Floravera; Where dreams become reality.

🔜 Chapter Four 🔚

By Arabella
[December 4th]

"Love never betrays. People do" - Rocklynn Valente

"You're on the target list." His words ring in my ear.

"Me? Really. You think the royals are gonna kill me?" I laugh, he doesn't.

"I don't think. I know." He grabs my journal of my stand, then flips it open. "They want the wand."

I snatch the journal from his hand. "The wand?"

He smirks up at me. I'm now standing right in front of him. Our shoes are touching. "You know, your magical wand that you do magic with?" He questions as if I'm 5 and don't know my own shapes yet.

I scoff. "I know what it is dipshit. The royals know only Valentes are allowed to channel power from it."

He tilts his head. "It's a rule that can be broken. Anyone can use it, Valente is just the bloodline it was made for."

"Exactly. Valente bloodline, meaning anyone who isn't Valente will be corrupted." I retort.

"They're already corrupted, Ari, and they want more." His eyes leave mine, and back to looking around my room; studying it.

"Well it's my wand. They can't have it." He leans back a bit, now at a 100° degree angle. Holding himself up with his hands, on my bed.

"And how do you plan to stop them when they wage the war on you?" His eyes now on mine again.

"My wand can do more than you think." I roll my eyes as he smirks again.

"Your wand is still at your tower. You're defenseless." He states

"No, it's downstairs. On the stand, it will be given to me once I'm crowned." I state back.

"Oh really? So anyone can just walk down there and take it then." He sits back up. His eye level with my breast; that are currently spilling out of my corset again.

"No. It's guarded by 2 dragons and half of my guardsmen" he keeps his eyes on me, not paying attention to the rest of my body in front of him.

"How do you know the guardsmen are really with you? How do you know the head royal won't steal the wand when he crowns you?" He asks

"I don't, but I'm willing to take the risk. I'm becoming Queen today, anyone with common sense expects there to be obstacles at such a big milestone." He grins again.

I did expect there to be people who might stop the coronation. However, I didn't expect Liam to be sitting on my bed, explaining to me how the royals will betray me. Especially by taking the wand. The sacred wand, that built Floravera.

Hundreds of years ago, my great great great something grandma traveled through the dark forest, and into the waters, and caves to find land, safe land for her people. They had escaped a village that had taken them captive to be married off to the sons of the men.

They traveled for 3 days to find somewhere, anything that would take them in, and protect them. There was no luck. My great something grandma had given up. She walked to a cliffside, ready to end it all.

When she did, she saw something glowing in the dirt. Being curious she digged, and dusted off the glowing object. It was a stone, it was this blueish color, but the glow it had turned purple.

At the time, grandmas thoughts were filled with no hope, nothing. She craved, and yearned for a home. Just somewhere to house her, and her people. So the rock did just that.

A glow intensified from it, sending this magical purple fog over the entire cliff. When the fog cleared, a palace was there. Her palace, the very one I stand in to this day.

"You should be more prepared for when they do attack." Liam says, I had just zoned out in front of him as I recalled the magic of the wand. "It's good not to trust anyone. You should though still get a plan, multiple plans actually."

"I am prepared. I have my plan."

"Just one? What is it?"

"None of your business"

He rolls his eyes. "It'll come out eventually I suppose. But you should add uniting with KettleVille onto that plan. We're both targets, and we stand better odds united then apart."

"United means I would have to marry you." My face scowls at the thought. He just smirks

"That wouldn't be such a bad thing, no?" He tilts his head. Eyes scanning mine. "Also marriage isn't the only option. We can be sister kingdoms, or war + peace kingdom, it's a good balance."

"Not while Vincent is still ruling. I will never unite with him" I glance outside. It's 1:30.

"I'll give you some time to think, but do think fast, I return to KettleVille in 3 days." He stand up, now face to face with me. Well my face to his neck.

"I will think about a lot of things, including this." He stares down at me, I see him suck his teeth with his tongue. He used to do that when we were kids, when he was debating about something.

"Very well then. I will see you at the coronation... my Queen." He smirks as he turns on his heel, and headed for the door.