By sunrise, Josephine held Xavi's hand tightly. She had not let go of his hand once, and he remained wrapped around her the entire time. Their bond was stronger than ever. As everyone headed toward Zephyria, Xavi lay on her, sleeping peacefully with the twins snuggled close to him.
When they finally arrived in Zephyria, everyone stepped down from the carriages. Xavi and little Ophelia walked inside together, both still extremely sleepy. They rubbed their faces at the exact same time and yawned in perfect unison, causing everyone to stare.
"Like father, like daughter," Queen Kendra said lovingly.
"Ron?" Adris asked as he spotted Orion, whose nose was red.
"Ron OKAY!" Orion said with a small but brave smile, giving a weak thumbs-up.
Ophelia sat beside him immediately and patted his back gently.
Lyra, the royal healer of Zephyria, arrived with strong herbal medicine made from garden herbs. But Orion wouldn't drink it. Josephine tried. Xavi tried. He kept pushing the bottle away.
"Open up," Adris insisted softly.
Orion shook his head hard. No.
Ophelia groaned, annoyed by all of them. She crawled over aggressively.
"MOVE!" she commanded.
Xavi blinked at his daughter in shock.
She snatched the bottle from Lyra's hand and shoved it into Orion's mouth.
"Drink everything or no chocolate for you!" Ophelia said, her tiny eyes glowing fiery red.
Orion instantly drank the entire thing.
"Good boy," she said proudly with a giggle, and handed him a large bar of chocolate. "Here."
"Thank you!" Orion said sincerely before nibbling happily.
"Ophelia, why are you so feisty?" Adris asked.
"HUUUH!?" Ophelia snapped, offended.
Josephine picked her up immediately and kissed her cheek to calm her.
Four hours later, Adris's birthday was set for the next day. Josephine stepped out of her castle with maids and guards, while Xavi and King Kavoris stood nearby. Kavoris was scanning everywhere restlessly, searching for one person—Zaira.
Xavi understood. He gave Yora a subtle nod.
Yora nodded back dramatically and shouted:
"ZAIRA! AVIC TOOK YOUR ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone snapped their heads at her.
"No I didn't! I swear! Do you want me to die!?" Avic screamed.
Suddenly, Zaira's voice exploded from inside:
"AVIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Zaira stormed out wearing a flowing yellow dress. Her caramel skin glowed under the sun, her little golden nose ring sparkled, and her long dark-blue hair falling over her triangle-shaped body swayed as she moved.
"Where is my ice cream!?" she demanded.
The moment King Kavoris saw her, he froze—breathless.
"Zee…" he whispered.
Zaira lifted her eyes, spotted him, and her expression changed instantly.
"HELL. NO."
She spun around and walked off furiously.
"Zee!" Kavoris rushed after her.
"Go away! I hate you! I don't want to see your stupid face!" Zaira screamed.
"ZEE JUST FUCKING LISTEN! GOSH!" he yelled back in frustration.
"Damn," Sorin muttered as Sypheria grabbed his arm in shock.
Kavoris grabbed Zaira forcefully and dragged her inside, locking the door behind them.
"They'll be fine," Xavi said with a laugh.
"Put me down, you fucker!" Zaira cried, tears in her eyes as he threw her onto the bed.
"SHUT UP," Kavoris growled, locking the doors and removing his coat.
Zaira stood. She slapped him hard across the face.
He didn't even react—he only chuckled darkly.
"Zee… my lovely wifey," Kavoris murmured, walking toward her slowly.
She moved backward, trembling. "Why did you come back? You coward. You got what you wanted. Why don't you go back to your wonderful girlfriend, huh!?" she shouted, pain thick in her voice.
"Zee… please. Stop. Listen to me. I beg you," Kavoris said, grabbing her hand.
Zaira snatched her hand away. "No."
Kavoris grabbed her by the neck gently but firmly, forcing her to meet his eyes.
"Look at me, Zaira," he whispered, his voice trembling with madness.
"I didn't go to her. I burned everything down for you. I took the crown for you. I killed my brother for you. I disobeyed everyone and became evil just to get you back.
I became Xavi's biggest enemy because of you.
I tried so hard to get you. But I couldn't.
I love you very, very much. I want you.
You are my queen. Nobody else.
And yes… I know about the men who came for your hand.
But none of them made it.
Do you know why?"
"W…w…why?" Zaira whispered, backing up in fear.
"I killed them all," Kavoris said, smiling like a madman.
"And I used their heads to play ball.
They dared to look at you…
so I killed every single one of them."
Zaira froze—horrified.
"T-that's why I never saw them again… I… I thought they didn't like me… nobody wanted me because—because of what you did! You bloody—" Zaira cried, her voice cracking.
Kavoris grabbed her neck again and kissed her deeply, lifting her off the ground. She gasped as he pushed her back onto the bed and fell on top of her. The door stayed locked out don't Zaira said between their kisses no Kavoris said as he tore her dress and cupped her large breast with his hands rubbing her nipples mad kissing her slowly as his fingers were inside her little gut he throbbing inside her ah…..she said he took off His shirt and unbuckle his pants as he looked at her face there we go my Baby he said as he slip his cock inside her wet pussy her grip tightened on the sheets and he smiled as he began to pound her hard it was her first time p…p….please slo…slowly down I….i…T my first time she said with tears and he chuckled as he lifted her and wrapped her legs around his waist he and went deeper inside her her fingers were Piercing into his skin Good girl he said he pounded her harder and faster he covered her mouth as he pulled his cock out and handed her started sucking her wet dripping pussy her legs were trembling he brought her down and took his cock inside her again and pounding her continuously