Dragons Curse 𝙄𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙭 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙭 𝙤𝙘

relic of the old folks pt. 2

"I needed someone of royal blood to cross the sea, I needed it to be you. "  

The world not spinning, the ringing in my ear was no longer there, and I no longer felt that the ground has left my feets. It was there, this was real. This is my reality. 

I was breathing hard, all these years I've come to hate the royal bloodline because what I suffered and lost because of them, and now I am one of their descendants. It was like fate was laughing at me, making me tumble stone after stone, as if watching me bleed was its amusement. If it wasn't for the table behind me, I would have fallen to my knees.

"The nation is waiting, my lord and ocean princess. " someone was  already  talking with neuvillette across the door, I hadn't noticed before, but just like the mermaid maids, he had scales over his cheekbones and other than the pale skin, no one would suspect it was a siren. He has brought them to land, of course the curse has been reversed, it was broken by me. I was the one who freed him, the one who brought him here by going into the ocean. 

 He turned around, sending the guard away, to face me and began"Adlea, it's time. We need to greet the nation—"  I stopped him mid-sentence,"No! We're not done! This damn nation can wait, this whole thing can wait but I need answers right now from you." to think that I would end up in this position was like dream and nightmare. A orphan shore girl, looking at the ocean was her hobby, cheeks in the dirt and longingly waiting at the sea was my life. A heavy knot formed at the back of my throat, I was here now. 

In this palace, I meant to destroy, carrying the power that I hated the most, the title of the royalty which I dreaded to have in this life.  I am here now.  Neuvillette looked at me tiredly, his bleeding had stopped, the whole fabric was red but now it looked pearly white again. The damn magic.

" You called me that, he called me that. I don't know why you still plan to play dumb games with me, dragon but I want the answer now? Why are you calling me ocean princess?  " I sounded pissed, maybe I was even second away from poking through his heart again but if I hate anything more in the world is being kept in dark about something that involves me. I don't people to make assumption about my feelings and think what's best for me.

"It's temporary only, they will stop sooner the power find their way back to its original bearer. " He talked as if it was a naive question, he looked away from me, facing the door and as if he was instructing me to follow him. He was ready to leave just like that, just like my parents and not elaborate a word of what he said. Anger rising to the top of my ears as he took a step forward but it halted mid-air,

"Iudex neuvillette, I command you to not leave until I grant you permission."

I was speechless as his body listened to exact words that left my mouth, he turned around and his mouth was clenched, frustrated he slammed the door shut and I almost gave a grim smile at him. He was pissed but I was even more. He strides towards me, crossing the room  to come face me. He grabbed my hand and jerked it to his chest, the blood from where I had poked him painting my fingers and skin, it was warm and I looked up at him in horror, he has not stopped bleeding at all. I felt warmth spread from my hand, twisted blue lines weaving between our fingers like threads and spreading over his chest. 

"If I am going to be stuck here, answering you then at least heal me first."

His body shuddered for a moment, before hsi muscles relaxed finally, the blood was still on my fingers but now it had stopped gushing, I looked up at him in a wild expression. This man wanted to go in hours long ceremony without stopping his bleeding. How he used the magic inside me to heal himself and why doesn't he his powers back to him when the curse has been broken? Damn it all, i have all the question swirling in my mind.

Not a single word left my mouth, the blood, the warmth and the magic lingered on my fingers. I looked up again at him, his eyes were burning into mine, iI finally found my voice, "Tell me what happened when I fell into the primordial sea? Tell me how you managed to save the people who has been plunged into the ocean for years? Tell me how my parents died. "

"When I sealed the contract, you would have died after you went under the primordial sea." he answered blankly, no emotions in his voice, eyes glowing purple as he continued."I had built a village under the water with the melusines to live there, I could breathe and but the humans can't. I would use remains of magic to form air bubbles around them but most of the didn't survive for long years. They usually died after 10-20 years due to the lack of real food and nutrition."

"Your father was a sailor, he crossed the sea quiet often. Your mother never went into the ocean, and when she tried to, to end the curse put on me. She was taken by the king, leod. She slept and weep in the dungeon, she bled to her death by stabbing herself with a nail. Your father, well,  the king left him in the waters, I tried to keep him alive in the air bubbles but in despair he refused to eat. He told me about you and your mother all the time." his eyes held sympathy, first emotion he showed me, or on the mention of my tragic life.  

I would want to believe that my parents actually didn't intend to leave me alone, that they intend to come back from me to take me to a mysterious island they discovered and that we will live there for the rest of our lives.  The face she made was the last thing I remember, I know that face, guilt and sadness. She was certain of her death,she never intend to come back to me and father.  Lies, brutal lies. 

 

"The sailor is dead — my father,  The mother is bleeding" I breathed sharply, his face twisted into a darker one, he left my hand and his jaw set as he glared at me, I gulped but kept going on, "There were two ways to break this curse" I spoke into the silence, it seemed to press his anger so I continued," When you made the contract with me, you told me I would have died, you were certain that I was the sacrifice for the powers. If my mother has successfully met you, she would have released you and sacrificed her life either way to the ocean. She would have died either way but at least she chose it to be that way."

" I should have died too, but there was another way to break the curse, wasn't there?"I loved the expression of hatred in his eyes, mouth and face. He was a dragon but he was a siren too, twisted words and beautiful lies to cax their prey into traps. I felt the surge of the power inside my stomach."  I have killed Leod, if the chance was there I would have killed raphael too. I am the slayer of blood, aren't I ? The one who holds your power, the dragons power sealed beneath the ocean, it chose me." The realization was earth-shattering, this wasn't the first time I have been lied to, nor the last time. I have escaped death after using my brains and well, it was working pretty fine even after being in the cold waters for hours.

 "That's what you meant when you call me the ocean princess, the primordial sea didn't give you any power, and the bargain you made with me.  

If I could fulfill the other prophecy I would be the only person  to hold the power of the sea, you wouldn't get them back from the sea. You made that contract to save that power for yourself and tried to secure that the power lands in your hands either way. Aren't you smart, neuvillette?" He growled practically, but I maintained the eye contact, I gotta applause the guts of the royal bloodline for years to put the curse on him, he was not the person to be messed with him. 

Long canines could rip into my skin and drain my blood to death, but he wouldn't want that, he needs me alive so that he can take my power. 

A smirk lifted up at the corners of his mouth, we both have been betrayed by either loved ones or the ocean, we both wish each other to be dead and gain full control of this power, my blood and his authority were at wars for years and centuries. I should hate him for baiting me, not telling me the truth about using me for the power inside me and that's the only reason he would want me alive. He should hate me for carrying his power that belonged to him but now are inside a human body. 

Whether he hate me or I hate him, doesn't matter. He fears me already to not tell me the truth, he fears the bloodthirst inside me, he fears my desire for revenge and that's enough for me.