Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 99-Broken Seals

(NATHAN'S P.O.V)

I carried Christian's unconscious body through the forest, after leaving the cabin. I followed behind Jemas and two of his clan members. We walked through the forest for nearly two hours until we reached an isolated area.

“We left the clan's vehicle here to keep it hidden”, Jemas said.

I laid Christian's body into the vehicle and suddenly heard the middle-aged woman's voice.

“We'll be returning now”, she said, “I'll contact you once we have freed the rest of the rebel members”, she said while standing in front of Jemas.

“Let's meet again in the northern region,” Jemas replied.

A few seconds later, the middle-aged woman and their other clan member disappeared into the dark forest. Jemas and I got into the vehicle, I sat in the backseat and placed Christian's head onto my lap while Jemas began to drive.

“Do you think he will be fine while traveling, his fever is still pretty high?”Jemas asked.

I looked down at Christian's, who was flinching in his sleep. I placed my hand onto his head and he was hot to the touch.

“Let's try to make it there as quickly as we can,” I said.

As we began to travel to our next destination, a sudden thought crossed my mind.

“How long do I have until Prince Marshall and Count Livens realize I'm gone?”I asked Jemas curiously.

“Prince Marshall was planning to return to the palace with Count Livens.”, Jemas said, “I'll give it 48 hours until your name is plastered throughout the kingdom. He plans to make an example out of you and the captured rebel members, so nobody else will be willing to rebel against him” Jemas added.

48 hours, I thought to myself. I should prepare myself just in case, I mumbled.

(NATALIE'S P.O.V)

Eight hours had passed since Macy Livens had fallen unconscious. After she fell unconscious, Moises had a hard time processing everything she had revealed to us.

Moises and I were in a state of shock after hearing that King Lincoln wasn't Prince Marshall's father.

Seriously, I thought.

“I can't believe I hated my father for all these years.” I heard Moises say, for the seventh time.

I placed my hand on Moises' back as I tried to console him.

“Moises, I think you need to have a conversation with your father.” I said.

“Yeah”, he said, softly as he held his head down.

“Your highness” Paige said as she walked up to Moises and I.

“Macy, should be waking up again soon, how about some tea?” she asked, with a concerned expression on her face.

Moises and I nodded our heads and followed behind Paige as we left the room.

A few seconds later, we walked into the small dining area and sat down at the small wooden table. Paige walked over and sat three tea cups onto the table and poured tea into them.

“How did Macy Livens end up here in this small isolated village?” I asked, curiously.

Paige showed a sadden expression before she began to speak.

“I found Macy in the forest unconscious over 10 years ago”, she said, with a saddened expression on her face.

“Unconscious?” Moises mumbled.

Paige nodded her head.

“When I brought her to the village, she was badly Injured. From the multiple bruises, you could tell that she was severely beaten. When she became conscious she was frantically looking for someone else who she mentioned helped her escape.” Paige said.

“Escape from where?” Moises and I asked at the same time.

“I'm not sure” Paige answered, “But Macy was terrified. She told me about her son Christian, and that he was taken from her after he was born. . After her baby was taken, Macy mentioned that she was trapped inside of a small dark room for eight years.” Paige explained.

My eyes widened, Eight years, what the fuck” I thought.

I suddenly felt chills across my body.

Unexpectedly, Moises slammed one of his fists onto the table, causing Paige to flinch a little. Moises grit his teeth and got up from the table.

“Is Macy in any condition to travel?”, Moises asked.

“As long as I can travel alongside her, she can manage” Paige answered.

Without saying anything else, Moises walked away from the table and left out of the clinic. Since my father and Saul were outside of the clinic as well. I figured Moises was going to find a way we could bring Macy along with us. The only problem is the castle will be extremely busy preparing for the debutante, I thought.

A thought suddenly crossed my mind. Maybe we can purchase a villa and move her there.

I was about to get up from the table when suddenly, we heard a loud groaning sound and Paige quickly rose out of her seat and I followed behind her. We rushed to Macy's room after hearing her constantly groan.

“Recently, her health has become a little unstable but I have no idea why. Maybe it has something to do with her being a magic user, ” Paige said as she went to check on Macy.

Wait, what?, I mumbled.

“Macy is a magic user?” I asked Paige as I stood next to the bed.

Paige looked up at me and nodded.

I looked down at Macy as she began mumbling unconsciously.

“Seal” she mumbled.

Seal?, I thought.

I watched as Paige injected something into Macy's arms and she suddenly stopped mumbling.

Paige looked over at me and said “She started saying that a few days ago.”

“Christian”, Macy mumbled, as she began to sweat.

I watched as Macy opened her eyes.

Paige and I turned our heads towards the door after hearing footsteps. A few seconds later, Moises entered the room.

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

After leaving out of the clinic, I began walking through the village as the sun was starting to rise into the sky. While walking, I noticed Masiro and Saul walking towards me in the distance.

“Is she still sleeping?” Saul asked as we approached each other.

I nodded.

“What's the plan?” Masiro asked, as he stood in front of me.

“We have to bring her back with us”, I said.

“She will need protection until Morgan prepares for the trial, hopefully she can last until then”, I added, as I sighed.

