"Elfira!" Lady Amorah stood outside the forbidden forest. She tapped her feet impatiently as she craned her neck up.
The beautiful glowing lady came out with an angry look on her face, she noticed that all the guards guiding the entrance were all dead.
"Who are you?" she looked at the non-human suspiciously.
"I am Lady Amorah." She curtsied. "I am Princess Elfira." The lady also curtsied.
"I know, I know everything about Princess Elfira, younger sister of Queen Freya.
Elfira's eyes narrowed. "how do you know so much about me?" Elfira asked. "We all know it, we were also betrayed by humans, they used us and stabbed us in the back; that's why I am here to ask for help."
"How can I be of help to you and why should I even help you?" Elfira asked,
"We both have the same goal to destroy humanity, isn't that why you created this forest?" Amorah asked, Elfira looked straight into her eyes.
"Those dead guards send all the humans that come here away." Elfira clenched her hands.
"That's why I killed them all."
"they will just assign another batch."
"They won't get a chance to do that." Amorah smiled evilly.
"I don't get it." Elfira was confused. She heard footsteps and she turned around. Ten orange-skinned people were touching the ten dead guards. Soon there was a huge change in their faces and bodies.
Their form changed to that of the guards and they started switching into the guard's uniforms.
"shifters." Elfira was flabbergasted.
"Yes, a lot of us hate and want to take revenge on humans, help me and I will help you." Amorah's voice was persuasive.
"How can you help me?" Elfira asked. "I will lure humans to you, and in exchange, you will help me when I need it. My lover is trapped in the underworld." Amorah's face turned sad. "I cannot bring a soul back from the underworld." "I know, but I will perform a ritual that will make the souls of the people you killed go to the underworld, through the branches of the tree."
"OK." Elfira agreed.
"one more thing, can you transfer a soul into another body?" Amorah asked. "Yes, but I cannot use my full powers, there will be some people that will be too powerful for me to shift souls."
Lady Amorah smiled. "That will be okay, we are now sisters, sisters with the same cause." The two smiled at each other happily.
Ella and Cyrus ran into the palace, a servant was waiting for them inside the palace, and he escorted them to Ariadna's quarters. When they got there, Ella jumped into Trent's arms. He hugged her tightly and buried his face in the crook of her neck. "Hi, Ella, it is nice meeting you." Acher waved at her. Blood rushed to her face. "Sorry." She lowered her head due to embarrassment.
Cyrus ignored the three and badged into the room, Ariadna was still crying in her mother's arms, and Augustus stood aside with an expressionless face.
"What happened to her?" they all looked in his direction. Ariadna's eyes were swollen and red from all the crying. "they took my baby away, I I." she broke into tears again. Cyrus found himself going to her and taking her into his arms.
"I am sorry, it is all my fault." He tried to fight back the tears. Ariadna continued to cry. The king tapped Isolde's shoulder and signaled her to leave with him. Isolde stood up and left the room with her husband. When they stepped out, they saw Trent holding Ella in his arm and Acher stood aside.
Isolde glared at Trent with hatred and murderous intent. Trent smiled. "You should save that look for your daughter Faithia." "What?" Isolde was baffled.
"What do you mean?" Isolde went to him, and Augustus pulled his wife. "Let's go."
Ella raised a brow at him. "She's just being crazy because of her daughter's misfortune."
Acher also raised a brow at him, Trent ignored him and entered Ariadna's room. He was stunned by the sight he found. Cyrus was spoon-feeding Ariadna.
"I don't want to drink the soup anymore." "you have to. Okay, five more spoons." Ariadna sighed and swallowed the next one. "Here I thought that you would still be mourning the loss of your child." Ariadna's body stiffened. "What the hell is wrong with you bastard!" Cyrus got up, and he and Trent stood face to face. Their faces were just an inch apart.
Ella and Acher signed, and they ignored the two. "how are you feeling?" Ella sat by the edge of the bed, and Acher sat on the chair close to her bed.
"I feel sad and betrayed, I am in pain and I am trying to forget it, even though I know that is impossible." Ariadna cried as she spoke.
"I am sorry for everything that happened to you but I need you to answer some questions for me?'
The rat snuck into the palace, he hid in the flower gardens to catch his breath. When Cyrus was jumping high like a super frog, he fell off his shoulders, luckily for him, he could see the huge palace from where he crashed. He rested for a while and slowly made his way into the palace.
"I was shocked when I saw him, he was supposed to be dead.
Ella's phone began to vibrate, she picked up the call. "Ella, this is Elder Romulus. I need you back at the office ASAP." The call ended even before she could say anything.
"Trent, can you drop me at work, after that, I need you two to find out everything that happened from Ariadna." She stood up and adjusted her shirt.
"do we have to do it tonight, we could ask tomorrow, I also need to find my grandfather." Cyrus laid down his complaints. Ella threw him the do not test me look. "Do as I ask you as for your grandfather he is strong enough to take care of himself! Now take me to work!!" Trent quickly held her hand and they teleported. "Women huh, they are always feisty." Acher chuckled. "She always seems so sweet and kind." Cyrus bit his thumb.
Ella opened the door to Romulus's office. Elder Potter, Elder Aurelia, and Michael were in the office.
"Welcome Ella." Elder Aurelia greeted. "good evening." She was feeling awkward and nervous. She looked at Michael and he shrugged.
"With the help of our intel, we found out that there are five soul manipulators in the whole of Ehteran. We asked them to come over, but only four arrived." Romulus briefed her.
"So, you want us to find the fifth person?" the Elders nodded their heads. "She's a sixteen-year-old high schooler. Her name is Victoria Stan; she lives in Morris town, address no: 12 henrich street." "Ok."
"Find her and bring her to us." Elder Potter commanded. "Yes sir."
The two left the office, and Michael cleared his throat to get her attention.
"I am sorry, you were dragged into this when you're supposed to be resting, Mr. Ford's son is in the hospital." Ella halted and looked at him. "What happened to him?" "bullies, he tried to stand up to them and they beat him up."
"Were they arrested?"
"Yes. They both got into the car and drove away."
"So, the baby grew up within five minutes and looked exactly like Trent?" Cyrus asked again.
"Except that he has white hair," Archer added.
"So, she used your baby to make another me?" Trent was puzzled he found himself messaging his head.
"the father of your child, what does he look like?" Trent asked.
Michael kept knocking on the door but there was no reply. Ella found the key to the house under a flower vase. "here." She gave him the key. He inserted the key and turned it, a clicking sound was heard. Michael opened the door and they both went in.
Unbeknownst to them, someone was creeping inside the house, he immediately hid when they both walked in.
"where did they go?" Ella checked the kitchen. "Maybe they ran away," Michael said to her. "Let's search the whole house. Ella said before going upstairs and the person followed.
"He is tall, his hair is black, his eyes are also black, and he has the most beautiful and innocent smile, except that he turned out to be a cunning devil." Fresh tears began to roll down her eyes.
Ella searched the room and the bathroom and there was nobody.
She heard the door closing. "Michael." She called out as she walked out of the bathroom. Ella's face began to pale.
"Evan." Ella gasped and took a few steps back.
"Miss me." The young man said with a smile on his face.
"How tall is he, his eight feet tall and his name is Michael." Trent and Cyrus's eyes widened.
The description of what he looks like matches Michael. Trent shook his head.
"Acher can you be a darling and call Mila for us." Acher stood up and left the room.