Mine (Book 1 )

Part 23

Hal

"They say she's been married off to Djolna" Kal reads the scroll that arrived from the Capital. I am about to speak when Viktor speaks. 

"She must be forced into it. There is no other explanation behind this" Viktor promises looking at me. 

"Djolna is worse than his father" Mother spits and I look at Kal who purses his lips. She realises what she has said and looks at Kal "You are the son of Gaia. Not him" she says to him and he give her an understanding look. 

"Is there no way in?" Nea asks sitting by Taissa holding onto her hand as Taissa's face is damp with fresh tears. 

"Devra" Vaira pleads with him and I watch him quietly ponder. He had revealed to me that he was my father almost two weeks ago. "We have to find a way past the Helvite" 

There were gods among us fighting a war for a child of god and they didn't know how. I would normally head to the Domus Dei to pray to the gods and yet here they were unable to help me. Help me save my Lexie. 

I think of our last night together. How she'd convinced me that going with Lesta was safe. We never went to sleep. Something had changed about her since she had returned from Ozea, she was stronger, she was braver and she was no longer afraid to be who she was within. The Lexie I knew her to be. But she was still the same with me. 

I could still smell her scent on my pillow, I could still feel her by the river. I remembered the day she begged that we didn't leave the bed and wished I had listened. I shut my eyes tuning everyone else out and thought of her. Praying that she could hear me, tell her that I was coming for her, tell her not to worry and everything would be okay again. 

"We surround it" Kyrr says "All of Ayra. Rally the kingdoms. They will fight" 

"And what is their cause?" Elijah asks. 

"To free the people of Ayra" Kyrr insists. 

"They wouldn't fight the King of Helviti." Elijah retorts. 

"They would for the King of Caela" Kyrr barks. I look at Devra who is listening to them debate. Hoping he would give me an answer. 

"This is a war of gods." Vaira speaks "Devra, we have no choice but to go to Helna" Devra sits up looking at her surprised. "We have no choice" 

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I walk around the border made of Helvite with Kaala striding beside me. I crouch down and pick up a shard of it examining it. The border was impossible to enter. It looked endless once you looked up. Ayra was never cold and yet now it was freezing. Almost as cold as Gaia. "Collect as much as you can" I order the soldiers who came with me. They immediately get to collecting shards of it. 

"May I ask why?" Uri asks me. 

"To know the enemy, we need to know their strengths. Right now, his strength is Helvite" I say and continue to look for any clues that could tell me something or anything about what was on the other side. 

By the time we had returned to Attyra, Vaira had returned with Helna. Helna was the Goddess of tools and weapons. She walked into the court and Devra stood up to greet her. "Sister" he greets. 

"Brother" she greets back. 

"How is Saturn?" Devra asks standing in front of her. 

"Beautiful" she replies and pivots her head to observe everyone that was present. "Etienne" she smiles wide and holds out her arms for Devra's first son. Etienne walks towards her and accepts her embrace. "I missed you" she pulls back and places her hand on his cheek.