The tension that permeated the air between Azalea and Ayden was palpable, that she thought in her heart what she could say, to alleviate it. It was hard for Ayden to get rid of the sadness he was feeling, even if Azalea wasn't the one who caused it. They were sad thoughts that really hurt. Just right when they got to the crossroads that could lead to the palace, Azalea sighted Hendrix walking closer to where they were, and quickly called out to him. It was really a relief to see someone, who could probably be able to get Ayden out of his current shell. "Master Hendrix!" Azalea called out to him, as he looked around to see if his ears were doing the tricks, "Over here!" She further directed. The moment Hendrix eyes diverted to the direction Ayden and Azalea were approaching from, a beautiful smile tugged on his cheeks in accordance to the emotion he was feeling. It was so elating to see Azalea healthy and radiant, like someone who hadn't gone through so much in the past few days.
Dressed and robed around with an astounding peach dress that complemented her pale skin colour, her hips swayed left and right as she made her way to the chamber that was imprinted on her mind. For some reason, the route to his hallway looked unfamiliar to her, but her instincts worked her legs to the front of his doorstep. Without knocking, Eadlin's both hands pushed hardly against the sturdy door to barge in, which pounced her push back in fail, to indicate that the door was locked. Zachary who was just standing right by his door wondered what he had just seen, as he pulled open the bolt behind the door and opened it to see, who was rude enough to want to enter through his door without knocking.Zachary's mouth almost dropped open when he saw who was standing right at his door, other than whom he had thought it would be. Though it wasn't something so unexpected since she had come often before, but not after what Edla had told him about her, that he also confirmed too. "Hi. Brot
Edla who was so bored by herself in her room doing nothing much, decided to get herself busy by gathering every of her maids together. She had told them to get plain white pieces of embroidery clothes, and threads with pins they could use to make embroidery designs. She had them sit on the floor before her in the room and timed them to start a random embroidery design, that whosoever finishes first and has a beautiful design would get an expensive jewelry from her. It sure was so worth it, that the maids who were participating in the contest put the best of their efforts. Edla just watched their hands go fast with the pins in their hands, as they made beautiful designs of different colours and shapes. In her heart, she would have probably wished to know how to do that, but she was never keen to learning it when she was young and was being taught palace etiquettes. Many of the things her teacher had tried to make her know as a basic lady training, she sucked at them all. After sh
At the visitor's lounge next to queen's room, was where Etheldreda sat around the circular wooden table, and at her front across the other side of the table was Scarlett. The beautiful Luna to the Haystars family held in her right hand a cup tea, as she sipped on the hot liquid slowly with gentleness and elegance. In her heart to her mouth, were desperate and anxious words that she wanted to say, but was holding to her pause because Etheldreda had to do the speaking first. The queen was also sipping on her tea from the white porcelain gently, like someone who was not even ready to utter any word soon.Her beautiful lashed fluttered much in so much illustrious manner, that it would show how much she superseded the desperate Luna that was still opposite her. Scarlett cared less about their status difference at the moment, and how Etheldreda was being so overt about it, as her heart begged in frustration for Etheldreda to voice out her dearest opinions. She could no longer take the he
Azalea had woken up later than usual on the other side of the room, cuddled in warm plain covering that was starting to seep heat into her body. Remembering not much about how she had slept off the previous night, her eyes trailed around the room to search for Ayden, but he was not in sight. Just as she sat up on the bed stretching and yawning to her body tiredness, the memories of the dream she had in the night during her sleep came to her, the moment she pressed on her temples with her right hand. It was like a two sessional dream where the first one was a little bit perplexing, as she was standing at the front her old house in the wilderness. A woman standing from afar to where she was standing, beckoned on her to come closer, and the only thing Azalea could see in her body was her terrifying long nails dripping of red liquid. Like a compelling force of attraction, she was forcefully pulled to the woman whose face she still couldn't see, but only her bloody red lips with peeked
He was young and craved for some kind of love, one that his wife could not give him even if she tried, which she really did not. He lived like that as the one to bear the so many responsibilities, loving his children and pushing on no matter how frustrated he was. Not until one day, that he met who drew his soul and every inch of him, to intense shut down. She was the most beautiful of all maids and if not to be defying, and of all women that lived in the palace including the queen. Her eyes beautiful as the golden sun, and her skin soft and smooth like that of a snow. To make her ravishing beauty even more astonishing, she had almost little hair on her head because she had cut it low, due to a sickness she had. Her name was Heidi. Heidi's beauty was too strikingly intimidating, that she was never put as one to serve noble men or the queen. Anyone that would point that as her flaw. Lorelei wanted to guide the innocent child, from a wicked fate of being sold as a wife to one of them.
