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CHAPTER 131 – HER MOTHER’S CHOICE

HELENAI couldn’t breathe. Not because I was afraid of the dead standing in the palace. not because of the guardian. Not even because I had just heard that the monsters we had been fighting were once ordinary people. It was because of my mother. All my life, I had believed she was a victim. In a away she was. The woman the royal family had betrayed.The woman they had thrown away. The woman who had suffered because of powerful people who decided her life meant nothing. and she was. She had been betrayed. Bue now I knew the rest of the story. She had been given a choice and she chose herself. I closed my eyes and asked myself. was she wrong to choose herself for once? I couldn’t blame her for wanting revenge. I understood that better than anyone. But the innocent people who died because of that choice. “Is the Calamity Star only meant to carry the weigh of the world and ignore her own pain?” I said in a low voice. “No.” Julian said, he heard me. “But innocent people died because of

CHAPTER 132 – THE PRICE

JULIAN I had never been more afraid in my entire life. not when the palace burned, not when I watched my family turn against one another. Not even when the dead came through the eastern gate. Going to war, fighting the enemy, none of it frightened me. But right now. right now, I was more scared than I had ever been in my life. Scared of one thing. Losing my wife to consequences of the past. Choices that were made before she was even born. It was indeed true what they say, the sin of the father falls on the son and the sins of the mother fall on the daughter. We were all paying for what the older generation did. But my wife was paying more than any of us combined. The ritual stone was now used for death row prisoners.People who had committed terrible crimes, people who could no longer live among society. That was what we, the new generation used it for. it had needles at every point. They puncher the wrists, back of both feet and at the back of the neck. That was the most dangerou

CHAPTER 133 – STANDING BESIDE HER

JULIAN My brother sighed nodding. He let go of my hand and I turned and walked toward my wife. I went and stood by her side. She glanced at me but didn’t say anything. I was glad. Because even if she had asked me to leave. I wouldn’t have. Not this time. it was the first time since the whole thing started; she didn’t stop me from approaching.Mark was right, she needed me there, by her side. I didn’t say a word, my presence said it all for me. I am here. she knew that and she saw me. that was enough. “Your Highness, everything is ready.” A guard came and reported. I took a deep breathing trying to steady my hands that just wouldn’t stop trembling.“Alright.” Said the seer looking between the imperial physicians and Helena. “It is time.” that was easy for him to say. It wasn’t his wife, sister or daughter going there. It was mine. I walked beside Helena through the palace corridors, every step felt like I was walking her toward her dead.‘My love, don’t leave me. please’ I repeated th

CHAPTER 134 – THE RITUAL

JULIANThe ritual stone was worse than I remembered. Maybe it was because this time, it wasn’t a criminal there going to be bled dry. It was my wife. I stood at the entrance of the chamber, staring at the bloodstained stone in the middle of the room. the needles were already in place, sharp and shining under the torchlight. There were so many of them. too many.My stomach turned and my palms started sweating. This was where people came to die. And now my wife was walking toward it. how does a husband accept something like this? How does he watch the woman he loves bleed to death. I had never felt so useless in my life. Helena stopped beside the stone and looked at it for a long moment.She didn’t cry, she didn’t scream. She didn’t ask me or anyone else to save her. she simply looked at it. that reminded me of something the soldier said before about her mother. Her behaviour was exactly how the soldier had described her mother the day they escorted her out of the capital. I wished s

CHAPTER 135 – THE STONE

HELENAI watched Julian take a step back. for a moment, I couldn’t move. His eyes were still fixed on me. I could see the tears he was trying hard not to shed. The fear he was desperately trying to hide. I had asked him to trust me not to hide his pain, his fear and his desperation to save me. asking for trust didn’t mean he had to accept this. I didn’t accept it as well; I just had no other choice.“You go save everyone, Helena. I will save you.” His words stayed with me. I smiled at him, even thought my heart was breaking. I wanted him to see a brave face not me breaking in front of him. He was already trying hard to stop himself from breaking in front of me. I couldn’t push him to the edge. He needed to see me strong.He said he would save me and I wanted to believe him. More than anything, I wanted to believe that I would walk out of that chamber and fall back into his arms. That he would take me home and we would live our lives in peace. But I couldn’t promise him that. None of u

