Basil is an old fae man, who is in his early 60s. He is wise and knows every possible fae detail that it is to know.
He is not rich and he never stepped foot inside the palace ever. But when he was told by the palace guards that the Winter king requested his presence, he was ecstatic.
His clothes are not fancy like Koni's, but his eyes hold wisdom and kindness. He has laugh lines on the corners of his eyes and mouth.
When Drake and Nyra saw him walking with his eyes calm and his face composed, despite being in the middle of the royalty.
"My King" Basil bowed in front of Alvin, who is now sitting on his throne on the dais, which is a raised carpeted platform.
The dias has two big thrones for the king and the queen and a smaller one on to the right side a few feet away from the big thrones is the huge single-seated couch, with throw pillows, arranged for Nyra, and a matching one on the left side is placed for Alpine.
Alvin sat on his Throne, with Av
Nyra liked the old fae very much. He looked wise and he is polite. She saw Drake waiting for her father's final decision.If this man knows what their previous advisor doesn't, then that itself gives Basil major brownie points in her opinion. How can anyone who works with mother earth, go wrong?"Dad?" Nyra got up from her chair and walked towards where her father is sitting.Alvin is impressed by this old peasant. But he is still skeptical about his educational background.When he heard his daughter call for his attention, he looked at her."I think you should hire him as your royal advisor. Like Drake just proved, he is knowledgeable, wise, and more importantly polite. He possesses every quality we need in a royal advisor. I think you should hire him" Nyra told Alvin.Alvin looked fondly at his daughter. Nyra is sensible and observant. He is very proud of his daughter.Dillon, who was sitting in a chair in the same throne room, snort
Koni is furious. He destroyed everything he could get his hands on. He thought no one can move him from his position. He did all this for that dragon Relic.But now that he is stripped off of his position, he cannot get his hands on that Relic that easily.Koni is standing in the middle of the small house, he bought a decade ago, for safe keeping all his personal things, which no one should see.Like the poison powder he mixed in the glass which was intended for the princess.Koni gritted his teeth remembering the insult he had to endure in the hands of that human princess and her body guard.Koni vowed vengeance on both of them."I will kill you princess. You will curse the day when you decided to follow to the fairy with your father. I will make you beg for mercy. But I will not show mercy on you. Any one who insulted koni has to die. And you will die too. I will see what that human body guard of yours will do to protect you" Koni ye
Dale and Mason approached Drake, in the throne room. He is standing a step behind Nyra and is glaring at anyone who dares to come closer to her.He hates these annoying nosy Fae. He can hear them whispering nonsense for the past 3 hours.'He is so handsome. I saw when he removed his mask when he was invited to eat on the royal table. He seems to be some one important' a woman was saying to a group of newly arrived fae woman.Now they all are looking at him as if he is a piece of meat, which is ready to be served.That's why Drake hated woman. They all act as a flock of annoying birds, who keep chirping and making annoying noises.Nyra is different though. She never went out of her way to please him. Infact, she is the first woman who was annoyed by his presence.She managed to capture his attention and then his heart. He is glad she turned out to be his mate."If you glare at them any harder, then I am sure you might burn them" Mason said fr
Drake found Nyra's handmaiden standing outside the door with Nyra's dinner. He was about to go , but then, he remembered that mornings incident.'Some one tried to poison Nyra. It's better to taste everything first before taking to her' with that thought in mind, he opened the dome that's covering the steaming food and proceeded to taste everything.No one said anything in protest. They all believe in Drake and they know he has her best interest in mind.After taking a bite from every single item, Drake even sipped the water."Serve the princess after five minutes" he instructed the handmaiden, who nodded her head.It should be enough for the poison to show its effects, if the food is poisoned, Drake thought.He nodded his head towards the four guards guarding the door and they nodded their heads back.He then proceeded in to the armoury, where Dale, Mason and Alpine are waiting for him.When Lily entered the room, Nyra hoped that it's
"We had our eyes on everyone with the ability to move things with out touching them. But none of them are close enough to the princess for attempting this" Dale explained to Drake, who is sitting opposite to Alpine and beside Mason.There is a huge rectangular table in the armoury, for the warriors to be able to sit and discuss the matters related to the security of the realm and the people along with war planning if it's nessasary.Drake has a frown in between his eye brows.Dale is sitting beside Alpine and he too has a matching concerned expression on his face along with the others."This is not making any sense. We all saw the bottle moving on its own. No one were touching it. But none of the fae who has that ability are close enough to do that" Lord Alpine said with confusion.Drake is feeling the same."How much is the maximum distance from which a fae can move things with out touching them?" Drake asked looking at Alpine.
After he is done with his meeting, Alpine insisted him to eat dinner with them, which he couldn't resist. After dinner, they exchanged their good night's and Drake returned back to his room.He decided to check on Nyra first. But when he tried to turn the knob, he found it locked.'She locked her door?' he thought with amusement.He went to his room and tried to enter through the connecting door. But to his shock, it's locked too.'What's going on in that mind of yours baby? You are trying to lock me out? Too bad, I have the keys to open the lock' he thought with amusement.He produced the set of keys he was given yesterday and proceeded to unlock the door before opening and entering her room.When Nyra heard the sound of the door being unlocked, she turned to face the door in shock.'He has the keys? Who gave him?' she thought.Drake looked at the shocked expression on Nyra's face, and he smirked at her.He removed his face Mask
On the day of the ball, early in the morning, Dillon walked into the winter Kings chambers and demanded an audience with him.Alvin was puzzled by Dillon's attitude.'He is demanding an audience with me? You need to learn a lot young man. You are in my realm. Learn to respect the ruler here. You should request an audience, not demand it' Alvin thought with displeasure.But still, as Dillon is his guest, he decided to give him what he requested for.Dillon waited in one of the parlors for King Alvin for half an hour. He is getting impatient and angry.'You dare to make me wait for this long Winter king? Wait until I marry your daughter. I will make sure to teach you a lesson' Dillon thought arrogantly.But Alvin on the other hand is not at all in a hurry to entertain Dillon. He bathed and ate his breakfast leisurely.After he is done with his morning routine, he walked to the waiting parlor, where he told Dillon to wait.Basil bei
In the chambers of the princess, Nyra is trying to avoid Drake. From the moment she woke up beside him, she didn't talk to him at all.She ran into her own room and closed the connecting door behind her and even locked it for good measures.Lily came after a couple of minutes, in the meantime, Nyra bathed and finished her morning routine.Lily picked an appropriate outfit for the day and laid on the bed for Nyra with the matching jewelry to go with the gown.The dress is a long velvet bottle green number with a low cut back neck and a modest front v neck.The sleeves are long and lacy which hug her arms like a second skin.Lily picked diamond studs and Nyra preferred minimum accessories to go with this.Lily piled Nyra's hair into a twisted stylish bun, with a few stray hairs coming out and hanging loosely on the sides of her face, making her look elegant and beautiful.Drake already bathed and was waiting for Nyra, outside her r