Lorelei knew. She saw. She knew that the baby had just few minutes to live, and that she needed to do something very fast. In a masculine voice, she announced that the king said that he would like to make his way inside the delivery room. The midwife who was still trying to get the baby from the mother who clung tightly to it, froze on the spot alongside the rest in fear. Quickly, she made her way inside with her head covered in a veil, to collect the crying and helpless toddler, who had been disengaged from its mother warm embrace. She told them concisely that the king would love to just catch a glimpse of the child's face outside, and wrapped him in a warm cloth that had been prepared by her already. Making sure her eyes didn't make contact with the dying mother, she choked in her hot and painful tears as she made her way outside. The time for delivery and mission accomplishment had been timed perfectly, that the midwives were to be killed immediately after the child had bein
The last few days at the palace had been somewhat peaceful, with Hendrix visiting often to help Ayden start his training from the basics. Azalea never said anything about Lorelei waking up or about the past tale that she had told, as she just stayed around during the trainings at the garden with Hendrix. They both did not talk about the mistake that had almost taken place between them, or what they had felt so strongly towards one another by that slight action. They both just let the sleeping dogs lie. The only thing that could not lie in her head, were Lorelei's words that kept ringing in her head and ears. "You are his protector. It is destiny. You both are tethered." Azalea did not understand those words even if she had pondered on it so, and could not even ask anyone because the person who told her, had fallen into a vast sleep again. She didn't say how, or why. And it really put her to so many thoughts about everything generally, and why how she was already exhausted by livin
He gently walked towards the hallway that led to the garden to see if she was probably there, but the place was empty and lonely just as they had left it. His heart began to feel unsettling, as he quickly made his way into every room in the palace that he knew she usually liked going to. "Check every nook and cranny of the palace for Azalea, right, now!" Ayden dispatched every servant and soldier around, as he walked back into their room looking so confused and stressed out. That was when his eyes caught the paper that was folded neatly, and placed under the oil bottle in the dresser in the room. He rushed to pick it as he opened it. It thus read; "Dear Ayden. I know you must have been alarmed by now about my disappearance, but do not be. I am sorry to leave you in this manner, but this is actually the best thing to do for now. Do not look for me too, because you will not be able to find me even if you try. My powers have gone out of hand, and I have finally figured out why. Seem
The palace of many rooms and hallways was unbelievably quiet, with just servants and maids doing their best to clean every room in the large building. Everywhere was now more silent than ever, rather than the usual noises of the main family that once lived there happily. Everyone now had their lives to live.Zachary had left the palace together with his wife Armani and their son, after publishing his new book which had become best selling in a few weeks. Edla refused to go with Elliott when he came back one more time to see Ayden and Azalea, rejecting his offer to find a job for her in the nearest city which was many miles away. He told her that Eadlin had joined another pack as a warrior, and just spent her time training endlessly. Edla remained in and out the palace walls in hopes that one day,, she would still be able to capture the heart of Hendrix whom she still loved in her heart. Being well versed with the embroidery skills she learnt and spent her time doing during her
For the king, she had robbed him of his mate and the real Luna of the kingdom, because of her own selfish gain. She also made their only child's life a miserable one, and tried to kill the true prince of the kingdom several times without number. And she had even given birth to the children he had loved with his entire life, for another man whom she disguised as her brother to the palace. With him again she conspired to put his life into danger and left his already thin body to decay, so that she could finally usurp the throne with him. She also put a division between him and his bonafide son. For her first son Elliott, she made his life a miserable one since he had started growing up by pushing him too hard. Beyond his limits that put him into great depression and low-self esteem, and helped him to find solace in a lady who was willing to do everything for him. Robbed him of being the first son of the king. And to that beautiful union she put a division because of her greedy
