The Pure-Hearted Princess and the Kiss of Darkness

~ KATALEYA -

I felt restless for the entire flight, this trip has become more than Enrique and I... and although I want to get through to him, Dad's words echo like a reminder or maybe a warning that this trip isn't about me but to find the answers and to figure out how to stop the

Crawlers. To put an end to everything that shouldn't be happening.

"We'll be over Puerto Rico in a few minutes, ladies and gentlemen." Li Sheng's voice comes over the speakers. We are in one of Leo's private jets.

Raihana glances up and nods, although Li Sheng can't see that. She applies another coat of lip gloss before she takes a deep breath, screwing the lid on and putting it away.

"Alright, let's do this." she stands up,

"I could try to teleport us two at a time?" Ahren offers.

"No, not from a plane that's flying at this speed." Raihana dismisses.

"I agree with that, Ahren. What have we said about teleporting?" Delsanra says as we all stand up. "It's dangerous and can mess with the balance."

"What? It's not like I'm jumping through time and space, not that I can do that, just saying." Ahren pouts, his dark curls and light grey eyes, depicting an innocent angelic look which seems all too suspicious.

Delsanra sighs as she looks at me. "Kataleya, are you ready?"

I smile, "I'm ready." I say as Skyla puts Malevolent into her hoodie.

"She sure is. She's returning to her island. Now our queen just needs to tame her king." She grins as Uncle Liam rubs his palms together.

"Alright, let's do this," he says.

"Del, ready?" Raihana turns to her.

"Whenever you are," Delsanra replies before both begin chanting a spell. It took years, but they can do many spells without excessive use of herbs and crystals, although sometimes they still needed them or the spell wouldn't work. Like right now, Raihana tosses something on the ground, her eyes glimmering.

I take a deep breath. This is it... I'm back here...

"The alpha is on his way. You have to wait for him." Warrior Juan orders.

We are intercepted pretty quickly, but we have made no attempt to hide ourselves.

"Sure, it might be easier to actually have a word with him sooner than later." Raihana declares as Skyla smirks.

That was the plan.

"Yeah, although I hope you do know that if we wanted... you would not be able to stop us from advancing?" Skyla remarks, looking at the man.

He nods, "I do, but you would also be breaking the very rules of the supernatural organisation. No?" He asks quietly. Raihana scoffs as Uncle Liam steps forward, raising his hands. "We aren't here to fight. We will wait for your alpha, right ladies?" Uncle says, turning to us all. I nod, as does Delsanra, who is scanning the surroundings whilst Raihana and Skyla agree reluctantly. I can't help but smile.

The Rossi gene is strong. I stifle a giggle, suddenly realising why Delsanra is so distracted.

Ahren... where has he gone?

The others seem to have realised too as Raihana and Delsanra exchange looks and Raihana scans the trees.

Suddenly, I pause, and my heart skips a beat. I hear him approaching before I even see or smell him. My stomach swarming with butterflies.

He's here...

His confession rings in my mind, and I try to calm the frantic thumping of my heart.

He appears from between the trees, his chest rising and falling, his chocolate curls look black in the darkness, and his pants sit low on his hips, showing off his chiselled abs.

Skyla nudges me, wiggling her eyebrows as she motions with her eyes at him before she gives me a knowing look. I can't help but smile a little, the ache in my chest.

He hurt me, but somehow.

His eyes are glowing gold as he shakes his head to get his curls out of his eyes. "What are you doing here?" he asks, his gaze fixed on Liam or Delsanra. I'm not sure, but he's avoiding looking at me.

"The Crawlers, as you know, have made their appearance here more, we also know that your island surprisingly only has one witch even if it is a small island that's strange. We have two with us and we'd like to see if they can be of any help towards the chupacabras issue and the crawlers." Uncle Liam says.

I never thought much of there only being one witch here, but that is a good point.

"And who asked for your help?" Enrique asks coldly.

"I did," I say, stepping forward. There's a slight change to his heartbeat as those dreamy eyes flick to me.

"And why would you do that?" he asks quietly, his voice, like always, doing things to me.

Goddess, when did things become so intense?

"I do not need to answer that," I reply softly. "However, we will remain on this island until we are satisfied that all that needs dealing with is dealt with."

