Chapter 58

She thought she would never hear her voice again, she thought she was gone forever. Her eyes trace the voice and she sees her coming down with her father and her half sister; but Sheila didn't look so good. She look good of emotion, empty.
Her eyes trace to Loki and there's an unexplainable hatred growing inside of her, her hand touches her abdomen and she desperately hopes she is not pregnant, she wasn't ready for such responsibility.
Sheila's eyes light up upon seeing Arcadia, the look on her face was priceless, seeing that her mother had returned to her gave her all sorts of emotions. The satisfaction that she was no longer and orphan washed over her but then again how?
She rubs her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming, everything in her body ached but when her eyes rested on the magenta eyes that her mother bore, it felt like all the pain had vanished. But the ache in her heart still burned, she might have been afraid that she might have been hallucinating because of all the blood loss.
But she didn't care. She stood up anyway and took little steps to her mother,
'Arcadia…." Her eyes began to water as she saw how much had daughter had grown,
'Mo-moth-mother?" Her voice began to crack as she neared the woman, she stops a feet in front of her and peers into her eyes, she touches her cheek and she is beyond afraid but she falls weak, and she gives into the urge to cry, 'mother!!!" She smashes her body into hers in an embrace and there's nothing but crying for a few minutes.
'It's alright, I'm here again."she plays with her hair to calm her down but even she was having a hard time controlling her tears, she pulls her back to see the blue diamonds she loved so much, 'I hope I wasn't gone for too long? I know you must have missed me a lot." It choked a part of her.
'I've missed you too much." She goes back into her arms, until it struck her, 'how? But how?! I don't understand anything!!" She turns to Xerxes and his eyes held confusion, he didn't know the full story, 'mother you have a lot of explanation to do." She nags
Octavia bellows in laughter and it resonates throughout the whole palace, it was slightly evil but it was filled with so much happiness, 'I would love to tell you everything, but first I think we must return back home." Her eyes divert to Loki and he couldn't even look at her. Her heart sinks and she knew she had to patch things up; as a way of apologizing for all the lies she told.
She was sure he would forgive her; he did find a mother in her and his heart was too big to mad at her for so long.
'Agreed, we take the captives back and Mark this place as our territory." Xerxes takes Sheila gently by the shoulder, she bends over to Mace, 'I told you not to mess with my daughter, but you just had to try your luck." His smirk was devilish and it taunted Mace the more, 'Sheila, would you be so kind to keep an eye on them?" She nods without saying a word. Her eyes were fixed on Loki but he found it shameful to look at her.
He had hurt her and he knew but he was angry at the moment and he had no idea what he was doing. He would have killed her only to regret it later, so for a reason he shouldn't be angry with Queen Octavia since she was able to save the love of his life from himself.
He looked at his bondages hands, covered with blood, the very limbs were about to snatch his own happiness from him. Maybe this was the curse of being the son of a witch, it won't be long before the power consumed him and he would be forced to suffer the same fate his mother suffered.
'Well you have a lot of work to do, I'm sure the Queen must be really angry with you." Conan whispers to his half brother and he just grins, 'what's so funny?"
'Even if I burn down the palace, the Queen would never be mad at me for too long. I'll just work my magic and everything would be back to normal." He takes pride in himself, 'but how? Queen Octavia? How could it be that she is alive?" He lowers his tone and Conan gives a very heavy sigh.
'She was pretending to be a mentally ill woman, she went under the disguise of Orla and she was able to win Beta Loki's affection. She saw the decree with me and she almost killed me." He emphasized the last part so Asher would feel very bad for putting him in a very risky position, but all he does is laugh.
His laughter catches Arcadia's attention and she calls him to have their ‘private' discussion. Now it's Conan's turn to snicker at him. He says his prayer and meets the Queen in a secluded hallway. The first thing she did was give him a bit resounding slap, he stumbles a little and it amazed him how her dainty hands could be so hard.
He doesn't say a word as he knew he deserved it, but his eyes bulge when he feels her lips against his, he's too shocked to kiss back on time and when he does she was already breaking it. He was astonished,
'My Queen?" He was gasping for air as he stared at her hypnotic orbs, 'why did you do that?" He manages to swallow the lump of saliva in his throat, she smiles at little as she began to play with his coils,
'I figured why you did such, to get me to do something. I also realized that father was extremely scared and he held me back most of the time." She pecks him again and he burns so bright he could light up a room, 'thank you. You have taught me something valuable."
'You're the only one that understands me….." His eyes melt in affection and traces the cuts on her lips, an effect of Mace's hits to her face and the struggle between them, 'let us get rid of him. I hate what he has done to you." He becomes bitter as he saw all the scars on her body, patches of congealed blood had smeared her perfect peach skin and she was now looking like a warrior coming back from a battle.
Even her clothes had been torn and she was barely covered, she was Queen but it came at the price of her body. She had been decorated with scars a woman shouldn't have, his heart sinks,
'Do not feel this way, I'm not a warrior if I do not have marks after a battle. They're my pride, they show my strength." She traces his delicate features, even he had marks from swords and blades, but he was still standing, 'as for alpha Mace I would love to torture him, reduce him and make him feel less of himself. I will be the one to humble him and he would never look at a woman the way he does again." She cackles evilly at the sinister plans she had for him.
'I would love to see that too, but we must be careful Queen. If I know him as well as I do he wouldn't stop until he is back on top again. He has a record of fighting till his demise, he wouldn't stop fighting until he is dead." He subconsciously pulls her closer to his body after he notices that her eyes are half open, 'we need to get you treatment, you have lost a lot of blood and you're already very weak."
'I'm fine, I am considering what you are saying, but it is best to prolong his miserable life, then we end him. Once he takes the wrong step I wouldn't hesitate to burn him right there on the spot. He—" her eyes close for a second and she loses control of her body, falling on him abruptly,
'You need treatment immediately," he reminds her and just as she is about to protest, he silences her with his index finger as he placed it on her lips. She's swooped into his arms, his face not breaking from hers.
'I love you."