[ SO HOW WILL I FIND HIM ]

Azura had less ideas on how to rule a palace, much less a Kingdom, yet she had lots of hiding secrets about her life she needed to find out. Placing Halia her nanny in charge of the harem, was one of the ways she thought of escaping her duties as the queen, to gain enough time to find the truth behind her existence in this unknown kingdom, known to her.

Out of her many problems, she finally solved one, and making Halia the ruler of the harem will solve another, but there was one problem she needed to solve immediately. Finding the owner of the red fire-like eyes. She was not sure, but she knew he was connected to her past and present, and maybe her future as well.

Getting down from the carriage with the help of the footman and Lora, she walked to her study impatiently and started looking for something even she didn't know, from the huge books shelves.

Lora and the remaining ladies saw how engrossed Azura was in looking for what ever it was that she wanted, but they didn't understand why she didn't asked them to do it instead.

"Your Majesty, let us do it, you can get hurt." Lora said worriedly.

"Don't worry about me Lora, you can help me if you want, I need a book about people with red eyes, anything about them." She said, still looking for a book.

The ladies in waiting and the maids could not believe what they just heard, they exchanged a questioning look to see if any of them knew what the queen was talking about, but non of them seem to have any idea.

"Your Majesty, please why do you want to read about the forbidden people." Lora asked when she found her lost voice, speaking the minds of the others.

"What do you mean by forbidden people." Azura asked as she stopped searching through the books and turn to Lora.

"Your Majesty, it is forbidden to have red eyes in this kingdom, even in the surrounding kingdoms as well. They are said to be devils." Lora said with fear written all over her.

Azura had lots of questions, but she did not know which one to ask first, and she didn't even how to ask. "Tell me more about them, like how they look, why they are forbidden, anything you know." She knew that this way, even if she doesn't get all her questions answered, she'll get to know what to do next.

Lora instructed the maids to get fresh tea and also directed the rest including Azura to the round seat. A knock was heard on the door to the study and when it was opened, Chesa stepped in happily.

"Mum I've been looking everywhere for you, where did you go without me?" Chesa asked childishly before folding her arms and puffing her checks.

"Chesa please don't be angry, mum went to the Abuafour palace, promise to go with you next time." Azura said, showing of her motherly love.

" You didn't take me to see grandma. Can I go and see her now?" Chesa asked and Azura had a broad smile on her lips as she nodded her head to give her daughter permission.

Chesa run out of the room immediately she got her mothers permission, leaving Azura spacing out as her small figure disappeared, just in time for the maids to enter with freshly brewed tea. They served it to their Queen and then to the ladies in waiting, before stepping out on Lora's instructions.

" In the beginning of this kingdom, the lands of the four kingdoms were all together as one big land, with the sea surrounding it. The land was named Celestial island, and it was ruled by the Great One. But things changed when his wife Queen Mulghana gave birth to a set of male twins." Lora started talking when the maids left.

Sipping on her tea she continues to talk when she noticed everyone was waiting for her to continue. "One of the babies had gold hair with a pair of brown eyes and was the oldest, while the younger had black hair with a pair of red eyes.

It was odd because, only an old friend of The Great One who was long dead, had such eyes. He was said to be the devil, who helped The Great One in getting the land from the beast who rude it before him. He was buried alive by the great one because he killed thousands of people in just a span of week.

The Great One love his youngest child the most, giving him all he wants, and teaching him his way, thinking he was a gift from the gods who helped him get the land. Whilst the old one Kenneth, was loved and pampered by his mother untill they grew old.

Both of them had a right to the throne but Kenneth, the oldest, was the rightful heir to the throne. Kingsley the youngest, thought his father would make him the king because he loved him and showed him all he knew. But The Great One made Kenneth the heir and Kingsley didn't accept that.

Even though his father The Great One tried to reason with him, he got angry and left the palace. He returned after some days, demanding his father makes him the king and the royal court divided into two. Half was on Kingsley's side and the rest on Kenneth's side.

