The two couple continued to romance each other, Esmeralda has totally forgotten her promise, and had eaten back her own words.
Anabel walked out with tears in her eyes, returning back to her room. Vimdraolf can’t deny he cares about Esmeralda, but he needed her not to fall for him, as he was a beast incapable of loving anyone.
Anabel hated her life, nothing ever worked for her, she had to fight and struggle for what ever she had, unlike her lucky sister who had the goddess blessing on her side.
Majority of her life, Anabel has had to compete with her stepsister Isabel.
Being the first to come out of the two didn’t exactly give her a ticket to their fathers throne. She has always fought for her right, and Isabel was the favourite, and everyone was way too blind to see her bitchy attitude, before she was made to seat on the throne with her mate.
The only way to save her people from hunger and build a much stronger army for defense, was by sitting on the throne her twin sister snatched from her, and the one way to get that back was to present her mate.
Nobody believes a woman can rule, and as her father could not give his people an heir, the decided to give the crown to the mate of the first daughter’s mate, and as you guess right, Isabel found her mate first, and the throne can’t be vacant for too long, as that doesn’t tell well on their reputation.
Anabel has Journeyed now three years for her mate, the one who would redeem her, and save her people, but there he was, with his tongue down another woman’s throat.
She pulled on her hair hard as if that would be of any help or reduce her pain or change her situation.
The cry of a crow bird stopped her from her action. No one ever wishes to hear the cry of that bed as it brings nothing but news of death.
Anabel runs to the window trying to use her eyes to scan for the bird. The bird flew to her direction, throwing a piece of paper at her before flying on his way.
Vimdraolf opened his eyes widely, breaking the kiss. He walks away in a hurry to the room Anabel was, leaving Esmeralda without an explanation. She saw the direction he took and sigh in defeat, the closer she tries to get to her mate, the further apart the go. She contemplated if she should just stop trying, and leave her destiny to fate.
Vimdraolf entered the room just in time to watch the bird fly. He noticed the letter in Anabel hand. Her countenance was enough to let him know that the letter was brought in by the bird.
With heavy heart, Anabel tore open the letter, looking at what was written on it.
AMARGO ES AQUI
The letter dropped from her hands, she couldn’t stop her fingers from trembling.
I Have To Return, My Pe. ople Ne. need me!!!
They need me!!
Anabel kept saying those words to herself, She turns back and meets Vimdraolf. Her eyes go back and forth from Vimdraolf to the letter on the ground.
Vimdraolf walks close to her, picking the letter from the ground and saw what was written on it.
Amargo was at CASADEL, Anabel kingdom. Vimdraolf didn’t want to think of the damage she must has caused there, as she does nothing but destroy, living up to the meaning of her name “Bitterness”.
If We Move Now, We Would Get There In Seven Days.
Anabel raised her head that she had buried on the ground after hearing Vimdraolf’s voice. Was he willing to follow her, or did she hear wrongly?
Get ready, we are leaving soon!
Vimdraolf didn’t alter any other word after that, he left her alone in the room.
He was about to embark on a seven day Journey, walking will be too exhausting for them, Vimdraolf went out to get a horse, he could not fly for a long time, he wing is yet to heal.
Esmeralda went about the castle seeking Anabel, there are some questions she so badly wanted to know.
Esmeralda finally found her in the kitchen pouring water into a large drinking container, and pilled biscuit in to a plastic.
The thought of Anabel leaving brought joy to Esmeralda, right now she would be more than happy to help Anabel pack.
Are you sure those would be enough for you since you are going on a long journey?
Esmeralda’s voice made Anabel know she was not alone. She looked at her co mate, indeed she was beautiful, but it was her first time seeing a human as a mate. She concluded that it must be an error from the God’s and since human life spans are short and Esmeralda would soon died, maybe that was why she was mated to Vimdraolf also.
You Have A Point, The Food Might Not Be Enough Since We Are Two On The Journey, I Had Better Pack More.
Esmeralda wonder what Anabel meant by two
Who else is going with for this journey?
Anabel smiled, facing Esmeralda with a bright face, she answered her
My mate of course, he can’t see me in distress, so he is coming with me to my village, a crises broke out, and we need to fix it before it causes anymore damage.