Girl Enchanted (Book 2 of The Girl Trilogy)

  Also by Réussie Miliardario

  Girl Possessed (Book 1 of The Girl Trilogy)

  Outlaws (Endless Love, #1)

  Bad Girl (Endless Love, #2)

  The Bad Boy

  Girl Enchanted

  by Réussie Miliardario

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  Copyright © 2012 by Réussie Miliardario

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  For Ronald and Regina

  Girl Enchanted

  1

  My heart was beating fast from fear. I could hardly breathe. Shaul and I just escaped from prison after I collapsed the dungeon with the sound vibrations of my voice. Now all hell let loose.

  Shaul’s brother, Aver, the devil incarnate himself, was after us with all his wicked powers and machinations. He wanted to rape and kidnap me with the hope of producing a son. And if he didn’t get us, the wrathful community members with their torches and weapons were right behind him coming out of the forest in pursuit of our lives. They would torture us, return us to prison, or even murder us.

  But, even worse than that, the community leaders would separate Shaul and me forever. And I couldn’t live without my one true love, the boy I would live or die for. Shaul was my other half, my soul mate, even if he was entirely bad.

  Breathing fast, Shaul and I dove off the cliff. Magnificent wings spread from our backs as we tumbled through the sky downwards. I was an awkward fool, still unable to control the red blossom wings fluttering madly out of my back.

  Shaul grabbed my waist. He would stop at nothing to protect me. His entire purpose in life was dependent upon my survival.

  I looked up at him as he supported me midair. Enormous black feather wings were extending out behind him. He looked grand and otherworldly.

  At that moment, a sudden epiphany overwhelmed me. It was an odd time to have such a thought, but it enraptured my essence like an overpowering rush of excitement.

  If we escaped our pursuers, I could finally take revenge upon the girl I truly hated with all my heart and all my soul. Now that we were free, I could kill Jezebel Bradeere! I could torture and maim her like she did to me. I still had the scars from her carvings on my chest that said, “slut.” If I could get a hold of her, I could destroy her life like she destroyed mine.

  “Close your wings,” Shaul yelled out to me interrupting my thoughts. The blue sky swirled around us. Sunlight flashed in my eyes.

  With some commands, both of our wings folded back into our bodies. At once, he pulled me up against him. We were chest to chest as our heads broke the surface of the splendorous, forbidden lake.

  Light enveloped us. It glistened and sparkled—beautiful, radiant. Fully submerged, we spun around as lit bubbles surrounded us and rose upwards. It was a glorious sight and coupled with my epiphany, I felt heaven bound.

  Our clothes tore from our bodies as transformations ensued. Our legs formed into fish tails—mine red, his black. I noticed that his bare chest was tight with perfectly formed muscles. Even in the flurry this aroused me. Sparkling bubbles rushed through the strands of his black hair. And his face shone with the charisma and attractiveness of a dome cinema star. Shaul was the epitome of physical perfection.

  He brushed my wild, long hair away from my face and gazed into my eyes sending a blaze of excitement through me. He kissed my forehead tenderly.

  I wanted more. I wanted to kiss him passionately, like there was no tomorrow, but we were in serious danger.

  The music in my mind burst from my body and surrounded us from every direction. The symphony was everywhere now, and for the first time, it wasn’t only in my head. My lust for Shaul was the greatest it had ever been.

  This lake was magical. And now I knew for certain that the music that possessed our minds this past year was coming from something within the lake that was beckoning us to it. What was it? I had an intense desire to know.

  My yearning for Shaul was overwhelming now. I almost didn’t even care about our lives. I just wanted him. With all the power I possessed, I tore my gaze away from him and took hold of my maddening passions.

  I looked deep into the water below us. Though we were wreathed in light, it wasn’t as bright or brilliant as the light beneath our bodies that shined upwards with intensity like nothing I had ever experienced. It looked like the sun, but it didn’t hurt my eyes. In fact, gazing at it filled my body with pleasurable sensations.

  I wondered what would happen to us if we swam into it. Because it was so powerful and intense, I feared we would be burned alive. Was this energy source responsible for my overwhelming lusts?

  Shaul must have seen the expression on my face because he stroked my flowing hair in reassurance. He held me against his chest. I wanted to move away, but I couldn’t. I wondered if he could feel how fast my heart was racing. I could feel the rhythms of his body like they were my own. The music was so entrancing and erotic.

  Refocusing, I looked up and through the water to see if Aver had followed us off the cliff and into the lake yet. He was deadly evil and would stop at nothing to impregnate me in hopes of producing a son with his serpent elements of earth and fire and my josephine elements of air and water. A son possessing all four elements would give him entrance into the Garden of Eden where he could eat from the Tree of Life and bring forth eternal Hell on Earth.

  I didn’t see him. He must have still been slithering upon his belly at the edge of the cliff. Shaul had forced a spell on him to make him lose his arms and legs. I knew the spell was only temporary as Shaul’s brother would simply shape-shift back into his original, upright black serpent form.

