28 - Royal Brother

Maya

I stared at Trixie who had a different look than earlier.

She was clothed in a rich yellow fabric, entirely different from how she appeared in the wood when we journeyed here. Guess I was the only one that remained the same. I mean, I wasn’t even progressing.

That day in the tub, got me nowhere… I couldn’t summon the entity that saved me from drowning.

“I heard you teamed up with the evil Queen,”

“Oh please, she’s not as bad as you all paint her to be,” Trixie scoffed. My hands tightened around my dark jacket, which I wore to feel protected.

“She’s a witch!” My eyes widened. “So dangerous… You should stay away from her, if you can,”

“But I am too.” Trixie suddenly said. “And she gives me hope, she makes me want to believe that my people are alive, Maya.”

“Y-Your people?” I chuckled a bit. “Even my parents and everyone related to me were taken by the flood. What gives you the notion that they’re alive?”

“The calamity might not have reached them all.” Her words were resolute and fi