Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 97-Secrets Revealed (2)

(SAGE'S P.O.V)

A part of me felt helpless seeing my father's unconscious body lying in my mother's arms. I turned towards Duke Winter, who had a concerned expression on his face.

“Bring Moises to his room, he can recover there”, Duke Winter said as he turned his head towards Lord Dean and Sir Dell.

They both bowed towards Duke Winter before walking over to my father.

“Captain Capilano”, Duke Winter said as he turned towards Captain Capilano, who was standing a few meters away. “Have the knights treated for their injuries”, he said and Captain Capilano bowed his head before walking away.

Duke Winter turned his head back in my direction.

“Follow me to the office”, he said, as he gestured to Queen Malaysia, my mother and I.

I watched as Lord Dean and Sir Dell picked up my father's unconscious body and started to walk towards the castle.

“Sage and Natalie, we should talk so you three can better understand the history of our lineage”, Duke Winter said and turned towards Peyton, “Find Rosemary, and send her to my office”, Duke Winter said, as he turned away and started walking behind Lord Dean and Sir Dell.

Queen Malaysia started walking behind Duke Winter, and so did my mother and I.

After walking for a few minutes, we returned inside of the castle. We walked towards Duke Winters office on the first floor.

When we entered the office, mother and I sat on the couch across from Queen Malaysia and Duke Winter. They both had a concerned expression on their faces.

Suddenly, my mother started speaking.

“Tell me what's going on with Moises, you mentioned that your lineage suffers from a coldness type of disease or curse. What exactly do you mean?”, Mother asked, in an anxious tone.

Duke Winter suddenly started to speak, “A warrior's madness, when driven to a state of rage, one loses all sense of reasoning, and becomes violent natured. As for the curse on our lineage, when one loses their sense of reasoning, their body becomes cold and gives off a powerful aura. As you may have felt the area surrounding Moises, it would be as if you walked inside of a blizzard, if he became filled with rage, which is why our name is Winter. For the last 300 years, the Winter bloodline has suffered from this coldness type of curse.”, he said and looked directly at my mother. “Moises was on the verge of losing his sense of reasoning” Duke Winter was suddenly interrupted when the door opened and Rosie walked into the office.

Queen Malaysia gestured towards Rosie.

Rosie walked over and sat next to me, she looked a little confused about the situation.

Duke Winter cleared his throat, “Sage, Rosemary, has your father ever talked about the warrior's madness with you two”, Duke Winter asked.

I nodded, “After my first time on the battlefield, father mentioned that the more we battle the more we will crave it”, I said, “He also told me to be careful and always control my anger and temper”, I added.

Duke Winter nodded his head, “Yes, that's correct but it has more depths to it then that”, he replied.

Suddenly, Queen Malaysia started to speak, “Natalie, Sage and Rosemary, this is why we must be with our destined partner, for they are the summer to our winter.”, she said and looked directly at my mother. “Our destined partner is the only one who can calm our madness, if we can't do it ourselves and is the only one who can soothe the coldness we may suffer afterwards. Before Moises met you, he suffered greatly after the war, which is where his resentment for his father comes from. The king constantly sent Moises to the battlefield. During the great war, Moises went to war at 19 years old, and he returned victorious at 23, only to be exiled a few months afterwards.” Queen Malaysia said,

My mother sighed, “I'm so confused, did King Lincoln really try to protect Moises?”Mother placed her face into her hands as she leaned over, placing her elbows on the top of her legs.

I watched as Queen Malaysia and Duke Winter also looked confused, “I have no clue what that man is up to, but I hope you can find some clarification for us.”, she said.

Mother suddenly stood up, “I must find out the truth for Moises, our children and I's sake” she said, and started walking towards the door. Mother turned towards Rosie and I. “Take care of your father, while I'm gone”, she said and left the office.

(DUKE WINTER’S P.O.V)

After Natalie left the office, I looked towards Sage and Rosemary, I could tell they still were trying to process what Malaysia and I were saying.

“Sage, Rosemary, my dears, do you have any questions for Malaysia and I?”, I asked.

They both nodded and Sage started to speak.

“When Rosie and I were in the ballroom, we were talking with Lady Victoria, and she mentioned the great war and two fallen kingdoms. Rosie and I never knew anything about the Kingdoms. We didn't even know this kingdom existed.” I said.

“My guess is Peyton did her best for you two not to find out about your identities, you two were basically raised while in hiding, after all” Duke Winter said.

“Why didn't we know anything about magic and sorcery?” Rosie asked, curiously.

Duke Winter and Queen Malaysia looked at each other before turning back towards us.

“After the execution of the sorcerers and magic users, it basically had become forbidden knowledge. There's only a few aura users left including ourselves. Which is why you two must be careful, because I'm sure after that envious King finds out Moises is back, we will have more to deal with after Moises takes the throne.” Malaysia said.

“What King?” Sage and Rosemary asked at the same time.

Malaysia had a serious expression on her face.

