<h4>Chapter 350 - ck Knight</h4>


    There were many books, but Iona went to the one stacked in thest. On its spine faded words, Far Aramaer – The First Fae King, were written in golden words. And right in front of it was the book, Estr Aramaer – The First Demon King. She took that one out from the shelf along with the one on fae king and went to sit at the table. She was in for a long time.


    She opened the pages of the book on the demon king. Everything she knew was already there. She flipped the pages and came to the section which mentioned his fourteen sons and in the end was daughter Etayr Aramaer.


    Etayr Aramaer was the youngest and most pampered by her father and brothers. She was born to her father after three thousand years. She was as fierce as her brothers and remained dedicated to the king till she lived. It was said that she suffered the grief of her father, who always mourned the loss of the fae kingdom. While under Far Aramaer, the fae kingdom flourished and prospered, under Estr Aramaer, the demon kingdom flourished. It was his wish that the fae kingdom and the demon kingdom merged and be one. He had gone to his brother a number of times with the proposal but Far had refused.


    Living in a ce that had extremely harsh conditions, Estr Aramaer''s people had evolved into demons with horns and had tanned skins. However, the rest of their features resembled the faes. Same skin, pointy ears, almond shaped eyes, and muscled bodies.


    Estr Aramaer waged three wars against Vilinski, but he lost all of them. His daughter was with him in the third war. After his third defeat, he kind of broke down and didn''t survive.


    It was recorded that his daughter gave her life soon after vowing to the Lore that she would take her father''s revenge.


    Iona shut the book down. A shudder passed through her body. If Etayr Aramaer vowed to the Lore, was she reborn as Etaya? Or was she the same woman? The second option could not be true, because not even faes lived that long. And if she was reborn, did she know that she was Etayr Aramaer in her previous life? Why had she hidden the book on demons in her room? Iona had a sudden urge to go back to her room and read the book on demons all over again. So many things now pieced together except the connection between Etayr Aramaer and Etaya.


    She ced the book back into the shelf, locked it as Valdar exined to her. She brushed her fingers over the symbols in a backward movement and the door locked with a click. She walked out of the corridor only to find a confused Valdar sitting in his armchair, searching for something he had forgotten.


    When she reached her room, she read the books in order to find out more. While she found a lot of information on the generations of Far Aramaer, there was only one page dedicated to his brother.


    Estr Aramaer had fallen in love with his brother''s wife. Apparently, Alvenia, Far''s wife, was the most beautiful woman in the world. Despite Estr approaching her numerous times, she refused him. He even proposed to her that it is possible to have both the brothers as her husbands, but the idea was so filthy to her that she had insulted Estr in an open court. Her husband, Far was extremely angry and he had banished Estr. But not before Estr had waged a battle against him and threatened to take away Alvenia as his prize.


    Iona was too tired by the end of it. Did Etayr Aramaer know of her father''s dalliances? Did she know the history between her father and Alvenia at all? Or was she a blind follower of her father? Iona couldn''t imagine the depravity of the younger brother. And more than that she couldn''t imagine that if Etayr Aramaer had vowed to the Lore that she would take her father''s revenge, then for how long did her soul remain in the Lore to be reincarnated at Etaya?


    If this was the case, then the conspiracy to get Anastasia back to the kingdom ran deeper. Did Aed Ruad know about it? Did Maple know?


    Her head started pounding. It was all a lot for her to digest. Etaya was born long after Ian was born and inparison, she was far younger. From the beginning she wanted to rule Vilinski, and had made it clear to her parents that she needed some part of the kingdom. However, they denied it, saying that she could serve as a noble under him, but she would never be able to break the fae kingdom. What was this need to have a piece of kingdom for herself?


    Iona closed the book and rested her head on the pillows. She drifted off to sleep, but not without nightmares.


    "Jump out, Iona," the golden eyesmunicated to her. The fog around them would not reveal the face. "You can make it!"


    "I havee to take you, little child," said the Master. "I will educate you." He caught her delicate wrists.


    "Leave me!" Iona struggled against her Master. "Leave me, Seraph!" she shouted.


    The golden eyes red wide open as if shocked. "You have to ovee him!" they said. They encouraged her. They wanted to change the events in time. Iona tried to wriggle free from her Master.


    "Come to me Iona," Seraph hissed. He was oblivious of the presence of the golden eyes.


    The fog around him seemed to spread on her legs, slither on her. She looked at the twin mes exasperatedly. The tentacles of her Master glided over her thighs, her waist and then her chest. Finally, she gotpletely covered by that slimy, inky, mucus-like feel. A scream emanated from her throat and she jerked open her eyes with sweat covering her body like a thinyer of water. Iona gasped, wanting to catch her breath. Those golden eyes belonged to whom?


    When she gathered her wits, she looked around the room. From the dim light of the candbras that were lit in her room, she realized that she had slept past dinner. She had ate dinner on the bed and got up. Outside the window, it was still too dark. Sconces around the alleyways and breezeways, were lit imparting soft buttery glow. She took a deep breath and wondered where the tombs of the previous kings and queens were. Should she pay a visit to them? How did the first king die? What about Alvenia? The snow on the outside had swirled and settled on the ss of her window. On a thought, she whipped her head back to the book of History of Fae. She had to call her. She wanted to visit the tombs of the rulers and only she could tell where they were. She started walking towards her bed. If her calction were right, the war was around. And Iona was one of the pawns that had suddenly be the ck knight.


    She opened the book and pressed her finger on the symbol. The woman appeared, her body a ripple of thin silver and white lines. "What is it you want now, Iona?" she asked.