Not so long after, in the women's village, Hector and Jason who were each in one of the two sisters' beds, had finally regained enough strength allowing both of them to wake up."Argh… it… burns…""H..Hector… Hector? Are you okay man?""Cough!... Cough! Jason… my man… is this hell?""Really?… the ungratefulness is painful...but welcome to Paradise."Hector and Jason turned to the very soft sound that felt so good as it reached their ears, there were two figures, standing in the shadow of the room that had thick curtains blocking all sunrays. The blurred figures were so new to their eyes, yet so familiar and right at the same time.The men's hearts started pounding in excitement.Eager to hear more of the softness and a bit disoriented still, Jason and Hector mumbled incoherently."We died, I mean, we drowned, it… we called death to our boat… and there was white hair...…. right?""Right… right… one thing is for sure… we died... that is right."Chloe and Cassia exchanged a look and nodd

The president had no idea if what he was going through was due to his incompetence, or due to a spell the nymph had cast. But would she be petty enough to target his mirror now? There was no way for him to tell.What Hylas felt was not important, he can feel endlessly, so long as he did not let those feelings blind his judgment and affect his decisions making system. The one he worked so hard on over the years.'My plan will not change no matter what, my backup plan is to remain the same as well.'His little experiment with tar, the one that failed on her, was as good as it gets for a test on the weapon that he planned on using to bring back order to all mankind.'If this little tar proved effective, the weapon is promising indeed.'The last thing the president wanted was for his original plan to fail, because once he was sure it did, he was going to immediately switch to the backup plan, the one that he really did not want to go through.'No, I will not rethink what I had already dec

"YOU…!", "MELIAE!" Anna got the room's attention when her white eyes shone dangerously, a lot like Meliae's eyes were doing just a short while ago. Amalthea was the only one who was not surprised by her outburst, she could sense her becoming a ticking bomb for a few moments now, she knew her follower was about to explode at any second. "THE QUEEN OF NYMPHS HAS AN OFFER TO MAKE TO THE PRESIDENT, NOW EVERYONE BE QUIET AND HEAR OUT WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY." Everyone refrained from commenting afterward, Amalthea had seen it before, the quiet ones always scared a crowd whenever they lost it. She waved a hand to close the hole that was under her pair's feet and whispered to her wind to gently place him down. She was happy, for the second time just now, to witness his cousin visibly relax after her pair was back on the ground and out of harm's way. 'There is a history between these two that I must understand in order to judge the situation correctly.' Hylas felt conflicted, he was still impa

Amalthea, was back in her human form, visible in front of her pair's satisfied eyes that she felt fixed on her all the way from his office. Anna and Meliae were invisibly kneeling in front of her. They spoke through the mental link once more.'What hurt you so much in that dreadful room Amal?''It was something from before your time, Meli.''Why do you not talk to me about it, why do you keep it bottled up inside until it applies that much pressure on you?''I do not do it intentionally. Now listen to me carefully, both of you.''Yes, heiress', 'Yes, Amal''My pair is my beloved, the master of my spirit, I belong to him as he belongs to me, but that is that. The nymphs, women island, our queen, and the rest of you. I will not watch as a single one of you gets hurt.''Amal…''No Meli, let me finish first. My pair is our political enemy, but he is not a hopeless case, not before I have the chance to change his heart, I will change him, for sure.'It was Anna who interjected this time.'

What Amalthea had not planned in advance for was the reaction of Anna towards her father, the nymph's inner energy shook from deep within, it was a reflection of her father's own grief. The older man's tears started falling, heavy and cold, when his hand extended in the slightest reaching out to her, Anna ran over to him, throwing herself in his arms. He held her tightly but tenderly, and she pressed her cheek on his, they were exactly the same height, and everyone present as witnesses found a resemblance between the father and daughter once they were up that close. Hylas's voice came deep and dangerous."If this is not tr…"Amalthea's fingertips were pressed tenderly on his lips before he was able to continue, her head shook twice, and her voice was an octave over a whisper."Words would cut deeper than what hands can mend right now, my one beloved, this private moment belongs not to us, let us honor them with our silence."The president was conflicted, he was not used to taking orde