The party hosted by the Alva Edison is a grand affair. The Nester king and queen are also invited. Tyson tagged along, mostly because of Valerie. He is still interested in Valerie, even though Hector advised him to stay away from his future sister in law.Alva Edison is a kind elderly dragon who is in his early sixties. He is a good friend of the Ernest king, even though the former is a decade older than the latter. Alva Edison lost his wife to a disease which only kills dragons and which is also contagious. He has a son, who has taken over all of his businesses and who is yet to be married.Everyone who is rich and who hold an important position in the Ernest clan and the Nester clan attended the party. Everyone are congratulating the newly engaged couple. While Liliana and Hector are busy with greeting and meeting the guests, Valerie tried to stay away from the buzz of the party. She is standing in one corner of the room and trying to go unnoticed. But that is easier said than done.
"What if it's true? Will you still think so highly about the Raven prince?" Blake( Raphael) asked the question which he is dying to know the answer for. Valerie is quiet. Too quiet. Only the sound of the blowing breeze is heard around them. There are no what if's in the question he asked. Irina is indeed the monster who kidnapped Valerie and who is the reason why Valerie suffered so much. All those lonely nights and a traumatic childhood are all because of Irina. The torture was real, and so are her nighmares. She was always treated as far worst than a prisoner. Those punishments when she rebelled and her captor didn't like it were too painful to forget. Their punishments were too cruel. And Irina is reason why Valerie suffered so much. But despite all of that, she is still not angry or upset with Raphael. In a way, he is a victim of his mother's deception as well.The time she spent with him is precious. His care, his anger, his frustration, and everything about him is fascinating.
Valerie's mouth is covered by an iron like palm and her arms are twisted behind her back. Someone is dragging her away from where Blake is standing, and she couldn't do anything to alert her bodyguard. She couldn't even see who is taking her away from the orange garden."Hmmm...hmm" she made sounds at the back of her throat, but they didn't get out of her mouth. Her mouth is so tightly closed, that she is sure it is going to leave a bruise.Blake's back is facing her and her kidnappers are dragging her away faster than she could understand where they are taking her. When they are far away from Blake, her captors shifted into their dragon form and flew away, leaving the Alva mansion, and her family behind.All of this took just a minute, but to her, it felt like hours. Her life is becoming a distant and unreachable infront of her eyes, but she couldn't do anything to protect herself. Her heart is pounding loudly as the realisation of what is happening sank in. Irina is winning again.
"Prince Raphael, please go back to the Raven Palace" one of the kidnappers urged Raphael. But what the kidnapper couldn't see is the anger that is brewing in the eyes of the Raven prince. He is looking at Valerie, who is tied to a tree like a prisoner. 'Is Irina not satisfied yet? Why is she still tormenting Valerie like this?' he thought with barely restrained anger. When Valerie heard Raphael's name, her body hummed with excitement and relief. All of the tension, fear and every other negative emotions that are threatening to bring her down are gone instantly. She knows that she is safe now. He will save her. She tried to turn her head to look at him. But her restraints are making it hard for her to turn and look at the man whom she was dying to see and speak with."Untie her" she heard his voice, which is like music to her ears. But the same thing cannot be said for her kidnappers. To them, his command is like a thunder. They shivered with fear when they sensed his anger. "P..p.
