Chapter 20

Garret’s POV

Immyria told me everything about her father and how no one could figure out what was wrong with him. Just that he couldn’t wake up. When she had finished telling me everything she was crying. In a way I was touched she trusted me this much to open up to me. I still wanted her crown, but all the same I couldn’t allow myself to care. Especially since our plan was about to enter the next step for Tobias. However, she may be a problem if she ever finds out. I’ll let Tobias handle it if it ever comes to that. When I left the palace and started to head home I was stopped by a figure near the front gate.

“Well, well, who do we have here?” The feminine voice asked. She walked out of the shadows and walked over to me. “You seem very alone for a prince. What’s the hurry to leave?” She gave a smirk and put a hand on my chest. I grabbed her hand and spun her so her back was against me, she tried to worm out of it but I held her in place and moved her hair off her neck, and said, “Look who finally came to visit,” then I dipped my mouth to her ear, “you haven’t come to visit me for so long I was starting to think you forgot about me.”

She rolled her head back to my shoulder as I started moving my hands on her body, she let out a small moan. “I’ve been awfully busy with the work you gave me to be able to break away” she said. I nipped at her neck and asked, “You still have the key to the grotto?” She nodded and gave another small moan as I started opening her pants. I slipped my fingers down.. down.. until I felt how wet she was. Wet for me. And only me. I started rubbing one of my favorite spots on her. “Touch the key,” I told her knowing we’d be teleported to my secret grotto. She tried to grab it from her pocket, but my fingers started moving faster on her, “get the key” I whispered in her ear. She was trying to get it but she was stuck under my arms and giving in to what I wanted to do. I kept rubbing with my right hand, and moved my left to switch hands. Then I took my right and inserted my fingers into what I knew was only mine. She was so out of breath that when she peaked, all she could do was pant.

After she came I spun her around and told her, “I’m going to make you scream tonight”, then I put my fingers in her mouth and after she cleaned them off and put my mouth against hers and started making out with her. I found her key as I explored her body, holding it so that we teleported and no one could see or hear us. Then I made her take off my pants and put me in her mouth until I put her in the ground and had my fun.

Immyria’s POV

I was sitting in my father’s room watching the staff go in and out of the room. Still no update on his health and no progress on waking him up. My brother had to attend all council meetings in my father’s place and my mother hasn’t left their room in days. Rosie was frequently in the gardens playing with maids to keep her busy and anyone else who would help to keep her busy. Everyone except our uncle. Although he kept an annoyingly close distance to her and a very watchful eye. I had placed two of my trusted guards on watching him as close as they could to make sure he wasn’t up to anything but so far they both reported he’s only been watching her.

It was starting to worry me. It’s been a week since I last spoke to garret. He was the only person who I’ve ever opened up to about this and I trusted him more than most people. I increased my training to help with stress levels, and I’ve been in contact more and more with Queen Aster about everything going on. She was becoming more frustrated every time we tried to use magic. Something kept blocking us from seeing certain things from the past and the present. Even her ability to see the future was being meddled with. I got up and went to my room, I grabbed the crystal and laid on my bed. “Aster?” I asked. It took a minute but she responded. “I’m so glad you reached out princess.” She said. I couldn’t decipher if it was a good or bad tone but she had my attention. “I was finally able to figure out that your father has a poison in his blood you sent me that’s causing him to stay asleep!” She rushed out. I sat up immediately. This was amazing news!

“Aster, tell me everything!” I demanded. I was going to find the antidote to this and get my father back. “Well, that’s the troubling part. There’s no poison like this in our world. There’s only one realm that has it. And there’s not an easy way there. All the portals have been shut off for more than a hundred years. The world doesn’t even have a name to us anymore.” She finished and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. “This will be easier to do if you came back here to my castle. Would you be willing to do that?” She cut through all my thoughts. There’s no way I could say no. “I will be there tomorrow.” Is all I said and let go of the crystal.

I wrote a few letters. Gave two of them to my guards that followed my uncle and Rosie. And another for my mother. I left the hallway with the guards and went to find my brother. After a minute of not finding him in the library or his room I decided to check the training yard. I found him sparring with Celia. When they saw me they finished their spat and walked over to me. Apparently I had a scowl on my face when I got there but I told them I was just in thought. “Immy what’s wrong?”, Tiberius asked. I told home everything Queen aster told me and he asked, “When are we leaving?”. I was grateful to have him come with me this time. We leave in two hours. He nodded and I told him to meet me in the stable when he was ready.

Celia’s POV

After Immyria left I turned to Tiberius, “I’m coming with you. You can try to refuse as much as you want but I’m not leaving either of you in this anymore. I’m going to be a part of it. I’m your girlfriend and you are the future king. I’m there not just as your girlfriend but as a body guard in case anything goes wrong.” I finished and took a deep breath hoping he wouldn’t argue with me. Instead he just turned and pulled me into a long hug and whispered into my ear, “I’m so happy I have you with me”. I started crying and he wiped my tears and kissed me. “I love you,” he said. “I love you too, now let’s go get ready.”