It didn't take much time for Doctor Bai to barge into the palace. With the help of the scent of blood, he successfully found King Marcellus' lair.
After making the thick wooden door of the king's chamber explode into tiny pieces with just an easy blow of a single leg, everyone in the room became alerted. He didn't expect that the room was too spacious and wide and luxurious, accomodating almost two hundred soldiers. It is no doubt that King Marcellus had been expecting him to come. These armed soldiers quickly surrounded him. Their hands trembled uncontrollably the moment they saw his glowing eyes, that their throats dried out from intense nervousness but not even taking several gulps could take it away. From that alone, they already knew that he was no human anymore. King Marcellus had warned them about this but they still had doubts whether it's true or not because there is a saying that 'to see is to believe'. Nowadays, news about"Your highness, it's you." Once Ferlah opened her eyes, they were greeted with Prince Zaeius' worried eyes. "Where am I?" Prince Zaeius just nodded. His arms were crossed on his chest while standing beside her bed. "You're here in the royal palace's guest house. How are you feeling now? You've been asleep for a day." The moment she heard those words, she suddenly remembered Méah. Is she doing alright? "Where is Méah?" she eagerly asked him, rising herself from lying on the bed into a sitting position. "Hmm. Why don't you see her yourself?" Prince Zaeius heaved a deep sigh and lose the light in his eyes as he turned to the open window beside Ferlah's bed. Ferlah carefully pulled herself up, avoiding to exert more strenght on her injured thigh. As she drew nearer by the window, she wondered why the prince acted like that. But as soon as she finally had the perfect view of the backyard garden, she could only see nothing but rectangular mounds which appea
When Ferlah arrived at the royal palace's guest house, she just passed by on her own room and weny directly to Méah's room. She didn't bother to knock because it won't work. The moment Ferlah opened the door on Méah's room, she saw her sleeping on the floor instead of her bed. There were only just few things found inside Méah's room aside from her metal bed and the soft, white mattress spread neatly above it and a pillow and a quilt, a single closet stood against the wall just a meter away from Méah's feet if she would sleep on the bed. Well, the reason why the room appeared boringly, was an acceptable reason. She would just break anything if she would suffer the attacks from her illness again any way. Méah looked so tired and was in deep sleep; her small body curled to one side facing the door. Ferlah's heart broke seeing how miserable Méah has become. It's been a long time since she had last seen her and she could tell that she had lose
The moment Prince Zaeius entered the royal hall, he could see a huge crowd inside while Aroh followed behind him. They're divided on both sides of the spacious royal hall and were aligned perfect in four rows. He wondered what was going on but the colors of what they wear made him distinguish easily of who they are. They are the soldiers from Eastias. His heart jumped for a second when he suddenly thought of something he didn't mean to think about. However, judging from this alone, he's afraid that he could be right. As soon as he came closer towards the throne, the two person whose back were facing him was undoubtedly familiar to him–he exactly knew who they are–Ado and King Ambrose. 'Ado was supposed to deliver the letters . He just left this morning but why is he back already?' he thought to himself. "You're here, your highness," King Astius greeted him as soon as he noticed his presence. "Forgive me for making you wait, your majesties," he said
"Hey! Don't play with your food or I'll take it away and you'll starve to death!" Keir was watching Méah while she's eating so that she won't mess up with her food again. But as usual, it always turn into a nightmare for Keir. Is there any way he could stop it from happening? "I said stop it!" Keir cried when Méah started spinning around the bowl of hot rib soup. Before a miracle could happen to save the pitiful rib soup, it was already splashed on the floor where Méah was sitting. The damage has been done. Keir didn't bother to put the food on the table because it would be useless. And it could help lessen the damage. So, the rib soup crawled underneath and wet Méah's lower garments. "Goodness! This is torture! What did I do in my past life?" Keir looked up at the ceiling and palmed his face before putting his hands on his waist. He looked so worn out and frustrated . Now he have
It was the mourning bell. It rang ten times to let the people know that someone from the royal family has drifted to the afterlife. Prince Zaeius quickly groped Méah's shoulders to get her off him. Then he rushed out of the room, leaving Méah alone. Aroh who was waiting for him outside the royal guest house's balcony followed him, perplexed. In fact, Prince Zaeius didn't notice Aroh was tagging along with him after he left the royal hall. "No...this can't be happening. This isn't real!" He mumbled to himself as he mounted on his horse. "Your highness, wait for me! Where are you going?" Aroh called him from behind but he seemed like he didn't hear anything. While Prince Zaeius was on his way to the palace on his horse, he felt like all of his blood stopped flowing into his veins. The sun's scorching hot but he felt so cold–his hands, his face and his lips trembled as his heart was b
Two days had passed by and Keir and Prince Zaeius never met again. Keir felt so bad for not being with his friend's side after the queen's death. And Keir never showed up to the funeral either. He felt so guilty after their argument. He knew Prince Zaeius was still mad at him. Although he knew it was his fault, he still can't believe Prince Zaeius chose Méah over him. Of course, he's not that dumb to not notice the prince's feelings towards Méah. Now Keir's on his way out of Noartias. After what he did, he don't deserve to stay in one place where the prince is. It's better that he'd just leave and never come back. With a pack of his important things and some clothes on his back and a satchel across his chest, he fall in line with the people who are getting inspected before going out of the kingdom's gate. "Thank you, sir," Keir said and took back his things from the guarding soldiers after the inspection. Finall
As soon as the red light swallowed Méah, she felt like she's being strangled with an unseen force; her head felt like it's going to explode. She struggled with all her might but it was useless. When she wasn't able to take more air, her heartbeat slowed down as her mouth gaped open and her eyes steadied in one direction with every limb of her becoming numb until she couldn't feel her body anymore. Just then she felt something throbbing inside her chest which made her open her eyes deliberately. But she couldn't remember anything or what actually happened. Her watery eyes were greeted by a blurred view of a pure blinding light. And then a sudden pulse exploded from that throbbing thing in her chest, making her gasp for air as though she had just got out of the water after drowning for a long time. She's chasing her breath as fast as she could trying to fill the lost ones. She could feel the strength returning in every part of her body. As her breath slowly calmed down,
After the people were wiped out, Prince Zaeius was about to take a peek behind the huge pillar of the city's gate when Keir quickly grabbed him in his arm. He almost fell backwards for it, making his shoes screeched as he tried to balance himself on the dry ground. When the smoke took everyone, Keir managed to grab Prince Zaeius to hide behind the huge pillar. Because right now, if they weren't lucky to escape, they would've been one of these hundred corpses lying in front of the city gate. Prince Zaeius gave Keir a 'what-are-you-doing-look' with his brows furrowed. "Stay still or she'll find us," Keir whispered angrily and looked away. "Not too soon. You can take a look later if she's gone away." Prince Zaeius didn't want to argue with Keir for the moment so he didn't speak anything anymore at all. Besides, his mind right now is a complete mess. He have so much to say to Keir. He's been keeping