Hells Royalty The Princess Page 4

  "Hells bells Matthews. Why did you bring me here of all places then? If you knew your ex fiancé would be here, why would you put me through this?" then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

  "You freaking jerk! You set me up to look like your date, didn't you? Why did you drag me into this quarrel with her? What did I do to deserve this torture?" I sighed and dropped my head on the table with a thud, trying to figure out what to do and what the hell was that damn energy I was feeling.

  "I'm sorry Katilyn. You didn't do anything to deserve for me to do this to you. I was just kind of hoping that she would just see us together and get the idea in her head that I wasn't coming back to her, ever. I was just hoping that she would finally believe that I had moved on like I really have. She just chooses to live in a fairy tale thinking that I will walk back in her life and pick up where we left off and it's not going to happen. Will you please just help me get through this so I don't have to worry with her again, and I will owe you something big time?" He was pleading with me and it was just that I could help him and I wanted to. She sounded like a bitch that needed to be put in her place.

  I sighed heavily, "Yeah, I will do it, but just because you are here with another woman is no necessarily going to make her believe that we are a couple of lovebirds." I looked at Matthews suspiciously and then I realized what he had done the past two hours.

  While I was innocently enjoying being out with people and not having to really defend my life, Matthews had made it look like we were a couple out enjoying the day together. Oh he is such a jerk and he is going to pay when this is all done and over with.

  "This will go my way and my way only. No kisses, some light flirting, and no holding hands. We are a show couple only and I will not forget what you are making me do, do you understand that Matthews?" I said through clenched teeth, I so wanted to deck him in the jaw right now.

  He only smiled big and then touched just the tips of his fingers to the tips of mine, and once again there was the energy that I could not explain.

  "Yes, I got it. I will do everything like you said and I will not push the limit." He smiled again.

  Elsie brought us our food just as we were taking our hands apart and she almost dropped my plate on me, almost. She left our food and did not ask if we needed anything else. We ate and talked like we had all day, like I hadn't just been duped into doing this ridiculous thing for him. After we ate the hostess brought us our bill and a bag each of jellybeans. Hmm, who knew jellybeans for an after lunch treat. I excused myself and headed to the washroom before we paid and left. Guess who decided to take her break just as I was washing my hands up.

  "So Katilyn, you must be new in town, how long have you been here?" She got right to the point, no southern hospitality out of this belle.

  "Yes Elsie I am new in town and I've been here for almost two weeks now. I rented that nice lake house on the other side of town, if you were wondering." I smiled and dried my hands.

  "The lake house? You are renting the lake house out by Jace?" she asked louder and with a lot of shock in her voice.

  "Yep sure am, now if you don't mind…"

  Elsie began giggling like a school girl. "Oh this has to be a setup. I mean it's too cruel and too convenient for you to be renting that house. The house that Jace and I were supposed to live in once we were married. There's no way he would ever date someone he didn't know. Thank heavens I thought I was actually going to lose my mind believing he would fall for someone like you. So did he decide to pay you or something?" She washed her hands then.

  That gave me a moment to think about what she said. The house was going to be theirs, did that mean that Matthews owned that house. He couldn't I researched the house. I will figure that out later, but right now she is going to learn her place.

  "As a matter of fact I am renting the lake house that was to be yours, and I can say that the view in the master suite is amazing. It was amazing watching the sunrise this morning with Jace from the bed. If all goes well I just might buy the house and make it permanent. As for Jace dating someone he doesn't know, he has been getting to know me and apparently he likes what he has found. As for a person like me, I am not one to be bought, conned, or messed with, you would do well remembering that. My feelings and my relationship with Jace is real. He is the best person that I know and we seem to have a lot in common, despising snobby bitches seems to be one of them. He likes me, I like him, enough said. SO let me tell you, I am way more than ANY man could afford, but for Jace I give him my attention and feelings free. He is worth that and much more. Don't mess with me or you will get burned." I had my say and loved her look of shock that I had put her in her place.

  I was leaving but turned back for one last thing, "Now you be sure to show others your nice southern hospitality that you forgot to show me, you snide bitch." And with that I left the room, head held high and mighty proud of myself.

  Matthews had a shocked look on his face when I met him by the front door and got my jellybeans. We left the diner within moments and as soon as we were away from prying eyes I turned on him.

  "Matthews so help me if you ever put me on the spot like that again I will not hesitate to knock you on your ass. I have never been more uncomfortable or ashamed of myself over my feelings. I don't like lying about my feelings, they are my foundation, they guide me and you just made me turn on them. I took up for you in that bathroom and put that bitch in her place, but you, you have some explaining to do. When the hell were you going to tell me that I was living in the house that was to be yours and Elsie's? I know it doesn't belong to you or your family so how can you inherit it?" I was not winded because of my powers but I sure was riled up and I could kill anything had it came at me right then.

