I opened the door, annoyed by the interruption. “Yes?” I asked, looking at Ezryn and Mohan. They were the only ones that knew about this place. “Sorry, Prince Tyr, hope we didn’t interrupt.” Mohan apologized as he looked behind me and smirked. "What do you want?" I asked, ignoring his comment. “Your father wants an audience with you.” Ezryn informed, and I nodded as he added, “Right now?” “He can wait.” I retorted annoyed. “He thought you might say that and told us not to leave here without you. Or we are to arrest the sisters.” “Very well.” Akasha stood up and walked over, “I’ll head back.” “It’s okay. This won’t take long; you can wait here.” I told her hoping she would stay. “Thanks for the offer, but my sisters are probably looking for me or destroying the place.” “Okay, I’ll see you later.” I moved out of the way and let her leave as Mohan raised his eyebrows at me teasingly. “Shut it, Mohan.” I warned, as he shrugged and laughed. Mohan and Ezryn led the way to the thr

I watched as Akasha slept peacefully in my arms, I couldn’t help but worry for her and the upcoming battle. I knew that she and her sisters were speaking the truth when they told me who they were, why was it that my father could not see the truth? It didn’t matter if they were lying or not. I knew my father was using this battle as an excuse to get rid of them. Taoen was a brute and unpredictable warrior, especially with his abilities. The outcome could very well mean death, and part of me believed that was my father's intention. Thoughts swirled around my head, I tried to think of a way to stop the battle but came up empty. Feeling defeated, I pulled Akasha closer and let sleep take me. … Morning arrived too quickly, it felt as if I had just closed my eyes, and yet the noise from the other room told me otherwise. Akasha was already moving around the room. I could hear her rustling and digging through drawers, I opene

I narrowly dodged Ari’s first attack because as soon as the King ordered the fight to begin, she launched fire at me without hesitation. Gia threw rocks towards me, which Ari encased in fire, and they whizzed past me as I dodged their attacks, hyper focused on their movements. One rock brushed my sleeve, burning the dress I was wearing. Annoyed that they had ruined one of my very few dresses, I started turning their attacks back on them with my mind, sending the flaming rocks back in their direction. I focused on giving Ela and Karm the ability to move objects, and they began throwing the rocks back at them. “No fair, you are using your ghost guards.” Ari hissed. “Yeah, and you and Gia are throwing things at me. What did you say before… oh yeah, all is fair in training.” I grinned as Ela threw another rock at them. Ari, focusing her fire into flame daggers, began throwing the burning weapons at me while Gia started throwing pointed branches at me, which she conjured from the groun

I had just left the throne room when Ezryn approached me. “Prince Tyr, your scouts have returned.” “Have they reported anything to you?” I asked as I headed down the hallway towards the sister's room. “As you suspected, other allies of the goblins are attacking our allies, they couldn’t get any intel on what the goblins are up to, a vast majority of their army have retreated home and only a few remained behind to hunt down the sisters.” “They know where they are, so they must be planning their next move.” If the sisters joined our army to confront the Drow, they will be at even more risk from the goblins, especially if they are watching the Kingdom. “The scout didn’t learn what their next move was, just that Akasha was their primary target. They see her as a bigger threat because they believe she is the leader.” “I don’t think she would agree with them. She views her sisters as her equals, but they look to her for guidance. I think the only one that doesn't see her as a leader is

I looked at the man that had just declared Taoen as our brother; they shared a lot of similarities. They had the same green-grey eyes and black hair only the mans had begun to turn grey, they both had the same build. “Let me guess, you’re his father?” I asked the man. "I’m sorry, but we don’t have a brother.” He nodded, “I am Evander, and Taoen is your brother.” “Our mother would have told us.” Gia defended. “Your mother Valda had Taoen before she met your father, and she had given him to me to raise and to keep him safe.” Ignoring the fact that he knew my mother's name, I asked, “And how do you know she is our mother?” “You are the spitting image of her Akasha.” “Why would she need to keep Taoen safe?” Sunama asked skeptically, “She wouldn’t have left him without a trainer.” Something caught the corner of my eye pulling me from the conversation, I followed where I thought it went and saw my mother. Ignoring the group. “Akasha, where are you going?” Tyr asked as I got up from