"What is wrong with my hair?" Azalea almost stuttered, as she feared that she might tumble over to the back through the window and down the floor, if Ayden keep on moving much closer to her. It was like was never going to let go.Azalea's mind ran to a intense space of thoughts and insinuations of 'What was he talking about? What was wrong with her hair? Had he seen her hair?!' When Azalea couldn't take the mid heat that had started engulfing into her body and breaking down into dripping gust, she immediately pushed him with great force backward which almost made him stumble painfully to the ground. Sensing the havoc that she was about to wreak, she immediately pulled his hand back closer to herself before he hit the floor. The force at which she had used to propel him forward with his chest hitting hers hard, widened Ayden's eyes in fearful shock that he could not control any of his reflexes knowing that they would both fall terribly out of the window. Imminent danger call ha
"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