My Guardian - Shivani Sharma (rm book recommendations .txt) 📗

my neck and disappeared. Sara was left alone who heard the guards scurrying about, smiling to herself. ‘You can finally have your happiness, Alia.’

 

Her warm breath my the flesh of my neck again, head resting against me. I could feel her heartbeat steadily, she was asleep. A small smile crept across my lips; it had been a tiring day for her. Then he felt her lips touch my skin. He had always wondered how soft they were, but now he knew. When he watched over her, he was so tempted to kiss those lips he had wanted to feel more than once, and often had to exit the room before he did something stupid.

 

Having no woman, no woman who wasn’t her, to help tame my inner beast. Just watching her could calm me.

 

New friends

 

(Alia P.O.V)

“Wake up, we’re almost there,” Jared whispered into my ear.

I opened her tired green orbs and lifted her face from Jared’s neck. Suddenly a large castle came into view.

“Humans know nothing of this castle.” Jared started, “It’s protected deep within this forest and has been in the Ellwood clan for millennia.” Turning his head he said, “You’ll be happy here, and you’ll make friends.”

His pace quickened and there were a few people I could see along the large stone walls that guarded the castle and Jared dashed through the large gate of his home. Voices boomed around her.

“Prince Jared has returned!”

“He’s brought a girl too.”

“Could she be the one he had left for?”

“It’s about time…”

“I can tell she’s human.”

“She’s a beauty that’s for sure.” Jared cast the man a glare, who cringed.

“Don’t mess with an Uchiha’s mate man.”

“I didn’t mean that I wanted her…”

The other voices drowned out as they entered the large palace, few people had gathered upon hearing the shouts outside. Alia tightened her grip on Jared’s shoulders when their gazes turned to her.

“This must be her,” a woman said, her voice soft and I could tell there was a smile in it. Pulling her face from the vampires’ neck as she felt him stop, she saw this woman. Long pink hair and green eyes and she wore a crimson dress. She was beautiful and her small smile made her look friendly.

Jared nodded, “She is, my Mother.”

That explained why they looked so much alike.

“She is beautiful too.”

“Alia,” Jared turned his head to me, “this is my mother, Erika Ellwood, Queen of the vampires and other creatures,”

“Former Queen,” Erika announced.

“Won’t you introduce your other family to her, brother?”

A man who looks exactly like Jared, I think he is his twin’s brother, asked. Black hair in a ponytail and bangs and eyes that watched her just like Jared’s but lines under his eyes. He was handsome, but nothing compared to Jared. “That is my elder brother, Josh, and the other behind him, is my father, Logan, King of the vampires.”

“You’ve been away for a while, son, Josh is the King now,” the man was older; wisdom could be seen on his face. I could see where Jared and Josh had gotten their looks from. This family of four had the same hair and eyes expect their mother. And both men wore black, just as Jared did, Erika was the only one who seemed to wear a different color. “May we know the woman it is you have brought home?”

“Alia Knight,” I said shyly while looking at the ground fidgeting with my finger.

Josh seemed to smile, “Princess Knight, huh, Jared? It’s about time you have a lifetime partner.” I felt his body tense at his brothers’ words.

‘Jared will still keep his promise?’ I thought.

“Yeah,” Jared would keep his promise to me.

“Where are the others?” he asked, letting me off his back gently. I stood close to the Jared side, still unsure about the people around me.

“She sure is a beautiful thing,” the Ellwood woman said, “they are waiting for you in the gardens.”

Nodding Jared grabbed my hand and tenderly pulled me along behind him.

Once the two left the room, the three began talking. “Miss Alia has warmed our dear Jared’s heart, I see. She will make a fine Queen for him.”

“Indeed, and my mate could use more company.” The new king said.

I was observing the corridors we passed, I thought it would be darker, but it was fairly beautiful. The walls were not what she expected for vampires to dwell. Other vampires stopped to stare at us as we passed through them.

It didn’t take long until we’re outside and into a garden that seemed much like her own.

“Jared!” a group of voices shouted.

“I want you to meet my friends,” Jared said while looking at me and tugging me with him.

“Well, well, well, Ellwood finally got himself a girl. I never saw this coming.” A man with long brown hair watched me carefully. His orbs were white with no pupils and his body was covered in white hair and black pants and boots.

“She’s too beautiful for you Ellwood.”

“Be nice Siddharth,” a brown-haired girl with two buns said to him hitting his head.

“Hey, I am Linda and this is Siddharth fortunately and unfortunately, we are mattes, This is Priya Neji’sister, ” she said introducing each other.

