Truth Or Fiction

Chapter Sixty Six

Phil Jr. shook his head. "So...which one of us will have murderous feelings awoken with this scroll?"

"Just read," Melody told him with a fond head shake.

"Yes Mel."

"Thank you."

Ben sighed as he sat at his desk. It'd been a few days since Leah's exile to the Isle and he had finally gotten around to arranging a meeting with Aurora and Phillip Sr.

"There's no need to be nervous Ben," Aurora said. "I'm sure it'll go smoothly, whatever the meeting's in regards to."

With Stefan's death a few years back, and Leah being on the Isle now, Aurora was the legal heir to the throne of Auroria.

Aurora sighed softly at the mention of her father. Was it weird that there was a small part of her, a part that she thought she'd long buried, that was jealous of Mal's relationship with Hades?

Ben had hoped Mal would be with him, if only so he could spend some time with her before the meeting.

Malinda sighed. "Believe me, I missed you too Ben," she whispered as she thought about all the meetings she had during that time.

Ever since the council meeting, Mal seemed to be getting busier and busier.

Malinda sighed softly, trying to shove back the feelings that the scrolls were threatening to awaken.

It honestly felt as if they'd only had fifteen minutes between them with how busy both their schedules had gotten.

And that might be another reason to push the coronation back, Belle thought. Ben's health comes first and foremost but school is already stressful enough never mind adding the duties of running a kingdom on top of them.

This weekend, Ben promised himself. This weekend, I'll take Mal on a ride on my scooter. Maybe we'll go to the Enchanted Lake, just relax with the two of us. Or maybe the three of us. Estelle would like the Enchanted Lake I'd think. Run around, swim, or just chill out on the platform.

Mal smiled at the thought. She couldn't help it, it sounded like fun. "Count me in."

He smiled slightly as he thought about Mal's impressively loyal Cerberus. The pup, if he could be classified as such, loved to follow Mal around whenever he could; even going as far as to follow Mal into a few classes much to the amusement of the teacher and other students.

Estelle looked up and yipped softly, as if he was saying 'of course I do! Where Mali goes, I go!'

Estelle had been allowed in of course, if only because how do you say no to a Cerberus of all creatures? A symbol of Lord Hades?

"Only an idiot would say on to Estelle," Macaria said with a small nod.

A couple of teachers had come to him to voice their concerns but Ben had stated that it was a matter they needed to voice to Mal. Just because he was king and dating Mal didn't mean he was going to start telling her what to do.

"Yeah, if Ben ever started telling people what to do, we'd have to assume an alien has taken over his brain," Akiho nodded.

Not that I really could, Ben thought with amusement. Mal's got a fire in her that I love.

"Always have, always will," Benji said.

"Plus technically since she can turn into a dragon, it's a literal fire," Emir added with a grin.