ADELINE’s POV.He was the son of the king, I was married to the son of the king and somehow I made enemies with the king. For the past two days, I have been living in my head and I was glad Cahir didn’t force me to do anything. He left me to myself and occasionally came to check in on me but what burst the most is the fact that I thought I knew Bastian but I knew nothing about him. He had lied to me several times in the past but this one supersedes them all. The fact that he looked me in the eyes and allowed me to talk about his identity. I always knew him as that naïve boy who was always in his mother’s market stall so how did we get to this? How did he turn out to become the prince overnight? The more I thought about it, the more it didn't make sense to me.My thoughts are interrupted when my door creaks open and Cahir saunters in, a tray of food in hand.Here is this man, he has never told me anything but I still don’t feel upset with him. Why? Is it because I have feelings for him
CAHIR’s POV.I don’t bother looking back even as she continues to call back to me. Where in the gods name did she hear that bizarre story? I killed her father? And she even believed, she actually believed that I had a hand in his death? What the hellAnger is evident on my face as I enter the large hall where all the cadets are gathered. As soon as they see me, a hush falls on the room. Ever since they found out I am the prince, all of them are trying to behave extra careful around me. This is clearly not what I want but the king had to come and ruin everything. He had to show his powers and make me save Adeline.“We will start immediately” I announce.“Yes general” they all chorus before getting into positions. Most of them can already manifest their powers but Adeline is just stuck. I don’t know if it’s because her gate of energy is locked or it’s the fact that she doesn’t want to do it. If her gate of energy is opened and she comes in contact with her dragon, she will become the ch
ADELE’s POV.“Today, you all will be visiting the den of dragons” xerxer’s voice resonates in the entire hall, “and if you are lucky, they could be friendly but if you are not, you could get scotched and wish you didn’t”A little laugh erupts from the crowd but my whole attention is on the man who is standing beside Xerxes and his conversation with me the other day. Since he came back, we haven’t talked or said anything to each other. Either he is out on the field training or he is having a meeting with the other supervisors. I have also stopped staying in the fort entirely and I told my friends to stop seeing me as his wife. I hope that will make me feel better but looking at him now, part of me wants to talk to him.“He killed your father” I say to myself, I should be hating him not wanting to talk to him.“How sure are you that he was responsible for your father’s death?” Another question rises in my head.Bastian told me and even if he has lied to me several times, I know he won’
BASTIAN’s POV.“Are you sure this is a good idea?” My coatyl asks as he flies towards Drakesworth but I am done, I am done trying to play fair and nice. I am done seeing Cahir and Adeline together. She is mine and I will rather die than see her with someone else. She belongs to me, together we would make a good couple and that’s what I am going to work on together. Making her mine and building a family with her and if it means going to the king, I will do it a hundred times.“At this point, I don't really care Ashfall”Without saying anything again, he dives into the huge courtyard. All the people around scamper off for safety but when they see it’s me, they relax. Only a few people know I bonded a coatyl but none of them would dare say anything to me.“Prince” the guards at the door bow lightly.I don’t bother answering any of them as I make my way into the huge palace. This is the second time I am stepping foot into the palace. The first was when my mother died and I had come to mee
CAHIR’s POV.“He didn’t touch me!” She yells in my face, “he just kissed me briefly and I pushed him off”“And you are only telling me now?” Anger washes over me, the thought of Bastian’s lips on her almost makes me puke. How dare he touch her?“Maybe if you paid more attention to me, you would have known” she looks so hurt saying that, tears glistening her eyes.The urge to kill Bastian envelopes me that I have to leave her side for a few minutes to feel better. I might not be good at expressing myself but him touching her is the deal breaker for me. She is mine; my wife.That’s why when we went back to the barracks, I immediately went to look for him and luckily I found him amongst his friends.“We need to talk” I tell him and he obliges after a few seconds of silence. If he knows how much willpower I am using to hold myself back, I swear he will immediately stand up and come with me.Finally he does and we both make our way towards my personal training room. He is the second person
ADELELINE’s POV.The two of them continue to stare down at me, surprise and confusion on both their faces. I don’t think I have ever seen the two of them agree to something like they do now.This is the main reason why I decided not to tell anyone of them because from the look on their faces now, I no Cahir will want to pluck the Powers right out of me.“The king is going to kill you if he disks out” the general says after a while.“What?”“Yes” he yells, “and I am not going to let that happen”“But I like it” I blurt out much to his amazement, “I love the feeling of having heartfyre’s powers surge through my veins and I am not going to give it back”Cahir grips my shoulders, yanking me closer to himself.“You need to get your acts together, Adeline”Before I can say anything, Bastian shoves him off, grabbing a hold of my hand immediately.“She is hurt” he says, “let her get some rest before you bombard her with questions”Before any of us can say anything, he pulls me out of the room
