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Azeph had been leaning against the wall watching Elinor dance with Louis as if they had been doing it for a long time. And they probably did.Their movement were in sync and their dace skills were extraordinary. They stole the eyes of everyone on that gace floor. Including the headmaster who stopped talking to his companion and watched them with an interested smile.Azeph knew that this was a good thing, that this would dissipate any rumors about the two of them for the time being, but there was no helping the pang of jealousy that prickled his heart.Those two were like brother and sister, their bond was so clear and strong that Azeph didn't have any doubt about it. But in his possessive and obsessive mind, Elinor was finally his and he was having a hard time standing back and seeing her with someone else.Jealousy truly is an ugly thing..."You okay over there?" Will said as he approached him,"Can't be better," He responded without looking at his friend, he couldn't move his gaze aw
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Elinor took a deep shuddering breath when she revealed the truth to him. Azeph pulled her to face him leaning down to look into her eyes with his blue ones. His gaze was serious as he looked at her and she looked back at him holding her breath and waiting for what he was going to say."Someone had been trying to kill you?" he asked"His majesty told me after the investigation that most of the people in the caste knew about his habit of drinking from my cup. It was something he started to do a few years ago and we bickered a lot about it. I hadn't taken a sip from that cup, if I had we would have both died. His Majesty said that there was a big possibility that the culprit knew about his habit and they poisoned my cup instead of his. Either they didn't care if I died with him or they just didn't think that far ahead," She explained."But you are still blaming yourself for not drinking first. Even if you did, Elin, you would have simply died both," Azeph said"No... We wouldn't have..."
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“Are you sure you’re going to be okay?” Azeph asked as he took his coat from her before they headed back into the ballroom.“Of course,” she said with a smile his way. She was going to be fine either way. “Are you ready for our dance?”“I am ready,” she responded as she put her hand on his arm and headed inside. Soon after they came in, the crowds separated making way for them to head for the dance floor. They walked there and stood at the center waiting for the orchestra to begin the closing song.Azeph bowed before her his hand outstretched and she put hers in it curtsying to him slowly.They straightened up looking at each other in the eyes. Azeph was gazing at her with something akin of longing and reached out for her lightly touching her waist. She put her hand on his shoulder letting him pull her a bit closer. Enough to be close to each other, but not enough to satisfy the longing an passion burning between them.Azeph started leading the dance moving around slowly with the se
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“Elinor Pendragon, you realize the situation you are in don’t you?” The headmaster told Elinor as she sat before him in his office.But, unlike last time, instead of sitting in the sitting arrangement, he was stationed behind his desk while she sat there in front of him waiting for him to say his piece.“Whatever you are talking about, headmaster?” Elinor asked with a straight look into the man’s eyes.Although he can be deceptively nice, Elinor made a point of meeting the eyes of everyone head on when she was in a confrontation. Ironically, this had been her father’s last advice before she left for the royal palace for her engagement announcement to the crown prince.“You are in a dire position and I find myself in a bind. Because having you stay here could eventually mean for me that I am protecting the daughter of a traitor,” he declared and Elinor smiled at him coldly making sure that her expression was devoid of any emotion as she looked at him.“I don’t know why you must call my
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Elinor sighed as Louis closed the headmaster’s office door.“He wouldn’t budge,” she said desperately.“He didn’t answer a single question,” Louis stated, “he’s one strong opponent, to think that even you couldn’t shake him.“I just wanted to know what he was trying to do by setting me up with Azeph like that,”“That probably had been your only chance to get something out of him. Starting today things are going to get busy,” he told her,“I know,” Elinor responded, “I still have to go over the work Future had delivered for me, It’s going to take a lot of time, especially since the last incident has still yet to be resolved,”“Last incident’s victim, what was his name again? Nathan?” Louis said“It is,”“He and his friends had been doing well since they joined our class, they would make good aids in the future,” “Are you trying to make reservations on them?” Elinor asked with a smile.“I might be,” Louis responded“Well good luck, although I doubt that it's going to do you any good,"
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“ would have agreed with you has the situation in our country been stable,” Nathan said as he spoke to Louis, “ But war is clawing at our walls from the outside while our nobles are busy with a succession battle that they’re fuelling for their own personal interests. I don’t think our country has the right grounds to welcome any new reforms, for now, change within times of turbulence could lead to a bigger problem that could sweep us under and destroy us from the inside out,”“Now let us hear your opponent’s opinion,” the professor said motioning to Louis who was leaning back on his seat as he watched Nathan with a light gaze that no one seemed to register.Elinor smiled to herself then.“He’s going easy on him,” Azeph whispered into her ear.“He totally is,” Elinor responded with a wry smile.“Is it because of the incident?“Azeph said, At that moment, Louis’ gaze went to her as if his uncanny instincts told him that she was speaking about him. She gave him a cool smile before lookin
