Inside the palace, Stephen is walking towards his chambers, when the rumors about their fierce queen began to spread around the palace. He frowned his eyebrows with confusion.
'What are they gossiping about?' he thought.
He deliberately stopped near a group of dragon warriors, who were discussing a certain bandit attack.
'Bandit attack? If anything like this ever happened, then it is me who would orchestrate it. But this time I didn't do anything. What are they talking about? Is there anyone else who wanted to kill the king apart from me?' Stephen thought curiously.
"A group of bandits surrounded us. They released a strange gas into the air forcing our dragons to sleep and making us incapable of shifting into our dragon self. Those nasty bandits pinned all of the dragon warriors to the ground, making us helpless. Only our king and the prince stood standing against 50 or so bandits. Then suddenly our queen appeared out of nowhere. She stood beside our king
Blaze held a court to investigate the bandit attack. Trying to kill a king of the realm is not a simple thing. It should not be taken lightly. All of his advisors including his prime suspect Stephen and the others who hate his guts like Lord Angelo and Lord Bowman are in attendance. Some of the other royals who are curious about this issue are also waiting eagerly to find out who the culprit is. The royal guards closed the double doors of the throne room, avoiding anyone from going out or coming inside the throne room after the investigation began. Blaze is sure the culprit is in their midst. Because no one apart from his advisors knows about his plan of visiting the weed-infested village. But the Bandits somehow found out where he would be and at what time. They came there at the right time, with a lot of backup. So he understood its someone from inside the palace who tipped them off. He looked at each one of his advisors with a skeptical gaze. Stephen
"Don't talk nonsense. Why will I do such a thing? Are you out of your mind?" Lord Angelo defended himself.Lord Bowman shook his head again."Then why are you acting so desperate?" Lord Bowman asked Lord Angelo with a frown.Lord Angelo understood that he is gaining unnecessary attention to himself. So he decided to keep his mouth shut. But the realization came a little too late."I..i. I was just offended that lord Michael is suspecting one of us" he answered feeling out of place.Just then, the doors of the throne room opened, which never happened before. Once the doors are closed, they will only open again after the court is concluded. So everyone is looking at the person for whom the guards opened the doors for.Bella walked inside with an air of authority, just like the Queen she is. Everyone who was seated stood up from their seats to show their respect towards their queen. Obviously, everyone heard what happened during the bandi
"He snapped your son's limbs the previous night. You might hold a grudge against him, don't you? You have a reason to plan all this" she pulled the trigger when he was least expecting it. Angelo's face paled. Blaze and Brandon both understood who the real criminal is. They looked at Angelo with a questioning look, so does the others. Lord Bowman along with the other lords looked at Lord Angelo with a confused expression. Even Lord Stephen never guessed it would be Lord Angelo. Angelo looked at everyone around him. He is sweating and he cannot believe the queen actually guessed it so accurately. "Your.. Your highness, why will I ever want to hurt the king? You... You are mistaken" he stuttered and defended himself. Bella stood up from her throne then. She walked to the forefront of the Dias. "Am I really mistaken, Angelo?" She asked, ignoring his 'Lord ' title. Everyone gasped when Angelo was disrespected so
Angelo shifted into his dragon form when Bella broke both of his knees. Everyone gave them a wide berth. 'Bella' Blaze called her name with worry. She cannot defeat Angelo in his dragon form. He has the advantage of his size over Bella. 'Trust me' she urged him confidently. It would be easy to let Blaze deal with Angelo. But that would only prove what Angelo just said, that she always needs Blaze to protect her. The cat is already out of the bag. So it's time for her to show how skilled she actually is. Bella retrieved her sword, which is gifted to her by the goddess. She dodged when Angelo's black dragon tried to swat her. As the dragon is huge and her size is small, Angelo now has the advantage of his size over her. But the goddess made sure that Bella learns how to use her small size to her advantage. Angelo blew fire from his mouth towards Bella, again she dodged the fire. She defended when he tried to sto
Stephen is shivering from inside. He is breathing hard and he is having a hard time digesting everything that is happening in front of him. He cannot believe that Bella stripped Angelo off his dragon.'What is happening here? How can this be possible? I can see it myself that she is not using any powers, but just plain old techniques and tricks that were present in the dark realm for a very long time. Who is training her? Is it Blaze? If it so, then since when? She was naive and came to this fairy for the first time five months ago. And she stepped inside the palace one and half months later. I made sure that she was kidnapped and sent back to Cameron just a week after she came to this palace. By that time she was not this skilled. Can it be possible that she was trained by Blaze when she was in the human world? Even if it is true, no one can master the art of fighting in just three months. That needs a very good trainer and a lot of effort from Bella. She is just a hal
