MEILIN’S REBORN (Battle Of The Heart And Throne)

Gianna gasped out of shock and looked up to see the blurry image of a man standing at her front.

“Are you scared yet?” The woman asked and from the voice, she could already tell who it was.

It was none other than Sapphire, Angie’s wife!

“Bastard!” She seethed as she glared hard at her, her body kept shaking because the hot water had burnt her really bad.

Sapphire laughed out before squatting down to her level so she could meet her face.

“Yunno, when I first saw you dancing in my wedding. I knew from the start that you were up to no good” she started then looked up.

“But who would have told you that you were here to kill his highness, my husband. Wait, how much were you paid to do so?” She asked.

Gianna kept glaring at her.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Sapphire looked at her and laughed again. “Hunny, are you planning to murder me with your eyes?” She mocked.

“You are you ugly, I wonder how the gods chose you to marry Angie when there are other pretty girls around” Gianna replied.

Sapphire furiously stood up.

She would have slapped her if not for the bar.

“Saved by the bar” she pointed her fingers at Gianna before crossing her arms under her br**st.

“I just can’t wait to watch you get beheaded tomorrow, don’t you think?” She started again and turned back and moved two steps forward.

“Maybe I’ll use your head as a decoration at the front of the palace hall,” she laughed.

Gianna glared at her and seethed disgustingly from behind.

“You don’t even look like your name, young girls like you are what disgust me” she said.

Sapphire rolled her eyes and Gianna continued.

“I just feel pity for you because you think that your husband will ever love you, you don’t know how much of a sucker he is for me” she smiled.

Sapphire garnished her teeth and faced the guards.

“Get me another bucket of hot water, I must destroy your skin! You don’t deserve to be pretty” she ordered.

The guards nodded and rushed out.

“Don’t you know that, pouring hot water on me is just useless, my real body has longed be destroyed and you’re running an innocent girl’s skin, you should just be thankful that I’m weak right now, I’ve used up all my powers to help this human girl’s body so I won’t do anything to you” Gianna rolled her eyes and to Sapphire she was just spouting rubbish.

The guards came back with the bucket of water and Sapphire ordered them to pour it on her.

Gianna laughed out loud.

“You’re just wasting your time darling, as long as I know I can’t feel any pain because this is not my body and the owner of this body won’t feel anything too because she’s asleep” she said.

Sapphire ignored and the guards poured the hot water on Gianna’s body again.

Gianna didn’t make any sound and it angered Sapphire more.

“Get the rod” she ordered and just as the guard was about to move another voice stopped him.

“Don’t you dare move!”

Sapphire turned back to see Ling walking towards her and she rolled her eyes.

“What are you doing here princess?” She asked.

“I should ask you that, Den is not feeling well aren’t you supposed to be watching over him?” Ling replied.

Gianna’s ears moved when she heard that part. Angie isn’t feeling well? Was it because of the stab, but she didn’t stab him too hard though?

“I’m just here to punish my husband’s enemy” Sapphire rolled her eyes.

“But she’ll receive a fair punishment tomorrow” Ling still replied.

“She’s going to get beheaded tomorrow but that’s not enough!” Sapphire gritted her teeth.

“If it’s not enough then what is?” Ling yelled back and the both of them began glaring at themselves without blinking.

Sapphire broke the staring contest when she blinked.

“Fine you won, I will leave her but I will be at the front when she’s getting beheaded” Sapphire smeared before leaving with her guards.

Ling rolled her eyes and began wondering why the gods would choose this kind of woman for her brother to marry, wasn’t her brother a good guy? This is just wickedness.

Just thinking of this alone did nothing but disgust her, she turned her attention back to Gianna and moved closer to her.

“Are you okay?” She asked softly.

Gianna scoffed silently and looked elsewhere.

“Why do you care?”

“I don’t know but I just do,” Ling replied.

“I thought you loved your brother, you knew I tried killing him so why help me?” Gianna rolled her eyes.

“Because I’ve heard the gist about you, I know you were that girl my brother fell in love with five hundred years ago” Ling smiled.

“Did Angie tell you that?” Gianna asked.

“Hey look, you called him Angie and this only proves that you’re the one” Ling chuckled.

“Whatever” Gianna rolled her eyes slightly.

“Don’t worry I’ll make sure that you won’t get beheaded, I’ll plead with father and mother and also my sister. I just want to see my brother happy again” she said with a low smile.

When Gianna didn’t reply, Ling stood up.

“I’ll get going now” she smiled and rushed out.

Gianna sighed and rested her back on the wall then closed her eyes. She began generating the little energy that she had managed to gather, she was going to use it to help Gianna again.

Gianna’s body is too weak for her to even stand and to be able to fight so she’ll have to make sure that Gianna is looking strong first.

After generating the energy, she began using it to heal Gianna. All the wounds began clearing but she was still feeling some pains.

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DEMON KINGDOM**

Nevaeh could be seen standing at the front of the kitchen as she was waiting for the maids to finish their business.

Finally the head cook came out with a maid holding a tray of food and drink behind her.

“Star you came just on time, lord Draco haven’t eaten anything since morning but that’s his usual habit” the head cook said as she motioned the maid to give the food that she was holding to Nevaeh.

Nevaeh collected and forced a smile.

