Rise of the Malactric Heir

Someone asked her, "Isn\'t it lovely?" while she was looking at the moon and she sighed.

"Who are you?" she asked when she turned around and saw it was the guy she had been dancing with who had asked if she was the masked princess.

"You," she said and he smiled.

"My name is Shane, and it\'s a pleasure to meet you, princess," he replied.

"Adora, nice to meet you too, I suppose," she said to which he chuckled.

"It\'s natural not to trust someone you don\'t know," he replied, smiling up at the moon.

"Isn\'t the moon soothing?" he inquired.

"You\'re creepy, but yes," she replied, and he smiled.

"Creepy, huh? You are nothing like the rumors, I am sure you are strong, but not mean or big and bad and would chase anyone that comes near you," he said.

"I\'m not that different from the rumors, at least some of them, right now, I don\'t feel like you\'re my friend," she said as she grabbed his hand and saw the same crest Vellon had on his and he smiled before she moved away from him.

"It\'s no wonder I felt strange, I will kill you, you are one of them," she said.

"Wait, don\'t make a scene, because if you do, people will get hurt here, and I don\'t want that, and I\'m pretty sure you don\'t either, I just came here to see you for myself," he replied as her eyes and body glowed red with anger.

"Calm down, princess," he said, smiling.

"I\'m not joking around right now, I knew you guys were in the city but to come here, I am going to wipe that smug look off your face, I despise you people, I\'ll kill you all if I have to," she replied, before he sighed.

"Right now, I know you won\'t attack me because you care for some of the people here, and believe me, I won\'t hurt anyone nor will my friends, I came here because of Vellon," he said, and her eyes returned to normal, followed by her body, and he sighed.

"Vellon and I are friends, yes, he is on the opposing side, but I would like to warn you, princess, things are not always as they seem, and you need to live for everyone\'s sake," he said.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" she asked and he smiled then vanished before she could say anything else.

"What the hell was that all about?" "What exactly is he trying to say?" Adora inquired as she returned to the ballroom and sat down by the table, when her phone rang and she noticed it was from an unknown number.

"I really don\'t want to talk," she muttered before answering the phone.

"Hello," she said.

"Forget about what he said just now, you don\'t want your father to get hurt do you?" the person asked and she gnashed her teeth then looked around and chuckled.

"I would recognize your voice anywhere, Vellon," she said when she sensed someone looking at her and the others were talking to each other.

"Don\'t act like you know me, I\'m not going to warn you again, your father is as good as dead," he replied, and she scoffed before hanging up.

\'I am not stupid, you could have hurt my father before, but you chose not to, and as long as Kyris brother is with him, you know you won\'t stand a chance unless you send someone more powerful or equally as powerful as him and is willing to fight, then you can hurt him, you missed your big chance, and idiot your friend said enough for me to know that you won\'t hurt my father, not yet at least,\' Adora thought while clenching her fists feeling angry.

"Are you all right?" Alix inquired as he turned to face Adora, who sighed before dialing a number on her phone and calling someone.

"Do you realize it\'s midnight?" Kyris\'s brother inquired as he answered, and she smiled.

"Are you guys all right?" she inquired.

"Yeah, why?" he asked.

"They may come after my father; cast your most powerful protection barrier around him, one that detects when an enemy is nearby and activates; your powers can do that," she replied.

"What\'s the matter?" Kyris inquired.

"Adora," Eliza said and the princess smiled.

"Fine, I\'ll put a barrier up, for everyone\'s sake, be careful, good night, Adora," his brother said.

"Good night," she said before hanging up and turning to face her team.

"The stranger I danced with, well, the one who gave me a strange feeling, he is Vellon\'s friend and he works for the enemy," she explained and Alix sighed.

"Could be the same with the blonde girl," he said and Adora nodded.

"He was saying something to me that I understand but can\'t put my finger on why he was saying it to me he sort of sounded worried, might be a trick so not giving in to that, Vellon called, threatening me with my father, they might actually target him," she replied, and Nina grabbed her hand.

"We were having a good time, keep having fun, don\'t let this get to you, they can\'t hurt my father yet," she said.

"Are you certain about that?" Alix inquired, a cold expression in his eyes.

"We can\'t control everything, but for the time being, they can\'t hurt him," she responded, and they sighed.

\'You don\'t seem at ease, we should let it go, for now, I guess,\' Alix thought then passed her a glass of wine and she collected it.

"Do you have anything else on your mind?" Alix inquired.

"Vellon, I\'ve been thinking for a while that he sounds different, like he\'s in there but not there," she replied.

"Well, I\'m hoping we can figure out what he\'s up to," Zack noted.

"I hope so as well," she replied as she sipped her wine.

\'Are you up to something, Vellon, or have you really changed?\' \'I know you, and you don\'t sound right; you\'ve been talking strangely,\' Adora thought as Nina yawned.