Chapter 79 – The Fall of Firth

KAFLE returned to the queen’s chamber and found the princess sobbing as she tightly hugged her mother.

“Mother, don't leave me this way!”

“Forgive me for wanting to reunite with your father and brother too soon, leaving you here alone to carry all the burden of this decision.” Queen Zotza’s tears kept cascading down her cheeks.

“Mother, no. Please… I can't do this without you.”

The queen gazed at Kafle from a distance. “He will take good care of you.”

“No!” Princess Baharini strengthened her embrace. “Why does this have to happen?”

“We cannot escape fate. This is bound to happen so that another era will be born.” Queen Zotza had a hard time catching her breath. The poison was slowly taking her heart, and even though she could stop it using the power of the Agua, she chose not to do it—for the sole reason she’d take with her in death.

“Fate? You call this fate? I’ve always admired your brilliant strategies, Mother. That is why Hanum is standing strong against our enemies. But how come