Numinous

Chapter 13

We all nodded to him in response then he left the meeting room with Calhioran by his side. After he left Elisourrier turned towards us and smiled at us.

"Come on. I'll show you all the dinning room."

We all nodded and left the meeting room. Elisourrier was walking ahead with Aiden by her side, and they were laughing at something Elisourrier had said to him. Jacob and Alec both were walking by my side.

Look at him, how he is laughing at her jokes and with me he speaks like a jerk.

I was so angry with him. Finally, he had shown his true colors and proved me wrong. I thought that he was unlike other prince who think highly of themselves and only interact nicely with the people of their standard but god how wrong I was. He was just like them, arrogant and self conceited jerk.

"We haven't met properly before. You seem like a nice guy but your friend there seems like a complete jerk." Alec said to Jacob narrowing his eyes to the laughing and walking figure of Elisourrier and Aiden.

"Wow. I was thinking the same thing. You know, you and I can be a good partner for any kind of work since we think alike." I said, giving high five to Alec.

Jacob sighed rubbing his forehead. "Look, I know he sometime behaves like a jerk, but he is a good person. Just give him sometime, and he will become a good friend."

"Whatever you say, Jacob. I can be your friend but I don't know about him." Alec replied to him.

"Okay. Do whatever you feel like. I'm not going to defend him." Jacob said shaking his head.

I glanced at Alec. "Hey, I'm going to call you Alec not Alexeoran, if you don't mind. Alexeoran is a very long name."

"Yeah. That's okay with me. I also don't like it very much." He said shrugging. "And I will call you Kia." I stopped abruptly.

"What?" Alec asked stopping with me and Jacob shifted uncomfortably on his foot.

"I don't like the nickname Kia. My name is not too long. You can call me Kiara." I told him nudging him with my shoulder.

"Yes your name is not too long but I will call you by nickname and I will find a perfect nickname for you." He said winking at me.

"Can't you guys go anywhere without stopping in the middle? You can get lost in this palace." Aiden interrupted my conversation again.

Elisourrier also stopped with him and was looking at us.

I smiled at her then narrowed my eyes slightly at Aiden. "Alec is with us. I'm sure he knows the direction of dinning room. Right Alec?"

"Yes, you are right. I'm so familiar with palace that I can be your tour guide." He said looping his arm with me and narrowing his eyes at Aiden.

Aiden covered his face with both hands then sighed. "It's getting very late. We should have dinner and call it night."

Elisourrier nodded then proceed to show us the dining area. After walking in the corridor we reached to a huge door which was made up of crystal with gemstones embedded on it. The guards opened the door and a giant dinning area came into my view.

The dinning table was so long which like all other things in this kingdom was made up of the crystal. The huge chandler was hanging from the ceiling. Golden and silver gemstones were illuminating the entire dinning area. The most amazing thing was the waterfall that was falling behind the chair of the head of the table but that waterfall was not forming any pond. The water was falling but it vanished just above the floor.

We all entered the dinning room and took a seat. I sat with Jacob and Alec on either side. Elisourrier took a seat in front of Alec and Aiden sat beside her which was in front of me.

"How are you liking the kingdom so far?" Elisourrier asked me. "This all thing must be new for you since you lived in the human world."

"The kingdom is very beautiful. So far it's so good and yes, all this thing is new to me." I replied to her as we waited for our food to arrive.

"I'm glad that you are liking it." She said smiling down to me. She was just like her father.

I smiled in return. The butler brought our food and it was smelling so good. The aroma of food was so refreshing. All the food was looking so delicious. As soon as the food was served we all dig in.

"Our kingdom is pure vegetarian. We don't believe in hurting animals. So you will not get any food related to any animals." Alec told me in between taking bites of his food.

"I don't mind. These foods are so delicious that I don't care whether we are eating some meat or not." I replied to him shrugging.

Aiden and Jacob were silent for the entire duration of dinner. After having dinner, Elisourrier firstly showed the boys their room. Jacob's and Aiden's room were opposite side of the room of Alec. Alec also stay in the palace since he was the special warrior of the kingdom so it was important for him to stay here in the palace for any kind of emergency. All the three boys were given a separate room.

"This is your room." Elisourrier said to Aiden showing the door just opposite to the Alec. "And this is your room, Jacob." She said showing the door beside the Aiden's.

"I hope you all like your room." She said smiling at them.

"Don't worry. I'm sure, we will like the room." Aiden said smiling at her.

"Yeah. Aiden is right." Jacob said agreeing with Aiden.

"Good night, Kiara." Jacob said hugging me then he pulled away. "And good night, Elis." He said nodding to her.

"I hope you don't mind calling you Elis because your name is too long." He said to Elisourrier.

"Oh, I don't mind. In fact, I was going to tell you all to call me Elis but I forgot." She said smiling at Jacob.

"Goodnight, Kiara. Have a magical dream." Alec said to me. Then he wished Elis also and she nodded in reply.

"You too, Alec." I replied to him smiling.

Aiden also wished Elis goodnight and went to his room without even glancing in my direction. Jacob saw that and gave me a reassuring smile. I returned his smile then turned around and walked in the opposite corridor with Elis by my side.