A Mother's Will

Chapter 4

Jovana went to the île de nuages, a small part of the very big and gigantic palace Gratia. Many called the palace a paradise. Île de Nuages was the one and only most beautiful place in Gratia that Jovana admired, and very few knew about it because it was a small cave in the vast unused forested property of the Rajputs that surrounded the gratia. île de nuages, meaning "island of clouds." This comes because the cave has a waterfall covering its entrance, and it was a hot water stream, a rare occurrence again. Causing vapors to rise and making the area around the cave foggy like clouds.

Jovana spent almost 2 hours over there; it was not just any cave; it was a memory; it was important; it meant a lot, and by a lot, it means a lot. It was the old, cherished memories of the siblings that lay in that forest. With the hundreds of years-old trees, it was heaven coming to reality—the perfect cold of the trees and the humid breeze of the water mixed. More than anything else, the cave had a family tree craved on its snice since the very beginning of the Rajput's. The inside of the cave was a statue of the beauty that Jovana took after—the beauty that Karanveer had always loved a lot. It was Marie's statue that Jovana had craved in the stone that lay on the inside of the cave. It was Marie's gravestone. Although her grave lay in the Royal Grave Yard, This statue made Jovana feel relieved and peaceful. Not many knew of it; only Karanveer, Marie (now dead), Jovana, Johaan, Rana (head of security), and Ayaan were the only few who knew this place existed.

It was now around 8 a.m. when she returned to Gratia, and Ayaan had already called for the men to clear the room, and other family members were seated on the dining table for breakfast. The moment Jovana went closer to them, the chattering on the table stopped. Thus, Jovana, instead of eating breakfast, went straight to her granddad's room. Although she knew she had been kind of missing for 3 years, he was very much alive and enjoying his life because he was hell active on Instagram and made sure to text his confidantes about his whereabouts. Jovana was one of them, the most favorite one of them.

It had been almost 15 hours since Jovana had returned to Gracia, and yet only Ayaan and Uncle Param had been talking to her nicely; her father didn't even look her way. Both of them were stubborn and would not melt; they both had reasonable attitudes and pride that was unbreakable, unbendable.

Down, Akira came to the dining table. Jovana's stepsister was making a fuss over the room on the breakfast table, and when Jovana arrived, she got up and talked shit, then tried to slap her, but Jovana is not someone who will tolerate unjust behavior against anyone. Jovana did not let Akira slap her, and she dove simply. It was very hilarious. Jovana simply gave a death stare to Akira, and she stepped back from her stance. Akira stood stiff, not moving from Jovana's path. Akira said, "You should have asked first; it's my room." Jovana kept the stare and said, "What belongs to me will always belong to me, and what I like has to belong with me." Chills went down the spines of many present there, and Jovana pushed away Akira with just a tiny finger. Akira was left speechless.