Chidi whimpered as her moving leg rocked pain through her. She was a skinny girl, skinnier than the three of them and always felt the impact of pain harder. Camper didn't seem to be in his right senses as he sped them both out of the orchard. She was dangling over his right shoulder, while he grasped Nana with his left hand and moved them both with extraordinary strength. Who knew the Camper who was always laughing and wavering like a dry leaf on a branch could carry two women and run.They soon reached the exit and a truck was standing there. One of the truck that transported apples to the markets for sale. The truck driver was seated in front with a frown on his face, and the entire vicinity was empty.Camper let down Nana and they walked to the truck. It was then Nana saw why the man was frowning. Verona had a nice, grey-black revolver pinned to the back of his head. She was seated beside him in front, and she was not smiling. Not like she was one to smile, but Verona's face was te

Avril's eyes opened again, and she groaned and clenched her jaw. Why did she have to wake up? She would have just died, so they would have to burn only a dead body.She turned around and found out she was not in her much hated white room anymore. This room was dark, smelled like dirt and urine. Something ran across her leg and she yelped in fright. She sat up and placed a hand on that leg. Her hands were tied independently to the wall, so she could move them about.There was a small light flooding into the cell from a tiny opening near the ceiling. She got on her feet and tried to see if anything else could serve as a way of escape. Then she stood still and laughed.“Escape to where?” she questioned herself and sat down again. She knew very well there was no escaping this. The cell, she knew she was in, was created for the worst of criminals in order for them not to escape. Whether she liked it or not, she was going to be burned alive publicly for all to see.Suddenly, she heard movem

As expected, guards were stationed at posts but few in number. They were even only there because they had to protect the prince who is dying or already dead.Ñiraka sighted Avril by the trees to the right of the magnificent fountain. It wasn't too dark because of fairy lights decor, but the guards couldn't see her from the place they stood. Ñiraka sighed and walked straight to the guards in front of the building. There were four stationed there.“I come to deliver a message for my father,” she said straight up in that voice she used when she was still glorified. The guards looked her over in faces that showed she might have been trash.“Why would he send you?” one of them asked.“Something like ‘because I'm his daughter?’” she asked sarcastically.“Go away. You are no longer allowed to step foot in the prince's—”“Why? Because I was replaced by a human? The human you're going to kill tomorrow, but disgraced me because I knew her plans and tried to kill her first?”The guards didn't sa

Avril sobbed as she raced down the hallway, down the flight of stairs and into the living room. Her cries were increasing with every step she took. She didn't know where she was going, but she was going. The air was too choked up for her to breathe. She had to go. She had to find a place she could breathe.“Fiorella! Shit, you scared us!” Camper called as she made her way to the front oak doors. She didn't look back at him, didn't comprehend what he said. She grabbed the door handles and pulled them apart. A gust of wind slapped her hood off her face, and whipped her hair behind. Yes, this was what she needed. Air. She stopped crying and ran into it.“Fiorella!!” Camper cried from behind.“Told you that girl was crazy!” Ñiraka shrieked as they bolted after her. The four guards in front were on high alert now, after the alarm went off. They couldn't leave their post to join in the search because they had to protect their prince.Avril sprinted beside them, and they let shock wash over

Avril wrapped her last floral gown in a roll, and placed it in the bag. She closed it and looked around her room. She sighed and rolled the bag out of the room. As proud as she was, she still knew she had come to see this place as home. She would miss the banters they all had in this room. Nana sprawled on the bed and telling stories about the cute neighbour who she couldn't stop staring at, Xiao Wei and Chidi exposing her lies, she laughing at their attacks while Verona sat on the floor chewing gum loudly and looking bored.As Avril approached the foot of the stairs, she saw Camper leaning against her door frame while the Palace guards stood outside waiting to escort her out. They were two, wearing normal clothes and looking like the men who had brought her and the girls to Remus in the first place. Those clothes were simply for them to blend in. But Avril doubted they would with that body of theirs, and their rigid faces.“Stop looking at me like that,” Avril reprimanded Camper. He