Mister was both scared and relieved that his great grandmother had finally come to help him. He sobbed like a child at the sight of her and struggled to regain his composure. "Stop it child," his great grandmother told him, in an irritated tone."Get yourself together," she demanded impatiently. "I don't know how to fix this," he cried to her. "The only thing that you can do is follow through, son," she told him with total exhaustion in her voice. "How can I do that?" he asked sadly."I have no back up, no family, and no means," he reminded her through his pitiful cries.Queen Esmeralda sighed deeply and dropped her weary head before she started to speak again."Pearl lives, child," she explained as patiently as she possibly could.She put her hands under his chin and raised his head to look at her, and she said,"She has been taken back to the castle. Find a way to get to her and she will help you to make it all right."She sounded as though she was in a hurry so he didn't delay h
Pearl watched in horror as a thick black fog filled the room, enveloping everything inside. She couldn't believe her eyes as she watched it raise Della from the floor and drag her from the doorway of the church, lifting her and tossing her roughly about. It was as though it were alive all on its own, and it had came just for her. It was loud, like a tornado blowing across the prairie, and it stank of death and despair. It pulled her down the hallway and up and down the corridors of the castle, like it knew exactly where to go, and then it carried her through the kitchen and right out the back door. Everyone that dared ran for her, making all kinds of attempts to pull her out, but they were all to no avail. Every time someone tried to help her, the fog would turn ice cold, maybe even colder than cold. It turned so cold that it was turning everything it touched to frozen glass, including the people. Della wasn't turned into frozen glass, though. She was simply carried away, kickin
"Are you freaking serious, Della?" Caine shouted behind her in an irritated tone, as she quickly left the room. She was paying him no mind at all and he knew it. She had obviously heard him, though, because she giggled loudly from the kitchen. "What?" she shouted in a very guilty voice, "It's not like I packed her in my suitcase or anything, she snuck in my bag," she said, trying to justify what they both knew she had done. She definitely was not going to mention the fact that she had discovered the little stow away in her bag at the airport before they had ever left to come home. She figured that some things were better left alone.She returned a few moments later with a cup of coffee for them both and a sweet smile on her face. "Besides, we're going back for our wedding in a few weeks, how much trouble could she be until then?" She asked him with pleading eyes and a soft tone in her voice. "That is an insane question Della, did you forget where she came from?" He asked her sarca
It had been three weeks since Queen Rebecca had taken over and Mister, Pearl and Justin had been "killed". In reality they had been sent scurrying away from the castle and into hiding in the caves behind the waterfall. The very same caves that the legend of Castle Free Sky spoke about.The ones that his great great grandfather had supposedly hidden in after his ship wrecked into the rocks that skirted the sea shore at the bottom of the cliffs at the edge of the castle grounds. They had been surviving by eating whatever they could find, and their patients for the situation were pretty much gone. They were cold, hungry, and mad as hell. It didn't even seem real that Caine could ever have possibly beaten Mister in that blood battle, yet here they were.Mister sat quietly brooding by the puny fire, while Justin and Pearl gathered what little was left of their hunted up food. Pearl was becoming more and more concerned about his mood as she silently watched him from the corner of her eye. S
Mister knew he needed to calm himself and that he had to act cool around Justin and Pearl until they had fallen all the way asleep. He got himself dressed and went out to the kitchen to see what they had rustled up to eat. He knew they had to be cooking something good, because he could smell it in the air when he opened the bathroom doors. He followed his nose as quickly as possible straight to the pot that was simmering on the stove. "Mmmmm..this smells good, what are you cooking?" He asked with a warm smile on his face. "It's not much, son," Pearl said sweetly, "just a little something to fill our bellies with." "I'm sure it will be delicious," he said with a cool smile, "now let's eat," he told her, "I'm starving." The group went on and settled in for their meals. There were few words spoken between them, mostly due to their sheer exhaustion. Instead, they sat together somberly and enjoyed their food and warm fire in silence. After the meal, Pearl and Justin cleaned up t
The weeks had gone by so much faster than Della had expected. The first few days after they had returned home had been pure chaos. Not only did they all have to get caught back up at work, but they had to jump immediately into planning for a baby, finding doctors, and organizing a whole ass wedding. Della felt more tired now than she did when she had finally left the castle. A lot of it may have been due to the little life growing inside of her, but she didn't know enough about being pregnant yet to make the connection. Now she was in her room packing to go back to the castle to meet up with her mother and her crew to make all of the final arrangements for her big day with Caine. Thinking about how close she was to finally getting to marry him put a smile on her face and gave her a sudden burst of happy energy. She started to sing the old country song that her mother used to sing to her when she was small. Whenever she was scared or stressed out, her mom would hug her super tight an
Queen Lacey rolled her eyes in irritation while she waited for Mister to get his sh*t together. When he finally caught his breath, and got his eyes to stop watering, he tried to address her. He opened his mouth to speak but he was finding it incredibly difficult to do so while still trying to breathe without throwing up. "Queen Lacey," he barely managed to get out without gagging, "I need your help, and I am here to try to strike a bargain with you," he told her as solemnly as he could. "Yes….." She hissed back at him, "I can see…..that you most certainly do need my help, but what do you have in return?" She asked him in a most moist and slimy voice. "What do you require?" He asked her point blank. "What I require may be beyond your reach, son," she told him. "Try me, ma'am," he shot back at her flatly. He was not a patient man and it was quickly beginning to show. Irritating him seemed to please her, so she took a few extra seconds to gather her thoughts. After a moment of
It was getting late in the afternoon when their plane landed at the small private airport that was situated at the bottom of the mountain. It was pretty quiet when Cat and Della left the airplane and made their way back into the terminal. As soon as they got to the common area, Della began trying to call Caine again, but she got no answer. She had a perplexed look on her face as she and Cat wandered over to collect their luggage. Della tried again to call her sister. She was more than irritated when she didn't get an answer there either. "I wonder where everyone is? They couldn't have at least sent a car?" Della fumed. "I don't know girl, but I got us a cab, let's go," Cat told her calmly. "You're awful understanding today, what's going on Cat?" Della asked her friend suspiciously. "Nothing that I know of," Cat told her in a hurry, trying not to make eye contact. "Yeah right, girl, I know you better than this. What is everyone up to?" Della continued to badger her as they struggl