When the Genevan guards with Queen Fiona and Prince Darius arrived, what they saw was a scene of sadness. The crown prince’s concubine Camila was lifeless. Her body was being cradled in Isabella’s arms, with three arrows protruding. Isabella’s face was pale in anguish and sorrow. Her face was stained with tears while new tears were still flowing from her eyes.Darius was shocked by this scene. He never wanted any harm to befall his concubine, especially Isabella who was his wife to be. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!" Darius shouted in rage. "C-Crown prince..." The leader of the palace guards on the scene stuttered. "W-We were trying to catch the enemy and..." The guard trailed. "Catch the enemy?!" Darius shouted. "You fired arrows onto them! My wife to be was with them, and now I see my concubine’s body filled with arrows."The guards around kneeled when they saw Darius’ rage in display. "F-Forgive us your highness." The guards said in unison. They were shivering in fright. "W-We
"NO!" Darius let go of his mother and tried to stop the guards from shooting. His face was full of fear.But Darius was too late. The arrow flew into the night sky and was heading to Isabella . He held his breath preparing for the worst but then the arrows disintegrated when it touched the force field around Isabella. Darius’ face eased up some tension and he released a sigh of relief. "What are you doing mother?!" Darius turned around and looked at his mother. He cannot hide the anger on his face. "She will steal everything that should be yours. She must die!" Queen Fiona yelled.Darius’ face was etched with anger and confusion. "I do not understand what you are talking about. Isabella is the love of my life, if there is anything that she will steal from me then I will gladly give it to her whole heartedly."“You don’t understand..." Queen Fiona was trying to find the words to explain to her son.The queen had always thought that the chosen one in the prophecy would be her son. Dar
[Ragnar’s ’ POV]My men and I arrived at the location point Duke Monroe had told us to wait. The sun had just set when Philip and a lady with Isabella’s looks arrived at the meeting area. This woman would be Isabella’s mother no doubt. "Your majesty. Greetings to the sword and shield of the Avalon Empire." Philips kneeled before me gallantly. "Rise Sir Philip ." I said. "No need for formalities here."We are currently in the enemy’s territory and are under disguise. Even though this location is remote, we still need to be careful. Philip stood up and presented the woman he was with. "Your majesty, this lady is Princess Isabella’s mother." Philip said. "Greetings to the king of the Avalon Empire." Isabella’s mother curtsied before me. "My name is Diana De Novia, your majesty. I am Isabella’s mother." "It is nice to meet you Lady Diana." I kissed the back of her hand with respect. "I am Ragnar Pendragon, your daughter’s fiancé."Diana giggled. "I have heard many things about you fr
[Ragnar’s ’ POV] My men and I galloped at a fast pace towards the Genevan palace. The twenty minutes travel time by horse was shortened to between ten to fifteen minutes. The palace walls were seen by a distance. ’I am nearly there Isabella .’ I said inwardly.My eyes were surveying the palace walls for an entrance. Philip had told us about a hidden passage way in the palace walls hidden with thick bushes. He has told me that the indicator was cypress trees lined in one side of the palace walls. I started to search for the cypress trees but what I caught was a collapsed portion of the wall. "Your majesty, right there..." Kyler pointed out the collapsed side. "Yes I see it." I said.From where we are right now, we can see a very huge collapsed side of the palace wall. Judging by the size, there must have been a huge explosion that could have destroyed such a tall and thick wall.By that time I had a flashback from two years ago. It was the time when Isabella and I were to embark fr
I started to step forward where the battle is raging. My men were fighting the palace guards of the queen. They may be many in number, but my men are Spartans that can use magic in a fight. My men were at an advantage in the battle, for now.I looked at the Genevan palace that was near here. I have heard that its walls are made with Titanium rocks. With the distance from here, I thought we cannot use our magic abilities but for some reason we can. ’Was it because of Isabella’s outburst of her magic power?’ I thought to myself. But whatever the reason was, we can use our magic and that can be an advantage.But there were disadvantages as well. The queen can use her magic as well. She was using her magic to suppress my men that were standing on defense rather than offense. "Secure our defensive line." I ordered. My men heard my call and saw me stepping in the battlefield.When they saw me, their bravery shone I their eyes. Seeing their commander enter the battlefield gave them a boo
Queen Fiona embedded her sword with her magic and it glowed violet. I was able to see her first strike and was able to dodge the blade in time. But I was surprised that there was a fresh scratch on my left cheeks and was bleeding. ’Her attacks are not normal.’ I thought to myself.As I know so far, Queen Fiona has gravitational magic and can use it at ease. Looking at where I was standing a while ago, a huge slash mark was seen on the ground. "Your magic may have doubled in power with the use of the pendant, but I won’t be behind." Queen Fiona said. "I am a pure blooded royal of Sparta and my magic won’t be weak against yours." She again launched an attack against me, this time I was able to block her sword with mine. The force of our magic clashing against one another created a wave of force that made the surroundings blown away like there was a storm passing. "For an old lady, you are good." I gave the queen a sarcastic compliment that clearly infuriates her. "How dare you!
But before I was able to plunge my sword to her body, I felt danger behind me. When I looked around a volley of arrows came raining down upon me. I use my sword to block the arrows that was nearly upon me and burn the other upcoming arrows with my fire.Because of the endless rain of arrows, I was pushed back. That was when I realized that there was a huge distance from me and the queen. "Tch." I felt irritated. This was the enemy’s true intention, to separate me to where the queen was.Out of nowhere,a group of knights came to defend the queen. The high priest that took the crown prince away has come back with reinforcements. "Do you think you can stop me from killing that b*tch?!" I said with anger. I threw a huge fireball towards them but before it reached the queen’s location, the knights that stood in defense used water magic to block my fire ball.I was surprised to see that they were able to stop a huge fire ball that I have made. With my power up, it was much bigger than
[Isabella’s POV]I opened my eyes when I felt the brightness of the sun. I was lying in bed inside a small unfamiliar room. I slowly sat down and felt my body sore and aching."W-What happened?" I said to myself.I was still disoriented and held my head that was feeling an upcoming headache. I inhaled and exhaled, trying to remember what had happened. That was when I remember the arrow that pierced my shoulder.’Was that real?’ I was frantically remembering.I remember trying to escape from the Genevan palace with Bob. But before we were able to escape, a volley of arrows rained from above us. I thought I would die that time but to my surprise, Camila used her body to shield me from the arrows. "No..." I said. My body was shaking with the memory.My half sister Camila, just when we were trying to mend our relationship, she died blocking the arrows meant for me. I remember Camila’s body was pierced with numerous arrows and I lost control over my magic powers seeing her breath her last