Chapter 171: The Cursed Castle’s History
"Five hundred years ago, the Midnight Queen called me and my brothers to assign us a mission. There were reports about various mysterious attacks in some of the villages or towns located near the boundary of the Seelie Realm, and according to the queen, it was more than just a coincidence."
"The three of us accepted the assignment and left the Midnight Realm to investigate the attacks. It was only after several months of constant investigation did we realize that something, or someone, breached the wards around the Seelie Realm, creating multiple cracks in it because of which darkness was seeping out of the Seelie Realm and into our world."
Valerius stopped there for a few seconds to take in a deep breath and also to give some time to Annalise for absorbing all the information that he had just provided.
"When we returned to our realm and informed the Queen about our findings, she was sure that we needed to stop things going out of control as soon as possible. So, we were given two more tasks - first, to locate the two cores of the wards around the Seelie Realm and fix them, and second..."
He suddenly trailed off causing Annalise to crane her head back to look at the man who had his eyes still fixed on the ceiling. "What was the second task?" She asked when he didn’t continue for a while.
Valerius turned his attention to her and there was a very familiar warmth in his icy-blue eyes as he looked at her with affection. He brushed his fingers through her hair as he whispered, "The second task was to find you."
"Huh?" Annalise was once again left completely baffled. What did he mean by finding her? She didn’t even exist five hundred years ago.
Her expression seemed to amuse the man as he chuckled softly while patting her head. "Right before the three of us were leaving the midnight realm, the queen brought the Royal Seer to us and we were given the second task - to find the soulmate who will bind the three of us together for eternity and will become the light of our dark world."
Annalise gawked at the man with a suspicious look on her face which clearly screamed how little she believed his words. "Are you telling me that you all been looking for me for the past five centuries?" It sounded impossible no matter how much she thought about it.