The girl she introduced had beautiful hair and Sakura was envious of it, a striking lavender color and her eyes matching her cousin. Her body was thin, but Sakura could tell it was strong. Priya’s skin seemed to glow in the moonlight.

″Ali Knight,” I said introducing myself to them.

“Very pleased Sakura,” Priya said and smiled at me.

“Pleasure is all mine,” I said to her with my own smile.

“Would you boy’s leave us so we could get more acquainted?” Priya asks the boys.

Jared was about to say something, “C’mon Ellwood, let Alia make some friends, you have the rest of your life to be with her now move it.” Siddharth said to him with a smirk on his face.

“You’re treading dangerous ground Siddharth,” Jared glared at the other male before turning his eyes to me. “Do you want to stay with them? They’re good friends of mine,” he asks and I nodded my head as a yes.

“Tell them to come to get me if you need anything.”

“Geeze Jared you act like we don’t know where anything is. We can help Sakura out is she needs anything. Go and hang out with Matt, that idiot won’t shut up until he sees you.” Linda replied and Alia watched as Priya glared at the brown-haired woman.

Jared looked at me for one more time and walk out of the garden with Siddhart.

Talk with my friends

(Jared P.O.V)

 

My face turns red when I heard my parents talking about how Alia will be a good queen for our kingdom.

 

‘She’ll only be my Queen if she chooses to be mine…’ I thought and continue tugging her along with me towards the garden.

 

It didn’t take long until we’re outside and into a garden that seemed much like Alia’s garden.

 

“Jared!” a group of voices of my friends shouted as soon as we come into their view.

 

“I want you to meet my friends.” said to her while tugging her along with me.

 

“Well, well, well, Ellwood finally got himself a girl. I never saw this coming.” Sidharth said while looking checking her out and I let out a low growl which only us vampires can hear.

 

“She’s too beautiful for you Ellwood,” he said while looking at me.

 

“Be nice, Sidharth!” Linda said while hitting him on his head then introduce herself and others to Alia.

 

“Very pleased Alia,” Priya said to her with a gentle and friendly smile.

 

“Pleasure is all mine,” Alia said to her with her own smile. But I can see she was a little nervous with them and I don’t blame her for that because I understand after getting so much hatred from her family it’s normal for her to be nervous while meeting with new people.

 

“Would you boy’s leave us so we could get more acquainted?” Priya asks while looking at me and Sidharth.

 

I was about to say something but cut off by Sidharth.

 

, “C’ mon Uchiha, let Alia make some friends, you have the rest of your life to be with her now move it,” Sidharth said cutting me off.

 

“You’re treading dangerous ground Hyuuga,” I said while glaring at him before turning his eyes to my princess.

 

“Do you want to stay with them? They’re good friends of mine.”I ask her not wanting her to feel uncomfortable with them and she nodded her head.

 

“Tell them to come to get me if you need anything,” I said to her with a smile on my face.

 

“Geeze Jared you act like we don’t know where anything is. We can help Alia out is she needs anything. Go and hang out with Matt, that idiot won’t shut up until he sees you.” Linda replied while Priya glared at her for calling her mate an idiot which he was.

 

I look at her for one more time and walk out of the garden with Sidharth.

 

“Hey dobe,” I said to him when I saw him on the other side of the garden.

 

“So Finally you decided to show up huh, teme,” he said and turn to look at us.

 

“Yup,” I answered while giving him our bro hug.

 

“Where is she?” he asks.

 

“With the girls, we just arrived here and they want her all to themselves,” I said while shaking my head.

 

“Well, girls are like that you know,” he said.

 

“Split it out now Ellwood,” Siddharth said to me.

 

“Split out what?” I ask her while looking at him.

 

“Everything that happens between you and your mate, like how you guys met, and other things like that,” Sidharth said to me while looking at me.

 

“Oh,” I said and tell them everything that happens between us.

 

“Dang Jared! Seriously! You’ll let her go when you just found her?” Matt shouted at me.

 

“Yes…” Jared said.

 

“I didn’t think you’d let her get away after you’ve waited for so long, Ellwood. Why would you?” Sidharth asked.

 

“Would you let Linda or Priya go if you knew they didn’t, couldn’t love you as you do them?” Both of them blinked, startled by my question.

 

“I love her too much, I know everything about her, but she knows nothing about me. I will let her go if she wishes.”

 

“I would give her up… even if it broke him,” I said under my breath for anyone to heard.

 

“She’s too important to me, and if she’s happy elsewhere, so be it.”

 

“But Jared, it sounds to me like she couldn’t be any happier anywhere other than with you. I mean, you said her life wasn’t that pleasant in her own