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   I need a moment

Just a minute

To sort out myself

So I'll just be in the closet

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THREE WHOLE DAYS have passed since my encounter with Corey. I haven't seen nor heard from him but Calvin often came by whenever he was free. I haven't stepped out of the room since that night either , staying busy with history books and more history books about the realms and their rulers. 

So far, all I had to do was yank on a twisted rope beside my bed whenever I was hungry or thirsty and food, wine and water will be brought up immediately. Though my appetite hasn't been the best these days. I have these bags under my eyes and my temperature has been increasing steadily. Sometimes, the maids had to bring me food without me having to yank on the stupid rope, telling me politely how thin I look and how badly I needed to eat.

Kellyn hasn't exactly been around either. She's always up and about and so busy these days, she barely even noticed my condition. Most times, she was out before I woke up and came back after I'd already fallen asleep. Although she told me of her desire to learn horse riding, I suspect she and Cal have this tough love thing going on. In the sense that, she enjoys his company but most of their time together is spent throwing insults at each other.

I really don't get it at all.

Is romance meant to be that complicated or did they get it wrong completely? I don't think I'll ever have an answer to this.

I also noticed that my mood swings didn't affect the weather here too. Alvy explained this was because this kingdom was full of magic and as such, minor unintended mood swings cannot affect the weather unless of course I master my powers to their fullest capacity.

Kellyn has also been unable to read minds effectively to which she has been greatly displeased about. This is because, they are trained on how to block their minds from mind readers to protect the plans and secrets of their kingdoms from prying enemies.

A soft knock brought me out of my reverie and I quickly sat up, adjusting my wool off-shoulder top and tucking my barely covered legs under the bed spread. I mouthed a 'Come in' with my weak voice and waited patiently.

In sauntered the one and only Calvin Adams with a displeased scowl covering his beautiful features. 

"Hey I thought you said you wouldn't be free today" I said in a happy voice, genuinely happy to see him.

"Well its three days to our annual ceremony and I decided to take a break. I am still a Prince you know?" I giggled at this but all of a sudden, his expression went back to a scowl.

"Look i know I pretended not to notice at first but I just decided to make a quick stop at the kitchen on my way here and I have been informed you haven't been eating well. You don't look so good either. Do you want to see the doctor?"

"Um no. No doctors please. I'm generally not much of a food lover. I'm perfectly fine" I lied through my teeth, afraid to have the doctor examine me.

"We both know you're not. You look tired and malnourished." 

"I know. I'll get better alvy. You don't have to worry about me"

He scooted closer to me on the bed and enveloped me in a bear hug that had my cheeks heating and my insides warming. He makes me feel special.

Suddenly the door burst open and much to my horror, Corey stood at the door way panting heavily and staring at the both of us with anger. As usual.

"What is this? So this is what you do all day in this room? Flirt with my brother?" He asked angrily and my head went down in fear.

Calvin however immediately shot up from his chair and addressed his brother.

"How could you say that to her? I was just being there for her as a friend." 

Corey then looked at me with those calculating green eyes, assessing my whole form. 

"Leave us" Corey commanded while Calvin sighed defeatedly before walking out of the room. When he was behind Corey, he sent a flying kiss to me which I assumed to the some kind of goodluck.

"You look sick. I come back from my three day journey to find out that you haven't been eating, you have tired bags under your eyes and you spend your time with fucking Calvin? Or i guess it's alvy now isn't it princess? What the fuck kira?"

I didn't really understand how the last one was a problem to either of us but I decided to ignore that.

"I lost my appetite" I said dumbly while staring at a fuming Corey. 

"You're eating right now then you'll go to sleep immediately you're done eating" He briskly walked over to the side of my bed and yanked on the rope impatiently. Shortly after, some weird looking food was brought up by a maid who left immediately after she delivered the food.

Just looking at the food  made me feel like puking already. This didn't look appetizing at all.

"What's this?" 

"Broth. It'll help with the fever and tiredness. We don't take tablets over here and these are more effective than those chemicals on earth  anyway."

"Oh" was all I said before tilting the bowl and drinking the broth in it. Surprisingly, it was quite tasty although the smell was something to worry about. Soon enough, I dropped the bowl back in the tray and Corey glared at me but didn't complain considering I had drank over half of the broth.

"So I see you've gotten all cozy with Calvin?"

"Well he is my friend. He checks up on me everyday" I said haughtily.

Corey looked the other way and sighed dejectedly.

"I was busy okay? I travelled for business. Calvin didn't tell you this?"

"Well I didn't ask" I shrugged watching his expressions harden immediately.

What is up with him?

"Are you okay though? Why haven't you been sleeping lately?" He looked at me again and I was lost in those green orbs with little freckles of gold. For some reason, I felt I could trust him.

Maybe I could finally tell someone what I'd been passing through. He inched closer to me, a look of concern still on his face. I sighed.

"I have to tell you something but you have to promise not to freak out on me." I said softly and he nodded his head eagerly. His eyes alight with curiosity.

"You remember when you told me there's a person who wants to kill the sun goddess and my sister and I?" He nodded eagerly "Well I've been having these visions. It's all a blur though. Sometimes I see back to when I was young ,I think. But I don't ever see the girl face behind my voice. I think I'm the one but I can't really say. I saw a little Kellyn and a younger version of Mrs Hale too so I think my memories are starting to come back although they're just a blur. "

"This is great news. Of course the memory lock won't stay long on you once you return to a magical kingdom. I should've figured that out. Kellyn is your twin but she's obviously not destined to be the future goddess, it's probably you which is why things are faster for you. Your powers are stronger than hers"

Now I didn't understand what he was saying but just nodded along. 

"But" I had to interrupt his rambling "Something went wrong because i think i saw into the future and I know who's trying to eliminate us" Corey visibly tensed as he looked at me but his expression remained impassive.

"A woman. Her name is luciana. Ever heard of her?"

He shook his head no still sporting an impassive look.

"From what I could gather, she's powerful. She has a whole army of lissers ready to take us on. It was all so horrifying. I was there Corey. In the dream. She saw me and attacked me with her magic, and this happened " I quickly shuffled on the bed and pulled the hem of my top up a little to expose my smooth flat stomach.

Just by the side, a huge purple bruise laid there. It was extremely painful and made moving around difficult. This happened two days ago.

I heard Corey take in a sharp intake of breath before his long fingers reached out to touch it gingerly. Pain shot up from the spot and spread all over my body. I hissed in pain and he immediately retracted his hand.

"Why didn't you tell anyone? This isn't an ordinary injury. This luciana must be very powerful for her to cause damage to your physical body through a dream"

Tears welled up in my eyes and I put my top over my stomach. 

"Will it ever go? I thought it would heal after a while. What do we do now?" 

"Please don't cry. My brother is a talented wizard I'm sure he'll know something about this. This type of injury needs to be undone my magic because its a curse not actually a wound. To a mere human eye, your stomach won't even have a bruise, it'll look completely ordinary."

I nodded solemnly. 

"Get some rest now. When you wake up, Calvin and I will see you. I will try to find information about luciana. You have greatly helped us with this vision. Thank you" 

I wanted to say 'Namaste' with joined hands and bowed head just to add extra effect but decided against it. He was being awfully serious about this whole ordeal which freaked me out the more.

It wasn't that serious.

Right?

Right??

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