Avalon Wonders.

Chapter Twenty One

Stella's POV

The six kingdoms are Avalon, Bilta, Croze, Delton, Elfin, Nonvi.
The three smallest are Bilta, Delton and Nonvi.
Avalon and Croze are rivals while The kingdom of Elfin do not let outsiders in, they do not fight nor help any side. During the last war they did not take any sides. They have very strong powers, after the warriors of Avalon the Elfins come next.

When we even requested the other kingdoms to send their nobles to compete for the hand of the princess they sent no one. They are very closed off.

Looking around the small cell I was put in, once again taking in the environment i realized that i had nothing to do to occupy myself. Boredom is a bad thing. I have been locked up in this stupid hell hole for a while now, i don't even know for how long and the cold is starting to get to me. It is very cold In the Croze kingdom, it is always winter here unlike in Avalon where it is mostly warm.

"Gacia are you okay?" They put us in different cells but next to each other.

"Yes my lady. What about you?" His voice was gruff and rough probably due to the beating, they had tried to extract information about the princess from him but they failed.

"Still here" I don't know if these people are trying to kill us because they haven't given us food and soon our bodies will starting showing it.

I knew it immediately it had happened. I felt the spell lift and although I didn't have an anchor my body told me that my reason for living was free.

Who freed my son? My dear Isaiah.

Tears gathered in my eyes threatening to fall. Oh! It has been so long and now I can't even see him or even hold him in my hands. I wonder how he looks like now. My lovely boy after so many years.

Why was it at a time like this that I had to be locked up. Getting up from the floor on which I sat I walked to the gates and looked around spotting the door at the far end of the room. Gacia had also gotten up. Suddenly I started regretting being chosen, I wanted out of here.

"Is everything alright my lady?" I didn't want to seem weak and bother him, after all we were here as collateral to make sure that Cassandra keeps up her end of the deal, to save our people. I was about to answer when he spoke again

"You forget my lady that I have the power to read minds, I am sorry to have invaded your thoughts but sometimes it happens unknowingly. I did not know that you had a son? Who is the father?" I heard gacia say.

That is true I had forgotten that he possessed such an ability. I am now afraid to even think freely

"Please I would like it if you would stay out of my mind" I was not comfortable with the idea of someone poking around in my head.

"I'm sorry it will not happen again" his voice merely above a whisper but in this quiet room I heard

"Thank you" with that all conversation came to an end. I had managed to change the topic and avoided answering his question. The incident that led to birth of Isaiah will always be buried deep in my memories, I would never be able to forget that night.

There had been a party in the palace, the place was filled with people both friends, rivals and enemies of the kingdom. Unknown to us a witch from Croze sneaked into the party so when John my husband's twin brother had come to lay with me that night in my room I was unable to tell the difference, I thought it was my husband and although somewhere along the line I had felt that something was not right it was already too late the spell already had us in its grip.

The next morning I woke up to see my husband on the bed but then I realized that it couldn't be, my husband had died. My scream had awoken him and when he saw our condition and remembered what happened he punched the wall so hard his hand went through it by this time I was already in tears crying my eyes out. We didn't know what to do, he had told me that it
Would be best to keep quiet about it and I obeyed.

But as the months went by I couldn't hide the pregnancy anymore so we had to tell my sister. I was devastated and afraid. What would she do? What would the people think of me? What will my child think when he comes of age? Knowing he is the king's bastard son?

Although I would forever regret what happened I have never regretted having Isaiah he was my joy. But then things started going wrong when we realized who his anchor was. I couldn't control him I tried but failed, whenever I would try to talk to him he wasn't himself, Azzra was in control but I had one hope. It was the fact that no matter how aggressive Azzra was he never hit me or spoke to me rudely all he did was smirk at me with a dark look in his eyes.

That act showed me that all my boy needed in order to control Azzra was time but no body listened to me and then he tried to kill John and was thrown in prison. I begged and begged but no one listened. In the first few years I would try and break him out but failed they wouldn't even let me see him.

Touching my face I realize that I had been crying, quickly I wiped my eyes with my sleeve. I hope he and Cassandra get along, I wonder if he can control his powers now? I guess I had to stay strong to find out. No matter what I will not let myself die here.

"You also won't gacia, fear not Cassandra will come for us" I smiled knowing fully well that he had been in my head the whole time.