“She was thinking that her father had approved of her choice of a life partner but her father was thinking that he was helping his child get her revenge? In this living world, is that kind of confusion even possible? ” Mia was dumbfounded. She looked at Lin and then at her father for some words of reassurance.
Her father nodded his head saying, “Miscommunication is the key to all misunderstandings and misfortunes. Having a good talk and clarifying things are as important as strategising a battle plan. Even the slightest carelessness could lead to heavy casualties. ” He sighed. “You can take for example the affection between your mother and myself. ”
Mia looked up at the mention of her mother from her father’s mouth for the first time. She was waiting for this her whole life.
“The thing that we had, your mother and myself is something indescribable. It was like love at first sight. An eternal attachment, an instant connection. The moment I had laid my eyes on Crystal, I knew she ment the world to me. But I was already married at the time with the helm of my kingdom in my immature hands. I was never in the front line for kingship as that spot was aptly covered by my brother Jin. But after the tragedy, my entire family was loosing stability. There was chaos all over the kingdom. My father was so depressed with grief, he didn’t ever come out of his room ever since. My mother too passed away soon after my brother was locked away. ” The ferocity of the incidence was still fresh in his memory as was visible from his vivid facial expressions.
“Locked away? Locked away you say? “, Lin however was intrigued by what he said about Jin, ” Your brother was just locked away? What exactly had happened? ” He was totally inside the narrative.
“Huh! Yeah, yeah! The story is long from being over. And you need to hear all of it so you could be equipped well to deal with what’s coming in the future. ” He rearranged his sitting position to continue the rest of the tale.
“But father what were you saying about mother? ” Mia interrupted, holding her father by his hands for the first time. The king looked at her touch, then at her face, then he looked at Lin and said, ” You will need to wait a little young man. My darling yearns for something else. ” He said with a smile.
“We had a very short period of time to cherish together. Though I was immediately attracted to your mother, I had to hold back because I needed to confront her with the truth of my marriage. I only hoped she would be able to accept me along with my responsibilities. However, fate had some other plans. Before I could do as intended, we had some momentary weakness. ” He paused. It was awkward talking about how Mia was conceived infront of her. ” That is the time you might have been conceived. But I had no idea at that time. Even after that, I didn’t get the time to clear everything to your mother, before leaving for an emergency at the capital. However I had her brought to my palace so that I would be able to explain everything to her. And if she agreed take her as mine officially. ”
Mia was getting goosebumps in her stomach. She looked eagerly towards him for the rest of the story.
“However.” He had to stop again, ” However that day, your mother saw me with my queen from a distance. I still remember the horror and hurt in her eyes, ” He paused again, ” I still remember those few minutes. The way she had run towards the river and jumped from those cliffs, ” He said pointing out from the window.
Both Mia and Lin hurried towards the window to get a better look.
“She jumped from there? While she was with Mia? ” Lin asked. He was always the logical one. Anything odd, never got to by pass his mind.
The king nodded, ” I searched for her, ” He paused yet again, ” Or her body for three months straight right upto the end of the oceans. But nothing. I found nothing. ”
” How is that even possible. How can a human survive such a great fall and even survive, that too while pregnant, ” Lin wasn’t buying anything until he was satisfied.
The king nodded with agreement. ” That’s absolutely correct. I had my doubts when I had met Crystal. The way her wounds healed in water. Her agility when she was in the stream. Things that made her seem inhuman. But I wasn’t very sure. Her smell too was a little different from the ordinary human folks. After what I thought was her demise, I hadn’t paid much notice to those facts anymore. But now that I see Mia infront of me. There’s no doubt that you are mine. You reek of my blood and your mother’s image. Now I can finally confide between you two that Mia is not only a wolf but also something other than that, that’s not human. ”
Mia was looking at the King with astonishment filled in her eyes, ” Wait. Are your telling me you haven’t met me before? Ever? ”
” Who me? Meet you? I didn’t even know you existed. If I knew I had you, why would I let you live away from myself? ” The wolf king answered astonished at Mia’s question.
“Then how do I have all those memories. How did I even know you. Your face, your smell, everything is so vivid in my mind, ” Mia was holding her head as she tried making sense of what she was saying.
“What memories Mia? What are you talking about? ” The king got up from his place and came towards Mia to comfort her.
“Have a seat and tell me what’s in your mind. Tell me everything. Without any hesitation. “