Hello lovely readers.Who would have thought that Mark is Nikolai's son?Share with me your thoughts about the whole idea and your prediction about what will happen.Thank you for reading xx
~Liciano~"Mark is Nikolai's son?"I asked in a low voice because I was not that sure about what I had just heard. How can it even be possible? Am I his son too? I couldn't help but question myself silently."Luciano…"My mother called in a worried voice and I could see fear in her eyes."Is it true, mother?" I wanted my mother to tell me that she was joking. That she didn't mean what she had just said.There is no way the old nag could be Mark's father. Mark is my little bro and we belong to our father, the late king of the Southern kingdom.My mother closed her eyes and took a deep sigh.I had a bad feeling about what she was going to say and my heart pounded wildly against my ribcage."Yes,he is."My mother confessed in my face and the little hope that I had crumbled."I'm your stepfather, son. You should get this silver chains off me."The old man said in a mocking voice and a chuckle escaped his lips."Shut up, old man!''I said in alpha command and the surroundings trembled a little. I
~Liciano~Heaving a deep breath, I gave my mother's hands a gentle squeeze."Nanny just informed me that Mark is awake and that he's asking for my whereabouts,"She looked so nervous all of a sudden.I know she felt that way because of the task ahead of her. She needs to tell Mark the damn truth because she can't hide it from him forever. It's a perfect moment to open up and tell the secrets that she has been keeping for herself all these years.I don't know how Mark will react when he hears it. I don't know if he would understand why our mother had to do it. He grew up his whole life knowing that my father, the king, was his father too."Come on Mother, we need to get going so that Mark won't feel abandoned."I reasoned and she nodded to my words.However, I could see the nervousness in her grey eyes. I held the handle of the wheelchair and dragged my mother to the royal hospital.We arrived at the hospital and headed straight to Mark's room and it was true that he was already awake. Hi
~Hazel~When I was done having dinner in the dining hall, I bid everyone goodbye and headed straight to our room. I was excited to go back to Luciano only to be disappointed because he hadn't arrived in our room.I know he had to catch up with his family because things have been difficult between them for the past years. I'm happy that Luciano and his family are on good terms now.I saw the happiness on Luciano's face when he told me that he was going to have dinner with them. I didn't want to ruin his happiness and that is why I didn't protest. I didn't want to be selfish and that is why I accepted. He gave me time to bond with my mother when I found her and it would only be fair if I let him bond with his family now that they are talking.However, I couldn't help but feel somewhat neglected. I just wanted to be in his arms and enjoy the closeness.I want to cherish every second that Luciano and I are together because it's precious to me.I learned how every second to be close to some
~Luciano~THREE DAYS LATER"He deserves it, Luciano."I was looking at my reflection in the mirror as I fixed my hair when I heard Hazel's voice and I turned around to look at her."You gave him many chances to change but he chose not to."Heaving a deep sigh, I nodded my head to her words. I indeed gave the old man a chance to change but he took it for granted and now he has to face the consequence."I can't help but get worried about Mark, Hazel."I paused and heaved a deep sigh."Mark will understand that you have to do it!"Hazel encouraged me and I pulled her into my arms, planting a gentle kiss on the top of her head."He's going to pay for everything that he has done to you, to my mother and everyone whom he has wronged!"I said through gritted teeth and Hazel nodded to my words."I want you to stay in the castle. I don't want anything to happen to you and our babies, okay."Hazel nodded and I gave her a small smile. I didn't want her to go and witness the beheading of Nikolai. I'm
~Hazel~"We are finally free?"I whispered and more tears flowed from my eyes. I couldn't believe that Luciano had get rid of the forbidden rule. It was too good to be true.Again, he accomplished his promise when he told me that he would bend the rules for me, for us."Our babies won't be treated as outcasts when they are born.They will live a life where no one will hold a silver sword on their heads for being half-breeds."I wiped tears from my eyes using the back of my hand.I recalled how I was almost killed by the Southern soldiers when they found out that I'm a half-breed.I would be dead long time ago if not for Luciano.They wanted to kill me because I'm the forbidden creature in the South, half-breed.My heart twisted inside my chest when the memories clouded my mind.I'm happy that our babies won't go through tough times like I went through to survive in the South.They won't have sleepless nights because they are afraid that someone would know their forbidden identify.My children
~Hazel~"Who is it from, Sebastian? But he just left the kingdom a week ago."Monalisa asked and I could feel the curiousity in her voice."It's from Alexa,"I informed Lisa and she frowned at my words."Alexa? That's weird. What does she want? Come on, let's open the envelope and read the letter."My friend said excitedly, despite her being eight months pregnant, she hurriedly walked to me to read the letter.My mother looked at Lisa and shook her head, the corner of her lips curving into a smile. I opened the envelope carefully and pulled out the letter."HAZEL."My name was written neatly in capital letters."I hope this letter finds you in good health."I paused and heaved a deep sigh. I raised my head to look at Monalisa and she shrugged."I would like to thank you for helping me the night of my labour pain.Your care and patience helped me to give birth to the twins safely. Ava and Dean are doing fine and they are healthy,all thanks to you."My lips curved into a smile when I read those
~Hazel~I wanted to scold Luciano some more for not coming to us early but how could I when he just popped the question that I have been wanting to hear come from his mouth? I couldn't believe that he was proposing to me,it felt like a dream.I raised my head to look at Monalisa and my mother, they nodded to me with smiles on their faces, urging me to say yes to Luciano's words. However, I pretended to be still mad at him.I looked at Luciano and I didn't miss the nervousness in his eyes."No!"I said with a serious face. My mother and Lisa creased their eyebrows in confusion. The smile that was on Luciano's face just seconds ago began to fade away and was now being replaced with panic.I just wanted to see his reactions to my words and I could tell that they did some magic.My lips curved into a smile when I saw how nervous he looked."Yes, I want to marry you. I will marry you, Luciano."I said and tears flowed from my eyes, tears of happiness.Luciano and I have been through a lot and
~Hazel~Luciano and I exited the castle and I inhaled the fresh air deep in my lungs. The wind blew my dark hair which had grown long over the months.I raised my head to look at Luciano and realised that he had let his hair fall freely. His hair had grown long as well and the sight of it made me have an evil mind.As though Luciano sensed that I was looking at him, he turned his head to look at me with raised eyebrows."I was just admiring your hair, I like it," I said and the corner of his lips curved into a wicked smile."Would you like to run your fingers through it to feel how soft it is?"I groaned when I heard his question and a chuckle escaped his lips. I know he was just trying to tease me around.Luciano and I walked in a comfortable silence for a while. The sun was setting in the west and the surroundings looked so beautiful. I had missed having evening walks with Luciano since the rogue king kidnapped me.We stopped all of a sudden and I couldn't help but frown when Luciano