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❤️ I'm Sorry But I Love You Forever (Part 1) ❤️

Speechless and shocked she stared at the unknown man as he began to fade away.

Soon she was standing alone.

Impossible. How can he sense her presence? If he could sense her and could speak to her that means he is powerful. Who could he be? If he is that powerful, why hasn't she heard about him?

She thought and continued her walking passing all the three kingdoms until she arrived at the mountain she had fought Juno and stare at the great wall before her. She took her sweet time walking.

She could sense no evil energy coming from the Kingdoms she had walked past, which means the mysterious unknown man is not in Ashland but might be hiding somewhere behind these walls. If only she could find a way to enter through the wall to the other side it could at least help her in her search. And as if on cue the mysterious unknown man appeared beside her surprising the living day light out of Rumi. She wasn't expecting this and this will be the second time the unknown man will be surprising her.

First was how he had managed to her vision of the past and now appearing without her sixth sense alerting her of the incoming intruder. Who the hell is he?

"Whatever you are thinking or planning stop it, I don't want to add you to my list of those I will be terminating soon," he said in anger, bringing Rumi out from her deep thoughts. "Don't cross my path Rumi and we will stay good, if not..."

"I won't," Rumi said, playing along. It was as if the unknown man was mentoring her movement for him to find out where she is. She noticed how tense he was. Someone must have provoked him and face her front. Before she could shut her mouth or mind her business, she asked. "Who provoked you?"

"Someone of no importance, taking what is mine." he paused and took a deep breath.

"Who is the person?"

"You won't understand."

"Do you plan to kill whoever it is?"

"Yes, but that's not why I am here. Next time don't do what you did Rumi, if you try such a thing again I will kill you. Let's hope you harken to my words." the mysterious unknown man warned. "Anyways, I came here for you to do a very simple work for me."

"What work?" Rumi asked in curiosity, she had wanted to argue with him to keep his warning to himself but decided against that. She knows what to do, she is a witch after all, who tricked her mother and stole her powers away from her. She will try to trick him but it may take some time.

"You will be going to meet Dean tomorrow and tell-"

Interrupting him.

"Dean? You mean Emperor Dean? The ruler that rules the other side of the wall?" Rumi asked with wide eyes. She wasn't expecting that and wondered what kind of work the mysterious man wanted her to carry out.

"Yes, him."

"Should I kill him for you?" she asked and this time around she turned slightly to look at him.

"No, you can't kill him," he scoffed and turned to regard Rumi a little then once again faced the wall before them. "I take that back, you might have a slight chance against him, who knows you are full of surprises." he added. He was surprised when he felt what Rumi was doing and he quickly went to warn her through the past vision she was doing, and it reminded him of the daughter she was. That's why he wanted to join hands with her, amongst the triplets, Rumi was the only one born with Magic and once he was done with her, he would kill her, taking her powers away. "You are going to meet Dean and tell her Sarah had sent you and you will love to render to him.

"Why will I mention Sarah, he doesn't know her." Rumi said.

"Oh you don't know yet?"

"Know what?" Rumi demanded with raised brows.

"That Sarah and Dean had a history together before he became an Emperor. She was his friend, a strong witch, who helped him to achieve most things." he explained. "Don't worry, you will get to know the truth soon."

Rumi was surprised, why hasn't her mother mentioned that she knew Dean?

"I will do it," she began. "But I don't know how to pass through the wall, if you noticed no amount of magic can pull down the wall and the guards there are not friendly."

"Oh that, the wall is a tricky one that you cannot spot the entrance which is in front of you," the mysterious unknown man said and disappeared from Rumi side only to reappear at a certain side of the wall and with Rumi watching his every move like a hawk, he put his left hand on the wall which passed through his hand like a thick liquid and remove his hand from it. Once again he was at Rumi's side. "That's the entrance."

"Wow I could never guess the entrance will be so easy to find."

"That's because Dean wanted it to be so," he said. "Try to convince Dean that you are there to help him," he added. "I will see you soon Rumi. I have someone I want to punish." he said and was gone, leaving Rumi.

Rumi stares at the spot of where the mysterious man had stood and is tempted to follow him but kicks against the thought as soon as it crosses her mind, there is always time for everything, and like she said before, it might take her time now that she knows she isn't dealing with someone who just started learning magic. She went back home.

~~

Ashland Palace: Empress Rose Room:

"You know Morgan, if you are not strong you shouldn't rush into battle all in the name of proving yourself as a strong warrior," Empress Rose said as she massage Morgan back who was on her bed, his back turn towards her, his trouser was the only thing on his body but his upper body from the waist was bare. "Learn to watch your opponent's strength so that you won't get yourself killed unless you want to die. In as much as it pains me to say this but I have to, you are no match for that bird man. He can fly, you can't, just by his mere push you broke a wall. Please don't kill yourself while trying to prove something." she added.

"Mother, I was doing what was right. He is just stronger than me when it comes to strength and skills. I will train myself hard so that Gwen won't see me as a weakling," Morgan said as he grinds his teeth to stop himself from yelping when his mother pressed a painful part in his back.

"Gwen again, don't kill yourself because of a girl who is beneath our status. She is a nobody to us. I hope you remember that as well."

"I do remember that mother, but I also want you to remember that she will become your daughter in-law soon so stop the hate because nothing will change my mind from her so better start getting use to it that Gwen will be living with me and you will be seeing her a the days of your remaining life."

Empress Rose gasps out loud in shock.

