A New Life

8. Betrayal

Elijah

The little princess actually did it.

She left.

She's braver then I thought, I'll give her that, but she was not thinking. I don't know what made her think she would survive in the Sunken.

The only reason she was able to make it out in the first place was because my brother and I followed her the entire way, making sure the other monsters kept their distance. If we weren't there... she would have been dead by now, because I know those monsters... They stay in the dark and lurk, waiting for prey like her to get just close enough before they pounce on them, devouring them within seconds.

I knew she was going to leave. I could feel it, I just don't know why I let her go. I could have easily stopped her. I watched her the entire time, lurking in the darkness of forest like a beast as Mizuku hurried to the stables with a bag in hand. I watched her get on that horse and run into the Sunken, making her... Escape.

I don't even know what to think except that I feel betrayed. I thought that maybe she was happy here and would give me a chance, to at least acknowledge me as her mate. Consider me as... Her husband.

But I know that she does, I can sense it through her soul that she feels something for me, but the princess is denying it. She's scared to love me, and I can take a good guess as to why that is a problem.

Angry is an understatement to how I feel right now as Eliem and I run to the Quore kingdom, that's bastard's home. Mizuku's former fiance.

It hurts to even think about it.

I had already accepted that I was going to fall in love with Mizuku sooner or later, we are soul tied, so it's inevitable. A waste of time to deny, which she was doing right now, denying the fact that she was falling in love with me. She thinks that she still loves this pathetic piece of elf, but I know. I know that the second she saw me for the first time, she could never go back.

But here she was, fighting the tug her soul has on mine.

I'm not going to force the princess back home with me. No, I'm not a monster, even if I do seem like one right now as I run to the bastard's kingdom. Even if gutting Ned sounds satisfying. I'm going to make her see, make her realize that she belongs to me and I belong to her.

Ned? He is nothing. Merely a play toy for Mizuku until it was time for me to come into the picture. Into her life.

It won't be easy. She's going to continue to resist until there's no other option. I've known her for only a little while, but I know that this powerless little fairy is not a quitter. Having no magic made her a fighter, and I'll admit that I adore that about her.

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I made it to Ned's kingdom before sunrise. Mizuku was still a day away since she's avoiding the Sunken, whereas I used the forest as a shortcut.

Eliem and I are led to the dining by guards who hold their swords to our backs. Pathetic.

"Take a seat," the prince says when we're in reach. We sit before I get straight to the point.

"Listen up, prince. Mizuku is on her way here because she thinks she still loves you. You're going to help me convince her otherwise."

He stares at me as if I've gone crazy. "Why should I help you? She was meant to mine in the first place. She's my fiance and I'm not going to let her go for the likes of you." Ned sneers at me. I didn't know he had it in him to do that.