Chapter 65 - QUEEN ANNA AND THE RED STONE

On the night of Eun-Woo and Jieun's wedding, the situation is still as lively as it is now even though it is already 2 am now.

King Liam who continues to entertain his acquaintances whom he has not met after so long, does not leave himself with alcohol at all.  Makes Queen Anna has to drag him away.  Take him to their residence, in the north palace.

"Wait.  I want to drink more."  King Liam said in a drunken state. 

"That's enough!  You've already had a lot."  Only at a time like this she could be angry at him without limitations.  Because he won't remember this tomorrow.  Like he always does.

Once in the room, Anna threw her drunken husband rather rudely on their bed.  She gasped tiredly a bit at the time because Liam was actually quite heavy.  She didn't know how she managed to drag him here alone anyway.  But, she knew that she didn't want people to see the King fooling himself over alcohol, so she had to do something about it before the worst happen.  Not that she can't ask for help but she just wants to do it herself.  As a faithful wife.

Just about she wanted to get out of there, her hand being jerk strongly making her now lying on her bed with her husband now pinned her against it. 

After just one second of staring, Liam cannot wait anymore.  He is hot and feeling wanted.  Probably because of the alcohol.  He kisses Anna, his wife now roughly on the lips, didn't care when she tries to push him away.

"Stop that!  You smell of alcohol."  Anna talks when she manages to push him away a little.  She didn't want to be touched.  Not when he is not sober up like this.

"Shut up!"

Like always, Liam is not the one that likes to be rejected.  He must be the dominant one.  No one can refuse him.

Not caring of his wife's rejection, he continues his action, press his body to her, kiss her wild, kissing her neck.  Anna that rejects the touch before cannot stop the pleasure feeling that suddenly arise now.  That man really can make her go crazy just in a split second.  This kind of behavior that he shows her, sometimes she like it, but sometime she hates it. 

Her skin that is now not covered shiver slightly now because of the cold air, making the man cannot stand any longer seeing that.  He lowered himself completely deep into her.  Making Anna is now screaming in euphoria, for each stroke that the man gave to her.

After the 'passionate' activities, Liam is completely out, giving out himself to his drunk state and sleepiness.  Left his wife who is still breathing heavily resulted from their previous activities, at the side of the bed.  Naked.

"Lucia..."

Anna, who breathing heavily before suddenly stop her breathing after hearing the whisper that come out from the man's mouth.  She is smirking in hurt.

Why now?  Why he always said the name after they doing this together?  Especially when he is drunk.  And that's is why she didn't like him to be in the drunken state.  Because in the end, it's going to hurt her.

Quickly she got up from the bed, picked up her dress scattered on the floor again and went back to wearing it. 

Then she got up and went near the table in the middle of the bedroom.    Pouring a glass of wine to calm herself down while staring sharply at her husband's sleeping face.

Anna sip the wine a little.  She didn't plan to drink today, but she really needed that.

"How dare you sleep so peacefully after breaking my heart with just one word?"  Anna said it out loud now.  Not even care if he will get up by that or not.

"It's been years, but you still can't forget about her.  How good or beautiful is she that makes you unable to forget her easily?  Am I as your wife now still not enough?" 

Anna was still staring at her husband as she threw question after question into the air.  Of course, no one can answer it.  No one but him.

"Must I compete with the ones who already death for the rest of my life, Liam?"

With the last question Anna drinks her wine that's still a lot in her glass in one shot.  Hoping that it will wash her disturb feeling away before she storm out of the door.  Going to the forbidden area.

Anna is now walking carefully at that time worried if there are eyes looking.  After confirming there is no one else beside her there, she removes the key of the restricted room from her pouch, open the door quietly and gets inside quickly before the guards come walking there. 

After that, she's closing the door slowly and locking it again from the inside.  Only then, Anna finally can breathe a sigh of relief.  She looks intently to the red stone there.  The only stone that is visible to the eyes now.  She turned her eyes away for a moment in the other direction, and suddenly, 

"It's been a while since the last time you are coming here." 

Anna looked back at the rock that was now in glistening red and began to float there.  She is not surprised by what she sees as its not her first time watching that.

"I got too many things to do.  Tonight seems a good time to sneak in."  Anna explaining even she didn't have to actually.

"Anxiety, are you?"

Anna only can send the stone, her deadly glare.

"You bring this to yourself.  I already warn you before."

"I, take care of my own personal life."  Anna said in a strict voice.  She didn't come here to get herself 'a nagging' from the stone anyway.

"You look like a mess that's why I bring that up."

"Enough of that!  I come here to telling you about the situation."  Anna didn't want to drag the meaningless speak any further.  They didn't have a whole day anyway.

"Today, Eun-Woo and Jieun are married."  Anna said.

The stone is keeping quiet for a while.

"The prediction is now getting closer to be true."  Anna added.

"The fate finally brings them together.  We are finally a step ahead, added to the green twin stone now also showing itself."  The red stone now saying something.

"Liam wanted to order all the six princes, including Jieun to next land now.  It's been rumored that something unusual is happening there.  Probably it because of the next twin stone."  Anna told what she had just heard.

"With the twin stone finally resurface it means it only a matter of time before all of them is gathered around.  Be more alert.  Who knows what Liam and the witch will plan.  We need to make the wish before them.  But be more careful, the witch definitely not going to be loyal to Liam.  She also enchanted by the stone power more than him. "

Anna right then just remembered something,

"Freya trying to scare Jieun before.  She seems frustrated about something and stood before the girl with her real face.  Luckily I sense something was off and went after Jieun before she done something to her.  I guess she can't read Jieun  just like she can't do it to Aera before."  The red stone is now making an unsatisfied sound.  Didn't like what it just hears.

"Oh!  I almost forgot to tell you.  Jieun unexpectedly have a power, a healing power.  Which is different from the prophecy.  Also she is different from Aera that fit the prophecy the most.  But Aera is...not in this world anymore.  Do you think she is the one that we are looking for? " Anna asking curiously.

"Healing power?  I never heard of that before, but even its different with the prophecy she is 'special' enough for us to protect.  We cant say anything without the prediction from someone from the Elysium Land.  Even without complete the prophecy we need to win no matter what.  The prophecy is only a guide for us.  We don't know what is going to happen if Liam or the witch make the wish first.  We can't make the world fall into the darkness.  Its been too long now. "

Sigh. 

"I need to find a way to go or find someone from the land then."  Anna said while her mind now full of her deep thoughts.

Suddenly the red light from the rock disappeared and the rock was no longer floating.  Anna kept silent there.  Know that the palace guards are probably walking in front of the door.

"Did you hear something?"  The guard asks his friend who guarded the area that night together.

"No, why?"  The friend sound confuses by the question as he didn't hear anything.

Anna can hear the sound behind the door.  She is not scared by them actually, but she just didn't want to get into Liam bad side. 

After a few minutes, Anna could no longer hear the voice or the footsteps of the guard there.  She walked to the doorway, putting her ear right on the door to really make sure.  Once convinced, she began to put her hand on the door knob, wanted to open the door to go out.  But before that,

"Don't get blind by your own feeling Professor." 

The red light is back, stop her action right then.  Anna turned back to look at the red stone there.

"My hatred for him is larger than my love.  I will not do anything that will hinder our plan.  Didn't you are the one that suppose to be scared if I done any harmful things to him?  After all... he is your son, father in law. "

Without waiting for the reply, Anna gets out of the room in fast.  As she didn't want Liam to questioning where she had been, as she knows the man will be up not long now, as the morning sun is almost out right then.

Her words, then making the stone, or the previous King soul that trapped inside the red stone there, left with silence.