"You know mother is right. You should listen to her," Fred chips in surprising Morgan a bit; he has forgotten about his being in the room with them. "I don't think that girl is right for you," he added.

"Shut up, what do you know about love? You are still a kid Fred so I won't blame you, when you have a girl that you truly love then you will understand what I am passing through especially if the girl is below your status," Morgan said to his brother then his next words were for his mother. "When Gwen comes tonight, I will be proposing to her so whether you approve our marriage or not, I will get married to Gwen."

Empress Rose didn't say anything, instead she focused on the task she was doing. Few minutes later, Fred left them and went to his room.

**

Kudarma Kingdom: (Dean Palace)

Kando returned and when he tried his room door and saw it was locked, he flew and entered his room through the open window and met her sleeping. He didn't want to disturb her, he wanted to touch her but stopped his hands from stretching out.

He was taking a risk by allowing Gwen to go but it's for the best.

He flew out of his room and flew to Adaoh prison.

Once he was inside with Adaoh he quickly told her about his visit to Storm.

"Thank you Kando," Adaoh said once he finished telling her.

"For what?" Kando asked in confusion.

"For wanting to protect my daughter and damn the consequences. You really love my daughter, don't you?"

"I love her Adaoh, but we are not meant to be. Dean won't kill me if I tell him she has escaped; he will only punish me, a very serious punishment which I will gladly accept." Kando uttered with a nod.

"You know, sometimes fate plays tricks on us," Adaoh said and hugged a surprised Kando for a brief moment before releasing her hold on him and then put some distance between them. "Just know that for all the years that I have been here, I don't hate you or your brother. It's not your fault anyway." she added.

"Yours might take time but I will surely find a way to get you out of here."

"Don't worry about that, I will be out of here before you know it. He will save me."

"You keep talking about him, who is he?" Kando demanded.

"Someone you've met already,"

"Don't tell me it's him you are talking about." Kando's aid with disbelief showing on his face.

"And what if it is him?" Adaoh challenge but not in a serious way, she was smirking.

"I wouldn't be surprised, if he could hurt me without touching me, then he can get you out of here." Kando agreed. "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet."

"I am sorry about that, I will inform Cando to bring you something to eat," Kando said and left the room.

~~

He knocked on Cando's door and didn't wait for his answer before he entered his room. His brother is always fond of not locking his room.

He saw his brother standing close to his window and made no move to acknowledge his presence. He went to stand beside him.

"I saw you coming out from Adaoh prison which is unlike you, what's going on brother?" Cando asked.

"Don't pretend as if you don't know what I am about to do," Kando said, slightly nudging Cando on his shoulder. "I thought it was wise to inform her mother," he added.

"I don't understand, I took the risk and brought the girl for you and now you want to return her, I still don't get it."

"When you fall in love you won't understand why I am doing all these Cando. It's better for me to cry myself every night for losing her and knowing that she is happy with Morgan than for me to watch her being killed by Dean." he added. "My love story is a one sided love, it hurts you know."

"Luckily for me, I don't want to fall in love and I hope never to."

"That was what I thought until it happened to me. You won't know when it hits you Cando, love comes in different ways." Kando said with a chuckle.

"I just hope Dean doesn't give you a death sentence," Cando said, changing the topic.

"He won't,"

"I think something is bothering Dean."

"Why will you say so?" Kando asked.

"Ever since you all returned from Ashland something has been bothering him."

"Of course why wouldn't he be bothered when Storm has Kira. Seeing the two pairs I can't help but think they are right for each other and with the way I saw Kira she is in love with Storm. Unlike me, Dean cannot mask his feelings."

"That's not that, something else is bothering him, if not, he would have sent armies to Ashland, but since he returned he hasn't come out from his room nor has he said anything." Cando said his observation.

"I would have asked him but I will be very busy with my plan, when you have the chance, you can ask him."

"I will try my best to ask him, maybe he will tell me what's bothering him," Cando said. "Have you gone to see your woman?"

"Don't call her that, she belongs to someone anyway to your question, yes but she was sleeping and I don't want to disturb her that's why I went to see Adaoh."

"Just be careful Kando, I don't want to lose you."

"You won't."

"And I am sorry for dragging her into this mess."

"I would do the same if the case was reversed. Don't worry, I know you want my happiness."

Cando turned slightly so that he was now facing Kando and hugged him which Kando returned.

"Do what you have to do," Candi said once he released his hold on his brother and went back to his cold self. "Be careful."

Kando nodded his head and without another word he left his brother room for his own. He sat on the space on the bed and stared down at Gwen sleeping face. It won't hurt to watch her face for the last time.

***

Unknown Place:

Phoenix sat upright when she saw him inside her cell. This will be the first time he has entered her cell ever since the day he had caught her.

"What brings you in here, you've never been close to me like this before?"

She didn't get to finish her words when she was suddenly shoved to the wall. The sudden impact to the wall left her breathless for a while, sliding down to rest on the floor.

"It's all your fault you know, if you haven't given birth to him then everything would have worked perfectly well for me. He wouldn't be on the bed with Juno nor would have Juno met him. It's all your fault," the unknown man said in anger but when Phoenix didn't reply, he grew more in anger. "I am fuc.king talking to you."

"How is it my fault? You don't expect me to kill my child, do you?" Phoenix said, expecting him to attack her at any moment and he did, which didn't surprise her.

"But you did," he said and held her neck bringing her to her feet, her feet dangling in the air, "Remember?" he added, putting pressure on his hold; almost strangling her.