Lucifer's Bride novel Chapter 4

❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 3) ❤️❤️

Emperor Ariadne was quick to close the door behind before any of his personal assassin's and guards saw it.

"You have to calm down son, please," he said and placed a hand on Storm, startling the young boy with his touch, the metals started falling down. "It's okay, everything is okay, you still have me."

"You shouldn't have let her go home last night," Storm said, trying not to get angry at the important man in front of him, "Please take me to where you saw the body of my mother." he pleaded and Emperor Ariadne did just that.

He led Storm to the place where he had traced the blood, a burnt body lay there. The people who were once going around their daily activities, ignoring the burnt body, were seen gathering around.

Storm went over to where the body lay, bent low and started inspecting it, after a while, he stood up and faced his father.

"That's not my mother," he said to the surprise of Emperor Ariadne.

"And how do you know that?" Emperor Ariadne asked.

"The shape of her hands and besides, her left thumb was cut, she has no left thumb and this lady here has, which means this is another lady that was killed to make me believe she is my mother." Storm explained to the surprise of Emperor Ariadne.

"You are very intelligent, son," Emperor Ariadne said with pride in his voice.

"As someone who claimed to have known my mother, shouldn't you know that this lady isn't the one."

"That's mean Phoenix is alive but has been kidnapped," Emperor Ariadne said, ignoring his son statement and faces his guards, "Half of you should comb around in every part of Altamon, check if you will see any trace of a bandit." he ordered and carried storm in his arms and went to where his horse is, he climbed on it and place Storm in his previous position, "Bury that woman and close the door, but my Royal deal on it, that should warn the people of Altamon not to trespass into the house, it now belongs to the Emperor." saying that, he kicked his horse and started heading back to his palace with his invisible assassin's.

Reaching his palace quickly, he sent for his Warlord.

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Warlord and his daughter with her friend, Rumi, followed him to the palace, he was riding his horse while one of his warriors was leading the horse his daughter and Rumi were on, on his foot.

"On what proves father? What proof do you have?"

Warlord Emera stared at his daughter for a minute, when he had prayed to the Creator for a son and the Creator answered his prayers and made his wife pregnant, he had hoped it would be a boy who will take over his position one day but instead, his wife gave birth to a girl. He had loved Juno when he set his eyes on her and made a promise to teach every martial art he knew, but now he is regretting it. How would he convince his ten year old daughter why he had supported his friend; his friend's wife of 20 years had run away with her younger lover leaving behind her children. "Sometimes you don't act like your age Juno and I know even if I tell you no, you will find a way inside the palace before I arrive, fine, you are coming with me, but you must promise not to cause any trouble." The first time he had brought Juno to the palace, she had sneaked into the Empress room, wore her clothes and as if that wasn't enough, she had commanded the Empress to dust her tiny feet. If not for the friendship he had with the Emperor, the Empress would have succeeded in having Juno head.

At the age of 10, almost everyone in Ashland has had a taste of his troublesome daughter.

"I promise father," Juno said and they both used their eyes to threaten each other

Warlord Emera (I won't take you with me, stop me if you can.)

Juno ( I know where you hide those expensive wines) Smirking (I will break all of them before you return.)

"It's a deal," they both said at the same time and both shook their hands.