Throughout the drive to his father’s manor, Anna’s words kept ringing in Caddaric’s head. ‘I never thought you’d fall in love like your father.’ What about Miranda? He already gave her his word and it was unlike him to go back on it. But did he have it in him to make Ariana his mistress? The answer was an instant no. She deserved more than that, had his heart, and also carried his seed. Confusion was at the center of his mind with the fear of something bad happening to Ariana. It was late when he arrived at the manor but the security let him in. Being sure that everyone would be asleep he went straight to Cassandra’s room without thinking of a reasonable excuse but just as he was about to knock on her door, a deep voice sounded behind him, “what do you want here?’ Caddaric turned to meet his father’s penetrating gaze. If nothing at all, he was expecting to meet Hunter and not his dad. “I want to see Cassa,” he said indifferently. There was no panic in his tone. Casper had a gut fe

The woman didn’t hold back in giving her answers. For as long as she was concerned, she wasn’t going to let Ariana leave here alive. “Well, since you are going to die, then you must as well know that he is Invisible.”Ariana froze instantly and also at that moment, she recalled where she had heard the name, Allan. Yes, it was from Cassandra. They were secretly in love with each other so why not kidnap Cassandra instead of her? It would have made a beautiful love story. ‘The Blade Princess and the rogue,’ Ariana reminisced in her mind before she asked again,“So, you had Invisible kidnap me for you?”“No bitch, Invisible kidnapped you because of Cassandra. I only outsmarted him,” the woman said coyly, congratulating herself for being the end-time hero but Ariana was baffled. She wanted to hold more information till Caddaric got there but she was also interested in the information she was getting.“What do you mean by outsmarting him?”The woman shook her head with disappointment at the

At the moment, Caddaric wasn’t certain that he could fully trust Ariana again. Not after knowing that she wanted to run away from him. It would take time for her to gain back his trust so he couldn’t convince himself to believe what she just said.“I will call you back,” he said to Marshall on the phone and hung up. Then he asked Ariana, “What do you know about this?”Ariana wasn’t comfortable with the way he skimmed at her and how cynical he was of her since she had always been on his receiving side. Whereas thinking about the lies she had told him about her pregnancy, she swallowed the bitterness that was churning her stomach.Caddaric trusted her wholeheartedly and she lost it all in a blink. She swallowed tightly and said, “His name is Allan.”She didn’t say anymore, knowing that Caddaric would be able to figure out the rest and he did.“The same one who infil…”“Yes,” Ariana answered instantly, cutting him off before he could complete his sentence and adding, “that’s why he can’

Ariana’s heart did a flip just by hearing those words from him. These were the words she was dying to hear but it seemed too shocking that she couldn’t catch them. In her condition, it was normal for her to be pessimistic.“Are you saying it because of the baby?” She needed certainty. Caddaric was slightly remorseful. She wouldn’t have thought that of him if he hadn’t tried to fight it. He wanted to restore the Blades to their legendary ways. His father had destroyed a part of the tradition and if he married Ariana, then he would be following the same path his father took. He was left in a difficult situation and confessing it meant so many things he wasn’t ready for.“You know that even before the baby saga, I have always wanted you close to me so how could you even think that?” he asked, somewhat offended.Ariana knew he wouldn't lie. Instead of a fib, he’d rather choose silence. “I’m sorry. It’s just that...”“I know what you are thinking,” he stopped her, his face almost colliding

At the Blade Towers, Hunter had already dropped a file on Casper’s desk concerning Cassandra. The man was never comfortable when his son took his daughter away and asked Hunter to do some findings. It wasn’t strange for him to be overly protective of his daughter since she wasn’t so tough. As expected, his instinct was right. Caddaric was playing a game his father didn’t want to play and that made him furious.They tracked Caddaric to where he dropped Cassandra and saw him return with Ariana. The question remained as to what happened to Cassandra. Hunter gave him the answers.“Ariana was kidnapped and Caddaric was asked to bring Cassandra in exchange for her.”Casper didn’t expect Caddaric to indeed exchange his sister for his girlfriend. It seemed that just as Caddaric was deadlier than his father, his love was also deeper and stronger than him but Casper was sore. Caddaric should have found a way to rescue his girlfriend without taking his daughter from him. He was also angry with