Chapter 47:
Sanaya’s P.O.V
“Sanaya, stop fidgeting!” Amber scolded in a stern voice. “I’m trying to paint your eyes and you’re going to ruin my masterpiece.”
I sucked in a breath and let it out slowly, trying to calm my nerves. Once I felt a bit more steady, I nodded and sat still, placing my hands on my lap with my eyes still closed as Amber did my eye makeup.
Alina and I had parted after we had finished our bath and Amber had been there to escort me back to my room where she had immediately began working on drying my hair. It had taken half an hour to dry completely and then Amber had begun working on curling my hair. After almost two painful hours of enduring the heat, my hair was in gorgeous loose curls and Amber had also braided a few strands of my hair in such a fashion that it looked like a braided hair band on top of my head. It helped keep my hair out of my face and gave
Chapter 48:Sanaya’s P.O.V“Hi…” My voice sounded breathless to my ears.A smile lit up Lancelin’s face slowly, his eyes turning a bright shade of amber.He was dressed in a crème colored suit jacket and pants with a white shirt underneath and the white suite was embroidered in gold designs, similar to the designs on my dress. His hair was gelled and brushed back and that little bit of difference in hair styling gave him a whole new look that I loved. As an immortal, I don’t think Lance could ever look any less dashing but today, he seemed to be radiating happiness.“You look beautiful.” We both said at the same time and ended up laughing.“I’m nervous as hell.” I confessed to him as I went into his arms when Lance closed the door behind him and came forward.“I’ll tell you a secret,” Lance held me close to his
Chapter 49:Sanaya’s P.O.VTrumpets sounded as the doors were opened slowly, pushed aside by heavily muscled guards on either side of the door. What lay inside took my breath away.The throne room was ginormous and it was filled with people and from the looks of it, there were over a thousand people inside the room and I realized that almost everyone were immortal. They were standing in two rows, leaving a large space in the middle through which people could walk down the aisle to the thrones at the very end of the room.The thrones were just like the ones I had seen in movies and they appeared to be made of gold. The king and queen were already seated on the throne and both were dressed in white. Queen Valleria was dressed in a dove white gown with diamonds encrusted all over the dress. Her hair cascaded down to her waist in loose ringlets and a diamond tiara graced her head, shining brighter than the sun. A smile
Chapter 50:Sanaya’s P.O.V“Sanaya!”Lancelin was suddenly by my side, covering me as shards of glass flew everywhere along with sparks of fire. Although Lance’s much larger form was covering me, I felt a sting on my arm as a piece of glass embedded itself on my arm.The entire throne room erupted into commotion as people started running around trying to dodge the glass and fire. Some of the sparks landed on the huge silk curtains and they instantly caught on fire, causing even more fear and panic.I clutched on to the lapels of Lancelin’s jacket as he wound his arms around me tightly and moved back so we don’t get trampled by the people trying to escape the room. He moved us to the safety of the pedestal where the thrones were and then began barking orders at the guards to get everyone to safety.“Lance, Sana!” I turned to find Acelin running towards us along
Chapter 51: Lancelin’s P.O.V:“Is everyone out?” I called out to Acelin when the throne room seemed relatively empty aside from my family and a few other trusted soldiers.“Yes,” Acelin confirmed as he came to stand next to me. “The guards are all taking the guests to safety and everyone has cleared the castle.”“Now we find out who’s responsible.” I looked around the room with narrowed eyes. “Has anyone seen Nathaniel?”We looked around the room which was now in chaos. Two huge chandeliers were on the floor with glass shards scattered everywhere. The flower vases had been overturned when people were trying to escape and they too had been shattered into pieces, the flowers trampled to a paste under heavy boots. The fire from the candles in the chandelier had caught onto the heavy silk curtains and were now consuming them with phenomenal speed,
Chapter 52: Lancelin’s P.O.V:“Miaka.” I called out to her and a fraction of a second later; I was free from my binds, my body slowly regaining balance and stability as I rose up from the floor.The door to the throne room burst open and several of my guards entered then, armed and ready to take down the intruders.“Mauve Balfour, Chrone to the Amenite Coven,” Miaka turned to her all the mages cowered away in fear. “Tell me, what has my brother done so wrong that you decided to take matters in your own hand?”While Miaka was speaking, I motioned for Acelin, Erick and my guards to get a hold of the five mages that were now trying to disappear into the shadows. Their bravery only lasted so long as Mauve was the strongest person in the room. The others nodded and using their superhuman speed, caught up with the traitor in no time, holding their hands back and pinning them to
Chapter 53: Sanaya’s P.O.V:Black.That was all I saw no matter where I turned; no matter how many times I blinked my eyes. It was as if I had been shoved into a room that had all the lights switched off. Except, this wasn’t a closed room. It was open space, open enough that I could feel an icy wind blowing against my skin. It’s said that when you lose one of your senses, all the others become heightened, but they couldn’t be more wrong.Other than the chill in the air, all I could feel was panic. Where was I? Why couldn’t I see? Was this really Shadowland? What was Shadowland?The great thing about Shadowland is that no one, mortal or immortal, has ever come out of it, alive or dead.Asmara’s voice rang in my ears and with it came a sense of hopelessness like I’ve never felt before. I felt tears stream down my cheeks as I swung my hands around wil
Chapter 54:Sanaya’s P.O.V:Just when the red orbs had moved dangerously close to me, blocking my exit from all directions, something fell in front of me that had the ground rumble so hard that it knocked me off my feet. I fell to the ground, thankful for the material of the gown that took most of the hit, but my hands came in contact with the rocks and they instantly sliced through my skin, drawing blood. I bit my tongue to keep from crying out loud. It didn’t matter how much pain I was in, I couldn’t give away my location to the newest member who was far too close for comfort. But before I could back away from my attacker, something grabbed a hold of my hand and hauled me to my feet. Strangely, they felt like hands; normal human hands that didn’t burn my skin on contact or draw blood.I looked up at the figure in front of me; and for a second I was struck by the beauty of the eyes that stared back at me
Chapter 55:Sanaya’s P.O.VI woke up with a start; gasping in huge gulps of air like I’d been starving for days.“Hey, it okay! Sanaya.” Lancelin’s voice came from somewhere next to me and I reached my hands out towards him instinctively.A pair of strong arms wrapped around my body, pulling me taunt against a hard muscular chest. “Shhh…it’s okay. You’re safe now. You’re home.”I hadn’t realized I was struggling against him until Lance had to hold me to him even harder, trying to calm me down.“It’s alright. I’m here now. I’ll never leave you again, I promise.” Lance pressed me to his chest even harder and I began to calm down slowly.It took a while for my eyes to the room and I realized that this was no longer the lightless world of Shadowland but Lancelin’s room in Castle Estella. Lance was