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Chapter 30 - Chapter 30: I’m the cause of your pain

FLOWER REALM

 Elena and Ava reappeared in the peace garden and they went straight to the spot where Maya used for her meditation most of the time and they sat down quietly "Maya loved rooting herself to this place a lot, she said they were enough flowers to mingle with and enough ground to sprinkle dust on" Ava said and Elena chuckled then a tear dropped from her eyes, Ava wiped the tear and smiled at her 'I wish I could tell you the truth, dear Elena' she said in her mind while looking at the pitiful princess.

 "Ava, let's pay our last rites and return before those people get here" Elena said and Ava nodded then they stood up and faced each other, leaving some space between them. They stretched their arms wide and closed their eyes then petals of different kinds of flowers started surrounding them from their feet up to the pinkish sky, they both said some prayers in their minds then the petals burst from around them and spread wide into free space before they opened their eyes and dropped their arms.

 "Let's leave now, your highness" Ava said and stretched her hand out for Elena and the latter took it in a friendly manner "from now on, call me Elena because friends don't address themselves formally" she said and Ava smiled "okay Elena, let's go" she said and the princess nodded then they teleported back to the princess's bedchamber.

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DEMON REALM

 "It's been a while since I've spoken to Riley and things has been so boring here, father has forced me to live like a true princess" Stephanie said to herself with a frown as she sat in her gazebo calmly sipping tea and watching her soldiers spar when an idea came to her mind and she smiled "I think I'll just go to the mortal realm, Ella and her friends are great company" she said and left the gazebo to her bedchamber.

 She called for the maid Lewis had arranged to be her handmaid "Stella, I need you to cover up for me incase father asks after me" she said to the maid who was looking at her feet "you can come up with any excuses of your choice but make sure he believes whatever you say" she added as an order and Stella nodded her head in fear "yes, your highness" she said. The maid was super scared of Stephanie because the princess was renowned to be a no nonsense princess who loves to slay enemies on the battle ground. A lot of female servants and other demons call her the beautiful devil.

 Stephanie stood straight and imagined an image of Ella's residence in her mind, she also imagined an image of the nearest deserted alley to Ella's residence so people wouldn't notice how she got there, then she teleported to the mortal realm.

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HEAVEN REALM

 "Did you mean what you said, Sarah" Richard asked Sarah after they disengaged from each other "I do, your majesty" she replied and he smiled "you address me by name when you've not confessed your feelings but you address me by my title when you tell me your feelings" he said and she chuckled "I can address you anyhow I want, my Emperor Richard, and you must answer to me" she said "alright, my empress" he said and she smiled. "My love, can you please repeat those three words you said?" Richard asked and she smiled "I love you" she said and Richard captured her lips again.

 After a heated session of kissing, Sarah rested her head on Richard's chest and listened to his calm heartbeat "I love you Sarah and I promise to always do" he said and she smiled. "Be my empress" he said and she looked up at his face in shock, Richard touched her face and smiled to her "make this humble emperor happy by being his empress" he said and a tear dropped from her eyes "I'm just your maid and secret lover Richard, how can I be your empress?" she asked and he placed a finger on her full pink lips "you're not just my maid or secret lover Sarah, you're my woman, the love of my life" he said and she smiled.

 "I'll be making myself the happiest swan in existence by being your empress" she said and kissed him again "then, we'll be having our wedding in three days time" Richard said and she looked at him wide eyed "three days?" she asked with mouth agape "yes, three days" he replied and laughed at her expression. "I am not ready, I need to know more about being an empress and how to rule alongside the king" she said and he shook his head "all you need to know is how to be my lover and you're already good at that" he said and she sighed, knowing she can't change this love struck emperor's mind.

 "Those two shameless sons of ours would take on the responsibility of making arrangements for the wedding" Richard said and Sarah pouted "my sons are not shameless" she said cutely "don't worry about them love, worry about us" he said and she chuckled "I'll worry about us and I'll worry about my sons too" she said to him and he held her small hand in his large ones "I'm sorry for keeping you as my secret lover back then and for letting you go because I couldn't keep you safe" he said and she shook her head with a smile "you don't have to apologize Richard, you had no other choice" she said "above all, we're finally together with our sons by our side" she added and he smiled to her.

 "I promise to always be by your side, my love" Richard said and she placed her head back on his chest "and I promise to never let go" she said then inhaled deeply before closing her eyes to savor his manly scent.

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MORTAL REALM

 Riley reappeared in his cabin with Maya still in his arms, he gently let her go and she hurriedly clutched his robe and held on tight to it "I told you to always leave the lamps on, I hate darkness" she said holding on to him tighter and he chuckled "why are you laughing, turn the lamps back on" she said and he hugged her closer to himself "how about we stay like this for a while" he said and she pushed him away then her body started glowing pink which provided the cabin with dim brightness. Riley stared at the lady who was busy searching for matches so she could lit the lamps, but found nothing because the only source of brightness was the dim light coming from her body.

 She was only wasting her time because there are no matches in the cabin, the one who owned the place possessed fire magic so he can light the lamps without touching them.

 Riley approached her and held her by the waist and she looked at him confused "what are you doing?" she asked and he smiled then he tried to lean in to kiss her, but her chest started glowing pink and she held it then started crying in pain causing Riley to look worried and start panicking "Maya, what's wrong" he asked her worried "my heart, it aches" she said whimpering "what could be the cause" he asked "I don't know" she said and he decided to try healing her.

 "Come, let me try healing you" he said then laid her on the bed, he placed his hand above her chest then red waves of magic emanated from it to her chest and she started to feel ease but the next moment, the ache started to intensify "Riley, it worsened" she cried out and he stopped what he was doing "what do I do then" he asked "I don't know, I only feel this pain when I'm thinking of you or if I'm close to you" she said and he took a step back "I'm the cause of your pain" he said subconsciously "how can that be" he asked her "I don't know, it just happens" she said, still in pain then he sat down to think and drew in a deep breath.

 Riley turned on the lamps with his mind and Maya's pink light slowly disappeared, she looked at him and thought what could have happened for the smiling Riley to have just turned quiet 'could it be because of what I said?' she asked herself in her mind then sighed, she subconsciously touched her chest and noticed the ache was gone and she sat up on the bed. She rushed to meet Riley who had already closed his eyes and she held his arm "my chest no longer aches, let's go to the city now" she said swinging his arm and he opened his eyes "are you sure, Maya" he asked.

 "Yes I'm sure, let's go" she said and pulled him up "okay, let's go" he said then picked up his sword and pouch which he had dropped when Maya's chest started to ache "don't turn off the lamps" she said and he nodded smiling "yes, my lady" he said and she smiled revealing her cute dimples, he stretched out his right hand to her and she placed her hand in it. Riley looked at her small fragile hand in his large strong ones and he rubbed the back of it with his thumb. He looked at her then nodded with a smile and they left the cabin, heading for the city of mortals and no magic.