Third Person POV —-/————- As Aven entered the conference room alongside his father, he had paused in his tracks. “Hello, prince Aven,” he heard a voice further back in the room. He looked slightly above eye level to see a young man on a big television screen. Aven tapped his father on the shoulder “Who is that, father?” Nero brushed Aven’s hand off his shoulder “King Atticus, Letharia’s grandfather.” Aven tried to keep his voice low “But Father, King Atticus is… around 30 centuries old, that’s impossible. Nero sighed, gently face palming himself as King Atticus laughed for almost a minute “Oh! My oh my! I never would have fathomed that Queen Nessa’s son would be just as dull-witted.” Aven quickly bowed his head despite King Atticus’s insults. “No need to bow my boy though your father should pay his respect to the man who represents the gods,” Atticus had finally shown a serious demeanor. Aven became amused when his father dropped to his knees and bowed his head “Forgive me, O’ M

“ Cruel, it’s just a thing you do, but I haven’t said I loved you”, that thought had lingered in my mind. It was hard to look out for her and stay on her good side. I wish I could have told her I loved her before she disappeared.. And if I don't find her, and she escapes? What if I never see her again? The guards assured me to sit tight, but how could I? I sat in the throne room, I always sat beside my throne rather than on it when I became stressed out. I finally got up after half an hour of reflection, and just afterwards, the guards came in through the double doors. They knelt, Sir Chatz glanced at Sir Armstrong before he said, "My prince, she was found feeding Zane Vellis and tending to his wounds from the lashing." Sir Armstrong looked me in my eyes “We haven’t told your father yet, my lord. Chances are he’ll require a much bigger punishment than the one you’ll give to her.”I nodded “I thank you personally for coming to me first, I’ll be sure to repay you both soon.”They queue

Letharia sighed after throwing her dagger on the table along with the duffle bag Aven carried . She looked over at Aven “This is the first time in awhile I can wear my crop top and jeans, those dresses are awful.”Aven took his contacts out “I’ll let you wear jeans all you want whenever we get back.”Letharia shook her head “I’ve only been back for maybe half an hour, and I already wish I never left.”Aven put his sunglasses next to his contact case, “We’re both thinking about different things right now,huh?”Letharia rolled her eyes leaning against the wall “You never told me what your father did to Cody and Sir Armstrong.”Aven sat on the floor then glanced over at Letharia “An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I’ll let the caged tiger loose”, that’s what my father said before he beat them senselessly, then without warning cut their left pinky off as a sign of disloyalty.”Letharia gasped “And you let him?!”Aven sighed “They both tearfully told me to go, they begged me t

Letharia’s POV__\__________We left the village in the direction of the forest. I was astonished at how fast it was for Aven to trap and kill a deer. I saw him smile with blood splatter on his face "I can't believe I caught him!" he laughed out of breath. He looked stunned as he wiped the blood off his forehead and cleaned his knife with a single shake. I couldn't help but laugh at his stupefaction as he hunted a deer. But I put my pride aside, the one pride I had in being slums. "Good work," I walked past him. I stopped in my tracks carefully looking back at Aven “Remember… Aspen, you’re blind motherfucker, make up a story of how you caught that deer, we’ll skin it then give it to the people as a dinner offering.”Aven chuckled as he held the deer around his neck “I want to carry it, like a trophy of sorts, just tell them you guide my steps to getting out the forest.”I smiled a little "Whatever."He smiled “I’m excited.”“You’re sweet, sometimes”, I walked with his walking stick a

Third person POV——-///—————-Letharia had been the last to awaken from her dreamless slumber. She glanced over to find that Ezekiel and Aven had left. She opened the wooden doors with the little strength she had left. She grunted as the doors opened, showing dim skylight. She panted onto the forest floors. She spotted Ezekiel and Aven marking graves in the forest. Ezekiel followed Aven in his wheelchair “So you are Prince Aven?”Aven glared at him for only a second before he nodded as he took the shovel to bury Xander.“Go inside, you don’t need to see this.”Ezekiel glared at Aven “He’s my father! I want to bury him!”Aven angrily placed the shovel into the ground before he noticed Letharia standing a distance away in front of dinning room doors.Aven gently wheeled Ezekiel towards Letharia “I need to hurry up and bury the townsfolk, the ones that weren’t engulfed in flames.”“Are we in a hurry? “, Letharia asked.“Knowing my father, he would of arranged something bittersweet”, Aven