like I was going to be sick.
I shook my head, "Oh, you wouldn't want me to wear it, it's yours," I knew that if I took that ring that it would be a thousand times harder to get the wand and ruin Auradon.
After a few minutes of silence I pushed one of the boxes into his hands, "It's for you," I told him when he opened it up to reveal a muffin with the anti-love spell, "For after, to keep your energy up."
He smiled at me, "That's so sweet, thank you." I nodded at him, looking down at my dress, "But I can't wait."
"No-" I called out, looking up to see him taking a bite of the muffin. This was not good.
Ben looked at me, chewing, "It's really good, thank you."
I nodded at him, how long did I have before the spell wore off? Would he remember anything?
"Hey, do you feel, you know, the same as you have been feeling?" The words tumbled out of my mouth.
He shrugged, wiping his mouth, "I'm not sure, let's give the anti-love potion a few minutes to wear off."
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I nodded, looking down, registering what he had said, "Wait. What?"
Ben chuckled as I looked a him in disbelief, "You knew-"
"That you spelled me?"
I gulped, "Ben, uh, I can explain-"
"No, no, no, it's fine. You had a crush on me, I was with Audrey, you didn't believe it could happen on it's own, am I right?"
I nodded at his theory, sure, we'll go with that, "How-how long have you known?" I was able to get out.
"Since our first date," Ben explained, "It washed off in the enchanted lake."
"So you've been faking the whole time?" I asked, he shook his head, taking his ring off and putting it on my finger.
"Hadey," He kissed my hand, "I haven't been faking anything."
As Ben waved to the crowd, I leaned back in my seat. Ben loved me. He actually, really loved me. Without magic!
Without thinking I put the second box in his hand, "Here. You're real gift."
"No way!" Ben exclaimed as he pulled the familiar white stone from the box, "You kept it?"
I nodded, "Yeah, so you can make a wish on your big day."
He looked from the rock to me in amazement, before placing it in my hand, "I don't need it, My parents, School, I'm gonna be king," He looked at me, "And you, it's everything I could ever wish for."
I smiled at him, before looking down at the stone in my hands, what did I wish for?
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8 545Memories of the Fall
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8 195King in the Castle
Ward Holden considers himself the creator of a utopia. As a hapless college student, he found himself in nearly complete control over a revolution in physics. Advances in material science, unlimited energy, and an explosive shift in the meaning of wealth are all in the hands of a guy who doesn't quite know what he's doing. The time is coming when everything people could want for themselves and their families is available with the push of a button. Cheap production, safe homes, and unlimited energy to power it all. But giving up a way of life is hard, even if that way of life causes poverty, starvation, and worse. But history moves on, and doesn't care about men or mice. King in the Castle is the memoir of one man who managed to ride a wave of technological breakthroughs to success and power as humanity comes closer to a post-scarcity existence.
8 106Insignia
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8 121The Lost One
At 19, life has given Aislinn Nox many things, most of them she never wanted. Like dead parents at the age of six. Scars.A slaughtered pack.Nightmares. To be forced to live with humans. Thirteen years of hell. A new name.An old legacy. All of them are hers, all of them have broken her, but none of that will matter when she finally gets the one thing she desires: revenge.For five years she has been planning her revenge for the brutal murder of her parents, and the vicious slaughter of her entire pack. And for five years, it has been all that she has lived for.And nowhere, in those neat little plans did she included a pack, friends, a mate she could never deserve, or remembering everything and everyone she lost. But life is cruel. And rarely do we get what we want. ..Kaiden Salvatori is the first born son of Alpha Sergio Salvatori, who thought he had life all figured out. He was easily learning the ropes of the family business, taking over his roles both in the pack as Alpha, as well in the corporate world as a powerful CEO. It was all simple and predictable, boring even.But that all changes in a single night when he happens to stumble across a she-wolf being hunted on his territory, discovering that not only is she a rogue herself but that she also happens to be his mate...In that one fateful encounter everything changes. Lies will be uncovered. Truths revealed. Enemies exposed.When secrets and betrayals come, both Kaiden and Aislinn will be forced to choose; what are they willing to give up, and what they are prepared to fight for. Fate has destined them for each other, but sometimes even that just isn't enough.©The Lost One (2015)
8 131Ink Splatters
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