ADELE’s POV.“What did you say?” I ask him, I want to be sure I heard him correctly. Did the general just tell me he loves me? Is that even a thing? Love? That’s the last thing I have ever imagined I would hear him from. How could he say that so casually? Love? Not in my life.“Are you messing with me right now?” I can’t help but ask him again, “you think it’s alright to just stand in front of me and say things like that? You love me? Really?”“If Bastian can tell you that, can’t I do the same?” He starts taking slow steps towards me, each stride sending shivers down my spine. This man is ruthless, I know that for a fact and that’s why it is difficult for me to actually believe him and from his statement, I was right not to.“You really are a jerk, aren’t you?” I scoff in frustration. I hate the fact that my heart always flutters because of him, I should put an end to this stupor thing I have for him.“I am more than a jerk, Cadet”“You have no human sympathy and you are just a concei
CAHIR’s POV.She did it, she freed heartfyre from that cage. Seeing the two of them side by side in the sky, I can’t help but wonder how long it took for them to meet again. It’s been years, years of them staying away from each other but seeing how ivar is standing near her protectively, I can swear that he has made a choice, same for the woman in front of me. She has made her choice and there is no going back.“What the hell is that?” The people around all open their eyes in awe at the sight in front of us.“Move back!!” Xena yells out as the two mighty dragons open up their mouths to spit fire. I can swear on my life that the chimeras won’t be leaving her alive today. Chaos breaks out as everyone tries to scamper off to safety but before I can grab a hold of her hand, Adeline starts to run towards the forefront of the battle.“Fuck” I also follow her.“You can not harm our people” she screams.“Not one of them is my friend” heartfyre responds, “I am only obliged to keep you safe” he
CAHIR’s POV.With a little grunt, I slump down on the bed beside her. I can hear her raspy breathing. Leaning closer, I pull her naked body into my arms and press a kiss on her bare shoulder.“Are you okay?” I ask her, pressing another kiss on her back.“My body is shaking” she says trying to stifle a smile but she can’t, her face breaks into a huge smile, “but I am fine, thank you”“I can see it,” I tell her.I rest my head on her back and close my eyes again. I want to be in her arms forever, loving her and giving her the world. I want to give her a world where she doesn’t have to care about anyone or anything else. Where we will raise our child without being scared of the prophecy coming to pass. A world where there is no Bastian and no king Taurus. Just the two of us loving each other without any care in the world.“What’s going on in your mind?” She asks me.“Nothing princess”After kissing her again, I gently pull away from her and stand up from the bed.“I need to see the king”
ADELE’s POV.I don’t know for how long Cahir has been gone this time but when I open my eyes from my sleep, I see a familiar figure seated on the chair away from me…Desdemona. How did she even get in here? How did she..“Did you enjoy your sleep?” She asks mockingly, “because after all the mayhem you caused, you are sleeping peacefully”“Is that why you sneaked into my room when you shouldn’t?”“Oh spare me the trash!” She backs out, “you are the reason why Cahir is in this state. He gave up the throne because of you, he has become the enemy of the king because of you and you think it is okay to stay and sleep? How dare you even think of closing your eyes when you have turned the whole kingdom upside down?”“You..The door bursts open and Cahir saunters in, his eyes darkening as he steps into the room. A cold air settles in the air, he is upset and he is not even trying to hide it.“How dare you come into my chambers, Desdemona?” He growls, his jaw clenching together and his face beco
CAHIR’s POV.As soon as I step out of the room, the smile I was struggling to contain comes bursting out of me. All that was needed was just a simple conversation and we caused a lot of trouble because of that. I have missed her, I can’t even lie about her. The gods know how much I wanted to pull her into my embrace and tell her how much I love her. I thought she deliberately chose Bastian over me time and again. It turns out it was a miscommunication on our part. I am never letting that happen again, I am never letting her go away from me again no matter what.“Cahir!” Someone calls behind me and I come to halt, I don’t bother turning because I already know who it is.“We need to talk” she says again, “and I mean a fucking conversation”“I don’t have time for you” I tell her, “I have a lot I need to do”“You destroyed your father’s ice dungeon and you abdicated the throne. I thought you wanted it, Cahir? What is going on with you? Is it because of that lowlife”“She has a name, Desde