In the Raven palace, Irina is happy. She received a call from the men she hired to kidnap Valerie. They informed her that the work is done and the Ernest princess is now their captive. "Cadmus, now she is back to being our captive again. Our bussiness will get on track again. I no longer need to worry about her to capture my son's attention again. By the time Raphael comes back from his tour, she will be a forgotten past. He will start thinking about other women. I can slowly push him towards princess Tasha. She will be the future queen of the Raven clan. Now it will be fun to see the pain of Arthur. Now he knows how his daughter looks and he spent some time with her and made some memories too. This time his pain will be intense as he experienced the love of his younger daughter" she laughed loudly. But Cadmus couldn't join her and be happy about something which his heart is warning him against."Irina, you are doing a mistake " he cautioned her again, even though he knows that she i
"Please Raphael, let me stay here" she begged again when he remained quiet.Raphael leaned forward and captured her lips with his. He kissed her softly at first. But when her tongue touched his lips, he couldn't resist himself. He pushed his tongue inside her mouth and tasted the sweetness of her mouth. She leaned closer and wrapped her arms around his neck, wanting more. "Valerie?" they both pulled apart when they heard King Arthur's voice at a distance.Raphael removed her arms from around his neck and took a step back.Valerie tried to come closer, but he shook his head."No, go inside" he said firmly.Her lower lip wobbled with suppressed sadness."Please Raphael" she begged, unable to stop her urge to stay with him.He sighed, giving in."Ok, you go inside now. I will come to your room after midnight" he promised.His promise made her happy. She squealed with happiness."Ok" she whispered softly."Valerie? you there?" Arthur's voice is now coming from a place that is closer to w
After the Party in the Alva Edison mansion, Valerie rushed back to the Ernest palace. She is excited to see Raphael again. 'Why are you in a hurry to go back? Am i that bad of a company that you are so eager to get rid of me?' Prince Tyson asked with a hurt expression, just before she was about to leave Alva mansion.Valerie gave him a soft smile. Before she could open her mouth to assure him that it's not the case, Blake beat her to it.'Isn't it obvious?' he drawled sarcastically, much to Tyson's anger.'You, keep this up and you will end up in the Nester dungeon ' Tyson threatened Valerie's body guard.Blake snorted sarcastically. 'You have to contain me first to throw me in your dungeon. Kid, you will end up in a hospital the moment you touch me' Blake made fun of the young Nester Prince.Tyson took a threatening step towards Blake, but Valerie stepped between those two to stop their argument from escalating further.'Blake' she gave him a look of disapproval before turning to f
"Raphael" she whispered with a happy hum.He hugged her tightly. Even though he is always with her, but he couldn't touch her like he wanted to. He missed this. Touching her gives him a pleasantness which is soothing. "Are you alright princess?" he inquired. When he brought her back from that dangerous cliff, he didn't get a chance to ask if she is hurt. Now, he wanted to make sure that she is not hurt anywhere.Valerie smiled fondly."I am fine" she whispered. She is resting her cheek on his chest while her arms are tightly wrapped around his waist. She is feeling safe and protected. He kissed the top of her head."They didn't hurt you right?" he asked again.Her smile widened."No, they didn't " she shared truthfully.He sighed when she confirmed that she is not hurt anywhere.Then he remembered that she hid her kidnapping from King Arthur."I heard from Blake that you didn't tell your father that you are kidnapped. Why? If you would have told him, then he would have increased yo
After one year....Raphael wanted to hide everything Irina did, because she was once a queen of the Raven clan. Her black deeds will forever become a black mark on the Raven clan. The hard earned reputation of his ancestors would be ruined, which he doesn't want to happen. So he hid her death when it happened. As everything happened in the middle of the night and as the Raven palace is sitting at a fair distance away from the town, no one knew what happened or suspected anything. By morning, only ashes were left behind. The dead army and even irina who brought them to life are all gone. Cadmus lied to everyone that irina went on a spiritual journey to find peace. Everyone believed that lie as Irina made sure to keep her reputation spotless when she was alive. Only peace was left behind after she passed away. "Raphael? What are you doing here?" Valerie asked from behind him. He is standing in the palace court yard while looking in the exact place where his mother died. Valerie noticed
Raphael and his men together surrounded the dead army from all four directions. They start to burn the dead army with their dragon fire. As Irina is momentarily disoriented, the dead army stands still like statues, while their bodies are burned down to ashes. When Irina realized what was happening, she gained back the control she has on the dead people again. "You dumb idiots, attack" she screeched loudly. At once the dead army started charging toward the Raven palace again. As their bodies already started burning, they are now walking fireballs charging towards the Palace gates. At once the palace gates shook with the force of the dead army. It creaked loudly, protesting from the force with which the dead army was pushing at it and trying to breach the palace walls."Guards, shift and stop them from entering the palace. The gate will not hold that much force for longer. Barricade the gates with sandbags. Quick" Raphael instructed his men while he resumed burning their decayed bodie
"Your Highness, dead bodies are walking," he said in a rush. The guard is pale and looked scared. Raphael and Angoori ran outside and were shocked to see an army of dead and decaying people walking towards the Raven palace. Their bodies are muddy as if they just came from inside a grave. Bones can be seen in their half-decayed bodies. Most of them are just walking skeletons, and the rest are in the process of decaying. Irina is leading them in the front. She looked happy at herself. Raphael thought he was prepared to deal with anything Irina threw at them this time. But no amount of mental pep talk would have prepared him for this. 'How does anyone fight with already dead people?' he thought while taking in the walking dead steadily approaching the palace. The Raven guards look scared out of their minds. But the guards are trying to look brave and do their part by locking the tall wrought iron palace gates and positioning themselves to shield the entrance with weapons. That dead ar
