Ivy woke up feeling something hot enveloping her. When she opened she eyes, she saw Darius having a hard time breathing. "Darius?!" Ivy immediately took his temperature putting her hand on his forehead. "You are burning up!" Ivy was alarmed with Darius’ temperature. He was running a high fever due to the poison. She looked at the wound on his leg and the surrounding skin was in fact dark in color. "I was not able to suck all the poison out." Ivy said. "For sure some lingered inside his body."Ivy tore her dress’ skirt and quickly dampen it. She put the dampened cloth on top of Darius’ forehead. "Please do not leave me." Ivy whispered it like a prayer. "Please make it out of this."All Ivy could do was to make sure that Darius fever will not worsen. "If only I have my medicine bag with me." Ivy said. Ivy’s medicine bag was left inside the carriage when the attack was going on. She was looking at the tide outside and it has only be some few hours so the tide is still up and the cu
Kyler has been fighting since he was young. By the time he could walk, he has been helping his mother that was all alone raising him. They were living at a far away village at the outskirts of Sparta, in a small shabby little hut. 🛖 Spartans were wary of the mother and son pair that came to their village. At first, they accepted the pregnant mother with pity and offered their help because of her circumstances, being a single mother. The Spartan villagers were helpful and kind. But when Kyler was born, they saw his black eyes and hair, something that is not common for Spartans. They deemed the baby as a cursed child, a heretic.Since then, the mother and child were cast away at the very edge of the village near a cliff. Kyler grew up with other Spartan children bullying him.One day when Kyler was at least five years old, he was fetching water in a stream. He was carrying a bucket that was at least half his size. When he reached the stream, he saw no one and sighed in relief. He went
At the little hut, an oil lamp is quietly burning. The little Kyler was tucked away warmly on his bed. He was breathing evenly while he is sleeping. His mother was looking at him lovingly with affectionate eyes. She planted a kiss on her son’s forehead and stood up and walked towards the table.The shabby hut was small. It only has one room that consists of the kitchen, dining and sleeping areas. It only has one bed where Kyler and his mother sleep side by side.Kyler's mother took a sit on the chair by the table and sighed. She looked at her sleeping son who looked so peaceful. "If only I could tell you that you are of Spartan royal blood, then this things would have never happened to you." Kyler's mother said so only she could hear. "If only your father had took you in as one of his children.Kyler's mother remembered the day when she took Kyler to the palace as a baby. The king of Sparta knew that the baby is his and granted audience to Kyler's mother. She was a royal maid back th
[One year after the war]Kyler was standing by Ragnar’s side in the emperor’s office. Since the empire has been newly establish, the work Ragnar has been doing increased tenfold, compared to when he was just the king of Avalon. As Ragnar’s right hand man and personal assistant, Kyler has been helping him with his work as much as possible. "Hah, the sun has nearly set and I only have just done half of this mountain of documents." Ragnar sighed. "I want to get this done before dinner. I want to spend time with my family, as I have promised Isabella that I will never skip it now that the twins are growing up." "The twins just turned one year old your majesty. They would really need time and attention from you, their father." Kyler said with a smile. "Why not leave the rest to me? I do not have anything to do back in my house." "You really are a life saver, Kyler." Ragnar smiled with Kyler’s gesture. "But you cannot do this every time, you also have your own life to live. You are now t
South Sparta has started to take in residents and Kyler kept traveling back and forth from the Avalon and South Sparta capitals. He was scheduled to depart today with a group of Spartans and this will be his permanent move to his residence in the South Sparta capital. "Have you taken note on all of what I have thought you?" Kyler asked Victor who was going to take his post as Ragnar’s personal assistant. "I got it all in this notebook." Victor said. "Do not worry too much Kyler . I will take care of his majesty for you. I know how you worry about him as a brother." "Thank you, Chris." Kyler sighed. "I am just not used to being away from his majesty’s side for this long." "I understand you, Kyler." Victor patted his shoulder. "You will still have some official business that will bring you here in Avalon. And I am sure that his majesty will also have time to visit you in South Sparta. With her majesty as your niece as well, you are practically a real family now." "Kyler." Ragnar wa
Aura told Brad how she and Kyler first met. "I was a pick pocket when I was in my teens, trying to live by and buy medicine for my sick mother. My father just died because of the same illness and I do not want my mother to follow him in the afterlife and leave me all alone." Aura explained. "Back then, other people were not so fond of Spartan refugees and we were not given a chance to work for a living like other people do. And so, I resort to picking pockets and thievery on the streets, and that was where the captain caught me doing such unlawful things." "I never thought you were a thief back then." Brad teased while chuckling. "Hey, don’t tease." Aura replied. "I also never wanted to do such things. It was just... I had no other options left for me back then." "But then, Kyler came to save the day." Brad smiled. "Yes. I still remember that day I first met the captain." Aura smiled. "I was running away from the city guards that were trying to catch me. I bumped into him after
Aura opened her eyes to see the sun’s rays peeking through some opening from the rain clouds above. It looked like the storm had just passed and a bright day is waiting ahead.Aura tried to remember what happened and felt her body sore all over. She then remembered what happened before, and that made her sit up abruptly. Her body ached all over and it felt heavy. Her body is all covered with mud. She was lying at the side of the river where she can see debris of fallen trees going with the flow. "Kyler !" Aura realized that Kyler was with her when she fell into the landslide.Aura remembered when a big tree was rushing her way at full speed, it was Kyler that pushed her out of the way. She remembered how he hugged her body tightly as if not wanting any harm to befall her. The last thing she remembered was them fall into the rushing water and being swept away with the strong flow. "My lord! Where are you?!" Aura tried to push her heavy body to get up and look around. "My lord!" ’He
The smell of burning flesh was in the air. When the wound had closed, Aura ran to get some water from the river and pour it on the burned flesh.Kyler was still conscious after all the pain that he just been through. He was breathing heavily and when his consciousness cleared, he tasted some blood on his lips. He was startled and looked at Aura who was tending to him. "W-What did you do?!" Kyler saw the bite mark on Aura’s arm. "I was not able to find anything you can bite on and just gave you my arm." Aura said with an embarrassed look. She was expecting to be scolded and lectured by Kyler, since she should know the steps to take in first aid. "Hah..." Kyler sighed. "Please care for your body more. You are a woman and I would not want you to have so many scars in your body. What would your future husband say when he sees you have a bitemark for a scar? I am afraid I would have to marry you to make up for this." "M-Marry me?" Aura was surprised with Kyler’s words. "You are kidding