Minecraft Diaries (Aaron x Lorena) Book 1 |The Rise of Phoenix Drop|

Ch. 52 ~Sacrifice Made~

' - ' ~ Inner thoughts
" - " ~ Dialogue
Letters in Itallic are letters or books.
* - * ~ Sound effects
( - ) ~ Whispering
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Lorena's POV:

Zane looks at me as I keep staring at Garroth with wide eyes and my mouth slightly agape. Zane chuckles.

High Priest Zane: "What? Shocked to see that Garroth has family?"

"No... just, I guess I wasn't expecting you of all people."

High Priest Zane: "Well... Lady Lorena, let me give you some history on your Guard who you claim to know so well. Garroth is the first born to the Lord of O'Khasis, I am the lowly second born - yes, I get the burden of NOT inheriting the Lordship from our father among other things, and then... we had a younger brother... but... a shame to say he's... gone."

"Wait, he's a LORD!?"

High Priest Zane: "TO BE Lord... to be exact. He's not Lord yet, as our father has not passed away, goodness forfend. However, two years ago Garroth was set to inherit the position of Lord, he had been training sometime as a guard to protect father even though it was against father's wishes. Then, a treaty was signed between the city of Scaleswind and O'Khasis... we were about to go to war. Thankfully father had set up an arranged marriage between the firstborns of our estates.

"Wait, wait, wait... so Garroth... has a fiancé!?"

High Priest Zane: "He HAD a fiancé. He backed out because he claimed he didn't "LOVE" her and fled. Father disowned him. I'll give you two some time to talk now. Come to me tomorrow morning if you want to know more about your... Guard."

With that he walks away. I turn to Garroth and see him still facing down.

Garroth: "......................"

"So... you've been hiding this whole time?"

Garroth: "........... Yes. I never meant to deceive you."

"Why didn't you tell me anything?"

Garroth: "I am not suited to lead others. I'm suited to protect those who can better the happiness of the people around them. I was born to become a Lord... I was not given the choice based on my confidence or abilities. I know I am not a natural born leader - I'm perfectly okay with that. I do what I'm good at."

"What about your fiancé?"

Garroth: "My fiancé? We've never even met! My father wanted me to marry someone I don't even know! Now he's insane to do his dirty work to fetch me...

... Wait, how did Zane know I was here... he couldn't have come just for Donna's mother... there's no way... she's not even..."

"What are you going to do Garroth?"

Garroth: "I don't know... I need some time to think about this."

"Just ignore Zane and don't go."

Garroth: "You do not understand, Lord Lorena... if I don't confront my father... he'll do something... terrible I fear. The city-state of O'Khasis claims to be an entity that PREVENTS monarchs from coming to power, but that's a boat of lies. O'Khasis runs completely dictated by my father, and has more military power than anything you've ever seen."

"Maybe you should go into hiding again."

Garroth: "No... no, I'm sure... I'm sure Zane knows that I care for this village and its people

................ He'll do something terrible."

"But he's a High Priest! How can he!?"

Garroth: "He wouldn't... he's just a threatening messenger boy. I still don't understand! How could he... and all this... this is just all horrible timing... absolutely horrible!"