Inside Laveyny Aufrodine’s workroom,
“Please, do not kill her, Goddess. On behalf of Laveyny Aufrodine, I beg Your mercy.”
The red-haired girl said in a serious tone. She spontaneously worshipped the Queen of the Witches with her face touching the floor, while another girl who was the Head of the Ztatzav Orphanage still could not move her body, even though she wanted to get out of there.
Time seemed to stop spinning for the two female mortals. The cold and tense atmosphere was getting thicker, making them experience heavy mental pressure. Loiston, who could not see the face of the other person, could only guess what was going on right now.
“No.”
That was the only short answer given by the immortal goddess, so those words made the thick-haired girl even more anxious, as did her colleague. A baby girl who was in the goddess’s arms, precisely in the middle of her body, seemed to enjoy this situation so much that she remained calm as if anything did not affect her.
“Mortal, you said earlier that you wanted to kill Alexa, even though you were told by a letter sent by her parents. How dare you to say like that?”
The intonation of the voice used by the goddess sounds increasingly gripping so that it frightens the name’s owner. Meanwhile, Loiston was thinking hard, about how to prevent her close friend from being killed and prevent misfortune in the place.
An idea came to mind, so the girl who had freckles on her face, though few, finally ventured up to say that to the goddess who seemed ready to kill the target who had made her angry.
“I beg You, please forgive Aufrodine’s mistake. She was stupid, but without her, this place would never be existed. I promise, if the Goddess will forgive her, then we will take care of Alexa, and will tell no one about her origins.”
Just as Loiston finished saying that, the only daughter of the couple, Tristian Varden Writh and Lavena Isolda Keira, woke up. She stared at the face that was on Goddess Magia’s midsection. Alexa started to smile. That baby girl seemed to know who the woman holding her was, and she was not afraid.
That baby’s small hand began to rise as if to touch the face of a woman feared by the residents of Zlatav. The atmosphere in the room was getting darker. A twenty-six-year-old girl tried to move her body, but unfortunately, she could not do that. However, tears ran down Aufrodine’s cheeks.
What should I do now? If the Queen of the Witches does not grant my request, then something bad is inevitable. Lenny could not move either. Even speaking is difficult, and I am sure it must be the effect of Goddess Magia’s spell, thought Loiston, who had not dared to change positions.
“I will grant your wish. But there are prerequisites from Me.”
A glimmer of hope rose in the hearts of the two women. Wasting no time, Loiston asked the Queen of Witchcraft without further ado, “What are the conditions that Goddess wants to propose? We are ready to listen and accept it.”
The woman, who had a height of one hundred and seventy-one centimetres tall, used a polite tone of voice, so as not to offend the immortal goddess. “You and Aufrodine must not abandon, let alone isolate this baby girl. I always watching on her. If I find out that one of you has the heart to hurt Alexa, intentionally or not, then I will kill both of you and I will burn this place into ashes.”
There was a thud on the floor, so the girl who was prostrating as soon as possible turned around, and it surprised her when she saw her colleague fall. Loiston was so dazed at the sight of such an event that, without a second thought, she immediately rose from her original position. “Lenny!” she said, half screaming.
The cold air had slowly dissipated, but the green-eyed woman ignored that moment. She approached her close friend, then put Aufrodine’s head on her thighs. Her face looked sad, mixed with panic, and she was holding back from crying. “Lenny, are you okay? Answer me.”
Loiston saw a fresh red liquid flowing from the corner of the other person’s lips. Aufrodine did not answer, and there were tears on her cheeks. Meanwhile, Loiston burst into tears. “Please say something. Lenny, do not go. Do not scare me,” said the vice chairperson sadly.
Loiston pointed her index finger at the thin-brow girl’s nose. The woman who had worked in the orphanage for seven years was relieved to know that Aufrodine was still alive. “Hold on. Do not die,” she whispered seriously.
The soft-hearted woman immediately lifted Aufrodine’s body. She immediately left the room, holding her close friend, and left a basket containing a baby girl fast asleep again.
***
At another place
A young woman with long blonde hair was seen gently caressing her left cheek with a cloth in her right hand. There are beautiful memories of her beloved daughter in the memory of a new mother. “Alexa, my baby. I miss you,” she said softly.
A beautiful lady, who came from a descendant of nobles, sobbed again because sadness was still bubbling in her heart. “Just parted from my princess for a while, but I already feel lonely. Why is fate so cruel to our little family? It is so unfair for me.”
There was a knock on the door, but a woman, who had a height of one hundred and sixty-five centimetres tall, ignored it. In less than a minute, the door was opened from the outside so that a man was seen carrying a basket that was quite large.
A burly man walked over to the woman who was sitting on the sofa. However, she was still sobbing, though not in a loud voice. After arriving there, that man sat next to the opposite sex, and there was no reaction from the only daughter of the couple, Sir Alex Martinus Keira and Madame Gabrielle Atventz Meira.
“Wifey,” Tristian called softly.
A person who was called did not answer yet because she was busy calming herself down, even though this was difficult to do. The atmosphere there was awkward because the other person did not even want to look at her husband. Meanwhile, the basket that had been brought before was now placed on the lap of the owner of the luxurious residence.
“Wifey, please look at me now,” said Tristian, who never gave up.
That pretty woman had to turn around. A man who has a height of one hundred and eighty-five centimetres was stunned because he saw by himself how puffy his beloved wife’s eyes were. Meanwhile, a woman who often becomes her husband’s discussion partner seems to let her man know the actual situation.
“Why do you cry, my dear? Cheer up, because we are safe here.”
For some reason, these words pierced the heart of a naturally pink, thin-lipped woman. She glared at Tristian, so that moment made her life partner scared and mixed with confusion.
“How can you be so calm like this, Hubby? You said ‘we’? Who did you mean by ‘we’? Our daughter was out there, without me knowing what Alexa was going through, and what was happening to her. How if she gets sick or hungry? What if suddenly a wild animal comes, so that our baby is eaten, and then dies? Did you think about those possibilities?”
Lavena asked with a passionate tone so that she asked the questions without pause. Meanwhile, Tristian felt overwhelmed in answering and remained silent for a while as if avoiding unnecessary fights.
“I”
Something cut the speech from the head of the family off because suddenly, the sound of a baby crying was heard. The husband and wife suddenly looked at the basket that was still on Tristian’s lap. Lavena’s eyes flashed because of sadness, anger, and deep disappointment for her beloved man. The image of her only daughter re-emerged in her mind, and such a memory tormented her deeply.
“Get rid of that damn child! I do not want to see it. He is not my baby though.”
“Wifey! Why do you say like that? Did not we agree before?”
Tristian was shocked when he saw the change from within his beloved woman. That baby boy’s cry could still be heard. However, the bearded man’s concentration was broken because a man who came from a descendant of nobility was still waiting for a response from Lavena, who was seen smiling sarcastically at him.
“Agreed? Did I ever say yes? No! Why did you suddenly become angry when I tell you to throw him? It is true what I said, is not it? He was not come from my own blood and flesh, so I do not care about him! My baby is only Alexa Jocelyn Heart and will forever remain that way. If you really want to keep him, then just take care of that baby boy. Do not ever involve me.”
Lavena stood up from the sofa and left Tristian alone in the room.
***