Aria "stop following me," Nadia grumbled under her breath."I'm not following you." Aria lied. After Nadia reluctantly told her that Zane was the one who told her to go back and free her from Brian's trap. Aria didn't want Nadia to escape, she was going to find her missing husband, even if that met following Nadia around. with her werewolf speed, she was confident that she could keep up if Nadia tried running away. "besides, I'm your queen, I have the right to go anywhere I please." "you are the queen of Esterial, not my life, as you can see, this place isn't Esterial." Nadia pointed out. Aria let out a little gasp in surprise, they were still in the forest. she thought that they were somewhere in Dreamstake pack or maybe in Esterial kingdom.'how did Brian manage to find a house in the middle of nowhere?' somehow the thought creeps her out. "you should be worried about finding your way back to the palace rather than following me." Nadia tried moving faster to get away from Aria b
Aria "I'm surprised to see that you are still sleeping by this time of the day." Aria opened her eyes to the unfamiliar voice. she almost had a heart attack when she saw Nadia. Nadia was so close to Aria's bedside and she didn't expect it. "What..." Aria tries to calm her heartbeat. "what the hell are you doing in my room." "I can see Erika is slacking off today." Nadia faced the door as though she had been waiting for Erika to come and chase her away before Aria woke up. 'Erika isn't slacking off.' Aria thought to herself as she frowned at Nadia. because of yesterday's incident. Erika decided to let her sleep in late today. Erika was a hard worker. "Why are you here Nadia?" Aria asks. every form of sleepiness had left her eyes. She could always try going back to sleep, but it crept her out that Nadia was by her side, watching silently. in an eery way. it gave Aria goosebumps just from thinking about it. "Queen Aria," Nadia said in a voice that was lost in thought. it made Ari
Aria "King Zane manipulated you into entering into a marriage with him," Nadia said. for a few minutes, Aria was dumbfounded. She thought something was wrong with Zane, but it turned out that nothing was wrong with him. Nadia only came to whisper lies into her ears while using her emotions to make it appear as though everything she said was true. 'Zane is a strong man. of cause he's okay.' Aria thought, letting out a soft breath. 'Nadia, you liar.' Aria thought to herself. so this was her betrayal. Aria wanted to believe that Nadia was only saying that Zane manipulated her because she wanted their marriage to fall apart, that way Nadia could have Zane all to herself. But Aria still couldn't let herself trust Zane, Nadia was lying but Aria couldn't fully disregard her words even though she wanted to. memories of different people who have warned her that Zane was a dangerous man, came to Aria's mind. There was once a time when she used to tell herself that. back then she cared abo
Aria a wonderful feeling grew in Aria's heart the moment she heard that Zane was in love with her. She wanted Nadia to repeat those words to her again and again just so that she could believe it. it was unbelievable, but still, Aria didn't want to deny that it was true. this. She wanted this. she had always wanted this. although the words weren't from Zane's lip. Aria still wanted to hear it again. "where is he?" Aria asks. her voice sounded breathless as though her heart had been hit by a strong force she didn't see coming. Aria wanted to feel that force again, but this time, she wanted it to come from Zane. "tell me where he's hiding." Aria demanded from Nadia again. She didn't care that Zane lied to her. 'if he manipulated me into a marriage with him because he loves me why did he run away from me?' she thought angrily to herself. Aria was more bothered about his actions than his lies. She wanted more than anything to see him again. before Nadia could answer Aria's question. t
Aria After finally knowing where Zane was. all Aria wanted to do was to meet him without caring about anything else. but Aria didn't get the chance to do that. Erika came in, surprised to see both Aidan and Nadia in the room. although Aidan and Nadia both left quietly, the looks they both gave her before they left told Aria that she wasn't allowed to let others know about Zane's whereabouts. at first, Aria didn't want to care about what they wanted from her. She hadn't seen Zane for so long, and even though Aria wanted to go and meet Zane immediately she couldn't betray Aidan and Nadia's trust. They betrayed Zane by telling her the truth. even if Erika wouldn't tell anyone else, Aria was sure that they still wouldn't want her to know.Erika helps Aria to move from one royal duty to another. The elders didn't let Aria off about the authority she gave to Lady Brunhilda in her absence. they told her that it was an insult to them, she should have given that power to them. but Aria woul
Aria Aria pushed herself away from Zane. She used her fist to hold on tightly to his shirt, she was fed up with his attitude. he refused to hug her, he kept turning his face away from her and each word that came out of his mouth indicated that he wasn't happy with seeing her. 'how long does he plan to put on this act in front of me?' Aria thought, annoyed. Zane always knew how to make her easily pissed off. it was his specialty. but if he were to say something nice or smile at her, all her anger would disappear. "I have been searching everywhere for you, and now that I found you. this is what I get?!" Aria ask, annoyed."I know that you have been searching for me." he turned his face away from her.'he still won't look at me.' Aria thought, 'What is wrong with him.' "you didn't have to." Zane said, "Go away, pretend as though we didn't meet tonight. Aidan and Nadia both made a mistake, I will make sure that I correct them." "I didn't have to?" Aria repeated his words with a crack
Aria 'he's afraid.' Aria thought. after listening to Zane, she understood the fears she saw in his eyes. the fear of being accepted as though all his life he had lived like an outcast even though he was King Kaida's son. something like that wasn't going to disappear in one day just because she told him that she loved him. even if Zane could hear the truth in her words, he would prefer to isolate himself and believe in what he had always believed all his life. it was his way of safeguarding his heart. his way of living. 'I need to bring him out of it.' Aria thought sadly. if she left him like this, he wasn't going to change. he won't want to change. Aria thought that Zane was no different from a blind man if he continued like this. he got his sight back but he still wanted to remain in darkness. his darkness. something he had unconsciously created for himself without knowing. 'I need to be gentle, let him know that he can trust me instead of assuming that he was going to trust me.'
Aria Elder Svend comes out of hiding with a sly grin on his face. Aria and Zane both watch him as he claps his hands together as though he just came out of an amazing movie theater. He was being annoying. "That was so sweet. the two of you know how to put on a great show." he continued clapping and pretended as though he was wiping a tear off his face because of how touched he was. "what are you doing?" Elder Orvyn asks, Svend. he came out of hiding with an angry look on his face. "can't you see what I'm doing?" elder Svend asks, "I'm clapping, it been over a hundred years since I last saw an entertaining love tale like theirs, so full of sickening emotions, I'm too old to feel anything like that," he said in irritation. "This wasn't the plan." Elder Orvyn's fearful eyes looked over to Zane before he turned his fears away. "you are ruining the plan." "of course, the plan." Elder Svend said in a voice that sounded like he didn't care about whatever plans they had made. "the plan