Arturo was pacing his sword already in restless motion, in stark contrast to Azalea's as he traced roving loops with the point. He stepped forward, his sword swinging in a mock offense in an experimental probe into motion. He had put his dark magic power into the sword, and was ready to destroy the despicable little lady that was right in front of him. He hated so much that she had refused to die and always sat on his nerves, and that she was doing it till the very last moment. That was when he knew that she should not have underestimated her powers. However, he was ready to destroy her finally.Azalea launched aggressively straight into the attack as she filled her sword with her powers, left, right--she twisted away, jumped back, closed in for the attack again taking him off balance. The last time that she had hesitated to finish up everything with the fight, Ayden's sudden attack from Eadlin had distracted and almost caused both of them death.The werewizard swung his sword in a
Azalea was lying on the cold and bare floor hopelessly, weak and out of breath, with no assurance of surviving till the next day. Ayden had not even stirred ever since they had been locked up in the room, and was just motionless on the floor with also no one to tend to the wound he got from Eadlin's stab. If he was dead or alive she knew not, and her wrenched heart could also not take anymore pains or could her eyes shed anymore tears. The floors of the room were beginning to quake more violently, of the self-destruct effects it was having on itself. It was a glaring fact that the situation was just too despairing to do anything. If a miracle would occur by any chance at that moment, then she would first have to get out of the prison she was locked in unscathed. If there was another one that was willing to follow, she would also need the strength to escape together with Ayden. If she was going to escape safely with him, he needed to be alive and strong enough to migrate, for h
Edla and Zachary had remained restless all day while going in and out of his room, searching for clues that could help them discover where Azalea and Ayden could be. It was a tricky one because there were now twice as many soldiers in the palace, but they could now walk around freely however they liked. No one was talking about their mother and if she was okay, and they had no idea if the king was still even alive. The entire family had become a royal mess that the gossip about it could never be heard outside the palace if they all wanted to keep their heads. Eadlin was the only one allowed to see her mother and see her recuperation progress, while Elliott had run away from the palace the night the fight escalated with Azalea, and he saw his mother to the ground. Though he still felt the love he had for her as a son, she had ruined him too much for him to watch her stand back on her feet. He went back to search for Gianna at the inn where her parents owned, but they told him t
"We are all doomed now!! There is certainly no way out of this. There is no way!" Edla panicked, yelled and screamed, as she paced from end to end in Zachary's room. She had stood by the nearest room with a window to watch what had happened during the fight, but fled after the buildings collapsed for the second time. The next event that followed after the entire fight and commotion, was Arturo that now sat on the throne as the new king to reign. That same day, he summoned everyone in the city and called them to the palace, in which his new men informed all of them of the new development. It became the words amongst them that the wicked queen had been usurped, while their savior whom she also manipulated initially had come to save them from their misery. Everything had turned on Etheldreda to Arturo's full exploit. To make everything seem plausible, he started by banning the restriction orders and then fixed the reduction in tax payments. Grains were massively shared too among
"Azalea took the entire afternoon to rest by the hut and to regain her strength, while Ayden sharpened the sword that they found in a corner which was insinuated to have been left by Armani. She had a strong affirmation in her heart that no matter where Armani was, she would be safe and fine in everything that she did. They had nothing left to eat from their bag, and just had to wait till nightfall before they returned back to the palace. It was definitely where they had to start the fight from, and choosing the night was the best time to attack.There was definitely no time to waste time. Using her powers to become invisible through air, both Ayden and Azalea were able to get near the palace wall. And through the hidden tunnel which was still safely untouched, they both made their way into the tunnel as they crawled gently. As soon as they continued to get near to the other end of the tunnel in the garden, Azalea continued to sense some kind of ambience around but she could not
"Go and take any clothes that would suit you well from my wardrobe, and remain here till I come back. Do not open the door to anyone even if they knock!" She instructed, and hurriedly put on the clothes the girl was wearing initially, ignoring whatever sweat and dirt that might have gotten on it. The royal family which now consisted of Etheldreda, Arturo, and Elliott would be at the royal dining having dinner at that time. It was around that time too that the soldiers changed shifts and received dinner, so things would definitely be rowdy around without much attention paid to everyone passing by. But still, she had to make sure not to get caught, because she had no idea what her mother would do to her for disobeying the rules. With tension and some sought of contrition in her heart, she hoped so much in her heart never to run into anyone who would figure her out, even with her changed appearance. Edla stepped out of the room with the empty tray of food plates that the maid had