- Xavier -
I was really taken aback because I was not expecting them. How did they find out? I looked at Kira and I did not need anyone to tell me.
"You..." I muttered.
"Did you really think I am going to be on your side despite everything you did to me?" She said. "That I will be so foolish as to believe you again and play your cards? What do you take me for? Your time is up now Xavier. You can never be what you envisioned because you don't have what it takes."
Franklin walked slowly towards me with a dark expression on his face.
"For so long I have stayed calm, letting go of all your actions and hoping someday you would change. But you've remained the same. I was not fooled by your actions. I watched you closely. How's it you've chosen evil all your life?"
"You are not any better than I am," I threw back at him. "You've had a surge of power just like I do. And you know just as much as I do that it takes so much to be in that
- Xavier -I was really taken aback because I was not expecting them. How did they find out? I looked at Kira and I did not need anyone to tell me."You..." I muttered."Did you really think I am going to be on your side despite everything you did to me?" She said. "That I will be so foolish as to believe you again and play your cards? What do you take me for? Your time is up now Xavier. You can never be what you envisioned because you don't have what it takes."Franklin walked slowly towards me with a dark expression on his face."For so long I have stayed calm, letting go of all your actions and hoping someday you would change. But you've remained the same. I was not fooled by your actions. I watched you closely. How's it you've chosen evil all your life?""You are not any better than I am," I threw back at him. "You've had a surge of power just like I do. And you know just as much as I do that it takes so much to be in that
- Giselle -She frowned deeply, looking down at me."What is so funny?" She asked, annoyed."You," I replied without hesitation even in my condition. "You sound very ridiculous. Do you really think Xavier is going to get married to Kira at the end of the day? Hell, do you even think Xavier is going to end up as Lord? The scenarios in your head, which you hold on to, are very delusional. And I am not sorry to break it to you, that you will regret every bit of action towards this."She went silent for a while before walking towards me slowly. She stood in front of me and before I could calculate her next move, landed a stinging slap on my face.I sucked in the pain, unable to even touch the spot for ease at least, since I was tied."Will you stand to my face and speak of your ill wishes towards me and my daughter?" She half yelled with anger. "Even in the face of death, you are unrepentant. All you have ever wanted is for us to n
- Giselle -I did not know for how long I had been unconscious when my eyes suddenly popped open but when it did, I was in a very large room and tied to a pole.I was still very weak, if not weaker than before and I tried to think what must have happened to me. I could not place my hands on it and it seemed to be overworking my brain, making it throb hard.I heard a movement and looked up to see Christine. I closed my eyes and opened them well to be sure I was seeing well. Christine? What is she doing here? The last time I checked, my attackers were Cleopatra and Xavier. How comes she is here or is she also a part of them?"You are awake princess," she had noticed me and spoke before I did. "How was you sleep?"She asked with a mocking smile and she needed no reply."How?" It was the only word that came out of my mouth, and it was great to know she understood what I meant by that."Oh come on," she threw her hands up lightly. "You don't think I am a friend of yours, do you?""No," I r
- Giselle -My mind went off for a moment, but not like I could not tell what was happening. I just did not know what to make out of it.For Xavier and Cleopatra to lay ambush and jump out suddenly out of nowhere? My answer was not far-fetched. The only thing that was far from me was the fact that Kira had brought me here.There must be a sort of mistake somewhere, I tried to convince myself so I wouldn't have to think the obvious that Kira had brought me here intentionally. She had planned this with them.But she had said she was sorry the instant they came out. This...was just too much to assimilate."Giselle," Cleopatra called smoothly, walking slowly towards me. "You think you are so mighty now and nothing can get you. But you let power get into your head, and you have forgotten so soon that those who get high there should not just trust anybody. You are not even fit to be at the top because you don't know what it takes to be there.""I fought to be where I am," I replied slowly i
- Cleopatra -I knew I was getting her when her face suddenly went pale as I spoke about that so I continued."He should know how you caught Gissele in the hideout and gave her up to the elders," I said with a subtle grin. "I don't think even Franklin knows about that one. He should be interested too.""Cleopatra you are going too far with this," she shrieked."Oh, am I?" I stretched out my hands questioningly. "Because you know, a while ago, we were talking about letting things go so we'd be in unity with our siblings, but how can we do that if we don't confess everything we've done?""You made me do it all," she cried. "It was all you.""But will your father believe that?" I pointed out. "You were the one at the central not me. You went there to report your sister's plans to Frederick to have her killed because you hated her so much.""Stop it," she placed her hands on her ears. "Just stop it please.""Yet you
- Kira -I sat on a cool spot under the large tree in the compound where the royals go to sit and relax. I went with my basket and took out the clothes I was knitting for Giselle's twins. I have not given her any one of them yet, but whenever I had free time, that was what I loved to do.If I were to give her the dresses and something went wrong somewhere, I would regret it. I can only wait for time to determine what I do with these.I was seated there for a while in the quiet, busy with my knitting, when I felt someone hovering over me. I looked up and saw Cleopatra.I jumped to my feet and greeted her. She barely answered but I did not care. I quickly made for my basket to leave."Stay," she said. "I want to have a word with you."I dropped back the basket and waited."Sit," she ordered. I did not want to have this conversation with her, but at the same time, I did not want to disregard her, so I sat down while she too