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