1 Lovers in the Night.

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CHAPTER 1

Thousands of years ago.

When the age was still in peace, the moon goddess descended the heavens and decided to visit the world and be with her creations, the werewolves.

In the process, she met and fell in love with the first Vampire king.

The sound of the evening breeze blowing cool against the trees and grasses could be heard loud and clear, sending whispers in the dark forest.

As time passed, the clouds changed with the already seeming dark night, turning into something darker.

In that darkness, two beings sat down on a white linen cloth, enjoying the company the other offered. Suddenly…

Thunderclap!

"Ahh!" Scared she yelped and hugged tightly the figure close to her.

"Hahha…" a peal of gentle laughter escaped his lips the next second at her obvious fright.

After a few seconds, her lovely shining white eyes danced in the night as she lifted her head to look at him. "What's funny?"

"You, my love."

"How so?"

"To think you are scared by that?" He peeled his gaze from hers and looked towards the sky.

"And why can't I? I am a…"

Instantly, her protest was silent by the hungry kiss of the man sitting next to her.

Fluttering her eyes close, she moaned into the kiss. "Hmm…"

Although they came to enjoy the night, they never would have expected for the night to come with its own form of surprises and before they knew it…

SHOWERS FROM ABOVE!

"Ahh!" she pulled back, trying to shield herself from the light showers that had begun to fall. He too covered her with his lovely arms, allowing his robe sleeve to do more of the work.

"Let's leave. I cannot afford for you to catch a cold, my love."

"No, Xanth. I do not want to go. Something always happens any time we come for a time together. It is either your kingly duties or my people."

"But you are getting wet too fast. I cannot risk you falling ill because of me, Diana. Please."

Seeing the sorry look in his eyes, she could not afford to refuse him. He looked so cute and irresistible when he pleaded. "Fine. You win but on one condition. Same place and time tomorrow and even if the sky comes down, I would not leave you."

"Deal my, Dione."

"Diana, naughty Vamp king," she corrected. Nevertheless, she pressed her lips on his and kissed him briefly before pulling away.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

In that dark forest, a shadow passed by when they made their promise, causing a bone chill along with its presence.

Unlike Xanth, Diana felt something unusual but with the next thunderclap, she brushed it aside and parted with him thinking it was the thrill of the night and weather.

With that the two parties disappeared into the night, each going their separate way and to their separate kingdom.

By the next day and same place, Xanth arrived there a bit earlier because he had been anticipating the time he would spend with her and did not want any mishap like the previous day to happen again.

While he waited, he let his gaze wander into the sky, smiling peacefully at it.

If he did not ask for anything, he was already contented with how his life was. As he waited, he hummed a brilliant melody, their love song, one that brought about their encounter and in turn the beautiful beginning.

"I never knew you missed me so much," a voice whispered from the shadows.

Turning in the direction, Xanth smiled brightly at her. "I would always miss you my Dione. You are my love."

Seeing that he had easily found her with his gaze, she approached him. With each step she took, her flowing light blue gown fluttered in the wind with her neatly combed hair dancing to its tune. She had a touch of Jewelries here and there to further enhance her beauty and glow.

Unlike her, he was putting on a thick black robe with his only adorning jewellery being the golden key chain graciously worn around his neck.

"Come, my love. Come to the place I have prepared for us," Diana called out sweetly.

"But I thought our meeting was here?"

"Yes. However, I figured out that you might get here before me and I needed to prepare a surprise for you. So I made preparations at another location not far from here."

"Sneaky. You could have not gone through the stress of such. Just being able to sit here with you is more than I could ever ask for. See, the moon is full today, I am okay with that."

"Well, since the god of rain decided to ruin my plans yesterday, I made the moon shine fully another day."

"Someone is being naughty. Okay, let us go."

Together they went to her new place and for a brief moment there, Xanth was stunned. Never would he expect for her to go through all those troubles in getting what she did.

In the midst of a clearing was a beautiful golden cloth on the ground and atop it were several dishes with wine, fruits, cups and all to sum it up.

"I love you," he whispered into her ears.

"I am glad you like it. Come let us a seat, eat and dine."

They spent the next twenty minutes eating and when she noticed he had not touched his drink, she frowned at him. "Your drink is still left untouched."

"I am sorry. I just got lost in your eyes and…"

"Then have some cake let us make a toast," she cut in sweetly.

"Have it with me."

"Nah, I am full, Xanth. You have barely eaten anything. You eat that and we make our toast."

Not being able to refuse her, he picked up the spoon and scooped some of the cake into his mouth. While he was at it, she served the wine and handed him a cup.

"Thanks, Dione." She frowned a bit and he understood why.

"Diana, Xanth. Diana."

"You want to know why I call you Dione?"

She nodded. She had not really known the main reason why he always insisted on a name, not hers. "Because it means, Divine Queen. You are my divine queen, the one the heavens chose to bless me with."

Her face flushed instantly and she looked away. "Let's make a toast then. To us."

"To us." His face lit up into a smile, revealing a part of his perfect set of teeth. Returning his smile and with their hands crossed, they did the cross cup drinking.

The second her cup touched her lips, she smiled in triumph as a dark glint flashed before her eyes.

They finished drinking and placed down their cups. He was far too lost within her shining white eyes to bother with anything. Everything seemed so perfect then.

With their faces inching closer and closer, he knew it was just about any second from then when their lips met and they would seal the deal.

However just when their lips were about to touch…

*Coughs*

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My first ever werewolf & vampire novel. First of either as well. Kindly leave a comment and drop your review. Thanks.