Soon the clock struck 11:30 a.m. I dressed myself up, putting on the mask and sword in my hands, I proceeded towards Aimer's room. There he was waiting for me. "Let's go Ma Reine." He spoke while taking my hands in his and moving towards the stable. We took our respective horses and waited for Lubert. Soon he arrived, while panting.
"Why were you running ?" Aimer asked while patting Staycy's head.
"That witch was taking rounds in the aisle. Had to save myself from her stare." He answered before moving to get his horse from the shed.
Soon Lubert brought his house and questioned.
"Should we all go from the same gate ? But the guards will be there right, won't they stop us ?"
"No. We'll go from the same gate. There is a back gate where the guards are not present after 12." I finished and jumped on Wynn's back.
"Let's do that then." Aimer added and pulled Staycy behind us.
"You won't ride on her back ?" Lubert asked, eyeing Aimer's actions.
"Mhm. No. She's tired I feel. I'll bring her with us." His words were melted my heart. His love towards Staycy was no different from my love towards Wynn. Giving him a light smile I jumped down from Wynn as well, matching his steps. Soon after, Lubert hopped down from his horse's back and started walking with us.
It was quiet, peaceful and comfortable walk. In about half an hour, we reached at our destination. We slowed down our pace and took careful steps, as it was dark, it was dangerous to make sound and there were chances of stepping on something dangerous too. We already had a lantern in our hands. Hence, it was easy to reach near the waterfall.
"Everything begun here. And at the end, everything concluded here." I spoke before closing my eyes and taking a deep breath, feeling the aroma of the nature surrounding us.
"Everything ?" Lubert asked me before sitting on one of the nearest rocks.
"Mhm. I had an elder brother. Nik. He was supposed to be the next King of our Kingdom. My brother was my only one. He not only played his role as a brother, but also a mother, father, best friend and teacher. My parents after my brith never had enough time for me. And the one everyone recognises as my mother, is my step-mom. Aurella Mortell. She is the birth mother of Milan. My real mother died as soon as she gave birth to me. Nik is my real sibling. Since, he was five years elder than me, he knew about our real mother. Even though my father tried his best to suppress this secret, it eventually came out. 5 years ago. Nik was assassinated. And the reason was that he just fell for a girl--Sarah, who didn't belong to the royal blood. Milan was never fond of us. She always had her ways to push us into some or the other ditch. Somehow, she got to know about Nik's love towards Sarah, which accessed her an opportunity to detach him from the royal family. It was then, when she leaked and exaggerated Nik's story, enraging father to kill him overnight, in order to avoid any upcoming disturbance. Nik and Sarah both were murdered by my own father. Nik's own father. And, the rumour spread that he had run away with his lover. However, one night, I accidentally heard his conversations with the Priest, which was related to burying Nik's and Sarah's body with rituals, but in secret. The next day I went to the same place, he had mentioned that night, and dug the ground, only to find their bodies. Without wasting any second, that very night I barged into my father's closest official's house and snatched each and every detail of what had taken place in real. After knowing that it was Milan who had enraged my father against Nik, made me decide her death. But before I could kill her with my bare hands, she managed to escape, maybe in order to avoid any kind of suspicion. That was the day I lost everything. The only person who ever cared for me, was gone. But you know what I'm really proud of my brother. He sacrificed himself for truth & love. He didn't bend before my dishonest father. But now Milan is back again, with another plan of removing me from the family." While I narrated all the incidents that had taken place, unknowingly tears started making their way out of my eyes.
Aimer embraced me in a bone breaking hug and mumbled soft words to comfort me. Giving me a forehead peck he wiped my tears.
"What do you plan to do with Milan now ?" Lubert asked with misery in his voice.
"Tit for tat. I'll first kill the King, so that a sense of fear emerges within Milan and her mother. Then I'll begin scaring the Queen with various means, such that she'll lose her conscious state of mind. Letting Milan feel the pain, I went through. And at the end, I'll kill Milan in the most torturous way. But I'll be needing your help in it." Completing my strategy, I asked them.
"Of course we will. Justice for Nik and Sarah." Lubert stated while giving me a smile. I reciprocated a smile at his innocence.
"But helping me, will mean getting your hands dirty." I stated.
"If providing justice, means getting our hands dirty, then I'll never wash 'em." Aimer's reply made me chuckle.
"Thank you. Let's start from tomorrow then." I sighed before giving a fist bump to Lubert and laid on the grass.