Tigers Den Reverse Harem Shifters Romance

The galley ship maneuvered through the heavy ocean, the dark clouds above them threatening to pour down rain on them.

Queen Melinda of Eldrador stood at the end of the ship, one hand on the rail, a thick blanket over her shoulders and down her back, her eyes fixed on the distance horizon where the mountains and the dark sky met.

The clouds rumbled in the distance, lightening appearing every now and then. From behind her, Queen Melinda paid no attention to the faded voices from the crew members as they navigated the ship through the water, heading for Eldrador.

Queen Melinda thought their meeting with the Japanese merchants had gone awfully well. Were they scared of attacking first in fear of starting a war? Or did they just agree to leave the lands and move back where they came from? Queen Melinda couldn't quite place what she missed.

She felt a hand slip around her waist and pulled against a bigger body. She smiles softly as she felt the jaw of king Remera brushed her cheek gently and she moved closer into him for more warmth.

"I have told you to stop worrying, my beautiful queen." King Remera whispers into her ear and she smiled. He moves his hand forward to feel her now very swollen bump in front of her.

Queen Melinda places a hand over one side of her stomach too, taking a deep breath as she tried to feel her baby kick. It was believed that she was having a boy child. She would finally give him an heir.

Queen Melinda turns around to face her husband. She watched his eyes and saw the bravery that never wavered in them, then smiled softly.

"I'm just scared for our daughter, my king," she whispers to him "Aurora is still so young. If something were to happen, she has to be the next Queen. She can't handle that on her own, she's still a child....."

"Shhhhh...." He cuts her mid sentence"nothing is going to happen. I'm going to protect us, protect you and our little one." His hand drags over her stomach soothingly and she smiled again.

Just then, a sound came from the front side of the ship, where it was being manned. King Remera pulls away from Melinda to see what was happening.

"We're under attack!!!"

Invaders had boarded their ship. But there wasn't a ship in sight. The guards started running over to protect them, just in time for king Remera to see the men who were all dressed in black, like ninjas fighting his men in the distance.

"Get me my sword!" He wailed.

"You must not fight your Highness." One of his guards said but he doesn't listen. He isn't going to listen.

Queen Melinda watched in horror as the invaders slaughtered their men from the distance. They were covered in black garment from head to toe so he couldn't say if they were the Japanese merchants or not.

King Remera turns around to hold her face in his hands, peering hard into her eyes. "Listen to me, Melinda, you are going to be okay."

She nods her head vigorously to try to convince herself that they would be alright. She knew it was looking impossible. They were already outnumbered and some of their men were already lying lifelessly on their own pool of blood.

Tears stung her eyes, blurring her vision as she watched the king leave her, the rest of his men covering her protectively.

Queen Melinda shook in fear, her hands protectively cradling her stomach as she heard the clashing of swords in the distance.

And she desperately prayed that they would walk out of this alive, that they would win this fight and her husband would return back to her safely.

But she didn't know that the night had a different fate in stall for them.

BACK IN ELDRADOR KINGDOM.

AURORA'S P. O. V.

"I will to be killed by the sword and taken by the waters" I mentally read the written scriptures engraved into the walls of the ancient goddesses room, my fingers caressing and tracing every engraved lines tenderly.

My name is Aurora and I am the daughter and only child to Queen Melinda and King Remera Aumero and heir to the throne and ruler of the seven swords and seas of Eldrador.

The night seemed completely strange, I couldn't sleep. I seemed to have been awakened by something, for a reason. I turned to the side and watched through the window the familiar sight of the mountains peeking over the trees. A mirage distorts the view beyond the window shields, and it’s impossible to tell where the asphalt ends and the ocean begins.

I don't come into this room enough, but something had led me here tonight and I was compelled to remain here and watch the mountains from here, what the night held.