"It's you." Amaris grumbled as he showed himself to the awaiting opponent, Jack. It was Jack who captured him and brought him to Dubheasa to brainwash him."Yeah, it's me. Your uncle Jack. Who else?" He opened his arms, awaiting for Amaris to hug him. But Amaris just glared at him. "What's wrong, son?" He confusedly asked. "I am not your nephew so stop calling me like that, old hag." Amaris snarled at him."Oh. That look in your face…" Jack's eyes widened as he realized something odd about Amaris. "No way." He gasped. "Your memories are back, hasn't it?" "Loud and clear." Amaris answered firmly. He took off his cloak and challenged him to get closer. "It's time for payback."Jack suddenly burst into waves of laughter, making Amaris more furious about killing him."You think you can defeat me? You are only strong now because the queen gave you some of his power. You ungrateful, boy. Did you forget who raised you, fed you, and even gave you power that a normal witch can't have?" He t
"You sound weird today. You're not addressing Dubheasa as your mother anymore. Did you fight?" Gili teased him. But he noticed something was really odd about him."She's not my mother. She never was. We're going to my real mother now." He went to his crow and jumped on its back."No way…." Gili gasped. "Don't tell me your memories are back?"Amaris was puzzled that Gili knew about it. He began to doubt him. "Did Dubheasa send you to give me the potion?""What potion are you talking about? You tell me not to go to her because she'll definitely kill me because of your lies and now you're suspecting me that I brought a potion for you? Wow. This ungrateful man." Gili sighed in despair."Then why did you know about my memories?" Amaris asked."I knew who you were ever since you were a kid. I'm your father's faithful servant. I've been spying on Dubheasa all this time. I was just waiting for the chosen one to show up and make the sense out of you. And now I'm glad your memories are back!" H
"Can you still fight?" I asked Caius, but my eyes were on the four bulky men approaching us."Maybe if you kiss me too." Caius murmured. I gave him a sharp look. "What?""You look fine, Caius. You don't need that." I told him grumpily.Namir scoffed, suppressing his laughter. Caius knew he was laughing at him so he got infused. "I'm gonna rip your throat out later." He grumbled, but Namir didn't budge."Stop it. They're almost near!" I took their attention and pointed at the witches using my mouth."How can you be scared now when we've brought down many witches already?" Namir muttered and he even counted on his fingers. I just shook my head in disbelief. How can he say that after how he almost died earlier?I took my bow and arrow from Caius. I initiated a shot but the four witches didn't seem to be bothered. One of them was about to lift his hand. I knew this kind of gesture. He's going to control something or someone for sure. I quickly released the arrow toward that man before he
After we cleaned up the ground floor, we headed to the second floor where there were more witches gathering at the balcony. According to Faye, they always make a feast in the afternoon until midnight. "Are there any other rooms upstairs?" I asked Faye as we fixed ourselves to look more prominent. We're going to act nonchalantly while the three boys will sneak from the other side of the balcony and pretend to be witches. Well, they probably already know Amaris. So there's a lower chance they're gonna suspect the two.We brought a bottle of wine upstairs just so we wouldn't arrive empty handed. When I finally got to see the feast, I was distressed to see some girls sitting on their lap and trying to entertain them. I even caught someone being molested in front of many people. It was a disgusting and horrible sight. A drunk witch approached me as soon as I entered the balcony. He took the wine in my hand and gave it to Faye. "Can I dance with you?" He asked. Faye and I looked at each o
Faye seemed to be excited about it. We were already done arranging the wine glasses. I do hope I didn't miss to touch one. Now, it's time for the great show.Amaris clunk the glasses with a spoon to grab everyone's attention. The noise started to subside as they approached the scheming prince. "I just wanted to be thankful to this friend," he pulled someone from the crowd, " who invited me to come to this magnificent gathering! I am pleased to get along with this clan. My mother has been so busy looking for the chosen one and has no time to hold a feast for his only son. But I'm glad this friend brought me here and I'm able to get drunk with everyone today." He paused and opened two bottles of wine and poured it on the top of the champagne fountain we've made. He emptied the bottles and it filled all the glasses from top to bottom."Please have this drink as my gratitude for welcoming me here." He continued.It was a bit quiet and I wondered if I should clap first. I was relieved when
It was almost dark outside. Dubheasa's armies are probably heading to the village now. We need to go there quickly to alarm the people. But how can we save them? Would the cave be enough to keep us from the fire? I couldn't think of anything. If we try to stop them, we'll only have a small chance since there are so many. I shook my head. Come what may. We'll try to convince them to leave the village first."The problem now is how we are going to bring all these girls to the cave?" Namir pondered."Oh." I gasped. I forgot about that. Would it be possible to call more birds in the air? "Correction. We're not just going to bring the girls. Also these gals whom we have removed the curse." I corrected him. We're now in the kitchen planning to escape that place."Why would you save them too? They're horrible people. I understand they're no longer witches now but they still committed a great sin!" One of the girls argued and everyone agreed to her.I sighed. "I know. But they're normal peopl
It was still raining so hard. I wondered if Dubheasa is still planning to attack the village with this kind of weather condition. I thought about the queen and the kids. I hope they're alright and not worrying about us. If we can only send a message to them that we won't be able to return tonight. "What was that journal all about? Why did you suddenly cry earlier?" Caius was intrigued. He reclined his back on the wooden barriers to face me. It felt strange. This balcony was in trouble just a while ago but now all I can hear is the dripping sound of the rain and Caius's breathing. "Hey? Am I not allowed to know?" He woke me up from my deep thoughts.I stared at his eyes, weighing if it's right for him to know about what that journal was all about. But he seemed so eager to know about it."It's my diary." I answered."Then why did you give it to Amaris?" He wondered with a confused look on his face."Because the diary was all about him." I confessed to him. His face was contorted in d
I guess it's already six in the morning but the rain was still pouring so hard. It's a good thing because Dubheasa won't get the chance to make a fire at all. But our problem now is, how are we going to get everyone to the cave? We don't have anything to ride on. I can't call the eagle right now since it's still raining. What can we possibly do now?"What's bothering you?" Namir asked when he caught me staring into nothing. I was still on the balcony, wrapped with the blanket, and taking some time to think of a possible way to get everyone out. "Do you think I can call something else aside from an eagle?" I wondered, still staring blankly at the pouring rain. I was bothered when Namir suddenly burst into laughter. "What's funny?" I grumbled."I wonder why you're deep in your thoughts. And this is what you were just thinking about." He chuckled."Why? Were you thinking of something else?" I wondered. My brows furrowed while my eyes squinted at him, waiting for his answer. He stopped s