Chapter 64: FEAR

I have been building my own army, waiting patiently for my sister to show up, but it seems she doesn't have any plans to do so, or maybe she is dead.

I stared at her lifeless body, which had been in my custody since I took that witch's power. I could just separate her head from her body, but then that would make me very pathetic. I'm not going to cheat; I will wait patiently for her. There is no way she will let Álfheimr perish for a mistake made by the gods.

“What is taking you so long, sister? You are killing all the fun. Or wait, are you already in Álfheimr but hiding away from me?

I will find you, but first I need to borrow your powers permanently. Mother has been acting all mighty and strong. She doesn't want to summon every other queen who is ruling other kingdoms.

It pisses me off, but do you know that she chose the safety of her kingdom over you? I'm sure she will probably kill you just to save everyone else.” I laughed because it was funny.

Siofra will be thinking her mum will probably be on her side, but too bad; she has made her own decision. A knock on the door caught my attention. Who dares to disturb me?

I angrily pushed the door open, only to find my dad at the door. He stared at me with disappointment in his eyes.

“We need to talk, and I mean now." He turned and started heading out as I followed. He took me to the rooftop, and there, he turned his back on me.

“What do you want to talk about?” I asked him when he didn't say a word to me.

“I want you to stand next to me, Alma." I hesitated at first but decided to do as he said. I walked up to him and stood besides him.

“Tell me, what do you see?” I looked around the view; I could see the whole of Álfheimr from up here.

“I see a kingdom waiting to be saved, a kingdom waiting for me to feed them with powers; they are all hungry.”

“Then you are wrong; I see a peaceful kingdom, and you are about to ruin that. I know you are angry about your mother, but you need to let go. She died with a lovely smile on her face because she got to meet her beautiful daughter, whom she adores so much.

Alma I want you to stop this madness and release your mother. We are still trying to find your sister, and you are already causing a problem.”

I was hurt because I could hear the disappointment in his voice, but I'm not going to let things like emotion get in my way.

“You are one of the people in this family who knows what I went through just to please your wife. I trained day and night just to be worthy of the stone and the gods.

But when it was time for them to give me what I worked for, they gave it to my sister. And you stand there and tell me to make peace with it.

I never knew you were this pathetic until now. If you love your family and your kingdom, why don't you save them yourself? I have found a better power that sets me higher.

I will make you and Mum proud. That's what she has ever wanted—a daughter who will make a perfect queen. I already have the power, so you both should sit tight.

If you will excuse me, I have an army to build.”

"Alma, this is insane; you are messing with the gods, and that is not funny.”

“The gods, did you say the gods!? Well, I am the god around here!. And no one is going to stop me, not even you.”

“Alma, did you actually think your mother would be proud of you?”

“Does it look like I care? I'm not going to be a coward, just like she was.”

“Alma!!!” He was angry because I called his dead wife a coward, but yet he married another lady even after she was gone.

“You don't have any right to judge me because you didn't deserve her." I angrily stormed out. I took my horse and rode outside the palace. I am done waiting for Siofra to show up; I will have to drag her out somehow, and I know what to do.

Alda's POV

He hasn't said a word to me since we left the hospital. When we got back to the house, he dropped me off and left. I went upstairs and started preparing for the dinner.

I couldn't help thinking about the reason Seth was at Mike's hospital. Is he suspending me? Did someone tell him about me? I was getting more anxious as I pondered about it.

I just couldn't grasp the reason why he would be at that hospital. The look on his face showed that he was actually surprised to see me, but he hid it quite well.

I couldn't focus on anything. All I wanted to do was figure out why Seth was at that hospital at the same time as me and Xender.

“You need to relax; you are overthinking things.”

“You said you could enter people’s minds, right?”

"Yeah, I did.”

“Then do it with Seth; I need to know what he is up to.”

“I don't really think I can do that at the moment.”

“But why not? You said you did it the last time.”

“Alda, we can't know everything in one go. We need to take things slowly. First, we haven't figured out why you left your body yesterday, but I think it might be because we were far apart.

I went too far away from you yesterday while looking for the spirit lady. I'm thinking what Elba said might be true. If I ever leave your body, you will die, leaving your spirit behind.”

“I literally don't care if I'm going to die or not, but before I die, either I put them behind bars or drag them to hell with me, so do it. I want to know the reason why he came to the hospital.”

“Fine, just try not to go too far until I'm back.” 

“I won't” I watched her leave and took a deep breath. I need to be strong and positive. Seth doesn't know I'm alive, and he also didn't recognise me. I breathe in and out before heading downstairs to wait for Xender.

Seth's POV

“I told you to fucking follow them and get me every fucking piece of information about that lady!” I have been restless since I met that lady who was with Mr. Armstrong.

Why does she look so much like Alda? What on earth am I thinking? She is dead; I confirmed that before I left that night. There is no fucking way she would have survived the fall.

“You must be Mr. Sebastian,” I heard someone say behind me. I turned to find a man in a lab coat; he must be Anna's doctor.

“And you are?” 

“I'm Dr. Steven; this way, please let's talk in my office.”

“Is it something serious?”

"Well, technically, she is fine. She kept saying she saw a friend of hers who was apparently dead, so I'm thinking she might just be feeling guilty about the loss of her friend. That might be the reason why she thought she saw her.” The doctor explained, but the only thing I grabbed was Anna claiming she saw a dead friend.

“Any other thing I need to know?” On the inside, I was going crazy, but I remained calm outside.

“Not really”

“Can I see her?”

“Yes, this way, please." He took me to Anna's ward before I dismissed him. I needed to talk to Anna alone.

“Thank you, doctor. Can you please give me some moments with her?”

“Sure, she can get discharged this evening. I took some blood samples for more tests; she can drop in and check the results by tomorrow.”

“Thank you, doctor,” Anna said.

“I'm just doing my job, now if you will excuse me. Once the doctor left, I faced Anna with nothing but anger in my eyes.

“Start talking,” I demand from her.

“I don't know what happened. My secretary informed me about having a guest, so I went to check who it was. I felt suspicious because she said the guest claimed to be a close friend of mine.

She never lets anyone inside my office except for you. I didn't take that into mind until I saw who it was. I know it might sound like I'm insane, but it was Alda. I'm sure of it.”

“What nonsense are you blabbing about? Your secretary said you left your office urgently in the morning and came back around noon. She told me you took some files from her and went inside.

There was never a visitor, so who fucking told you there was a visitor!?” She twisted her face in confusion.

“That's not true; she is lying. She was the one who informed me about the visitor; you have to believe me.”

“Shut the fuck up!. She is dead; she is fucking dead.” I didn't mean to show how devastated I was.

“So you are scared? I thought nothing ever scared you." She smirked, and that pissed me off.

“What did you just say?” I walked up to her and angrily wrapped my hands around her neck, ready to strangle her to death.

“You don't talk back at me, remember? I do the talking, and you obey. Now I don't want to hear you tell anyone else that you saw your dead friend, understand?”

“Seth, let go. You're hurting me." She managed to say as she struggles to pull my hands away from her neck.

“Understand!?” I tightened my grip around her neck as I watched her struggle to breathe.

“Yes, I understand.” I pushed her aside, straightening my suit. She coughs loudly as she struggles to breathe.

“I will go check the CCTV footage myself. I want to see the Alda that you claimed you saw.” I said, turning my back on her.

“You are such a jerk; that is what you are!” She cried out. I swallowed the urge to tear her apart and walked out the door.

Even if she is alive, then I will have to kill her again, permanently.