The Immortality Doctrine: Bred To The Blood Prince

Chapter 60

"Mayhap this is the right time for me to know how you nearly got killed?" Cal asked back. It was obvious she waited for a long time to hear the answer.

"It was Ettore, Callidora. He was the one," she replied gloomily.

"I knew it. He wasn't a true king to his people. Not even to you. How false of him."

Remorse and ire appeared in the words she was saying. "I defeated him, with all the power I had long ago ceased to use. And because of that, it felt new to me. I was almost as good as dead, Cal. I thought I was going to lose, with my clothes soaked not just sweat but more on my own black blood. Naturally so because he was the greatest warrior on the land." For a second, there was amusement in her voice. And then now she sounded disbelieved by her thought. "It never occurred to me that he could be such an unfaithful husband other than being a fiendish man. We loved each other so genuinely. I felt he did."

Unfaithful husband. Ettore, the man in the vision, was the one who tried to kill even his own wife.

". . . you say so? Haven't you thought that maybe he didn't love you just because you couldn't give him an heir to the throne?" That made a lot of sense to me. "And what if he's just blinding you all along? I don't believe he loved you. If he really did, then he shouldn't have done that."

"He loved me. And I meant to give him no son. No, I wouldn't allow for another madness to be born. Selene is my only child, and I'm happy with that," she dismissed the thought. "He still loved me. But he loves my sister more than me. It's a good thing that happened. That he attempted to end me." Was my mom crazy? First, she said she couldn't believe that he killed her. Now, she felt good that happened? "Because if that never transpired, Ashme's hands would still be squirming to touch my dead body with her mind thinking of more schemes endlessly."

Now that it did, she was somehow calmer now. Which was an advantage to us.

"Are you still going to run away, Detina? It's not forever that you'll give the crown to Ashmei when by rights it's yours."

I was eager to listen to her response. I had that similar question, too. Something close to that. When I saw Falysha and already missed the big revelation. She stood before my sight. We had the same looks. Confusion was plastered on our faces.

"Why aren't you hiding?" She asked, whispering for anyone not to hear her just in case my friends were somewhere near this place.

I immediately shushed her and continued to concentrate on the door. Since there was no more chance and time to, I put my shoulder on the door and jerked the door as if it was barricaded from the inside.

They were sitting on the couch with Detina sitting across from Cal. As soon as I intruded, they cocked their heads so suddenly as if there was a cannon that attacked their door. Only the cannon was me. I instantly looked at Mother, whose reaction was shock.

"Crown? You ought to have a crown?" I almost couldn't speak due to strong emotions attacking my head.

She stood and slowly walked toward me. "I'm going to explain everything that needs to be explained."

"What are you both talking about, Mother? You didn't mention anything about those things," I said.

"Yes, I know, but ple-"

"You lied to me!" We had every chance to talk, and never did she mention anything about this.

She glanced at Cal for a short moment. "There was no right time for this."

"Of course, there wasn't. Because you weren't even finding one," I replied in an almost wrathful tone.

"Calm down, Selene. If you insist on being like this, I'm telling you, nought will happen," Lys told me with her hand on my shoulder as a sign of concern. "Listen to your mother, please."