The council met shortly after the ceremony concluded. Everyone was devastated. I could see evident fear, and no one was able to take any further decision about what to do next. They were waiting for me to speak on that matter. I hadn't spoken since I came out of Fayna's last memories. I needed time to process whatever had occurred. One thing was for sure, we had a traitor, a close traitor amongst ourselves who gave out every information related to Etis to both of the masterminds, and that is why they were always ahead of us.

I'm the Queen, and I'm not used to having people ahead of me, and I didn't appreciate it. Especially because it was harmful to my land, which I loved from the core of my heart.

'I shall personally go along with the other ten powerful Etilets to seal our borders with the best of the security, and I want double the number of warriors near them. Pentatox, the Water, and the Air Castle, in fact, every corner with life should be heavily guarded. No one sits idle now. Most importantly, I know we have a traitor here and mind you, whoever you may be, I'll hunt you down, and then you'll wish you never existed.' My blood boiled. 'We lost a true leader, a warrior today. And that is because Zachariah can contain power now, which is an alarming fact, he's more powerful than ever.'

'But that is Nature's gift that's rarely...' Matilda held her head in hands. All were worried. Zachariah and Nathaira were reaching heights and gaining unmeasurable power, and our lands were seriously in threat.

'Zachariah is doing this along with Nathaira to get to the Fallen Queen, then why doesn't she go and end it?' Cecila spat, finally mustering the courage. Ryan pinned her to the wall while his eyes glowed and his sword tip touched her neck. 'It's a fact.'

'Don't dare to.' He said. I asked Ryan to move away. I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the fact that he was standing up for me like he used to do when I hadn't realized I was the Fallen Queen.

'Let's assume Queen does that. Do you think they will leave the worlds in peace? Never.' Prakash argued.

'Yes, that would be sheer foolishness.' Mat agreed.

'I also know why Nathaira is after me.' I quietly spoke and swayed my hands to take everyone present in the room into my memory, where I had mercilessly killed the servant.

'Well, that was harsh.' Varya gulped.

'I must say, it was.' Ryan fidgeted.

'I regret it now.' I spoke. 'I had never faltered in punishing those who lied or betrayed me. I know sometimes you may hide certain things for some things to work out better, but lying straight to my face? No. Even if she would have manipulated the truth I would have delved deeper, but she was in denial. Truth is, she was innocent indeed. When I visited this memory before I realized my identity, I had somehow realized it then itself. But I still kept in mind that what I saw might not be true. I made a mistake, and it cost a lot.'

'Mistakes happen Marvella, we won't say it was okay, but it can be forgiven by us.' Matilda spoke.

I looked towards Cecila who had turned absolutely pale by now.

'I believe Cecila has some input, don't you?' I spat, heat forming in my body.