The Taste of Seduction

On the table sat an entire roasted chicken, a steaming bowl of smashed garlic potatoes, a pile of freshly baked bread, a bowl of soup, two giant sweet rolls with cinnamon,fruits, salads, an orange juice and a large jug of ale.

"You\'re here. Come and eat, you must be hungry."

Elvin said and stood up to pull a chair for her.

"Thank you." Meredith smiled softly at him as she sat down.

She wasted no time. She grabbed a plate and piled it high with a generous helping of each and every

kind of delicious option they had been given

Taking a bite of the roasted chicken,Meredith nearly moaned at the taste. It was the most delicious food she has ever eaten in her life. The flavors were strange yet familiar.

By the time she had devoured half of her plate,she

suddenly remembered that she was not alone.

With a fistful of chicken inches from her mouth, she flicked a glance across the table and found a cool pair of blue eyes assessing her with an amused look on his face.

Elvin brought his ale goblet to his mouth and glanced away.

Meredith cheeks flushed in embarrassment.

"Ah-the food is just delicious." She said and let out an embarrassed laugh.

Elvin nodded, "Don\'t worry about it. You can eat as much as you want, I\'m not judging about once we reach the palace you have to be careful of how you eat in public and in front of others." Elvin said warmly.

Meredith nodded and poured herself some of the orange juice.

"Alright."

Silence enveloped them as they ate in silence. After they were done, Elvin took her into the study room. He didn\'t want the others to hear their conversation.

Meredith sat on a chair facing Elvin as she waited for him to talk but he was not saying anything. He just seemed to be in deep thought.

"Soyou think I\'m the lost princess? Why?"

Meredith started. Even though she knew she was the person they were searching for she had to be sure.

"Wellthe witch in the council had a vision about your whereabouts a year ago and she drew a sketch for me to help find you."

Meredith nodded. "Hmmm..."

"Also your eyes. You have your father\'s eyes. As a hybrid your dad had two different eye colors.

Blue symbolizes his wolf and red symbolizes the vampire blood in him."

Meredith\'s lips parted in disbelief, "What are you talking about? I have hazel eyes."

Elvin chuckled and shook his head, "you don\'t think this is your real appearance right? You\'re the most beautiful person in all of the city of Arkaan. You\'re under a camouflage spell right now placed on you by your mom to protect you."

Meredith\'s heart skipped a beat. What the hell was he talking about?

"As the leader of the royal knight, I have the ability to see through camouflage spells. One of the gifts bestow upon me by your mother.

So I can see your real appearance. Your eyes are a mixture of three colours, red, green and blue each symbolizing what you are."

In Arkaan every supernatural being is identified by their eye color. Blue means the person is a werewolf- the ones you saw. The brotherhood.

Red means the person is a vampire and green means the person is a witch.

So you being a tribrid means you possess all the eye colors making you the most powerful person in all of Arkaans." Elvin spoke calmly as he was talking to a child.

"But I don\'t have any magic powers or turn into those beasts or desire blood so how could I be a tribrid?"

Elvin narrowed his eyes, "Since you have a camouflage spell on you I\'m sure your mom had sealed all your powers. Do you have any mark on you?"

Meredith stiffened when she heard him. The mark at her back finally made sense.

"Yeah. I have a huge claw-like mark on my back."

Elvin\'s eyes lit up but he just nodded.

"Once we reach the palace they will take a look at it."

Meredith nodded.

"SoI had a dream about all of this a year ago after I got shot by a mysterious person and I knew my identity.."

Meredith began to explain what she saw in her dreams to him.

A fleeting emotion kept passing through Elvin\'s eyes.

"You mean my sister sent you to earth?" Elvin asked the moment Meredith finished talking,shock was evident in his voice. It seems he didn\'t even know this information.

He opened the drawer and removed a picture. It was a woman and a man smiling at the camera.

Meredith glanced at the picture and nodded.

"Yes, she is the one."

Elvin nodded in understanding.

"Wellshe never told me. Maybe to protect me and you. Certain powerful people have the ability to pry into your memories.

Since I\'m a knight and was closer to the King I\'m the first person they would look for to torture for information.

I\'m glad she didn\'t tell me because I have suffer inhumane torture for some years now, from people who wanted your power for themselves. "

Meredith swallowed, "Who arethese people?"

"Since the city of Arkaan didn\'t have a King or Queen to manage the affairs of the country. Chaos broke into the country.

The vampires and werewolves never saw eye to eye and only united because of the marriage alliance between the King\'s parents and for the Great War against the dragons. Now that nothing is uniting them they split apart.

Cult and mercenaries were created. Fights among the people are now more than common. The strongest bully the weak. The witches were neutral and began to work for people who will pay them good price."

"What about the council? Why aren\'t they doing anything about this?" Meredith asked,worriedly.

"The war affected the council and they aren\'t strong like they used to be."

"So my parents, what happened to them after the war?"

He stared at her, his eyes piercing and intense. It

felt like an eternity passed before he spoke again.

"Your parentsthey."