KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 86.CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER MALAKAI LUIS’S POV.My whole body hurts, the pain excruciating. I have no idea how long I have been living in this state, but I know it has been a while because I have tethering somewhere in between the line of being conscious and the line of being unconscious. But I could feel it as the time passes by, that I am slowly getting it out of my system. I could feel the black magic in my system, and its dispel.It was like poison running through my veins—slow, scorching, burning, relentless. Black magic isn’t something you fight; it fights you. Especially when it gets into your system, it slowly Wa Tayyu up from the inside. That is how it kills one. And I knew that, I know that it is supposed to kill one, but I know it would not kill me. Rather, my body would fight it. Every muscle in my body, every nerve, felt like it was on fire though. Days had passed—maybe more, I couldn’t keep track, not since I am not exactly in my right track of mind.
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 86. CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER MALAKAI LUIS’S POV. No one poisoned me. If anything, I poisoned myself. When I was told that Esmeralda might not have long to live, given the black magic had already seeped into her body and was starting to eat her from the inside, I knew I had to do whatever it takes to save her from that. So, I found out the only way to save her was if I could transfer the black magic from her body, to someone else’s. I could still remember the Royal Physician’s words. “I am afraid the black magic is already in her system, Your Highness, and her body is not strong enough to fight it. At this rate, she only has a couple of days left, and then she will be gone.” Those words, I hated those words to the core—the thought that I would lose her, in just a couple of days to be honest, terrified as much as it angered me. So, in a desperate attempt to look for any way out, I found myself asking. “Is there really no way to save her?” I asked, fighting back m
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 88. CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER MALAKAI LUIS’S POV. I have never been scared in my life before, never. Fear is not an emotion I have ever attributed to myself. Even when my mother died and I was blamed, when my father took in the devil as his new mate, or when my sister abandoned me to be with her mate, I was never scared. Instead, I took it as it came, and moved on with my life. There was no need to be scared, what is the use of it? It is an emotion that would not benefit me with anything, so, I never caved in to the feeling of such ever.How ever, for the first time in my life, I was scared.As the royal physicians rushed into my room, where Esmeralda lays, fighting for her lives while they fought with their own lives on the line just to save her, I was scared internally. On the outside. I was composed and raged, because I had told them that their own lives will depend on hers. Whether she lives or dies, their own lives depends on it.I know they are not responsib
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 89. CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER MALAKAI LUIS’S POV. For a second, I was frozen, unable to believe the words. Did I hear him correctly? Are my ears playing tricks on me or have I gone through so much that I have begun to hallucinate and imagine things? My questions and doubts were proved to be wrong when they all fell in their knees as well, and their collective voices came, all chanting the same thing. “Congratulations, Your Highness!” “Congratulations, Your Highness!” “Congratulations, Your Highness!” “The Kingdom has been blessed!” Since the olden days, receiving the news of a royal child is considered a blessing for the Kingdom entirely, because it symbolizes a blessed future for the Kingdom, and stability as well. Especially if it is the child of a Crown Prince, having an heir is basically like securing one’s position to becoming the King. However, my elation is not because my position as the next King has been secured, and not because I have an heir. No. I
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 90. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV.I felt like I was floating, or lost in an abyss with no hope for waking up or hope to see the light of the new day. Waking up felt like pushing through thick fog, but I refused to stay trapped in that haze. I could not explain why but there was this deep feeling within me that nudged me to push till I wake up, as if I needed to do so, desperately. My mind was sharp, even if my body wasn’t cooperating yet. The ache in my muscles was intense, but it was a reminder that I was still here, still alive, still fighting, my memories at that moment had not quite registered in yet, but I was aware. The pain had become a constant companion—something I’d learned to manage, not something that would defeat me. It could not, I just know it. The room was quiet, the air still, and as I blinked my eyes open, the light was harsh at first, it felt like a difficult task to overcome. I welcomed the sting, though—it grounded me and kept me in place,
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 91. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. Kai closed the space between us in quick, sharp strides and before I know it, he was standing right in front of me. My gaze remained planted on him, brows drawn in confusion as I found myself parting my lips to speak. “Kai…I…” my words were cut midway when he eliminated the space between us, his arms going around me as he pulled me into his embrace—his arms around me tightening but not in an uncomfortable way but rather, the kind that conveyed all the emotions he could not exactly speak of at the moment. My arms stood limply by the side for the first few seconds, not knowing how to react exactly or shall I say, taken aback that I did not know how to react precisely. My mind was still a mess but one thing that stood out for sure is that Kai is alive and well, and that I am in his arms—alive as well.My arms eventually raised up and then wrapped around him, my movements slow and weak as I was only slowly getting back my energy.
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 92. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. My lips moved against his softly, and for the first few seconds, he did not respond entirely. It seemed as though he was frozen, and for a second I wondered if he did not want this entirely given how he is not responsive. I pulled back slowly, feeling dejected as our eyes met, and my heart clenched behind my rib cage painfully so.He didn’t say a thing immediately, his now dark forest green eyes searching mine, swirling with an emotion I could not quite point a finger at while trying to read what I was thinking at the same time, what I was feeling exactly. The silence between us was thick, charged. My heart hammered in my chest as I struggled to find the right words, to explain what I had been holding back for so long. But I didn’t have the courage to speak the truth, not fully.Instead, I let instinct take over once again, unable to hold myslef back and truthfully, not wanting to do so even.Without thinking, I reached out, my
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 93. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV.An exasperated breath escaped my lips, and my gaze softened as I stared at him with questioning eyes, my shoulders slumped. “Kai…” I called out in a small voice, swallowing down a lump as my heart squeezed behind my rib cage painfully so. “…do you really think I did it?” I asked, my voice small in fear of the worst.Kai’s eyes dilated slightly, then a frown marred his features. “No. Of course not. Why would you think so?”I released a sigh, then pushed myself away from him as I got onto my feet, thankfully now I no longer feel dizzy and I could manage to stand on my feet without feeling lightheaded. “Because,” I started in an exasperated tone, “Because you keep pushing me away. Even now, you do not want to me close to me. You do not even want to kiss me back and when you finally did, you kept pushing me away!”Perhaps, I am overreacting, and I would wish for that to really be the case rather than him truly ignoring me. I know fo