Chapter 23: Memories Bring Back.

Bellatrix:
Tee grins at me. "My acting skills are out of this world right?" My grip on the gun slacks and it falls off my hand as I am still staring at Tee. It takes a while for me to regain my -on-the-spur-consciousness-loss and when I finally do, The car has come to a stop in front of a very large building.
I blink once.. twice and as swift as I can, I push open the door and jump out, not forgetting to grab the short gun that had fallen off my hand earlier. Tee comes out of the car too. Did I forget to add that he isn't on his mask like he was the first day I had seen him and now seeing his face clearly, his green eyeballs twinkling like the stars, I am feeling a weird sense of familiarity with him.
I shake my head as if trying to shake off my traitorous emotions, and then I ask. "Where is Ryan? What did you do to him?" My hands tighten on the gun as I speak.
He walks closer to me, hands folded, all playfulness faded from his face. "I didn't kill your Mate's Beta, don't worry... All I did was take you away from your horrible fate. I wonder why you still care about them when they were going to lay you down as a sacrificial lamb"
"They were not going to kill me.." I reply firmly, trying to convince myself even than him. The thoughts flashes through my mind. Would Alec have done it? Would he have left me to be killed? Instinctively, my hands trail up my neck and settles on his mark on me. He had marked me.. Why did he do that?
"When you are done daydreaming, would you give me the honors of leading you in?" I hear Tee say, snapping me out of my reverie.
"I am not coming with you... Take me back to wherever you brought me from."
"As if." He replies with a scoff and then holds my hand, causing the gun to fly off to somewhere I do not know about and then he starts to drag me, heaving a sigh of defeat, I let him.
We enter into the building and I cannot help but gasp at the interiors. The hallway isn't that long since I literally can see the end from here, but nevertheless it is designed so lavishly, lights blinking from both sides, and when we finally get to the main room. I am awed.
"Where is this?" I cannot help but ask.
"My home... Welcome to it." I almost let out a scream at the sudden presence behind me. But the voice? I turn.
"Michal?" My tone is laced with surprise as it should be.
"Your Majesty" Tee bows.
"Your Majesty?" I arch an eyebrow at them, wondering what the hell is going on.. Like why would Tee address Michal as your majesty and even so, how the hell do even know each other? I place a palm over my forehead because I feel like it is suddenly gonna explode.
"You may leave now, Tian" Michal says to Tee. Tee whose name I know now as Tian, curtsies again and as if I have not had enough strange happenings for the day, he takes a step forward and vanishes.
"Shit!" The exclamation comes out of my mouth even without me thinking it through. Yeah, I have seen Hera do stuffs like this and even still I haven't gotten used to it, especially with that fact that this is Tee – the mysterious man who had asked me to spy on my mate.
Now that I think of it, Does Michal and Vassily have anything to do with that? And where the hell is Vassily?
"I know you are confused right now little one —" Michal starts to say.
"Confused? Dude, I feel like I'm gonna faint if I do not get a perfect explanation to whatever the hell is going on right now." I say, cutting him off.
"You would in due time, but right now you have to just relax and come with me."
I roll my eyes, but follow him either way still marveling at the pristine artistic appearance of the place.
"Have your seat" Michal says, pointing to one of the five sofas that graced the beautiful living room of this mansion that looked like a modernly designed castle.
Without any argument, I sit on it, folding my arms as I stare around.. Trying to take in the crafts and arts that makes up this place.. Whoever designed it definitely did a good a job. "You like what you see?"
I jump at his voice, I had almost forgotten I had company. "It is beautiful." I reply him after regaining my composure.
"He designed it.." Michal voice is lower than earlier and I cannot but detect the sadness in it.
"Who is he?" I ask.
He smiles. "Trik..."
My eyes widens at that name and without thinking, I am on my feet. "Where is he? Where is my brother?"
"He left."
"You're kidding right? What do you mean he left?" My lips tremble and i fist my shirt in a bid to stop the tears that threatens to fall out of my eyes. This is all I can do as the guilt starts to eat at me.. How could I have forgotten them? Even now that my memories are said to be back, I still cannot say I remember it all.
I feel Michal's on my shoulder, patting me. "It is time I tell you everything.. Isn't it?" He says.
I cannot speak, but I nod my head and Michal helps me back to the seat. He pushes a glass of juice to my front, then he seats opposite me.
"You ready?" He asks.
I wipe the tears off my face and nod. "Never been more ready"
"Good, because we are going on a journey."
I squint my eyes at him in confusion. He grins at me. "You might want to hold on to that chair little one."
"Shit!" I exclaim as suddenly we are moving down and of course my arms are holding the chair tightly like my life depends on it. We come to a stop with a loud thud, and while I feel like my head is going to explode any moment from now, Michael is actually stiffing a laugh.
"What the hell was that!" I gasp out, I can literally feel my heart beating out of its enclosure. Forget my tough ass bitch role, Even an assassin as a point in their life when they are scared of death.
"You can calm your nerves with the drink, little one." Michael gestures to the drink he had placed in front of me a while ago. I glare at him and grab it, gulping it down in seconds. It is then I can now look around and I see that we are actually in a room.. A plain furniture less room, if I might add... Well except for the table and chairs we had come down with.
"Where is this place?"
"The secret passageway to the new fae Kingdom" My eyes almost bulge out of its sockets at his reply.
If there was a new Fae kingdom, then Mother and Father? Michael seems to understand my unsaid question because he shakes his head. "They are not here."
"They are not dead either." I state firmly. I do not know how I know, but I do.
"Which is why you are here... The Fae Kingdom cannot survive without its Royal house.."
"I do not understand what you are trying to say."
Michal sighs, leaning back on the chair. "Your memories are scanty, they are not yet fully back which is why we have to bring them back so as to rescue your parents from the dark fae.. We do not know where the dark fae king has them kept"
"And Trik?" I start to say.
"He had no idea too which is why he left..."
"Then why didn't you come to find me all this years? Why didn't he come to find me?"
"Would you have listened? Would you have given him a listening ear? Even now, you are subconsciously doubting how true all this is."
I gulp and look away because seeing his hurtful eyes is a pain to me. "Well, I didn't ask for my memories to be locked away?"
"Which is why you have to bring them back little one... That's all we beg of you... The Fae kingdom needs your help Princess Bella... You have to help."
Of course I have to, aren't I the crown princess of the Fae. "How do I do that? I mean my memories... How do I get them back?"
"By cultivating your Magic." Michael beams at me.
"I'm sure you would tell me how to do that?" I ask.
"Of course little one, which is why you are coming back home." I give Michal a puzzled look at his statement.
"Home?"
"Yes, home... The Fae Kingdom."
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