Chapter 63

'This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.'

THAROLLIN

He pushed the thought off his mind. Nothing of such will happen.

"Thank you so much Sire." Jason thanked him as he dispatched himself from Rae to face the Demon. "I promise not to disappoint you or Rae." He added smiling.

"I know you won't disappoint me Jason, you are not like your father." Tharollin said returning the smile.

"Thank you Father." Rae said in happiness going to hug him.

"Anything for you my dear." Tharollin said with the brightest of his smile.

A knock was heard and Lillian went to open the door.

Coming in with her to the sitting room were Jorkallun and Sarah.

Greeting Tharollin Jorkallun went over to where Rae was standing and pull her for a tight hug.

"I thought you would be a crying mess by now but you proved me wrong. You are smiling that means your father accepted Jason." Jorkallun said smiling. "Thank goodness he did because I don't have the strength to be following your father and trying to tell him how good my friend is to his daughter." He added wiping off an imaginary sweat from his forehead.

"Have you met with him before?" Jason asked in wonder as his friend talk as if he knows Tharollin for long. Removing Jorkallun hands from Rae's waist which earned him a loud snort from Jorkallun. Jason placed his hands on Rae's waist possessively, and pull her to his body.

Call his Wolf jealous, he agrees.

"Jeez I was just holding my sister Jason and for your question." Jorkallun places his mouth in Jason ears, obviously they were the same height. Both were over 6'3 feet tall "YuP." Jorkallun answered the P word sounded louder in Jason's ear.

"Where did you meet him?" Jason asked covering his side of ear Jorkallun shouted in eyeing the dragon badly at the process.

"He came with my cousin to school, don't even try to refresh your memory, you did not come to school that day." Sarah said whispering the last part.

"You have a cousin?" At Sarah nod, Jason eyes flew wide in shock. "That means Tharollin has another daughter who is related to you, right?"

"No she is talking about me Jason. I and Sarah are cousins." Rae answered for Sarah. "And yes, she is also a mermaid." She added when she saw the question look in Jason's eyes.

"Wow, this is unbelievable, that means he is your uncle." Jason said facing Sarah who nodded her head in affirmative.

"Thank you Sire for giving my friend a chance to love your daughter and not hold what his father said to you against him." Jorkallun thanked Tharollin.

"...." Sarah opened her mouth to say something but Tharollin beats her to it.

"One more thank you from any one of you and I will change my mind." Tharollin said and Sarah closes her mouth and went to stand beside Jorkallun who quickly hold her waist with his hands and pull her to his body.

"I still don't understand why my father wouldn't believe the Witch here, I believe the Witch I mean Mrs Lillian, I just know something isn't right and my father is too blind to see it." Jason said after a while.

"He is blinded by Tamara, he believes whatever the Priestess tells him. Your father is a hard man who is so stubborn. He won't believe whatever or whoever that tells him the dark side of Tamara unless he sees it with his own eyes, and Tamara is a very cunning sorceress." Tharollin told them.

Looking at Jason with the way he holds his daughter reminds him so much of Avonmora.

"So how can we convince him since he wants me to either marry Lolly or Vivian?" Jason asked.

"Lolly isn't who you think she is." Tharollin began slowly. "She is Tamara's daughter." He added. Jason wasn't there when he revealed the secret to his daughter, Sarah and Jorkallun.

"What did you just say?" The question came from Lillian who eyes were as wide as a sockets.

Jason couldn't believe what he just heard.

Lolly is Tamara's daughter? This is totally unbelievable.

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KING ROEN PALACE:

"I asked you a question Tamara and you haven't given me an answer for the past two minutes." King Roen so staring silently at the Priestess.

"The demons are fine my King. They are in my cave and are still alive." Tamara lied. "I was about to tell you about them but forgot to."

"Okay, I will need to see them as soon as possible, as a King I need to see the welfare of my subjects even though they offended us once." King Roen said. "Not that I don't trust you with them but I just need to see them myself and even tell them of their King return." He added.

"I understand my King. I will be on my way now, just let me know when you are ready to visit them." Tamara said forcing herself to smile.

"Tamara, I just hope what your sister revealed to us are not true because when I find out they are true, you won't like what will descend on you."

"I can assure you Roen, they are not true. I will never and can never deceive my people for my own gain." Tamara said.

Roen believed her words. "I have known you for long both you and your sister and I know what you can do that is why I am surprised hearing those allegations from your sister. I am glad you are saying the truth." Roen said.

"Thank you my king for always believing in me, I beg to take my leave now." Tamara said and disappeared.

Roen heaved out a sigh and continue his way to his chamber.

Opening it he entered his room and went straight to sit in his bed.

He feels like Tamara is lying to him but he wasn't so sure.

He will have to go to the Gate of Darkness himself to check if truly what Tharollin had said is true. Avonmora is not frozen, he hopes the demon isn't lying about that.

He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't hear the knocking on his door until his name was called which brought him down to earth.

Recognizing who the voice belongs to, he stood up from his bed and went to open his room door for his wife to enter.

"I am sorry I didn't hear you knocking, I was so lost in thought." King Roen in an apologetic tone as he usher his beautiful wife in.

"It's okay, I came here to tell you something important." Queen Rosa said.

