Good Bye

NOWEL

The devil warned me. I saw it myself.

I can't leave the palace while Michael is still in this condition. Those who dared hurt him while I was with him could finish him with my ridiculous absence.

I can vividly remember that fateful night. I ran to get help but...why didn't I get help? Why did I wake up in pain and have a foggy memory on my way to get help? My abdomen still burns like pepper for some odd reason. I wondered what in the hell happened to me on my way to get help.

''Tasha, I won't be needing that. It's not necessary.''

Caroline. I pinched the bridge of my nose as I remembered the lies she told in court. ''Have you all seen Caroline?''

Immediately after the trial, I left to find her. To find Caroline. I know she didn't say those things out of her free will. Someone compelled her to. It could even be the real masterminds behind the attack on Michael. If I should have a word with her and she confess, I could use her to expose the real evil and be with my Gorgeous.

''No, Your Majesty!'' They chorused.

Strange.

''Please if you do find her, I want you to tell her to look for me. I would be hanging around in the woods for some time. Tell her...that I am willing to forgive her if she tells the truth. Is that clear?''

They nodded.

''Your Highness, it is time for you to go.''

Oh.

''Your Highness, Royal Consort Hazel is here to see you, should I let her in?''

I froze. Hazel? What does she want this time?

''Let her in.'' I prepared myself. My eyes lingered on her face the whole time she walked in. Looking for any sign of; fear, guilt, or deception. And I found none on her face.

The wishing well revealed to me that...

Oh.

Could she be the person behind all of this? Her and that big old excuse for a royal wizard? Could they have joined forces together to get rid of the abomination? My abomination.

''Leaving so soon Your Highness?'' She asked with a smile.

"Assassination? How could you stoop so low.'' I answered and glared hard at her.

''I don't know what you're talking about, Princess. Perhaps you elaborate for me.''

''You tried to kill my husband--''

''Our...husband. Get that straight. But I am very disappointed in you Nowel. You should be on your knees thanking us for trying to get rid of that abomination you consider a husband. Don't you feel repulsed?''

Tears streamed down my face at such evil conspiring against Gorgeous.

''He is...an abomination, a product of evil that shouldn't have existed in the first place. We have men and demons, how come two became one? It's repulsing to us, witches. We can't just sit back and watch that pigment of shame flourish in the land of the living. It has to be destroyed.''

I felt a tingling and cold sensation run down my spine at her confession; It has to be destroyed.

No.

It should live.

''Now, I would like to give you a second chance Nowel. Just confess that You tried to kill your Gorgeous and I would make sure that you spend nothing less than six weeks in the cells. You don't have to be exiled anymore. All you would have to do is to join us to eradicate Michael for good and you would be the one in power just like you have always wanted...princess.''

I swallowed hard at that devilish temptation.

''Believe me, Nowel when I say that we never meant to put you in this situation. We just saw you as a hindrance and you were not ready to submit to us. I had no grudges against you when I entered the palace. I never wanted to be your rival in the beginning. I liked you the moment you came inside and I think you deserve much more than being the wife of a demonic spirit. He never even loved you the way you do.''

I looked away at the painful truth. What's so wrong with being the wife of a demonic spirit?

''Do you agree for the last time to join us to get rid of that vile creature you call a husband?"

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No.

The day I left the palace was the most terrible day of my life. I have never once survived all by myself.

The royal court was so considerate enough to give me a sick horse that can't even take me anywhere out of Andromeda. Little food and water was provided in the name of being part of the punishment. It sounds more like a death sentence to me than being exiled. I can't believe that they chose to do this to me.

''Does it have to come to this before you learn?''

Elys said behind me.

I turned to glare hard at the second accomplice in destroying my Gorgeous.

''You all made it hard for me so I decided to never be soft when I take my stand on something that I want and want to protect.''

He scoffed and turned around to leave me. I watched him in hatred as he ascended the stairs to the palace.

Just wait and watch. This would never be my final goodbye.

I will return. And when I do, I come back with vengeance.