THE CATALYST

Chapter 19

Braxton's P.O.V

"Now here's the thing about the alliance we are to have I accept it but I havea condition.It is not an unreasonable condition.The war is going to affect both our kingdoms and greatly your kingdom." I say out and I see how tense they become."what is your condition?"Henry asks ."The princess." Patrick walks to the doors and shut them sighing." Braxton with all due respect could you make another request,any other thing you want I will give it you but not my daughter."

"I don't have another condition ,I just want the princess."I say smiling."You don't understand Braxton but I'm not selling off my daughter." Henry says."I'm not asking you to sell off your daughter ,I'm telling you I want to make her my queen.That simple. She'll make a perfect queen" I tell him."How about we have a drink first then we discuss this." Patrick say pouring us ale."You know Braxton even if I wanted to let you marry her it still would not be possible.My daughter is not someone anyone would want to marry I'm afraid." now that raises more questions."I don't get Henry unless you explain what you mean by that"..."you ever heard of the prophesy?" he questions."yes I have what has she got to do with it?." ..."Ava's powers are sealed and they were sealed on the night she was born,she has the power to control, earth,air, water and fire, all the four element of nature and she can also control the sky and that is why she is dangerous." Henry continues and now I'm interested in knowing it all." on the day she was born,she caused darkeness to cover the whe land and I had to use over a thousand years of cultivation powers to bring back light.Sometimes when she causes storms,thunder strikes, and I'm sure you've seen that when you arrived and she came to me upset." he says "I do not see any problem with all that Henry, the same way you are a shilfter and I'm a vampire is the same way she has her strength.",,"you don't understand it Braxton do you? you're a vampire and she is born of dark magic that means she is a witch! since when have witches and vampires gotten together instead you'll want her head!" he says with frustration.That was the lasr thing I expected and its hard to process it all at once." "Do you still want her?" Henry asks me and I stay sile t for a while before answering him." Despite all that I still want her,she is still mt soulmate and I accept her despite all that.Somehow we will find a way out of it,I'm not giving up on her because of the mistakes you made,she did not ask to be born of dark magic but it was you and your your wife who did that.She is not to suffer because of your decisions.!" I say feeling all the anger rising up all together."wha...what do you mean by she's is your soulmate?..." Henry stammers finally registering what I meant by that."you are jocking right?" Patrick asks finally finding his voice though still in shock."Well Patrick you know I can't joke about certain issues.So whether you accept it or not I'm taking her with me,,and for your issues of dark magic and the prophesy it has been there even before I came to and I'm sure it nothing as long as I got her." We sit in silence everyone lost in their own thoughts ."How do we unlock her powers though?" I ask them , "Well Sylvia was the one who helped me lock them and she's been reinforcing the seal oftently because she kind of teaches her some few spells but in real sense she just help keep them in check and I really don't know if it is a good idea to do so.Her powers are still raw and I'm not sure if she can control them." Henry says."She is strong and she would not have been given those powers had she not been able to control them.We need to break the seal first and help her bit by bit until she gets full control of her powers." I tell them."Though she does not need to know yet and then again..." I recall something out of the blue," a few days before coming here I had a dream of a woman in a vast field and when I think of it I think it was her powers calling out to me because I was told I need to awaken her first because she has been a sleep for a long time." I tell them but its like I'm telling myself what to do." and how do you awaken them?" Patrick asks me."I think I've started doing that already because before the banquet when I went to check on Stacy we kind of disagreed and I saw her eye colour change and there was also ,,," Henry cuts me off." that morning Sylvia could not reach her magic like it was getting unsealed and she overpowered her ,Sylvia is still recovering so maybe its true that your presence has started awakening her powers" Patrick says and we all agree that its true her awakening has began.