Twenty One

"Maple, you're-" in a blink of an eye, my mother has the sharp end of the spear at the nap of Demir's neck.

Demir has his hands up, shaking. "Does my brother know about your identity?"

"He knows."

"My brother knows, and yet you didn't kill him," Demir's voice got icy. "We are mortal enemies."

Demir is trying to make a point for my mother to understand the estranged relationships between two immortal beings.

"When did you reclaim your memories?"

Maple glares at Demir, holding back her anger. "Before Ruvik and I got married."

"What?! Then why didn't you kill Ruvik? He's a demon, and you're a celestial. You are supposed to defeat the evil," Demir smirked, taunting her.

Maple poked his neck as he let out a nervous laugh. "Hey, easy on that weapon."

"I wanted to. I wanted to kill you as well. But Ruvik, although he had killed so many of my people. I couldn't kill him. He didn't want war. You did. You want to prove to your father that you are a much better candidate to take the throne by ki