"You are the firstborn, you go and check," Lotus yelled out while holding Marcus."You are the one that has got the mouth; go and talk to it." Nephius replied, "Barrick, what exactly did the snake woman tell you?"Barrick shivered and ignored his brother's query, despite being as cold as a stone and sweating like he was running a marathon. The Naga had appeared before Barrick, the youngest, and handed him Omen, her son. While putting him in his hands, she said, "Take him; he is your young brother; Omen is his name." She said, "He'll save you all," and then vanished. Barrick was handed a baby in the shape of a white lion with wings. He threw it to the ground and ran screaming at the top of his lungs. In order to protect themselves, they locked themselves in their parents' chambers.His brothers thought it was a joke when he came running, but they all took off when they saw the Pixiu running after him in excitement. It thought they were playing a game and kept chasing the brothers unti

King Jerald was taken into his chambers and placed on the bed comfortably and tucked in. "Father, are you dying?" Lotus asked."How come you always ask the dumbest questions?" Nephius countered."Yes, I'm dying, Nephius, your brother is right," King Jerald replied.The room became quiet. The celebratory smiles were wiped off all their faces. "Come here all of you," King Jerald urged."But father, you can't die, not when we are winning this battle," Nephius said with tears running down his cheeks."Yes, we should ask that thing down in the dungeon to give you life. If it can defeat Clarris, it can do anything," Lotus added."Nothing comes for free in this life, my sons. Your mother and I have lived for centuries to understand that," he stated while looking at Rachel, who was standing near the window."But Dad, you are cursed. How is it possible that you can die?" A very confused Barrick asked?"Everyone take a seat." The sixth brother moved forward with teary eyes and sat on the bed.

Marcus tried running for help but was pulled back, “Stay right there or I will break your neck,” Clarris yelled out.“What do you want? Get out of my head.”“I want your eyes Marcus and the hate you have for that Nemo,” She hissed.Marcus swallowed hard “I do not know what you are talking about?”“I see it in your eyes, Marcus, you hate that thing sucking the life out of your father. What guarantee do you have that it will not kill you all after it is done with your father?”Marcus laughed, “From the stories, I have heard I thought you were the smartest woman on earth but I'm disappointed. Whether the Nemo is alive or not, we are all still doomed.”Clarris was quiet, she wasn't expecting Marcus to be this smart.“Nevertheless, your life for the Nemo's, I want to see it with your eyes. Go in the dungeon now,” she ordered.“You are really stupid, the Nemo will sense you,” Marcus reminded her.“It won't, as long as you keep your mouth shut, tell anyone and I will squeeze the life out of

“Aaaàaaaàaaaaa” “Aaaàaaaàaaaaa” Clarris kept screaming and tearing through the glass windows of her dark castle. Darrell felt his ears wet, he placed his fingers into his ears, removed them, and saw blood. Cleselda yelled at Clarris to shut up. But Clarris turned and looked at her furiously, “you lied to me….. you lied to me!”“Child, do not call me a liar, you disobeyed my orders, we need knights…” Cleselda reminded her.“Shut up! I made a promise a long time ago,”The witch moved over, “my child, promises are made to be broken. Plus the person you made that promise to is already dead, he died centuries ago.”“No!” Clarris yelled out.“Clarris, you saw what happened, if it wasn't for the fact that you have no heart you would be dead by now. That thing aimed for your heart, it meant to kill you!”Clarris moved to her bed and sat down, “he saw my house without permission, he looked into my eyes without fear. I have read all the books about Nemos and water was their weakness but to h

Clarris wore a pink silk dress with pearls and diamonds laced on it. For centuries she had been putting on black only but today she decided to change color. Darrell couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing. Clarris was beautiful but before the curse, she was the innocent simple type but now the fearlessness added to her beauty and she looked elegant.“Close that jaw before a bug enters it,” she said to Darrell, who kept staring at her.Darrell snapped out of it and looked away. Cleselda joined them but was not too pleased with asking for the knights from the emperor.“Are you honestly going to let this useless thing dictate your decisions,” Cleselda asked whilst pointing at Darrell?Darrell scoffed and looked away. “Why do you have the tendency to spoil a beautiful morning?” Clarris replied.“We are running out of time, every second that thing in Ergad is becoming stronger,” Cleselda said.Clarris sighed, “first of all the Nemo is still holding on to King Jerald, that's his weakne