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⟨ PALACE OF MAELSTROM ≈ SAME NIGHT ⟩
“Greetings to you, your majesty” Zain greeted with respect, and King Osvaldo smiled at him.
“I see you are the one elected to be my new personal bodyguard after Zelda’s disappearance” King Osvaldo said.
“Yes your majesty, and I promise to serve you the best way I can” Zain said and bowed his head smirking.
“I know you will, I can tell from your face that you are a good man” King Osvaldo said and Zain scoffed secretly.
A maid entered king Osvaldo’s room and bowed to him.
“Greetings to you, your majesty” The maid greeted, and King Osvaldo smiled.
“Lead him to Zelda’s room, he will take Zelda’s place from now on”
“Come with me” The maid said to Zain.
Zain bowed to King Osvaldo before leaving his room with the maid.
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“I wonder where Tatiana is? She’s been scarce lately” Narmada said looking around, and then her eyes met with Zain who was coming towards her direction with a maid.
“Za…. Zain” She stuttered and quickly held herself in the palace’s alley.
“What is Zain doing here?” She asked herself.
“Is a good thing you chose to be a personal guard to the king” The maid said as she walked passed her (Narmada) with Zain.
Narmada falls to the ground after Zain has gone far from her.
“Why did he come to the palace? Why? Why? Why!!” Narmada shouted ruffling her hair.
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( SOMEWHERE IN THE PALACE ≈ SAME NIGHT ⟩
“You need to stop drinking Cheng” Marcellus said, trying to take the cup of liquor from him, but Cheng jerked his hand off.
“Stop being a killer Joy Marcellus. You are my friend, right?” He asked laughing.
“Of course I am” He said.
“Then let’s drink the night away” Cheng said laughing. He poured more liquor in his cup and gulped it down.
“Why are you even drinking Cheng?” Marcellus asked.
“Because I want choose to, I just want to have fun” He said laughing, but the laugh slowly turned into a cry.
“Are you crying?” Marcellus asked.
“I can’t help it, because it hurt so much. She made me fall in love with her, so much in love with her, and now she’s distancing herself from me. She doesn’t want me to go close to her” Cheng said crying.
“You mean Tiana?”
“Who else? Of course she’s the one, the only one I love more than my life. The only woman I can give up my life just to save hers, the only woman who lights up my day, the only woman I can kill for, the only woman who loved me despite being a demon, but that woman is slowly running away from me. If I knew I was going to hurt her, I won’t have had sëx, I won’t have done it with her if I knew she’s going to avoid me after our first night together” Cheng said hiccupping in tears.
“Do you both have a misunderstanding?” Marcellus said.
“Yes we did, and I raised my voice at the woman I love so much, I even walked out on her. Please tell her I didn’t mean to shout at her, tell her that I am sorry, and I will never shout at her again. I love Tiana, I just love her so much, and is making go insane” Cheng said crying.
Marcellus just watched Cheng crying, not knowing what to do.
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⟨ CHENG’S ROOM ⟩
“What happened to him Marcellus?” Tatiana asked after Marcellus placed the sleeping Cheng on the bed.
“He ask me to drink with him, and he got drunk. He drank a lot, and that’s why he got drunk despite having a demon inside of him”
“You should have stopped him from drinking” Tatiana said looking at Cheng.
“I tried to, but I couldn’t stop him. He got drunk because of you Tatiana. So wh@tëver misunderstanding you both have, you should resolve it. My friend is hurting a lot, because he loves you so much” Marcellus said.
“I will”
“I will be taking my leave now”
“Thank you Marcellus for bringing him back, and also send my regards to Swati”.
“I will Tatiana” Marcellus said and leaves.
Tatiana sits beside Cheng, she tried to touch his hand, but she withdraw remembering the outcome if she does.
Her hands shows signs of transparency again and she fights back her tears.
“Now that you are not sober, I have to do this. I don’t have time anymore to remain here on earth” She said.
Her hands shines white, and just when she was about to place her white magic hands on Cheng’s head, without touching him, Farris appeared and use her white magic to fling Tatiana away from Cheng.
“What’s your problem Farris?” She asked.
“My problem is you Gretchen. Are you trying to interfere with human lives again?” Farris asked.
“I have to know everything about his birth, so I can know the witch that possessed him” Tatiana said.
“Don’t read the secrets surrounding his birth Gretchen. The heavens have given you a second chance to go back to being Gretchen, the powerful guidance of the forest and seven seas, leave the human world and stopped being stubborn” Farris said.
“Is easy for you to say because you don’t know what love is. I love Cheng so much, and it’s breaking my heart to see he’s getting hurt because of me. I can’t leave the human world without finding out who the dark witch is, and I can’t leave until I take out the demon dwelling inside of him, and in order to do, I have to read the secret revolving around his birth” Tatiana said going close to Cheng who was still sleeping.
“If you choose to interfere with human lives again Gretchen, this time you won’t become human, but disappear for good, and you won’t ever exist again” Farris said.
Tatiana halted her feet and looked at Farris.
“What do you mean by that?” She asked.
“The moment you take the demon out from Cheng’s body, you will disappear like a bubble, and you will no longer exist in our world, you will be gone for eternity” Farris said and the white white magic in Tatiana’s hands disappeared.
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TBC
