El Destino

CHAPTER 43: BRIALLRE

Recap -
Marina, Nathan, Ally along with Lucio and Lucca enter the hidden land - Benediozione, with the help of Christopher. Carl, Christopher's dad, does not allow the group to leave owing to his long enemity with the royalty of Alves. Due to a turn of events, his son - Lucio, who also happens to be Marina's long lost childhood friends persuades him to allow them to leave. Though Carl keeps one condition - the group can only leave when Lucio accompanies them.

(At present in a room in Carl's mansion)

"What did you say?" Nathan asked Marina, entering the room.

"I know you heard it," Marina replied with a blank face.

"Yes, but I don't want Lucio to accompany us."

"Why? What problem do you have with him?"

"I just don't like him, okay?"

"But there has to be some reason for your dislike."

"No reason."

"Well, if you don't let him accompany us then we are stuck here. More like you are," Marina said while smirking as she continued

"You will be stuck here because I am sure Carl would not have any problem in allowing me to go back."

"Cons of being the Prince of Alves."
"Pros of being the Princess of Torrentice."

Marina and Nathan said at the same time to each other and then burst out laughing as they heard the irony in each other's statement.

"Well then, I guess I am stuck here," Nathan commented, laying down on the bed.

"You are willing to be stuck here for eternity, but, not ready to have Lucio accompany us. Why?"

"I told you I don't like him."

"Why?" Marina continued to press onto the matter further.

"We are not going back to this point again."

"Well, fine with me. Just answer my question and end this matter for once and all."

"No can do."

"Answer it."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Pretty please Nathan," Marina requested Nathan while giving him the puppy face.

"Ugh... fine. I just don't like that feeling I get from him," Nathan replied unable to carry on with the argument and succumbing to his wife's cute face.

"But WHY?"

"I don't know. I just told you what I felt, you either accept what's on the plate or dish it out, your choice," Nathan replied irritatedly while turning in the opposite direction of Marina because even he failed to recognize the reason for his dislike towards Lucio or maybe he just didn't want to accept the reason.

"Okay, I am sorry. I guess, I shouldn't have pressured you so much. It's your choice to stay here or not. It was just... I-I haven't seen Brialle in days..." Marina stopped midway her throat clogging with emotions.

Marina and Brialle were very close. Her brother, Oliver had gifted Brialle to Marina on her thirteenth birthday.

[ Flashback starts ]

A thirteen-year-old Marina was sitting in her bedroom chamber, sulking over the fact that her mother had yet again refused to allow her to have a pet. She had first asked for a dog, but when her mother didn't say anything, she reduced it to a cat, then, a squirrel, then a bird and finally a hamster. But, her mother never listened to her.