Anthony's POV:
After the conversation with my aunt , the ride was completely silent ,I had a lot on my mind, my issues with my heat , kept me wondering what went wrong , my routines were not changed , how did it go from bad to worse? .
I sighed and closed my eyes , "Except????" I remembered her eyes, what if it had something to do with her ??, something changed inside me the moment my eyes met hers. I had internal Conflicts.
Martins called my attention, I looked up and I recognized the swing by the gate it used to be my favorite spot with my younger sister , until mom died ,now it just looked like it had also gone through a lot .
This palace brought so much painful memories to me , the garden of rose my beloved mother planted , was well groomed I can tell my aunt dedicates so much time to cater for it.
The knock on the window brought me back from my thoughts, and with a heavy heart I opened the door , my Aunt came running with so much excitement, I knew my coming would bring so much joy , if I didn't know better I would have really assumed she birthed me .
My Aunt had sacrificed everything for me, she knew my father would never love her, I am not even sure she loved him , but ever since she married him , she had dedicated her love to me, and running the palace , while my father was no where to be found.
I came down from the car and she pulled me into a hug, and squeezed me , I can't breathe aunt , she playfully jabbed me at my shoulders.my baby boy , you have grown into a man I can barely see the little boy who ,follows me everywhere . She hugged me again , and kissed my cheeks .
Aunt , can you stop kissing me?? I rolled my eyes she laughed so heartily, oh common you are my son and I am allowed to do that .
I shook my head , she never listened to me, her voice trailed after me it took you forever to return home Tony , she always called me Tony. Did you not miss home ?? I frowned .
She noticed my distress. I see you have met her , my eyes widened in shock , nothing passes my aunt , she practically sees everything .
Her brows furrowed at my silence, yes aunt I had , my finace is the woman in my dreams , the same woman that had cause my insomnia for years , I could hear my own frustration.
Coupled with I had my heat earlier, it lasted for two days , I gestured with my fingers, this is bad if it continues this way , I felt very vulnerable .
I came here for answers , I said in defeat , she tapped my shoulders, "I know honey but time would bring everything to light , I want you to know , you live for her , your life belongs to her". She paused and continued,
In your past life a lot of reasons kept the both of you apart , you married her to spite your father, it caused a rift in both worlds. Past life ?? I repeated after her.
She nodded "yes in your past life , you committed a lot of mistakes, to atone for your past mistakes you are mated to her in this life. And by the looks of it you barely have any time to convince her otherwise.
I stood in bewilderment, i didn't ask for any of this , if I had done a lot of wrong to her , why am I still fated to her? , I asked angrily , I can't be mated to a human , she is weak Aunt, she can't defend herself from the possessed ones , the underworld is enough troubles , I don't want love to be part of this whole situation .
She looked at me for a while she sighed, she is not weak , you need her , to fight the possessed ones , she came from the lineage of the Jacob's, they were advisors and generals for your forefathers. Come I would show you what happened in the past.
She gestured and I didn't argue ,I just followed her into a room, the room was pitch black , I wondered how she passed through. she held my hands and chanted some words , a bright light appeared , almost blinding me .
she turned towards me with a stern expression i had never seen before , "step towards the light , I have been waiting for this day my whole life, the day you shall see the truth and the reason I proposed Marriage before she was born , once you step into the light there is no going back you have to take responsibilities for your actions " she warned if you start becoming cold I would bring you out . We cannot cover everything at once but this would open your mind to understand your dreams . And the ones you would see in the future.
I look back at my aunt one more time before, she urged me to go forward , I took a step into the light , it felt like I was falling into a deep hole .
The past ….
I opened my eyes to a young boy, he looked a lot like me , my father sat on his throne , with a different woman I can't remember.
The young boy argued with his father, I will never marry the woman you choose , and you better not try anything funny . My eyes widened as I stared at the younger version of me except , I wouldn't dare to talk to my father this way when I was his age .
The younger boy laughed coldly at his father and his step mother , you knew what you were doing when you sent my mother to her early grave , where were you when she needed help from the possessed ones? You were with this woman.
He paused with a dead stare , you want me to end like you in a loveless marriage, dream on father , you will never control me , you lost that right a long time ago .
That's Enough! His father shouted in rage, he ordered the guards to keep him locked in his room.
The guards didn't dare to come closer to him , he laughed coldly at his father "you have failed everyone including your queen what's worse is that the woman you married can never be half as good as her", he stormed out without looking back , he heard the table turn over but he didn't look back .
Antony stood by the door torn between following his younger self and staying in the room. The King sobbed into the hands of his new wife , he had truly failed his Queen the only woman he truly loved, he couldn't choose his wife at the point of her death .
She told him to go ahead with the chase , the enemy had taken , every eligible men in the kingdom, if he looses the chance to stop what the witches had planned, it would destroy the world .
He had to take a new wife two days after his wife death, he didn't even had time to grief, the elders had told him , the witches had killed his wife to weaken the kingdom, they couldn't afford to show weakness.
Anthony watched as they king her father weep furiously, did I misunderstood my father , was there a secret to my mother's death??, his father had become a money machine , ever since he lost his mother , he had grown to also dislike his father.
He went after the young man. There he was by the river bank , captivated by the ladies in the river .
My breathe also hitched as I saw her, this was Elsa , so delicate as a flower. Her face flushed, from the warmness of the spring water.
he watched as she laughed and played with her maid without any care in the world , she sensed someone looking at her and her head turns towards us, we froze , she stepped forward . When she saw him .
She Per….PERVERT!!! she shouted , her maids and her hurried to dress up , I found my self laughing at her trouble face ,Call the guards immediately .