19

The sun was finally setting after our first day here, in the capital of the humans, without Kana around. I held Akito as he slept and enjoyed the scenery. I looked up from the window sill as the door was opened to the music room by a maid. "Sorry, I did not realize anyone needed this room. We will vacate."

Before I could get up, the door opened again and Gonen held open the door. It was as if he could not enter a room I occupied, but the king came towards me with a slightly concerned face.

"There has been a Wielder spotted coming towards the city. He claims to know you and that he was sent by Kana." He whispered and looked to the maid as she gestured for me to give her my sleeping child.

"Please bring him to his sister in my room," I asked before she left with Akito. I looked back to the king after I stood, "I will see who it is and decide where to go from there. The person could be here for me, but he also could be deceiving you to try to get to my children."

"Follow me."

The king said and I quickly went with him into the hall but tried to keep my gaze from Gonen. As we came to the front of the home, the door was opened for us. Three guards stood at the front gate and held back a Wielder, who did not fight them.

I looked over to see the queen, prince, princess, and Noah standing to the side of the front entrance I had just exited out of.

"Eva!" Someone called and I looked to the Wielder before looking to the king.

"Please let him in. He is not here to harm anyone." I whispered before rushing towards the Wielder as the guards moved out of the way.

"Don't run, Eva, please. You are injured," the man said as he rushed to stop me. "Kana told me what happened and I asked to come visit you. He thought it was a good idea."

"Eva," the king called and I quickly brought the Wielder to the stairway that led to the front entrance. "He is a friend of yours?"

I smiled up to the wielder, "these are the people I have told you about. They are the ones who took care of me." I looked to the king as the Wielder hugged me lightly, "King, this…" I took a moment and looked away from Gonen's gaze, "…this is my biological father.

He is also the head of the army for the Wielders and one of my husband's closest comrades."

"Your father?" The princess asked in shock.

"Thank you for taking care of my precious daughter for so long." Father put his hand on my stomach, "a woman nearly giving birth should not be out here and being exposed to the elements. Lets go inside." I nodded before leading the group in, "Where are my grandchildren?" He asked me with curiosity.

"They are sleeping. But I should formally introduce all of you."

Father interrupted me, "let me try to guess who each person is. After the stories told to me by you, Kairi, and Kana, I believe I can tell who each person is." He looked over to the group and pointed to the king and queen, "this must be the king and queen that the three of you spoke so fondly about." He pointed to the princess, "this must be the princess that attacked you before," he moved to another person. "This must be the boy you admitted to having relations with long ago, who I believed was named Noah." He paused and his face changed, "that must be the boy Kana used to feel so threatened by, since he stole your heart long ago." Father looked to me for confirmation and I slightly nodded, but knew who he would talk about next and was worried about the outcome. "And this man trying to kill both of us with his gaze must be the man that found and raised you." He let out an angry breath, "he is the one who believes you and Kairi should be killed and tried to attack you before. "Father stared down Gonen, "this petty human needs to learn his place and realize that we are on a completely different imperial plane than him."

I grabbed his arm and squeezed slightly, "please, father, do not bring it up. There is enough tension here."

Father put his hand on my head, "yiu are running a fever?" He asked me and I nodded, "you should be resting."

I shook my head, "I am too tense to rest."

"Let us all go to the tea room. It seems we have a lot to talk about." The king suggested and we all followed him.

Father and I took one of the two small couches, across from the small table Asher and Shari took the twin of the couch we sat on. On the two other sides of the table, the king and queen sat in two chairs to the right of my father as Gonen and Noah occupied other mirrored chairs to my left. Tea was brought out by the maids as father looked to me curiously.

"It is tea, a human drink that is considered sophisticated."

"Such strange habits human have," he commented before clearing his throat. "I assume you all have questions for me."

The king agreed, "we have been told by Eva that you are King Kana's right hand man."

"Yes, I used to be the head of the military. When Kana announced that he planned to marry my daughter, his father asked me to become his personal body guard. Now I am the personal body guard of Kana and Eva."

"What about Kairi?" Asher insisted.

Father chuckled, "Kairi would never need a body guard. Other than Kana, no one can surpass her in power. Akito is the only one who needs protection, but I am sure, once he gains his powers and trains with his mother, he will not need a guard either."

I nodded, "he may even surpass Kana."

"Is it true you attacked Eva before she left this place?" Gonen demanded as he stared down father.

"Of course," Father replied with power. "She tried to attack Kana. Regardless of our blood bond, Eva attacked the man I was protecting so I had to fight her." Father stared down Gonen, "much like you had the audacity to attack the girl you raised when she was accused of being a Wielder even though she never hurt anyone."