  We still had time to get away. Shaul took my hand and we quickly swam downwards. As we moved, I realized we were quite a distance from the frightening light ahead. Like the sun, it appeared very close, but in actuality it was very far away.

  Again, I looked back, toward the surface anxiously searching through the bubbles and light that trailed up so clearly to the top of the lake. We weren’t safe yet.

  I was surprised at my vision. My sight was even more vivid under water than on land. I could see far into the distance.

  With no sign of Aver, I turned my gaze back toward the light deep within the lake. As we moved closer, it progressively grew brighter and brighter. I could feel the intense power coming from its source. Passion ran through my veins. The music was amorous and it was everywhere.

  Suddenly, I heard a splash overhead, then a loud boom. It was like an explosion and the water shook in all directions. Even at the great distance, I saw Aver rushing toward us. My body tensed something tremendous. My heart was beating so fast now. I
almost felt like I was hyperventilating.

  He was dangerous. And he was after us!

  We moved incredibly fast now. Shaul looked confident and strong. The light ahead was blinding my eyes now. I heard a loud roar. Its sound was so intense that the vibrations surrounded me in physical sensations.

  “It’s only Aver trying to frighten you,” Shaul said.

  I was shocked at how clear his voice was in the water. “We can talk?” I asked breathlessly as we rushed deeper into the depths of the lake. My voice, though stressed, sounded completely normal too.

  Abruptly, I felt a flurry of vibrations overwhelm me. The flow of water became chaotic.

  At once, Aver grabbed my arm and yanked me toward him. His snake-like facial features looked terrifying like a cross between a cobra and a boy. His body was lean and cut like any other fit teenager, but he was covered in horrifying black scales.

  He pulled me right up against him. To my shock, my passions were even stronger now that I was pressed up against this abomination. I was filled with pure animalistic lust. My body trembled and shook in excitement.

  I struggled to get away frantically, desperately trying to conjure up my own logic. What was happening to me?

  But his skin turned inside out and folded over most of my body nearly smothering me in his essence. It was horrifying. His body felt freezing and scaly. Everything was dark.

  I couldn’t breathe. I’m gonna die. I’m gonna die. I knew my life was over and there was nothing I could do about it. My lungs felt like they were going to explode out of my skin. His scales were so cold. It seemed like I was being frozen alive.

  In super-time, I heard Shaul’s voice in my mind. “He’s trying to impregnate you, but nothing will happen unless your entire body is surrounded by his. Keep your arms out.”

  At once, I felt Shaul yanking me out of Aver’s trap. When my body left his, the water on my skin felt like fire. I’m gonna die. I’m gonna die. The temperature shift was so intense. It hurt so bad—the most pain I could have ever imagined. So much worse than any tortures Lucindean had inflicted upon me in prison.

  All I heard was: “You’re gonna be ok.” It was Shaul’s voice.

  He was wrong! My body burst into flames. Fire covered me.

  That pain was all encompassing, like being run over by a car where your insides squirt out and splatter all over the place and you feel every cell of it in a hundred spots.

  Then I was yanked into the brightness below so hard that I went spiraling down a hole of pure light so intense that I literally burnt up into nothing. Truly. The pain was indescribable, but it only lasted a second before my entire body disintegrated.

  Suddenly, I felt as weightless as air. I had no body tying me down. The pain stopped.

  I was completely surrounded by light. I was light. And I felt the most sublime bliss I had ever felt in my life. Everything was beautiful and ethereal. Nothing was anything. And anything was nothing. It was only feelings of utter euphoria. I never wanted to leave this place, but then my consciousness was yanked through another hole and I was back in physical form in a shocking world.

  2

  We were standing in a cemetery on pure white sand before a small, glassy pond with dark rolling hills behind it. Though it was daytime, the sky had a dim, eerie feel because the sun was partly eclipsed.

  Grave stones with the usual holograms of the dead lined the bottoms of the hills. I could hear their whispers overlapping faintly. Memories spoken. Dreams shattered. Broken hearts.

  Even with the whispers and holograms, there was an odd stillness to the setting. It was creepy. But, after a moment, I heard galloping sounds—the racing of hooves against the earth. It sounded like an army on horseback was racing up the hilltops from behind, out of view, and toward us. But, there were terrible screeching sounds like metal rubbing against metal as the pursuers grew closer to the top.

  My eyes fixated on the highland before us as I grabbed Shaul’s arm out of fear. It was happening so fast, I could only brace myself for confrontation. But, to my surprise, the sounds stilled when the seeming aggressors stopped upon the mountain tops.

  What are they? It wasn’t an army—at least the creatures weren’t human, that is. They looked like metal figures. I squinted my eyes and looked closer. The sun was in the way. Quickly, I blocked the eclipsing light with my hand.

  Ah—I could see. Standing regally upon the blackened ridges were mechanical unicorns! At once, their thoughts imprinted in colorful words and swirls upon the faded sky with phrases like this:

  “Welcome to Aurora Springs, home to the faeries.”