"If it is about what happened today, I don't want to hear about it." King Roen said with a wave of his hand.

"It is not about that my Lord. It is about myself." Queen Rosa said and sat on the bed. "Please sit next to me, whatever I am about to say is better being said when you are sitting next to me." She added.

"Okay my dear." King Reon said and went to sit beside his wife. "So what is it you want to tell me my love?"

"About my past. My memory was wiped and I couldn't remember who I was until my memory came back recently." Queen Rosa began.

"Past? I don't care about your past my dear. Whatever you did in the past remains in the past."

"Not this one my Lord, I need to say it out otherwise it will kill me." She said softly. "But should know I always love you because the love I have for you is genuine and not fake." She added.

"Okay, I am all ears then."

"First of all, my name is not Rosa but Likarica. I am a druid." Queen Rosa

"Likarica?" King Roen said with shocked. The name sounds so familiar to him.

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LILLIAN HOUSE:

"Lolly is Tamara's daughter, I don't think Roen knows though." Tharollin responded. "I think she killed the real Lolly and wear the dead girl skin pretending to be the Amazon King daughter. I don't know but something about her beast smells familiar when we fought. I just can't place my fingers on it. But that girl who killed the real Lolly and pretends to be her is Tamara's daughter " He added.

"No wonder Tamara uses my mother sickness to achieve her aim into making me engaging Lolly who surprisedly now happens to be her daughter." Jason said. "My father needs to know about this."

"Didn't you remember my uncle saying the King doesn't believe anything until it happens in front of him." Rae chip in.

"I know that my love, but I am his son. He will have to believe me. I can't wait to expose Tamara." Jason said and place a kissed on Rae's hair tenderly.

"You two love birds have made me remember my Mate." Tharollin said smiling at his daughter and Jason.

"That's reminds me father, how is mother doing, where you able to put back her soul?" Rae asked.

"Yeah, she is breathing fine but is yet to be awake. Her body is slowly adjusting to her soul which was removed from her years ago. I don't want to miss when she finally wakes up." Tharollin said sadly.

"What about my grandpa?" Rae throws in.

"He is fine and is with Avonmora." Tharollin answered.

"You have a grandfather?" It was Lillian asking as she ask what was exactly in everyone's mind.

"Yes granny, he is an Angel and the father to my mother, so that makes him my grandfather." Rae answered.

"That means you are not only a demon and mermaid, you are partly an angel, wow, so COOL." Sarah said as her face lit up in admiration for her cousin.

"Yes she is an Angel, I wouldn't say partly though but that will go for now." Tharollin said and heaved out a sad sigh. "I don't know if my Mate will ever forgive my foolishness."

"Don't worry father, I know mother will forgive you." Rae said with pity.

"Are you sure she will forgive me? What if she wakes and want to see only her father and aunt and not me? What if she hates me? What if she doesn't like me again? What if-"

"Father stop your blabbing and focus on seeing my mother waking up first. If I can forgive you so can my mother. Don't worry yourself too much." Rae told him as she interrupts his rant.

"I just can't help but worry. What if she wakes up now and didn't remember who I to her? Or what if she doesn't recognise me at all? What will I do then?" Tharollin asked.

No one answered as they all shared a knowing look.

"Father, I think you need to go and stay with her until she wakes up." Rae told her father. "That's the only way to stop you from your ranting." She added.

"You know that is a good idea Rae." Tharollin said smiling. "But are you sure you want me to go and not be with you?"

"Yes father, don't worry about me. I am not a kid anymore and I know you love me but will want to be with your Mate the more. I want you to be beside mother when she wakes up. I will be fine all by myself, you should stay with my mother until she wakes up, isn't that right Jason?" Rae said asking her boyfriend.

"Yes sire, a very nice idea coming from my beautiful Mate." Jason said supporting Rae's idea. "I promise to take care of her until you return."

"In that case, I will be leaving Rae in your hands till am back with Avonmora. Are you promising me that you will take good care of my daughter until I am back?" Tharollin ask Jason.

"I am promising you that sire." Jason responded.

"Any way I have nothing to worry about, you have your boyfriend Jason, dragon boy, your cousin and of course Lillian to protect you while I am gone." Tharollin said to his daughter. "I promise you Rae when I am back, I will teach you how to control your darkness that is in you." He added.

"I will be waiting father. Something tells me once you stay with my mother she will wake up, quickly."

"Thank you so much my daughter." Tharollin said gratefully and went ahead to hug his daughter which she returns affectionately. Jason gave them the space they needed.

Dispatching themselves from the hug. Tharollin touched his daughter face tenderly.

"Rae, there is a darkness inside all of us, though mine is more dangerous than most. Still, we all have it—that part of our soul that is irreparably damaged by the very trials and tribulations of life. We are what we are because of it, or perhaps in spite of it. Some use it as a shield to hide behind, others as an excuse to do unconscionable things. But, truly, the darkness is simply a piece of the whole, neither good nor evil unless you make it so. It took a Miracle, a War, and a Mermaid Queen to teach me that. Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. Do not forget you always have a light in you Rae. You should always know that you are my Ray or rather my Rae of Light. See you soon my dear child." Tharollin said and bid Lillian bye and disappeared.