Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

125 A wonderful experience When April woke up the first thing she saw was Alessandro's worried face, she put her hand on his face, caressing his cheeks and asked him.

_ What's wrong Lessan? _ Are you back to being you? _Have I been someone else? _Your mother used your body, don't you remember? _No, I don't really remember anything.

_ Why did you do it? Why didn't you tell me? _She seemed worried, anxious, I just wanted to help her, did I do something wrong? Alessandro hadn't told April about the elves so she had no idea what she had done by letting her mother take control of her body.

He placed his forehead against hers and said.

_You haven't done anything wrong.

_ And why do I feel like I've done something wrong? Alessandro realized that he could no longer continue hiding the existence of the elves from her and that he had to tell her everything even if she didn't like the idea one bit.

_You haven't done anything wrong, I've been the one who's been doing things wrong to you, I apologize for that.

_ Doing things wrong? I don't understand what you're trying to tell me.

_There's something I discovered a while ago and I didn't have the courage to tell you.

Seeing Alessandro's serious face, April felt anxious.

_ What's wrong Lessan? _ What do you know about your mother? When Alessandro asked that question April realized that she didn't know anything about her mother, in the palace they never mentioned her name even once, as when she asked questions the maids got annoyed, she stopped asking about her, she didn't really know anything about her, she looked at him and answered his question with total sincerity.

_I don't know much about my mother, in the palace no one ever mentioned her before and every time I asked about her I ended up being punished so I stopped asking about her, now that I think about it I don't even know my mother's name, when she appeared in my dreams I knew it was her, but I had never seen a portrait of her, but I still knew she was my mother.

_I see, then I'll tell you who she was.

April waited in silence for Alessandro to speak, she couldn't hide the emotion she felt, for the first time someone would talk to her about her mother.

_Your mother was called Sophia and she was a princess of the elf kingdom.

April remembered reading a book that mentioned elves, but it said they were extinct creatures that weren't even known to have existed.

_ An elf princess? Do they even exist? _Yes, although it was only a few months ago that I found out about it, April your power is very special, more than you can imagine, the power of light is a power that comes from the elves, which only elven royalty possesses, you inherited that power from your mother.

April was so shocked that she didn't know what to say, Alessandro continued.

_Cassian met two elves, they are in the palace, your mother went to see one of them, that's why she borrowed your body.

_ Are they friends of my mother? Can I see them? _You better not, you should stay away from them Aby, for them a child born between an elf and a human is considered taboo, they might try to take you away.

Alessandro caressed her cheek and said.

_I don't want to lose you Aby, that's why I've tried to hide you from them, but now they know of your existence, now the only thing I can do is protect you, you should never get close to them, they are dangerous.

_If they are dangerous, why did my mother go to see them? I don't think she tried to put me in danger.

_I don't know Aby, I don't know why she went to see them.

Alessandro hugged her and said.

_But I don't want you to see them, I couldn't bear it if they took you away from me.

April had many questions, but seeing Alessandro so anxious and worried, she didn't want to ask any more questions.

She had to wait to meet her mother in her dreams and ask her to clarify all her doubts.

*** As they returned to the main palace Cassian asked Maya.

_ Are you going to leave? _Yes, although I will be back soon.

_I wish I could accompany you...

Maya knew what was coming next.

_But you can't, right? _Things between my brother and the elves are very tense, I can't leave.

Cassian looked worried, she told him.

_Don't worry, I always make my trips alone, I'm used to it, plus I'll travel faster if I go alone, unlike you I can use more magic scrolls, at most it will take me three days to go and come back.

_ When will you leave? _I'll leave early tomorrow.

_ Will you really be okay on your own? _Yes, I assure you.

Maya stretched her arms and said.

_In the end I wasn't able to ask the elves the questions I wanted to ask, I guess I'll have to ask them another time.

_ What did you want to ask them? _It doesn't matter anymore.

Cassian was curious, he wanted to know what questions Maya wanted to ask the elves, however, she didn't seem willing to talk so he decided to change the subject.

_Even though you've come from so far away, you've only been locked up in the palace.

You want me to show you the city before you leave.

In fact, Maya had visited the capital of the kingdom on many occasions due to her work, in reality she should know it better than the prince who lived locked up in his palace, but she did not tell her, she smiled and answered.

_I would love that.

Cassian took Maya's hand and said to her.

_Follow me.

They both sneaked out of the palace, Maya couldn't help but ask.

_ Why did we sneak out of the palace? _I don't want to take guards with me, if they had seen us they would surely want to accompany us and I don't want that.

_ So you want to be alone with me? Don't you think your room would have been a better place? Cassian responded very nervously and with his face dyed red.

_That's not true.

_I guess I was the only one who enjoyed yesterday, you seemed so passionate that I thought you enjoyed it too, but I guess that's not the case, that must have been unpleasant for you.

Cassian stopped, turned to look at her and with a serious face, said.

_That's not true, I really enjoyed it, I had never done something like that before, but for me it was wonderful.

Actually, Maya had just been joking, she didn't imagine that he would respond with such sincerity, she stole a kiss from him and said.

_It was for me too.

_I thought you said that for you he was just one of the bunch.

_It wasn't, for me it was also something memorable, that's why I've become greedy and want to repeat it.

Several people had turned to look at them, Cassian had been aware that they had already arrived in the city by that point, he was deeply embarrassed and said to them.

_We better stop talking about that, everyone is watching us.

Maya clung to his arm and said.

_Then we will talk about them tonight, remember that you still owe me an answer.

So much had happened that morning that Cassian had completely forgotten what he had talked about that morning, Maya dragged him when she saw that he wasn't moving and said to him.

_Let's hurry up or it will get dark and all I'll see will be the entrance to the city.

_Sorry I got distracted for a moment.

With a smile Maya asked.

_ Where do you plan to take me? Cassian hadn't thought about where he would take her first since he had decided everything impulsively, Maya seemed to notice so she suggested going to the shopping district where all the shops were.

Before Cassian had always hated passing by that place since a lot of people were crowding around and everyone was looking at him with pity when they saw that he had to drag his leg to be able to walk and above all because just walking down that street was extremely painful due to his injury, but that was no longer the case, he was able to walk normally again and that walk that he considered hell for a long time, I now consider extremely pleasant.

They both walked for a while through the crowded streets until Maya said she was hungry and that he should take her to a good restaurant.

Cassian didn't know many places to eat.

At that moment, the only thing that came to his mind was the cafeteria where Laila had taken him on one occasion.

Suddenly, he remembered that Laila had made him promise that he would have a date with her when he returned.

Maya, seeing Cassian thoughtful, asked him.

_ Is something wrong? _I just remembered that I promised to do something when I returned.

_So our date ends here.

_No, you said you were hungry, come on, there's a cafe nearby that sells some delicious sweets.

Maya loved sweet things, when she heard that she could eat delicious sweets her mouth watered and she said.

_What are you waiting for, take me to that cafe immediately, I don't plan on leaving this city without trying those delicious sweets you mentioned.