Louisa's POV
Lucas collapsed on a chair like a deflated balloon. His face was bleeding. His shoulders were severely burnt and he looked really painful and miserable. The sensible part of me told me that I should help him. But the trainwreck part in me told me that he should be suffering like this for the rest of his life. Eventually, I gave up my internal struggling and walked towards Lucas. He looked up at me with grievance and infliction in his eyes. Then, he lowered his head without saying anything. He looked so hopeless and vulnerable. I sighed silently and looked at Zackery, "Can I have a few minutes alone with him? I promise neither of us will get killed." Zackery shrugged and said, "Little girl, I can't believe that you're still going to forgive him." He turned back and wanted to walk off, but then he stopped and looked back at me, "You know what? Sometimes I think you two really deserve each other." Then, he waLouisa's POV When I treated almost all the wounded soldiers, I walked to the stable with Mana and Mata. I've sent all my personal guards away because I didn't want to get them involved in my runaway plan. A carriage was parked in front of the stable and I could see Akela sitting inside it. When she saw me from the window, she waved her hands at me. "Hey, it's you!" She exclaimed with happiness. "It's great to have you here! When I woke up this morning, I remembered that I had forgotten something, but then, I couldn't remember what I'd forgotten. Now that I see you, I finally remember it. I have an appointment with you today to pick up my wedding dress! It's such a shame that Lucas can't come with me. But I guess he can't give me any fashion advice. Do you know that the King is going to host our wedding? I want a wedding dress that makes everyone solemnly weep with tearful joy. Do you like lace? I love lace, I know. It's very uncomfortable, but I
Louisa's POV When we arrived at the crossroad in front of Skagen City, I saw Alex sitting on a small carriage, waiting for me. "That's a very strange carriage. It looks like a ship." Akela said when she saw Alex's carriage in a distance from the window. As always, I didn't pay attention to her nonsense. I was so happy that Alex showed up on time. Mana and Mata stopped the cart, jumped out of the carriage, and ran towards Alex. "Hey, why did this carriage stop?" Akela asked. "Sorry, Akela. I can't go to the tailor's with you today. I have to see my friends. You can go ahead and go to Skagen City by yourself." I jumped out of the carriage and said. "Where are you going? Don't leave me alone here. I don't know how to drive a carriage. It's a servant's job," Akela said. I put the reins and whip into her hands and said, "It's really not that difficult. All you have to do is to pull this when you want to stop and wave this when you
Louisa's POV I looked outside and saw that we were literally above the clouds. I could see the houses, trees, and roads flying beneath the carriage. Akela was right! This isn't a carriage! It's a flying ship! I thought to myself. I really should have paid more attention to Akela, but I was too arrogant and thought I was smarter than she was. I knocked on the door and raised my voice, "Alex, why are we flying? Where are you going to take us?" "I'm sorry, Miss Louisa. You've always been so kind to me. But I have to follow Lady Josephine's order. She has my brother in custody. If I don't kill you, she'll kill my brother," Alex's voice sounded very distressed. I said, "I should have known it was you. The stable's door was unlocked and you were the only one who had the keys. You saw the missing bottle in my potion box this morning and you told Josephine about it. That's why she came into my tent and demanded to see my potion box. And the
Louisa's POV "Miss, I really think we should find a place to land now," Mana popped his head out of the flying ship and said. "Now you're talking! Good for you, Mr. Know-it-all!" Mata shouted at his brother. "You don't have to be so sarcastic! I'm scared now because half of this flying ship is missing and it's the very important part!" Mana shouted back. "Guys, please stop talking and hold Alex tightly. I'm trying to concentrate on landing now," I said. "Miss, why don't we land in the woods?" Mana pointed to the forest in front of us and said. "So we can be pierced like a skewer by the sharp tree branch with the smoke coming off the explosion of this flying craft baking us underneath our feet! Great idea, dickhead!" Mata shouted. Mana covered his head and said, "It's just a suggestion. You don't have to be so loud." I looked around and I could only see an endless forest and a lake. There was literally nothing else to l
Louisa's POV In despair, I pressed his chest and started to do CPR on him. I saw Uma do it once when one of the soldiers drowned. I didn't know how to do it correctly, but I knew I had to try my best to save him. "Do you need me to take you back to the land? It's a bit tiring to float like this with two human beings on top of me," the catfish said. "Yes, sure. Sorry," I said. I almost forgot that we were actually staying on the back of a giant catfish. While the catfish was swimming to the shore, I still didn't want to give up on Alex. His face became deadly white and I couldn't see any sign of life. As we approached the land, I struggled to drag him out of the water and kept doing CPR on him. "Is he going to make it?" the catfish asked. He was floating around the shore and didn't want to go away. "I don't know, but I have to try my best," I said. "Are those two fishheads looking for you?" the catfish ask
Louisa's POV "The snails are amazing," the catfish smacked his mouth and said. "It has been a really long time since I ate so many snails in one take." "Can we go now?" I asked. "Sure," he said. "You and that white-headed can climb on my back. The two fishheads can swim with me." I carried Alex up and said, "Let's go." Alex looked intimidated. "Can we trust it?" he asked. "It's a catfish." "Wow, he lied to you and now he calls me a liar. That's interesting," the catfish grunted. "Animals don't lie," I said to Alex. "But they're animals. They're beasts. They don't have any reasons," Alex said worriedly. "Oh, yeah. You've got reasons and everything. That's why you lied to your friends," the catfish argued. Even though I was the only one who could hear him, he still kept talking to Alex. I found that a lot of animals did that. They never stopped talking to human beings even though they knew they could
Louisa's POV I kneeled on the shore and cried my heart out. I couldn't deal with the sudden departure of anyone in my life. Mana and Mata walked around me anxiously. They wanted to say something, but they didn't know what to say. They wanted to hug me, but they didn't know if it was appropriate. Eventually, they gave up and sat next to me, pressing their bodies against mine. "Miss, well, you know... When a whale falls to the bottom of the sea after it dies, its body becomes the food of millions of creatures in the sea..." I cried even harder. "Well, what dickhead wants to say is that... It's a life cycle, Miss. There's nothing sad about it. It's a solemn thing and it's worth celebrating." "Look at those fish in the lake. They are all his legacies." "Fish have a short memory, miss. But they never forget about their parents." I nodded and wept, holding both of them in my arms. Alex wiped off the water and t
Louisa's POV The smirk on Derek's face was gone and replaced by ferocious malice. "Let me correct you, Miss Louisa Reeds. Nobody is supposed to be dead. We were born into this world to live our lives and hug our beloved ones, not to destroy and manipulate other people's lives." He looked exasperated for a brief moment, but then he regained his cool. "I used to serve Lucas when I was young and vulnerable. He's such a hypocrite and he used my innocence and love for him to take control of me. He came into my life without notice. When he was gone, he took everything away from me, including my life... and he told me it was for my own good! He locked me up in a cave and let those monsters torture me to death! And is this for my own good?!" Derek pulled off his shirt and let me see his naked chest. I could see there was a hole in his left chest. The place where his heart used to be. I was horrified and stepped backward. At that time, I rea