“Who is this man?” Vivar asked when he saw Namir sitting beside Nemiah. He has caught three big carp and two small trout. He stepped closer to the fire. His trousers were dripping and his tousled hair was flattened on his face. He shook his head to shake off the water on his hair.“It’s the cat,” Caius answered.“The what?” Vivar asked confusedly.“The tiger I mean. Some kind of dark magic. I guess,” Caius added.“Wow. You look better when you’re human,” Vivar commented. He laid all his catch on the grass and he put on his dry clothes.“I’ll take that as a compliment. But I just have a little correction,” Namir said and he turned to Caius. “What I am is not a kind of dark magic. In fact, I’m created to repel dark magics.”“Whatever. Magic is still magic,” the prince argued.Namir snickered, seeing how stubborn Caius is when told about facts. “That’s the thing I hate about you,” he told him. “You only chose the things that you want to believe. You think you can filter the truth from th

The sun draws a golden line along the horizon. The morning breeze filled their lungs as they prepared themselves for an unexpected journey. Since the queen didn't want them to return to the castle, Vivar suggested hiding in their secret tunnel just a few distance from the palace.Nemiah was still confused why the queen wanted to protect her, but she decided to go with them. Another thing that bothers them is their new companion — the strange white horse. It keeps on following Namir wherever it goes, making the tiger roar irritatedly."I guess it'll be fine if we let the horse come with us. The more the merrier?" Nemiah smiled as she walked towards it. She gently rubbed its neck and it seemed to like it. It even licked her face, making her giggle. "How do you want us to call you?" Nemiah asked, still playing her hands on its mane. "Name it anything you want." Caius muttered while fixing the saddle on his buckskin horse. He sighed when he finally got finished and he turned to Nemiah who

Amaris was just lurking behind the pillar when Dubheasa's spy reported what it just heard in the cave. He already knew that Nemiah was the girl in the prophecy but he didn’t have the urge to tell the queen about it. He felt like he had to protect Nemiah instead. So he went to follow the crow to stop it. Gili, who was also eavesdropping on the conversation, went to follow Amaris. He was worried that Amaris would capture Nemiah and bring her to the queen. He tagged along as Amaris flew from tree to tree, vigilantly following the crow. Meanwhile, Amaris found out that he was being tracked so he made a trap to capture whoever was following him. The wind blew in his direction. A sharp smell of wet grass wafts into his nostrils. He instantly recognized who it was — Gili. He wondered why he was following him. He suddenly gets a hunch that the queen ordered him to track Nemiah as well. “I know you’re there. Show yourself, Gili.” He called behind the broad trunk.Gili took a deep breath. He

Caius and Amaris turned to me with a blazing glare. “We’re not!” They both exclaimed. I almost jumped in surprise at their sudden howl. Gili came closer with his arms crossed and examined their faces. I could see the irritation written in their eyes as Gili alternately looked at them.“Stop it, Gili. You look stupid,” Amaris annoyingly told him.“Hmmm... Nemiah is right. You look exactly alike,” he nodded.“We are not!” They yelled at him.“Why did you bring these people here?” Amaris growled at Gili. “I’m the one who’s supposed to ask you here? Why did you take my fiance?” Caius asked, raising his left brow.My eyes widened at that question. I stared confusedly at Caius, who didn’t seem to notice me. He was looking directly at Amaris, who chuckled at that question.“Now you’re claiming her as your fiance after treating her coldly?” Amaris talked back to him.“It’s not of your business, dude. Now give her back to me,” Caius tried to reach out my hand, but Amaris pulled me closer to hi

“You can stay here as long as you want. It’s dangerous outside this cave.” Kuu woke me from my deep thoughts. I sighed heavily and ducked to pat his head.“Look. I won’t be staying here for long. I still need to do something; we will leave in a bit,” I told him. His brows furrowed to that message. “Why? You might get caught out there,” he fretted.“Someone is waiting for me. I promised to meet him,” I honestly responded. He gazed at me for a moment, sighed laboriously, and crossed his arms.“Who?” He raised his brows. “The prince,” I replied.“Oh. The jerk,” Kuu rolled his eyes.I burst into waves of laughter as soon as I heard him call Caius a ‘jerk.’ “Why do you call him that?” I tried to suppress my laugh. “Because he is.” He strongly stated.“I don’t like him too,” I whispered to him.“Then don’t go,” he asked, beseeching.I sighed and gave him a sincere smile. “There are things that we need to do. And I need his help to stop the witch queen from sabotaging the village anymore.