The Veil of Darkness
Chapter 100: The Perfect Plan

Chapter 100: The Perfect Plan

The Dark Fae queen nodded her head as she looked at her sons with proud eyes. "You all have surpassed my expectations. Seeing you all being able to come up with such good plans to solve issues, I can feel relieved."

The men shared another glance, feeling happy about their mother’s praise as it was something that couldn’t be earned easily.

"Fine. Let’s go ahead with your plan. I’m sure the Mer Court will give you the Spirit Coral in exchange for the treasure that you have in your possession. Once you will install the Spirit Coral in the core of the barrier, it will not only stop more dark energy from leaking out but will also soak the dark energy nearby the barrier back into the Seelie Realm. This will gain you some time."

The Dark Fae Queen seemed pretty much impressed by the plan but there was still a problem - though the Spirit Coral would gain them some extra time, it won’t be able to keep the ward strong for a long time. Whoever was behind destroying the ancient ward of the Seelie Realm, would soon find out a way to destroy the Spirit Coral and once that would happen, the dark energy won’t hold back.

"This will gain us a maximum of a couple of months. I’m not sure if that’s enough time for us to prepare and help Annalise with her powers." There was doubt in Kenric’s voice as he looked at his brothers and then at his mother.

"He’s right. She needs a lot of training, not only for controlling her powers but also for her physical strength, a couple of months won’t be enough for that. Also, I’m not sure if I have got this right or not, but there seems to be some kind of seal over her powers that’s keeping them dominant. Mother, can you take a look at her to confirm whether my suspicion is right or not?" Damien looked at the Queen expectantly.

"A seal?" The Queen seemed lost in her thoughts for the next couple of minutes as silence fell over them. Only after several long minutes had passed, did she speak, "You all shouldn’t stay here for too long or it won’t be easy to keep the news about your return a secret. Besides, I can’t personally meet her right now. How about this - ask the Mer Queen to take a look at the seal when you will visit the Mer Court. I’m sure she will be able to help considering they have someone even older and more knowledgeable than me."

The Princes nodded their heads in understanding. They were pretty much aware that they couldn’t possibly stay in the Midnight Realm for too long. They needed to leave as soon as possible so that the news won’t spread across the realm and reach those who should never find out about their return.

"Valerius." The Queen spoke as she came to stand right in front of her eldest son. "I know that you only used your ability to create portals because you wanted to save your wife and destined mate, you would have done the same for your brothers too. But I would like to remind you that it was a really risky move. You opened the portal in the middle of the Enchanted Forest - a place invaded by the dark energy. I’m sure you are aware of what would have happened if that dark energy would have succeeded in making its way into the portal."

Valerius immediately kneeled down on the floor as he bowed to the Queen in apology. "I was too emotional to think about the consequences. Hope mother will forgive me this one time, I won’t make a similar mistake again. My personal feelings won’t become the reason for the threat on the Midnight Realm."

His brothers also kneeled beside him as they too asked for forgiveness from their mother. It was indeed too careless of them to not think about the dark energy invading the portal and entering the Midnight Realm. If something like that would have happened, there was no knowing what consequences they would have paid.

Everyone in the three realms was aware of just how dangerous the dark energy was. It not only successfully invaded the Seelie Realm, the most powerful realm among the four realms ten thousand years ago, but it also destroyed it completely and became the reason for the extinction of the most powerful beings, the light faes.

So, if the dark energy could destroy the Seelie Realm and was on its way to destroying the Seelie Empire, then it could also destroy the Mortal Realm and the Midnight Realm.

The Princes bid their goodbyes to the Dark Fae Queen before they left the study using teleportation spells and appeared right outside Damien’s sleeping quarters where their wife was waiting. They noticed a group of maidservants leaving the quarters and in no time, Valerius’s spell was erasing their memories of the past twenty-four hours.

Other than the Queen and the High Priestess, no one knew about their return to the Midnight Realm, and all those servants who had been aware of it, their memories had already been raised by either the Queen or Valerius.

They opened the double doors of the chamber before stepping inside and locking it with a spell. Kenric was the first one to notice Annalise who was standing in the middle of the room dressed in a beautiful blue dress and looking just as beautiful as usual.

He didn’t skip even a breath before he was right in front of her, wrapping his arms around her small frame and pulling her into a tight and warm hug. "It’s so good to see you perfectly fine. I almost lost my mind when I saw you injured. Can you stop giving us such scares, Little Bird?"

Annalise returned the hug as she wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly while burying her face in his chest, his familiar scent filling her system and helping her in relaxing. She didn’t know how much she needed him until he was there with her.

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