Ario POVIt’s been a week since Eve’s visit, and Jane has been in her room crying all day and chasing the maids out. I haven’t gone to her room; she needs time to herself. Honestly, I didn’t expect that from her at all, and I hope it was all a lie. I hope Eve was getting it all wrong, but she didn’t deny it. She did those things just because of a fling, and she deceived him. Now that I think about it, I don’t blame Aelle for the man he is today; he was forced to be like that. I can’t imagine being in his shoes. The woman I so dearly love doing that to me will break me to pieces. Now I get why Eve said father so dearly; Jane really did him dirty.“We found him,” Odin said, entering my study.“Where is he?” I asked.“The river at the waterfall,” he said, taking a seat. I sighed.“It’s so sad what is going on; too many secrets make me wonder if there are more,” I said, dropping my pen.“I hope that’s all the secret; I can’t deal with more secrets. It makes me see people I love and respec
Maeve POV“We attack from here,” I said, standing in front of the blueprint.“This is the middle of the palace; if we blow up this place, the entire palace might collapse,” Malcom said, looking surprised.“That is why we should attack from here,” I said, looking up. We were in the conference room, and we were planning the attack. We are attacking soon, and we are striking first. I can’t wait to get this over with.“You don’t mind blowing up what you built?” father asked, looking at me blankly. I frowned.“Why should I, father?” I asked, and everyone was quiet. He gave me a long look.“You would really break it down, your home,” he said. I sighed.“It was my home until you brought me here, father; now this is my home, and I am loyal to my home,” I said, my face blank. Father chuckled heartily, his hand on his stomach.“I see. Well, let’s go back to the blueprint,” he said. I nod my head.“What do you think about attacking from the middle of the palace?” I asked.“I think we shouldn’t.
Maeve POVI sat on my horse as we journeyed to Cassia. Today is the day we are attacking Cassia, and I couldn’t be more happy. Father, Malcom, and I lead the army behind us. Father is happy today; in fact, he has been happy since three days ago. Yesterday, when he came to my room in the morning, he said he wanted a father-daughter outing, and he bought us matching clothes.The clothes were blue and black, with matching trousers and a matching blue top. We went to so many places, forgetting our titles. We went bowling, ice skating, and ventured down the kingdom, eating street food and just having fun. It was fun. Yesterday is a day that will forever be tattooed on my brain. And for the first time, I wished we had cell phones in Atena. I wanted us to take loads of pictures, but thankfully, we saw a photographer who took a lot of pictures with his camera and turned them into an album.But today we venture down to Cassia. Today is going to be a horrible day for me. What is going to happen
Ario POVWe stood in front of the palace. Although we broke it down, we didn’t reconstruct it; we left it like that. But we didn’t break the palace to pieces; someone can still live inside.“Let’s go in,” I said, climbing a rock. Will Selene really stay here? Well, this is the only place in the kingdom she could possibly hide.“Take the left,” I said to the guards, and they bowed. Now it was just Brandon and me. We walked around, trying to get a scent or anything.“Do you really think she will be here?” he asked.“That is what Mabel said; she should be here or she left after finding out, we know,” I said. He sighed.“We really can’t get rid of her,” he said. Well, we all thought she was dead, so I understand him.“But what happens if she is here?” he asked.“Capture her before she causes more trouble,” I said. He scoffed.“Selene is not that easy to capture; she is powerful,” he said. I rolled my eyes.“She is powerful, but I am more powerful, and I have you,” I said. He chuckled.“I
Third Person POVWar covered the palace of Cassia kingdom as men fought against each other, slaying each other's head. The war just started and right now king Aelle was at the losing side as the warriors of cassia charged at them fiercely. It was like they just finished taking a lot of sugar, as their strength and energy can’t be compared to none. They were slaying king Aelle men like today’s bread.“Do not retreat!” king Aelle yelled from his horse. Shouting at the men. He was surprised. He thought they would be resting by now, too weak to fight, but it looks like they have not even trained today. His men were dying.“Archers, get ready,” he said, raising his hand. The archers point their bow, raised high in the sky.“Shoot!” he yelled. They all shot, and the arrows flew but they stopped mid air as a man appeared. He smiled at Aelle, his hand raised. He was holding the arrows.“Hello Aelle, my name is George and surprisingly you are my stepfather,” he said, smiling at him. Aelle look
Ario POVI came outside of our room, heading to the living room. Everyone was here except Jane.“How is she?” Pa asked.“She keeps murmuring father in her sleep,” I said, collapsing on the couch.“She really loves her father,” he said, sitting beside me. I sighed.“I don’t blame her. All her life was a mess. Harold was the only one who cared for her and was there like a father, but he was not her true father. But Aelle is her father; she shares his blood, and he loves her. She must have planned something for this war; Aelle dying was not the plan,” I said. Everyone went quiet.“But why did Aelle take that sword? Jane obviously wronged him but still died for her,” Brandon said. I kept quiet, processing it.“He couldn’t stand watching his daughter kill her mother, the woman he loves,” I said.“It’s too sad,” Odin said, and I agreed with him. We all remained quiet in our thoughts. A lot happened today. After Aelle died, the remaining warriors retreated, running away. We didn’t lose many
Maeve POVI stood, looking at her dead body. She was truly dead, and I don’t know how I feel. Happy she is gone or sad because she was still the woman who gave birth to me. I looked at George.“How do you feel?” I asked, my voice hoarse. He blinked. We were the only ones in the room.“Lost,” he said, looking at her. She slit her own throat. She is a coward. I sighed.“I’m sorry you lived a lonely life because of her decisions,” I said. He looked at me.“Why are you apologizing? It wasn’t any of your fault she chose to abandon me,” he said. Who would have thought we were truly related? I never thought about it once, but I saw him as my little brother. When I met him, he was so young, lost, and innocent. I grew a soft spot for him as he stared at me innocently with his doe eyes. He was cute.“I wish you met your father; he would have loved you,” I said, chuckling. Father has a spot for people like George who are naughty, playful, and powerful; they would have gone along so well.“He see
Maeve POV“Yes, it was all an illusion. Attacking the villages, stealing crops, and attacking the military zone was all an illusion Otto created,” I said. And I could tell they were all catching up now. “What did you tell me the day you got married to chaos?” he asked.“First, I didn’t get married to him. It was me getting married, but it wasn’t me; it was a woman he was in love with. We both did it for our father, but we didn’t actually get married. That night I told you I simply loved you,” I said, smiling cheekily. He looked at me, shocked.“I thought you told me something very important,” he said.“It was important,” I said, offended.“So why couldn’t I remember?” I asked.“Because I wanted you to be curious. You sought answers and led me to Selene,” I said.“What?” he asked.“I knew Selene was alive; that was not her I killed. It was way too easy the way she died, but I didn’t know how to track her. But I knew she was watching you, so I made you search for answers, and I tracked