when he saw faes after all this time of working hard to find her, he shouted seriously at her for the first time in his life, taking out all his anger.
when alexander was done he sensed something wrong. if it were in the past faes would have began crying and would have run away and his parents would scold him but currently every one of them was glaring at him except faes who had her head down so he cant see her face. he realized that he choose wrong time to lash out and began to feel guilty. 'it was her birthday'
nia hit her brother's head glaring at him to ruin the surprise of her sister's birthday. after the long time they had found their sister and he had to shout at her? did he want her to cry on her birthday?
even blake and aiden were glaring at alex wanting to kill him this instance to try and ruin faes birthday. both of them had similar thoughts 'how dare he talk like that to faes?' but they stayed silent as even when they were family to faes her real family was in front of them and they don't have any rights to meddle in their affairs yet.
king augustus and queen alicia had seen the looks on king aiden and prince blake's face and were both angry and worried. angry at alex to speak like that and worried that they offended the wrong person and if their kingdom was going to get destroyed till tomorrow.
though everyone wanted to say something they didn't and waited for faes to react, but she didn't raised her head even after minutes had passed and the atmosphere had turned awkward. alex began to feel guilty and lowered his head, he didn't wished to ruin faes birthday but his personality had done it. he wanted to apologize yet he had never apologized before so he wasn't able to.
aiden who was sitting near faes cant take it anymore he stopped glaring at alex and turned to faes rubbing her head softly
"baby ignore him, he is just worried about you and wasn't able to stop himself" aiden said but he isn't got any response. frowning he turned faes towards him and said again
"baby are you alright?" he asked but he only heard light snoring and faes lost balance falling in his arms asleep after getting bored. everyone glanced at faes sleeping peacefully in aiden's arms and didnt know how to react especially alex. he felt that his sister changed and what he did only humiliated him.
"huh!" faes who felt herself falling in aiden's arms woke up again. she was already feeling sleepy and was bored after hearing alex shout at her, so she fell asleep standing. if it was original faes she would have started crying loudly but it was her. faes was from earth and though she had the memories of original owner of the body and is affected by the emotions she was still not weak. after what she had experienced in her first life this was nothing! so when alex began shouting at her she began to feel sleepy and eventually fell asleep still standing and not even heard completely what he was saying.
"oh! i apologize i am feeling sleepy and tired after my intense training yesterday" faes gave everyone a sad smile then turned to alex slightly grinning
"prince alexander i am really guilty that i was not able to listen to you properly could you please repeat what you wanted to say?" faes asked in a really sweet voice full of sarcasm, she said that she was guilty but from her grin and sparkling eyes it was clear that she didnt cared about what alex had to say at all.
"i uh-?" alex turned red from embarrassment and anger. 'damn since when did faes learnt how to speak like that?' he along with everyone else in their family knew faes and her behavior and were shocked by her statement while aiden and blake smiled
'that's my girl' they both thought.
blake even gave a smirk at alex as he thought 'serves him right!' but he also realized that the little girl whose black hair was messy and was rubbing her eyes feeling sleepy and looking cute was strong. her appearance created an urge to protect her giving a feeling of her being weak and fragile like glass but she was not weak. if he didnt saw her eyes sparkling and her bowing her head with emotionless face while alex began shouting he would even believe her. blake realized that faes had gone through something very traumatic and hence her mental condition is stronger than other children her age, probably his too.
"you really didnt heard me?" alex asked feeling awkward.
"you wanted me to listen?" faes asked still smiling. she didnt cared that it was her brother and there were everyone present. if she behaved dumb and weak they would continue to ignore her and even get out of hand someday. faes was still holding back from treating alex a good lesson just because he was original faes brother and family.
when everyone heard faes they glanced at alex. they knew that faes had heard him loud and clear but didnt wanted to take this matter anywhere. alex sensed that too so he shook his head
"no! no! its good that you didnt hear anything i was just kidding anyway! i have lots of presents for you when are you coming back home?" alex smiled though it was weird
"sis ignore him he is stupid! just tell me when are you coming back we can go shopping and buy lots of things!" nia said hitting alex on his head again. she was sweet in nature and always took care of faes genuinely.
"i will come back when i feel like i will be returning home and also when i feel that i am strong enough to do what i want" faes replied
when king augustus and queen alicia heard what faes said they teared up. they knew something had caused faes to run away but they didnt knew it was because she didnt feel at home with them.
"anyways its your birthday! don't you want to eat a cake? get ready and come downstairs fast! there is a dress i prepared for you in your closet along with other things" aiden rubbed faes head fondly before leaving her room along with the projection of others as they waved at faes.
curious and excited faes went to the closet and glanced inside she found a beautiful white dress with loose long sleeves, v-neck and knee length. the dress was plain except the purple gems that covered the torso area and the end of the skirt. aiden also had white ballerina shoes and purple gem bracelet prepared for faes. faes found a gift there too wrapped in simple white cloth and purple ribbon. when she opened it excited faes found a silver circlet made of tiny silver flowers with purple gems at their centre and simple flowery white headband.
'papa is really best!' faes thought as she quickly got ready and wore the gifts aiden prepared for her.
while faes was getting ready aiden had came downstairs and was sitting in the living room glaring at faes original family. he didnt shouted at alex before because faes was there but now that faes wasn't here he can say whatever he wanted to.
"so, what was that?" aiden asked tapping his finger on the armrest of the sofa set.
alex and his whole family were feeling scared just by the glare aiden and blake were giving them
"i was reckless i wasn't able to control myself from shouting but i was really worried about faes" alex said kneeling, he decided that he would apologize but wasn't able to.
"i am not talking about what you said!" aiden glared at him but then turned to king augustus and queen alicia
"what she experienced before she ran away was not pleasant! i know that i don't have any rights to speak in your family affairs but faes is my daughter too! i am just warning you if faes return to altai kingdom either she will get revenge or forgive everyone. in my opinion she wont forgive easily and will definitely take back what she wants, even if you don't like it!" aiden said
"we don't know what she experienced before, we all loved her and always took care of her! even then we are trying to find the reason because of which faes ran away and will try to improve what happened" king augustus said panicking. he was afraid of aiden as he didnt knew that aiden only had few months of life left.
"whether you find the reason or not if faes get physically or emotionally hurt, be prepared to meet either blake or my child whose guardian is faes" aiden told
"that too in case faes returns to altai!" blake added
"i know you are trying to find the reason why faes ran away but have you ever thought about your behavior with her?" aiden asked. he still remembers when he met faes and she told him about her both lives. he remembers she said that they pampered her with pink colored gifts and jewels and toys, which were later taken by her maids after beating her and she cant even complain as no one listened to her.
"we always loved her and gave her everything we thought she wants and needs. although she didnt had any powers we still took care of her" kind augustus said frowning
"you see that's the problem. you gave her what you thought she needs and wants but have you ever asked her what she really wants? had she complained about something before and you have ignored her? have you seen her be her real self and not the one she showed you? have you thought what she feels when everyone calls her weak and treats her like she doesnt belong? " aiden asked getting angry while others heard what he said amd began to realize what had happened.
they had unknowingly treated faes as an outsider and weak useless person instead of treating her like family. the more the royal family of altai kingdom thought about what aiden said the more they felt guilty.
they also knew that now if they wanted faes to return back and be herself they have to change their behavior,
"by the way she is already the best genius i have met in my whole life after kailial if she wants, killing the few of you will be a play for her" aiden smirked as be glanced at alex who shivered at his gaze