He scoffs, "And what makes you think that I will allow that?" he asks, now stepping closer, I move closer too.

"If you want us gone, you will have to remove us yourself, and you can start with me." I challenge, looking up at him, tilting my head.

"Did you not get the hint when I left you there?" he asks with a hint of mockery in his tone, raising an eyebrow.

I smile gracefully, raising an eyebrow. "Who said I am here for you? The crawlers are after me. There's a prophecy involving me. I am here for me, not you, Alpha Enrique." I counter, arching my own brow.

No matter how much I want to kiss those plump lips I will not show him how broken I feel.

"But you still need my permission, do you not?"

"Like I said, if you want me gone, remove me." My eyes glimmer pink, and his blaze that gorgeous liquid gold. Our auras swirl around us but they somehow blend, cocooning us. A warmth and power that I welcome. His gaze dips lower, raking over me slowly.

"I'll give you until the Blood Moon. If your work is not done by then, I will remove you, myself, Reina Kataleya." He says. My heart skips a beat as I stare into those eyes.

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He looks away, breaking that precious moment. "You will stay at the Villa... for as long as you are here, I will have my men watch over you since you are not welcome." He turns his back on me, and my gaze goes to his prosthetic. Thank you for honouring your promise...

Juan looks confused for a moment before he nods. Clearly, they were mind-linking.

"Nice. So where is this villa?" Ahren asks as he suddenly steps out from the trees. "Juan, take them."

"Understood, alpha," Juan replies.

Enrique turns away, pausing as he turns slightly and for a second, I think he's about to say something, but he doesn't, walking into the forest.

"Do you have luggage?" Juan asks.

"We'll manage that," Raihana says as Skyla hurries forward, falling into step beside me.

Enrique...

"You were totally badass," she says with a wink. "I like seeing this side of you."

I smile. "Well, something tells me I'll be using that behaviour more so." I sigh with a pout.

I will contact Jose in the morning. For now, we come up with a way to deal with the crawlers. I think to do that; we need to somehow call upon their leader...

How we'll do that, I'm not so sure, but we will.

A short while later, we reach the villa where Hugo stands at the door, clearly waiting for us.

"Welcome, Queen Kataleya, Queen Skyla, Alpha Liam, High Witch Raihana, Luna Delsanra, Master Rossi."

"Wow, how did he learn those titles?" Skyla whispers.

I shrug. "I have no idea, but everyone, this is Hugo." I smile.

"Come in, Alph-Warrior Juan told me you were on your way. You have had a long flight. I have prepared some hot drinks and some food."

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I look around the villa as Hugo tells me to take my previous room and everyone else will be shown their accommodations. Nodding, I drift away from the group as I walk to the bedroom we had spent precious moments in. Our night in. My heart thunders when I open the door.

He was here! His scent is strong, and it's clear the bed was made in haste.

I inhale deeply as I walk over to the bed and sit down, running my fingers along the bedding.

It isn't going to be easy being here... but to remain around him I'm going to have to keep my emotions in check and since he is the one that the crawlers are surrounding; it is him that we need to be around.

There's a knock on the open door and I look up to see Skyla holding two mugs, with Malevolent right on her heels.

"Hey, I thought I'd bring you something to drink." She holds out one mug to me, looking around the room. If she can smell him in here, she doesn't say anything as she sits on the bed beside me.

"So, get some rest. Tomorrow we get to work. You know... we're going to make everything right? I promise." She puts her arm around me and kisses the side of my head. "But honestly, he's totally into you. He might think he's calling the shots, but he bent faster than I thought he would and gave you a home. In his own way, that's a pretty nice welcome."

"But he probably thought he was smooth," I whisper before giggling.

"Probably, but those eyes don't lie." She replies.

"Poor Kiké," we say in unison before bursting into laughter.

I smile over at her, watching as she takes a sip of her iced coffee. "Do you miss Royce?" I ask.

She takes her phone out of her pocket. "Ever heard of phone sex? Remember we first met online? My man knows how to get me going with just a few words or filthy texts."

"Sky!" I blush.

She laughs before smiling fondly down at her screen image which is of Royce. "I'll miss him, but I'd not have it any other way. We're in this together, Kat, we all are and it's time to show Chocolate Curls that his woman is one of the most powerful beings in the damn world and he better learn how to worship you properly."