Legend Of The Winter Blade

Chapter 2

The Wick Family Mansion was one of the finest houses in Verin. The Wick were a middle-class family who enjoyed the wealth passed down to them.

The family head, Kelvin Wick, was trying to ensure that nothing would ruin his family image, and his daughter Ellara fit that category, with the grandfather’s help he wanted to make sure that Ellara would

“I don't know how on earth she is part of this family. She shouldn't be allowed to be anywhere close to this house after we find a horrible loser to take her from our hands.”

Beatrice Wick scoffed. She was in the living room waiting for someone to walk in and tell them that they would want to marry Ellara. They were waiting for the results from the test they were holding.

“Mother, I think that she should be thrown out, or maybe we can make her one of the maids if we are not able to find someone to take her deformed self out of this house,” Aria said in a mocking voice. She was the pampered princess of the Wick household.

All the Family members in the Wick household were in attendance that day. They were waiting to hear the grandfather's decision; he was going to select a groom for his granddaughter from the fifteen men who stood in front of them.

Standing there on the huge balcony of the Wick Family stood the fifteen men who had reached the family’s evaluation. They were men of all ages, shapes, and sizes.

None of them there had any impressive background, well all except Alan.

He had come in unnoticed because he made sure that no one in Verin would know who he was.

But he was there to make sure that Ellara didn't fall into the wrong hands, he waited for their decision.

He knew that without Ellara, he would have died and he would never have become the Masked General.

He owed her a lot.

An old man walked out beside him was a man who looked like he was in his early forties, they were Ellara’s grandfather and Father.

They stopped in front of the fifteen men, they were going to do something to see if any of them would pass the last test and make sure that they were going to be the one for Ellara.

“Now, for the last test. We would want to see if you would indeed want to marry her and not for what we are going to be giving you.” Ben Wick said while looking at the men, he was not going to be cruel enough to give his granddaughter to someone who would not love her.

He stretched his hand, signaling for someone to come. The men looked up to see a woman dressed in a white veil coming out of the other side. She walked to the old man and stood by his side.

Ben turned to her, walked over, and opened her veil revealing her disfigured face. Immediately fourteen of the men showed disgust, all except Alan who couldn't help but notice Ellara’s red eyes.

‘Is that what she looks like?”

“I thought they said it was a minor injury?”

“She looks like an ogre,”

“If you know you can't bear looking at her face, please kindly leave,” Ben said, immediately they heard the words the men turned back and left. All of them left except Alan who stood in his place.

The Wick were shocked to see there was someone who stood there not moving an inch.

“You, what is your name?” Ben asked when he was looking at the man in front of him.

“My name is Alan Wayne,” Alan gave him a straight answer, not trying to hide anything from him.

“Well Alan you have seen her face, are you sure you would want to be with her?” Ben asked, looking at Alan to get his reply.

“Yes,” Alan said without even hesitating, he was not going to give them the chance to ask him another question.

Ben looked at the young man in front of him and shook his head. “She is yours then, you should know to love her since you decided to take her for your bride.”

Ben turned and left Ellara standing there, his face showed that he was disappointed.

“This has to be an embarrassment, all the other families have their firstborn daughter married off to a prestigious family. Ours has to be the only family marrying off their daughter to a common man from the streets!” Beatrice sounded more disappointed.

“Father, I have to go handle things at the company, I can't stand to watch this eyesore,” Marcus was looking at Ellara and he couldn't even look at his daughter properly.

None of the family members were going to look at Ellara like she was worth anything to them.

Ellara couldn't do anything but stand there in shame, her own family had sold her to a man so they would be able to take her hideous face out of the family.

‘So that does it? I have been sold out of this place,’ Ellara thought to herself when she saw a hand stretched out in front of her. Ellara looked up to see Alan looking at her with a smile on his face.

“Give me your hand, I make sure that there is no way anyone would hurt you ever again,” Alan said looking at Ellara.

She was a bit confused as to why the man in front of her was trying to put up an act, it was a bit confusing to her and she was trying to understand what he was trying to do.

She could only look at him and wonder what was going on in his mind. She took the hands of the man in front of her and immediately she felt his warm welcoming touch.

Ellara looked at Alan, all she could see was a smile on his face.

“Come on, I will not let anyone harm you again.”