The Taste of Seduction

Meredith glanced at Marcus\' body and shook her head, "Unfortunately no. He is a vampire, Atlas and a royal. Unless a stake is pierced through his heart he will survive."

He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her. She knew he was worried about the consequences of her killing him and not because she had killed him.

"Yes he will be up in about five minutes. A royal vampire is different from the rest." Austin chimed in.

Atlas nodded and pulled Meredith\'s in his arms.

"You don\'t have to get your hands dirty love. Let me do the killing from now onwards okay?"

Meredith chuckled and nodded, "Okay. But I won\'t hesitate to kill anyone who threatens our relationship or you." She said in a low tone.

Atlas pressed a kiss on her forehead, "My little Angel is now all grown up. I don\'t have to worry about anyone bullying me. You will protect me now."

Meredith flushed and smiled at him. "Yeah…what\'s the point of having all this power if I can\'t protect the one I love."

Austin cleared his throat making them know that he was still in the room with them.

"Is there a way to break the soul tie? My mom isn\'t here anymore and I don\'t want to be bond to him." Meredith said.

Austin nodded, "Of course. You\'re the last descendant of your mother\'s line and you possess her magic. You can break the spell yourself once we have her book of spells."

Meredith furrowed her brows. They had no clue where the book was.

"But we don\'t know where it is."

Austin knitted her brows together as he fell into a deep thought.

"Your mother was a smart woman and the book contains numerous powerful spell if it fell into the wrong hands would cause disaster. So she probably hid it."

Meredith sighed, "So how are we going to find it? We don\'t even know how it looks like."

Austin flicked his hand and created a hollow space in the room with a book floating in the middle. The book was glowing with a bright, luminous light.

It was an old, leather-bound book with intricate designs on the cover and the spine was inscribed with symbols on it.

"This is the book of spells that belongs to your mother."

"Wow, it\'s so pretty." Meredith said.

She glanced at Atlas and found out that he had his brows furrowed in a deep concentration.

"I have seen this somewhere before." He mumbled.

Austin\'s eyes glinted with anticipation as he turned to look at him.

"Really? Where?"

"I saw it one time when I was lurking in my parent\'s room. My mom had something that looked exactly like this." He recalled.

"So where is it now?" He asked Atlas, clearly he was excited that he had found the infamous spell book.

"Sorry but I don\'t know. I saw it when I was a kid. It\'s been a long time. My mom could have hidden it anywhere."

Austin nodded. "Your mom was the queen\'s best friend. It\'s only normal that she entrusted the princess and such a powerful book to her. We have to find it. Since we know it\'s on earth right now."

Meredith\'s heart thumped in her chest. Was he suggesting that they go back home?

She was going to see Sofia and her little brother again.

"You want us to go back to earth?" Atlas asked.

"Yes, we need to find the book. The sooner we do the better. It will get more and more difficult for you to fight your attraction to Marcus."

Meredith glanced at Marcus and sighed, "Alright. When do we have to leave?"

"Tomorrow midnight. Tonight you\'re going to be in heat. I don\'t think it will be appropriate for you to travel."

Meredith stared up at Atlas and was rendered immobile by the unspoken promises of pleasure and intent in his dark eyes.

Meredith blushed and averted her gaze, "Alright. "

Austin nodded, "I will leave you two lovebirds to catch up."

Atlas glanced at Marcus who was still lying cold on the floor and frowned, "What about him?"

"Oh the prince, he will be up in no time. Don\'t worry about him."

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Atlas softly said, "You really scared me, Angel." He was leaning over her, his chin on top of her head, and she was facing his chest and inhaling his scent as they laid entwined together.

"I\'m sorry," Meredith whispered. "I know I did."

"I\'m sorry I wasn\'t there when you woke up. I tried to stay with you but Marcus and I were fighting and Austin sacked us from the room.I was so afraid you\'d wake up if I left, and I wouldn\'t be the first face that you\'d see..."

Meredith smiled against his skin. "I know you were there."

"You do?"

"I heard your voice... you were fighting with Marcus."

His arms tightened around me.

"Sorry—I didn\'t mean for you to hear that. As much as I hate the guy I have to admit he is a great guy and he really loves you. You should have seen him when we couldn\'t find you.

He was insane and devastated. He never rested and he caused havoc throughout the city. When we found Ava he tortured her for information and when she told us Rakkon took you he took her heart from her chest.

He is crazy and exactly like me he will burn the world to protect you. For that I really respect him."

Atlas said, pressing a kiss on top of her head.

"Hmm…" Meredith sighed.

"I know I\'m just angry that he lied to me. I trusted him and he dared to lie to me."

Atlas grabbed her hand, giving it a squeeze.

"I know but he is a victim too. Don\'t be too harsh on him. Forgive him Meredith."