When his father refused him and his mother stood up for his brother, Kingsley became mad with furry and unleashed his supernatural powers, which was fire. His eyes started burning and the more it burn, the stronger the fire he unleash.

His mother tried to stop him with her water powers and his twin brother who could control the earth just like you, thought of helping his mother. This upset Kingsley the most and he added the power of darkness which nobody knew he had, to the already burning fire." Lora stopped talking midway.

" Why did you stop? continue." Azura and the other ladies, Malia and Lucia who seem to be enjoying the story Lora was narrating said in unison. Lora continued after taking another sip on her tea.

"The Great One, king Galaious, who couldn't watch anymore, thought of stopping his wife and children with his own supernatural powers. But due to too much energy conjuring at the same time, their powers created an outburst of strange energy. It entered the land and caused a distractive earthquake which divided the land into four.

Kingsley got angry and wanted to kill both his brother and mother who stopped him, but The Great One was first to step in front of them, but couldn't control Kingsley's power on time and he got hurt instead. Kingsley left the palace after, it was said that he created the magical bridge which extended from Celestial Kingdom to the other land.

It was said that, he took possession of the land and killed everyone who was against him on that land, making it his own and ruled the people who went with him. The Great One was offended so on his dying bed, he made a wish that Kingsley and his kind be forbidden.

Since he was the only one with red eyes in the kingdom, it wasn't hard, but when another child was found with the same red eyes years ago, he was kill and never again had anyone seen or heard about a red eyes person. That's why the Great One cursed them so they can't come here nor can we go there. But you are meant to break that curse." Lora completed her story and continue to sip her almost cold tea.

The room became extremely silent and Lora could see different emotions on the faces of her friends including Azura. "Without the curse and the bridge, could Kingsley or any of the ones he went with come back to this side ever again?" Azura asked after a while.

"No Your Majesty, the land was divided by deep waters, so one can cross only by ships or by the use of supernatural powers." Lora answered nonchalantly.

" So the forbidden bridge, has anyone been able to cross over before?" Azura asked to clear her curiosity.

" You are the only one Your Majesty, but you found nothing because you haven't found your destine husband." Lora replied with a smile.

"So how will I find him if I can't go there." Azura asked feeling frustrated, but her ladies were flushed with her impatient behavior.

"The scrolls says that, he's the only one who can come to this kingdom from the other side, and when you accept him, only then will the boundaries fall." smiling mischievously, Lora replied.

" Is Marcus not of dark supernatural powers, how was he able to cross over if he's not the one am looking for, I don't even have any feeling towards him, and he's always trying to have sex with me even though I don't want to." Azura said to herself, burring her ladies in waiting with embarrassment.

"I think I have to find out how Marcus crossed, and there's only one way to find that out, and that is to take him there." Azura said to herself again and just then, a loud nock was heard on the door. Thinking it was Chesa Maria stood up to open the door in a hurry, only to be welcomed by the angry face of Marcus.

"Can we talk?" Marcus asked, ignoring the greetings from the ladies.

"On one condition." Azura thought of using his request to her advantage.

"What do you want, I'll try to do it?" Marcus asked, getting impatient with the situation.

"A vow that you'll take me to the forbidden bridge and do what I want." Azura asked with her head slightly tilted to the side.

"Okay alright. I'll be available whenever you're ready, can we talk now?" Marcus answer, not giving Azura's demand a thought. Azura signal her ladies in waiting and they left the room, leaving Azura alone with Marcus.

"I came to say sorry for yesterday, and also to ask you why you don't want to be with me. It's been ten years now since we got married." Marcus said calmly, pretending to be sad, which he failed.

"We didn't get married, I was forced into it. You forced both my parents and I, so don't blame me." Azura answered blatantly, looking at Marcus in the eyes.

Marcus was shock to hear her outburst, he wasn't expecting anything like that, but Azura surprised him. He walked out of the study room fuming with rage, not saying anything more to Azura.