Antanasia

Chapter 3 - The beginning of the end

Antanasia POV

    It never crossed my mind that I would end up where I was. I'm not the dreamy type nor someone who's goal was to meet my prince charming. I mean don't get me wrong, like anyone else, I always believed I was entitled to find happiness and maybe someone who would share the same values as me, who would accept me and love me the way I am, everything my family failed to give me. It's hard to think that the reason why I ended up having the life I had was so stupid, a mere scheme for power. 

Before understanding that I had to go through years of torture because of power, I had a long way in front of me, a path that helped me understand life and it's people. You see, living in a world with magic and mythical creatures isn't as different from humans as one can think.   We have rules, hierarchies, the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, the powerful and the powerless, but most important of them all no balance between them. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, my story was only at the beginning. 

 Present time - The ball - Daphne and Bella POV

"Listen to me Bella, everything has to be perfect. We need to follow the mother's plan and get rid of her before it's too late. You know what the oracles predicted " she said to her little sister. 

"I'm not a kid anymore Daph, I know what to do. I won't let her get in our way, that's a promise" said Bella with determination in her eyes. 

"Let's go, we need to greet him. He came a long way to see her, hopefully, we can get rid of her tonight" said the oldest with a grin. 

"Sir Andrei, I hope you had a pleasant journey" started Bella with a big smile on her face 

"It was good. But let's not waste any time " said Andrei, " I have to get back tomorrow, so how about you show me the merchandise" he added with a perverse grin "I heard she was quite the beauty"

"Yes, she is as the rumors, say," said Daphne as it pained her to admit that. 

    See, Daphne was a very skilled witch, she inherited her power from my mothers' side. She was pretty, smart, and talented, one would think that she had everything to be happy, but of course, those who think like that never met her or they are naive enough to believe what they see. She was tall, icy blue eyes, blond hair, if her eyes were a weapon, you would die instantly if she glared at you. What people usually forgot was that the inside doesn't necessarily reflect the inside and hers was very dark. She was cruel, jealous, wanted to have everything the others had, but most of them all she despised people who were stronger than her. 

"It's her, in the white dress," said Bella pointing to her sister.

"hm, even with that plain dress, you can't deny her beauty, it's almost hypnotizing" started Andrei " So is she also a witch? Vivian wasn't very specific when I asked about her powers" he added. 

Daphne said hastily "Yes and no, I mean she can do the basics of witchcraft, but she is not as powerful as myself or mother. She's also different from Bella, as you know she takes more from our dad's side." 

The trio remained there for what seemed to be very long minutes as Andrei was carefully watching Antanasia as she was standing in a corner like she did not belong there. 

Andrei POV 

    A big smile appeared on his face as he was slowly realizing that he was about to be promoted. His boss would be so proud, the girl he was about to bring was a real catch, a diamond they could shape as much as they want. Her own family ignored how strong she was, I think I remember Vivian saying something about not allowing her to develop her power. 

    Maybe even she doesn't know that she was way too powerful for them. This ability of mine to detect power is really a gift. With her face only, she will attract powerful clients I can feel it. That's not even the best news, on top of being the most beautiful girl I've seen, and very powerful, she was also a virgin. A very rare combo in my world. Actually, I've never encountered someone like that, which makes this even better. 

"Let's make the deal. I'll take her" he added with a smile on his face. 

That was the beginning of my end.