The Devil's Cursed Witch

Meanwhile, having so many questions from the previous day when Morpheus talked with Draven and Leeora, Morpheus appeared inside Ronan city at the home that belonged to Leeora.

He landed on the bridge that connected Lenora's home to Ember's home. He looked at that empty home where that little human female used to live. He had seen her here so many times while flying in the sky but at that time he didn't think he would start missing her. These days whenever he peeked at this home from the sky, it made him feel empty knowing she was not around.

That reminded Morpheus of something. 'On the day of that council meeting, didn't she say she wanted to live with Leeora and wanted to return to her home here. Then why did she not return? As far as I know, that Dragon had planned to send her away, so why is she still in the palace?'

"Are you not planning to come inside? Let me make it clear, I am busy and would not come out," he heard the familiar voice of a woman from inside of her home.

It pulled Morpheus out of his thoughts and he finally went to Leeora's home who was aware of his presence around. How could she not when she was an elder of the wood elf clan and was mostly aware of what happened around.

"Good Morning, Leeora," Morpheus greeted her as he walked inside the door. He sat in the chair opposite to her around that circular wooden table on which she had spread various herbs and was separating them in different wooden boxes.

"Morning, Morph," she replied, "I am sure you are not here for nothing."

"We have not finished the talk from the previous day," he replied.

Leeora was already expecting this and asked, "About Ember?"

"Hmm," he nodded, "I still didn't get answers about why she has that power when she is human. No ordinary human…in fact, no human can ever possess such powers. Though there are few exceptions in history when one or two humans could use magic due to their special bloodline, those were just some weak magic spells they could use."

Leeora looked at him as he was not wrong. She heard him ask, "What is she?"

Leeora sighed as she continued separating those herbs, "I don't have an answer about what exactly she is. But you are right about what you just said. Her constitution is sure of a human but her powers are divine. Much stronger than any of us supernaturals can possess."

"That I felt as well but how?" he asked.

"She is not supernatural from any of the races we know but she sure is not just a human. From what we observed about her, her powers are of fire element and in some way, she is related to the deity of fire. "

It surprised Morpheus, "Deity of fire?"

"The one that humans used to worship in ancient times. And we believe her powers are suppressed by some strong seal on it that makes her nothing but a human."

"Seal?"

She nodded, "Who had put that seal on her powers that we don't know for sure, but we suspect it's the work of any diety. When Sire had marked her, it must have affected that seal on her powers and now they are leaking out."

To Morpheus, it all seemed so shocking. He had always considered Ember as an ordinary human though there was always something about her that pulled him towards her and made him curious to know her. But the thought of revenge had blinded him to understand anything else.

"Why do I smell conspiracy behind it? Suppressing such strong power and the person herself doesn't know what resides inside her, makes me doubt the one who did it with her," he commented.

"We feel the same," Leeora agreed. "Everything seems so complicated about her. I hope we will get answers soon."

"I will look forward to getting them as well," he said.

Leeora simply nodded and didn't tell him anything yet about the connection between Draven's dream and Ember and what Draven was trying to figure out. She preferred to leave it to the King.

"Why is she not living here in Ronan?" he asked the last question.

"As I told you, her constitution is a fire element. So you can guess."

"Tree spirits must be scared of her," he concluded.

Leeora agreed, "Just like fire faes, now Ember can not enter Ronan ever."

"She must be sad about it," he asked, it was more like he wanted to know if she was happy to return to that Dragon, her mate.

"She was sad," Leeora agreed which made him feel happy inside but her next words made that smile disappear from his lips, "But now I see her, I believe she is happy in the palace more than she could be here. She is being treated and pampered the way she deserves to be…." she said as she mumbled, "...just like a princess."

Her last words she meant them as she knew Ember was a born Princess and deserved to be treated with the Royalty.

Morpheus didn't notice her last words and was simply thinking about how happy she was in the palace. He could not understand why he didn't like it but this information was not up to his liking.

He was torn between the thoughts of his revenge and what he felt towards her which he had not realised yet.

"Sire will get fire fae to help her train with her powers," he heard Leeora say that pulled him out of his unhappy mood.

"That's good. It would prevent any such accidents and it won't scare her anymore when her powers show up," he commented.

Leaving Leeora's home, Morpheus flew high up in the sky in his beast form- the eagle form. His eyes darted towards the palace as he expected to see Ember but he could not. She was not in the garden, not even on the balcony of her study.

'I wonder what she is doing.'

The divine eagle didn't know the poor human girl was lying in her bed after she had some intimate moments with her mate and got almost bitten by him.

'Fire Deity, huh? I can sure find out about it.' With the thought of it, he flew away.

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