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"Nayla, you want your little Bella alive, don't you?" Rayman's voice echoed, demonically in the premises.He gracefully sat on his throne and faced both Verin and Nayla."She will be alive only if you come to me" he flashed a Devilish grin on his faceNayla turned to Verin. Her heart was in chaos.Even if she badly wants to be around Verin, she just couldn't let the little girl get hurt.It will kill her insides if anything bad happens to Bella."Let me go" she whispered softly. Verin stared back at her with so much unwillingness in his eyes."I can't" he told her, voice hoarse.He rapped her even closer to him."Just let me go, if you truly care for me" she whispered again.Her heart wished to stay with him and she knew not whyBut at the same time, she couldn't take Rayman's words for granted.He had showed her Bella. She was laying on a bed, covered under an unusual light.The lights were green in colour and it surrounded her from her head to her toes. Rayman and Akstan had told he
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Thank goodness she wasn't that far away from Verin so she was still fast enough to save him. It happened so fast. She couldn't believe she would be that fast. The arrow hit the floor and the grass started to burn. Just after that, multiple arrows started firing at them. ToNayla subconsciously placed herself in front of Verin as a shield facing him and the arrow that was flying towards him with an ineluctable force, struck her hard and pierced deep into her back, just below her waist.Though, the fire quenched before hitting her, it's sharpness still pierced into her skin.She coughed out blood and as she stared at Verin. Her hands that were holding him slowly loosenedShe was about to be fall off to the ground but he caught her. She closed her eyes."Nayla" his hands were shaking as he held her. His knees also started to give up their strength and he fell to the ground."Open your eyes" He shook her gently but she only smiled."This is my 'thank you' for saving me the last time" s
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Nayla could feel the exasperations boiling within Kera so she tried to comply.Getting to the palace, Lyla and the other maids quickly arrived and helped Kera, to take Nayla and Bella. They all carried them both to their guestroom and the physician came to examine them both.Kera left the two under the care of Lyla and angrily hurried to her room, anger consuming her whole.The masked soldiers came out of the bushes and all attacked Verin, giving Rayman a chance to escape.Rayman couldn't deny the fact that Verin was the one winning.They were just too much but Verin was incredibly strong and fast. Soon the premises turned graveyard silentWithout wasting any efforts or time, he had decorated the premises with dead bodies.But unfortunately, Rayman and Akstan were long gone.Lewan and Getshan wanted to run after Rayman but Verin stopped them."Let the cowards run" he told them, voice filled with gruffness."Here's the archer" Skyler flashed a smirk as he dragged a half conscious man.
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She wanted to stand up to get it but Verin stopped her. "Come inside" he uttered loudly.A maid came in with a food trolley, bowed at Verin and went straight to the table.She settle all the dishes on the table and bowed at Verin with her hands in front of her when she was done. "You can leave" he ordered her and she left the room.He stood up from the chair beside Nayla's bed and walked towards the table as he took a plate of food and walked back to Nayla.This time he settled down on her bed, beside her and faced her."Here" he took a spoonful of food over to her lips, giving her an expectant look to comply."I can feed myself" she puffed her cheeks. "I know""So why?" "Because I'm the reason for what happened to you so I must take care of you" he told her with a gentle voice.She blinked as her eyes widened in surprise. He was willing to take care of her?She shook her head as she felt she was daydreaming or probably hearing things. "It's reality Nayla. Don't take my sympathy for g
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Kera went out of her room, wearing a black veil over her head."If I'm being asked of, tell them I want privacy, including the Verin" she told the guard that stood at the door after chasing the gossiping people.The guard bowed and she walks out.Kera snuck out of the palace like a thief in the night, trying not to be discovered.She headed towards the stable and grabbed her horse and with that, she rode away from the palace. To where no one knows.... The next morning, Nayla escorted Bella to her home.She was asked to get some rest by the physician but she stubbornly protested.She just couldn't let Bella go without being a good friend and giving her a good send off. Besides, Bella now being mature and strong like she had wanted deserves more than just a send off.Nayla came back to the palace, and met a raged Verin waiting for her in her room. Still griping the door knob behind her, Verin approached her with heavy breaths as his menacing golden eyes blazed. His eyes kept her roo
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"Why did you kill my husband?" Nayla asked him, her voice more like a whisper.Her voice gentle and soft. She didn't look hateful like the first time she knew him.That time, she was still consumed by her anger, her sorrows and pain of loosing her husband whom she just got married to.She had thought that life with Nedan would turn out better only to be widowed by this man.Who wouldn't get angry?Who wouldn't be vengeful?But now, she was calmer and even more tranquil. She was ready to know Verin, know his reason for killing her husband.And she was calm because she went aback to when Nedan was killed. If Verin was evil and heartless, he should have killed her as well.If Verin was brutal, she should have forcefully claimed her, with or without her consent. He was a King after all. But she realized he didn't. So he really wasn't heartless, there was something more to the picture that the surface.Verin didn't know what to say and just stood up. He stared at her again then averted h
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I silently broke the lock with the vase, and when it was opened, I immediately dashed in.The room was empty, almost abandoned if possible.The thick black curtains made the room a bit dark, if not for the brightness of the day that overshadowed the darkness and made the room a little viewable.I wandered around the room to find what had caused the loud thud but couldn't find anything strange.Sighing that I just got curious for nothing, I decided to leave when...Another loud thud brought me back.I retracted my steps to follow the sounds but still couldn't find any secret door.I checked every curtains and every place that I thought looked stealthy but nothing look unfamiliar or mysterious to me.Realizing nothing, I decided to go out of the room, when...I heard a creaking sounds. I halted my steps to observe again and I didn't hear anything. Then I took another step forward, heading towards the door and this time, I heard that same sound'Where on earth is this sound coming from
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"What?" I was beyond shock.Seeing Lyla cry so much, made me emotional so I could only just hug and comfort her.Lyla sniffed in her tears as she went on;"One terrible evening, Kally, decided to go visit her friend at the neighbouring human kingdom. Verin had assigned men to protect her. Kally didn't want to be noticed as a royal and she didn't want to intimidate her friend and her family so she decided to go as a normal commoner.She told the men Verin had assigned to stay alert if she needs their help but she didn't want to be followed. The heartless King of that kingdom, saw her and abducted her before she could ask for help..."As Lyla explained, my eyes were solely fixed on Kally.A tear dropped down her cheeks and then blurry visions started knocking at my mind. I didn't know where they came from but all I knew was that, the visions I saw weren't about me.In my vision, I could hear the tearing and ripping of clothes and the cry of a lady who was forcefully held captive. Quit
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