SLADEI watched as she scoffed, and folded her hands around her body. She looked at me with so much pain, and disappointment.Damon, Silvia, and Ivy, they had the same look too but I don't care. Ayla is going to tell us what we need to know.Mercia has gone through a lot of threats recently, and we desperately need a win. “This is not the right way, your highness,” Damon whispered, but I ignored.He is only telling me that because of the feelings he thinks I have for Ayla. But it was those feelings that blinded me to the threats the kingdom faced.The council set me straight, and now I see things clearly. Fortunately we didn't confess any form of deep love for each other. So all these will be painless.“Yeah, I highly doubt that,” I heard a voice inside of me, and I gasped while taking a step backwards. It sounded like Ayla's voice.I looked up at her, she still looked normal. Not like someone who just spoke in my head. “Did you hear that?” I whispered to Damon, who shook his head.
AYLAI held on to Slade's body as I staggered. I didn't feel weak like I did when I woke up.Instead I felt stronger. Stronger than I have ever been. It's the light my mother gave to me.“But what about her?” I asked myself as I looked around looking for her. Does this mean she can't visit me in my dreams or talk to me ever again. I was about to scream in pain when she appeared in front of me. Walking through Damon, and Silvia.She stood in front of me while Slade was holding my body like his life depended on it.My mother smiled and placed her palm on my face. She felt so warm, and safe. “I'll always be with you, my dear child. Always,” she said, and I smiled.“But right now, you need to wake up,” her face changed. She looked serious. “What?” I asked, confused.“You can't stay here. You need to wake up. Wake up!” She screamed in my ears, and my eyes opened.This time I could hear the noises around me, and the ray of the sun bounded with my skin.“She's coming back,” I felt Slade'
AYLASlade walked deeper into the suite with his entourage. He looks tired, and we'll rest at the same time. That's probably Damon's doing.His eyes met mine, and my stomach twisted. “Damnit!” I cursed under my breath.So no matter how angry I'm at this man standing in front of me, his effect on me will always still be there.I mean he has heard of me being awake for close to an hour but only sort to make an entrance just to control me.But that's where he is wrong. I'm not going to be controlled. I thought he already knew that. Even when we are both deep in fulfilling our desires of each other he knows how dominating I can be. I felt heat rise in my cheeks, and I bent down. Like I said despite my anger, I can't seem to get my feelings out of the way.“You should remember your highness, that you don't tell me what to do,” I said, and looked at Tara's mother. “Get the conduit.”“You do not move,” he raised his hands, and she stopped walking. She was fidgeting, and close to tears.“Yo
AYLAMy fingers ran through my hair as I swallowed hard. Selene stared at us for a while then disappeared with a smirk on her lips.“What was that?” Ivy asked me. “Why did she appear?”“I think she's attacking Tara,” I answered walking towards where she was being treated in the medical suite.“Why?” Ivy asked, drawing me back. I looked at her, and there was fear in her eyes. “I don't know, Ivy,” I tried releasing my hands from hers, but she wouldn't let go. “Is it because I mentioned her name? That I think we could be something more,” she said with panic in her voice.“It's possible, Ivy, but right now I have to find out what's happening so I can help in any way I can,” she finally released my hands, and we walked towards Tara's ward.We got there, and Tara was still shaking violently. I finally recognized the middle aged woman beside her. It's her mother. I healed her once.Along with Silvia, and a host of healers, they were trying to place tubes in Tara's body but couldn't.“Silvi
AYLA“Ivy,” I whispered as I tried to get up, but I couldn't. I felt a huge wave of dizziness overflow me.“Careful, you have been out for a while,” she said, holding me back to lay on the bed. “How long have I been out?” I asked. She looked down, and up at me with sadness in her eyes.“A few days,” she said, and I jerked up. Immediately I did, I felt dizzy again, and this time it was painful that I screamed.“Ah ha!” I cried out. I could feel the tears gathering in my eyes. “I have to get Slade,” Ivy said, getting up. “He has to know you are awake.”“Don't go,” I held her hands. “I want you to stay with me,” I said, and she looked at me confused for a while then turned to one of the guards in the room. I haven't even realized that anyone was in the room with us, much less two able-bodied guards. Slade probably doesn't want to take any chances. The entire kingdom was compromised and it is scary how that came to be.I heard Ivy scoff as she sat down, and I turned to her. “What?” I
AYLAEverything around me felt soft. Quiet. Like I was floating.I opened my eyes slowly. I wasn’t in a bed or in the hospital. I stood in a field of glowing flowers. The sky was full of stars, and the wind was warm.I know this place. I gasped as I held my stomach. Mama, and I used to come, and play here. To get out of the politics of the Stormbringer pack. This is also the place she was killed. I looked around, and up. Then I saw her."Mama?" I whispered.She stood under a tall tree, smiling at me. Her long dress moved with the wind, and her eyes were full of light.She turned to me with that same kind smile she always had. The one that made me feel safe as a child.“You came,” she said softly.I took a shaky step forward. “Is this… real?”She nodded once. “Real enough for your heart to hear me.”Tears filled my eyes. “I’ve missed you so much.”“I have missed you too, my sweet girl,” she said as she hugged me tightly."You did well, my brave girl," she said, kissing my head. "You a