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A R A B E L L A

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A R A B E L L A

The room went silent, deadly silent. The only sound that I could hear was the sound of the air-conditioner running and the occasional sound of student murmuring. Suddenly Zacharia burst out laughing and shook his head, slamming his hands on the bench.

" Nice . . . one," He said through laughters and I watch as Koschei smack him in the head, making him stop abruptly.

" Oh fuck," He cursed and stared back at me wide-eyed with his mouth wide open.

" Why didn't you tell us?" Koschei asked, tilting his head at Hades as he sighed deeply before letting his gaze rest on me.

" I don't know, I just . . . feel like its better if y'all didn't know," Hades scratched the back of his head and shot them a loop sided smile.

" Do you know anything of my . . . real mom and dad?" I blurt out the question that I couldn't help with. Now that I know or perhaps they assume that I'm the dead princess of whatever they call, I just need some answers, and apparently Medea told me Hades would be my answer to my questions.

" You're my cousin," Koschei suddenly gasped and pull me into a tight hug, rocking me back and forth as if he was ecstatic.

That's why I see a similar resemblance, our hair. Koschei pulled away with a huge grin and ruffled my hair messily, which I swat his hands away, afraid that I would look bad in front of Chrysaor— not that it matters anyway.

" Yes, Koschei is your cousin, your second cousin actually . Late Princess Athelesia is cousins with Koschei's father, Kronos," Hades explained and my mind start to swivel with all sorts of information.

" As for your mom, she was a dragon protector, a Princess but I heard it was not by blood, the last descendants of The Everests and your dad was a warrior as well as a, a dragon shifter," He spoke and his eyes watched my reaction, as if expecting some sort of expression.

Dragon shifter.

" W-what happen to her Kingdom?" I shakily asked, biting the insides of my cheeks.

" Ever since he who shall not be named stole the crystal, he gain immense power and over throw the Dragons by using his demons as puppets," Hades continued, his eyes raging in anger.

Who is that person?

I remembered that Erebus had once told me about a person who desire power and he told me to say away from him — Dionysus.

" You are the last Everest, Arabella. But that doesn't explain the fact as to why you don't smell like human, and why you have powers," He place his lips in between his teeth and proceed to place his hands under his chin.

" Only Royalties have elemental powers, that's cleared, but you have a rare one at it," Koschei suddenly spoke, his voice throaty.

" Rare?"

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