“The new King of Sivanni, their kingdom is in the southern part of the continent, we are in the northern part of the continent, with three other neighboring kingdoms. The previous King of the Sivanni Kingdom is the one who invaded all the kingdom's who practiced magic, sorcery and aura users, and conquered them. Until Your father defeated the previous King in the final war, during the great war. I also fought against their kingdom before the Winter Kingdom and Vanuatu became one, they have a disdain for people with special abilities” The Principality of Giordano was conquered. While the survivors from the fallen kingdom of Katou, managed to create the Free Nation of Katou when they fled to another country and were freed from the hierarchy.”,Malaysia explained.

I watched as Sage and Rosemary tried to process what we were saying again.

“You will learn more about the other kingdoms in your history class”, I said, and got up from the couch. “During your military studies, you two will continue to train with the knights. In the meantime, we will focus on the rebellion before dealing with another kingdom” I added.

Suddenly, we heard the door and shortly afterwards, the door to the office opened. Lucy walked in and bowed.

“Your Grace, you have received a letter from the Crown Prince of Kalpana”, Lucy said as she walked over to me and handed the envelope to me.

I opened the letter and read it for a moment. I turned towards Malaysia.

“Prince Antonio has informed me that Lady Serbia has given birth.” I said.

“The woman that Prince Marshall kept prisoner?”, Malaysia questioned.

I nodded.

“The King of Kalpana plans to send a delegation to the kingdom for Prince Marshall's coronation, with Princess Serbia as the ambassador” I said as I chuckled a bit.

(NATALIE'S P.O.V)

When I made it to Moises and I's room, I noticed Lord Dean, Sir Dell and Peyton were in the room standing beside the bed. All three of them had anxious and sad looks on their faces. I walked over to the bed and kissed Moises on the forehead.

“My lady”, I heard Lord Dean say.

I turned towards Lord Dean who was standing a few meters away, he bowed his head towards me.

“I finally have the chance to meet you, Prince Moises always talked about you, when he came to my family's villa to visit me”, Lord Dean said, “I give you my gratitude as Prince Moises' childhood friend and his former captain of the royal knights. I was relieved to know you were by his highness's side, having to watch him suffer through his madness and enduring the coldness alone, caused me great sadness. You see, I was severely injured during the war, and Prince Moises refused to leave me behind.” He said, and I noticed he was shedding a few tears as he looked over at Moises.

I walked over to him and placed my hand onto his left shoulder.

“Can you tell me everything you know?” I asked.

He nodded and began to speak, “The day before Prince Moises was exiled, The King visited my family's villa.”, he said and turned his head to face my direction.

“The King didn't explain the situation to me and only said that he needed me to watch over Prince Moises from the shadows until it was time for him to return. But unexpectedly, 8 years after the exile, Prince Marshall found Prince Moises' location near the Avalorian Kingdom. Prince Moises was severely injured and I revealed myself to Sir Dell and we moved him to the Sergio Region where he remained in the coma for 10 years.”, Lord Dean explained.

I was at a loss for words after hearing what Lord Dean said.

Suddenly, Sir Dell walked over to where we were standing.

“After Prince Moises woke up, your father and Peyton managed to find him at the same time the bounty hunters that Prince Marshall hired found him and we ended up shooting at each other.” Sir Dell said, “Once he was safe and was able to recover, he came to find you and Princess Sage and the rest of the knights and I returned to the Sergio Region.”, Sir Dell explained.

Peyton suddenly walked over and I turned my head towards her.

“Wait, when did you two receive the order to return to the kingdom?” Peyton asked as she stood by me and faced Lord Dean and Sir Dell's direction.

Lord Dean and Sir Dell looked at each other and turned back towards Peyton and I.

“After Duke Winter announced Princess Sage as his successor”, Lord Dean said.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door and Peyton walked over to answer it. When she opened the door, my father walked into the room.

“I received a message from Saul, we found Macy Livens”, he said.

(SAUL'S P.O.V)

“Macy.. As in Macy Livens”, I said as I stood in the threshold of the door.

The woman became frightened and stood in front of the sickly woman as if she was guarding her.

“Who the hell are you?!”, she shouted.

I held both of my hands up to show her that I meant no harm.

“I'm one of the men who you followed from the Tavern in the town of Cassini” I said as I took a step backwards.

“The bounty hunters” She mumbled and suddenly became mad. “Did you really follow me all the way here”, she said, in an angry tone.

I nodded, “My chief sent me after you.” I said, “After you ran when he asked if you were Macy Livens, he became suspicious of you, because he's also searching for this woman”, I said while pointing toward Macy Livens.

The woman still continued to stand her guard as she stood in front of the bed.

“Why are you searching for her?”, she asked.

“Prince Moises is searching for her and just so happens, Christian, her son went to find Prince Moises in order to search for her as well”, I said.

“Wait, you know where Christian is?”, the woman asked, and started to put her guard down.

I nodded, “He's been staying at the Winter Dukedom, with Prince Moises and his family”, I said.

All of a sudden, I heard groaning coming from Macy Livens.

“Macy”, the woman said as she turned towards Macy Livens.

I watched as Macy Livens opened her eyes, “Christian”, she mumbled.

