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⟨ NEXT DAY ≈ JAI’S STUDY ROOM ⟩
“Are you all right scholar Marcellus, you are sounding like a broken record, I can’t understand what you are trying to say” Jai said, and Marcellus sighed.
“I am sorry Prince Jai, let’s start all over again” He said, and Jai covered the book.
“It’s unlike you to be this dull while teaching me, what’s going on scholar Marcellus?” Jai asked.
“It’s matters of the heart Jai, so you won’t understand”
“Then make me understand. I know I am still a kid, but we have come a long way together” Jai said, and Marcellus takes in his lips, sadly.
“It’s Swati. I can’t find her”
“What happened to her?”
“My ex-father threw her out of the house, and since last night I have been looking for her, but I can’t find any trace of where she could be” Marcellus said sniffing back his tears.
“You must love her a lot, right?”
“Yes I do. I regret not telling her about my feelings for her on time. I wish I can just see her right now, and hug her so tightly”
“Don’t worry Scholar Marcellus, as long as Swati is still in Maelstrom, you are going to find her, you haven’t search properly, so don’t lose hope” Jai said smiling.
“Thanks Jai”
“Do you want to go out and get some fresh air?” Jai asked smiling.
“Do you want your mother to shout at me?”
“We already left the palace without getting caught, so what makes you think we will get caught now?” Jai asked and Marcellus smile.
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“I wonder why I haven’t seen Ansel since the day he left the bibliotheca, after he gave me the books about the stars” Anisha said as she walk with Kenji.
“Why would you even care about that Ansel?”
“C’mon Kenji, Ansel is our friend” Anisha said.
“But we don’t know anything about him, except for his name, we shouldn’t be hanging out with….”
“Look Kenji, it’s Ansel” Anisha squealed excitedly, when she saw Jai looking at some Kimonos.
“Oh, I see” Kenji muttered jealously
“Let’s go to where he is Kenji” Anisha said, taking Kenji’s hand, and they both went to meet Jai.
“Ansel!” Anisha called him, and Jai got startled.
“Anisha, Kenji…. What brings you here” He stuttered.
“Why are you sounding that way Ansel? Do we look like ghosts to you?” Kenji asked and before Jai could speak up, Marcellus approach them.
“Prince Jai, we should go back to the palace, before they start looking for you” Marcellus said.
“Prince Jai!!!” Anisha and Kenji shrieked surprisedly, looking at Jai.
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⟨ PALACE OF MAELSTROM ⟩
Narmada’s puckers her lips as her stomach rumbles. She hasn’t eaten for 64 hours, and she is very hungry.
“I am so hungry, what should I do?” Narmada mumbled holding her Tommy.
“Should I just step out for a while, eat something and then run back to my room before Zain will see me?” Narmada asked herself.
After few hours of anticipating whether to go out from room or not, she decided to come out from her room.
She walked to the door, and brought out her head first, and when she saw no one, she came out from her room, tip toeing towards the kitchen.
She has already dismissed her maids and bodyguards, so there was no one to run an errand for her.
Narmada was still tip toeing to the kitchen, when she saw Zain coming her way, and she quickly hide herself, and after Zain passed her, she came out from her hidden place.
“This palace is so big, so why am I always seeing him. Maybe I should have told him I am a princess” Narmada said frustrating.
“So you are a princess?” Zain asked behind her, and Narmada froze after she heard Zain’s voice. She slowly turn to look at him, and she could see the anger in Zain’s eyes.
“You are the princess of Maelstrom, no wonder you are always hiding from me” Zain said.
“You knew I was hiding from you?”
“Of course, I was quick to see you before you could hide, and I kept asking myself why you were hiding from your lover, then I thought maybe you became a maid in the palace and didn’t want me to know about it, but it turns out that you are the princess of Maelstrom”
“Zain let me explain…”
“What exactly did you want to explain Narmada? About how you lied to me, huh!!!” Zain shouted at her, as tears falls down his eyes.
“I lied to you because I was afraid you won’t talk to me if you find out I am a princess. You h@tëd the royal family, and I didn’t want to lose you because I love you Zain”
“How can you say you love me when your family is the Master mind behind what happened to my mother. I told you countless times about not knowing how my mother died, but you acted like you know nothing!!!”
“I am sorry Zain, I’m so sorry” Narmada said, crying.
“Since you are a princess, it means you know how my mother died, so tell Narmada, was Cheng the one who killed my mother?” He asked with misty eyes.
“Zain”
“Stop calling my name and tell me the truth!!! Was Cheng the one who killed my mother, answer me Narmada!!!” Zain shouted at her.
“Yes he did. Your mother was part of the people that died on the night Cheng transformed into a demon ten years ago” Narmada said crying, Zain tried to walk away, but Narmada quickly held his hand.
“Where are you going Zain?” She asked.
“I am going to make that demon pay for killing my mother”
“Is dangerous Zain, please don’t do it” She said, crying.
“You have no right to tell me what to do. I h@të you Narmada” Zain said, and forcefully took his hand from her.
Narmada landed on the floor as a result of how he took her hand, and Zain walked away without caring about her.
*I h@të you Narmada* This four words replayed in Narmada’s ear, and it made her cry her eyes out.
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⟨ MASTER GU’S HOUSE ≈ NIGHT ⟩
“Swati” Marcellus said, hugging her tightly. He went back to masters Gu’s house and found her there.
Marcellus broke the hug, caressing her face. “Where have you been Swati? I was worried about you” He said.
“You shouldn’t have come here Marcellus”
“Why not Swati?”
“Your father doesn’t approve of me” She said as tears falls down her eyes.
“I don’t care if he approves of you or not, what matters to me is you”
“But I don’t know anything about myself, I don’t know who my family is” Swati said.
“It doesn’t matter Swati, you can always create a new family with me”
“Marcellus”
“I love you Swati, I am so much in love with you, my ex-father won’t be a problem, because I have stop being his son, be mine Swati, and we will both build our own family together” Marcellus said with lots of emotions in his eyes
“I love you too Marcellus, I love you so much” Swati said,and hugged him, as balls of tears falls down her eyes.
Marcellus smiled, and wrapped his arms around her slender body, kissing her hair.
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⟨ BACK IN THE PALACE ≈ SAME NIGHT ⟩
Zain spotted Cheng from a distance, and he was busy looking at the full moon, and in his eyes, lies a lot of sadness.
“If I can’t fight you, then I have to kill you secretly” Zain said with so much anger I’m his eyes, as he aimed for Cheng, with the arrows and bows in hand.
He tried shooting at Cheng, but the arrows got destroyed before it could get to Cheng.
“Why are you trying to kill him?” Tatiana asked.
Zain looked at her and said, “It’s none of your business” He said and aimed for Cheng again, but Tatiana destroyed the arrows with her white magic.
“What exactly is your problem!!”
“My problem is you, try to kill the love of my life again, and I won’t spare you” Tatiana said, more like a warning.
Zain ignored her threat and tried shooting the arrows at Cheng, Tatiana moved her hand, and Zain landed on the wall.
“Who exactly are you?” Zain asked.
“You don’t have to know who I am” Tatiana said, and held his hand, and she instantly read everything about him.
“You seek revenge for the death of your mother, but you are aiming for the wrong person” Tatiana said.
“What are you trying to say?”
“Cheng is no not the person that killed your mother, it was the king, because your mother find out that he is the reason why Cheng transformed into a demon ten years ago”
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TBC
