The Princess of Krystallos

The Rescue

“We are leaving tomorrow, prepare yourself. Sir Raymond will look after the kids, along with the maids.” Blaze informed her, before planting a soft forehead kiss.

The preparation month had almost passed and now they slept in the Blaze’s room, every day. Though their relationship had not made much progress, they were no longer shy of sleeping together.

Alba’s magic had grown way stronger and now she was able to regulate her body temperature to produce all element related to fire and ice. She learnt how to fly well, but still liked riding Mary, the mare, as compared to flying as her uniquely colored wings made her feel out of place and caused many people to be alarmed by it.

Alba was unable to sleep from the excitement and kept tossing and turning, finally trying to get up, but Blaze was holding her firmly by her waist, making it impossible to get out without waking him. Feeling bored, she imagined herself touching his face, moving her finger above them, making sure to not touch it. But he moved closer and her fingers collided against his lips, she moved her hands back but it was too late. Blaze lay above her holding both of her wrists on sides.

“You tricked me!”

“You were moving a lot, it was impossible to sleep and I have been trying to control, can I have a little prize today?” he asked, his eyes filled with desire.  

Alba nodded as he moved his face closer to hers, and kissed her. As his tongue intruded her mouth, going to each and every corner, her body reacted. Once he pulled his tongue back, she bit his lips slightly, trying to calm herself down. When they broke the kiss, he bent over, kissing and lightly sucking her neck and proceeded over to bite her ears. Alba felt goose bumps all over the body, making her want to melt in his embrace and go with the flow, but she placed her hands on his chest for her brain was still rebelling.

“I am not ready for anything more than this.” Alba said and Blaze smiled, kissed her forehead and cuddled her.

“You are the boss, My Princess!”

Dawn came and Kevin, Blaze and Alba, along with five guards prepared to take off. Once they reached the tunnel, they left a guard with all the horses and food. A guard entered the tunnel first, followed by Kevin, Blaze, Alba and then the rest three guards respectively.

When Alba came out, a spell targeting her was immediately shot but was blocked by Blaze’s shield. Alba lowered her body temperature, preparing to fight fire with ice and entered the battle, there were seven people excluding Crimson.

A guard attacked Crimson from a side, which Alba jumped in to block, only to be hurt by Crimson’s attack. Alba fell to the ground, creating a bubbled shield to protect herself from further harm. Her act triggered Crimson, for she stopped suddenly, and shouted;

“Stop! Don’t hurt them.”, she ran over to check on Alba, who had expelled her shield bubble.    

Alba hugged Crimson as Blaze was also running in her direction from a large distance. Blaze seemed to be shouting something, which wasn’t really audible. Alba strained her ears to hear what he is saying when she felt a burning sensation on the left side of

 her waist. She tried to break free but was unable to do so and the others seemed to be having the same issue. She tried to decrease the temperature of her body, but it seemed difficult in the situation, so she increased her heat rate, which increased the pain but she held on. Once it was enough, she commanded her entire body to release its heat, and the pain multiplied itself as she turned into a fireball, which hurt Alba extensively, making her fall unconscious and broke whatever spells made all of them unable to move.

With the spell broken, and Crimson unconscious, all the other men were easily tackled. Alba forced herself to get up and reached for the small bag she had hidden in the tunnel. She pulled out a small vile of purple colored liquid and walked to Crimson, with the help of Kevin and Blaze. She slowly made her drink the content of the vile and leaned on Blaze’s shoulder, exhausted;

“Give her a vile in every 12 hrs. Do not miss even a single dose. After fifteen doses she will be as good as new. I made it using witch granny’s diary.” Alba instructed before collapsing.

Alba woke up to see Crimson sleeping on the chair. She woke up at the sound of movement, in a defensive position, as if she was on a run. Alba was stunned by her alertness, but the happiness of Alba gaining consciousness was evident on her face as she rushed to hug her.

“How many days has it been? It doesn’t hurt much!”

“My Lady, it’s been four days, I was so scared. Thank god you woke up.” Crimson separated from her.

“Are you taking your medicine?”

“My Lady, you surprise me, you got into that condition because of me.” Crimson eyes were watery.

“It’s okay, you did not mean it.”

“I am so sorry.”, the tears were now flowing non- stop.

“There there, don’t cry! It is going to be alright. Where is Blaze though?”, Alba asked, patting her shoulders lightly but her crying increased at the question.

“My Lady… My lord… has been locked… in the dungeon… by Supreme Emperor… we have been… hidden by lord… in a special room… lord had made to protect you!” she said, sobbing.

“Okay! Calm down, he is his father; he wouldn’t do anything to him, right?” Alba asked, concerned.

“He won’t but emperor lord wants to get to us. I have been scared for days. Kevin comes to give us food and medicines and is the only connection we have with the outside world.”

“Okay, we will think later. Let’s eat first. To fight, we must have energy.”