Chapter 70: Darkness from the Past!!

**Nora’s POV**

Vena spoke,“Ornith and Ozarius were known as Gemini twins or ‘Crescent twins’ in the Land of Azra! They both were the descendants of Serpent God. Many centuries back, during the time of Dark Prince, there was no portal between Crixus and Azra. Dark Prince was the original three-head serpent. He made the mistake of falling in love with a mortal woman. That was against the rules, but he never cared for he was madly in love and never thought of the consequences of his actions. The other mistake that he committed was making an assumption, as assuming is the foundation of all the misunderstandings, and in this case, it led to sibling rivalry. Dark Prince believed that the mortal woman in question also loved him, but he was wrong. That woman named Sylvia was in love with Dark Prince’s twin brother.

Dark Prince saw them together in the process of love-making and got blinded by rage. Dark Prince killed her in anger. Their father saved Dark Prince’s brother and sent him to Crixus. Then the one-sided portal was created so that the Dark Prince could not go and harm his brother. Once Dark Prince’s anger started subsiding, he realized his mistake, and so he planned to resurrect Sylvia and, at the same time, he undertook a severe penance upon himself. After many attempts, he finally resurrects Sylvia’s soul into Rebekah’s body at the cost of his powers and body, but she could not love him back as he had no physical form. Dark Prince needed a host to satisfy the sexual desires of Rebekah, and the host can only be the one having a serpent gene. So here comes the Ornith.

Ornith was the descendants of Dark Prince’s twin brother. So, Ornith must be Dark Prince’s grand, grand, grand nephew. Can you see the similarities in the three timelines of history?

**Dark Prince killed Sylvia, Ornith killed Rebekah, so now we are left with a question if Ronin will kill you? It is as if history is sadly repeating itself.”**

“So, you are saying that my Ronin will kill me?” I snapped at her, but she didn’t care and was shamelessly gawking at Ronin, like a predator drinking in the view of its prey, and her behaviour hit my nerve. I grabbed her hand and forced her to look at me.

“Stop leering him! I can’t even imagine you can scoop so low to create doubt for Ronin in my mind?” I snapped at her.

“I am just relaying the facts. That had happened twice in the past, so being your sister, I am just warning you.” She replied.

“My Ronin can never do that. Do you understand? He can never kill me.” I gnarled at her in a raised voice. Meghan held my hand and mouthed me to calm down to stop drawing the attention of others.

“As I said, the assumption is the foundation of all misunderstanding, and in your case, death,” She snarled like a bitch.

“Fuck the damn assumption! There is no way my Ronin can kill me.” I snarled at her like a furious serpent.

“Maybe, not Ronin. But what if Dark Prince takes over Ronin’s body and compels him to kill you? Ronin does have a Serpent gene. He is a perfect host for Dark Prince!” She smirked as if enjoying the idea of my death.

Bitch!! But then the realization hit me that this could be a possibility.

“What do we do now?” I said with a desperate tone because I was scared for my babies.

“You need to leave from Land of Azra!!!” She said.

"Shit! But how do we leave from here?" I gasped.

Fuck! Why do I even have to ask this question? I hope Meghan doesn't blurt out anything about Crescent Lure. I gave her a sharp look, and she nodded in understanding.

"I suppose we need three things to create a portal to Crixus. One is my blood, which we have, second is Crescent Lure which is missing and third is Dasan, who is on Crixus. We are trapped here forever. Fuck!" I sounded defeated, and my heart was screaming in helplessness. I gave a sad look at Ronin. He saw me at the same instant and asked me with his eyes if everything was; okay? I nodded with a half-smile. He returned my gesture with his killer and contagious smile. I almost jolted from the trance by Vena's next set of words.

"We have all the three things to make a portal, **Here**," Vena replied.

I almost jumped from my seating position at her revelation. I looked at Meghan's neck and thanked my stars for, she was not wearing it. I asked her silently with my eyes. She casually looked at Liam. I understood it was with Liam.

"How? I mean, why? No, sorry, I mean what? Okay, whatever; sod off. I mean, do you have Crescent Lure and the person who can make the portal? Is Dasan here?" I asked with both shiver and hope in my voice, as I was happy that we; may have a way to reach Crixus safely, but I was alert at the same time if she had any doubt about Crescent Lure in my possession.

