When Theodore woke up, he was in a carriage. "How long have I been up?" he asked Elena. "A day", she answered. He sat up immediately, "What?" he looked outside the window, they were on the road and everything looked strange to him. "Where are we?""We are on the road, on our way to Dresden", Fife replied. "What about my parents, the princess? What happened to them?", Elena looked down and refused to answer him, Theodore's heart skipped a beat. "What's wrong Elena what happened to them?", Elena remained quiet. He looked at Fife, "Come on Fife, tell me what happened?". Fife looked up at him, Theodore noticed that his eyes were red rimmed from crying. "Since we escaped, the king announced that we committed treason. He killed your parents and the commander; he burnt my house and your house, stripped my gamily of our title. No one knows what happened to the princess." Theodore didn't know what to feel at the moment. He was numb; the only thing that resonated in his mind was that this was h

Just like in his previous dreams, the fire felt scorching. Theodore was scared, he didn't want to burn again, the fire started to come his way like it was a living thing.Theodore desperately looked for a way to escape but it was of no use, there was no exit. The flames started to burn him. Theodore began to scream.Elena was sleeping when she heard a loud scream. She opened her eyes immediately, she saw that Fife was also awake. They looked at Theodore, he was asleep and screaming loudly like he was in pain."Theodore, wake up!" Elena shook him. Theodore continued screaming, Fife stood up to get water from the basin in the room, he sprinkled the water on Theodore.Theodore woke up immediately the water was sprinkled on him. His eyes were filled with fear."Theodore, are you okay? You were screaming so loud" Elena said as she dabbed the sweat on his body with a cloth.Fife put away the water and sat close to Theodore. "What happened Theodore? Was it a bad dream?" Theodore nodded his h

"What is your name?" Theodore asked the trader as they made their way to the forest. "My name is Gad. what are your names?" "I am Th…" Elena interrupted theodore before he could finish talking. "I am Helen, this is Phil." she pointed to Fife. "And this is Doreen" she pointed to Theodore. "It is a pleasure to meet you all" Gad replied. "Were you about to tell him our real names?" Elena whispered in Theodores ear. "Wasn't I supposed to?" Theodore whispered back. Once again for the umpteenth time, Elena wondered how she had ended up with people who seemed to lack common sense. They reached the everglades forest, the forest looked intimidating and scary. "Are you all ready?" Gad asked them. The trio linked their hands together, "Yes we are" "Let's go in" Gad said. They entered the forest. Immediately they entered they felt the change, it was as if they were completely cut off from the outside world. And everywhere was so hot that they wanted to take off their clothing. This t

"My darling boy, are you okay?" the queen fussed over Alistair."Why did you give him the locket?""Because I knew you might not want to come back and only that locket could change your mind"Alistair looked at her sadly "Why can't you just let me go?""How can I do that Starlix. You are my son, a prince of Salvatore. Your place is here not gallivanting in a human kingdom""But I am not your son. Calix is right, I am just the lowly son of a servant. I don't even know who my father is. I don't have Royal blood in me, I am not a prince""That's enough Starlix. You have broken a lot of laws, you deserve punishment but because I feel you have gone through enough pain. I will forego it. Now go to your room"The queen told some of the vampires standing guard in the throne room to escort him to his room. "Take him back to his room and make sure he doesn't go out except I permit it""I thought you said there would be no punishment?"The queen smiled at him wryly, "this is for your own good"

"Lake of fire?""Fire Tribulation?" Fife and Elena echoed."yes", the shadow man replied. "Theodore I feel bad about this, I don't think you should do it" Elena tried to persuade Theodore. "I don't like the idea as well Elena but I don't have a choice. I have to do this to get the answers I need." Theodore told her. He turned to the shadow man, "Will there be any danger in there?""normally there isn't any danger but you are a half human, I do not know if the lake will have a different effect on you" the shadow man replied. "you see, he doesn't know if you will be safe or not. Please don't do this Theodore" Elena begged him. Theodore ignored her and turned to the shadow man and Gad, "if I go into the lake, will my friends be safe?""of course my prince, they are your honored guests we shall keep them safe""Where is the lake?""I will take you there."The shadow man and Gad led the way to the lake.Theodore gazed at the lake, it was just like his dreams."My prince are you okay?"