Chapter 29 - Back To Normal

Olivia felt happy that she had gotten Francis to leave. She had gotten her birthday wish and that too in the best possible way possible. She had attacked two birds with one stone, she turned around and faced Alexander.

"Thank you. This was indeed the best birthday ever," she said so excitedly.

She walked away from the prince and stopped in front of the queen. "Nice try old hag, but I won," she said and left the courtyard.

The queen was left standing frozen, she was still shocked at how things had turned out. Her plan was starting to work, where it all went wrong was a mystery to him. All she knew was that the witch had somehow ruined everything that she had made. She went to her son and gave him a comforting hug. She pays him on the back repeatedly before leaving the courtyard.

Princess Silvia took the prince away from the courtyard towards her room. She ignored all the other wives who tried to get the prince to go with them instead. She reached her room and helped the prince to seat down before she locked the door behind them. She went to her wardrobe and got some dark green leaves, she kept them in a pot and set the fire.

She added water to the pot and waited for the pot to get ready. She stole glances at the prince, she couldn't believe how far Olivia had gone this time. The remedy she made was ready, she poured it into a cup and took it to the prince. She helped him drink it and waited for it to take effect.

The prince I inhaled loudly and jumped from the bed. He looked around the room confused as to what he was doing there." What happened?" he asked her realizing her presence in the room.

"You lost him," she explained everything that had happened in the courtyard to him.

"How could Olivia do this? How dare she put me under a spell," he screamed at the top of his voice.

"Calm down Alex. Shouting is not going to help, we need to think of a different way to approach the situation."

"What do you mean by that, how can you say that so easily when you know everything that has happened. This time I will rip her throat out, she has crossed the limit," he said sitting down.

"She is just desperate, that is why she resorts to magic. You know that your mother has never accepted her for these years and she keeps getting you married to many more girls since she came to the palace. It hasn't been easy for her, she tries everything to remain at the top because she was never given another option. Desperation is what makes her do crazy things."

"But why magic, does she think that my mother will like her for always resorting to using magic. The queen might not say it directly but she does notice the little things.

Her hatred for Olivia must have increased now. And so has mine, this time I won't forgive her," he said feeling betrayed.

"Listen, don't hate her just yet. You know that she isn't that bad. She is.."

"Stop defending her. She is a monster and I do hate her."

"The same way Francis hates you now?" she asked him. Alexander stared at her silently. He could only imagine how much he hated him for not saying anything and just watching by. He wasn't even watching him as he was under the influence of magic.

"I will just have to win him over. I won't give up on my love," he told to her.

"That is good and all but bear in mind that Olivia is not going to sit back and watch the two of you reunite. And what happened today hurt Francis and it might be harder than you think."

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"Everything is back to normal now," Olivia shouted with joy when she got to her room. "It was good that Alexander told me about his identity. It made it easier to get rid of him," she said and laughed her heart out.

"It is good that you are happy, it will make it more fun to break you," the queen said getting into her room. She dismissed all the servants in the room to have a private conversation with her.

"After losing you come here and throw empty threats. Old had accepted defeat," she advised and took a cup of tea and drink it.

"Call them what you want but you shouldn't underestimate me. I am a queen and that means that I am always prepared for everything. You might have gotten Francis to leave but you also sent Alexander far away from you," she said to her.

"That is what you said the last time but I am still here and as for Alexander. I know how to calm him down so don't need to worry about it."

"What makes you think that I am worried. Everything will be back to normal. I will be the only special princess and all else will now down to me," she said proudly and confidently.

"Good luck with that."

"I don't need luck. I have everything that I have always wanted. Their us nothing that luck will help me with," she fired back.

"I hope for your sake that it is as you say. Otherwise, I do not want to be in your shoes when the prince loses it."

The queen left the room and let her be. She walked the hallways with her hands held into a fist. "Find him. Francis must be brought back by all means and that witch that Olivia goes to meet for help. I want her to be burned to death," she said and went to her room.

Marcel took her orders and left the palace to find Francis and the witch as the queen had asked him to.

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"Francis please stop. Listen to me and to what I have to say," Nayla pleaded.

"Listen to you. After you stood by when the dragon king married me. You support him even now. No problem I will just have to do something about that," he said to her. His aura was different, he wasn't sweet at all. He radiated dark energy that made her tremble.

"That is not what I meant my lord. I would never support anyone but you," she said to him.

"Then please me," he said to her. "That dragon touched me and I feel dirty from it. Your touch will wipe out his, will you do it?" he asked caressing her face.

Nayla considered what he said, she couldn't bring herself to agree to his request.

Alexander was her friend and she wasn't going to do that to him and he was also the one written in Francis's destiny then how could she think of coming between them.

"Things have changed. You've never taken this long to consider a request from me," he commented. "It's okay. I have more reasons to hate the dragon king," he added and kept walking in the dark woods.

"Forgive me, my lord," she apologized to him. He looked back at her his eyes glowing with mischief.

They walked further into the woods. Nayla's other sister appeared next to them after being summoned by the lord. They were quite reading the tense environment between the lord and Nayla. Miyale and Zorra followed behind the lord next to their seat and they spoke in their minds. Nayla kept them up to date with everything that happened at the palace and how angry Francis was.

"Let's go to my house. I don't want to be far away from the dragon king. It should be easier for me to hurt him if I am close to him," Francis and changed direction to head to the village. "On second thought I don't want to go there. Let's go somewhere else. Like a trip," he suggested to them.

"To where?" they asked in unison.

"The island of the dead souls," he said and smiled. "I need to send Alexander a breakup present," he added.

"But the dead aren't to be messed with. It isn't good to play go.."

"Don't advise me," Francis let out angrily. "And that was not a request but an order. I don't want to debate about it so let's go."

"The hatred in Francis's heart runs deep, with this spell make him go to sleep," Zorra chanted and Francis fell.

The sisters carried him and took him to their hideout deep in the forest and laid him down on the bed.

"He is going to kill us when he wakes up," Miyale noted.

"Not if we don't do something he will kill Alexander and we can't have that. We have already interfered with their fate once, it won't hurt to do it again."

"What do you want to do Zorra. It's already too late, the truth is out and his soul is stronger now?" Nayla asked.

"I agree but there is one thing left to do," she said and looked at her sisters.. "Let's change it."