A Descendant of Water

Chapter 28 - Hidden

Meanwhile in the village, everyone is peacefully in their slumbers and the guard around the village is more strict as the  Chief has ordered to capture his son and the prisoners at any cost. However the Chief had other plans for the night . He summoned his most trusted guards and set off . He made his way to the sea however he had no plans to go out of the island instead he stood in front of a cave facing the sea. A small stream of water flowed into the cave due to the high tide but it was not flooded, so easily anyone could walk into it.  The cave entrance was considerably wide and tall. 

"Wait here until I come back . Make sure no one come's in." he commanded his guards.

"Yes chief"

The chief nodded in response and walked into the cave. he carried a torch in his hand and had to walk carefully to avoid any sharp rocks, a few steps away from the entrance he came to a dead end.It was a solid wall. The stream of water stopped a few feet's away from the wall , He touched the wall and drew a symbol on the face of it. The wall gradually started to disappear and vanished revealing the chamber on the other side. It was almost like a little home to someone except it was more like a witch's home. 

A figure was at the end on the chamber seated in front of the fire. She wore a dark robe and covered her head with a hood. Her sharp eyes was fixed at the fire she took no notice of the chief as if she was expecting him.

"Your daughter failed Martha"

She stood up and turned to face the chief , she removed her hood and looked straight at him. She was  pale with red lips and her golden hair fell cascades her eyes were green and she had a beautiful smile.

She moved closer to him .

"My daughter" The witch stretched her hand Just then a figure appeared from the side. It was Aria. She bowed to the chief before speaking.

"Chief I got to her soul and I could bind her but Master Ronan cast a spell that weakened me and all those ties were broken. We will somehow stop them."

"It needs to happen fast . Hican will unleash the power in two weeks time and nothing should get in his way. These are his orders to us and if failed he will wage war against us. Is that clear?"

"Yes my lord it is clear to us" Replied Martha.

" But you should know now our power is weakened against Ronan since Seth knows our little secret he will protect his friends at any cost"

"He is too weak Martha"

"Forgive me my lord, but Seth is not weak as he you think. I have known him for many years he is strong "

"You foolish Child, Then explain me why he gave up his ability after your death?"

Aria looked down.

"He was under a spell Chief. I bound his soul to Aria's over the years, he loved her true enough but he didn't realize what's coming for him, with every passing minute I slowly bound his soul to Aria's then I was able to control his emotions and mind, so following her alleged death made him feel he had nothing left for himself. His only world was Aria" Martha explained.

"But she did not die Martha. How is that possible then ?"

" He was bewitched to believe her death. He failed to see that it was not the sea serpent who attached the reefs it was a creature in control of me. It was not the creature who attacked him chief. " Martha had a smirk on her face.

The chief glared at her, he was not made aware of any of these before.

"It was Aria. She slashed him in the chest with a scimitar to kill him, an ordinary person would have died within seconds but Seth is strong he survived.I used the spell on his soul to make him believe that he is responsible for her death and he had to give up his powers. But I must say chief he loved her dearly , his life and breath was Aria, Even without my spell he would have been miserable with the loss of his love but he would have overcome it with time and be his normal self, however with my spell the dark side of his powers were brought up and permanently disengaged him from everything ."