After their special morning together, Blaze and Bella went their separate ways. Blaze became busy with his duties and Bella decided to read a book which the goddess suggested her to read.
She spent her entire morning in the palace library, reading about a particular spell to stop the time for one minute. As the library was empty, she even practiced the spell until she became perfect. When she was satisfied, she walked out of the library with a happy smile.
Amanda and her friends usually wake up after 10 in the morning. They take a couple of hours to bathe and get ready. By 12 in the noon, they usually meet near the dining area to eat lunch together.
Bella was actually planning to surprise Blaze in his office and eat lunch with him. People are now openly greeting her where ever she went. They are bowing and greeting her with respect. Except for a few, a lot of them have accepted her as their queen.Amanda spotted her when she was on her way
All the five women were walking in the maze garden. Amanda has an evil smirk on her friends, and so do her other two friends. But Nina is stocking beside Bella so that she could help their queen if the need arises. But the problem here is, even Nina is not so accustomed to the garden. So even she would be trapped if Amanda decided to ditch Bella. But being with someone else is better than being left alone. So she decided to stay with Bella.On the other hand, Sandro and his three friends reached the Maze garden. They are secretly following behind the five women. Sandro wanted to strike and even kill Bella if he could the moment he gets a chance. He clearly remember what his friends said about just scaring her.'You cannot just scare her and leave her. What if she complaints to the king? He would kill us with his bare hands one of his friends let out.'Are you crazy? What are you suggesting? That he kill the queen? That's even more worst than scaring her. I
Bella looked around herself and sighed softly. Everything is looking the same. They have been trying to find a way out of this maze for the past half an hour without any luck. Every turn looks the same and they are now lost and confused. They cannot identify from which direction they came from. "This is so confusing. We cannot find our way out of this maze no matter how much we try like this" Nina murmured softly. Both the woman are tired. Bella can easily shift from this Maze alone, but she didn't yet mastered the art of shifting with someone else. As far as she learned, none of Amanda's friends can shift. So she cannot leave Nina alone to fend for herself. And moreover, Bella doesn't want anyone to find out about her just yet. So she pretended to be helpless. It might take some time, but she is sure she can find a way out of this Maze. "Ya," Bella agreed, looking around for some clues that might help them to get out of that Maze. Just then, both the
Nina paled when she heard what Sandro just said."K..k..kill?" She stuttered with shock.Even though Nina is a dragon, she is not trained to deal with male dragons double her size. She never thought there are so many people inside the palace who wanted to harm the Queen.Sandro laughed at the petrified expression on Nina's face."Yes, I don't have any personal issues with you. But you are just caught up at the wrong time with the wrong person. She made the mistake of insulting me in front of so many people. A mere pathetic human dared to insult me. Initially, all I wanted to do is scare her. But you are right. If I just scare her and let her live, then she will go and tell all this to the king, and he will kill me. Which I don't want. If I kill you, then there will not be anyone to tell the king about who killed you" Sandro said with an evil smile.All throughout his ranting, Nina is scared. But Bella's face is a blank mask. She is not
Stephen is standing on a high-raised area and is watching everything that is happening in front of him with a calculating look in his eyes. He accompanied the king of the dark realm to inspect a particular area near a village. This village is situated a little farther away from the palace and it would take one hour to go back if they fly. They received a complaint that all the animals are dying after eating the grass-grown and cultivated from that village. Not only that, but the fruits and vegetables became poisonous which are grown in that village. They came here to see what is wrong with the land in this village. King Blaze along with his brother Brandon and Lord Michael are talking with the villagers to gather their opinion about what happened and since when all of this started. Stephen looked at the corpse of an animal, which looks like a cow, but it is bulkier and larger than the one which they encounter in the human land. It's rotten even though i
Blaze didn't touch his soup after he sniffed it and found the poisonous weed in it. Brandon is the one who noticed it first. He gave his Brother a questioning look. Blaze shook his head as if to tell him ' not here '. Brandon understood his meaning and simply pushed his own soup away and rested his arms on the table and began to listen to the conversation of the advisors.Lord Michael noticed that both the brothers are not eating anything. He frowned with confusion. He is sitting on the right side of Blaze and Brando is sitting on the left. He is not as subtle as Brandon. So he voiced out his observation out loud, garnering the attention of the other advisors."Your highness, why are you not eating anything? With all that work we did since this morning, I am sure you must be hungry" he asked with fatherly concern.Everyone on the table looked at Blaze curiously. Stephen frowned when he noticed that the soup is untouched.'Damn it, why is he not eating? It
"What happened?" Bella asked when Blaze remained quiet.Blaze looked at his mate and his brother. His two most trusted confidants. These two are the ones he trusts the most. He knows that will always have his back in good or bad."My soup was poisoned" Blaze revealed.Brandon is shocked into speechlessness.Bella gasped with shock and anger."Who dared to poison your food?" She demanded angrily. Her protective instincts rose to the surface, and her eyes shined with the power of the relic for a second, which both the brothers missed.Blaze rubbed his face tiredly."What?" Brandon exclaimed with shock.Blaze turned to face the palace again. Both Brandon and Bella stood on either side of Blaze and they are looking at Blaze for an explanation or something."I don't know," Blaze said truthfully.Bella and Brandon frowned at his answer."Blaze, what happened? How did you detect the poison? Tell me everythin
After they concluded it must be Stephen, they decided to keep an eye on his every move."We are suspecting him. It can or cannot be Lord Stephen. But all the clues we gathered so far are pointing in his direction. We need something solid to confirm our suspicion. So we need to stay close to him. Even the cameras we installed couldn't capture anything useful. He is being very careful. So we need to be subtle and keep an eye on him all the time" Blaze said.Both Bella and Brandon nodded their heads."And make sure he wouldn't get suspicious. Or else, he will become careful and all our efforts will become futile" he warned them.Both Bella and Brandon understood what Blaze is trying to tell them. They understood that they need to be careful. Stephen is clever and cunning. He escaped from everyone's eyes so far. That in itself is a tricky thing. So all of them should be extra careful when they are dealing with Stephen.After they are done, Brandon left
That night, Bella is sitting in the bathtub, her eyes closed. Blaze finished his work in the palace and flew towards the tower. He soundlessly landed on the balcony and folded his wings back. He walked inside the room searching for Bella. He followed her scent and found her in the bathtub.He quickly undressed himself and joined her inside the bathtub. Bella is startled when Blaze settled in the bathtub behind her."Hmm" she hummed when he wrapped his arms around her."What were you thinking?" he asked her softly."About everything that happened today" she replied truthfully.Blaze sighed."Until now we don't know who the person is. But now we have a suspect. It's now easy to concentrate on him and observe his every move. Until now we thought he might not be the one. But now, everything changed. You don't worry about all that. I am sure we can deal with him soon" Blaze promised.Bella leaned back into his embrace. Blaze peppered