Livia's face hardened, she gathered herself, relied on the last drops of her courage to face her father. She knew it will come to her sooner or later. What was he up to do? Would he kill her?
Her life was not like the princess in fairy tales, they were lies to show how pampered the princess was and all of them were shown as angels, waiting to be survived by prince charming but she earned power all on her own and now it was her son's turn to take it. She didn't want him to live like a simple villager.
"You know about the truth, father, and how sharp and fetal it is, just don't play with me. Nothing can slip your sight, it never happened. You know that I have a son. A son that was taken from me."
"Why did Miguel hide him? You are fabricating everything to yourself."
"He hates the castle, the strict laws that your fathers brought."
The King sighed, she had left no way for herself to return.
"The sky you are flying in is made by devils. Livia, you lied and deceived him, you wanted the throne, and now your son is your excuse. Did you ever ask the boy if he wanted this? He will certainly refuse, especially now that he is married."
Livia burst out laughing.
"Father, you just admit that this court is a hell. And we are the devils."
"Without laws, chaos will rise."
"Then what is it to marriage and love? Why did not you teach me about it?"
"You killed my brother, Livia, you wanted to kill your brother, you made me confused."
"Don't blame me when it was all your fault, I am made of your cursed seeds."
She yelled out.
"If you are against law, and it is about your love then why did you attempt to kill Luna? I see no sympathy in you, I see no sign of attempt for changing the law."
"What do you mean? You are here to criticize me?"
"No, I am here to tell you that I won't support you if Lady Narayan dies. I know you were behind the cp weed and killed Lucas James. Elenore escaped death but can you escape God's bale?"
Livia clenched her fists. He came here to menace her. He knew her son was alive and coldly menaced her. They took it from her, she never tasted the feeling of being a mother, and it was their drawback.
"Livia, I am giving you the last chance, if I see another mistake you will be banned or deported."
The princess closed her eyes to swallow it down. Her father slammed the door hard and her eyebrows creased, her skin wrinkled when she screamed.
~
The next morning, the court was full of people who were waiting for the execution.
Luna was kneeling before the Queen to wait for another clue but she passed by her. The clue could send her daughter to hell. Master Collen brought her the news of last night and she didn't see the King since their previous meeting.
Attending inside the court, the king saw his wife appearing late. He was angry, stern, and serious.
"I apologize for the delay."
The Queen took her seat and waited for the announcement. The witch and the maiden were beside each other. Their hands cuffed back behind them. And two men were beside them to feed them with the poison.
Helena peeked at the girl, she was beautiful and wasn't like some other ugly dark magicians of Witchberg.
"You are beautiful," she murmured, when the crowd was busy, murmuring to each other.
"You too."
She gave her a grin.
"You are a light magician, if they kill you, hell will be their next house."
"I'll curse them to be sheep in their next life while having the memories of this life." Clara winked at her.
Helena bit her smile, that was funny, not just cruel.
"Please keep the order of the court." The king gave them enough time to discuss each other, his eyes drifted on Hector, Delara's father. He did not come to visit him and he already despised the behavior. How dare he be for lowering the king?
"Helena Rastin, I declare your penalty for poisoning the mistresses. You should bear the same pain."
The guard beside Helena removed the lid of a vial gave it to her.
"Drink." The King commanded.
Helena's skin chilled, her shaky and numb hands were aching behind her, her innocent eyes met the king but he rubbed his eyes away. Her heart let out a skip when her wet eyes noticed the man who grabbed Luna's mouth in the dark and dragged her back. It was Bryant who did not let her Lady interfere.
She opened her mouth and let the man feed her with the bitter poison. It burned her mouth, then her throat, her body tensed and she stiffened, fell on the floor, and closed her eyes. Her tear dropped watered the floor.
"It is your turn, Clara Stalin. We can't forgive the disaster that you caused, many people died because of the imps and death is the only end for you."
Clara smirked, she came to kill him, she had the chance but she couldn't! The night she stood above his bed, ready to burn him, she couldn't just do it. This man kept her mother's necklace around his neck and held it tightly and called her name in his nightmares. The gods avenged him before her and this mission was done before its start.
She swallowed the poison the man gave her and let her mind and body loosen.
~
A black cart was carrying the buddies inside the coffins, they were not allowed to be buried in Velator as betrayals.
A slouched man drove the coach to the faeries road, he terrified this road that was famous for ghosts.
"I am not allowed to go further." He told the guard who was following him.
"You mean we must leave them here?"
The man shrugged, but they both trembled when they heard a shriek.
The man came down the coach rider seat and released the horse and jumped on it, escaping out of terror.
A dark shadow appeared in front of the coach that was under a blockade of vapor and they vanished together.
The man looked back before getting far and the coach wasn't there anymore.. He swallowed hard, the faeries took the bodies for them.