Night time fell and in Monteg, Loque Bella was in her room standing by the window and looking out. There was a gentle fire burning in the fire place and outside a gentle breeze blew.
Just then the door unlocked and swang open and in walked Princess Rada.
"I brought you a cloak. Put it on it's cold out there," Princess Rada said holding a grey fur cloak in her hand that she then threw onto the bed.
"Where are we going?" Loque Bella asked.
"We're going deep into the mountains. That's where the cave my brother trapped himself in is."
"So this is it for me huh?"
"We don't know that. You could survive," Princess Rada said.
"Could. That doesn't sound very promising."
"I'm sorry Loque Bella but you are the only one who can help my brother. This has to be I'm sorry."
"Yes but at the cost of my life," Loque Bella said and turned to her. "How can the two of you be this cruel?"
"We are not cruel. We are in pain and hav
A moment later Princess Rada had removed a few of the large rocks that were covering the opening of the cave in which Prince Mangus was in and Loque Bella had climbed through it and was walking through the dark cave with an oil lantern. She had taken off her fur cloak and left it outside with Princess Rada who was standing with butterflies in her tummy; she didn't know Loque Bella much but she knew she was of good heart. She didn't want to see anything bad happen to her. "Be careful Loque Bella," Princess Rada said to herself as she watched walk deeper into the cave. She walked through the darkness with the oil lantern held out in front of her to see where she was going, tip toeing along the cave floor and following the sound of Prince Mangus in deep sleep; shaking like a leaf and with her heart beating as loud as a drum. The cave was dusty and stuffy and had cob webs hanging everywhere; cob webs she had to remove from her path in order to keep moving. Loque Bella walked on and hea
Princess Rada walked up to the hole and looked into the darkness to try and see through it but she couldn't see anything; all she could hear was heavy breathing."Mangus . . . Brother?" Princess Rada gently called out as Loque Bella, still in her moon essence form, was standing a good distance behind her. "Brother?""Uh . . . Rada," a voice from in the inside of the cave said; baritone like the sound of a thunder storm."Huh he's back, he's back. Mangus!" she said and quickly got into moving away a few of the rocks to make the opening bigger.Just then Prince Mangus crawled out of the darkness and into the moon light; breathing so heavily and with his skin so moist like he just had water poured on him. He too had long white hair like Princess Rada which was at the moment falling over his face and was shirtless in a pair of grey cotton trousers that were torn at the bottom."Oh my goodness brother," Princess Rada said and helped him to his feet. He
Morning came and in the kingdom of Monteg Princess Rada, wearing a long gown, made her way down the corridor to Loque Bella's room. She unlocked and swung the door open and found Loque Bella sitting on the bed and looking out through the window at the mountains that bound the kingdom."You're awake," Princess Rada said and she turned to her, wearing a white night dress. "I came to announce to you that breakfast will be served soon and that you need to get ready.""Ready in what? The only dress I had is ruined. I have nothing to wear," Loque Bella said."Yes you do." She walked to the large wooden wardrobe in the corner and swung its doors open and inside were fancy dresses of different colours. "You can help yourself to either one of these dresses.""Wow," she said standing up and walked up to stand beside her. "They're beautiful.""They are.""Are these yours?""Yes they are," Princess Rada answered."I thought this was a spar
An hour later, Loque Bella joined Queen Gwen, Princess Rada and Prince Mangus in the dining hall for breakfast; with Loque Bella sitting where she sat before and the prince sitting right opposite her."It's so good to have you back my son," Queen Gwen said."It's good to be back mother. It's good to be home and see your faces again," Prince Mangus said. "I missed you both so much.""We missed you too my son. We missed you so much.""What was it like?" Princess Rada asked."Being under the curse? It was the worst experience of my life," he answered. "I was imprisoned within my own body. When I gazed upon father's blood and I started to turn into my fayagan form against my will, I felt myself being pulled back. I could still see the light but as I got pulled further back it started to dimish. It kept getting farther and farther away until the light eventually disappeared and there was nothing around me but darkness. But thankfully I had already made
Night time came and as Loque Bella was still in her room, this time standing by the window looking out at the night that was once the main source of her nightmares, a knock came to her door. "What do you want?" she asked and the door swung open with Prince Mangus walking in. "Loque Bella," he greeted. "Prince Mangus." "You missed dinner." "I wasn't hungry," Loque Bella said. "You have to eat so that you can keep your strength." "Yes so that it can be used to selfishly serve you." "You must not dwell on that," Prince Mangus said. "How can I not dwell on that? It is the sole reason why you're keeping me here. To use my power for your own selfish desires," she turned to him and said with her voice raised. "We will take good care of you." "That is not the point." "We will protect you," he said. "That is not the point either. I don't care how well you treat me, this is never going to b
On the road to Monteg, Prince Callum and Mr. Braun managed to find a way across the river via another bridge and had made camp in the forest.There was a small fire burning and over it was a pot of soup; soup that they had poured into their bowls and were having with the bread the woman they saved baked for them."Good bread," Mr. Braun said."Very good bread," Prince Callum said and they ate on."Mm excuse me for a moment, need to take a tinkle.""We're in the middle of dinner Mr. Braun.""Apologies your highness," Mr. Braun said as he put his bowl on the ground and got up; disappearing behind one of the trees.He began relieving himself but in the middle of it suddenly he heard the sound of twigs snapping behind him. He stopped and looked back and seeing nothing he carried on.Just then a large hand came up from behind him and covered his nose and mouth and pulled him back into the darkness.Prince Callum eating on hea
In Monteg, Loque Bella lay in her bed quietly crying to herself. Just then the door was unlocked and swung open and through it walked Princess Rada with a tray of food in her hands.She walked in and put it on the bedside as she just lay there looking at her with a dead look on her face."I brought you something to eat," Princess Rada said. "I know you're hungry you haven't eaten in quite a while. Please eat something." Loque Bella turned to the side and gave the princess her back. "Can I sit with you?""Do whatever you want. I am your property after all," Loque Bella said."Please don't be like that.""Don't be like what? Upset. You're keeping me here against my will and now your brother just forced marriage on me, what else do you possibly expect me to be if not upset?""But you said yes to his proposal," Princess Rada said."Because he left me no other choice. He said that if I didn't marry him then he was going to fly out to Hamps
In the village settlement, Prince Callum and Savage Rockvaine continued with their fight; with Savage swinging his sword with full force at the prince and him doing his best to dive out of the way and block his swings. "You're doing great your highness," Mr. Braun shouted as the lacertins had gathered around and formed a circle around the two of them; cheering and hissing. Savage kept on throwing everything he had at the prince and he did his best to hold his on. He threw punches at him a few of which caught him in the face and chest and even whipped his tail at him; a tail whip that knocked him to the ground and would have smacked him in the face had he not rolled away. They clinked their swords together fighting on and looking like Savage was going to win due to the good number of hits he had landed on the prince, the prince shocked him with an uppercut, a kick to the neck and a slice to his leg that sent him down onto one knee. Here, Prince Callum then hit