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Chapter 8 - Only one chance... now or NEVER

The next morning, Astrid meets Luke for him to escort her to the helicopter. They were both left together but felt alone at the same time with their contradicted feelings as they both walked in dead silence.

"So ... this is it, the end of the road for both of us to see each other again right?" Astrid replied.

"I guess so...It was nice to--"

Luke stopped in his words as she yanks him down by his tie and whispered something in his ear. Before he knew it, she already kissed him as he was left in his thoughts.

She ran as fast as she could into the helicopter and just smiled back at him with tears filling with eyes like a dam about to explode.

Luke was left in shock as he touched his lips as he turned his back on her just to hear a big explosion.

THREE DAYS LATER

"SHIT!!! No, no, no, no.....she has to be here somewhere since I couldn't even find her body. But what she said ... can it be true? I need to find her first and this time, I'll make sure that I'll never make the same mistake again twice"

...

"Hey, sleepyhead..."

"Luke ... what are you doing here? I thought that you were still at the hotel..." Astrid stuttered in her groggy voice."Wait....I was in a ....helicopter and it crashed....and...."

"What are you talking about, baby. Hmmm... How can you have such a bad dream after sleeping in my arms, don't worry I'll make sure that never happens again" Luke said as he kissed her head and then her cheek.

Astrid gave in to him for a moment then came back to reality. Luke kept a tighter grip on her as she tried to fight back saying"Don't worry, I'll make all your troubles disappear... Just give in to me..."

She sinks into the bed as she now sees a small child in a woman's hand, the lady had beautiful pale skin so did the child. The woman's voice was so enchanting that Astrid could remember the hymn that she never heard before.

{Why...why does this feel so familiar, the child and the woman...This feels so strange}

The lady's song became more and more enticing as it sounded like a warning.

[Sleep, oh sleep, my heavenly child... a precious angel sent from above. Be careful not to fall so easily for a man that you will love, but the right one will be beside you falling for you so easily. Oh my dear, so let this chain protect you... please do not forget your birthright, fo you are the real princess of Colomnia]

Astrid looks shocked to see the familiar sight of the chain which is identical to the child's chain.

She then recalls how the nun in the orphanage told her that the chain was a reminder of the FUTURE QUEENS BIRTHRIGHT.

Astrid runs and runs into the dark and the infinite unknown...