I opened my eyes and saw Veronica. She was crying in front of me, I tried reaching her, but my arms were chained. I looked around and saw the surrounding was covered with rocks except for the wall behind Veronica that was made of metal.

“Where am I Veronica?” I asked with still my body aching with pain.

She kept looking at me with the sobbing face and I realized that the whole situation was a big mess.

“I am sorry Berk! I couldn’t protect you. If I knew earlier that it was him, I would have locked you down before, but there were not really any signs until you were on the brink of death. It showed itself because it knew you couldn’t handle the situation and if you died, it would die together with the rest.” Veronica spoke.

I still didn’t understand what she meant about “it”, what the hell is happening. What does she mean with locked me down.

“I don’t understand anything of what you are saying Victoria” I told her while trying to withstand the pain in my body. ‘

“Listen Berk, what I am trying to tell you is that you have spirits of monsters inside your body.” Veronica said.

“Monsters!” I replied.

“Well, there isn’t just only one, if I am right of what the legend says, you should have ten of them inside your body. What is strange though is that only a worthy one can use the strength of Arzaath, because he is number one. From what I heard before I arrived at school, he took over your body and didn’t give his powers to you, otherwise you would have control over your body. Only a worthy one that can overpower his 9 generals will be able to be worthy of wielding the powers of Arzaath. He probably will never give his powers to you, but because the king was so strong opponent he took over and because he knew the king was a protector of the innocent, he struck the king by mistake is what I believe, they had no ill blood between them. That is the only reason why the king fell. He is the protector of Valiant and Arzaath is from the ten great generals of the half-blood demon army.” Veronica explained to me while I tried my hardest to try understanding.

Did she just mention demons. Is she fudging kidding with me. I tried to rip down the chains without any luck. I was stuck hanging in the room, and when I looked up at the roof where the chains were in. Noticed it would never budge for a guy like me, I am not that strong. No reason to struggle here to try escaping with all the pain and ache I have in my body. I wouldn’t come far anyways before collapsing.

“No reason to try escaping Berk! You must listen to me, while I am sad that it will only be possible to meet you here in the prison. I needed to take a decision to keep you alive, you will not forgive me. But this is the best for all parts.” Veronica said.

“What you mean by alive?” I asked her.

“Well, I struck a deal with the queen, your life against…”

Veronica got interrupted by the door opening behind her and a lady as beautiful as Veronica stepped in with a book in her hand. Then Isabella and an older lady stepped in also. It was obvious that the old lady was of royalty on the clothes she was wearing.

“My name is Cinti Von Auf Kanten of the Valiant clan, Queen of Valiant, Mother of the princess Isabella and…The wife of the deceased king Kantin Von Auf Kanten. I did come here to kill the prisoner that took away the life of the king, the father, the husband, and a great warrior for the protection of the innocent of Valiant. Now he is no more, but your sister Veronica came in the last minute to make a deal for your survivor…”

There was an awkward pause there.

“A life for a life. We agreed that instead of killing you, you will serve as a slave for the Valiant Family until the day comes and there is no need for it anymore. You will obey by a blood contract to Isabella Von Auf Kanten to protect her in the future. The contract cannot be broken if it’s not the will of Isabella.”

What the hell is she talking about. She really thinks I will serve the bitch and be a slave and protect her. I only protect the weak, why the fudge would a protect a royalty.

“Well, like Mejni used to tell me. Go fudge yourselves all of you. I don’t protect evil royalties.” I told them.

“I am so sorry my queen for his abrupt language, please forgive me! I promise you he will obey after the ritual is done” Veronica told Cinti with her head facing the floor.

W…why is she looking down to the floor while talking to these people. Exactly when I was going to curse more Veronica hurried and covered my mouth with her hand and whispered in my ear:

“Please Berk! Do not say anything more. I can’t risk endangering your life. I must keep a promise as a sister to keep you alive.” She told me, but I didn’t understand what she meant with the promise on the last comment.

Saw the sadness look in the queen’s eyes and it was also filled with anger of seeing the murderer in the face and not killing him.

“Let’s start the ritual, shall we!” Veronica said out loud and removed her hand from my mouth.

I was finished, I did hide from them how I really felt, but It was for the best. I am murderer and do not deserve pity, hence my behavior.

Not only the queen that was sad, but Isabella also had her face plastered to the ground and refused to look at me. Veronica couldn’t keep her tears away and all of them looked sad except for the woman with the book. She probably is neutral here on business. The woman started to read from the book:

“I hereby announce a contract bound between princess Isabella Von Auf Kanten of the Valiant family and Berk Van Polan from the witches Van Polan family. Berk will serve by blood contract until the day the contract is broken directly by Isabella. By saying the words: You are now free from your blood contract to serve the Valiant family. These words will break the blood contract and make it void. While there is a blood contract bound between them, if something would happen to Isabella to cause her death, Berk Van Polan will also suffer death. If there are any other ways in trying to break the contract it will result in Berks death. The only way out is to get the contract to be void. With this it means if the princess heart stops or dies, Berk Van Polan will immediately also die. This only counts if something happens to Isabella.” The women read out from the book.

“Wait a minute! So, if something happens to her. I lose my life?” I asked with a surprised face to the women with the book.

She looked at me with a smile and replied:

“Yes, you will die…vanish…perish!”

What the fudge, that is cold. Suddenly Isabella took a knife and made a small cut on her arm and let the blood drip down on an empty glass that I didn’t even see that they brought with them to the room. She filled up half the glass that wasn’t that much of blood and she gave it to Veronica who walked up to me and chunked the freaking blood down my mouth. What the fudge are they doing.

“I will start the spell now when Berk has taken Isabellas blood…Objijento Firantio Camalvara. I hereby announce a blood contract between Isabella Von Auf Kanten and Berk Van Polan. He who have sinned shall follow Isabella to the death or until the blood contract gets void by her. Objijento Firantio Camalvara Kakun Sa Toor” she said.

A strong wind blew by Isabella, so her hair got all messed up and exactly afterwards a wind blew by me also as I could feel it.

“We are done!” the woman with book said out loud.

“I take your farewell Berk Van Polan, I have allowed Veronica to train you the coming years to serve Isabella and protect her.” The queen told me with the sadness in her eyes and walked out from the room. Isabella followed suit.

The woman with the book also walked out from the room and closed the metal door. A sense of relief came out from Veronica as she breathed out from the stale body composure she had earlier. Maybe having the queen in the room made her nervous.

She walked up to me and touched my face with her hand.

“There was no other alternative, they were going to kill you as treason for Valiant. You are an enemy of the city of Valiant and everyone is grieving over the death of the king who has protected them for so many years. Its only four people who was in the room and Mejni who knows you are alive. Even if the queen would let you out, you would be hunted down and killed for the treason. The only way for me to protect you is to keep you here in the prison and train you to be able to fend for yourself. I made sure there is protection on Isabella until the day comes and I know you can handle yourself.” Veronica told me with tears running down her cheeks.

This made me even more sad, I only wanted to protect my family and now I am a slave. Slave to a bully and a bad person who also suffers. My Life is over