After the Punishment was delivered, the court came to an end. Both Bella and Blaze followed by Brandon and Lord Michael walked out of the Throne room, swiftly. Everyone stood in their places and bowed to the king and the queen when they were passing by. None of them spoke a single word until they were safely locked inside Blaze's office."I am so glad that the goddess gifted you with a suitable mate" Lord Michael commented, without any malice or bad intention.Blaze smiled and looked at Bella, who is browsing his bookshelves for a book a read. There is no trace of arrogance in her, even though so many people are praising her. She is the same Bella whom he found a few months ago when she was picking tea leaves for her father.Blaze always loved her, since the moment he found her. Then, he thought she is a human. But it never mattered to him who she is and where she came from. All that mattered is that he loves her and she loves him."I never saw anyone mas
"Can we go and visit her once?" Elvina asked Scott hopefully.After losing Arabella, all they could do now is to look at Bella who looks just like their daughter. They can pretend Bella is their daughter and be happy in her happiness. They can pretend that they married their daughter off to a nice Dragon groom and she is now living a happy life. They can also pretend that they are visiting their daughter and son-in-law.Scott looked at Elvina and shook his head."Why will she even agree to meet us, Elvina? I know you miss our Arabella. I miss her too. And Bella looks exactly like our daughter. So it's natural for you to have an urge to meet her. But it's not possible" he said.Elvina's eyebrows furrowed when she heard his words."Scott, you don't know her. She is a very nice girl. When she used to stay with us, she was always polite and understanding. I like her a lot" Elvina shared.Scott sighed heavily."I am not saying th
Stephen is sitting in his chamber, facing the tower. He is looking at the tower, but he is not looking at it. His mind is a jumbled mess. After looking at what happened to Angelo, he couldn't suppress the fear of being the next. Angelo just planned once to kill Blaze. But Stephen lost count of how many times he tried.He even killed Blaze's father and mother. If they began to suspect him, then slowly everything will be unraveled and all of his sins will be spread wide in the open for everyone to see.Last night when Angelo and his family were being escorted out of the palace, everyone cursed him and his family. They all cursed that Angelo's family would starve soon and die a painful death.Stephen gulped audibly to wet his dry throat.'What will happen if they find out that I am the one who is behind every bad that happened in their lives? They will definitely treat me worst than how they treated Angelo' Stephen feared.He still cannot
After one year Bella is holding their six-month-old daughter in her arms. They are surrounded by her parents, Drake and Nyra, Lucas and Lola, Brandon and his mate Stella, whom he met in the human world. They gathered to celebrate Bella's birthday. A year before, on the day of her birthday, she was poisoned. But this past one year is nothing but pure bliss. She got to spend a lot of her time with her parents. As a queen, people of the dark realm accepted her completely. Just like the fairy goddess said, she had to leave the fairy to start her new life as someone else. Lucas met his mother and he embraced her. Lola is a really sweet girl. After so many struggles and ups and downs, Bella and Blaze found they're happily ever after. "What are you thinking?" Blaze asked later that night when all of their guests retired for the day. Bella looked at him with a smile. "Just thinking about how we met and how much we had
After the words spoken by the fairy goddess, all the three of them became even more worried for her. But just like she asked them, they decided to respect her words and not push the subject further. For now, they understood something has happened and the goddess has a limited life span. And more importantly, she is trying to fulfill her duties by the time her life here comes to an end.They want to know the specifics of what happened. As a goddess she usually has an eternity to live. But her words shocked them to their very core. So Blaze decided to honour her words, as he couldn't beat to upset her even more. He now understood why she deviced a prophecy all of a sudden. As a mother she is trying to protect her children as much as she could even after she is gone.Understanding her desire, he agreed to take upon the duties of a dragon elder, just like Drake did. He sat on the throne on the right side, leaving the left one open for the last choosen protector
Bella looked at Blaze with so much love shining in her eyes. He sensed her eyes on him and turned his head to face her. 'I wanted to surprise you, Bella. I know you miss your sister so much. She is the reason why I got an opportunity to find you. I don't want you to miss her and feel sad. So I decided to keep her memories alive through this organization ' Blaze shared through their mind link. 'You keep being so considerate and sweet, and I will become obsessed with you. Then you will be in trouble' she said trying to control her emotions. Blaze's lips twitched. 'You can become as obsessed as you want baby. Because I am already obsessed with your smell, taste, and every little thing that belongs to you' he replied mischievously. Bella smiled widely. Drake and the goddess noticed their sweet exchange. They both have matching smiles on their faces. Drake cleared his throat to catch their attention. Bella turned towar
