ARIA'S POV:Granddad?! Then it dropped. The white haired elder that Uncle Jeremiah and the elders of Zilam had told me did not exist in the pack, that they had all told me to forget about, was the monster grandfather of mine that Dane had spoken to me about. And I was standing with him, right in front of him, in this place that was far away from the pack house in the woods? I couldn't even bring myself to laugh.Did Uncle Jeremiah and the elders know while pretending to not know or did they not know?"You sure have been asking a lot of questions about me and other things." He said putting emphasis on 'other things'.How did he know? Could it be possible that this place was still within the boarders of Zilam? l thought looking around the woods while keeping a wary eye on him. If this man was truly the one that killed Dane's parents, then I had to be careful around him whether he was my grandfather or not."Looking around to see if we are still in Zilam?" He asked.Did he read my mind o
ARIA'S POV:He wouldn't even tell me anything. I will regret it. Regret what? What was there to regret that I have not regretted all this time?"Fine." I said to him. But just know that I will keep pestering you until you say everything." I said to him, getting up from the seat he had offered me.I got to the door, turned around, and looked at him. He was still seated, sipping his own cup of tea. He hadn't moved a single muscle when I made a move to take my leave. What a beautiful way to treat your guest!"It was nice meeting you, grandfather." I said to him: He still didn't budge. "Now I know who this mysterious grandfather of mine is." I said, opening the door and banging it behind me.The rain had stopped falling, so I could finally walk home without the fear of catching a cold. The only problem was that I was barefooted in such cold weather, and the floors were muddy and sticky. Before I had taken ten steps from the house in the woods, my feet had become very messy and dirty.I co
ARIA'S POV:I woke up to pains all over my body and what looked like a cold. Getting out of bed, I stretched myself, walked to the window by the study desk in my room, and opened it. The warmth of the sun hitting my face was as sweet as the sensation of the hot bath I soaked in yesterday night.Malcolm Wilson. Just thinking about yesterday brought him back to mind. He was really who he said he was—my grandfather.I never for once thought that my monster grandfather, as Dane had called him, was actually living in Zilam and had actually been living in Zilam all this time. Then how come no one knew, or did they know? This question came back to me.No, they couldn't know. He had kept a profile, which made it difficult for him to be noticed.Having had enough of the sun's warmth on my face, I moved away from the window. I picked up the reply I had written to Anthony, which I had forgotten to give to Auntie Lillian, thanks to the revelation my uncle gave me.Sitting down on my bed with the
ARIA'S POV:That's what I had planned to do, and that's what I was going to do. Pester him until he has no other choice but to tell me all that he knows.I walked into the kitchen and gave the bowl of apples to one of the chefs."We have more than enough apples, my lady." She said to me,. "I know." I replied. "It was a gift.""I'm sorry my lady." She said bowing her head."That's okay. " I said to her leaving the kitchen for my room.My life was getting messier and much more complicated. Uncle Jeremiah and the elders all told me to forget about the diggings. Then a strange elder also told me to forget about the diggings too.Why would they all tell me to forget something unless they knew the magnitude of the thing I was searching for.All I wanted to know was about the curse. It's origin and cure. That's if it does have a cure. I couldn't be infertile forever! Already, I have given up hopes of wolfing out, thanks to the purge failing, and all the greater thanks to Cordelia. So the on
ARIA'S POV:I had come back from the journey of no return with nothing but the meeting of my grandfather which yielded no fruit save that he knew about the curse. How he knew he wouldn't spill. Claire, Anthony and even Elijah were all glad to see me back. And deep down, it felt good to be back to a place of kindness, warmth and relaxationClaire helped me carry my bag to my room as she chatted happily about how she felt now that I was back."It's hard been boring without you my lady." She said. Her face full of the radiation of happiness she was feeling."I hope you know that she needs rest Claire." Anthony said. "It has been a long journey for her."I'm sorry my Lord." She said bowing to him then keeping youth for what seem like 10 seconds before she took off again."What was it like over there?" Clairebasked."Claire!" Anthony called flashing her his eyes of warning."I'm sorry my lord." She said meaning it this time."I never knew that you were such a talker Claire." I said to eas
ARIA'S POVI stared at him then at the archives and then back at him. He was the one that had cleared out my drawer."So you were the one that cleared out my drawers?" I asked him."No I wasn't the one." He said "You weren't the one!" I asked not knowing if I was disappointed or surprised."I found it when I was looking for you."he said."Oh" was all I could say. "You mean when I left?" I asked even though I knew the answer."Absolutely." He said."But that was in my room." I said pointing at the archive. "I wasn't there.""I'm not denying that fact." He said. "I was just..." He trailed off."Just?""I was lost." He said."I didn't know what to do or where else to search for you. I..." He sighed. "So I went into your room to see if maybe, you left without maybe a note saying where you went to. I also..." He paused. "I also missed you so I went to your room to be reminded of you." He said looking away from me and then at me, eyeball to eyeball.My ears were ringing with the why's I had
ARIA'S POV:"What do you mean by Malcolm is alive?" Anthony asked still holding into me as we were on the floor."I met him." I replied cooking at his face through tear filled eyes. "In Zilam." I said. "He is in Zilam.""Malcolm is alive?" He couldn't believe his ears. "But all the history books say otherwise.""He lives there... In Zilam." I said to Anthony. "He's keeping a low profile and no one knows that he lives there.""No one?" He asked. "Wait. You told no one when you met him?""I couldn't..." I said looking away from his face, the tears running down my cheeks all over again. " I first, needed to get answers from him before I would then let my uncle in on it." I said sniffing Anthony didn't understand what I was saying at all. The look on his face said it all."I don't understand you Aria." He sad. "Let's get up from the floor, sit down and discuss this." He said trying to pull me up from the floor."No." I whispered. "You don't understand. You have to listen to me... Please.
ANTHONY'S POV: When she had fallen asleep in my arms, I didn't know. She just lay limp in my arms. I couldn't believe that she was going through a lot of things all by herself. And this hurt me more than anything else had. Pulling her face up from my chest, she had a look of tiredness and suffering on it. And these things were the last things I had wanted to see written on her face. I wanted her to be happy. I wanted to make her happy and safe. Just the thought of her being hurt, brought a sharp jab to my heart. She was cursed. After the war. None of that were mentioned in the archives. My grandfather never mentioned anything like that neither did my father. Was there more to the war that was still hidden? And how was Darcy able to conceive and Aria unable to do so? Questions just kept flooding my mind. Nothing, making sense as it was supposed to. She stirred in her sleep. I failed and was unable to keep my promise concerning the poison and it's purging but as for this curse