Julian sat on his own royal stool right beside his father. He watched the whole merriment and feasting. He watched the female dancers showcase their own self and the male dancers take the advantage.  He watched his father steal glances at him.  That was what he expected though. He left this world as a boy and now he's back as a man. He watched the ladies glare and even wink at him. He's handsome no doubt but his father should be more. Who dares wink at the king?  He watched everything quietly, he heard his father's plan of giving him a wife and crowning him immediately so he won't go back again. If only they understood why he was here.  He is Joel not Julian anymore and he would not do things with demons ever again. He was just baffled. He has not seen any of the girls he came with.  He hasn't seen Katrienair or Emiliar yet. And he needs to find them as soon as possible. They are the reason why he is back

"Are you sure?" He asked me. Ridiculous question, for crying out loud am just human or who else am I?       "I don't know" I answered trying to be diplomatic. I don't know why he's always making me look like a fool.       "Should I remind you and you pay the consequences attached to wasting my time or you think yourself. Are you ordinary? Are you just human?"       "I'm different, I know that but I'm flesh. I don't disappear like you do. I'm just Katrienair, not a ..." I remembere

Julian walked back into his chamber. He saw that Emiliar was fast asleep on the bed in one of the rooms. He wondered how bold she could be. She still had the heart to sleep in the midst of all these tribulations or maybe she just thinks all was well. Well, you never can tell how faithful witches can be. He stood there staring at her as she was curled like a baby beneath the bedsheets. She seemed like she had high hopes that everything will be alright. She trusted him that he won't give her up or believed that she won't get caught in his chamber. He walked away to the other room and slumped on the bed. Sleep was very far from him. In fact there was no way he could sleep now that Katrienair is not here and wherever she was, she would be suffering. According to Emiliar, she's chained. He can't live with the fact that she's in danger somewhere.    

I was angry, very angry. I was wondering if I'm here to train or die. Really, with the way things are, I might have trusted my enemy too much. He might be here for a mission.        “you are here to train, not to think. Focus Katrienair. ”       “I wasn't thinking!  ” I countered. I just felt tired—fed up of everything. I don't deserve this kind of treatment from him. He's supposed to be my comforter.       “ You were lost in thought about your past. ” He chuckled —an ev

  My reflexes took over. I slowly withdrew the sword from my waist.  With a trembling hand, I wound up, closed my eyes, said a word of prayer—I'm giving this my all cause it's all I've got to do to keep if not myself but Luna alive. I took a step forward, and hurled. The sword sailed through the air and hit its mark. A perfect shot. It hit the beast in its eyeball, driving through to its brain. Well, I didn't get what I expected, the beast shriek filled the air. It sounded like the roar of thousands of lions. I watched the beast struggle with the sword on its head. I knew what was coming but was completely hopeless. That sword was the only weapon I had. To my ultimate surprise, the beast was back in shape in minutes and my sword laid on the ground broken by it. The beast gla