Chapter 53 - Reuniting Francis And Alexander (part Two)

The queen had taken a trip with her handmaiden and went to the forest. She went to seek a great which that lived near the valley. She rode her horse at a very high speed in the darkness of the night. She missed the days that the whole kingdom would be very lively during the night.

The streets and everywhere were full of life and had lights everywhere but ever since her husband died and her son stopped turning into a dragon by day everything went back to normal.

She made her way through the dark forest and rode to the valley. She and her maiden tied the horses to the trees and proceeded to go inside the small hut that was hidden behind the many trees.

"Are you sure about this my queen?" the handmaiden inquired fully aware of what the queen's plan was. She was just not sure if it was okay for the queen to do this.

"Do not question my decision," the queen's mother said and knocked on the door. She knocked and knocked but nothing happened.

"Maybe she isn't home," the maiden said.

The door opened revealing a beautiful girl with a hood on her shoulders. She smiled at them and made way for them to enter. She got two cups of tea for them and had them sit in her rusty hut.

"Why are you here, Geldine?" She asked the queen's mother.

"I need your help," the Queen's mother said getting to the point. She pushed the cup of tea from her maiden before it touched her lips and made her set it down. "There is no need to poison us, I didn't come here to harm you," she added referring to the poisoned cup of tea that was offered to them.

"What can I do you for?" the girl asked.

"I need you to do something that can unite my son with the love of his life. I need you to activate the dragon mark on Francis's neck so he will be attracted to his dragon and won't resist the beautiful bond they share," she said to her.

"That which you ask for is very dangerous. Only his dragon should do that for him, outside help might make things complicated," the girl started to her.

"I can handle complicated. What I can't handle is seeing the two of them apart," she told.

"It could cause a catastrophe to happen. Are you sure?" she asked her, the maid too looked at the queen questioning her with her eyes.

"I am."

The girl fetched some chalk, candles, a bird, and a bowl of water. She drew the symbol of David on the floor and drew a circle around it. She placed a candle in each corner of the symbol. With a flip of her hand, the candles started burning. She placed the bowls of water outside the circle.

"There is still time to change your mind. Once I start you won't get a second chance," the girl warned but the Queen's mother refused to change her mind. She had to see her son happy and that was it and since everyone refused her first plan, her second plan is sure to win.

"I want this," she affirmed. The girl didn't ask again and took the living bird and held it in her hands. She twisted the bird's neck and broke it. She then cut the bird and let its blood drip down to the circle. The blood traveled in the lines drawn on the ground until all the lines were drawn with blood.

The girl closed her eyes and began to murmur a spell under her breath. She soon started floating in the air with the flame in the candles increasing. The water in the bowls started boiling until it evaporated.

The girl stopped floating and returned to the ground when the candles burned down to the ground. She looked up to the Queen's mother and smirked.

"It's done," she said happily.

"Good, your payment," the queen's mother said and reached into his pocket and got a silver necklace and threw it to her.

"This I..is t..the necklace of.."

"Yes, and it is yours. I must leave now.

Goodbye," the queen's mother said and left the hut with her handmaiden. She was so excited to return home and see her favorites happily together again. It made her happy to know that she won and was able to reunite the two of them. She was sure that they would thank her when she returns to the palace.

They raced back to Arimelari and the queen's mother wastes no time to go into the palace. As it was still night she didn't want to disturb the two lovers and went in search of her second son. Who she was sure would have noticed if something had happened between the two lovers and would be able to tell her.

She knocked on the door and repeated to knock until the door was opened. She was surprised to see the girl who was brought to the palace to wed Alexander opening the door. But her surprise soon turned to happiness.

Because if Mordecai had found a way to seduce Malia and convince her to marry him then Alexander will be free to get married to Francis again.

"Qu..queen m..mother," she said nervously. She reached her hand out and touched the queen's mother to confirm if she was real and screamed. Her scream woke the prince up and he came to check why she screamed.

"M..mother," he said not believing that his mother was standing right in front of him.

"Yes, it's me. Why are you acting strangely and won't you invite your mother inside," she asked and got into the room. The room was different from how it was arranged in the morning and even the decorations were different.

She looked around the room. It looked like it had a female touch to it. 'Only a day and she has already claimed her place in your life,' she said in her mind feeling proud at how fast her son worked to help her unite his brother with the love of his life.

"Mother," Mordecai called still in disbelieve.

"Yes. Why do you keep calling me like that? Anyway, forget all that I have amazing news for you. I think that I have found a way to get us what we want faster," she informed. "You have no idea what I have done and when you find out, you will be shocked to the core," she said happily.

"Where have you been mother?" he asked her taking her hands to feel if she was real. After confirming that indeed his mother was there he couldn't stop himself from hugging her.

"I just went for a horse ride in the forest," she replied not knowing why his son was acting the way he was.

"Wait until brother finds out that you are here. He will be so happy," Mordecai said and turned around to do inform Alexander of the fact that their mother was there.

"Stop," Malia shouted from where she stood.

"What are you doing Mordecai? What do you think would happen if you disturb the king in the middle of the night. He won't spare you and you can't promise that he will spare your mother either. You know he hates to be disturbed when he is with him," she said and got him to return.

Mordecai sat down on the bed and thought carefully, he had to think of a good way to tell his brother that their mother was back in a way that won't offend him and make him do something to their mother.

"Wait, what are you talking about. Alexander my son could never harm me," the queen's mother said to Malia. "Don't go around spouting nonsense of my son. Do you understand me or I will be your worst nightmare," she said in a threatening voice.

"That would be the case if he was still the son you speak of. The one right now would not hesitate to burn you with his dragon breath if you so much as coughed in his presence," Malia confessed to her.

The queen mother felt enraged that a mare girl who knew nothing of his son or the royal family dared to talk about her son like that. She raised her hand and slapped her.

"Don't ever speak of my son like that in my presence or else," she threatened.

Malia and Mordecai just stared at her like she was a crazy woman and didn't say anything else. Just then the door opened and a woman covering her head with a veil walked in with a crying baby. She came to them and handed the child over to Malia before removing her veil.

"I'm sorry that I disturbed you at night. He was crying nonstop and I didn't know what to do. I saw that your lights were on and thought to come here. His milk will be ready soon but until then I have to keep him away from the king," she said in a worried voice.

"It's okay Queen Sofia. Ander is my favorite nephew, I don't mind him being here. I just pity him, his father Alexander hates him so much that he can't stand the sight of him," she said while shaking the baby gently to calm him.

"That is why I had to sneak him out of the room. I couldn't afford the other dragons seeing me," the Queen said.

"Who would have thought the great prince of Arimelari. The blood moon dragon would have such a tragic life."

The queen watched and listened to their conversation. Her head started spinning from trying to make sense of it all.. She finally fainted.