Chapter 42

King Derek

He was so overjoyed with Genevieve that they finally had their little Henry; he was so happy when he opened his eyes to reveal his mother's eyes, soft light blue eyes.

"Aww, he's adorable!" said Lacey.

Derek was about to say something when he heard a sound he feared; it was the bells that he heard for the first time six months ago.

"Oh, my goodness!" said Courtney.

"Derek! Is that the bells?!" exclaimed Genevieve, worried.

"I'm afraid, so Genevieve, all need to get to safety." Said Derek. Suddenly some of the guards came rushing in.

"Your highnesses, we got some news on the border of Glidonia; Levi has arrived and passed. Some men are fighting at the border, and some manage to pass and are coming to the castle. We need to get you all undercover now!" said one of the guards.

"Derek!" said Genevieve, all worried.

"It will be okay, Genevieve; I need you to take care of Henry and protect yourself." Said Derek.

Genevieve nodded at him and then ran with Henry and the rest of the group as he saw her disappear, wondering if he would get the chance again to see his beloved wife and son.

"Alright, men prepare for battle." Said Derek as he finished preparing himself; he joined the rest of the men outside the palace; there were already some soldiers in battle; he fought with the rest but didn't pay much attention as he was trying to find Levi.

As he struck one of the soldiers and he fell, he spotted Levi; he saw him on the staircase out the castle doors with Willard; they both entered the palace; at that moment, he could only focus on one thing.

Quickly he helped some of the soldiers and then asked them for help to enter the castle to find Levi and Willard but asked a few soldiers to stay outside the castle in case more intruders would come; they quickly got inside, hoping they weren't too late.

Queen Genevieve

Genevieve didn't want this to happen again and be torn apart from her husband because of another war, but she knew that sooner or later, it was bound to happen, especially with Levi's threat.

She raced with Lacey, Janessa, Edaline, and Courtney; they had to find Isla; everyone else was already secured, at least she hoped they were. They were about to make a left turn but heard a familiar scream; Isla was coming from the right corner of the hallway.

They all turned to find Levi fighting his brother; Genevieve was about to say something when Levi punched Tobias into a wall, making him lose his balance and fall to the floor unconscious.

"NO!" yelled Isla as she quickly raced to Tobias.

"He's dead; he'll be soon enough. My dear little brother was never ready to face me; by the way he stepped in to save you and how you look at him, I can see that I wasn't mistaken. You, my dear, are indeed the third person I was looking for, and oh, what's this, my dear wife Courtney, my sisters-in-law Janessa, Lacey Edaline, and…. Genevieve." Said Levi, chuckling.

Genevieve was glad that Levi didn't see her son Henry; she knows that, for now, she got lucky. Her son is fast asleep, so he doesn't make noise, but it will be a problem as soon as he wakes up.

She'll just have to hide him a bit longer till Derek comes to find them; she just hopes he doesn't take too much time because Henry can wake up and make noise any second now.

"What do you want, Levi?" asked Edaline.

"How brave of you to speak first, Edaline; although I want nothing from you, Willard lock them up in a dungeon cell except her." Said Levi pointing at Janessa.

"Take her with the rest of my family to the other cells; I will be there shortly." Said Levi; Willard did as Levi said; he put us in a cell.

Shortly afterward, Levi arrived and separated us two by two; he put Courtney and Isla in the cell next to the one we were; he was about to leave, but something had caught his attention; it was the thing I was most scared about he saw Henry.

"Let's see what we do have here. Aww, look at that. Is this my little nephew?" said Levi.

As soon as he said that, Genevieve felt nothing but anger running through her blood; how dare he get close to her son and even say it's his nephew.

"Get away from my son!" said Genevieve as she moved her arms to the right to make sure Levi wouldn't touch him.

"You've changed so much; your chattier now since the last time I remember you?" said Levi.

"Maybe because I never trusted you from the start, but I had no other choice; my father and yours were excellent friends, plus you had a wedding with my sister." Said Genevieve.

"Oh, yes, and must I say your father was a very stupid man like my father to believe in me, and because of that, they are now both dead." Said Levi trying to provoke her; Genevieve couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"My father is a wonderful man, as was yours! The person only who is stupid here is you!" yelled Genevieve.

Genevieve saw that Levi had a confused expression. "What are you talking about, Genevieve?" asked Levi.

"Didn't you hear Levi? Our father is alive." Said Edaline.

Genevieve saw that Levi had changed his expression; he was now angry and throwing the cups they had for the prisoners.

"How is that possible!?" Yelled Levi.

