GABRIEL’S POV,Gabriel feels the anger rage through his body when he looks at that pathetic excuse of a man. Javier looks at him with fear in his eyes. It is the first time Gabriel sees him show signs of fear. Javier quickly lets go of Julias and walks backward whimpering, “Please don’t kill me, I will do anything you ask.”Gabriel doesn’t take his eyes off Javier when he says to Luna and Julias, “Get behind me.”At the same moment Lord Midas storms into the hallway. His eyes go over the scene wildly and he quickly walks to Javier. “What on earth is going on?”Luna walks out from the dark and Lord Midas his eyes go over her blue spots and torn dress. Luna points at Javier and says angrily, “He tried to rape me!”Lord Midas gives Javier a strict look, “Those bruises on my daughter are unacceptable Javier. I cannot let you marry her if you will beat her.”Javier hangs his head d
JULIAS POV,At 6 in the morning, Julias is standing next to Luna on a plateau at the big square. The square is swarming with people and even on the streets, it is more crowded than ever. The people seem full of anticipation and Luna looks nervous standing there on her own in front of so many people. Julias gives her an encouraging smile. From the corner of his eye, he notices Gabriel rushing into the crowd and standing still next to Angus. He looks a bit bewildered and disorien-tated and Julias wonders why he was so late.He doesn’t have much time to think about it because Luna starts her speech, “THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I KNOW MUCH INJUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE TO ALL OF YOU UNDER MY FATHERS RULE. I BLAME MYSELF FOR NOT TAKING ACTION. HOWEVER, WHEN KING GABRIEL AND JULIAS CAME TO DANDION THEY HAVE OPENED OUR EYES AND GAVE US HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. I WILL NOT LET MY FATHER SACRIFICE HIS PEOPLE FOR A FEW DEEMED WORTHY. IN MY EYES YOU ARE ALL WORTHY! SO PLEA
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CAN CONTAIN TRIGGERING AND VIOLENT CONTENTHOLLY’S POV,Holly just said goodbye to Gabriel and heads back inside to discuss plans with Nolan and Zeus. The big table feels empty with just the 3 of them sitting there. They are all silent for a while and lost in their own thoughts. Zeus breaks the silence first, “I have been thinking how to reclaim an advantage now that Hades knows about the dragons. We should use our time to develop new weapons or something. Anyone any ideas?”Holly frowns, “Mmm we have a lot of different ordinary weapons, but they won’t do much good against demons. If there was only some kind of spell to capture light magic so we could make bombs and weapons with the light on them. Then the common soldiers would have a chance against a demon and the sky army can drop the bombs from the air.”Zeus looks at her intrigued, “That is actually a really good idea. I don’t t
HOLLY’S POV,It takes Holly hours to calm down after the bomb that Nolan dropped on her. She knew he would get sick of her at some point but it still came like a shock. She thought she didn’t have a heart left to give him but why does it hurt so much then? She can’t bear the thought of him being with someone else. Which means she must love him so why can’t she just give him the version of herself that he needs. She thinks about it the whole night but the answer is just as unclear in the morning as it was the night before. With a sigh, she gets up from bed and decides to go find Zeus. There is something she has to discuss with him.She finds Zeus studying the glow worms in the caves.“What are you doing?” She asks.Zeus jumps up because he didn’t hear her coming in. “I am trying to figure out a way to transform the light magic from the glow worms into a spell so I can make light weapons.”
HOLLY’S POV,Holly walks into the meditation cave and looks around unsure. Such serene surroundings are not really her thing. Just hearing waterdrops gives too much space to think and she has learned to cope by keeping herself distracted. She takes a deep breath and tells herself to suck it up because she decided she wants to face her demons so she can’t go back now when already the silence makes her uncomfortable.Zeus is putting lit candles all around the cave and just leaves some space in the middle. He sits down and she sits down facing him. She knows her eyes are full of fear, but she has suppressed these memories for so long. Zeus takes her hands in his and his calm eyes are the only comfort she has at the moment. “So, to begin the meditation all you have to do is focus on the flame of one of the candles and listen to the water drops. I will be there any step of the way, you will hear my voice and I can pull you out if it gets too intense, oka
HOLLY’S POV,Holly buries her head against Nolan his wide shoulders. His strong arms hold her in a tight embrace and for a while, they just stay like that. She feels calm and relieved because the distance between them was dreadful. Nolan softly puts her down and takes her face in his hands. His ember eyes look at her warmly, “Zeus told me what you did. I am so proud of you Holly. How do you feel?”Holly gives him a little smile, “I feel calm, hopeful, and ready to move on towards a better future.”A shimmer of hope sparks in Nolan his face when he hears her words and he replies, “Why did you decide to face your fears after all this time?”Holly softly strokes his face, “I think I realized that I needed it for me but also for us. The thought of losing you was much scarier than the thought of facing my demons. I love you, Nolan. We are meant for each other and you deserved the full version of me, not just the broken p
HOLLY’S POV, It is a few days later and Holly and Nolan are cuddling on a couch in the general living room when Zeus storms in.“I finally figured it out,” he shouts.He quickly walks away, and Holly and Nolan look at each other confused. Zeus already comes back and waves them over, “Well come on! Follow me.”Holly and Nolan quickly get up and walk after Zeus to the meeting room. Zeus is standing at the table staring at some brightly shining objects. Zeus picks up a sword that is shining so bright it is hard to look at.“I finally found the right incantation to transfer the light from the glow worms into the swords. I did the same for spears.”Holly walks towards the last object which is a black ball, “What is that?”Zeus quickly holds her back, “Careful, that is a light bomb. I mixed light magic with gunpowder so when the bomb hits a surface it becomes an e
NOELLE’S POV,Faith and I left just a few days ago from Liberum. I haven’t had a decent sleep for days and some good food would be welcome too. Luckily Faith said we will be able to rest at a nearby village soon. I really need the rest because it feels like I am getting sick or something. I feel dizzy and nauseous, so I hope it isn’t from any of the wild mushrooms we ate. Food poison-ing is not high on my bucket list at the moment. We keep walking and I just start to feel worse and worse. Just when we get sight of the village, I puke all my guts out. Faith holds my hair and looks at me worried, “Are you okay?”I feel unable to answer and just shake my head. Every time I want to speak another wave of nausea falls over me. “Come on let’s get you inside somewhere,” Faith says warmly.She guides me into the village, but I can’t process the surroundings I just have to focus on walking. After what feels like forever we a