Peggy stood behind madame Rico, who was speaking to an aged woman who struggled to steal glances at Peggy.
"Is it just her?," the woman curiously asked.
"Yes, for now. I'll bring some others later,"Madame Rico assured.
"I hope she's the castle material, she must be very obedient."
"You'll thank me later, she's the one I promised to bring, the one who rejected my offer."
"Really? Then why did you change your mind?," the woman asked in a very bossy manner.
"I found out that I was being childish."
Peggy's response made madame Rico and the woman laugh.
"Yeah, you made a great choice," madame Rico said- tapping Peggy's shoulder. "I have to leave now, I have somewhere to be now."
Mrs Rico collected the gold coins from the woman
and placed it in her bag, with a smile on her face.
"Be a good girl," she whispered to Peggy before walking away, leaving her alone with the scary woman.
"This is the castle, some walked in with their legs and left being carried away. So you make your choice."
The woman's serious statement left Peggy in terror, her imagination almost killing her.
"Hey," the woman yelled in front of her. Peggy flinched and jerked out of her imagination.
"I've been telling you to follow me for a while now, but you are lost in your own thoughts."
"I'm sorry ma'am," Peggy apologized.
"There's no problem, let's go," the woman said, and Peggy hurried after her, carrying her bag.
Right now Peggy couldn't wait to keep her things and be settled, so she could go see her sister in the cell. It was already two days and she didn't know if her episodes had occurred again.
***
Logan sat there staring at Gavin who was beginning to move his feet. Seeing that he was the only one in the room he turned around to go get the door.
Logan was in front of the door about to leave when Gavin held on tight to the collar of his coat.
Logan flinched and turned around, he furrowed when his eyes met with Gavin's serious ones.
"Gavin it's me your brother- Logan," he tried to explain, but it was obvious that he wasn't listening, because he began to move his head towards his neck.
Logan didn't have plans on allowing Gavin to bite him, not at this state.
Logan struggled with him and due to how strong Logan was, he was able to conquer and throw Gavin straight to the ground.
"Ahhh," Gavin wailed, holding his waist.
His actions made Logan feel guilty, so he calmly walked up to him again.
"Hi Gavin, it's your brother- Logan," Logan said, tapping him at his back.
But Gavin was determined, this time he reached out for Logan's ears, about to bite it.
His actions made Logan pissed and he slapped him hard on his face.
"It's me Logan," he yelled in anger, Unknown to him that queen Zenith was standing by the door.
"Logan!," the queen yelled walking in.
Gavin saw his mother and quickly ran up to the bed and hugged his feet, shedding crocodile tears.
Logan confusedly moved his eyes from Gavin to the queen, he didn't know how he was going to explain himself.
"Your highness, it's not what you think. Gavin was trying to....."
Logan wasn't able to finish he speech, because of the thundering slap the queen landed on his face.
"You bastard, how dare you lay your filthy hands on my son."
Logan saw how angry she was, he didn't even bother to explain further.
"Mother," Seraphina called as she hurried into the room, running up to Logan. "Why did you slap Logan?,"
"This thing, tried to kill your brother," queen Zenith disdainfully said, glaring dangers at Logan.
"Mother Logan did nothing! What do you mean by he tried to kill Gavin?."
"We all know you're happy that he is in this situation, you're overwhelmed that you were made the crown prince. Isn't that enough for you? Isn't it ?,"Queen Zenith fired at Logan, taking a few steps towards him.
"Now will you get out of my face before I slap you again."
Without wasting a second, Logan scuttled away, with his long coat sweeping the ground.
"Mom why did you.... Logan!," Seraphina yelled in confusion, before pursuing after him.
***
"What's that?," Lashonda asked Moana, who was taking something out of the pocket of her dress.
"It's my stone, I'm still trying to figure out how it's used."
"The magic stone?," Lashonda hurriedly asked Moana who nodded.
"We have two of these stones in our house."
"Do you have another sibling?," Moana questioned.
"Yeah it's me and my elder sister. Is that why the stones are two?," Lashonda asked.
"Yeah, at least that's the only thing I know about this stone, plus the fact that it's only a witch that can birth stones along with a child."
"Is it just you?," Lashonda asked and Moana nodded.
"No wonder you're so big, you're the same age as my sister Peggy, but you're way bigger than her, coz you're being fed with a lot of food."
Moana laughed at Lashonda's joke, tossing her stones up and down.
"You didn't seem surprised at my statement. Do you already know that your late mother is a witch?."
"Yeah, but I hate talking about it, that's why I ignored your statement."
"Why do you hate talking about your mother? You hate witches?," Moana curiously asked.
"No, I love my mother. But I hate the fact that she's the reason I have this heart disease," Lashonda said, staring at her fingers.
"Heart disease? Meaning you have a weak heart?," Moana asked and Lashonda nodded.
"Few months before my birth, my mom was attacked and her heart was sliced. She wasn't treated, that's the reason she died after giving birth to me."
"What a sad story, but how come your mother's heart was sliced?."
"She was among the witches that the witch-hunter caught when he visited Rafera," Lashonda explained.
"That's so sad, I'm sorry," Moana said out of pity.
"No it's fine, it was a long time ago.
The only thing that constantly reminds me of her is this stupid heart of mine," Lashonda said with a sour face.
"You heart, those it..."
"Yes, presently my episode occurs two times a week, meaning my death is close.
The doctor who treats me is so greedy, he increases the amount of treatment every day, he doesn't even treat us like customers.
My sister and I normally starve to get my heart treated. I always tell her to allow me to die, because at the end of everything I'll later die, but she doesn't listen ."
"Have you ever visited a fortune teller?," Moana asked in concern.
"Yeah, and I also tricked my sister into picking a card too," Lashonda replied.
"Really? What did It say?," Moana asked.
"Uhm my sister is going to get married to a prince and live happily ever after, even if she'll face some ups and downs, the story is surely going to end well," Lashonda explained.
"And you?," Moana asked with a worried look.
"Uhmmm. I'll die soon, very soon, but it's fine, I've accepted my fate a long time ago," Lashonda said, beaming Moana a smile.
"Now I see why you're so carefree."
"What of your own mother, did she die too?," Lashonda asked.
"No, she ran away eighteen years ago and she has never returned since then."
"Eighteen years ago? I was born in that year you know," Lashonda said, as they both laughed.
"Get ready, we're going out to work tomorrow," Moana informed.
"Yeah, I can already tell that it's a hard job, maybe I'll die tomorrow," Lashonda said, making Moana glare at her.