Alyssa’s POV
“What are you even saying Alyssa?” My mum was confused as she continued to stir the red glowing mixture in the big pot before putting some drops on a squirrel that was in front of her.
“Mum.. you heard me right and you are asking me?” I grumbled.
“I just want to hear you say it again.” My mum teased me some more and I was a bit upset because she knew how to tease me alot.
“Mum I like a boy.. have you heard me now?” I lowered my voice as I looked down.
“And who is this boy my daughter likes?” She came closer to me and held my chin up.
” I don’t know much about him but I bumped into him two days ago and I am sure he is Lakshmi’s brother” I confessed everything to my mum.
“Lakshmi? Isn’t she Mia’s nosy best friend or something like that?” My mum shook her head as if trying to remember something.
“Yes mum, she is the one” I looked up to my mum with my cracking voice.
“And you like her brother” my mum laughed at me.
“Mum.. stop teasing me ” I shook my body as I was starting to blush already.
“Oh Alyssa… you just never cease to amaze me huh? You are always thinking of more ways to surprise me” my mum laughed at me some more.
“Mum I am being serious and I don’t know what is so funny” I was beginning to get upset with her.
“Alyssa you are still a teenager and you aren’t sure of your feelings yet okay so don’t stress yourself too much” my mum made backwards strokes on my hair as a way of pampering me.
But just then the king walked in, cutting the whole conversation short.
“Good afternoon your highness” I took a little bow in front of him.
“Afternoon Alyssa” he replied and I walked away, leaving them both to their business.
Banshee’s POV
“And what has she done this time to amaze you?” The king was smiling to himself as he looked at the potion I was stirring earlier.
“Never mind that, teenagers and their problems” I giggled and he looked at me.
“I also want to participate in this joy of yours,” the King chuckled.
“She claims to like someone ” I took the big wooden spoon from him and continued to stir the pot.
“And what does she know about liking someone” the king smirked
“That’s exactly what I am saying” I added a few drops of the pot’s content to the squirrel and I nodded my head because I hadn’t gotten the result I wanted.
“I hope this thing won’t turn into something else and make it difficult for her to get married to my son in the future. You know that was part of our agreement” the King came closer to me.
“Of course it won’t, she is just going through a phase” I smiled as I assured him.
“So who is this guy?” The King seemed to be more interested in the topic than I had expected him to be.
“I don’t know,” I shrugged.
” Okay” the king was a little disappointed.
“I hope you aren’t planning to harm the boy in any way”I raised an eyebrow as I looked at him suspiciously
“Nope” he said and walks away from me a little.
Suddenly, I wondered.. as a crazy an idea that just struck me.
“Wait a moment, I think I should allow her to get closer to this guy” I looked at him with joy in my eyes.
“And why would you do that?” The King looked very confused.
“Because we can use him to get to Mia” I looked happier than ever.
“I still don’t get your point banshee? Is he Mia’s boyfriend or something?” The King shook his head as he tried to assimilate the information.
“You and I know that Mia cannot have a boyfriend. The spell I had put on her when she was just a baby is too powerful” I reminded him as I focused my eyes on a particular painting that hung on the wall.
“So make me understand what is the connection between this boy and Mia,” the king raised an eyebrow as he also focused his attention at the painting, as if the answer he was looking for was in the painting.
“According to what Alyssa told me, the guy is Lakshmi’s brother ” I took a deep breath as I was explaining.
“Okay and this Lakshmi is who?..” he raised an eyebrow as he looked into my eyes as if searching for the answer.
“She is Mia’s friend, Mia’s only friend” I looked down because the way he stared at me was quite disturbing.
“Why are you staring at me like that?” I asked him.
“It’s nothing” he stuttered and looked at random objects.
“I just hope it’s not what I am thinking” I gave him a suspicious look.
“And what exactly are you thinking?” He came closer to me as I went further away from him.
“Stop it! I loved your father wholeheartedly” I shivered as I kept on walking backwards until I came in contact with the wall.
“Yet you were never faithful to him.. you had another child even while you were married to him” he placed his hands on my waist and pulled me closer.
“Are we now talking about the sins I have committed, should we talk about yours now? How you killed your own wife” I pushed him away but he drew himself closer to me.
He started to caress my hair and my face, licking his lower lips as he scanned my body.
“You are so beautiful. No one would ever believe that you are older than me or is it because of your potions and spells” his voice suddenly became low as he brought his lips closer to mine.
“Stop this nonsense. My daughter is home and I don’t want her to walk in on us this way” I pushed him away and this time he didn’t come closer to me again.
“I think she will understand when she gets married to my son” he smirked and chuckled at the same time.
“We just have to wait until then,” I concluded.