She woke up as if war had been declared or sleeping had become a dangerous activity. Her heart was beating erratically and her brain was buzzing uncontrollably.
"Ever." She heard Julian's voice, "Queen Angel, Ever's awake."
She slightly turned her head to find her mother, the woman whom she respected the most. Queen Angel was sitting on the right side of the bed, upon seeing Ever awake she came closer to her.
She grasped Ever's hand between her own, "Do you feel any better?" She asked.
Ever nodded, taking a deep breath.
"I was scared. Don't ever leave the palace without soldiers." Ever nodded at her words, "Will you be able to join us for Lunch?" Queen Angel asked.
Ever nodded again.
"Ever-" Queen Angel began to say something serious but Julian interrupted her.
"What if we leave her to rest?" Julian suggested, standing up from the stool he was previously sitting on.
"Hm, okay." Queen said and kissed Ever's forehead, "Let's talk at Lunch."
Both Julian and Queen Angel exited the room, leaving Ever alone to think about what had happened. Without crumbling her expectations Julian reappeared, returning at the exact time Ever had anticipated.
He closed the door and came to Ever hiding something inside his bluish black coat.
He sat on the bed and uncovered the object he was hiding. It was a bowl of grilled chicken. Although the members of the royal family were prohibited to eat meat, Ever ate it secretly, especially when she felt weak and lonely. Ever was the perfect royal daughter in everyone's eyes, they believed she was perfect; ordinary parents put her on a pedestal for their children to look up to. Fortunately, nobody knew that she was breaking the law. The only person who had knowledge of her secrets was Julian, he was the only person she trusted.
Julian placed the bowl on the wooden table near the bed, supporting Ever as she hoisted herself in an upright position on the bed as he offered the bowl to her. After Ever consumed the first piece, Julian took a piece for himself. It was a habit he had never escaped, he always waited for Ever to go first before proceeding with anything himself.
"Thank you." She whispered while eating.
"What happened at the river?" Julian asked.
Ever placed the bowl in Julian's lap and took a deep breath to narrate the story to her best friend.
"The voices called me to the river."
"What voices?"
"I don't know. It was a revolting female voice."
"Then?" Julian urged her.
"She said that I did something to her and wanted me to help her."
"What did you do?" Julian asked, raising his thick brown eyebrows.
"I don't know. Then it persuaded me to jump into the water. I don't know what the hell happened to me. I was about to jump into the water but luckily a Fire child caught me and then the river flooded."
Julian laughed bitterly as if he remembered something that made him utterly jealous.
"Why are you laughing?" Ever asked, taking a chicken leg out of the bowl.
"You both were acting like lovers." He smiled again, jealousy filling within him.
"What?" Ever exploded with laughter.
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War of Hearts
RomanceAngelic is the land of Angels; the children of God. Ever Angel is the heir to the throne of Angelic. She has to get married and be the Queen of Angelic. She has a mate for whom she's destined to get married to but there's already a boy who has stole...
