"Lara," a deep voice called out. She was still sleeping. "Lara, wake up," Brad called out softly again but she didn't move an inch. He glanced at Cage. Cage smiled and pulled the sheets away from her naked body. It seems to have been a wrong move because his eyes immediately glowed. He pulled his eyes away from her beautiful form. Brad wasn't any better. He tried to readjust his pants. "That was a wrong move," Brad told him. "I didn't know she was naked. We all slept with our clothes on last night," Cage grumbled. "Well maybe a magic happened," he said laughing. He covered her with the sheets. Brad held her shoulders and shook her. Her eyes opened. She frowned at the closeness of their face. Brad let go of her and she fell on the bed. Lara drew the sheets closer to her body and sat up. She glanced at the both of them and looked out the window. "Isn't it too early?" "No, it's not. Get your pretty ass out of bed and dress up." "My clothes are in my room," she murmured. "I br

Cage pulled the boy outside. The boy shrunk away from the sun and closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes to see the people around him. The elders all stared at him, anger blazing from their eyes. Lara noticed it. These elders might have been the ones responsible for the boy's madness. "Where is his mother?" Cage asked them. "We sent her to the clinic at the capitol. Her injuries were severe," the old lady answered while glaring at the young boy. "Alright, I'll get to the bottom of this. This fire was not as a result of this young boy's mistake. He is being used as the culprit while the person responsible is walking freely." Their expressions changed. They didn't look pleased by the words of Cage."I understand why you might think so, Your Majesty but he started the fire. There is no denying that," the first elder said again. "Yes, and he will be punished accordingly. But this is a case of arson. Someone caused the fire to spread and that is the one responsible for th

They hate me," Lara murmured to Cage. He stared at her. "Well, Gabby saw the fight. She wasn't a child when it happened so it was expected that she would be hostile towards you." "Is this how I'll have to keep explaining myself? It's tiring," she said sadly. Cage felt guilty. He could understand being judged without doing anything. His people were really harsh to others. He thought of how to make her happy yet couldn't think of anything that would change her mood right now. If only he could prove to her that she is enough. An hour later, they reached the palace and the carriage stopped. They got down from the carriage and entered the palace. "Where will you be taking him to?" She asked when she saw Ted taking the young boy away. "He'll be kept in the dungeon.""Won't that be too harsh on him?" She frowned. "Compared to that place we found him, this would be better." Cage told her and walked inside the palace. Lara followed him. Today has been an interesting day. She learned s

Three days to the duel"Add more force," Cage yelled at Lara as she broke all the sticks placed in front of her to train with. "Keep running," he urged her. She didn't stop. She kept running with a huge rock wrapped around her waist. It slowed her down but she was determined to finish the training today. And then Kyla came. She attacked Lara. Lara blocked her attacks and was able to land some few hits. Kyla was still taking it a little easy on Lara."Don't hold back," Cage yelled at Kyla. "Yes, Your Majesty," she answered and started fighting. For every hit she gave Lara, Lara made sure to return it. Despite the blows she received, she continued fighting. "Widen your stance," Cage yelled. "Don't hesitate when attacking," he continued picking out her errors. They fought till Lara's nose started dripping blood. "Wait!" He yelled at Kyla. He ran up to her with a cloth. "Are you okay?" "Yes, let's continue," she answered. "No, let's take a break. Come on," he walked away. "What

She kicked Lara's stomach. Lara lay on the ground weakly. Fayn grinned proudly. She continued hitting Lara in the stomach and on her face.Lara rolled to the side and coughed out blood. She was getting weak. She pulled herself up but had to hold the pillars for support. Fayn couldn't help but grin. She liked the bloodied face on Lara and was proud to be the one that got her face all bloodied. She howled happily. Her little taste of victory made her reckless. Lara saw an opportunity and collided with her. They both fell on the ground with Lara on top of Fayn. She threw a punch at Fayn's face after discovering the only way to win was to attack her face. Fayn tried to block her attacks by covering her face but Lara used her claws and clawed her arms away. Fayn growled and pushed her away when she couldn't take the hit anymore. Her face was stained with blood. Lara rolled over and stood up. Fayn couldn't get up.She had not been trained to endure the pain which was why she planned to