"How can Dasan be here when you already know he is in Crixus?" Vena was getting annoyed. I know that was a stupid question to ask, as I was the only one who informed her that Dasan was on Crixus.

"But other than him, who can make portal?" I asked her.

"Who else than his sister Nhala?" Vena dropped another bomb on me.

"Nhala, my granny!" I asked in astonishment, wondering what the hell was happening, in which direction the conversation was going.

"Nhala! Your granny!?" She laughed as if I said a funny joke, "Don't you know she can't conceive like me. That stupid bitch must have stolen your father from trash and pretended to be your granny. She was the bitch, who ran away with Crescent Lure after that fucker Ornith killed you. She must have your blood, so she created a portal and escaped to Earth. Once Re dies, her soul automatically gets trapped in Crescent Lure, which explains that Nhala must have resurrected Re's soul in your body. She must have learned the voodoo from her parents as they were the ones who resurrected Sylvia's soul in Rebekah's body. This explains your reincarnation." Vena replied.

"Thanks for enlightening me of my existence, but I must warn you to speak with respect; she is my granny." I strictly told her, but what I got in return was a big badass smirk.

"She was just one of the servants in your whole army of care-takers. Dark Prince was crazy for you. He pampered you with all the things that a girl could dream for. Our parents were just the low-level people working in the Temple of Sanctum, but your birth elevated their status. He was promoted to the position of High Priest in the Temple of Sanctum, and our mom was the lady of the Sanctum. Dark Prince loved you more than the so-called combined love of those shitty people, Dasan and Ornith, but he lost you as he didn't have a physical body, and you only cared for sex. The real feelings held little importance to you." She replied with disgust on her face before continuing, "Well! Whatever, let's come to the point. Nhala was just a lowly servant with some soul resurrecting and portal making mojo which she and her brother, that fucker Dasan, undoubtedly inherited from their parents. She only got the special treatment because she was your loverboy Dasan's sister. Your so-called lover was more of a male concubine to you than a mere lover." Her harsh voice snarled down at me as if I was a slut.

"My granny may be a low-level servant here, but she was faithful to me with no mean intentions." I taunted Vena before continuing, "But you are mistaken here. My granny Nhala is dead. How is she going to help us?" I told her.

"Who the hell tell you that she is dead?" Vena responded with irritation in her voice.

"She just disappeared one day, and we searched for her everywhere, every damn place, but she was nowhere to be seen," I told her.

"She just disappeared…Well! My dumb Re, doesn't this explain everything. Did you see her dead body?" She asked. I raised my eyebrows before saying no.

"She escaped through a portal. She was with you, so she must be having access to your blood and, of course, Crescent Lure." Vena replied confidently as if she had decoded an ancient treasure map.

"Really! Does that mean she is alive? Where is she?" My voice beamed with a long-lost hope. I swear this was the first good news I heard after coming to this cursed place.

"Why does it take so long to explain you. When I said, we have all the things to make a portal; then it includes your so-called granny as well. She is here! In Land of Azra!" Vena announced with a frustrated voice.

"What! What the fuck! Is she here? I can't believe it." My mouth turned agape in shock as well as joy. My granny has that warmth like a cocoon of protection around me. I always felt safe when I was with her. I got lost and vulnerable when she went missing two years back, but now after knowing that she is very much alive and probably very near to me, I again felt her coat of warmth and protection around me.

"Can you take me to her?" I asked Vena as my tone slowly shifted in a pleading way.

"Are you sure?" Her words hit me as if they had some hidden meaning. I raised my eyebrows, confirming the obvious. Of course, I wanted nothing more than to meet her.

"Aren't you scared, naughty girl? Getting pregnant with your boyfriend's babies without marriage, and that too the serpent cuties. I wonder if your granny will slap you by holding your ears? She laughed at me.

"Have you lost it, Vena! Just shut up! It's no time for a joke. I can't wait to see her **now**." I stressed the word now to understand better that she can't mess with me.

"Well! At least let me tell you where is she, because after knowing of her current abode, you may change your mind and decide to not go to her after all."

"Stop messing around and tell me where is she?" Now, I raised my voice.

"The last place where you would want to go." She replied with a smirk, "The dungeons of The Dark Prince's palace."

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