AUTHOR’S POVKaiden’s eyebrows are pulled in a frown as his eyes glared at the ministers in the courtroom. Every one of them looked away from his angry stare, suddenly finding one object or the other more interesting than the throne where the King was seated. The Minister of International Affairs was the unluckiest one of them all. When the King finally looked back at him, he thought his legs would give way with how jelly they suddenly became. “Marriage? Me? Haven't we discussed this before?” Kaiden’s voice was a low growl sound, the kind that warned the Ministers not to say any more words, but that couldn't happen because the King directly asked him a question. Refusal to respond would be seen as a rebellion to the throne, so the sweating Minister was now stuck between two hard rocks. “Well…Y-yes, Your Majesty. But the be-benefits of the alliance with Sa-salem-zul cannot be overemphasized. It is beneficial for the realm.” Kaiden slammed his palm on the surface of the table befor
AUTHOR’S POV“Hold on,” Miriyam sat up quickly and glared at the Beta, “What are you doing here then?” Elixir smiled, “You already know.” “Never.” Miriyam shot up from her seat and walked away from the dining table. She stood by the window, her back turned to Elixir as her gaze was fixated on the scene outside her home. “Listen–” “No! I'm not going.” She suddenly turned to face him, “Don't you see? You're putting my head on the line for you?” Elixir shook his head, “I'm putting both our heads on the line for this. I'm going to go with you, okay?” She scoffed, “If that was supposed to make me feel better, then you did a terrible job at it.” “The Minister asked this of me.” “Then let him do it himself!” She yelled back. “Neither you nor I have the King’s ear. He's an unpredictable man.” Elixir leaned his back against the chair, the ankle of his right leg placed on the knee of his left, his hands folded as he stared at the anxious Elder with a smirk. “You're afraid of the King.
AUTHOR'S POVKaiden walked to his throne room, a scowl on his face and his hands behind his back. He was just about to prepare for bed when he received the mindlink that his Beta and the Elder wanted to have a word with him. The crier at the door was about to announce his arrival when Kaiden lifts up his hand, stopping the crier from doing so. As he approaches, Miriyam and Elixir look at each other for one more assurance of courage and truthfulness. "I hope what you want to see me for is worth it." "Of course, your Majesty." Miriyam curtsies with a smile and Elixir bows. "I'm listening," Kaiden moves towards his throne and sits on it. "The Beta came to see me tonight, and informed me about the marriage alliance request made by Salem-Zul." Kaiden glares at his Beta before focusing his attention on the Elder, "I rejected the request." "Your Majesty, you can't do that." "Why not?" One of Kaiden's eyebrows raises and he stares at Miriyam daring her to challenge him."Because it'l
AUTHOR’S POVKaiden stopped, the entire courtroom went silent as half the Elders had their eyes on the King and the other half had their eyes on Elder Dane. Both parties switching from the King to Dane. Kaiden slowly turned around to look at the panel. “What did you say?” “I said, you'll have to relinquish the throne and hand it over to your son. It's the only way to avoid this marriage.” Dane repeated, not a single fear of the King in his eyes. Kaiden remained silent, his gaze fixed on Dane for a long time. Everyone was getting worried because they could almost see the electric charges that was sparking in the air between the two men who were holding a staring contest. “It's my throne.” Kaiden said calmly, his word creating a small echo ad he turned to walk away. “And he's your son.” Dane said as he watches the King walk away. Without turning, Kaiden retrieved the small dagger in his belt and threw it over his head. The light weapon made a whistling sound as it pierced through t
AUTHOR’S POVOdessa woke up that morning with a aching heart, it's been days since she last saw the King. And no matter how much she tried to encourage herself with pep talks, to go see the King, she just couldn't do it. She couldn't face him…not yet at least. Evelyn’s words were always haunting her and then there's the issue of her powers. Her last outburst was the confirmation that she couldn't control them yet, not even up to 50%. But these days that she hadn't seen Kaiden, her powers were dormant…almost as if they'd gone to sleep. She tried summoning her fire powers, but it would only come out in small little flames or sometimes like sparks.She stood to her feet and walked to her bathroom, the way she normally does these past few days. Odessa rarely waited for her maid to come to wake her up or help her prepare a bath. She preferred the solitude that came with it but Evelyn never stopped coming to see her princess. Today was no different, Evelyn came in after Odessa was done g
AUTHOR’S POVKing Kaiden looked up with a frown, glaring at the door almost as if he could see the person at the other end of the other end of the door. “What is it?” His voice bellowed as he turned his attention back to the files he was working on. “Your Majesty, there's a report.” The guard at the other end said. Kaiden scowled. When was the last time that he ever received a report? “Why are you giving the report to me? Take it to the Chief of guards.” He said with a dismissal tone. The guard looked confused for a while. He hated this part of his job. But he had no choice than to deliver the message that was given to him. The guard took in a deep breath giving himself a little pep talk before opening his mouth to talk but before he could speak, a hand landed on his shoulder. The guard turned to see the Beta General behind him, a look of relief was visible on his face as soon as Elixir gave him a silent command to leave. The guard bowed in appreciation and scurried away as if h
AUTHOR’S POV“What are you doing here?” Odessa asked calmly as she glared at Eira; the sound of approaching footsteps resounded behind her. “Me? That's a silly question to ask, Princess. I don't need your permission to be here, or have you forgotten that my status has been elevated.” Eira asked with a condescending smile, and Odessa's palm itched to make its mark across Eira’s face. “I suggest you get out of my way before you get hurt. I'm not in the mood for your stupid tantrums today.” Odessa said, trying to walk around Eira, but the latter moved, blocking Odessa’s way. “Did you just threaten me, Princess Odessa?” Eira asked with wide amused eyes, “Oh, that can't be true. I must have heard wrong. You won't be so dumb as to threaten the future Queen and heir to the throne.” Odessa’s head snapped to look at the maid-turned-princess in front of her. “You shouldn't be so arrogant, princess,” Odessa called the title with disdain, her eyes assessing Eira with disgust. “You're not the
AUTHOR’S POV“Did you say something, Princess Odessa?” Princess Sunitra asked as she took in the stormy look of anger on Odessa’s face. Odessa blinked, quickly realizing that she'd imagined her outburst. “No, not at all. But here is a piece of advice from me for you, Princess Sunitra. You've just arrived; I think it's best if you mind your business.” Sunitra watched as the Princess walked out of the bedroom, her hair pinned to her head in what Sunitra liked to call the Queen’s braid. She sighed, seeing how the Princess looked more like a Queen than a Princess. Sunitra took one glance at the King’s chambers and walked out of his bedroom, shutting the door behind her. “Your Highness!” Fiona yelled and scurried towards Sunitra. “Oh, thank God. I sincerely thought you would be punished for trespassing. You have no idea how scared I was when Princess Odessa barged into the bedroom. She looked like she was about to murder someone.” Sunitra frowned, “She was that mad?” “Of course. I've