IANNAThat night I slept like a log; I did not dream about anything or wake up in the middle of the night. I think I was tired to a point that I just shut down. But I felt relaxed and well rested this morning.I went for a run, something I have not done in weeks since this damn war started. I came back and went to fetch breakfast for Aegen and I. he was still asleep when I got back, and I didn’t wake him.He needed his rest after everything that happed. There was a knock on the door, and I went to open. Aegen’s mother was standing on the other side of the door. “Good morning, Ianna. How are you doing?”I smiled opening the door wider for her to get inside. “I am fine, well rested. How are you?” she glanced at me giving me a small smile. “I have had better nights. Aegen here?” I nodded going to pour her a cup of coffee.“He is but still sleeping.” She took a seat next to me. “That’s alright, I am not in a hurry. Will you attend Christina and Adolph’s funeral? I organized them for this
AEGENI didn’t mean it like that, the Goddess knows I didn’t. I glared at my mother. “You just had to come here and talk about this damn funeral.” She looked shocked by my outburst. She shouldn’t be, she asked for it.“Aegen…” I raised my hand and stopped her from talking. Her mouth hung open not believing I just did that. I didn’t want to, but she was forcing my hand. “I told you I didn’t want to go to this funeral, but you keep pushing and pushing. I am not a child anymore mother.”I laughed mockingly. “What am I saying? Even when I was a child all you knew how to do best was to reprimand me just like father did. Nothing I ever did was good enough for any of you.”Mother looked sad when I compared her to my father. It was the truth I never wanted her to hear. I endured everything growing up and keeping everything to myself.“You were more of a mother to them than you were with me, your own son! You never asked how my day was when I came back home with bruises. All you did was tend t
AEGENI walked out of the house leaving my mother crying her eyes out. It was not like I didn’t care, I did. I cared too much that I never blamed her for how she and her mate treated me. but I had to let her know how I felt. Just this once, I wanted her to be on myside and know how I felt.I couldn’t reach Ianna on the mind link, she shut her line down and I had to open a link to the warriors in the palace asking for her whereabouts. I was told she was in the training grounds.I went there and when I appeared. She was training with another warrior, more like kicking his ass but he was not giving up. He kept landing on his ass but would always get back up.Ianna was not training but taking her anger out on him. The poor moron was taking it. I wondered why. I watched for a while before deciding it was enough. I went to them. “Take a break, I will spar with her.”He nodded but she called someone else. I glared at him, and he turned and left. The others could see what was going on and the
IANNAMy father was like a dog with a bone. We said no to the fairy kingdom and now he is giving us the Malraux kingdom. If we accept them, we will never leave. Leaders don’t lead from a different place.“I can see the looks on your faces and I know what you are thinking, and the answer is no, you are not leaving this place.” He sighed and leaned back on the chair. “Listen, we have just been through war that left this kingdom broken. If I go to the fairy kingdom then who do you expect to take over this one?”I had no answer for that, all I knew was that I wanted to leave. I needed a break from that place, and I knew Aegen wanted the same as well. “Dad…” Aegen placed his hand on my lap stopping me from saying what I wanted to say.“Ianna, my child. I know what you want, and I am sorry I can’t give it to you. The only thing I am able to give to you now. Is this kingdom and prevent you from going to the fairy kingdom because you said it will change you. But we can’t neglect this kingdom.
MICHAELI looked at my father’s staff and I could not believe I was about to give it away. My brother was supposed to have this staff when he took over as king. But he never got the change, and my father never got the chance to give it to him.They were both killed, my entire family was killed by the fairy king, and they never got to do anything after that. I still wonder how any of them could not sense the danger that was coming.My sister could see the future, but she didn’t see the war coming that time. My mother was a seer too, but she saw things that happened in the past and how they were going to affect our future.Father could also sense the future and danger, but he sensed nothing that night. I guess maybe it was their time and maybe the moon goddess did them a favor and did not show them how they were going to die.Let’s face it, if we all know who we were going to die and when. We would do anything in our power to stop it from happening. They say you can’t run from death, bu
MICHAELI could not believe what I was hearing, he said he just heard the moon goddess’s voice. Could that be possible? I guess it could since this was the moon goddess’s pond. Maybe this is where my father would come whenever he had a decision to make.The moon goddess would tell him if it would benefit the kingdom or not and he would take it from there. That is why the kingdom was so prosperous and everything he touched turned to gold.The pond was the source of it all. My mind was blown, and I could not believe I never knew about this. “What did she say, tell me. What did the moon goddess say.” I asked now eager to know what he heard.I only heard many whispers but could not make out anything. But he did and maybe because he had his hand in the water. “I think you should listen to it yourself.” He told me.I looked at him wondering why he wouldn’t just tell me what the voice said. But he
IANNAThe witch was explaining everything I had to do as a queen and answering my questions. I must admit, all the information was overwhelming. It made me realize that I had a lot to learn in such a short period of time.My father and Aegen got in when we were laughing about a joke I made. My father looked like he had seen a ghost and same applied for Aegen. It was like something happened, something big.The witch stood but my father stopped her in the sternest way possible. She asked what happened which I was also curious to know. But I didn’t expect the answer he gave. He said the witch killed his parents.My grandparents. I could not believe my ears, I looked at Aegen and he looked worried. I looked at the witch and her face was pale like blood had been drained from her face and with that look in her eyes. I knew that she knew what my father was talking about.“How could you?” my father asked. I kept my eyes o
IANNAThe way my father looked at her gave me chills. She looked so pitiful, and I could not help but feel sorry for her. I believed she didn’t do it because she hated the man, but because she was afraid of losing everything.The way she went about it wasn’t ideal, but it happened. It’s in the past and I think she has made up for it a thousand folds. She has been loyal since then and has made it her mission to free my father.If she didn’t want him to be free, then he wouldn’t have been freed. She would have kept his whereabouts and continue to let me believe that he was dead. But she didn’t, she told me all about him and even helped to rescue him.Those were not the actions of a vindictive woman but those of someone who cared. “Father, please, you must forgive her. I am not saying that what she did is okay because it’s not. But we can’t move on like this.”My father looked at me without saying a word. “I know she hurt you, the betrayal is painful. You trusted her and she broke that t