Blaze is looking at the dead body which is hard to identify. After skinning Stephen alive, he ordered his guards to throw him away in the forest in the middle of Wild animals. After two days, the locals found a dead body of a man, which was mostly eaten away by animals. Now several insects are eating the remnants of the flesh. Bones and just some flesh can be seen on the body. It can belong to anyone but Knows otherwise.This body belongs to Stephen. The Royal armlet that is still hanging to his bony arm is the proof. That is how the locals identified the body. Blaze is now content. He cannot say that he is happy. His happiness comes from Bella. He will be happy when he is with her. Every moment spent in her company is his happiness.But today he served Justice for every bad thing Stephen has done. He is sure his parents would be looking down at everything that is happening here, and they would finally be at peace.Blaze turned away from the body and
Bella woke up to the agonizing screams of a man. She was startled and sat up feeling rather dizzy and sore. For a moment, she has mistaken that voice for that of her father, but soon realized it's not. Blaze looked up at Bella, who is now sitting up on the bed holding her head with a grimace. "Bella" he rushed towards her and hugged her tightly with relief. Bella sagged against him and closed her eyes tightly, feeling disoriented. "How are you feeling?" he asked worriedly, caressing her spine softly. "Fine" she croaked. Her throat is dry and scratchy. She didn't use her voice for the past couple of days and the last thing she remembered is being shot by Stephen. She rubbed the area where she was shot absently. But to her surprise, she didn't find any pain, scar, or even a bandage there. She looked down and found that the area where she is shot is rather soft as if nothing happened to her. As if she was not at all shot
"Bella" the fairy goddess whispered sadly. Bella is lying on the bed unconscious. After Stephen shot her, she lost a lot of blood. The healers in the fairy realm don't have any clue about how to deal with wounds of this kind. They don't know that they should remove the bullet from the body of the injured to stop the bleeding and avoid infection. By the time Blaze recovered from his initial shock and rush her to the human hospital, she lost a lot of blood.They removed the bullet from her body, which was dangerously close to her heart. Luckily it didn't damage her heart. But the trauma of being hit by a bullet and blood loss made Bella weak and the doctors have induced anesthetic medicines inside her body so that they could keep her asleep for a couple of days.The fairy goddess is sad. She spent a lot of time with Bella. She was always lively and active. So now when she saw Bella lying on that bed wrapped up with bandages, her heart is aching."Don't
Blaze and Bella nodded at each other, before slowly walking out of the room. Bella found Stephen is back in the chair on which he was reading something earlier. Blaze nodded at Bella and indicated upstairs. They know where Bella's mother is, but they don't know where her grandmother is.Bella is worried that her grandmother might be in some kind of trouble. They searched all the rooms upstairs, but there is no sign of Doris anywhere."Where is she?" Bella whispered.Blaze has a frown marring his forehead."You told me she was visiting a friend of hers. Are you sure she came back yet?" Blaze asked remembering their conversation from the day of her birthday party.Bella frowned."I don't know. Mom said it might take her a few days to come back. If it is so, then she must be safe" Bella murmured hopefully.Just then, Brandon gave a message to both of them through their mind link.'Healers are now attending Scott. His m
Bella, Blaze, and the others are now standing outside her parent's house. They wanted to bring her parents out of the house before attacking Stephen. "First we need to bring your parents out of the house. Then we can take care of Stephen" Blaze murmured looking at the house where he holds many initial memories with Bella. Bella nodded her head absently. "I will go in and check where they are," she said with determination. Blaze shook his head in denial. "No, we don't know what is going on inside the house. Sending you inside might be risky. I will go instead" he offered. Bella sighed. "I know you are concerned about my safety Blaze. But they are my parents. And I know the house inside out. You don't have that advantage. I know where to shift to stay hidden and observe what's happening inside the house. Let me go. I promise I will not do anything rashly. Trust me please" she said softly. Blaze frowned.
Scott is now lying on a bed in his room, with Elvina by his side. He has a high fever because of the beatings he received from Stephen and Elvina is worried about him. He is barely talking and he is sleeping for the past few hours. Elvina decided to beg Stephen to let her out of the house for some medical herbs. They don't have any herbs to treat wounds this severe.Slowly she made her way out of the room and walked towards Stephen, who is busy reading a scroll. She cleared her throat to catch his attention.Stephen glared at her with annoyance."Now what do you want? Is it not enough that I beat the hell out of your husband? Do you want some too?" he asked impatiently.Elvina wanted to kick Stephen for hurting her husband. But she is weak and is no match for him. So she bit her cheek to control her anger."My husband is running with a high fever. Can you please let me go out of the house for a few minutes so that I can go and bring some herb