[Book Two] After facing the truth and accepting her new life, Milaia must embark on a dangerous quest to reach the Tree of Life to save her former kingdom and her true love, with the help of a ruthless ally who may be more important than she realize...
The thing is, when it happens we don't know it's the end.
With our new wet clothes, which dried in just a few minutes outside, we left the greenhouse with a clear idea.
We hated each other.
We hated each other because we couldn't love each other, we couldn't work it out.
Perhaps out of fear, or because of problems that neither of us wanted to admit, we couldn't give each other a chance. And this time, Caelus had gone too far. He hurt me with every word he said. If he wanted to push me away so badly, he had succeeded.
'Where to?'
'Just follow me.'
I placed my bag over my shoulder, grabbed my necklace and prayed to the Gods for strength. I needed to get this over with, to come back to reality, to feel the breeze under my skin again.
My magic would return as soon as Caelus was out of my life.
I would never have to repress it again, although I would make sure it wasn't the only way to feel safe. If there was one thing I had learned in this time, it was that I had to train myself to become stronger, in every sense.
I knew what was to come would not be easy, but I was willing to face anything to end this.
I didn't want to see Caelus any more.
I would make sure that once we returned, I would never set foot in the Lost Kingdom again. No more requests to the Lost Men, no more deals, no more pirates, ships or thieves. It would all end right here.
I followed the path he led me on, as we walked away from the castle.
I thought of the King of Vulcan looking for me.
I became aware of the amount of time I had been away from my Kingdom. I really hoped that Galaga was taking care of everything as best as she could. Of course, I was still going to have to find out why they had been on Eurus a while back, if it had been a misunderstanding or perhaps a strategy. If it was neither, I was going to have to make it clear to them that I would never ally myself with a person like that boy.
I was willing to sacrifice for my people, but not to sell my soul.
The light-blue dress made the path easier, I no longer felt hot but the fury that Caelus had awakened in me continued to simmer, not leaving me alone.
I wish I hadn't cared so much. I really didn't understand why I was still giving importance to a person who wasn't worth it. But deep inside me, I couldn't bear the thought of us hating each other.
He didn't say anything, he walked with his head down, concentrating on the steps that the map had indicated to him. It wasn't long now, I could tell by the way he slowed his pace.
My skin froze when I saw what we had stopped in front of.
A large lava waterfall was spreading in front of our eyes.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