“I'll protect her,” Saul said, with a serious expression.“Prince Moises, how long have you known that Macy was one of the surviving magic users?” Saul asked.

Magic?, I mumbled.

My eyes widened, and I suddenly remembered about her silver eyes. Unfortunately, I was too focused on finding out the truth behind my exile, that I was caught off guard by the information Macy had given me. I failed to realize an important factor. This was the first time I ever saw Macy with silver eyes.

Without saying anything else, I turned towards the direction of the clinic and began to run towards it. If I remember correctly, there was only one kingdom, where the magic users had silver eyes.

I rushed towards the village clinic and a few minutes later, I hurried inside until I reached Macy's room.

“Moises” Natalie said as I entered the room.

I walked towards the bed and watched as Macy reached one of her hands out towards me.

“Prince Moises” she mumbled.

“Macy, can I ask you something?”, I asked, as I kneeled on the side of the bed.

Macy slightly nodded as she looked at me.

“Macy, you mentioned that you were the previous Count's illegitimate daughter. Is there any chance that your birth mother is from the Principality of Giordano?” I asked, curiously.

Macy nodded and began to speak, “I was 16 years old when I was adopted. I lived with my mother until she died from an unexpected illness. She told me who my father was before taking her last breath and where I could find him. My mother fled to the Vanuatu kingdom after the first invasion of the Principality of Giordano, when the persecution of magic users and sorcerers had just begun. She met my father while working at a brothel. Supposedly, the previous Count fell in love with my mother's silver eyes. My mother used her magic to alter the color of my eyes. My father found that displeasuring, when he believed that I didn't inherit my mother's eyes. He believed that I wasn't able to use magic, but he still wanted me to become the Queen. When I was in labor with Chrisitian, the seal my mother placed on me was broken and Count Livens saw my eyes for the very first time. He was shocked and immediately showed a wicked expression on his face afterwards. In the middle of the night Count Livens tried to take my baby, and I fought against him as much as I could but I was overwhelmed by his guards and I managed to escape. While I was defending myself, he left with my baby.” Macy said softly as Paige helped her sit up.

I balled my fist up and grit my teeth. Count Livens, that son of a bitch.

“Shortly after, I managed to escape from Count Livens. I was kidnapped and placed into a dark room. The person would blindfold me before beating me severely. I never saw them but I never forgot their voices” Macy said, as she tightened her grip around my hand. She suddenly frowned. “My body became frail since I'm unable to use magic now, because”, Macy suddenly stopped talking as she started to glance around.

“Christian”, she mumbled, “Christian is near” she said as tears began to fall down her face.

(CHRISTIAN'S P.O.V)

“Hot”, I mumbled as I opened my eyes.

I could feel that someone was carrying me as they were walking.

“Christian”, I heard Nathan's voice.

“Is this the place?” I heard an unfamiliar voice say.

My eyes began to hurt from the sunlight as I fully opened them. I glanced around as my eyes got clearer and noticed we were walking towards a village. After glancing around, I looked up at Nathan, who was looking down at me.

“Christian, your eyes” he said, “What the hell”, he added with a shocked expression.

My eyes?, I thought.

“Your eyes are two different colors,” Nathan said.

Suddenly, I felt a strange feeling inside of my body and started to glance around more.

As we walked into the small village, I noticed as people were looking in our direction.

“Are you gentlemens travelers?”I noticed an older man walking towards us.

“I heard this village has a clinic, this young man still has a high fever.” Nathan said.

The old man looked at me and suddenly turned around.

“Follow me”, he said, “So many visitors”, I heard him say.

Nathan continued to carry me and we followed behind the old man. A few minutes later, I noticed multiple people in the distance as we followed the old man to a small looking house.

“Paige”, the old man said and I noticed a middle-aged woman standing next to Natalie.

“Chief”, I heard the unfamiliar voice say and looked over in the direction of the voice and noticed a young man walking towards Natalie's father.

“Jemas”, I heard Natalie's father say as the young man stood in front of him.

I looked up at Nathan once again.

“Nathan, I think I can manage to walk on my own”, I said.

“As your teacher, I refuse”, Nathan replied and continued to Ignore me.

Unexpectedly, the strange feeling that I felt became stronger as we entered the small house. Nathan followed behind Natalie and the woman, whose name was Paige.

A few seconds later, we got closer to a room and the feeling became even stronger and my heart started to throb.

I began to scream as my heart became tighter.

“Christian”, I heard a soft voice.

I turned my head in the direction of the voice and saw a frail looking woman with silver eyes and the same strawberry blond hair as me.

Suddenly, Nathan laid me next to the frail looking woman.

“Christian, my son,” she said, as tears were falling down her face.

“Mother?” I questioned, as my eyes filled up with tears after she nodded her head. My heart was still throbbing and I placed my hand onto my chest as I started to gasp for air.

“Christian!” I heard Prince Moises' voice.

“What's wrong with him?” I heard Nathan and Prince Moises shout.

I watched as my mother turned her head towards the direction Prince Moises was standing.

“Prince Moises, as I was saying a little earlier. My body became frail, because I used my magic to seal Christian's magic after he was born” she said as she placed her hand onto the side of my face and started to caress it. “His seal is in the process of breaking”. She added as I closed my eyes.