Chapter 13: Chapter Thirteen

Cirdan:

I watched as her father’s aura whipped out again and the soul sisters, clamped their mouths shut when they realized that they made a mistake.

“What did you just call me?” He asked and that was when Iris's mother appeared beside her daughter's father and looked down from her nose at the three girls who huddled together. The adults staring at them were not only angry but also ready to deal with them.

“Nothing sir.” Viana stuttered out, more respectful this time but the damage was already done.

Three pairs of couples appeared just as Iris's mother had and they started to round upon the people who were facing their children threatening. That was until they saw Iris's mother.

“What am I not surprised that it is you?” Iris's father growled at Viana's parents just as his disguise shredded itself, it was not meant to try and hide someone as powerful as Iris's father.

When the Aura slammed everybody, we all knew who he was and when we could look at him again, we saw that his real self was out and even though he had not been in the realm for fifteen years, everybody recognized him.

The King of the folks.

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Iris:

I did try my best to sleep, I did, but the shouts were too much even though the people were far from my room. I knew that it would be my father raining hell down on whoever he thought was the cause which might most likely be the principal. I slowly staggered out of the bed and changed into something more appropriate for leaving the room. I was tired enough to contemplate staying in bed since getting dressed was enough to drag most of my energy from me.

But that was when there was a deafening silence. It was too much as I wondered what was happening, I dragged myself out of the room and walked to the dining hall where I have traced my father’s signature, something which I always did when I was younger and couldn’t sleep or was lost because even as much as my father is the best father in all realms, he was still a man who sometimes gets carried away with new luxuries and for the first few years found it difficult to keep up with me. So, I always had to tether myself to him and that’s saved us a lot of trouble. I used it when I am grown up, anytime I was sleepy and I had a bad nightmare, he had always encouraged it and so I was completely okay to use it once more.

“Father.” I stated into the quiet room, where some people were kneeling and some well staring at my father, his real self. A look I had missed instead of those disguises besides I would have to tell him not to bother with them again since my identity was already out thanks to mother.

“Princess.” He stated and he opened his arms and I slowly walked into it, not caring if I looked too much like a child where everybody else was.

As soon as he wrapped his arms around me, he sent energy into my body, waking me up from my tired state and I could view everything with clearer eyes.

“What’s going on?” I asked, looking from one parent to another and both wore similar expressions of wanting blood of others.

“We learned of your hazing experience.” My mother replied as she brushed my hair out of my face, I tensed although I did not push her hand away.

“Father…” I looked into my father’s face, but he just kissed my hair.

“Have a seat and don’t stress yourself while we deal with this.” He ordered as he placed me on a chair and before my eyes I watched my parents being judge, jury and also executioners of the soul sisters, not only was their little group disbanded but also they were punished by the school, hazing in general was banded and their parents suffered some humiliation. Viana's eyes filled with tears, but she couldn’t let go of them unless she wanted to sink lower. After my parents’ actions, I was escorted by them back to my room and there I was rocked to sleep by my mother and my father left. After making me promise to be nice and enjoy the comfort of a mother even if it was for a little time.

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Queen of Light Fae:

When I came across this plan twenty years ago, I knew that I would have to sacrifice my maternal feeling and this I did when I found and rejected my mate, then slept with the king of the Folks so that I could get pregnant and birth a very powerful witch.

Holding Iris when she was born is one of my best memories till date and unfortunately, letting her go was one of my worst but it needed to be done. If I wanted to achieve my purpose. I could not achieve it if I stayed to take care of Iris, I was already attached when she was two. I had to leave and act like it did not hurt me and I slowly weaned myself from her by watching her from a distance before I finally stopped but now the time has come. My sacrifices right from the very beginning.

It was time to introduce a power of likes never seen in this realm into this realm. It would do my bidding and I would be able to control all. It needed a powerful host that can birth it fully into this world. There was none powerful enough, so I had to give birth to one.

And it was time, I started the process. Completing the half-drawn rune I had under my sleeve, I opened my necklace and said the spell then I watched, while stroking my daughter’s hair as essence left the necklace and went into her nostrils.

Now two entities existed in my child. My daughter's spirit and the one I just introduced into her. One which she would not be aware of until it was strong enough to do what it came for, create its own body, and make me queen of all.