Today marked three months since it had all happened. The distance between he and Clara grew, the void strong enough to devour them. Three months of her acting to him like he was a total stranger. It wasn't like he wanted to keep track of how long this had cut him, he just had no choice but to watch time go by and his heart die slowly.This wasn't the love he had hoped for. This wasn't what he had wanted when he betrayed the Dragon Lord.He hit the wall again and kicked it severally. This anger in him was raging, the hurt running through him and he had to just look for a way to push it all out."They drive us nuts, don't they?" He heard a voice and turned around."Your Majesty." He bowed immediately, paying Aaron respect.Aaron made a sign and he stood up."They drive us well out of our minds." He commented with a smile and Lewis rubbed his aching knuckles."She won't still talk to you?" Aaron asked."Yes, Sire. She now hates me." Lewis replied heartbroken."But you will still do ever
The hall was filed to the brim as many people tried to be present for the union. They watched as the priest declared Natty and Malik as husband and wife. The new couples were overjoyed.Soon enough it was time for the ball. The instrumentalists got into action and the music filled the air. The ballroom looked so beautiful.Diamant felt someone tap on her shoulder while she was trying hard to look for Sunain in the crowd. She could hear little whispers and when she turned, Aaron was smiling at her."Shall I have this dance, My Lady?" He asked her with a smile and she could see DL once again.She stood frozen for a second while all she could hear was DL's voice saying to her."Shall I have this dance, my Ania." She could still even feel his warm hands on her. But why? He was dead and she had made sure of it. Why were this memories everywhere she turned?She accepted his outstretched hand and Aaron started dancing with her.But with each step they took, she remembered him. For her, it wa
"What were you doing there alone, Diamant?" Aaron questioned when they got to Diamant's room and she still kept quiet.She turned to him."I saw him, Aaron. I saw Dragon Lord." She whispered to him."That is impossible, he is dead." He chuckled at how ridiculous this sounded."I know! Aaron, I know!" She shouted and started pacing around the room."I fear that I am losing my mind. Aaron, I think I am crazy.""Don't make such ridiculous conclusions." He said not believing her notion and not liking it either."Then why do I hear things others can't hear?" She questioned and moved to him quickly."Aaron, I see things others can't see? Isn't that madness?!" She hushed at him."No. We will be going to Doctor Rika in the morning." He tried to comfort her."No!" Her voice cut him off harshly. "There is nothing he can do to help me and I know it because I have already asked for his help." Diamant said, her face cold."I am crazy." She whispered and went to her bed."I am crazy." She continue
"Nein was not around for the meeting. Nana, what was he doing? Was he sleeping with his countless harlots while getting drunk again?" Aaron asked and Nana's face twisted with hurt.She had come here with Aliyah for a different reason. Aliyah had told her about how Aaron had beat a certain man up because he had danced with her. She had come here to convince Aaron to marry Aliyah. She didn't trust Diamant and if Diamant became the Queen, she would lose power. But Aliyah, for her, was someone she could control. Wasn't she already blinded by the love she had for her Grandson?"I see. Once a spade, always a spade." Aaron said with spite to his father."I will see to it that he gets his work done. Don't worry, this won't affect the collection of the taxes." Nana tried to calm him down."You'd better." He relaxed and sat back on his throne."Well, I came here for a different reason." Nana said with a smile and Aliyah bowed her head coyly."What is it?" Aaron asked, his eyes questioning."We
He laid her on the bed and she looked back at him tiredly. He tucked her into bed, the candles he had just lit allowing light in the room."I don't know what to say. You did so much to save me, Diamant." He said while he sat next to her on the bed.She swallowed hard and closed her eyes."I thought I would die." She said quietly and he place a hand on her forehead in a bid to comfort her. She was burning slightly."I think you are sick, Diamant. I will get Doctor Rika here as soon as possible." Aaron said and stood up but Diamant stopped him."No! I think I am just so scared and I feel a little odd with all that roaring." He looked at her trying to see if it was true and she gave him a convincing smile.He came back and sat next to her. His eyes filled with affection. This woman had done everything to make sure he stayed alive, even to the point of sacrificing herself. She could have left him all alone there but she did not. She stayed for him, she must love him without her notice. I
Nana stepped into the room with a tray of teacup. She placed it on the table while Diamant watched her suspiciously."Who is that for?" "You, of course." Nana scoffed."I don't want it. Who knows, you might have had it poisoned." Diamant said and turned to the other side of the bed, her back to Nana."That is a great choice but I didn't poison it. Still, I wished I had." Nana eyed the teacup with annoyance and marched out of the room.Someone ran into her the minute she closed the door."You should watch where you are going!" She shouted at the person."I am so sorry, Nana. I so sorry." The person hurriedly said while trying to reach for Diamant's door."Wait. You look like one of the dungeon guards. You are, aren't you? It is only the dungeon guards that dress the way you do." Nana pried."Nana, please I am here for something important. I promise that I am not doing anything wrong. I only came here to see the Mother." The guard said hurriedly."Well the Mother is sick and why should
"Sire, a dungeon guard has been found unconscious in the dungeon! Minister Li has escaped." Lewis reported breathing heavily.Aaron stood up angry. He paced in the room."Has he been attended to?" He asked deep in thought."Yes, Sire. He is with Doctor Rika as we speak."Good. Take me to the dungeon, I have to see it myself." Aaron ordered. "I hope you kept guards there so that no one would disrupt it's original state, I need to know how Minister Li escaped." He said walking to the door."Yes, Sire. I did." He said, hurrying to catch up with him.******************************After looking at the dungeon and seeing that struggle surely had taken place and Li had skillfully escaped from them, Aaron wanted to see Sanji. It baffled Aaron that Li could break away. It had been a long time since anyone escaped from the dungeons and this was a blow to him. Why had it been under his reign?When they got there Nana was just leaving. He didn't say a word to her, he had to see Sanji quickly.
Sanji fell from being pushed in the dungeon. The chains weighed him down and hugged his legs tightly. He hadn't even gotten a chance to hug his wife, to tell his son those tales that he liked.He looked at the bars and shook his head in sadness. He had done an act of kindness and here he was paying for it.He looked at the bars again. He was once the guard and now, he was the prisoner.******************************"How? How did this even happen?" Nana said, her little body shaking in rage. She moved closer to the bar.Sanji stood up and looked back at Nana, his eyes sad."Don't worry, I didn't implicate you. I told him I did it all. I told him that Minister Li manipulated me to set him free and I planned the whole setting." Sanji said.Nana sighed relieved."But why did you tell him anything at all?" He said moving closer to the bar.Sanji sat back down feeling drained. "He suspected about the chains." He said then explained how it had all happened.When he was done, Nana gritted