“Why don’t lord Draco eat in the morning or afternoon?” She asked and the head cook shook her head.

“No one can ever understand lord Draco. Just drop his food and leave, he hates company” she added and left.

Nevaeh nodded and waited till all the cooks were gone, she then entered the kitchen and dropped the tray on the counter.

“So much rules for just one guy, he don’t eat in the morning, he don’t eat in the afternoon, he meditates day and night, he’s just so boring but what do you expect from a demon” she scoffed and dipped her hands into her dress, bringing out the poison.

“I don’t care how, I don’t also know how but I will accompany you till I watch you drink this” she muttered as she poured the poison on the wine then shook it thoroughly before leaving.

Nevaeh got to the magnificent door of the almighty ‘Lord Draco’s room’. She knocked on it twice before his deep voice echoed.

“Who’s it?”

Even his voice alone was enough to send chills down her spine, she began to feel a bit scared for no reason but she can’t let this happen again.

She would never be intimidated by him like the way she was back then. Those times, each time she sees him, she’d lock herself in the bathroom or get a locker room, she might even hide under a table but this time it’s different.

She’ll never feel scared no matter how hard her heart was beating because she swore that she’d be the one to kill him.

Taking a deep breath she decided to reply.

“It’s me my lord, I’ve come with your dinner” she said.

There was silence, it was as if he didn’t hear what she had just said. Just when Nevaeh was about to repeat herself, his deep voice echoed again.

“Come in”

She scoffed silently and took another deep breath before opening the door and stepping in.

She met him sitting in his bed and was reading a book. It seems like he had already showered and changed because he was now dressed in a black long silky rope, his hair looking more thicker and longer and his face looking darker but stoic as usual, making him look like a dark s*xy greek God.

Nevaeh shook her head and decided not to focus on his appearance; instead , she began thinking about how she would make sure that he eats, especially drinks the wine.

She finally put down the tray and raised her head up to look at him.

“My lord your dinner-

“I know” he cut her off, his eyes never left his book.

Nevaeh Inwardly stamped her feet on the ground but she would never give up now.

“I heard that you haven’t eaten since morning and I think it isn’t safe for you to do as a demon king, you know as the leader of the demons, I mean what if you suddenly collapse during a war or…

“Stop talking” he cut her off and she immediately clamped her lips together.

Was he annoyed or what?

That, she doesn’t even know. It was like five hundred years was enough to wipe out the whole emotions out of one’s face.

Just what type of man is this.

“Okay my lord, I’ll take my leave now” she bowed and turned around to leave.

Maybe she should come back once he was done eating but she really can’t lose that bet and risk this wicked man knowing about her secret.

Who knows what he might even do to her. After taking up to four steps forward, he stopped her again.

“Come eat with me”.

Nevaeh frozen. It looks as if all the system in her body had stopped working.

He just called her to eat with him, she suddenly can’t hear double right?

She turned around and gave him a confused look.

“What?” I stutter. I said come eat with me” he repeated and slowly put down his book.

Nevaeh smiled secretly. What a great opportunity for her to finally kill him.

“Okay my lord” she nodded and went to sit beside him.

Draco slowly stood up and casually walked over to where she was seated then sat opposite her.

“I shall serve you my lord” she spoke up and started with the drink.

Draco did nothing other than watch her movement as she poured the drink on his cup then looked up at him with a smile.

“How about a drink first?” she offered.

He collected it from her and she smiled.

‘He is finally going to fall into my trap, not so smart are you, lord Draco’ she thought as she stared at him with a smile.

She watched as he began moving the cup slowly to his mouth and she kept wondering if he could go a little faster. ‘Come on drink it! Drink it! You’re almost there’ she kept pleading and just when she thought that he was finally going to drink it, his hands stopped moving.

“My lord, any problem?” She blinked.

“I noticed that you’ve been looking at me, do you perhaps want to drink too?” He asked.

Nevaeh’s eyes widened and a nervous chuckle escaped from her lips. He was right, she has been looking at him. Gosh, that must have been so suspicious.

“I’m sorry my lord I was just lost in thoughts about other things, I don’t know why but I suddenly missed home. Back then I always loved watching my brother eat” she lied.

After a while of silence, he spoke again.

“I see” he muttered, twirling the cup before looking up at her, their eyes met and her soul nearly dried off her body.

Just what kind of dark arua does this man have Inside of him?

Next thing, he stretched his cup towards her and she stared at him with confused eyes.

“Have a sip” he said.

Nevaeh’s eyes widened. Have a what??, There’s no way she can, she was trying to poison him so why was he turning the tables around.

“My lord it’s inappropriate for me to drink, how will I eat with you, I better stand up” she immediately stood up but just a second or half a second was fast enough for him to pull her back to her seat.

“It’s my order,” he added.

“But..

“My treat” he cut her off again.

Nevaeh shut her eyes tight. Now she get what this man was trying to do, he was already suspicious of her and was trying to check if his suspicions were correct.

If that was what these were all about then she would prove him wrong right now. She can drink the poison now and use the antidote later.

Draco Draco Draco! Maybe faith has decided that you won’t be drinking this poison tonight, later then.

She stared at him with a forced smile and slowly collected the cup from him.

“Since it’s your treat then I can’t refuse” she muttered and stared at the cup, shut her eyes tight before drinking it up in a go.