[Bonus chapter] Characteristic

Her body shuddered. "If that is the case, how did they defeat my parents? It wasn't easy. My father's magic is potent as hell and so is my mother's."

Ileus lowered his head. "I think Etaya poisoned your parents too in ways they didn't recognize."

"Oh gods!" Anastasia rasped. Suddenly everything started making sense. Her parents were such powerful faes that they were ruling over the entire fae kingdom. How was it possible that Aed Ruad and Maple could easily defeat them and then even throw them in the prison. It just didn't make sense. "You are right, Ileus," she said with a shaky breath. "Etaya must be poisoning them all the while and my father or mother never noticed. But if she was doing it, then there must be someone in Vilinski who was helping her out. And who could that be?" 

"That could be a possibility or she might be doing it alone," he said wondering who could actually help her.