"Where are we heading next?"Kyle asked.
"Honestly I don't know, I mean I can feel the presence of the gem,I don't know the place though"Evette replied.
"Same" Ciara spoke.
"Well we just have to keep going till the presence is stronger" Azron spoke.
"Good,let's go,let's split into pairs,each group should have someone who can feel the presence of the gem"Jude replied.
"Good let's get going"Aviva replied,she looked around Jude and Ciara had gotten on Jude's shadow bird, Evette and Kyle on Evette's flame phoenix,she created her wind bird.
"You coming?" She asked Azron as she got on the bird.
Azron stayed quietly and walked to the bird,he got on it and the bird took off.
"You didn't have to help me yesterday you know"
"I know but I wanted to"
" Why?"
"What?"he asked.
"I said why, you've barely known me but you're still helping me, what's your benefit from this"
He stayed quiet before speaking up"what makes you think that I want to benefit from this?"
She kept quiet,she didn't even know why,it just felt too good to be true.
"Earlier you said you found me interesting so is that what I am to you a guinea pig,once you're done experimenting, you're done with me like all the other girls you may have found interesting"
Her words pierced his heart"Is that what you think of me?"
"How would I know I don't know anything about you"
"Same,so let's start,you first tell me the truth Aviva, if there's one thing I hate It's lies"
"What else do you want to know?"
"Everything"
"Fine" she started.
"I was born in the Kingdom of Lizon, inhabited by both witches and humans,my mother was a weather witch who fell in love with a human, although her parents were against it,she still married my father"
"She didn't know he was a fake,she gave birth to four children, Maverick, Marshall, Loraine and me, Avivana. I was the only one who looked like her and had inherited that witch part of my mother"
"My father never talked a lot he just hit, I watched as he abused her endlessly but I couldn't do anything,she never fought,she never talked, she took the punches without doing anything."
"I remember when she died,he watched her,he told me with a straight face that she wasn't going to wake up, I didn't know what he meant till I saw them place my mother's body in the dirt"
By now she had started crying,Azron felt bad but she continued.
"When she died my father turned to me throwing all his hate on me,he would tell me to always keep my hair in a ponytail that way it would be easier for him to yank me to abuse me"
"I always thought of what I did to deserve it. One day I found a letter in my mother's room, she wrote of how my father tricked her, promised the world for her but that was all a lie"
"My siblings would watch as he hurt me,if they tried to intervene,he would also hurt them and I didn't want that"
"One day,I had enough the first thing I did was to cut my hair, doing that made me feel free,then I shortened my name to Aviva,I wanted to start again and I felt like I did,my closest sibling Maverick helped me escape"
"Everything was going well till I saw my father the same day I saw you,that day reminded me that no matter what I did I couldn't escape him."
"Good I'm done now you"
Azron wiped her tears before speaking.
"I'm Azron Razenara,first son to King Razenara of the dark faes,the marriage between my mother and father was a one based on respect,not love just like you I have three siblings,Levi, David and Kayana"
"My mother is a half-bred fae meaning she has both dark and light fae blood running in her veins,I'm the crown prince and keeper of the cave of treasures,my life's pretty boring other than that"he spoke intentionally excluding Lisanai.
"I know I have said this before but you're really a strong person,to be able to survive till now, you're strong and you have a good heart,I like that about you"
Aviva smiled"what are the dark fae girls like"
Azron stayed quiet as he thought of how to respond"well, they're fine"
"Is there any one that caught you're eye or has caught your eye"
Azron shook his head"No you're the first girl to ever get my attention"
Aviva's face warmed up at his words.
"In that case,I want to give you a proper thank you for helping me with the heels"
Azron smiled"are your feet better now"
"More than ever"
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"Aaah god damnit" Yasmin screamed as she smashed her fist into a nearby wall.
"I can't believe we haven't gotten any gem"Enzo spoke as he leaned against the wall.
The rest had forlorn looks on their faces.
"Don't worry, we'll get this one" Vida tried consoling them.
"We have too,we are going to make sure we get this next one,Alura I think it's time you start fighting with your power"Hugo spoke.
"You think so?, I like the sound of that,you know it affects you guys too right?"she replied.
"Don't worry, we'll find a way of protecting ourselves"Ace replied.
"Okay"she shrugged her shoulders"as you say pretty boy"
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"Who are those?"Evette pointed at blurry figures heading towards them.
Kyle stood up and readied himself.
The figures came in front of them"we don't mean harm as far as you give us this pretty lady over here"a man spoke.
"What do you need her for?"Kyle replied.
"That's none of your business"the man snorted.
"Then forget it besides the pretty lady can decide for herself."
Evette walked up to them,their eyes following her irritating Kyle.
"What do you need me for?"
"Just come with us"
"Why?"
"If you don't come now, we'll do this the hard way,we don't want to shed blood"the man boasted.
Evette's lips tilted into a small smile"if you want to involve blood,I'm fine with that,I wonder if your blood is as dirty as you are"she threw a fire dagger at him.
The dagger slammed into his shoulder,he yelled out in agony as he struggled to remove it.
"Will you look at that, there's already blood"Evette laughed angering him.
"You'll regret this, we'll burn you"
She threw her head back as she laughed,she suddenly stopped as her eyes turned red,her expression darkening"good,I've always liked to play with fire"
In a split second,she was already in front of him,he didn't have time to react,she slammed her fist into his stomach knocking the air out of him.
He flew back and one of his comrades had to catch him.
"Who's next?, let's be fast,I have better things to do"the men took a look when they saw her they clearly hadn't considered the fact that she was not a frail little damsel before coming to attack the.
With one last look,they turned around and left.
"That was disappointing,they couldn't even put up a fight"
Kyle smiled at her reaction"you've improved drastically"
"Thank you"
They continued flying.
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"You've been awfully quiet"Jude spoke.
Ciara looked at him"You've been quiet too and I'm normally quiet"
Jude didn't respond.
"So how many lords did you think were thinking of marrying you once you entered the ball"
"None I hope"
"I wouldn't say that, though I wasn't there,I know there had to be at least like five people who would have loved to meet you after seeing you in the ball"
"Really now?"
"Yeah,I didn't tell you enough but you looked so beautiful"
"So I'm normally ugly,is that what you're trying to say"
Jude let out a sigh,then shook his head" you know that's not what I mean"
Ciara smiled"I know,I can't wait to see what this kingdom is going to look like"
Jude looked at the sky"Me too"