The night came and after dinner, another dinner that Loque Bella skipped, Prince Mangus sat in the lounge by himself; sipping on a glass of whiskey whilst staring dead into the fire that was burning in the fire place.
Princess Rada walked in and joined him.
"Hello brother," she said.
"Rada," he said and took another sip from his glass.
"How are you doing?"
"I think it's pretty obvious how I'm doing. She's driving me crazy."
"You're not trying," Princess Rada said.
"Of course I'm trying, I did everything you told me to do but it didn't work. She wants nothing to do with me and she's not afraid to say it. She hates me."
"She doesn't." He looked at her and gave her a look. "Alright fine she does hate you." He looked back to the fire raising his glass to her and continued sipping from it. "She just needs time."
"Time for what?" he asked.
"Time to get used to the fact that she will be here for the rest of her life and
On the road to Monteg, Prince Callum and Mr. Braun carried on. They had reached the snowy mountain range that surrounded the kingdom and were making their way down one of the many snowy paths through the massive mountains. "Goodness it is so cold out here," Mr. Braun said. "It is," Prince Callum said. "And quiet. I don't think I have ever been to place more quiet in my entire life." "Still there may be some stuff out here so best to stay close and not attrack too much attention to ourselves." "Yes sire," Mr. Braun said and they rode on. "So we're almost there, what exactly is the plan once we get there?" "We request to speak with whoever holds the throne." "And then?" "And then we ask them to give Loque Bella back to us," Prince Callum said. "Aha . . . Um I'm sorry to ask sire but is that all of it?" "All of what?" "All of the plan? Is that all of the plan to get Loque Bella back?" Mr. Braun aske
"What on earth do you think you're doing?" Prince Mangus asked."I think it's pretty obvious what I'm doing," Loque Bella responded."Goodness you are so impossible. We have been nothing but nice to you. We have done nothing but care for you and make sure your stay here is comfortable. I have tried to go out of my way to be nice to you and show you that despite my rough exterior I do have some decency to me but you refuse to acknowledge any of it.""Because I don't want to. I don't want to be here.""No you don't but this is where you are so you might as well learn to live with it," he said. "And I am trying to make sure that you're not so miserable here but you keep fighting it.""Yes and I will never stop fighting you. You can keep me here for a hundred years and I promise to fight you through each one. I promise to fight you every single day.""Like a child, how mature.""Yes like a child. I'll even cry. I'll cry all day and all ni
King Remine was back in Monteg. He was standing in the foyer with Queen Gwen and Princess Rada looking at him as though they had just seen a ghost; with Loque Bella and Prince Mangus standing on the side looking on."Impossible," Princess Rada said. "You were dead . . . We saw you. There was blood everywhere . . . You were dead.""I was dead but I came back," King Remine said."How?" Prince Mangus asked."I guess the fayagan blood in me could not allow me to die and so I came back.""I didn't know fayagan's could bring themselves back to life," Princess Rada said."They can't. You forget that I am half fayagan and half chryzome. My fayagan half can't bring me back to life but my chryzome half can and it did.""Goodness it's like seeing a ghost.""It really is," Prince Mangus agreed and King Remine just chuckled."It's good to be back home and to see my family. To see my love, my beautiful love come to me. I have missed y
Prince Mangus was in his room sitting shirtless on the floor with his back against his bed and his head leaning back; shaking a little and with his face, neck and chest still bruised and burnt and with deep cuts, with the moonlight coming in through both windows from the full moon outside. Just then his door opened and in walked Loque Bella. He turned his head to her and turned it back to continue staring at the ceiling. She walked further in and knelt down next to him; looking at his bruises and burns and instantly out of sorts. "Thank you," she said. "For what?" he asked. "For standing up to your father for me." "It didn't work." "That doesn't matter; you stood up for me and that is what I'm taking away from it," Loque Bella said and he turned his head to her. "You're welcome." "Will you please let me heal you now?" "He's a dying man. So close to death, it would take all of you to heal him. He will abs
Later that night, the palace was quiet as everyone was fast asleep. In his room Prince Mangus was sleeping peacefully when suddenly someone crept into his room and began to gently shake him awake."Wake up Mangus . . . Wake up," a voice whispered and when Prince Mangus opened his eyes there was someone sitting on his bed."Mother," he said."Keep your voice down Mangus.""What are you doing in here? Oh goodness is something wrong?" he asked and quickly sat up."Yes. Something is very wrong and if it is not fixed I'm afraid it will lead to the death of many.""What's going on mother?""My darling it's your father," Queen Gwen said."Has something happened to him?""No, I left him in bed sleeping.""What's wrong then?" Prince Mangus asked."You have to take her and leave.""What?""You have to take her and leave now," she said."Take who?""The moon essence. You must take her away
The fayagans continued fighting with King Remine continuing to get the better of Prince Mangus; biting a chunk out of his neck and whipping him to the ground with his tail."Prince Mangus!" Loque Bella shouted as he hit the ground and this time stayed down; bleeding out from the huge hole in his neck.King Remine poofed back into his human form and vomiting black blood and wiping his mouth with his sleeve, he began to stagger towards Loque Bella."Moon essence, come here," King Remine said."Oh no," she said to herself."You are mine.""No!" she shouted and ran off as King Remine poofed back into fayagan form and chased her through the trees.Back with Prince Mangus, he poofed back into his human form and just lay there continuing to bleed out. He could hear Loque Bella scream in the distance with King Remine growling after her and wanted to get up and help her but he couldn't, not only was he bleeding out but he had been beaten to a
Loque Bella reached for her hand bag and dug into it looking for something, falling over even. She couldn't see it and so she lifted her hand bag upside down and offloaded its contents onto the floor. She then started scattering them about looking on and spotting what she was looking for she gasped. It was the card Gorette gave her of The Winding Times clock shop and giving it a big kiss Loque Bella then stood up and rushed out of her apartment.Outside, she ran down the street to The Winding Times clock shop and burst in. There were clocks of different shapes, sizes and colours ticking away on the shelves and looking around for a bit, Loque Bella walked further in and approached the empty front desk."Hello?" she called out and hit the bell. "Hello!""Coming," a voice said from the back door and a moment later someone walked out of it. It was Gorette; not at all looking the way she was looking the last time she saw her but clean and elegantly dressed like she w
Loque Bella blinked and she was back in the forest of Monteg with Prince Callum's sword in her hand and pierced through the back of King Remine. He gave out a loud shout and pierced right through his heart, it was just the blow needed to knock him completely down and it did just that.She pulled the sword out of him and gallons of black blood trickling out of his mouth, King Remine fell to the ground on one knee."Stupid girl! Stupid girl! Do you know what you have done?" King Remine said."I have ended you," she said."How dare you? You cannot end me. You are not worthy to end me. Stupid girl. The plans that I have, I refuse this to be my end. This will not be my end. You will heal me moon essence, you will heal me this instance.""I will do no such thing.""Heal me now!""Ah!" she shouted and pierced him through his chest, right through his heart again. He gave out another loud shout and pulling the sword out, King Remine then fell