In the palace, Alaric has grown restless after sending several guards to find Kiara but no one ever came out.
That forest was none to be a place of no return but he didn't believe Kiara would die that easily.
He hasn't visited the princess chamber, completely ignoring her pregnant condition.
What he never did was going into the forest to find her, seems like his love didn't get to that extent.
His restlessness drove him to visiting the one person he wasn't supposed to visit.
Zephyrus Maelthorn, The most powerful witch the world has ever known, he was betrayed and ended up locked up by the current king in a secluded place.
That place is as cold as ice, Zephyrus has been locked up for twenty years now.
Zephyrus was sited legs crossed, chains on his hand that was placed gently on his laps.
"Your highness, please let's go back" Edward — Alaric's personal guard said shivering from the cold.
"I need to find Kiara, you can wait outside" Alaric walked into the room.
Zephyrus didn't even open his eyes, his long pastel pink hair falling perfectly behind him.
"Greetings, great one" Alaric greeted.
Silence was his response.
"I have come to seek your help and in return I'll give you everything you ask of me"
Zephyrus opened his eyes and Alaric felt chills run up his spine, Zephyrus eyes were Red not a single white in it.
"You can't give me what I want, and I have no interest in you. So get out" closing his eyes back after one glance.
"I'm the crown prince, are you sure I can't help you" Alaric said in a rather proud tone.
Zephyrus didn't bother opening his eyes, just a rare smile appearing on his face.
"The girl you seek, is she your love interest?" Zephyrus raising his Palm and a soft glow appeared, purple in color.
"Yes, great one"
"Then why did she leave?"
"I hurt her by accident, and she ran away feeling aggrieved. I don't intend to continue explaining, so find her for me" Alaric said with a snug look on his face.
"Name?"
"Kiara, from Elthara"
Zephyrus, the most powerful of the witches. He had access to every life that breath, he saw the living, the cursed, the forgotten and his curses/ spells they could never be broken by any other person.
"Kiara" he murmured.
And in less than 5 seconds he found her but..... Kiara... looked.. a lot like..... him.
Zephyrus shut his eyes open, Alaric moved back instinctively.
In this dim lit room, Alaric could barely see zephyrus face.
"The girl you seek, I can't find"
He closed his eyes back and watched Kiara walk the halls of the fortress.
Lunara, what brought you to the lions den.
My dear child.
Alaric left the cold place in despair.
Is Kiara really dead? I shouldn't have hit her that day.
He fell sick after leaving there.
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Back in the fortress, Luna stood by the window. It's been two days since she woke up here.
Two days since she met that Golden-haired knight, whose voice made her body shiver with something she couldn't identify.
At this point she started wondering maybe Carlos was right, maybe a witch had done something to her.
Or maybe, she thought with a smile, she was losing her mind again.
"You're still up" a voice spoke. The voice that was easily recognized from the way her body reacted to it.
She turned, he was leaning on the door frame, his golden eyes capturing the light.
"I couldn't sleep, everything feels strange"
"Strange?" He walked in putting his coat around her.
She stopped breathing for a moment, was the effect only on her. If so then why was he so kind to her or was he also like this to everyone else.
He turned to her, his eyes holding her captive.
"Did a witch really do something to me?" She asked at the spour of the moment.
"Yes" he responded not breaking the eyes contact either.
"Were you also affected by it"
"No"
"Then, Are you always this caring towards everyone?"
"Yes"
Her heart crushed hearing his words, so it wasn't only her.
She smiled through her heart ache.
"I'd turn 18 tomorrow" she changed the topic, turning away from his eyes.
"Happy birthday in advance, Luna" he said
Lunara had actually hoped to celebrate her birthday with Alaric but it didn't happen.
And now she genuinely missed her mom, Everytime it was her birthday her mom would spend the whole day with her. Her mom could make really nice cake.
Mom, I hope you are doing alright.
"Kaylan, I want to leave Nytherra" I declared
That came to kaylan as a surprise. When he first saw Luna, he was intrigued as to where she came from. He hasn't seen anyone with pink hair.
And when he first saw her blue eyes, he felt calm and unsettled. It was his first time feeling so much emotions at once.
Her audacity was another thing, during the return feast his eyes were glued to her the whole time for a reason he still couldn't fathom.
"Oh, to where?" His voice cracked. He didn't think she had a home, maybe because no one had come looking for her.
"My home, I miss my mother" she said
"But I can't leave"
Kaylan didn't why relief flushed through his chest
"Why can't you"
"Because... I still feel like... I have something important to do here"
Kaylan stayed with Luna, moon gazing. And later she went to sleep and he left her room.
Kaylan stood by the door and glanced at Luna's sleeping figure, she looked so fragile. Their first meeting.....
When Kaylan and Carlos were doing night patrol together, he saw her fall down and rushed over. He wanted to save her immediately but Carlos was being too cautious.
Luckily she wasn't a fighter, and when Carlos pointed that out, he quickly saved her.
He called the best physician but they all said she was beyond saving. And one day, a woman in black cloak came.
She said she was a witch, and she could save the girl, Kaylan doesn't like witches, he doesn't like any thing non-human.
But he still let the witch check on her, when she said she needed his blood.
Carlos was willing to give her his. But she insisted that the blood be that of Kaylan. And Kaylan agreed.
If not anything Kaylan knows that he wasn't ordinary and the witch actions only confirmed it more