  "First let me say that you were awesome in the bathroom, unfortunately anyone in the vicinity of that area heard you two with your loud voices. So you are more than any man could afford huh?" he grinned.

  Had he not just heard my outburst? Was I not making myself clear?

  He must have understood my look because he quickly changed his tune.

  "Now let me apologize about the whole house thing. Actually the house did belong to my family but my mom decided to have it put into her best friends name whenever it was time for her to inherit it. SO technically it would be mine, but it's listed as belonging to someone else. I didn't think that it would be that big of a deal, I never really lived there so I didn't see it as being important." He sat down on a bench and looked up at me still seething.

  "Well that explains why I didn't know it belonged to you. I discovered that it had belonged to Grady Sanders for over thirty years. So he was your mom's best friend huh? Not to be rude but why would your mom have a house put in a friends name and not hers? Even a minor can own a house and when she got married they would have just changed the name on the deed." I sat down beside him a little confused. He stated fidgeting and looked nervous.

  "How about we take a ride to my house and I will explain everything that I know then?" he pulled me up and we left.

  Chapter 6--Prophets, Visions, and Witch Confessions

  I dropped my Jeep off at my house since it was on the way to his. He wanted to take me to his house and I figured I didn't need anyone seeing my Jeep there if I had to kill Matthews.

  "Ok, so are you going to wait until we get there or can you start explaining anything at all?" I was highly curious with what he was going to tell me.

  Matthews stayed lost in thought for a moment, "Katilyn how open minded are you? What kind of things do you believe in?" he asked very seriously.

  I figured the best way to answer this was to be as honest as possible without sounding like a crazy person and without giving myself away.

  "I am an extremely open minded person, there are things that I believe that most people probably wouldn't. Hmm, things I believe in. Well, I believe in God, Lucifer, and everything in between in the supernatural world." I told him with absolute certainty.

  Now I was really curious where this wa
s going. Did he know about me? Could he be a supernatural being? If so what could he be, he had passed all the usual tests. Had I overlooked something, I know I had especially with the energy that I felt on him when we touched. I was freaked out now so I began putting more protection spells on myself.

  Matthews drove the remainder in silence and we soon arrived at his house. He had a very nice house, a two story bungalow house. The landscaping was immaculate and the porch looked very homey, places to sit and relax were all over the place. This house was a place that I could get comfortable in and restore my natural energies.

  "Come on in. There are things I need you to see and things I need to tell you, things I have never told anyone." Matthews had already gotten out of his side and was pulling me out of the truck towards the house.

  The inside of the house was just as beautiful as the outside. Neutral colors and clean cut designs. Picture frames covered the walls and I tried to focus in on a few select ones but he drug me on to the kitchen.

  The table on the other hand was a mess. The table was littered with newspaper clippings, photo albums, and journals, some looked very old.

  "Would you like something to drink?" he asked going to the fridge.

  "No thank you. What I would like though is some answers to what the hell is going on with you." I took a seat the table and started picking through the clippings.

  He shut the fridge and took a seat next to me. He sat in silence for a few minutes, which I took as him trying to decide how to say whatever it is he was going to say.

  "You said that you believed in the supernatural, do you believe in miracles or people who can perform miracles?" he was fidgeting with the papers, but his question was serious.

  Miracles…hmm, that is something I didn't really believe in given the life I was living. I had never seen one, but I'm not above lying or manipulating the truth to find out the answers to questions I still don't even know to ask.

  "I believe that miracles can happen, so why not people who can perform miracles. Somebody has to help the events happen so why not. I've never seen one personally, but I don't see why some people haven't actually had a miracle happen to them. Why are you even asking about this?" That was as honest as I could get without saying a lot of lies.

  "About six months ago I found something that made me ask these questions and things began happening to me. I couldn't figure out what it was until I did all this research and this is where it has led me. Now look at these clippings and tell me what you think. They are miracles that happen to people in the middle of a tragedy and they survived. Some are innocent children and some are already adults. But the thing that they all have in common is that they were saved by someone who they never saw before and then they went on to do great things with their lives. I think that someone stepped in to intervene in their lives when something bad was going to happen because that person knew that the victims would do great things." He started handing me clippings to read and prove his point.

  Twins at age 11- saved from a burning building while their entire family perished. At age 17 they created a new state of the art fire alarm that has saved thousands of lives already.

  A woman age 36- was pulled from a car crash that her husband caused because he was trying to kill her - she left him then she opened a home for battered women and children two years later and helped women get back on their feet.

  A man age 21- was pulled from a river after his kayak had capsized. He should have been dead; there was no one in the vicinity. Three years later he finished developing a life preserver that had a GPS and a satellite radio built in to call for help and relay your position. He was helping to prevent others from winding up like he almost did and the coast guard and many other agencies use it on all missions.

  "Ok, so these people were saved and did remarkable things afterwards. How do we know that they were saved by a miracle worker?" I asked laying the papers back down, I didn't want to kill his hope, but it could have been a lucky break for that kayaker, or even the girls.

