Part II: Stories that hide the truth\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Cassian woke up, he heard Maya talking to someone. He searched for the person she was talking to, but she was alone. There was no one else in the room apart from the two of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He got up from the couch, picked up his clothes from the floor, and after putting on his pants, he asked her, \u201cWho were you talking to?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya turned around and replied, \u201cWith my brother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian looked around the room again, making sure they were alone. He asked again because he thought\u00a0<\/p>\n
he had heard wrong, \u201cWith who?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya laughed, showed him a necklace she was wearing with a red stone in the center, and said, \u201cWith my brother. This necklace allows me to communicate with him even when we are far away. The fairy queen\u00a0<\/p>\n
gave it to me some time ago so that I could stay in touch with my family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya got even closer to Cassian, wrapped her arms around his neck, and said, \u201cI asked him to come. He\u00a0<\/p>\n
said he\u2019ll be here at noon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hungry; shall we have breakfast?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya let go of her arms and started to walk away when Cassian took her hand and asked her, \u201cAre you\u00a0<\/p>\n
alright?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With a big smile, Maya replied, \u201cBetter than ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Cassian finished dressing, they were heading to the dining room when they saw two guards dragging\u00a0<\/p>\n
one of the maids down the hallway while she begged for mercy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour Majesty, please forgive me! Have mercy on me!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya and Cassian turned to look and asked at the same time, \u201cWhat was that?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya looked at the maid again and recognized her. \u201cCassian, that maid is one of those responsible for taking care of Lissana.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian hurried to Alessandro\u2019s room. He entered without knocking on the door. Seeing his brother trying to calm Lissana, who wouldn\u2019t stop crying, he got scared and asked him, \u201cLessan, what happened? Is Lissana okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, she just got a little scared because of the servant\u2019s screams.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Part # Stories that hide the truth\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya extended her arms and said to him, \u201cMay I help you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Maya took the baby, and she calmed down quickly. Alessandro asked her, \u201cHow did you calm her down?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just held her. I don\u2019t know why, but she really likes being with me. We saw that they took a servant away forcefully; what happened?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe stopped feeding Lissana to try to seduce me. She left her in her crib, completely ignoring her in an attempt to manipulate me. She will receive her punishment, so let\u2019s stop talking about it, otherwise, I\u2019ll end up doing something too violent in front of Lissana.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya thought it would be best to change the subject since she had just calmed down Lissana, and Alessandro seemed too angry. \u201cI\u2019ve been in touch with my brother; he will come at noon today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro had a terrible night, and his morning had started even worse. But what Maya told him made\u00a0<\/p>\n
his day better. \u201cThank you so much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I ask what you want from my brother?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI need him to find something for me, although I\u2019m not even sure if it\u2019s real.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what is it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMagical mirrors with which you can see and talk to another person, no matter the distance between\u00a0<\/p>\n
them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya had never heard of something like that, but the function it performed reminded her of the pendants the fairy queen had given her. Maya showed him her necklace and said, \u201cIt\u2019s not a mirror, but this necklace does the same thing. My brother has the other one; I can talk to him no matter the distance between us. I used it many times when I was in the fairy realm, although as far as I know, they can only be used by fairies, or at least that\u2019s what the fairy queen told me. But I don\u2019t know if she said that just to prevent Cassian from having it. She wanted me to break all ties with him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you mind if I borrow it for a moment?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya took off the pendant and handed it to Alessandro. After examining it closely, he said, \u201cThe design of this necklace resembles the mirrors I saw in a book a long time ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means it must have been made by fairies, because if you look closely, it\u2019s made of ivory. Although I\u2019m not sure what type of gemstone the jewel is, even though it looks like a ruby, my brother told me it\u00a0<\/p>\n
wasn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s true.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro smiled and said, \u201cThen it\u2019s most likely real.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIn which book did you read about these mirrors?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Part I: Stones that hide the truth\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Cassian vaguely recalled something about the mirrors Alessandro was talking about. He replied, \u201cFrom our mother\u2019s storybook.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro said, \u201cRecently, I started reading those stories to Lissana. I discovered that many of those stories weren\u2019t just fantasy; they were stories about fairies, elves, and monsters hiding in the darkness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian remembered all those stories and realized his brother was right. And something else bothered\u00a0<\/p>\n
him even more: the fact that the book his brother was talking about had been written by their mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLessan, does that mean Mother knew that fairies, elves, and the monsters born from darkness were real?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean? Mother only read that book; she had no way of knowing that all those stories were\u00a0<\/p>\n
real.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLessan, our mother wrote that\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can\u2019t be true!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was a child, I became obsessed with that book. I wanted to meet the author, to know who had written those amazing stories. So, I started researching about the author. One day, Mother approached me and told me to stop looking for the author, that they had always been in front of me, that she was the one\u00a0<\/p>\n
who had written it for us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya was just as surprised as Alessandro. She said, \u201cWho exactly was your mother?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cActually, I don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro, upon hearing what his brother was saying, remembered something his mother had told him a long time ago: \u201cMy little Lessan, remember that all stories always have some truth to them, no matter how fantastic or crazy they may be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seemed that Mother hid many secrets and wasn\u2019t who we thought she was.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril had fallen asleep by the window. She woke up to the sound of whispering voices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she opened her eyes, she saw that almost all of the villagers were awake and trying to speak softly so as not to wake those who were still sleeping.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sirius approached her and said, \u201cEveryone seems to be fine, but there\u2019s something you should see.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril got up and followed him. As she saw him starting to move away from the village, she asked him,\u201d Where are you taking me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sirius brushed aside some dry bushes, revealing a cave. \u201cWhat is this, Sirius?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s some kind of monster in that place.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do you say that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI went out for a walk early this morning and saw a dark shadow entering and hiding in that place. Maybe\u00a0<\/p>\n
Part II Stones that hide the truth\u00a0<\/p>\n
there\u2019s more than one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril created a silver fireball in her hand and said to him, \u201cThen we must cleanse this place before leaving.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She entered the cave; Sirius followed her. He used his magic to illuminate the whole cave, and what he\u00a0<\/p>\n
saw horrified him: that place was filled with small monsters. Abril remained calm throughout. When the\u00a0<\/p>\n
first monster lunged at her, she threw the fireball she held in her hand, causing it to ignite. She covered the cave with her silver flames, and although Sirius didn\u2019t feel them burning, in seconds she turned all those monsters into ashes. When there were none left, Abril extinguished her flames and said to him, \u201cThere is nothing more we can do here, so let\u2019s go. We have a journey to resume.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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