In the dark forest, Irina is pacing the uneven land with fury. She is furious with Raphael who destroyed her lab and then ruined the souls for the dark powers. Out of all her enemies, she never imagined that it would be her own son who would destroy everything. The years of planning, pretending and after a million cunning ideas, everything was burned down to ashes because of Raphael."No one, I mean not a single soul dared stand against me. But now, after twenty-five years of unhindered rein of only victories, my own flesh and blood is standing in my way" she screeched with anger and frustration.The dark forest shook with the intensity of her anger. "After everything I gave you, you decided to take up my enemy's side and betray me. Now, after I learned that you stole my dark powers, there is no going back for you from this betrayal. You have to join your dear Father in heaven. You never really saw my true nature, Raphael. I only ever pampered you and hid my true self from you. I onl
Cadmus understood what Raphael meant by 'Our plan ' after half an hour. They are standing in the palace Courtyard and all the Raven guards are standing in front of them. Confusion is seen on their faces. It's almost midnight and a meeting with their king at this hour is not common. But Cadmus understood why Raphael is doing this now. Because they cannot afford to waste any time, especially when they don't know where Irina is and what she is planning. "You must be confused and thinking about why your new king wants to speak with you all at this hour. But I understood that this is the best time to speak about things that all of us want to hide from others" Raphael spoke.His words left everyone confused in the beginning, but then the men who are loyal to him understood where this was going. So they looked at each other and nodded their heads in understanding. Stealthily they changed their positions in such a way that they are now surrounding Irina's loyal men whom they are sure would g
After her failed attempt to threaten her enemies, Irina left the Coronation party in a fit of murderous rage. "No, if they think that they can intimidate me, then they are dead wrong. Raphael might not know about me, but Arthur, how did you think that I would let you go so easily? We grew up together. You know how stubborn I am. If I set my eyes on something, then that should either belong to me, or it should be destroyed. Just like you. I wanted you, but you rejected me and married anesthesia. I thought of killing you, but that would be an easy punishment for you. I want you to suffer. And your suffering would only end on the day you die. Now, your daughter made a huge mistake by taking over my position as the Raven Queen. You made my son go against me. That is a sin deemed to be punished by death. Now she will die, and so will you. None of you know what I did for two years after I left the Ernest palace. I practiced dark magic. All these years I was trying to amplify my dark powers
Irina has a malicious smile on her face. She is hiding how angry she is. She never thought that there would come a day when she might have to see her son laughing and chatting with the people she hates the most. What's worse is, he made her the worst enemy and made Arthur's daughter his Queen. "Hello Eugene" Irina greeted the Nester king. She intentionally skipped his title. This is the same way she used to address him when she used to stay in the Ernest clan. But after things turned bad between her and Arthur, she distanced herself from Eugene as well. Because she knows that he is loyal to Arthur.Eugene became stiff and so did the others. Raphael tightened his fists. Valerie's eyes flashed with anger. Anesthesia, Arthur, and Liliana have matching frowns of disgust. Hector and Cadmus look uncomfortable."Hello, Irina" he replied with a blank face. Irina turned her gaze towards Arthur. She wanted to disturb their happiness. "You look happy Arthur. I saw this kind of smile on you on
After the coronation of Raphael and Valerie as the new king and Queen of the Raven Kingdom, Cadmus is given the respectable position of the Royal advisor and the Royal godfather of the Raven clan. He is given the power that he can involve in every matter that concerns the Raven clan. His position is equal to Raphael and Valerie's. He is overwhelmed with joy and his happiness has no bounds. But the same cannot be said about Irina. She is not at all happy. Raphael gave her no position to hold in the Royal court. He decided that it was time for her to rest. He made it look like he is doing her a favor and all of this is for his good..'The previous queen of this clan has given her everything for the well-being of this clan. After my father's unfortunate demise, she took it upon herself to take this clan under her care. She worked restlessly toward her goal. I think it's time for her to leave these heavy responsibilities to us and rest. She deserves this more than anyone ' he announced.
The entire Agnes clan bowed their heads when Valerie approached them. They don't have a choice. Going against a gold dragon is like going against a mountain that is taller and stronger. It's useless to fight with a mountain when you clearly know that you cannot win that battle. A gold dragon's wrath can destroy an entire clan. Her blessing would help any clan flourish and grow. The land that she touches will be greener than any other land."I am not killing you merely because I don't want my mate's coronation to be remembered with a blood bath. Ravens are known for their hospitality. You came here as a guest. I don't want to hurt a guest. But be aware, Princess Tasha. I will not tolerate disrespect either. If you open your nasty mouth to pass cruel comments, then I would not hesitate to kill you in the future. Keep your judgments to yourself. Me, Valerie Ernest, daughter of King Arthur, princess of the Ernest clan, and the mate of the Raven King here by declare you, Princess Tasha as