A Secret

Noah sat in his room thinking about the past events. He himself was surprised that he had fooled his family in such way that they didn't even doubt him for the lie he had told that he 'lost his memories'. He remembered the night he got to know about the prophecy.

5 days back...

Noah was trying to escape from the guards to the streets as his daily routine when he saw Lora running to the king's chambers. He used one of the spells he had learnt from her of becoming invisible and entered the room before Lora closed the doors. He didn't use this spell much as it consumed most of his energy.

"We have a serious matter in hand, Your Majesty!!" She said sweating profusely as she tried to catch her breath due to sprinting to the king's chamber.

"What is it, Lora?" the king asked looking at the reports from the council in his hand.

"My Majesty, our prince is in great trouble!!" she said which made the king snap his head up from the papers.

"I went to the oracle yesterday, and she informed me about a prophecy" she said.

"What Prophecy?" The king asked impatiently. A small orb of light floated up from Lora’s palm as she held it facing up and the orb started reciting the prophecy

"The strongest Salemander shall be stripped of his powers when the blood moon shall rise. In the hands of the fated mate the return of his power lies. She is a human yet a magical one and an act of true love by the chosen one for her shall rid the bane of the kingdom of sun" it said. Noah was shocked after absorbing the new piece of information.

The fate of his kingdom was now in the hands of a hybrid they have no idea of. The turn of events was too much of a burden for both the king and the prince. As the king and Lora discussed about the prophecy, Noah managed to get out of the room.

He was still invisible as he forgot to break the spell. He was walking down the stairs when he saw Adam giving a bag of diamonds to a guard. Noah approached the two of them and what he heard made Adam’s intentions clear.

"No matter what happens in the king's chambers, you will inform me on this" he said and dismissed him. Since the guard was still with Adam, he didn't know about the prophecy which assured Noah that the secret was safe.

Noah followed Adam as he headed out to the palace grounds where he placed a lamp on one of the rocks in the garden and a secret tunnel opened. Following Adam into the tunnel, Noah realized that the tunnel was meters long and at the end there was a dungeon. He saw Adam walking into the last of the compartments where he saw two men chained and beaten up to pulp.

One of them was young and looked as the same age as Finn while the other one looked as aged as his own father. The resemblance of the two was quite noticeable. They looked like mere skeletons and the new scars on their body slightly covered the old ones. The elder male's breathing was uneven which only indicated how exhausted he was while the other one was unconscious.

Noah looked at them with pity. What had they done wrong to be receiving this inhumane torture? Noah waited for Adam to speak.

"You will rot here until you decide to tell me where your daughter is. Your son is already here with you and if you still remain stubborn, he will die with you for no reason" Adam said.

"No matter how much you make us suffer I wouldn't tell you where she is even if I knew" the older man said.

"Draco, you are only making this harder for both of us. If you help me on this, your heirs and my heirs can rule this kingdom together" Adam said. 'What is this guy babbling on about?' Noah thought to himself.

"You know that the hybrids are powerful than normal elementals and both your son and daughter are stronger than the king. Only if you can help me find your other hybrid child, my plan will succeed" Adam said and glared at Draco.

Noah was again shocked at the turn of events. So the unconscious man beside Draco was a hybrid. Also there was another hybrid, whose identity remained a secret.

"I won’t betray the king even in my dreams so just carry on with your plan on your own. I will not help a murderer who killed his own father. You are a rotten bastard inside-out, that's what you are and your plans will never succeed" Draco spat like venom.

"We'll see about that. Until then enjoy " Adam said with a mocking smile and left the tunnel.

Noah's powers were exhausted which made him visible to the eyes of the two prisoners.

"Who are you?" Draco asked Noah. Noah looked behind him since he thought he was still invisible. He then looked back at the person and pointed his finger to himself as if asking whether Draco was referring to him itself.

"Yes you, Young man. Who are you?" he asked. Noah finally realized that he was visible. He walked further closer to the bars and knelt to their height.

"I am Noah, the Crown Prince, sir" Noah said to which the prisoner's eyes widened with astonishment.

"You are Bianca's son?" he asked still surprised.

"Yes I am" Noah said confused since the person suddenly mentioned the queen's name like he knew her.

"I can tell since you have her eyes. She was like my sister" Draco said as he smiled at Noah to which Noah smiled back.

"Young man, can I ask you a favor. You might think this old man is insane but can you bring my daughter to me? I can feel my death approaching and my son Leo is still very weak to break through the guards. I am begging you please let me see my daughter one last time so that I can rest in peace" Draco said.

"Don't worry sir, I will bring your daughter to you and rescue your son. Adam's colors will be revealed very soon" Noah said but the old man shook his head.

"Your mother and father still believe his words without a single doubt. You have to catch him red handed only then you can get rid of him" Draco said to which Noah nodded.

"By the way, what is your daughter's name?" Noah asked to which Draco smiled.

"Anastasia, Anastasia Vatra. According to what I remember my wife left her in the human territory. Maybe you will find her there. So, good luck and prove to me how different you are from your father" Draco said to which Noah smirked.

Present day...

Now he is here in the palace with Anastasia but the question was how he was going to get her inside the tunnel without Adam noticing. Unfortunately this was not the only thought that was in his head. Something else distracted him from all the chaos. The fact that

Anastasia was his destined mate was now confirmed and he was in dream land.

He wanted to think of ways to catch Adam red handed but he pushed that thought aside and decided to sleep as fantasies of Anastasia started to cloud up his mind.