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“What about you?” Azeph asked, “What was your childhood like with Louis and Prince Nicolas?”“My childhood had been eventful for sure,” She said with a smile, “My parents had always been busy people. My father had always been busy, and my mother had a lot to take care of too other than taking care of the sucal estate, especially since the death of the queen and with the Kin’s sister, Louis’ mother, has a weak constitusion. My mother took over some of the workload meant for the royal castle too.That meant I spent a lot of time there with her. And there was also a time when both of them had to leave the country as a part of a diplomatic envoy, so most of my childhood was spent with Nicolas or Louis’ families.” She told him.“It must have been hard on you to be away from your parents all the time,” Azeph said.“Not really, it’s the way things had always been. I didn’t know any other lifestyle and I was okay with how things were. As soon as I was old enough to read and write, my mother s
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“What was your relationship with him like?” Azeph asked, “With prince Nicolas.”Elinor took the cup from him and took the time to sip from it before answering. Azeph busied himself with pouring himself a cup before looking up at her. Elinor sighed before she looked back down at her cup.“It’s still a bit hard for me to talk about him, you know…” She said“I-I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me today. I keep asking you the wrong questions,” He said and Elinor shook her head.“It’s all right, I want to tell you everything, but I might not be able to do this right away so please bear with me,” She said and he nodded.“Of course,” He said.“You might already have noticed, but Nicolas and I didn’t have a normal couple’s relationship… We weren’t… lovers,” She said,“I suspected as much, from the way you spoke about him,” He responded.“He had always been like an older brother to me. Just like Louis is. It’s not logical that you would marry your older brother but it was a fact that I
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The sun shone through the cathedral’s colored glass window as Elinor knelt before her uncle and he put the crown on her head.Before she knew it, she was reciting the pledge that she had known by heart since she was a young girl running around the castle walls with her cousins.She was no longer that young girl. Nor was she the fiancé of the future king or the daughter of the duke. She wasn’t someone’s daughter or their wife or sister. She was her own person. She was the future queen. The person who was going to stand at the top of this country and lead it into a new future.“Hail to the crown princess!” Said her uncle as he stepped back to let her stand up and turn around.Elinor looked down at the crowd to find it filled with familiar faces. Unlike the last time she stood there with Nicolas by her side, she didn’t feel remotely as alone as she felt back then.In contrary, she felt like no matter what path she took, she would never be alone because there are always going to be peopl
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“Azeph! Calm down!” Will said taking his arm and pulling him back.Azeph wanted to shake his friend’s arm away but he took a deep breath instead and closed his eyes down trying hard to compose himself.“Call the guards,” He said again this time his voice more calm and collected.Louis sighed and nodded toward Alan who left the room looking for the guards.“We’re going to need a doctor for Noah,” Azeph finally said leaning against the bed and checking on Noah who was still unconscious,“It must have been a hard blow,” He said with a worried glance toward Louis who nodded.“If you promise that you’re under control I will go call for a doctor for Noah. We need him to wake up and tell us what happened anyway since those knights clearly don’t know what’s going on,” Louis answered,“I am under control,” he told Louis who nodded and left the room quietly.Azeph looked around the room. There was no sign of struggle and Noah was on the ground near the chair he must have been using to sit by El
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Azeph leaned down in the bed pressing a kiss to Elinor’s forehead. He watched her sleep peacefully for a moment before making his way out of the room to find the guys waiting for him.“Ready?” He asked them. And they all nodded with determination.“I am counting on you,” He told them.He made his way down the stairs as they followed him. Once he was outside he mounted his horse and galloped out of there followed by Will, Louis and Alan.Noah had chosen to stay there and keep Elinor company until she woke up while Stella was still away dealing with the students at the academy.He said that he had a bad feeling since all this started and insisted on remaining by her side and Azeph agreed appointing some guards to them to make sure that they both remained safe.Lloyd went to the artisan’s workshop before them and was supposed to assert the situation by the time they got there.At the entrance of the academy, they found a car ready for them as the captain had promised and they abandoned t