Suddenly Henry started to stir and woke up crying; Genevieve then moved him around in her arms; she saw that Levi was about to lose his temper, that's when she acted with a rush and quickly gave Henry to Edaline to hold.

"Because king Derek managed to save him." Said little Lacey.

"Who asked your opinion?! Huh? Nothing more than a useless child! How does it feel, huh?! To kill your own mother!" yelled Levi at Lacey as if he was about to hit her.

"Don't you dare talk to my sister like that again, or lift a hand to her again!" yelled Genevieve standing in front of Lacey.

"Again?! Why is it that your stupid husband always has to ruin my plans! I'll deal with you three later." Said Levi as he slammed the door and left.

King Levi

Levi had just about enough of Derek, or as he referred him to King Derek the cobbler since they were children, he always had a thing for ruining his life, and today he was to pay for everything.

He reached the other dungeons closer to the exit stairs that led them to the inside of the castle to see the rest of his beloved family.

"Well…Well…Well, my eyes do see, it's true then you are still alive, Randolph." Said Levi as he entered his cell.

He didn't have to worry because he took the precaution to separate them as well; Fallon and Randolph were in one while in the other one, it was Hadley with Janessa and Kathleen.

"What do you want, Levi?!" asked Fallon while standing in front of her father; Levi couldn't help but chuckle at the site.

"My…My Fallon, you've gotten less dumb than last time we've seen each other. But it's nothing I want from you; I just came to tell your father if he said goodbye to his daughter Courtney, Isla Genevieve, and his grandson little Henry?" Said Levi with a grin.

"Even Edaline and Lacey? I'll have to think about that because it will be too easy; you'll probably have them visit you guys soon." Said Levi as he was leaving and chuckling.

"Levi, If you touch or hurt any of my daughters, including my grandson, I swear you'll regret it." Said Randolph; Levi suddenly stopped and turned around to look at his father-in-law.

"Are you threatening me, Randolph? May I remind you that you are in a cell? I'm out here, and let's see, the son-in-law that you chose to be king will be dead by dawn, so you can't do anything to stop me!" said Levi as he left where he had left Genevieve and her sisters.

Prince Tobias

Prince Tobias was still unconscious on the ground; his brother had punched him hard, but the thing was that he was having what felt to him like a vision.

Ever since he was a boy, he saw these visions; at first, he didn't believe it; he thought it was a dream, but when he told his mother, she told him he had a gift.

The gift to see into the future or to the present right now, like if someone he cared about was in danger, he would see it. When he saw a terrorizing image of Isla, she was with her sister Courtney in a cell, and Levi was there with them first; he separated them.

Then it was as if he saw through Isla's eyes that his brother was beating Courtney; he had slapped her.

"My dear Courtney, we have come a long way from the first day we met; remember that day? How could you? You were always in your books, but now since you'll die anyway in this cell, I'll tell you, that boy you met when you were eleven." Said Levi as he threw her onto the ground, making her fall into a long slumber.

Then he left the cell, locked it, and moved to the one in front where Isla was standing; she looked frightened and walked backward to the bricks.

"What do you want from me, Levi?!" said Isla, slightly crying; why shouldn't she be? Though Levi was hurting her, he held her hand just a bit more down her wrist.

"You know, Isla, you could have been with your family right now, but no, you had to go into my brother's life! I know that he's not dead; he'll wake up soon, which means I need to hurry and kill you before he wakes." Said Levi as he was preparing to do something. Isla tried to break free.

"But why?! I didn't do anything." Said Isla scared.

"Let me tell you a story; maybe you'll understand first that your sister Courtney won't survive long as the rest of your family is down here. Derek will be dead by dawn as his son unless I decide to raise him as my own with Genevieve, although I doubt she'll want to, we'll have more kids anyway." He said as Isla interrupted him.

"Genevieve would never be with someone like you!" exclaimed Isla as Levi slapped her and continued.

"Anyways, My brother will be destroyed, which means he won't be able to rule MY get this MY Kingdom! Since you'll be dead, he won't get the chance to rule with you! I'll run both kingdoms, and everyone will know me as the only king Levi." Said Levi.

"you're a monster, Levi!" shouted Isla.

"I know, Isla, now any last words." He said, Snickering.

"Mph, guess not." Said Levi as he hit her, slapped her, and threw her to the brick wall.

Then the second time, he threw her to the bricks and bucket stored on the far side of the cell, and she too fell into a deep slumber, but before leaving, Levi had stabbed her back with a small knife and then left the cell and locked it.

'Damn it, wake up!' Why can't I snap out of this' thought Tobias as he saw his brother leave and move on to the end of where the rest of Isla's family was.