Chapter 10
Alana nodded and turned away. Her heart was beating rapidly ,and her head was spinning with so much information.
" Where are my real parents?"
" We dont know darling. We found you by that river and we took you into our home with every intention of finding your real family. But no one came looking. You came from the Enchanted Kingdom Alana. We had had no way of finding anyone at all."
Richard sighed and turned away. " What brought you to question your origins Alana?"
" A friend of mine told me something similar to what you said. She warned me that danger is coming."
" Jesus " cried the King. " Do you see what you have done to us. Now we are going to pay the price of this child."
" Richard what are you talking about?"
" I told you not to bring that baby into our home. I told you to leave her where she was found. This...this...thing is being tracked by an evil sorceress and now we are to be victaimized for our mistake of bringing her here."
" How dare you " cried Penelope. " Alana is our daughter and I love her as if she were my own blood."
" She is not our daughter Penelope. She is a creature from the other Kingdom ,a creature who has brought danger into our home since the day she arrived."
" You are cruel " shrieked Penelope.
" I'm sorry " cried the King. " That we could have any children of our own , I wish we had as we would never had been cursed like this. "
" I dont care if we had a million children " yelled Penelope. " I would still love Alana just as much as any of them."
Richard snarled and looked away. " I am not a cruel man Penelope. But I am only human and you cant expect me to reach out and embrace a serious problem like this."
" Maybe so " retorted Penelope , but as a human I expected you to have the ability to embrace a problem like a man."
" Penelope."
" Dont say another word to me Richard. Its Alana you must speak to. Its Alana who you have let down not me. I will always love you , but you have tread on thin ice and its time you opened up."