CHAPTER 136 - MOTHER

HELENA I just stared at the seer not knowing what to do. He pointed toward the needles. “The second stage is when the power begins to recognize what surrounds her.” I didn’t know what that meant and I didn’t think I wanted to know. It was enough, I had heard enough for one day. I glanced around the chamber. “And the third?” I found myself asking without my better judgement. The seer said nothing. “Answer her.” Julian bellowed. The old man slowly lowered his eyes. “The third stage is when the power no longer needs permission.” Nobody spoke. I just stared at him unable to understand. “Permission from whom?” his eyes lifted to mine. “From you.” a chill ran through me. the fire from the ritual suddenly seemed much hotter. I looked down at the needles again. The gold light had become brighter. One by one, they began to vibrate. Julian immediately rushed to me. undoing the straps. “Stop everything!” he yelled the imperial physicians.“She must get off this stone!” the seer raised his han

CHAPTER 137 – THEY ARE COMING

JULIAN The first scream came from the eastern corridor. I froze. For a moment nobody in the chamber moved. Then another scream followed then another. Whatever was happening outside was spreading quickly. I looked at Helena. My poor wife was standing beside the ritual stone staring at the doorway as if she could see something the rest of us couldn’t.Her face had gone pale, but she wasn’t afraid. That look in her eyes frightened me more than the screams. “Helena.” I said stepping toward her. “What is do you know?” she looked at if she knew something. She slowly turned to me. “I can hear her voice.” my heart skipped a beat. Why could that damn curse let her go.First, she was tortured, then she died, then awakened. She was almost drained to death and now voices? When would it ever be enough? “Who’s voice?” I asked taking another step toward her. I was useless in the matter, but I couldn’t let her stand alone. Not again. “My mother.” My heart stopped. by the gods, please don’t tell me h

CHAPTER 138 – I WILL NOT RUN

HELENAI looked at Julina. For a moment I couldn’t speak. His sword was still in his hand, his body positioned between me and the doorway. But his eyes were on me. he wasn’t ordering me to run. he wasn’t telling me what to do. He was giving me a choice. He looked exhausted as if he would fall at any moment.But his eyes showed determination and willingness to fighting if that was what I chose. My mother’s words echoed inside my head. Run before they wake the others. Who were the others and why had she looked at me like she knew exactly what was coming? I looked back at the woman standing in the doorway.“Mother.” I called to her. she starred at me, tears filling her eyes. “Helena, you have to leave.” The panic in her voice was real, the tears were real and the fear was real too. Still, I shook my head. “No.” her face changed. “You don’t understand.” She said. “I understand that you came back from the dead to warn me, protect me.”My voice trembled, but I forced myself to remain standi

CHAPTER 139 – THEY KNOW MY NAME

HELENA The hand reached for me. I didn’t scream; I couldn’t. I stood frozen as the fingers curled around the edge of the cracked stone floor. Another hand appeared beside it, then another. The palace shook violently that I nearly lost my balance. Julian grabbed my waist and pulled me against him.“Don’t look at them.” but I was already looking. My mother said they knew my name. if they knew my name the least, I could do was to look at them. Not because I wasn’t afraid but because I wanted to see and know what I was dealing with. The dead had been surprising me at every turn since I woke.It was about time we looked each other in the eye and end whatever this was. The first figure pulled itself out of the darkness. It wasn’t a monster like I expected. That was what terrified me. it was a man. His clothes were old, torn and covered in dirt, but beneath the blood and dust, I could see the remains of a royal uniform.The palace again. Mark stepped forward, sword raised. “Who are you?” Ma

CHAPTER 140 – FINALLY, THE TRUTH

HELENA The moment my mother’s words fell. Julian went completely still. Mark looked at his father. the king’s face had gone pale. “What did I do?” he asked. He looked terrified, I didn’t think he cared about his image anymore. He had already done many things that stripped away his pride. Mother looked at him. “You weren’t the one who started it.”The king frowned. I just sighed; I was exhausted. “Then who?” she turned toward me. “Your grandfather.” Silence. Julian’s expression changed. “My grandfather?” mother nodded. “The former king discovered what Helena was capable of when she was still a child.” I shook my head. “No.” that couldn’t be right. “He was afraid of her.” my mother rook a trembling breath.“He believed the only way to control the Calamity Star was to create one,” the seer suddenly stepped forward. “That is impossible, no one could create a Calamity Star.” My mother looked at him. “Is it?” he said nothing. by the look on his face, he was convinced it couldn’t be done.

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