All Chapters of A delicate taste : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Darkness surrounded me as I was running through the woods. The river was taking me and the waterfalls dragged me down to the bottom part of it. Leaving the river, I saw two big red eyes looking straight at me. “Kieran?” I asked. It was him, but it wasn’t at the same time. “You are trespassing private lands. You need to be punished” he said, and there was so much hate in his voice. My body was trembling and fear took over my soul. He dumped me over his shoulder and took me away. My wet and ripped dress rubbing uncomfortably between both our bodies. This is not the Kieran that took me the first time. He was a jerk, but this Kieran is evil. “Put me down, please!” I

******Slight Mature Content******“What are you talking about?” was the question that came out of my mouth. “You can see the future. Or at least parts of it” she replied, leaving me confused, “it shows how powerful you are”I didn’t want to know anymore. I just wanted to go back to Kieran. I pulled away from her and looked at Eliphas, begging him to take me back to the castle.“I can’t, Princess. You need to know why you have to be here” he said, putting his hands on my shoulders. “Why don’t we go to my studio, and we can discuss this further” Nicholas said, to which I agreed with the

“You amaze me everytime” I whispered to Kieran while looking at his sleeping body. I am sure he didn’t hear me despite his strong hearing, but I wanted him to know either way.I got out of bed as careful as possible, and got dressed before I walked towards the pants I wore earlier. I took a little potion jar from the pocket and looked at it. It probably had enough dosage for both my parents. I wanted them to be human.~~~~FlashbackAs they were explaining to me the types of potions they were creating, I was exploring every single one they had on a shelf, ready to go. They had no lock on it, weren’t they afraid someone might steal it?

She’s gone. It was her destiny anyway, so I was not surprised she was gone in the blink of an eye. Serena and Silas were being carried away by the guards and put in a room where they could rest until they prepared a grave for them.I'm sorry and I love you was all she said, not even an attempt to properly say goodbye. In a quick moment, she was taken from me. “What happened?” I asked my mother as she walked towards me and hugged me. “Illyria tried to use a potion to make her parents human again, and it didn’t work. It looked like she had stolen it from the warlocks and by using them, she caused chaos”“Is that why she looked the way she looked? Her appeara

A week has gone by and I was still stuck in here. I didn’t have news about Kieran and I was sure he was dying to know how I was doing. Today Lenora and Nicholas would show me the art of witchcraft, so I could master it. They were working on a new type of potion and I could see how bright and thick the liquid was. Its rose gold color gave it a romantic appearance and I rolled my eyes. You didn’t have to be a master in witchcraft to know what the potion was about.“Are you seriously inventing a love potion?” I asked. There was no such thing as forced love. You needed to feel it, not drink it. “I thought you would be doing something dangerous and powerf

A pounding headache is all I felt when I woke up. It was daylight, and I wasn’t sure how long I had slept. I do remember what happened last night. Illyria was in my arms once again, and now she’s gone.I was so tired of having my heart broken, so I promised myself I would forget her. It would be hard since having memories engraved in our mind is our curse. I could remember what happened centuries ago and it would wreck me.Last night would be the last time I would be with her. From now on, she will be my enemy. There will be no knowledge of her and no mercy if it comes down to a fight. She was dead to me.As I arrived at the castle, I could feel the ache in my heart getting stronger. I needed to get her out of my system, out of my soul

“Well, you look beautiful today. It is nice to see you again” Cassius said. “I wish I could say the same and I am wondering, what brings you here?” I asked with a polite smile on my face. He knew I was faking it, but decided to ignore it. “Well, I came to see what these people have to offer in exchange for an alliance. Their call seemed desperate for a peace treaty” he replied, lifting the corner of his mouth in a smile, showing one of his fangs. “Oh, that is a scary smile” I said with the most sarcastic tone I could have. He just chuckled and turned around when the staff called everyone down to eat. I sat next to Eliphas while Cassius and Draven sat across the table right in front of us.

I left my room in a hurry, and headed back to the dining area where Nicholas and Evanora were still talking and having a drink. “How dare you?” I yelled, shocking Evanora with my outburst, but Nicholas didn’t seem unfazed by it.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, thinking I was a fool. He thought I was going to stay quiet while he planned my life.“You think you can offer me to Cassius just like that? You are no better than those “demons” you all call”“I did no such thing. You are destined to marry Eliphas to keep our generation going, why would I offer you to him?” He stood off from his chair and walked towards me. 

“Is she okay?” I could hear Lenora talk. Her voice sounded far away. I was trying to force my eyes open, but it was not working.“I’m not sure, Mother. We were arguing and all of a sudden she fainted in my arms” Kieran’s voice hit my ears, and my heart was swelling. “We should call Nicholas and Evanora” Alaric said. Why can’t I just open my eyes?“No. They can’t know she is not well. We will keep an eye on her and when she wakes up, we send a guard to deliver the message” Lenora said as I felt her approach me.I could feel her hand on my hair and a tear fell down my cheek. “She must be in

“What the hell were you thinking, letting her go like that?” Nicholas was yelling at me for letting Illyria leave. There was no choice, she needed to warn the Moores. Cassius will not only attack us, but them too. “I just had to” was all I could say. Nicholas approached me in a threatening way. “You better bring her back or else there will be consequences, Eliphas”“Are you threatening me?” I asked, and that was not a question he wanted to hear.He grabbed me by the neck and pushed me against the wall. He might have been shorter than me, but his strength surpassed mine. Adrenaline c