The Only Prince

Late in the dark, cold night, at the far end of the woods, you could hear a woman screaming.

Where there had once been only silence and the sounds of nature, there were now the screams of a woman in labor. Her husband sat beside her, holding her hand, while her sister sat in front of her, desperately trying to help her deliver the baby.

She didn’t know what she was doing, but she would try, even with her last breath.

Nahomie, the mother of the newborn baby, was weak and had lost a lot of blood. Her husband, King Ruban, could see it clearly, and the fear of losing his wife gripped his heart like an iron hand.

“Nahomie, my love, we need to be quieter... I am sorry to ask you that.”

A tear ran down her cheek as she looked at Ruban with understanding.

She knew why he was asking.

They had to remain quiet.

That silence was what would save their baby.

“King Ruban, what if they find us... you have no power left to fight them all?”

“My brother stole all my power, and I am merely human now. But I will fight to my last breath to keep you all safe.”

After a while, the sound of a new baby cried out through the woods.

Every animal, every little creature, and every bird heard his cry.

Nala quickly covered the little boy in a blanket and placed him in his mother’s arms, but only for a second.

Nahomie held him close.

Then she suddenly went still.

Her head slowly rolled to the side.

Ruban immediately took his son from her arms and looked at his dying wife.

Nala had worked hard to save her sister, but there was nothing more she could do.

A few minutes later, Nahomie died.

Ruban stared at her in silence, still holding his newborn son in his arms.

Ruban sat with his son in his arms and looked at his dead wife lying there...

Nala sat next to her and cried.

After what felt like forever, Ruban turned his head. He may have lost his powers, but he still had his hearing.

“Nala, take Cassian and run. Run far and never look back... They are coming. And I can’t leave my love. Even in death, I need to protect her.”

Nala took Cassian and, with one last glance toward Ruban, she ran with the baby boy into the dark woods, farther than she had ever been in her life.

She heard the sounds of the werewolves and the vampire, Ruban’s brother, who walked as if he were already king.

But she did not hear the werewolves tearing into Ruban and ripping him to pieces.

She only knew one thing.

She had to get herself and Cassian to safety.

He was the last prince in the bloodline.

The Only Prince...