🪢 SLAVE TO THE ICE LORD ❄️
( melting his icy heart...)
Chapter 43❣️44
CALIX'S POV
Things in this palace are becoming more depressing.
I'm very worried about the royals and their quarrels over Avia. Lauren is acting strange lately and I can't seem to wrap my head around it all
I look ahead and see Lauren walking towards my direction. She turns around immediately she saw me.
I quickly hurry and get hold of her. Why are you running away from me, I asked. She looked at me and directed her gaze down. I was still holding her hand... I let go of her hand.
What do you want with me Calvin? She asked but her tone was strained as if I had offended her.
Why are you talking like that Lauren? I just wanted to talk to you, I replied.
Oh so now you want to talk to me. Am I not a disgusting person? I sold Avia to someone because she was overstepping her boundaries and now I'm now labelled as a bad person. What is so wrong about me keeping our royal status intact. I even saved her from heartbreak because Darren would never get married to her but nobody saw it from my point of view. Everyone thinks I'm a bad person, Darren pushed me, he insulted me... I hate him, I hate you and I hate everybody! She said, her voice cracking at every statement.
I could see the pain in her eyes. I have known Lauren for years now and she is not a bad person. She loves her brother a lot and always has his interest in mind.
I know Darren's actions must have hurt her but what she did wasn't right. Her method of solving the problem wasn't right but the intention behind it wasn't a sinister one.
She must be angry and frustrated right now. I know these words are empty words. I cannot let Darren and Lauren become distant. Firstly, I have to convince Lauren to accept Avia and let Darren sort out his issue on his own.
I pull her into a hug and stroke her hair gently and she sobs letting out her frustration through tears. I use my powers and teleport us out of the palace to a field of flowers.
This has always been Lauren's favorite spot. Her face which was initially buried in my chest was lifted up.
She looked at me, our eyes locked. A look of desire for affection in her eyes. She didn't get to receive love from her parents because they died while she was only a baby.
She wasn't with them while they breathed their last. She only had Darren to rely on. She loved flowers but Darren didn't like them. But because she requested, Darren used his powers to make it shower on this barren field and it produced beautiful flowers of different kinds.
She turned around and began walking among the flowers as the cool breeze blew through her hair. I followed behind her at a distance.
After a while, she sat down on the bed of roses. I sat down next to her. She inhaled deeply before exhaling.
Thank you, I really needed this, she muttered staring at the butterflies fluttering about.
Anytime you need someone to talk to or you want to come here, don't hesitate to ask me, I said and she looked at me and nodded.
She placed her head on my shoulder, the sweet sounds of nature in the air. She will probably calm down and forget what happened if Darren talks to her. She'll break down if there is a strain in their relationship... I can't let that happen
DARREN'S POV
Avia hasn't left the room since yesterday. She just stayed in my bed all day.
The sun is already going down signifying the dusk of another day. I lay down next to her and she scoots over, placing her head on my chest.
After a few minutes, I ask... " How do you know the name Queen Eliza?" I asked and she slowly lifts her head up.
I don't know why... but I had this dream about royals, Queen Eliza and King Malone and a little prince, she mutters.
And they came to see King Bradley and Queen Malina, who seemed to have two children, a boy and a girl...
It always haunts my dreams and they feel so real... and I can't explain anything, she mumbled and looked at me.
I quickly straighten my face which probably reflected how shocked and confused I was.
Can you remember how the little prince and princess looked like, I asked and she nodded her head in affirmation.
Come with me, I say getting to my feet. Where are we going? She mutters.
To find out the truth...
MALEFICENT'S POV
Alvin is still weak from last night. I don't want to place my hope in one plan, I'll have to cover all possible places If I want to succeed.
One of the spies I planted in the palace appears before me.
You summoned me, your evilness, she says with her head bowed.
Any updates? I ask and she nods.
"It seems that Lord Darren has a soft spot for the lynx. He even pushed his sister and froze a maid to death all because of her" she said
Interesting! But what about the other lady that always follows him around.
She is absolutely livid and she hates the lynx, she said and a smile finds it's way to my face.
I summoned an inner demon from the dark realm and placed her in a bottle.
Break this bottle near her( Anaya ) and this demon will settle on her jealous and obsession and manipulate her thoughts, I said handing over the bottle to my spy.
She collects It and bows before leaving through a portal.
It will be fun to watch Darren get destroyed by his dear ones * cackle *
ANAYA'S POV
Life in this palace just got a lot more suffocating. Darren and Avia have spent the whole day and night together in his chambers. The way he carried her, defended her and even froze a maid to death, all because of Avia... It's so heartbreaking.
I really feel like going back to the human realm. Back there, humans gushed over my beauty and they adored me but here, I don't even have a stand when it comes to a mere slave.
My first love now loves another... I think I should return back to the human realm. There is nothing left for me here.
As I walked back to my room, a maid bumps into me and her tray of items smash on the ground.
The glass bottle on her tray broke into pieces. Sorry my lady, please forgive me, she mutters with her head bowed.
Are you blind!! Can't you watch were you are going? I screamed furiously and pushed her out of my way as I walked past her.
What did I just do? Why did I over react ?
You didn't over react, you just showed that maid her place. She dared to bump into you, a voice whispered in my head.
Who are you? I asked. I'm your subconscious mind, I've decided not to let you take nonsense from anyone. You are a beautiful, powerful woman, you should be given the needed respect, don't you agree.
We'll show everyone in this palace what your true worth is...