Chapter Forty-four.Diana's pov My eyes flew open and I bolted upright in the bed and sucked in a deep breath. I glanced around wondering what happened, why I was back here. The panic began to set in, I could feel a sting in the corner of my eye, why was I back here? The only question that ran through my mind."I was supposed to be dead, I was supposed to be dead. I am dead, I am dead," I continued to chant in my head but deep down I knew it wasn't true. I was back into this world, the realization hit me and the first tear slid down my face.“Oh my God!” someone exclaimed beside me. I glanced at the nurse and she seemed to look like she had seen a ghost and then her eyes disappeared behind to the back of her head, she plummeted to the floor.I didn't worry about her and wondered if this was real. I had to pinch myself to be sure and sure enough it hurt, how was this possible? I was only surrounded by the light for just a second, why was I back here?This couldn't be happening? “Why
Chapter Forty-five.Diana's povMy legs had almost given out. Apparently, I hadn't used them in a week, which was still surprising. Luke took me to the corner and hid me behind the curtain. “Shh, I'll try to steer them away,” he assured me before he left and closed the curtain behind him.I stayed as stiff as I could, in order not to draw too much attention to where I was, a conversation had ensued and I listened attentively.“We are looking for a servant girl, about this height, I saw her come through this place,” one of the guards said in a thick voice.They needed to go fast as I was feeling weaker and weaker in the knees, “Yes actually, she came through here,” my breath was caught in my throat at Luke's answer, I didn't know why I trusted him in the first place, he was going to out me. I waited, every second that passed felt like an eternity.“Matter of fact, she was quite rude, bumping into me like that."“Where is she now?” The thick voice asked again.“She had run off, that dir
Chapter Forty-six.Diana's povI sat by the shelves of the library and didn't know when I had dozed off until I was shaken awake by someone. I groaned, my eyes a bit blurry and I could feel dried tear stains on my cheek.I glanced up through slightly closed eyes and as the panic settled in me, I thought they had finally caught up with me. “Hey, hey, relax, it's just me." The sound of the little boy's voice filled my ears, I recognized those eyes anywhere.“What… what are you doing here?” I stuttered, as I sat up straight, my back propped up by the shelves, and I managed my neck as it began to hurt, I slept wrongly on it.The boy stood upright, “Mrs Beatrice has asked for you, they all thought you were dead, how come you're still alive?” When I stared into his discolored eyes, there wasn't any curiosity in them, just a blank stare, as always.They had thought I would be dead, wouldn't they? Especially the queen, she must have been the one to have ordered for that snake to be left in m
Chapter Forty-seven.Luke's pov I couldn't believe that she was here. I haven't spoken to the queen yet, maybe she would have an explanation to why she was back here, then again, speaking to the queen might prove to be a bit difficult considering our relationship and the fact that we were right under the king's nose.Not to worry, I'll make sure that girl doesn't say a word, but for now I need to get this room arranged. I've been in the palace for almost a week now, nothing serious has happened yet, the king had bestowed upon me the room of the former seer.It had been going through some cleaning, so I entered the room and it looked better than it did the first time I came here.I ran a hand through the books in the shelves, before approaching the window that opened up to the back of the palace covered by a maze. This high up, I doubted anyone would be able to see me, there seemed to be some people down there, I noticed it was the queen and her servants.She was having a great time,
Chapter Forty-eight.Diana's povFinally, I got him to read my future, I clapped my hands and rubbed them together in excitement, “So what do we have to do?"He carried a box filled with things to the corner, “Before you can see your future, there is something we need,” his elbow rested on his other hand while the other hand stroked his chin.I stared at him in confusion. What did he mean when he said I'll see my future? “Aren't you the one to read into it and tell me?" I asked.He stared at me for a bit before he chuckled, “Oh love, we aren't doing that again, ever,” he emphasized and I wondered why.“I don't understand.” And then it dawned on me, “What exactly did you see the last time?” I was curious, he was a fortune teller, he survived off reading people's fortunes.We went round in a circle towards the shelf as he picked an item from the box and held it in his hand, “It was quite scary, i don't want to do it again, besides, if you are really that curious, seeing it yourself woul
Chapter Forty-nine.Diana's povIt had been a few weeks since I had told Luke I would find the orb and he would help me out. I had to ask some of the maids if I could take over their chores while I still performed my duties to the queen, but I hadn't even gone far, there was only one me, against the entire palace.I sighed, I was doing one of those chores which was cleaning the store room, that wasn't much of a problem for me though since the queen didn't need much of my service these days.Keisha had been tasked to sweep this area but I had jumped in, this was the first place I had in mind to check out but the last two people who worked here weren't really close friends nor were they ever nice to me so I didn't really bother.It wasn't that Keisha liked me enough, she just hates the job even more so when I offered to do it instead of her, she was quite ecstatic and didn't hesitate to leave it up to me.There were a lot of things hanging from pictures of past kings which was my guess
Chapter Fifty.Diana's pov.It took me three days before I was finally ready and able to sneak into the king's chambers. I had to monitor the guards' movements since I never knew how they worked at night, they usually took shifts and I needed to know what time differentiated each shift.I also needed to make sure that the king wouldn't be around when I entered and so I chose this particular night because the king had left the Palace and I had no idea when he was coming back so I needed to act fast.Sarah had also been part of this, I didn't know why, every corner I had turned, there she was. It felt as if she was watching me, she'd wave while I put enough distance between us. Whatever secret she knew about me, I doubt if it was worth confronting, if she wanted to spill to anyone then she would have done so already, then again she could be waiting for the right time to threaten me with it.I zipped up my black hoodie to blend with the might, Merylin was fast asleep but I didn't take
Chapter Fifty-one.Alaric's pov.I can't believe I saw Diana.After I saw Diana, I was still surprised that she was alive. I thought maybe it was someone that looked like her but my heart knew the truth, it was definitely her. But how come?I had watched her die, saw the machine had flatlined, witnessed them unplugging her from the life support machine. There was no way she was still living, she had even been dead for almost a week. How was it that she had stood in front of me?I had even felt the bond between the both of us fade away, I was finally free, but I felt it inside. I had rushed to complete the mating ritual because I needed something to feel, something passed the emptiness in my heart.Then it occured to me, the pain. The second the mating ritual was complete, I felt something was wrong— I felt a pain in my heart and then a presence. I didn't know what it meant and Diana coming back to life didn't cross my mind until I saw her face to face.She stood before me looking like