Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Her family is difficult as hell; I wonder what it would have been like if I had a family." Alix thought when the princess appeared before him and he jumped.

"Are you insane?" "I could have hurt you," he said and she chuckled as he looked her in the eyes.

"Your eyes are different," he pointed out.

"Different how?" she asked.

"Orange," he said, and she smiled as she adjusted her mask.

"Take that mask off already," he said, as she sat on the balcony railing.

"What exactly are you doing here?" he questioned.

"I had just finished eating and freshening up, and I was about to go to bed when I decided to stop in," she explained.

"You are planning to kill me in a different way now, I see," he stated.

"Don't say that, I have no intention of hurting you," she replied, his eyes widening as he stared at her.

"I see, then don't appear out of nowhere, at least give me a heads up, I could have seriously hurt you, sometimes my powers react without my permission," he said, as she smiled at his worried expression.

"Who would have thought the day when you would be worried about people would come," she replied, and he looked at her.

"No wonder I want to kill you at times; I am not shallow, but you think I am, don't you?" he asked, and she scoffed.

"Does it matter what I think? "Do you consider yourself shallow?" she inquired.

"I don't because I am not," he said.

"I know that, you don't have to convince me that you aren't shallow, because if you are, I won't have you here either," she said, and he scoffed as her phone rang and she took it out of her pocket and answered it.

"Hello," she said.

"Are you available to meet me on the tower?" Zack questioned, and she sighed.

"What are you doing?" she inquired.

"Nothing, just wanted to talk for a minute," he said, and she sighed.

'Fine,' she said as she hung up the phone and looked at Alix, who had stretched off.

"Go to bed, I will train you a little tomorrow," she said and he looked at her.

"Do I need to sleep?" he inquired.

"Sleep now," she said, and he chuckled.

"All right, cool it; I was going to anyway, good night," he said.

"Good night," she replied as he locked the balcony door and went to his bed, then she vanished and reappeared on a tower near the castle, the city's tallest cell tower.

"You came," Zack said, looking at her as he sat down.

"What are you doing up here Zack?" she questioned.

"Just taking in the scenery," he replied, and she sighed and sat beside him.

"No, you are not; yes, the view is beautiful, but you are not enjoying it," she said to which he smiled.

"You are correct, I don't enjoy much these days, but I was wondering if you were really just here for the finals?" He inquired, and she lowered her head.

"As I suspected, you aren't, you met him, didn't you?" he asked.

"Yeah, I did, he's changed a lot," she said.

"In a bad way?" he questioned.

"I believe both," she replied.

"What does that mean?" he asked.

"Meaning I don't know what he's really thinking, whether he is actually bad or good, you should know Vellon is not only smart, he's hard for me to read, the only person who's hard for me to read, and that can be frustrating at times," she replied, and he sighed.

"Adora, if he continues on his current path, will you kill him or at least let me deal with him?" he asked, and she smirked then stood up.

"Of course, if he is, then you are free to do whatever you want, even rip his limbs off, I won't care anymore," she replied.

"You know, despite how difficult it is for you to read him, he has never been able to fool you, you have changed, you don't mind killing those who stand in your way now, what is your goal now Adora?" he asked, and she chuckled.

"What do you think it is Zack?" she asked as he rose to his feet.

"I- I can't tell you because I don't know," he said.

"'I am out for vengeance against a specific thing, and you can't tell because there is only one person who can read me, tell whether I want to kill or not, and no one else can do it, my intent, what I want to do with my life is clear to me, and I won't let anyone stand in my way," she replied and he smiled upon hearing her say that.

"I like the new you," he said, smirking.

"So, do you have any news about this kingdom you would like to share?" she inquired.

"I have a lot," he responded.

"I am free right now; want to grab something to drink?" she asked.

"Sure," he replied, and she jumped off the tower, followed by him, and both of them landed on their feet.

"Where would you like to go? I am sure you are not someone who would want to wander about this place at this time of the night," he said

"Café will suffice," she replied, and he chuckled as they left.

Later that night, just after midnight, Adora returned to the castle and immediately went to bed.

"He sure collects every little piece of information; maybe I will find that source sooner than I thought," Adora muttered as she wrapped herself in the blanket and looked at the closed seal on her chest before opening it.

"Good night," she said.

"Are you leaving me open?" it questioned.

"Yeah, this place isn't really safe after all, good night," she replied.

"What kind of information did you obtain? Now I am talking to myself, I am a complete idiot when it comes to you, I will stay on guard, no one will come near you while I am here, good night, Adora, "it stated, keeping a close watch on her as she slept.