ADELE’s POV.As soon as he says those words to me, it’s like my world came to a fucking standstill. He let Bastian go? What does that even mean? Why would he let him go when he knows the kind of a criminal his brother is?Once again, he has shown me that he will choose others over me. What the hell was I thinking? He has always had his things all planned out and the people he cares about are at the top of the pyramid.I scoff at the reality of my relationship with him, I was the only one having a second thought. He never cared and he would never.“Give me an explanation” I ask after a while, my jaw grinding against each other, “why would you let him go?”“Maybe to spite you” he scoffs, “does it hurt?”“How dare you, Cahir?”“You kept choosing him over me!” He yells, his voice reaching the roof, “every single time when I wanted you to choose me, you always chose him like I mean nothing to you. We are married, we are having a baby but yet you always chose him over me Kirk I mean nothing
ADELINE’s POV.I didn’t expect him to come for me the moment he woke up but here he is, carrying me out of the ice dungeon despite how own injury. I purposely allowed the king to capture me because that was the only way for me to see Cahir when he woke up. I spoke to hearfyre and idrid about it and they agreed. It’s not like I forgot what Cahir did to me but I couldn’t bring myself to leave when he was still unconscious. I was the one who stabbed him, I was the one who put him in that position so it was okay for me to wait until he was better. Father didn’t teach me to break relationships unnecessarily and I am not going to do that.As for Bastian and my family, I have let them be for now. I am going to take my revenge later in a way that the three of them would be sorry for what they did.Now I have to stay alive no matter what, I can’t let myself die yet.“Put me down” I force myself to tell him but he ignores me and continues on his way. He is so stubborn and that’s one thing that
CAHIR’s POVBlood..fire…the dagger. She took his hand instead of mine and I promised to take my revenge on her. She chose him over me, I should take my pound of flesh and make her pay for not believing in me.“General?” I hear my voice from a distance and I gently turn around to see her standing behind me.“Even in my dreams. You are here” I manage to force the words out of my mouth.“Why? You don’t want me?”“You chose my brother over me, this is what you get for being what you are”“You speak like you don’t understand the severity of things, general” she starts to walk towards me, “you think you are one hell of a man but you are worse than anything. Do you think the prophecy is a joke?”“Are you instigating me to kill?”“You can’t change what has been written, general. You can only do what is necessary”She comes to a halt in front of me, my huge frame towering above her. Now looking at her, she doesn’t look like my Adele. They have the same face but different temperaments and way o
BASTIAN’s POV.From the window, I watch all of them battle her and I know deep inside of me that they are no longer a match for her. She has evolved in a way none of us thought was possible. She was now someone we couldn’t afford to mess with and that’s why laughed at Desdemona when she sent that useless assassin after her. I bet everything I owned to the fact that Adele will come back unscathed and she did. Now Xena under the command of the mint has refused her entry but i know my best friend. She doesn’t back down from a fight and I admire her for that.“For someone who is about to be killed by her, you really have a happy look on your face” Caroline’s voice rings in my ear as she comes to stand behind me, “shouldn’t you do something?”“I already have all this figured out”I tell her, “now you wait and watch what happens. I am not going to let my best friend become a stranger to me”“She is not stupid”“Well, let’s see how this goes”Pulling out my sword, I make my way out of the roo
ADELE’s POV.I let out a light groan as I lower myself on the rock, pulling out my water container, I take a mouthful, letting out a huge sigh. Finally, I have gotten all the medications and it’s time to get going. It has been hell of a day and right now I genuinely want to lay down on my bed and take a nice nap.A frog jumping at the side catches my attention and somehow it reminds of Bastian and the horrible things he has done. I took him as my own family and this is what he does to me. He killed my father and pretended about it for years, making me believe the dragons did it. How could he do something like that? How could he look me in the eyes all these years whenever I told him about my father? He has no conscience, I can see it now. The fact that he pretended to be my friend for years while being my father’s killer says a lot about him and everything I have ever believed in.“You can’t continue sulking here” hearfyre’s irritated voice rings in my ears, “unless you want your husb
BASTIAN’s POVAs soon as she disappears out of the room, I turn my gaze to the unconscious man on the bed. The urge to grab a dagger and thrust it into him envelops me but I can’t do that, not when the physicians are both here and the king is just outside the door.What the hell Cahir? Why did he have to show her? I have kept that secret for a long time but somehow he managed to find out and even show her the evidence. I didn’t know Cahir had mastered that magic art, now I was taken unawares and it would take the grace of the gods for me to be able to talk my way out of this one. Adele always believes everything I tell her, but I have a feeling she won’t believe any kind of lies that I tell this time around.“You should leave now, my prince” one of them tells me, “we want to clean him up”With one last angry look at him, I make my way out of the room stopping when I come across my father and Desdemona.“How is your brother?” He asks me frantically and I scoff. I have never taken him a