“Macy, how are you feeling?”the woman asked, as Macy tried to sit up.

Suddenly, Macy turned towards me and looked directly at me.

When I saw her eyes, my mouth dropped.

“She has silver eyes”, I said, “No way, are you”, I was suddenly interrupted, when she started to speak.

“My son, where is he?” Macy asked, with a weak voice.

“If I remember correctly, he was with Prince Moises in the eastern region, but he's been staying at the Winter Dukedoms castle for the past few days”, I answered.

“I have to save my son from Count Livens” she said.

“I already contacted my chief” I said.

Macy Livens started coughing and the woman started to check on her.

I watched as the woman helped Macy Livens lied back down.

Macy Livens suddenly fell back to sleep.

After the woman placed the blanket over Macy Livens. She turned towards me and gestured for me to follow her.

We walked out of the room into the hallway.

“I don't know how long she will last, I decided to help her find her son when she ended up in our village a few years ago”, the woman said.

“I must ask”, I said, “Is Macy Livens one of them?” I asked, curiously.

The woman nodded, “Yes, she's one of the surviving magic users” the woman said.

(NATHAN'S P.O.V)

Jemas and I walked through the forest for over an hour. While walking, Jemas told me everything he learned between Count Livens and Prince Marshall.

When I heard that Prince Marshall confronted Count Livens about Serbia, after hearing the rumor Prince Moises wanted Jase to spread.

Prince Marshall became frightened after hearing that the Kalpana Kingdom was looking for a woman who matched Serbia's description.

“Prince Marshall is planning to kill Count Livens because of his mishap involving the enslaved women”, Jemas said as we walked through the forest.

“Have you found any information on the reason they've been kidnapping young common women?” I asked, curiously.

Jemas turned his head towards me, “I've heard their searching for descendants of magic users and sorcerers.”, he said.

“What?” I said, “ I thought all the remaining sorcerers and magic users were executed and killed during the great war.” I mumbled.

Jemas shrugged his shoulders, “I wouldn't know, it happened before I was even born. I only heard stories about it." He said.

I noticed a small cabin in the distance, and a few minutes later, we walked towards the cabin.

I followed behind Jemas as we entered the cabin. Upon entering the cabin, a middle-aged woman dressed in a guards uniform came rushing towards Jemas.

“Jemas, this kid is burning up”, she said as she pointed towards Christian, who was laying on the shabby couch.

I hurried towards Christian and placed my hand unto his forehead. His body was hot and he was sweating.

“Help me undress him, we need to cool him down”, I said.

Jemas and I started to undress Christian and my eyes widened when I saw his body.

“What the fuck”, Jemas suddenly said.

“Oh my God” the middle-aged woman said as she placed her hand over her mouth in shock.

For some reason, I felt my blood boiling. Christian's body was covered with various scars.

At that moment, I suddenly remembered what Christian said, He was worried his uncle would beat him after meeting me.

“Do one of you have a way I can get him back to the Winter Dukedoms castle?” I asked.

Jemas nodded, “Follow us, we have our clans vehicle” he said.

(PRINCE MORGAN'S P.O.V)

After traveling for a few hours, I finally returned to the palace. I walked through the palace until I made it towards my father's quarters.

I was going to find out what he was hiding one way or another, I thought as I walked up the stairs to the fourth floor of the palace.

“Your highness”, I heard Marquess Radisson voice.

“Marquess Radisson”, I said as he stood a few meters away.

“Are you looking for his Majesty, he's not available at the moment”, Marquess Radisson said, with that stupid look on his face.

Not available, bullshit, I thought.

I turned around in the opposite direction, that I came from.

“Tell my father that I returned and I have something to report to him” I said.

“Yes, your highness”, he said.

Sneaky bastard, Marquess Radisson, just wait I'll deal with you after I'm done with Count Livens" I said as I walked away.

As I was walking towards the stairs, I noticed an maid walking towards me holding a tray with tea in her hands.

At that moment, I remembered what Natalie sister said, something about my mother and father have been drinking tea together.

“Where are you taking that?”, I asked.

The maid looked a little confused.

“I was told to bring His Majesty some tea”, she answered.

“Hand it here”, I said and the maid looked even more confused and placed the tray into my hands. “Go back to your duties” I said and turned around.

I started walking towards my father's quarters again.

A few minutes later, as I was walking through the hall. I noticed a palace physician walking into my father's room.

I glanced around in different directions as I scanned my surroundings before I walked in front of my father's room. I noticed the door was slightly ajar and I stood next to it to eavesdrop.

My eyes widened after hearing what I heard.

“Your Majesty, your body won't last long. Do you have to keep taking the poison without the antidote, It's slowly killing you.” I heard the palace physician say.

“I don't mind if it kills me, as long as Malaysia survives, I'm willing to give her the only antidote, and suffer alone.” My father said.

I placed my hand over my mouth as I was in disbelief.

“Morgan” I heard my father say.

I took my hand off of my mouth and entered the room.

“Hmm, I was wondering why it suddenly got cold” my father said, as his intimidating light gold eyes looked at me.

“Father” I said, “And tears began to fall from my eyes.