I quiver as he snakes his arm around my waist with his lips behind my ear whispering, "So what would you say about my proposal, Zelda?" 

   Peering into his eyes with a smile on my lips, I entangle him in a hug and plunge the knife at his back taking him by surprise. Slowly, he goes limp in my arms falling on his knees before me while staring at me and not uttering a word.

   Leaning forward, I give him a peck as a tear escapes from my eyes.

 "I'm sorry, either way it's meant to come to this." I say giving a him final look before twisting the knife further at his back, leaving him to bleed to death.

*****

   Griselda Capell, a seemingly average young lady with hidden abilities has only one ambition in life, 'to become successful and find a way to live happily ever after'. Her dreams come crashing down when she's sold off to the Royal pure blooded Garcia's family as a mistress to the heir, Aidan.


   Slowly, she entertains the idea that life with Aidan doesn't seem all bad as they rather slowly fall in love. Soon, her hidden abilities are slowly discovered and harnessed, with emissaries of the Venine temple whisking her away and intimating of her role and destiny in life. 


  Plots, twists and turns ensue as her destiny which she's expected to fulfill is in stark contrast with Aidan's, which harshly drifts them apart and turns her into a version of herself she had never dreamt of, a monster as some may call her.

   With a mass of powers at the tip of her fingers, tons of army at her command, Griselda turns out to be Aidan's most dreaded enemy, fear and weakness.


A entrancing tale of love and hate, lovers to enemies, both expected to do away with each other, which will survive?

Griselda's cold and detached gaze follows Aidan and Marcus as they leave the room. The moment the door closes behind them, her smile vanishes, replaced by an unknown expression that looks like precise calculation.


 She turns and walks to the large window, her favourite place to be in the room when Aidan isn't around. She looks over at the royal gardens, a place she once loved to walk when given the chance. Now, she simply sees a kingdom to be claimed, a throne to be ascended, the fleeting feeling of power and influence overwhelms her as she closes her eyes, sighing in content.


She doesn't know the reason for her initial actions, but the boy's fear was a fleeting amusement to her, nothing more. Her mind, however, is already moving on. 


Chapter 72 - Chapter 72