HEAVEN REALM
After an entire week of mourning the so called dead Maya, Dylan decided to check Riley's chambers, he had heard some rumors that there was a very beautiful woman roaming the chambers freely, some said she might be the prince's long term guest, some said she might be his lover. He thought he had more authority in the palace than Riley had so he needed to know if those rumors were true or they were just plain rumors. Dylan called for Jimmy and explained his plan to the latter "I have to know the truth about those rumors" he told him and the knight simply agreed with his liege, they left the bedchamber and headed towards Riley's chambers.
When they got to the entrance of the chamber which was guarded by two palace guards, Jimmy asked them to make way for Dylan to pass through "pardon us your highness, but his highness has ordered us not to let anyone into his chamber without his permission, except if it's the emperor or ma'am Sarah" one of the knights said and Dylan scoffed "then, I'll go in myself" he said and was about to attack them when the other knight spoke up "you can go in, your highness" he said and Dylan smirked then entered the chamber with Jimmy.
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Riley was standing in the balcony of Maya's balcony with her, simply chatting away with her while admiring the view of the palace from there when Justin barged in on them "pardon me your highness, but I just saw Prince Dylan walking towards your bedchamber alongside his guardian knight" he said bowing and Riley looked confused "how did he enter my chambers in the first place" he asked "I think he either threatened the guards or attacked them" Justin replied and Riley looked back at Maya who was staring quietly at both of them. "Stay here and watch over Maya, don't let her leave and don't let anyone come in here" he ordered Jimmy then turned to Maya and held her hands, simultaneously releasing his aura that had turned cold at the mention of his rival twin evading his chambers.
"I'll be back soon okay, just give me a while" he said with a smile while rubbing the back of her hands with his thumb "do I have to hide from Dylan too?" she asked him like a little kid who is confused about something "yes, you have to or he'll ruin our plans and I wouldn't be able to show you what I promised" he told her calmly and she sighed "okay, but be quick because I don't want to be lonely" she said and he smiled at her childishness "I would and Justin's here to keep you company" he said then turned to the guarding night and his cold aura instantly resurfaced "make sure you guard her well" he said then left the bedchamber.
Riley blocked Dylan just as he was about to get to his bedchamber "what a surprise brother, you coming here without an invitation" he said in a sarcastic manner and Dylan scoffed "a surprise you say brother, I'm quite sure it's not as much a surprise as you keeping a beautiful woman in your chamber for about a week now" he replied in the same sarcastic tone and Riley was taken aback as to how Dylan knew of him keeping a woman, 'servants and rumors' he thought and shook his head "and what makes you think so, brother" he asked raising a brow "your servants has been saying it, so I'm here to see for myself" Dylan replied with a smirk.
"There's no woman here, so leave" Riley said really coldly "I don't think so, brother" Dylan said and was about to move towards Riley's bedchamber when the latter blocked him with his sword, this simple act made maids and servants stop in their tracks and hid to watch the renowned rival twins glare at each other with hate. "This is your last chance Dylan, don't cross me and kindly leave now" Riley said and Dylan simply pushed away his sword with one finger "you can't stop me, Riley" he said and was going to take a step forward when Riley swung his sword at him, he skillfully dodged it and also brought out his sword and a fierce fight ensued between them.
They were equally strong, so it was hard to get the other one to give up and the fight became fiercer, flames of fire started burning in Riley's eyes and an image of an angry phoenix could be seen in them. Dylan saw this and smirked, but when Riley was about to pierce his sword through his stomach, his eyes started burning blue flames and the atmosphere in the hallway instantly chilled, he struck at Riley fiercely and the latter defended and attacked back with equal ferocity.
Their swords clashed and they stayed like that for a few seconds, glaring at each other with flaming eyes, their bodies started emanating blue and red flames simultaneously and to onlookers, they were like fire and water fighting. Richard sensed the commotion from his bedchamber where he was playing monopoly with Sarah and them both teleported there.
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Maya sat on the floor of the makeshift garden in the balcony of her bedchamber and played with the flowers that were there, "sigh, it's so boring here, I have to sit here and can't go out because I shouldn't seen by Dylan she said and frowned "now, I have to play all by myself" she said and stood up then took a deep breath.
"I wonder if Justin would mind playing with me" she said and contemplated asking him but dismissed the idea "Riley has ordered him to watch over me, so he won't be able to join me" she said then took another deep breath, and then stretched her arms wide before closing her eyes and turning on the same spot. Butterflies appeared from nowhere and they also turned in a circle around her arms, but in her opposite direction and the flowers on the floor glowed against her dress, she looked like a flower goddess. Justin turned around to check on her and was left awestruck at the sight unfolding before him, "I understand why his highness is keeping her so close to him" he said with wide eyes then turned back to face the door.
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"Stop this fight right now!" Richard yelled at his fighting sons when he appeared in front of them but the duo who had been possessed by the angry versions of their true selves kept on fighting fiercely causing Sarah to run towards them but Richard held her back "Richard, please do something" she pleaded almost crying, leaving Richard with no choice than to attack both of them. He shot fire spikes at them, and Riley who also possessed fire magic and had the ability to sense things dodged the attack and came back to his right senses when he saw their parents and his eyes turned back to their hazel-like color.
Dylan was almost hit by the spikes when he struck them fiercely with his sword and also turned back to his normal self at the sight of their parents. "Mother, father" Riley and Dylan greeted them bowing "what is the meaning of the scene you just unfolded" Richard asked them yelling but none of them answered, he then walked towards them and asked again "I said, what is the meaning of all these" he asked and Dylan spoke up "I heard rumors about a very beautiful woman roaming Riley's chambers freely, so I decided to check for myself but he attacked me and I had to fight back" he said and Richard looked at Riley.
"Is that so son, did you attack your brother?" Sarah asked Riley "I told him there's no woman in my chambers, but he tried to evade my privacy and move around my chambers without my permission, I only tried to stop him and he fought back" Riley said and Richard shook his head "why do you both act like Kids, fighting over a rumor" he said with rage and disappointment "why did you have to evade your brother's chambers, son" she asked Dylan calmly and he smiled at her.
"It's not like I wanted to, mother" Dylan said to Sarah "he claims to love Maya and just a few days after her death, rumors of a woman roaming his chambers spread, I just wanted to be sure he's not soiling her memory" he explained to Sarah "what do you mean Maya's death" she asked him confused and she looked at Riley "she withered away" Riley said and tears dropped from her eyes "I'm so sorry sons" she said and Richard held her by the shoulders. "How did you find out" she asked them "I went to the flower realm to look for her" Dylan started.
"It was hard finding her at first but I traced her scent, and it led me to a cottage" he said then sighed "there, I met her friend Ava who told me she had withered away the previous night" he added "I thought she was lying so I went into the cottage to search for her and there was no trace of her" he explained further and a tear threatened to fall "she was really gone" he said and tears started falling from his eyes. Sarah freed herself from Richard's hold then hugged both her sons; "I'm really sorry sons, you never got to know her well" she said then withdrew from the hug.
"Let's go Sarah, as for both of you, we have a lot to deal with" Richard said and led Sarah out of the chamber. "Is your doubt cleared now, your highness" Riley asked Dylan with a sarcastic and cold tone as well as a raised brow the moment Sarah left with Richard "of course not your highness, I'll sure find out the truth about those rumors surrounding a man who abstains from women" Dylan replied with the same sarcastic tone then left with Jimmy and Riley also headed towards Maya's bedchamber.