The Land Beyond The Waterfall

Chapter 40 [Edited]

Chapter 40 - The Chemistry Between Them Is Thick...Very Thick

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"You were my favourite aunt." Theodora drawled. She was speaking very softly. "You cared about me so much. You too thought that my dad was a complete bastard. You adored my mom."

She stared at Jacques for a whole second.

"THEN WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!" She yelled.

Her words were sharp and Naya flinched like she'd been slapped.

"I adored Cresan more. I thought you'd know that." Jacques simply said.

Theodora laughed, humorlessly.

"Cresan. Dad loved Cresan more than Mom. You loved Cresan more than me. Do you know why I was so agitated? CRESAN!" She thundered and then started laughing again.

This time, she was laughing maniacally.

"Do you know what I did?" She said in a sing-song voice and continued. "I killed her."

Then she burst into laughter again as if that was the funniest thing ever.

"I'm a little sad too. If Cresan hadn't lived, then I might've never met Cavaressa."

As if on cue, a girl with midnight black hair and emerald eyes emerged. She had pointy ears. She was extremely beautiful. Behind her was a floating cloud. After her, emerged a boy with dirty blonde hair and hazel-orange type eyes. His eyes were unique and his ears were pointy too.

"We have arrived, Jersey." Her honey-coated soft voice echoed.

Arya looked at her in shock. The magicians, who had emerged with Lea, looked at her with hate in their eyes. Dylan, however, stared at her with an unreadable expression.

"I see that you have chosen your side." Dylan spoke.

The girl seemed too surprised after seeing him to reply. The boy, however, glared at him.

"I thought that was obvious, Monastasian." He said the word 'Monastasian' with distaste.

The girl kept her hand on his wrist. "Please don't talk, Zayn."

"I see," Dylan mused. "You need your bitch to control yourself."

The boy-Zayn-lashed out. He was restrained by her again.

"See, I was right." Dylan replied.

"No, Dylan." I spoke, turning towards him. "Please don't provoke him."

"It seems like you need your bitch too." Zayn shot back.

In a second, Dylan's knife was out. My head snapped towards Zayn.

"Excuse me, but neither you know me nor do I so I think that it's best for you to not insult me." I snapped.

I stood protectively in front of Dylan. "Has Dylan finally moved on?" The girl asked softly as she moved forward.

Helly stood in front of Dylan too and said, "He has not, but he will."

The girl looked surprised to see her.

"And you are?" She asked.

"I am Helly Sharma, a friend of Dylan Chedar."

"You are?" I asked surprised.

She winked at me and said, "Your brother can be a friend of mine, right?"

"Brother?" The girl repeated. "Are you Diane Chedar?"

I looked at her, surprised.

"You know me?" I asked.

"Well, I haven't met you formally but I sure have heard about you from...Dylan." She glanced at him cautiously.

"Cavaressa," Jacques called. The girl-Cavaressa-turned towards Jacques.

"We have The Heart of Eyanar." Cavaressa's and Zayn's jaw dropped.

"What?" Right now, Theodora was staring at Cavaressa with an emotionless expression.

"We have The Heart Of Eyanar." Jacques repeated.

"Then give it to me! What are you waiting for?" She asked incredulously.

Jacques stared and Cavaressa.

"We want you on our side."

I could see Theodora stiffen a bit. The movement was almost unnoticeable.

Cavaressa scoffed and muttered something which sounded like, "Should've known." She took a deep breath.

"Not happening." She left no room for arguments.

"But Cavaressa, our people are suffering! What you got from Dora was good but it wasn't equivalent to The Heart of Eyanar. What the hell is wrong with-" Zayn was interrupted by Cavaressa.

"No!" She pretty much yelled in his face. She took a deep breath to calm herself and then continued in a soft voice.

"I had many relationships to maintain. My best friend, a djinn, or should I say, Jersey's sister, died because of me. I failed her. My dad died because of me. I failed him. My sister died because I was stubborn enough to drag her into death's mouth. I failed her the most. I returned neither Cresan's kindness nor yours, Jackie. I failed both of you. I-" Her voice broke down.

"I failed Dy-Dylan. He was with me when I needed him and I abandoned him. I failed him." I could see tears escaping her beautiful emerald eyes.

"But," She took a shaky breath. "I can't betray the one who aided me the most. I can't betray her when she needs my help. I can't fail Theodora Spinch."

Zayn sighed.

"Fine. No matter what you choose, I'll always be with you, Cavaressa." Zayn said. He gave her hand a little squeeze.

Jacques sighed.

"I kind of expected this. Which is why I'm doing this," Jacques said as she grabbed Jack and pressed her long sword on his neck. Then, she locked his arms with her own making it impossible for him to escape.

"If you make any move, then I'll kill your puppeteer." She spat.

Cavaressa and Zayn exchanged a confused glance.

"What?" Cavaressa asked. "When the hell did he lead us?"

Now, it was our time to be confused.

"What?" The word escaped out of my mouth.

Theodora laughed evilly. It sounded more like a cackle, though.

She closed her eyes and opened again. Her lightning-blue eyes had become fiery red.

"Jack," Theodora called. "Come towards me and injure whoever tries to stop you."

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