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Anne was ushered into the throne room by the ancient man but when the man would have slipped out unseen by the king, Dasteria not being a very respectful country not even to the king. The king spoke "Asla come foreword" and you my child, he said nodding at Anna, I see you've met the depthor, Anne and the man stepped forward almost the same time and the king gesticulated for her to seat in a chair at the far end to his right which she did but he beaconed the the old man closer and spoke with him in hushed tones, Anne took more time to observe the beauty of the palace and only when she saw the kings hands moving did she know he was addressing her. My child, im sorry about your mother. but there was no such thing as remorse on his face, it was a blank wall, unreadable and impenetrable. Your mother could have chosen to come surrender the entirety of her powers to the crown and save you but she chose to destroy you, herself. It was the depthor that spoke next, how long have you been having those headaches? Anna was startled, only her mother had known about the headaches and she had stopped telling the woman about it when she clocked twelve since there was little the woman had been able to do about it and telling her would just have made the woman worried for nothing, As Dastians had powers, sicknesses had implication on just their powers and not on their body, only the unnatural ones affected the body and she had since gotten used to her headaches. Since i was eight she replied calmly, shortly after my
father died. The man kept shaking his head 'and this past few weeks after your mother died?' he asked again they've grown worse but i can handle it, Anna answered. Do you know why i held you when you came? I suppose that's how you hold everyone. Asla burst into laughter after she said. Its my job to estimate the depth if a Dastians powers, there's no putting it nicely, "if your powers continue to grow, they'll destroy you"
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'If yourpowers continue to grow, they'll destroy you' it was all Anne had been able to think about King Drinfind had told her that the only option she had was to surrender her powers to the crown but that wasn't an option neither did she want to die
the question was that why was the king so interested in her life, Of course she should be thankful that she found out in time, but she couldn't help feeling that Drinfind had an ulterior motive. She had noticed that when the king had told her what she had to do Asla had wanted to suggest something of which the king had shut him up rather subtly but it wasn't lost on Anne. She needed someone to speak to. But she had no friends, her mother hadn't been a very friendly person at least not to people that weren't family. Then she thought about Jake, there wasn't much that would be worse than the way she felt now, this was urgent, it meant she could die anytime.
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Anne hadn't known what had inspired her to go look for Jake in the bushes, he had'nt exactly told her that he lived there but since she hadn't seen him around, it was the only viable option, and she had been walking close for a while now and still hadn't found him, she was about leaving when 'Anne?' its really you, Anne, what are you doing here?, she had turned turned to face him immediately he called her name the first time, I came to see you, his face changed immediately, he obviously wasn't too happy to see her, come with me, he said after a few moments of awkwardly looking at each other, he led her to a nearby tree branch and gestured for her to sit. she eyed the makeshift chair almost distastefully and when it was obvious that he wouldn't provide a better option she sat. whats wrong? he asked when he had sat beside her on another branch,
'do you know about magic being too much for a Dastian to handle?' having to give up powers that would eventually lead to a Dastians destruction, yeah, I think so, there was a case of one that happened a few years ago, a Dastian was ailing and the cause was eventually traced to the fact that she had inherited too much powers at once, you see, she was young, barely twelve she had just one ability, hers, she hadn't started inheriting her parents yet, and she lost both her parents within a few seconds, I don't really know the cause but the powers came all at once, it was too much for her to handle and it eventually destroyed her... even if she hadn't died from that the shock of her parents death would have been her destruction, the other case I know of is that of a male warrior Dastian, he was ever killing his enemies and stealing their powers with blood magic, he was able to discover he had reached his limit just in time, but he eventually died, 'why' Anne asked, he answered, he didn't die because he hadn't wanted to give up his power, of course he hadn't but he later decided to share the powers among his family, you see, i don't think a Dastian who has this problem can choose to give up half of his powers, his life lost meaning, he probably felt he was useless, he was after all a very great warrior, he eventually killed himself and Dasteria suffered for it, but his family suffered most, I think his household just began the healing process. What will you do? he asked her, she was confused... until he spoke again, 'I take it you have the same problem? Anne was dumbfounded, how had he known? well, he could have guessed with all her questions, I don't know, thanks for talking to me, I should go, she said. Yes, you should, you should also decide quickly, you're running out of time, bye Jake, 'bye Anne', 'you'll be fine' she thought she heard his voice as it carrg over the wind, a whisper that soothed her soul, this time he didn't follow her
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रोमांसEvery century, the Cinders curse is manifested in two Dastians, usually they are left alone to live the rest of their human life in solitude in hope for a better afterlife and every two thousand years, They are fortunate for them to be in opposite s...
