Then it started with just one voice, maybe that of a child, a young person or maybe even an old lady, it didn't matter. All that matter was it started and it was all the people chanted."Mother! Mother! Mother!" They were all shouting and Diamant had to look away from DL's roasted and dead body. She looked down to the people praising her for liberating them."Mother of Alusa! Mother! Mother!" They kept on chanting and Diamant looked at Aaron, her eyes conveying her surprise. He looked back at her surprised too but he smiled back at her in encouragement.Diamant stepped down from the podium and started walking into the crowd. Warriors came to rally her immediately to guide her from the seizeless touch from the people but she stopped them. She walked further into the crowd till she disappeared and latter reappeared on the shoulders of two people lifting her up while the people kept on praising her.She looked down overwhelmed and she smiled blindly at them. She had won the people and n
The closer the burning body moved, the more her heart raced with fear. She stepped back mindlessly, her eyes not leaving the DL's burning body as it moved closer to her. They were there again, just that this time there was no crowd calling her Mother. There was no Aaron sitting on the throne, no Nein, no Nana. Just her on the podium and DL's burning body.She could feel the blazing heat. She looked up at him but his face was burnt, black and some of his burnt skin were falling to the ground."Go away." She whispered out of fear as she stepped back but it kept following her. She looked around quickly if there was something she could throw at it but there was nothing so she continued stepping back till she finally hit the wall. Her hands felt the wall and her heart raced knowing she was trapped. Her eyes turned glassy with fear and she looked back at the burning body that was still walking towards her."No!" She screamed but he didn't stop.When he got close enough, the heat engulfed
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