Forced into Fantasy

Chapter 24 - Trust

Adomis;

I still couldn't wrap my head around it all. How was it even possible? That the rulers of two enemy Guilds could become bonded with one another – it made no sense at all!

If Ivy was indeed the missing heir to the Sage Guild's throne as we now suspected, I was in a lot of trouble. Serious trouble.

It would make her my mortal enemy and therefore my opposition.

Her, the woman who melts my heart and makes me feel things I have never felt before with anyone else. The woman whom I am now linked with on a mystical level.

I have never been more confused and afraid than I am right now.

And worse still, I don't know what I should do next!

A part of me goes into strategical mode and tells me to have her arrested for treason immediately, before anyone else learns of her existence. 

If I take out the heir to the Sage Guild's throne, then I can take her army and link the two Guilds together as one more powerful than any other.

I would become unstoppable!

But I can not ignore a twinge of ache coming from my heart at the thought of causing her harm. 

My Ivy... 

Could I do that to her? 

To someone I care so very much about?

And what of our bonding? I can practically feel everything she feels, as if she is with me all the time. Could I truly deal with losing her for good, merely for more land and power?

My answer was simple. I had already decided.

But first I would need to speak with her.

Alone.

Ivy;

My mind is swimming with confusion and disbelief. Adomis is my apparent sworn enemy? The leader of the Fire Guild?

I didn't know how to react to this new information, or what to say as I now stood out on Zarkin's balcony in silence, staring off blankly into the distance of such splendid scenery. 

The concerned Mage had followed me out just after telling me about Adomis being the Fire Guild's Overlord. 

Needless to say, I didn't react too well to this and suddenly needed air.

I had so many questions beginning to form, of my kidnapping, of my arrival in this world, all of it. But I couldn't formulate any of it into words. 

I closed my eyes for a moment, noticing the strange warmth of the air as it gusted past my face.

'Why did Ronaar want me to marry him?′

'Why would he want to marry his enemy?'

'Did he intend on killing me once we were married?'

But something else seemed to stand out more than all of these unanswered questions, for some unknown reason and I focused solely on it, squinting my eyes in an attempt to remember.

"The amulet..." I spoke aloud, alerting Zarkin who began to listen in as I spoke my thoughts.

"What amulet?" he queried, coming to stand beside me at the railing.

"The one that brought me here. To this world..."

I turn to face him now.

"I was wearing it when I went to sleep in my world, and then awoke here in yours. But I don't remember... I haven't seen it since."