Boundaries

”why would lord Philip declare a war against us” Eva asked “no idea” Ezra replied “well that is what dad and the council were discussing a while ago” Ezekiel added “is dad really going to accept the declaration of war?” Eva asked with eyes full of curiosity “if it is war they want, then war we give them” Ezra spoke proudly.

Eva took a while to look at him with disgust “can you hear yourself speak? You know fully well that if we go on war they will definitely conquer us” Eva said with her eyebrows raised “if we do accept the war they are going to defeat us and if we don’t they are going to invade our land, what do we do?” Ezekiel asked looking at his siblings for reply. No one answered.

indeed it was going to be a tough choice to make “I trust dad, he is going to come up with a solution, won’t he?” Eva asked in fear “dad is really in a tight corner, he needs help” Ezekiel replied and silence replied again.

”what about we make peace?” Lina suggested “sometimes you make me laugh Lina” Ezra replied “it is the truth Ezra, let’s us sort things out and let the relationship come back the way it used to be” Lina spoke “that era when peace reigned was thousand years ago, don’t want to try that now” Eva told her sister “but…” Lina tried to speak but her brother cut her off “Lina, it’s nice of you to think that we made peace but my lovely sister, it’s impossible” Ezekiel said causing Lina to blink severally.

Elina shortly called Lina was the last child of the royal family, a seventeen year old witch who knew nothing about herself talk less of the demons, she knew she had powers but she was never taught how to use them. All she could do was to watch her siblings use theirs.

”kids, you shouldn’t be discussing this issue” queen Esther who had be leaning on the door for quite a while said, she walked into the room slowly “everything is going to be alright and of course no war” Esther added “mom you know it is hard to tell” Eva argued “yes Eva but we hope that something good happens, back to your rooms everyone” Esther ordered, her children all rose and left for their rooms “don’t think too much about it Eva, I and your father will sort things out” Esther promised her daughter when everyone had left the room. She knew that this would mostly affect Eva.

Eva was a good princess who put her people first before any other thing, her parents always knew she would become a great queen, she loved her people so much.

The following day

“Wake up princess, you are late” her maids told her and with this her eyes shone “late?!” Lina screamed as she jumped of the bed and got changed before going for training. If there was anything her father hated that was being late.

Lina was momentarily shocked, she stood still fixed to a spot as she watched this two fight, never in her entire life did she think this two would end up training together, she looked to the other side and saw her siblings watching and discussing, she quickly went over to where they were.

”never in my wildest imagination did I think dad and mom would end up training together” Lina said immediately she arrived. “Mom is a good swordsman” Eva added “she was the first female general of the royal army” Ezekiel pouted out “and I would be the second” Eva spoke proudly “well despite everything dad is still going to beat him women are weakling” Ezra stated and Esther stopped fighting, seemed like she heard what he said, the next moment she was in front of Ezra

“you think women are weakling, watch me beat your dad” Esther said and suddenly her body turned completely silver and her eyes were golden in color, she put the sword which she held in her right her on her left hand and a new sword appeared on her right hand “get ready to be beaten” Esther said mockingly “let’s see about that” Edmond replied with a smirk.

the battle had become more intense as the two fought against each other carefree, they didn’t mind if they injured themselves they just fought. “See what you have caused Ezra” Eva thundered “what?! Besides it part of training” Ezra replied nonchalantly.

while her siblings were exchanging words, Lina watched closing at her parents who were fighting, trying to figure out their skills and how to apply them whenever she was fighting.

suddenly Esther and Edmond swords hit at the same time causing it to fling out of their hands, they looked at each other and Edmond tried to reach out for his sword but the tip of a sharp object was pointed at his neck “always have an extra weapon” Esther said grinning at her husband.

Edmond raised his hand in defeat, dropping her sword Esther went back to where her children were standing “told you I would beat your dad” Esther told Ezra with a smirk “it was just luck mom, trust me dad would definitely beat you” Ezra spoke refusing to accept defeat.

Esther looked at him, irritated by his actions, she turned to face her female kids “let’s go train”.

they trained till noon and after training everyone went to rest, Lina took her bath and went to the stable, she carried her horse for a stroll around the village

the village was a cool place, men toiling on the farm, women weaving clothes and children either hawking or playing, the view was fantastic, as Lina passed people greeted her and she smiled back at them.

Lina arrived the boundaries that separated the witches from the demons, ‘what is so special about the demons?’ Lina asked herself ‘go find out’ Lina heard a voice in her head say. She chanted a disguise spell which she learnt in an illegal manner and strode in the village.

the demons’ land was one in a million, the village was very busy and noisy, Lina loved the environment, she watched the buying and selling taking place. suddenly someone placed his hand on her mouth and kicked her down her horse, she wanted to fight but something hard hit her head and she lost consciousness.

the next time Lina opened her eyes she was on the ground in a very dark and dusky room more or less like a dungeon “you are awake” she heard a masculine voice echo, she tried to figure out who was that but the man picked her up by her hair rashly and took her outside.

it took a while for her eyes to adjust to the light and then she looked up and was shocked

lo and behold, the mighty prince of the demons, the crowned prince, prince Lyle