SILVER-HEART
Chapter 173: Trapped And Helpless

Chapter 173: Trapped And Helpless

PRESENT

Blood spilled from William’s nose and then he coughed a ton of it. He uses his hand to wage the metallic substance spilling from him, it suddenly felt like his insides were about to be ripped apart, he knew it was no doubt of the effect of recalling all those memories in one go, and Aldon’s curse branded on him.

A curse he has lived through, just like he stated, he has sought Ava out, have her in his arms, and have her vanish away from him making him leave through despair. William’s eyes trembled just at the mere thought of it.

"Now you know what happened and what was taken from you, you must leave now William, you have stayed in this plane too long," Basker said as the branch that pinned to William’s forehead to give him his memories retreated.

"It was because of me... because of Aldon’s will," William said, wiping the blood from his lips with the back of his hand. "If I hadn’t sought Ava as a Fairy she would have still been safe there... I brought her right back just for her to suffer"

"William... Remember when I told you your fate is now intertwined with Ava, it still stands the same. Even though the mortal Realm was the safest place it was never safe for her, her fate is too tied to Aldon, and even though death didn’t find her there she would experience something worse than death... but you finding her saved her from that fate"

"I do not know what to do Basker" William began looking distraught. "I cannot get to her, I cannot protect her, my soul is bound to this place and all I can do is watch... it is not fair"

"It wasn’t fair, to begin with, William... and I’m sorry you feel this way, your soul bound to this place keeps you from meddling, all you can do is stay"

"She needs me Basker," he shook her head. "I can feel it and yet I can’t do anything, what will I do?"

Basker wasn’t sure of what to say to him but all he could do was tell him the truth.

The entire plane began to vanish.

"There is nothing you can do, William..."

The scenery of Basker on the wall was gone and William was back to the center of the library.

"Master!" Severus said, rushing to his side. "What happened?" The master had just stood there for hours with his eyes closed but Severus knew without a doubt that the spell was in working, the master must have consulted Basker and taken his memories.

Severus paused when he saw blood stains on William’s shirt and a few on his nose.

"W-What happened Master?" he asked once again in worry.

"Even if I remember there is still nothing I can do," he said looking at Severus with sad eyes. "I have failed Ava"

The moment he mentioned her name Severus’ eyes went wide and suddenly he remembered everything, the girl he had forgotten, his master’s mate and wife.

"My lady," Severus said with trembling eyes as all the memories flood in, he couldn’t believe he forgot everything about her. William remembering must have affected him too.

"Is this my life? To be trapped here while the woman I love suffers?" William shook his head. "What is good of being the wielder of all this if I cannot save her? What is the point of Knowledge when nothing of it can help me?"

"Master" Severus said with sad eyes, he could feel the pain in every word he said.

"Aldon got what he wanted," he said sternly. "He wanted me to have her and then lose her, to feel despair. Everything was just his sick ploy and I brought her to him on a silver platter. I outlived my curse and yet here I came trapped in this dimension" he ran his hand through his hair and sighed heavily.

"I may have outlived my curse, but I still feel cursed, I still feel despair, what kind of a man am I if I can’t protect the woman I love? Just like centuries ago, I have failed her once again"

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AETHEl

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I gasped awake like I had just emerged from the very depths of water, I felt like I had gone through a long time of drowning in memories. I remember everything, my past life as a Yin energy, every single thing, completely different from what Aldon showed me at that time in the milky water.

Aldon cursed me to be with him for eternity and both of us burned in it, he marked me, and he sealed my fate when I wanted only peace and wanted nothing to do with the world after my duties were complete, but he was just too obsessed with me to the point he went against his good nature.

And due to our curse, I was reincarnated as his sister and his betrothed and he filled my head with lies, telling me I was born for him, destined to be together because of the promise we made to each other, when it was never a promise!

I remember everything! William centuries ago, every detail, our friendship, my journey to seek truth, and how I stumbled into a Realm, a Realm I now knew belonged to William’s parents, I never knew William’s last name back then but now I know, William is a Darkmore and that Realm must be connected to his parents too.

Who would have known? The undying resemblance The Emperor has to William, that vampire god must definitely be his father, I wish I knew then.

William also protected me by sending me to the mortal Realm, I thought he abandoned me but it was the complete opposite, he saved my life and due to the effect of me as an Elf passing through the portal into a Mortal Realm it affected my body and made me temporarily human and restarted my age and my memories were lost too.

That is why I was a 2-year-old back then, It all made sense now and it was all too scary because there was one more fact that laid as a shock for me.

Aethel was destroyed.

I forced my body out of bed and walked to the window Aldon had thrown me out from, taking in the view of the Realm and I knew what I saw was all lies.

This was a mirage.

"Your Highness"

I turned at the sound of the voice and met gazes with Adina. Even she too and every single person living in Aethel was built on lies because they were all dead.

They weren’t real.

This must be Aldon’s magic, he must have done something to bring everyone back, I can now feel it, no one was real in Aethel, they were ghosts controlled by him, all this just to keep me back in his arms again.

He is sick!

"I was worried, your highness," Adina said with glassy eyes on the verge of tears. "Prince Aldon said you suddenly feel sick and that’s why you threw up suddenly at the ceremony, he asked me to look after you"

That bastard tried to kill my unborn child!

I kept my cool, my expression as emotionless as I could conjure, I subconsciously felt my flat tummy and Estel’s aura was just as weak but she was alive, I was actually scared that I lost her but after I woke up I could still feel her, but she was too weak.

"I’m not sick, Adina"

"But Prince Aldon sai-"

"I’m pregnant"

"What?" Her eyes went wide in shock. "But it’s tradition to wait until the Ceremony. I guess Prince Aldon was very impatient" she muses.

And at instinct, my face scrunched up in disgust. Hells no!

"I’m not pregnant for him!"

She looked at me dumbfounded, her mouth hanging and I could see the unsaid questions in her eyes.

"Adina"

At the sudden deep voice, we turned to it and Aldon was there, leaning against the doorway with his arms folded.

"Leave us"

Adina said nothing as she bowed and quickly rushed out of the room, I kept my stern gaze on Aldon as he walked towards me.

"How do you feel?"

"You tried to kill me, ’again’..." I said with clenched teeth and he frowned.

"I tried to kill that inside you, but it appears her aura is too stubborn" he leveled his eyes at my tummy and look like he could burn a hole into it, maybe he might do it but there was no way in hell I will let him harm her again, over my dead body.

"This place... everyone, they are all ghosts"

Something flashed in his eyes and then a smile followed on his lips. "Your memories"

"Yes Aldon, I remember everything, how you destroyed Aethel out of rage and how you cursed my husband into thinking I was the fairy he seeks so that he would bring me back to this dimension where you would have a hold of me again"

"He is not your husband!" he growled.