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It was a normal day in the kingdom of Renam, everyone started doing their usual work and returned home in the evening.

The palace built on the top of the mountain was bathed in lights as evening fell. 

Queen Renam's court time had come to an end. The royal officers bowed their heads and awaited the queen's order to leave. The queen was still sitting on her royal throne when a messenger arrived at Renam's palace. In his hand was the gold-sealed page of kingdom Raya.

"A message has been sent from king Raya to Queen Renam." A porter at the court door of the queen entered and bowed respectfully and said in a loud voice. The queen raised her head in shock.

When the royal officers were ordered to go back, they all bowed their heads and walked out in a single line.

"Let the messenger come in."

As soon as they all left, Queen Renam gave the permission, speaking softly in her characteristic dignified manner. The servant standing next to her raised her voice and told the queen's answer. The porter quickly moved away from the huge heavy door and let the messenger enter.

The messenger entered and bowed respectfully on his knees and held the page with both hands and bowed his head.

At Queen Renam's signal, one of the maids hurried forward and reached there by walking the long way from the throne to the door.

Servant took the pin from her hands and turned towards the queen. The messenger was now sitting with his head bowed, waiting for the queen's reply.

As soon as the queen took that pin and opened it in front of the eyes. 

The message of King of the Raya kingdom was rather a clear declaration of war.

He had asked for the return of his son, the son who had died which was killed by the princesses themselves. His freedom was demanded and a threat was made that if the demand was not accepted, the palace would be attacked and their crown princes would be enslaved. The problem was that they had come to know the secret of Princess Eva. The queen's eyes widened with surprise and anger.

"Tell them that Prince Zalari of the Raya Kingdom has been killed in response to a surprise attack on the Renam Kingdom. Whoever steps into our palace will end up with Prince Zalari.”

Queen Renam wrote a response message in a sarcastic tone. Holding the message of King in her hand, she threw it into the nearby fireplace.

The secret of the existence of Ivan was very dangerous for his empire.

The special reason for keeping it hidden was that she was the Crown Prince. She was the new heir of Renam kingdom but she was very weak.

She was not as brave as her sisters, nor did she have any strength to defend herself. She was just necessary for the people of the empire, her powers were very useless. She could breathe life into dead plants, she could talk to animals, plants and trees, and she could heal the injured or sick.

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The moon of the night was spreading its lights on the kingdom of Renam, which was rising in the sky with full warmth.

She woke up as usual when the lights were on in the room; her soft black hair covered her entire back.

As soon as the thought of Alian came, she got out of bed excitedly, she felt so good that she didn't even want to come back in the morning.

There he lay on the soft grass near the lake with the beautiful tall trees of this forest. It looked much more beautiful than these full blooming flowers or the lake. When he was asleep, she went and looked.

She had seen him again and again and every time she saw it, her face would light up with happiness.

It was not that she had seen a man for the first time, nor was it the case that she had seen a beautiful man for the first time. The people of Renam were also beautiful. The brave commander of army "Muzan" was also a very attractive and strong young man.

But she rarely liked anything or people, she liked Alian. His hair of golden color, its impressions and its fragrance. She only liked Alian.

She was taking bath with a little more enthusiasm today in the desire to see him again for a whole night.

When she got ready and went out, no one was there for dinner. A strange silence was felt in the palace.

She got worried, all the happiness disappeared. On asking the servant, it was found that Queen Renam is worried and the three big princesses are with her.

Feeling sorry for her ignorance, she ran towards Queen Renam's room. There was a strange silence in the queen's room; the anxiety in the air could be clearly felt. Seeing her, the queen and the princesses were shocked.

"I have heard that there is a problem with the queen. Is there any problem in the palace?” She bowed politely in front of the queen and asked with worried eyes on the faces of the princesses.

She knew that she was always kept away from any problem, whenever there was a problem in the palace, the queen and the big princesses took care of it.

Even now, everyone had artificial smiles on their faces, worried about her question.

"There is nothing like that, Ivan. There are some problems of the kingdom, due to which we are worried, but they will be taken care of soon. You will not go out of the palace for a few days. Not even at night. This is our request.” Princess Fiona smiled and instructed her, she became sad.

"But what is the risk of going near the lake at night? No one comes there.” She was speaking sadly. Being alone in the palace room at night was the most difficult. And she also wanted to see this boy again.

"We know, just are careful, don't go there for a few days. We will be carefree on your behalf." Princess Riana gently explained to her younger sister. She did not want to scare her by informing her of the danger. She was weak hearted. She was afraid. It was held like a flower by Queen Renam and the three princesses, a flower that withers due to a strong wind.

All four of them loved this delicate young princess and they could not show this weakness to anyone.

Even now Queen Renam was hugging her and kissing her profusely.

She nodded yes with the same sad face. The queen felt hurt by her sadness but she was forced.

"Relax mom. We will take care of the house." Princess laid her down on the bed comforting her mother and she slept peacefully.

Their daughters will really take care of everything.

That night, Princess Eva was fed by the sisters themselves and lying around on her bed, they started talking to her right in the middle. With their attention and words, she slept peacefully on the soft silk bed.

The princesses looked worriedly at her delicate waxen face. Fear was awakened in the heart.

She had always shown in front of everyone that the Crown Prince was one of them so that even if the enemy wanted to harm her, he could not reach the house.

Due to this precaution, she was always kept locked in the room, because it is impossible to predict who among the thousands of servants, porters and servants in the palace might turn out to be traitors.

After much search and searching, three of the old faithful maids were reserved for the house. From the beginning, she was confined to her room in broad daylight in the presence of everyone in the palace to hide. Due to which she used to sleep all day.

In the darkness of the night, she used to eat with her mother and sisters and lay down with them in hiding somewhere.

Then she grew up, at the age of six she had to stay alone in the room at night.

One day she left the palace and reached the lake hidden in the middle of these mountain ranges near the palace. She left the palace for the first time. She looked at each and every thing with interest. After spending the whole night in this place, she came back to the palace in the same way and locked herself in the room. Then this series went on. She thought that it was a secret for her to go like this at night, but the sisters who were keeping an eye on her every moment knew it from the first day.

Satisfied from all sides, they let her go.

Then sometimes due to bad weather or sometimes during some function in the palace at night when it was difficult for Ivan to go out, her sisters would hide her and takes her to the lake.

She had never spent a night at home, from the age of six to the age of eighteen.

Every night was spent by lake.

And today for the first time she was in the palace. She don’;t know how many nights had to pass like this.