"Who is that person, master?" Azalea asked Ayden as they made their way back from the room they had just gone into. Ever since they had come out of the room where they had gone to see Lorelei, Ayden's mood had changed into a very sullen one which bothered Azalea. She knew that the woman laying down there in a vegetative state, must be someone so close and dear to him. 'She cannot be his mother, can she?' her mind pondered. If she had heard the rumors around the palace well, his mother had died after she birthed him. "It is my nana from when I was young. She had taken care of me till I had grown up," Ayden replied, his voice filled with so much bitterness and struggled talking. Azalea thought in her mind if she could ask more questions from Ayden, who looked like someone that couldn't talk so firmly about the sick woman whom he talked about with pain. Nevertheless, she would just have to ask him, if she wanted to be sure of what she had seen minutes earlier. "How did she beco
Around the palace that morning were loud chatters and movements of bulky loud objects around the palace. Clamors of a new age for the king with every of his children present, to wish him a good birthday of reigning as king too. Gifts and presents were being sent to the palace from different families around the city, as the servants were working non stop from unwrapping every gift and taking them to a room. Ayden had to go for another compulsory breakfast with the king, as the royal family wished him a happy birthday sincerely from their heart. They also all had their gifts around beside their chairs, waiting for the perfect time to present the king with his gift. Queen Etheldreda had given a beautiful and wonderful speech about her husband and kissed his cheek, as she broke the anticipating hour by presenting to him an armour cloth made of pure gold that was quite a fortune as her own gift. She wanted him to wear it to his own birthday feast later at night. Elliott presented
Ayden was sulking and had refused to say a word, ever since Azalea came back to the room minutes before the party would start. He had taken his time to dress up in front the mirror while checking his out hair, when the door had opened and he didn't even bother to check who it was that entered. Azalea looked around to see if there was anything that she could do, while trying to know if he had not seen her, or was pretending not to see her at all. 'Why was he acting so weirdly?' As she walked around the room, she could hear the sound of beautiful melody of song played from different musical instruments, reverberate across every corners of the palace to tell that the party had fully started. She wondered if she should leave the room before the prince who was keeping mute, or wait for his orders for them to leave to the party together. "Master, I think the party has started. Should I go before you or you will come all by yourself?" She asked him, while walking towards the window i
Up the space where the royal family sat was Eadlin who sat closely to her mother, and Elliott to his father, while Edla had taken the opportunity to leave when she saw the Haystars family. It was almost going to be time for the king and queen, to dine with other important head of each important families. Elliott's eyes watched keenly into the crowd that had flocked in as he sat beside his father, to see when Gianna appears in the crowd of people, and not just watching the relations of everyone that his mother thought he was. As soon as he saw her pass amongst the crowd in her usual and uncommon hair styling, looking around like she was looking around for someone, a cautious smile of happiness crept his stiff lips that had been like that for too long. He couldn't afford to draw his mother's attention to his sudden change of mood, and the smile that had brightened up his face just merely by looking at the crowd. Knowing he could miss her if he went down to the crowd immediately, and s
Coral's day couldn't get anymore worse when she watched from where she sat, her brother and Ayden talk so much like they were never going to end their discussion anymore. Even when Edla had tried to get her attention into a discussion about something, her mind had trailed away often from it. It was when she saw Ayden and Hendrix walk away from the spot that they were standing before, that she tried to make her way out of Edla's company so she could take the advantage of her brother's unknown closeness to Ayden. Just at the moment when she was about to get free from Edla, her mother had sent someone to look for her amongst the crowd and call her to come. "Why now of all times?" She scowled, as she picked up the hem of her beautiful dress with a dress, and followed the servant reluctantly. Eadlin had stuck to her mother all day from welcoming the important guests, to even having a dinner with the important families at the person feast, where none of their children were present to j
Into the night that was already filled with thick darkness, most of the guests were already gone and only few important families that were ready to leave together with their guards. There was still silence in the many of the hallways at the palace, as there only servants left at the outdoor hall cleaning quickly every mess that had been made. Soon, everyone in the palace were retiring back to their beds, to take a rest from the long day they had, that was stressful and also exciting. Through the darkness was the moon that radiated its brightness briefly, only for the moving clouds to cover it in due time again. While everyone were inside their homes trying to lay down their heads to bed, two souls were walking so fast in the darkness through fast parts. One was walking so fast like in a hurry, while one was as though reluctant to go further. "Master, I really don't know why I am still following you up to this point. But do you think should still go on? I mean this is a very da
The fight continued at the palace with more masked fighters in marked places around, with the palace guards fighting effortlessly as more who had matched in, joined the others to defeat them. The clash of swords was a vicious one amongst the masked men and guards, that it was difficult to get the royal family from their room to safety, as everyone needed to save their heads. The matching legs moved faster to Ayden's hallway and to his room, as they swung open to his door to the disappointment of no one in or around the room, no matter how they rummaged everywhere. The palace guards that were guarding around the city had gotten the message of what was going on at the main palace, as most of them were dispatched quickly back to the palace. The masked assassin fought so viciously than one could ever fight, as though they had taken something to boast their strengths or were under a spell. There was no order in the way they swung and lunged their swords, as they were ready to attac
Ayden was so shocked when he witnessed what had just happened, in right accordance to Azalea's angry screaming. It was frightening. It was almost like she had cast a spell of disarray into the chamber, as everything that she had taken her time to organize all day long became ruined in just few seconds. Even Azalea was more befuddled by the havoc that had wreaked inside the room, probably as a result of her anger, or her failing powers. She couldn't even even give an explanation if she was probably asked. Slowly, she turned her neck stiffly like a robot to her right, in which her eyes had traced from the floor to Ayden's face to observe the express he was wearing. Probably, if he had really seen what had just occured. He stood still with his mouth agape, trying to comprehend in his head what had just taken place. In his head, he was trying to convince himself that her screaming couldn't have possibly caused such occurrence, but was highly likely to be a coincidental wind; mayb
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