Chapter 39: Madeline’s evil plan
Elliana walked towards the forest in hurried steps to reach there and find the truth about her hallucinations.
’Maybe, it was all my fault. If I had thought about him or called him sooner, he would’ve probably arrived earlier,’ Elliana thought before sighing.
Is my anger really not justified? It’s been eight years, and we can’t forget how people change in this span, can we? What will I really do if he is indeed real? He is definitely not human if he can vanish and appear like this. Am I even doing the right thing by going there? Elliana’s mind was a mess, but she didn’t stop.
She needed this. Even if she had a thousand reasons for not going there, the prominent one being that he might not be real or even humane, she had one big reason to meet him. She needed to see and ask him why he left her like that.
She also knew that if she didn’t go there, her mind wouldn’t be at ease.
As Elliana entered the forest, Madeline, sitting in her cultural class, looked out the window and narrowed her eyes.
Where was this stupid stepsister of hers going? Was she meeting someone secretly in the forest? It has always been like this, no? Whenever she finds a forest, she can’t help herself from going inside, like a moth to a flame. Madeline scoffed.
Earlier, when they were kids, Madeline was sure that Elliana used to go to the forest to meet someone. She had a solid reason to believe that. Elliana was always excited for the evening, and as soon as the clock struck 5:00, she would rush out of the palace.
Her happiness and impatience to go into the forest were beyond describable and unordinary.
A couple of times Madeline even followed her, but she never found anyone, not even Elliana.
’Are you really ready to be a queen or the wife of the council head’s son when you can’t even handle a useless stepsister?’ Marla’s words echoed in her ears, and Madeline stood from her place.