บททั้งหมดของ Saved, Then Rejected by my Ice Hockey Mate : บทที่ 101 - บทที่ 110

Aya's POVNobody dared to move, not even a little. The words hung in the air like a challenge. "I'm not asking permission."Honestly? The second I said it, I knew it was a terrible idea. A spectacularly terrible idea..Because my mother was no longer looking at me as my mother. She was looking at me as the Fairy Queen. And apparently I had just challenged the Fairy Queen in front of half the palace.Wonderful.Absolutely wonderful. Dad looked like he was reconsidering every life choice that had led to this exact moment."Aya," he said carefully. I looked at him immediately. "Dad, please."His mouth snapped shut. Johanis made a strangled sound behind me, he was internally debating with Sora of what course of action to do next. And even the healers looked deeply invested in the floor.Cowards.Every single one of them..Mom remained perfectly still. "Ayreil."That was worse.Way worse…Nobody used my full name unless I was either about to get a lecture or accidentally start an internati

Aya's POV Two days.Only two days.Forty-eight hours.Forty-eight hours since the corruption had been ripped out of me.Forty-eight hours since Mom nearly died.And apparently every single person in the palace had collectively decided that I was no longer a princess.I was a patient.A very heavily monitored patient. A patient who was not allowed to leave her room alone. A patient who apparently required healers checking her every few hours.A patient who definitely, absolutely, under no circumstances whatsoever, was not allowed anywhere near the forest for the meantime.Honestly?Rude.I stared at the ceiling.Then at the curtains. Then at the freaking bookshelf. Then at the window and then back at the ceiling.The room was beautiful. It was large, comfortable and filled with sunlight. It even has flowers and enough luxury to make most people cry.I was still bored to death though and worried af for my freaking cousin."Aya."I immediately looked innocent. Johanis didn't even glance

Aya's POV"He is alive," I repeated firmly. Dad exchanged a look with Mom. Something passed silently between them. Then Mom sighed. "We still cannot move immediately."I opened my mouth and that's when she pointed at me so I immediately closed it. Well, partly."The forest remains unstable." She walked toward the window. "The search teams disappeared within minutes."My anger deflated slightly, because that was the problem. Not unwillingness. Fear. And it was legitimate fear. The forest was unpredictable now more than it ever was. Sending more people blindly inside might simply create more victims. I hated that she was right. Absolutely despised it, actually. And this could've been prevented if mom didn't send some troops there but she might've known I would insist to go check so she tried to put matters in her hand instead.Mom turned back toward us. "The faery council has spent the last two days trying to stabilize entrance routes."Hope flared again deep within me. "Have they succe

Aya's POV"Eros!"I didn't wait.The moment his voice reached me again, my legs moved before my brain could even catch up. Branches whipped across my face as Johanis and I sprinted through this damned Bloodbury Forest, the trees blurring together around us."...Aya..."The voice came again. Weak. So fuckin weak but at the very least, I know it was real."He’s this way!" I shouted. Johanis stayed close beside me, one hand never more than a few inches away as if prepared to catch me if I stumbled."I'm with you."Sora remained surfaced beneath our bond. 'Almost close..’His certainty steadied my pounding heart. So, we ran over twisted roots. Around enormous ancient trees that I swore weren't here when I was the one trapped. And go over across streams that glowed faintly.The deeper we traveled, the stranger the forest became. Nothing looked natural anymore.. Entire cliffs floated upside down. Roots grew into the sky. Rivers flowed sideways.It was as though reality itself had forgotten

Aya's POVFor a few seconds, nobody actually moved. Not Mom.Not Dad.Not Johanis.Not even the Ancient Fairy Hunter itself..The forest seemed to hold its breath with us. Then the Hunter's crimson eyes narrowed. "This is getting actually old."Mom's wings spread wider. Dad's claws flexed. And somehow, despite the fact that I was exhausted, injured, and currently standing beside an unconscious-looking cousin whose heartbeat was literally connected to the forest—I felt a tiny, stupid smile tug at my lips.Because Mom and Dad had arrived.And for the first time since entering Bloodbury, I didn't feel like we were fighting something impossible by ourselves.Mom's gaze never left the Hunter. "You've been chasing my bloodline for centuries. So yeah, as you say, this is honestly getting a bit too old, y'know?"Her voice was quiet. Way too quiet.. Like someone who is simply mad. Actually no, mad is too light of a word to describe my mother's aura. She is absolutely livid."And you still ha