"Shhhhh" The voice said.

Resin looked at the intruder to see two lifeless eyes staring at her. There was a strange aura surrounding the intruder, it-it strangely reminded her of........death 

What was wrong with her?!! 
She was a master in martial arts, but now she-she was frozen.
She couldn't move, she was just stuck there. 

She tried to move but couldn't.

It was all dark in the corridor, she wished she could see the face of her intruder.

The intruder leaned and said ,
" the oceans will dry
no matter how hard u try
U will never know what
striked u in the heart
remember the warning
for U will be the one paying
We are coming for you Jhulika"

Just then a swoosh sounded and the intruder was on the ground. Resin felt as if some invisible   weight on her shoulders was lifted and Voila! she could move!!.

She looked up to see Rich there, his eyes red, and the red stripes on his body were glowing, a stark contrast to his jet black fur.

Resin turned when she heard footsteps approaching and saw Alex, Liloxan and Eris there.
"W-Wh-What- Hap-pe-ned?' 
Resin recounted the whole story. 
In the end Alex said,
"I don't think they came for you Ress, they came for Jhulika"

Jhulika was Alex's older sister, and going to be sister-in-law of Resin. Jhulika and James were a perfect match!

"Why would they come for her?" Resin asked, "We are kings and queens and princes and princesses Ress, we must me ready for war always. we are in a war always."

"Oh hell, your right" Resin replied as realizsation hit her. Alex was right.

"I want to calm down Alex"

"Sure, i'll take u there"

"Where?"

"You'll see"

And he took her hand and started leading her towards another corridor. After a five minute walk, they both came out of the castle and lo! Resin's two eyes weren't enough to hold the sight in front of her.

The night sky spread as a blanket in all the four directions. The jet black sky in perfect contrast with the twinkling stars and bright moons. The sky was different. This wasn't Earth, this-this was a whole new world. The alignments of the stars changed, but the beauty of the sky didn't. Guess that was nature...wherever it goes, it leaves a magical trail behind. It never ceases to amaze, it never fails to awe, it never can be understood by any creature that ever roamed the land, or ruled the water or soared in the sky 

Resin looked in awe as the night sky soothed her soul and it felt like a thousand voices were whispering her to stay calm...the effect was soothing, it was enchanting

She sat beside Alex who sat on the flush grass which looked  dark now, but in broad daylight, she was sure would be a bright green colored 

She leaned her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, taking his sweet scent which always calmed her down.

"Resin" Alex's soft voice broke her trance, "mhmm" she hummed in response. "

"look at the sky carefully" he whispered...she looked up 

There in the sky were all the 12 constellations!!!
She could see

Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpius
Sagittarius
Capricornus
Aquarius
and
 Pisces.
And along with these twelve constellations there were two stars, one was the pole star and the other was Sirius-the brightest star in the sky.

"Ress, pay attention to the way they are aligned. Imagine each constellation as one single dot, and connect the 12-dots, and oh don't forget the 2 stars."
Resin looked up at the sky, and using her feet, she made 14-dots on the ground, in the way the constellations and the stars were all aligned

Resin couldn't believe her eyes, the dots made the very same pattern that was on her neck. She touched the spot where the same mark as the one she was seeing on the ground rested.

"That's the mark of Indizas.
Here, let me connect these dots in another way"
Alex said
Then he made 14 dots on the ground connecting them, it looked like, a sword with scales attached to it.

"This is another way the mark of Indizas can be represented."
Alex looked at her and sighed.

(Picture coming up soon)

"You always looked at the stars Ress, you could never take your mind off that. You aspired to become an astronomer, guess Alithis is in your blood. No one can seperate Alithis from you Ress. Guess it was your destiny to find out about this world. Even after years of hiding it from you, you got to know about it. Even in those years you couldn't see the world the way it was, you still looked at the stars"

He took a deep breath and continued,
"You know I am a prince of this kingdom. Well, there are many more kingdoms Ress. These are not called Kingdoms, but Realms. Each realm is divided into many kingdoms, and i actually am a prince of the realm not kingdom"
He grinned sheepishly .

He let the information sink in.

She nodded and said, "Can i go sleep?"

He nodded and took her back to her room.

The night was filled with alot of turning and tossing for Resin.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hope you guys enjoyed it!
Thankyou so much for giving my book a chance!
It means a lot.

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interesting fact: 

There are MORE trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky way