His Witch Queen

"What the hell are you even talking about?!?!" 

Alice's brain was surely going through a malfunction, as she is sure that she would not be able to digest such important information at this time. 

It gave her a heart attack, that she will fall for that monster?! How come?! 

'He needs me? What a bluff....' because vampires are selfish monsters, who will only think about themselves. 

For them, no one is better than themselves and this is known to others very well. She wasn't any mere fool who will actually be taken by their sweet behavior either. 

When Barcel noted that Alice was totally uninterested in this, she grew worried. Her brows tightened and it got mixed when she said again, "Take my words Seriously, Alice.."

"Seriously? Are you understanding what you said? Me? Falling for this monster? never, I know myself, and I know the nature of these vampire kinds as well..." Alice was purely confident but it crashed as soon as her mother gave her the bit of information as well. 

"Is that so?" Barcel's smirk widened, "Then weren't you getting the hints that something will happen at the wedding? Your intentions were the major source which said that this won't be a success and Flora Will do something?"

"Otherwise, tell me, when Cyrus said that he will marry other ladies and have children, why are you sad and actually tearing up? Tell me, Alice?!" 

To this, Alice had no answers to be given. In fact, she can't even describe her feelings which were hard to understand. 

Her lips were sealed into a straight line, making her mother's lips turn into a wider smile. 

"See? I Told you. You are feeling something for him yet you keep the habit of enjoying this? For how long, Alice?" There was no definite answer given by Alice to this but Barcel didn't wait for the answer as well.  "You are stopping yourself..." 

Lowering her eyelids, Alice bit her lower lip with the nervousness crawling inside her heart. Her heart was hammering against her chest when she recalled the events of herself getting married to the monster. 

'Will I seriously fall for him?' Why does this sound much like any other bluff?' Why does she feel that it is almost impossible to happen? More Likely to say, in her eyes, she finds this any other dream of hers which will ultimately dissolve? 

"Don't think much." came a voice again, when Alice lifted her eyes to see her mother on the rise of the transparent glass, in her wear. 

She lifted her arms, opening them for her embrace when she told her, "Open your wings, Alice....let yourself fly..."

"let yourself taste everything in this world....because you are meant to learn from your mistakes.." Alice gulped the saliva at the Queen Barcels' words. 

Her eyes were tearing up when she saw her mother being all sweet to her, all honest. "Y-you....knew about my future.....but where were you all these years? Why did you never come to me to warn me?! Where are you hiding, mother?!" 

To this, Barcel was absolutely quiet. It was her turn to turn her eyes to hear words where she only let her smile about as if it was just the life, "Child...I have many reasons..many things are hidden....and I don't hold the power to tell them..."

"Why?" Alice can't understand the meaning behind what she told her. What was stopping her from telling her the truth? 

What can be so dangerous and complicated that she will not be able to imagine and digest? 

In response, Barcel tilted her head. Subconsciously, she brought her hand around her heart indicating Alice to do the same. 

Following the lead, Alice did as she saw her when Barcel told her, "Your future's so solid which will reveal everything to you...."

"You are special and you have powers, use them....smell things, see things." Wait?! She has powers? 

Alice knew that some of the minor things were her intuition. But were these god gifted words? Are there more than them?! 

Alice had too many doubts that resided in her mind where she wanted to ask each of them. It made her confused and made her fearful. "So....will I die from these powers?"

"No one died from the powers, Alice. Only if they are used in the excess. You are still unable to do all of them and...it will take time. But use them, because they can avoid any unwanted situations, which can't be returned.." 

"Smell like me. Smell the betrayal, smell the happiness, smell the....death which lingers around you." Barcel's lips didn't show a smile anymore. 

It had disappeared and turned into a serious gaze where it was hard to define whether she was super serious or what? 

Even Alice can't define what her mother tended to speak to her about. But the pure shock was plastered on her lips, "D-death? You mean to say that… there is someone who is going to.." 

"Die. I can smell it. Someone's life...is in danger and it is nearby you..."

Barcel answered as her aura dropped more in nature. It was hard to recognize whether her words can be taken into serious consideration or not.

"There are more difficulties lined up in front of you, Alice. Life is never easy, neither will it be for you. However, open up yourself. Don't take your husband to be your enemy, because, in the future, he will be the one who will prove to be one of your strongest allies. He will be the one on whom you would be able to rely for the rest of your life." 

Barcel's words registered in Alice's mind. Her lips shut when she tried to speak. After all, her grip tightened at her clothing when sweat was dripping from her forehead.

Taking a deep breath, Alice tried her best to both let her emotions be carried away either and get straight to the point as well. "Alright. Tell me, how am I supposed to show these powers?"

"You are already here… in my dreams now, so tell me. How am I supposed to  unlock them and smell everything?" Alice didn't put much pressure on Cyrus's talks.

If love is supposed to happen, she would face it as well as its consequences. People die for their love, what worst can happen to her in the scene as well?

In return, Barcel smiled at her daughter with loving eyes. She could see the innocence was still present in her eyes which was sometimes reflected in her actions.

After all, she was the daughter of King Vilas and Queen Barcelona.

"You don't have to unlock them yourself.." Barcelona's words disturbed Alice, making her frown, "If not by myself then who will help me?"

"The powers are supposed to be discovered, Alice. Discover them with time… and when the right moment comes, you will learn your identity. However, never hide that identity from your husband…"

At this point, Alice was all over confused. Her mother was constantly reminding her about her husband.. whom she doesn't even know.

The tears which she had controlled a lot, were already out of their cage. They were flowing like any water stream and Alice had no say in the same. "I-i..miss you, mother…"

"I miss you, my child…. I was gone too early from you. We missed many things… unlike your brother. But trust me Alice, believe my words and don't take my visit to be abnormal."

Alice could sense that her body was getting heavier with time. She had no clue what was happening to her, but slowly, her eyes flew towards her own lower body to see that she was breaking into the pieces. "Wh…"

Immediately, Alice lifted her eyes to stare at her mother with mixed emotions, "What's happened to me, now?" worry was evident in the tender tone. 

In return, Barcelona smiled at her daughter, "It is time…I had told you that I don't have, much time.."

"But where am I going then?!" Alice's heart was almost shattering into pieces where it was getting hard to control her own emotions. She opened her mouth had to take deeper breaths as she clutched her heart tightly, 

It was getting difficult to even breathe at this point.

But before that, her eyes took the last glance at her mother, who was smiling dearly at her, "Don't worry Alice..I will come again when you will need me." 

"Till then, remember my words and implement them into your life.." 

With this, Alice closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to cover her when she found herself again in the middle of her blackened area around her. There was no clue anymore, as Alice felt her eyelids getting heavier.  With time, she fell to the ground, slowly and slowly…returning to the real dream life.... 

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