  "Well every report says the people were rescued by a person and no one ever saw that person afterward. I actually went and talked to these three plus many more to hear their story first hand. The twins were the best, they claimed from the beginning that a woman in gold had come in and rescued them from the fourth floor fire. Once they were outside safely they could not find her anywhere. I asked them to describe this woman to me and what they told me shocked me to my core. These girls and the ones who saw their savior described my mother to a tee." He smiled big and waited for my reaction.

  "Why do you believe it was her? It could have been a reaction they had in the middle of a crisis, I have seen it happen. Is there any evidence that it was her?" I was beginning to wonder what the hell all this was meaning.

  "Because four months ago I started my research and I took a picture of my mom with me when I went and talked to these victims. After they told me their story and described their "angel" I showed them the picture of my mom and each one said it was her, without doubt they knew her immediately." He was sure in this information.

  "OK so what happened to you to make you ask all these questions, what started happening to you and what did you find?" I sat up straighter trying to determine what to do next and what the hell all this could mean, did it mean his mom was an angel?

  "A little over six months ago I started having these weird dreams at night. Most of the time it was all jumbled and I couldn't make sense of it when I woke. The very first one I can really remember is of me talking to the twins. I didn't know who they were, but something kept bothering me like I should know. I was going through my mom's desk and I came across this box of clippings and there they were so I did what the dream said, I went and talked to them. After that I kept digging and I kept having dreams and they were becoming clearer. The next that was really clear was of a girl that I never saw her face, but she was in need of refuge. She was in trouble and she needed a place to stay and the next I saw she was in my lake house. Amazingly her hair was the same chocolate color of yours; I believe that girl was you. I have had other dreams and some I have seen happen while others I am still trying to decipher what they actually mean." He looked me square in the face waiting on me to confirm what he was saying about me needing refuge and that he had a vision of helping me.

  "Ok say that girl was me and I was in need of refuge. What other dreams have you had that have come true and what hasn't?" I was curious if he had had anymore of me.

  Matthews seemed to blush and look nervous.

  "I know that your arm is healed and that you no longer need this," and he ripped my bandage off before I could react. Sure enough my arm was healed only a small, ugly scar showed the place where a nasty gash had only been there a week ago.

  "What the hell Matthews, what did you see in your dream?" I jumped from the table and backed away.

  "I saw you before the gash happened, I had fallen asleep that afternoon and dreamed you were hurt like you were. And just like the dream when I got to your house that's what you looked like. Two nights later I saw us at the festival today, but you weren't wearing a bandage, your arm was all healed. Now do you want to tell me how that is possible?" he countered looking suspiciously at me.

  "Finish telling me your dreams and then I will explain it all to you. I promise." I sat back down at the table, uncomfortable but needing information.

  "I saw you fighting with some guy, don't know who. I just know he scared the crap out of me with his ice blue eyes. Then I saw you surrounded by flames. Like I said I don't know how to decipher some of these." He settled back in his chair.

  "Can you show me a picture of your mom Matthews?" I think that I had finally put all the puzzle pieces together. I just needed this last clue and I think I had it solved. Now looking at him over the table I remembered her.

  He handed me a picture of a beautiful blonde with emerald green eyes that I loved from the moment I saw them.

  "It's her; I don't know why it took me so long to fig
ure it out. I am an idiot, why couldn't I have placed this sooner. Damnit, this just doesn't make sense, why would our paths cross now." I placed my face in my hands and scrubbed trying to scrub sense into my head.

  Jace Matthews was the son of a prophet and he was coming into his powers, would probably get his full powers on his 21st birthday also. That meant that in less than a week he would be a full-fledged prophet that needed to learn how to use his powers. How had I missed those eyes, no they were not the exact same, but still close enough and I had even had a dream about her the night before the accident. I am so damn stupid, that's what I get for not paying attention to my senses.

  "Katilyn, can you tell me why you've stopped breathing and why you are an idiot and what does meeting me now mean?" he pulled his chair closer to me and rubbed my back.

  "I met your mom when I was 10. I remember her clear as day. Who wouldn't with those eyes, you have them, although I guess I didn't place them because they aren't as vivid, like yours are muted, but I'm sure they will brighten when you get your full powers." I sighed trying to sort this all out.

  "You met my mom when you were 10, where, how, why?" He was shocked and backed up.

  "I didn't know who she was at the time, all I knew was that she was a friend of my moms and that they were close. She had come to warn my mom about my dad and some coming danger. I guess you could say that she performed that miracle that you keep talking about. I never saw her after that and then we moved like we always did when they got too close. Matthews your mom is what we like to call a prophetess or seer. She could see future events and could choose to act on those visions or not. From what you say she acted when there was something good to come of it. Looks like she must have passed that talent on to you and looks like you are coming into it. More than likely you will have your full powers when you turn 21; it's like that for most people who have powers." I kept watching him but he seemed to be taking this all rather well.