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After that Azeph left the security team’s central building and made his way back toward the residence. By now, Louis must be done spreading out word of Elinor’s poisoning and the Academy must be greatly disrupted and shaken.The perfect opportunity to look for the culprit. As soon as he got there he found Noah and Alan waiting for his return.“Did you find something out?” Noah asked him and Azeph shook his head.“I want you to head down there and help Will look through the records for anything that might catch your attention.” He told Noah and he nodded.“Of course! Stella is waiting for Louis to come back so that she can start her investigation,” He added.“Stella is the best when it comes to gathering information. But we have someone much better than her. I sent him to look into things too,” He said,“Why don’t you go help Stella with her investigation. You might find something useful. Ask Daisy to discretely help you too, you and Stella will stand out if you ask too many questions,
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Azeph stepped out of the residence that was reserved for Elinor and made his way toward the one place he needed to make sure of first before anything else. The record room.The security within the Royal academy’s grounds was well maintained by a group of thorough and competent security experts who were trained at the capital. They were as good as royal knights when it came to their combat ability and some of them even used to be knights at the royal guard but decided to leave for this job because it held less stress and political issues.Azeph knew some of those knights but the person he knew the most was their commander. The man who was leading security system at the academy was no one other than Azeph’s instructor, the man who thought him everything from how to hold a sword to how to become a swordsman.“Are you going to see Captain Hugh?” Will asked and Azeph nodded silently.Captain Hugh was a strong man. Just plain strong and the perfect image of a leader ready to go into a battl
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Elinor slowly opened her eyes to the sunlight. She slowly moved her body wincing when she realized that her sore muscles and organs were not ready for her to move yet.But the excruciating pain that felt as if she was being ripped apart fro the inside out wasn’t there anymore. She was going to be okay. She was going to live.“You’re awake…” Said someone from her bedside and she turned her head around to find herself looking at her with concern in his eyes.“Louis….” She whispered her voice croaked and her words coming out heavy on her tongue.“Are you feeling any better?” He asked“Much better,” she answered with a soft smile and he nodded looking deep in thoughts.“Did something happen? Where’s Azeph?” She asked immediately noting the lack of presence of the one person she wanted to see the most.“He’s still outside looking into your case. He went out as soon as he made sure that the antidote was working last night. He had been investigating since then and now he’s looking into thing
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Pain… So much pain. It hurt everywhere. It hurt to breath, it hurt to move, it hurt to even be alive.How long did she have to wait for the pain to stop? How long will this go on. Why was her body hurting so much that she felt like she was being ripped apart from inside out.A liquid built up in her throat and she fought hard to ignore it. But her body’s natural reaction was much stronger than her willpower. When she coughed, she could feel the liquid being projected out of her mouth. Probably another gulp of blood seeping from inside her. But the excruciating pain the resulted on her cough was so blinding and painful that she thought that she was going to die.But her body wasn’t this graceful or merciful to her. The pain still has to continue because her body still choose to fight against the poison. Even though she was so tired that she was starting to wish for death.She heard voices around her and felt someone press something soft against her mouth.“She’s in pain, she needs more
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"So in the end it happened,..." The headmaster said with a sigh as he watched the doctor leave the room.Future who was by his side made his way toward the side cabinet and pulled out a bottle of whiskey pouring himself a cup and offering one to both Louis and the headmaster.Louis refused, and the headmaster gratefully agreed taking the cup and downing it in one gulp. The poor man was so stressed and worried that he was taking soliste in alcohol."She was going to tell them everything today..." Louis said and Future looked at them quizikally."Everything about what?"He asked as he walked toward them his cup in his hand."She was going to leave the Acedemy in the end of the year," Louis said."Why?" Future asked, "It took the headmaster so much effort to convince his majesty to let her come back." "The situation with the neightboring countries is already unstable thanks to the recent events. They think that our monarchy is falling appart. She needs to be there and set an example to m
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The doctor looked at Azeph and shook his head hopelessly. Azeph felt as if his world collapsed with that single motion and he felt himself take one step forward then wobble for a moment before pulling himself together and walking toward him and standing in front of him."How's her condition?" He asked quietly."Not very good I am afraid. Her body is under so much strain. It seems to have been a very strong poison." The doctor said darkly, "Her organs are barely holding on as it is. And I can't chance to give her any calming medicine because I'm afraid that they would react with the poison and make her state worse. If only you knew the nature of her poison..." The doctor finished and Azeph sighed and stepped back.Louis who was silently standing behind him stepped forward."I'm afraid that we still don't know the nature of the poison. We will need an investigation to figure that out." Louis lied easily.Meanwhile, Azeph fought not to clench his hands into fists. He knew that divulging
