Birds From The West

"Chad…" The Phoenix Queen called out worriedly as she shifted her attention to the man on her right. However, despite the wariness she was feeling due to the situation in the sky, seeing Chad's visage, she fell into a slight daze.

The Phoenix King looked incredibly handsome as always, nobody could dispute that, but it was somewhat rare for her to see him looking serious like this. His golden eyes burning like eternal flames, his similarly coloured flame-like hair billowing with the wind, his spotless and imposing wings burning with the ferocity that could only belong to a warrior, his brow furrowed and his jaw clenched…

She liked the look of it. A lot. She felt a little guilty because the emotions that created that face weren't exactly good ones, but no matter what she tried to tell herself her lady bits warmed. Something she was accustomed to feeling whenever she was with this man.

Chad lowered his head to look down at her and almost immediately his eyes softened, turning the previous vicious and boundless flames into gentle and harmless ones that melted her heart. The worry she had been feeling greatly dissipated.

"Do not worry, Aliana. With me here nothing can harm you." Chad said as he tried to gather her in his arms. But despite the reluctant effort and the discomfort it took to do so, she held his arms before he could grab her (ignoring his steel-like muscles that compelled her to swoon) and spoke out with steel in her voice.

"Stop it…" She moaned.

Err. Her voice was not supposed to sound like that.

Chad smirked before dropping his arms, but before she could sigh with relief or disappointment, he held her hands together within his own and leaned closer with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Yes, yes. My blue rose is a cruel and powerful Ice Queen, how can she possibly be caught snuggling with a man?"

Aliana blushed heavily. "Will you-"

"Are you two actually serious? Are my eyes and ears deceiving me?" A sharp and very angry voice spoke out.

Chad let go of Alina with a roll of his eyes and they both turned to face the source of the voice, which naturally turned out to be the 9 Flame Queen. A livid and fuming 9 Flame Queen; who was almost leaking dark red flames out of her eyes.

But despite the vicious expression contorting her face, she was still an extreme beauty. In fact both Aliana and the 9 Flame Queen were. But where Aliana was the epitome of grace and elegance with a hint of mischievous allure, the 9 Flame Queen had seduction carved through every inch of her body with a pair of dark mysterious eyes that drew everyone in.

Aliana had pale skin, straight long icy blue hair and similar coloured eyes, her bust and behind weren't as dynamic as she probably wanted it to be, but she possessed such a unique and delicate femininity to her overall shape that she didn't lose out to others at all. The feeling she gave off was similar to that of an ice sculpture of a goddess; Delicate yet imposingly majestic.

But on the other hand, the 9 Flame Queen, who still had not obtained an actual name yet, was almost Aliana's complete opposite. Her skin was tanned, her hair was mainly dark red with bright red highlights, her eyes were narrow and seductive with her irises being an even darker red that looked like wine, her bust, hips, buttocks and thighs were the things of dreams, and she even had plump, biteable cupid-bow lips to top it off. Sexual enticement at its finest.

But more interesting than those features, at least to Chad and Aliana, were the 4 horns adorning her skull (2 on the sides of her head and the other 2 on her forehead). Those dark red horns that never stopped burning were unlike anything they had ever seen or sensed before. They radiated a harrowing feeling of killing intent and were one of the few main reasons why Chad had made the decision never to let his guard down around her; Evidently, the fact that she was not fully a Beast could be sensed.

But besides that, the only similar thing between the 2 girls was their height, both being around 175 cm tall, and that was it.

The 9 Flame Queen venomously glared at the 2 rulers of the Phoenix race with her aura beginning to leak out of her skin in the form of dark red flames, her horns and eyes beginning to glow menacingly.

'This woman is too much!' Chad thought inwardly with frustration. The 9 Flame Queen's personality was always like this. She was incredibly sexy, even he had to admit, but she was just too violent! The amount of crazy things she had done just because something had angered her was sickening, and he had always wanted to punish her somehow, but what could he do? She was stronger than him!

Chad didn't know how she progressed so quickly, but she was at the 6th Stage, whereas he was at the 3rd Stage. Although he knew that he was talented enough to fight people in higher stages because of the fortunes that had been bestowed upon him, he was very sure that the 9 Flame Queen could accomplish the same thing, perhaps to an even greater extent, relegating his advantage.

Between the 2 of them there was no comparison.

Fortunately, they could be considered allies, especially since something even more monstrous than her was coming for them…

Chad's mood dampened even further as he thought about his despicable brother. Still, despite the insecurities assailing his heart, he spoke out confidently with a placating smile.

"Relax 9 Flame, no matter what's going on above, the Dragons would have to deal with it first before it can ever affect us." He made an instinctive move to stand in front of Aliana, but changed his mind halfway with a little reluctance, allowing her to stand beside him.

Ever since he had taken Aliana as his one true mate, turning her into the Queen of all Phoenixes, she had made the decision to, in her own words, 'reform herself as a true queen and make herself equal to him so that she didn't shame him.' Something that he had mixed feelings about.

He appreciated it a lot, after all, to have a powerful mate who could take care of the Phoenix race with him was amazing, but… It meant that he had to hold back a lot when he felt the urge to protect her. Alas, what can he do? He could only support her in this endeavour and hope that she could quickly reach his level, removing some of the worries that he had.

*WHOOSH*

His chain of thought broke when the 9 Flame Queen's aura flared even higher.

'Fuck! Is she going to punch me again?' Chad grimaced as held his arms up.