  “My purpose is to decorate your mind with fanciful thoughts.”

  “The horn in the center of my head is useless.”

  “Free rides.”

  “Popcorn.”

  “Nay, nay, nay…”

  Suddenly, there was an amusement park in the sky. The Ferris wheel and merry-go-round spun around much too fast and popcorn fell from the clouds. And then, as quickly as it was there, it was gone.

  The sky was still and the unicorns stopped moving and imprinting upon the horizon. It appeared as if they had finished their absurd presentation. Now their heads hung down like they had fallen asleep.

  “How odd,” I whispered to Shaul.

  Then I looked down and noticed our fish tails were transformed back into legs. And I was completely naked! I should have realized this already, but the strange scenery was consuming all of my attention.

  Blushing, I tried to cover my naked body with my long, wet hair. For some reason, maybe because nudity is natural for a mermaid, I wasn’t self-conscious of my bare breasts while under the water, but now I was!

  Shaul laughed and arched an eyebrow. A crooked smile lifted on his face that reminded me that he was the devil incarnate. Oh, he was wickedly handsome.

  Really he had nothing to laugh about because he was as naked as naked gets and he didn’t have long hair like me to hide himself. I think this embarrassed me more than it did him. But, in a flash of a second, he chanted something in Latin and “wahla” he was clad in leaves and animal pelts. It was an odd choice for attire, but he looked as sexy as hell in it.

  And of course, with the next spell out of his mouth, I was dressed in something too risqué and provocative to describe. But, as usual, he smiled facetiously at me, reveled in his creation for a moment, and then with a snap, I was dressed.

  When I looked down, I was surprised to see I was wearing the most stunning red gown I had ever seen in my life with snake patterns embroidered on the skirt. It was the kind of dress that said, “I’m as mean as the devil,” while portraying an understated elegance. He had remarkably good taste for a snake.

  I looked at my reflection on the glassy surface of the pond and noticed that he had artistically adorned my upper body with delicate vines and water lilies that wove around my chest and torso, covering my nakedness. It was a stunning creation.

  In awe, I ran my finger over the soft petal of one of the water lilies. I was moved that he remembered my favorite flower. “It’s beautiful,” I said, trying to hide the internal thrill I was experiencing.

  He studied me for a moment and then smiled. “Damn. I’m good.” He ran his finger across my cheek.

  I blushed and tried to change the subject so that I wouldn’t have to think about how wild and out of control I felt around him. The music was blaring in my mind. “Those sci-fi unicorns said this is the home of the faeries.”

  He laughed. His voice was playful—sarcastic. “Yes, they did.”

  I noticed the unicorns had woken up from their slumber and were staring at us intensely now which I found very strange.

  “We went through a porthole that brought us here. The porthole is an alternate route.”

  “What do you mean?” I was confused.

  “Aurora Springs is just past the forbidden lake on dry land.”

  “Huh?” I just wasn’t getting what he was saying. Probably because I was thinking about kissing
him madly.

  “There are two routes that lead here. You don’t have to get here through the underwater porthole. You can also go directly on dry land. We’re actually not far from the community in the Seneca Mountain woods.

  “Really?”

  “Yes.” He smiled and flared his nose a little like he was finding my confusion humorous.

  “If we’re near the community that means the community leaders and their army could still be looking for us.”

  “I’m sure they are.”

  I thought about my mother and how she betrayed me. After escaping from prison, we went to see her, but because of her disapproval of Shaul, she tried to turn me into the community leaders. My mind filled with despair. “We must hurry,” I said, my words catching in my throat.

  Just thinking about being caught and put back into prison upset me. If they found us, they surely wouldn’t let Shaul and I stay together. They would either kill us or imprison us again for life. Either way, they would separate us. And now I knew I didn’t want to live without Shaul, not after everything we had been through. He was me and I was him. We were one. I would rather die than be alone without him.

  “What are we going to do?”

  He stretched his arms overhead. “You think I’d come here without a plan?”

  I shrugged as I twisted a strand of my hair looking around anxiously. “I guess not.”

  “Remember I told you I have a surprise for you here.”

  My face lit up. “I did remember how you said that after we escaped from the dungeon, but I didn’t want to say anything.” I looked at him carefully. “I guess I was afraid because you said you didn’t know if I would like the surprise.”

  “First of all, it’s about time we get some good use out of your wings.”

  “I like the sound of that.” I raked my fingers through my wet hair trying to smooth any tangles.

  He smirked. “Ok. Let’s go.” He was chuckling to himself.

  At first, I didn’t know why he was laughing, but then I realized he was probably laughing because even though I had wings I didn’t know how to fly! Other than jumping off the cliff in flee of Aver, the last time I tried was in the dungeon cell I was locked away in after being caught crossing the boundary line that separated the community from the forbidden lake and that attempt was utterly hopeless.