Chapter 33: Chapter 33
Lucius might not know what was going through the pretty head of hers, but he might guess it. Madonna, his wife, was shell shocked and might be somewhat in panic as well.
Now that his mother had revealed why Thorne family was ruined, he understood why she had to keep Madonna a secret and had raised her.
When his mother had narrated how she made certain Alder shall not get what he desired and how she took the younger distorted Madonna with her to the safety of her coven to protect her.
“It will be good if you do not do anything that might reveal your lineage to any person here, dear. I had to keep you protected and the better manner I found was to raise you but as well keep you away from me so no one could know you and I might have any relation. That way even if there was someone with the knowledge of a Thorne alive, they shall not find them with me.” His mother explained softly and Lucius can see the plethora of motherly love for Madonna.
At times he felt envious of his wife when he saw the immense affection and motherly love for his wife from his mother. She had raised her and taught her everything like a mother shall leaving Lucius with Alder for years.
Heavens knows it, that Lucius understood his mother’s escapade. He knew why his mother had to leave her own kin to take a foster child in. However, at times he did felt the emptiness of his mother in his life far too greatly.
He observed Madonna with a silent glance as he turned to see his mother taking a step forward towards his wife. With a smile, she embraced Madonna and stroked her head with a maternal touch which Madonna returned back.
“I vowed to your mother to keep you safe, dear. She was one person I could put my trust in blindly. She was woman who had been beside me through tough times and not just standing there, she pulled me out of it on many occasions.” He heard his mother mumble to Madonna as she continued embracing her.
One trait he knew of his mother was, she was a great mother figure and had never back away to show her affection to the ones who were close to her.
While the high ranking persons had always left their offspring to a nursemaid for the upbringing with much less care for them, his mother on the other hand had been the one to raise him in every walk of his young-hood.
His head started to hurt like devil when he realized how many of the responsibilities he had in his plate to fulfill. With his mother in the Emor castle again, the mark of Alder and his army’s end had already been set in place.
He just wanted to end everything and kill the devil out of Alder and finally live pleasantly with his mother whilst annoying the holy goodness out of his young Witch. Having preparing for the battle against Alder from a very young age, Lucius was fed up of the constant headaches it gave him.
He just wished everything to end as soon as possible.
“I am grateful to you Orla. I never had a suspicion on you and can never have one. Nonetheless, I was terrified of the fact that my mother, father or my good brother might be alive somewhere who might be my kin anymore. I was grateful to you to end my kin in a proper manner so as to aid their good souls away from Alder.” Madonna said as tears trickled down her eyes.
Madonna looked much emotional than Lucius had ever seen. He could see the taxing creases on her beautiful face; might say she had spent exhausting years of her life with means to avenge her kin.
The next day, Lucius and Madonna were prepared to set out to weaken Alder’s said army with the help of their allies whilst his mother was being a good wife to Alder. After the small chat he had along with his mother and wife the previous night, they had come to an agreement to halt the search of Fina as she shall be albeit safe wherever she was as long as Alder doesn’t go for a visit.
Fina might face some tough situation but Orla could tagalong Alder as she builds his trust slowly. While Orla was to work alongside Alder as his subsequent, Lucius and Madonna woke up the next morning with a new oath of end all the unpleasant issues attached to Alder as quickly they could.
Alder was mainly focused on making certain he could buildup his relation with Orla all again for his and his motive’s gain. He was much more focused on telling Orla what had happened all those years back without her so he could slowly get her feel acquainted to the thought of her good husband being an Emperor of all the beings on Earth in the near future.
Alder was too much into making Orla his cohort that he gradually lost his eye on his allies and army which was just the right time for Madonna and Lucius to take a benefit of.
Lucius noticed how exhausted Madonna was while they were waiting for their secretive guests to arrive. Madonna and Lucius were sitting in a small cabin near woods which represented a king of assembly room with a long table surrounded by wooden chairs.
Although Madonna was assured with the wellbeing of her sister Fina, he could still feel the stiffness in her posture. Like him, she was tired too. Tired of everything that had taken place and that was taking place.
“Fina shall be safe with you, Madonna. I shall make certain of it.” Lucius spoke breaking her clouds of thoughts.
Madonna turned to her husband void of any sentiments and just nodded her head in positive response. “I will not let anything bad pass through her. I had already lost many to loose the last of my kin.” Madonna replied in a much hard tone with anger towards the situation and a tinge of appreciation towards Lucius who had said just the right word at the right time.
If Madonna was to, then she could find her sister in an easy manner give the enormity of powers she has but like Orla had said, using Thorne spells and magic of their lineage shall reveal her which they could not afford at that moment.
Soon, the cabin they were waiting in was filled with the people they were looking for. The people they put complete trust in.
Lord Xander Knight was the first to take to his place followed by the Demon king that had his loyalty to Orla and Madonna.
“Ain’t killing Alder much better than going for his army in hiding?” Lord Xander was first to break the ominous silence in the room.
“I very much agree to slaughter Alder when he was in his weak state right now, Milord. Although, if he was deceased, then some other shall take his place and again, the army shall back them.” Madonna answered as her exhausted self was no more. She was now very much of the wicked Witch she was named to be.
“We have to get rid of each of Alder’s people before eradicating him for good for which we have play with their wits.” Lucius continued what Madonna was saying as he held eyes with Lord Xander and the Demon king in a meaningful manner.
With a smirk playing on his face Demon king waved his hand gaining the attention of the other members. “Being a Demon and a King at that, I was gifted with manipulating the harmful shades of nearly anyone. I shall influence the greed and deepest dark alleys of their desires and shall utilize them to perform what we command to. But there was something that can affect was the variety of off-putting thoughts they have. The more they are angered and greedy, the easier I can influence.” Demon king put forth his scheme gaining an appreciative look from the other three.
Nodding their heads Madonna and Lucius shared a glance of comfort with each other.
“However, we still do not know how to eradicate the likes of Alder’s army who are alike him. They have no essence in them for the King to influence them.” Xander wondered remembering his encounter few of those horrific beings who were nearly invincible when it came to ruining them.
All the four fell into deep embers of thoughts before both Madonna and Lucius raised their heads suddenly and yelled out same thing together.
“We cannot kill all of them, then why not make them kill each other!” Both the dear wife and husband spoke at the same time evoking an amusing smile from the other Lord and the King.
That was it. If the army starts fighting with each other then Lucius and his troop can find out the spell to kill them eventually.
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