Queen of Cursed Hearts

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

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~Lilith~

His giant wings glide in the sky, as elegant as ever, and I fly alongside him, my large black wings carrying me effortlessly.

Suddenly the feeling I have been dreading rushes up, the burning from the inside. I keep flying alongside him, but soon my eyesight begins to sway, the clouds and the sky merge and I can no longer focus on my partner beside me for the pain is too much.

I drop from the sky, the strength leaving me, my large black wings useless.

My body turns in the air, my back to the approaching ground, as I face my partner. I am so much smaller than he, so he did not notice immediately that I was gone from his side.

Now he is diving towards me, his eyes fierce and determined, and his giant forms plummets to the earth after me, trying to catch me before my body hits the ground.

"Uel!" I cry, my heart breaking, as I enter the clouds and lose his majestic form in the white smoke.

    I sit up straight on the velvet couch, grip my cloak, and cast my gaze around the carriage. Everyone is gazing at me with worry, the closest one being Joyce, who sits beside me on the velvet couch, and seemingly the most surprised at my sudden awakening.

"Lilith..." Joyce starts. "Are you alright?"

I nod my head. "I was...dreaming."

I look out through the window closest to me and see my home.

"We are in Valdis." I say, earning surprised glances from my companions.

"How do you know?" Ayperos says. "Did you hear when we were notified by the driver a few minutes ago?."

I do not reply, but continue to gaze out the window and at the the grey mountains and eternally hibernating trees.

Home...

After a few minutes of silence, the carriage stops in the middle of a clearing, and after a moment the carriage door opens and the steps are lowered.

I am the last to exit the carriage and when I do I see the giant magically fabricated castle before us. I cast my gaze around the clearing, getting my bearings, and am about to head north when Graeme calls me over to the rest of the group, confused as to why I am not joining them.

When we enter the castle, there are servants to greet us.

"Evening, your majesties." One of the servants says, and they all bow. "Your parents will be here to attend the ball, and will meet you then. In the meantime, we have prepared rooms for the five of you, including you, Mr. Stead."

My classmates glance at me worried.

"There is another member of the class that there was no notice regarding." Graeme says gesturing to me. "Please prepare accommodations for her."

The servants lift their heads in confusion, then turn their eyes to me. Seeing how I do not recognize any of them, I infer that they are all too young to have been at the Royal's palace when I met the Head Royals.

As I thought, none of the servants recognize me.

"Why of course Mr. Stead." The servant who spoke before answers, and one of the servants scurries over to me. "We will lead you to your rooms."

They are all demons, so Rangda must be the one who thought to raise this magical castle.

The servants scurry to each one of us and gesture politely for us to follow them before they lead us to our rooms. I notice that Graeme and I are lead in different directions from the rest of my classmates, and even we are not lead the same way. My classmates cast me small smiles that I take to signify 'see you later'.