The Black Mist Enchantress - Chapter 96

Juliet was mentally breaking down inside even if her parents hated her from the early days of her memory but she could never think of this possibility.

Leaving Mike’s embrace, Juliet steadily walked forward to face her grandfather. Each step she took was heavy, her eyes brimming with tears and she was even breathing heavily.

” Grandfather, why is mother saying that I am not their daughter? From my childhood, I believed that you never lied yet you have broken that trust now. Am I not a member of the Posei family ? Was I picked up from anywhere?”

The clan head and the elders knew the truth but they stood there with their heads lowered, lying to a child for their selfish needs, now the result was absolute mortification.

Juliet could read her grandfather’s thoughts still she adamantly believed the white lie which she had been force-fed from childhood, that she was the third daughter of Walter Posei and Grace Beeters. She looked at her father and asked, ” Father, I know you hate me because of the inherited power but please don’t tell me that I am not your daughter. ”

Even if Walter didn’t like this child he had seen her as his own daughter but due to grandfather’s special treatment for Juliet, made him distant from her. Her pitiful eyes naturally worried him and he could not speak up properly.

However, when Grace saw that her husband was getting kind-hearted over the girl who almost destroyed all her ambitions, anger erupted inside her mind.

” You… are the daughter of the illegitimate son of the great clan leader and his lover. For power, your grandfather had abandoned his lovely son and killed his lover to marry the daughter of a prestigious family.”

The venomous words from Grace’s mouth directly stabbed grandfather Posei’s heart, he glared at the elders but remained quiet.

Juliet could understand that now Grace had a relationship of only an aunt with her, and no one should completely believe her words as she usually exaggerates things for her benefit. Still, she wanted to know where her real parents were but she was hesitant to talk with her own grandfather.

Mike knew his woman well, so he took the lead. He held Juliet close to him and viciously looked at the motherly figure standing across him. He hasn’t experienced motherly love, now when he thought of Juliet’s situation, it was much better for not having such a mother in his life. Even Samorea (the Salian queen) hadn’t been this cruel to him.

” Grandfather, I apologise if the question hurts you, but I really want to know about the whereabouts of Juliet’s parents. Wherever they are, I want to find them for Juliet, please..”

Grandfather Posei raised his head and saw Mike’s determined eyes, getting approval of the clan elders, grandfather decided to share the past of what really happened then.

Grandfather Posei had been the youngest one in the family and only he was born gifted amongst the siblings. At the age of twenty, when his father asked him to take the position of the next clan leader, he disagreed. Later, he married his childhood lover from an ordinary family inside their Posei clan but then as the war began, to safeguard their clan, the elders forced him to marry the daughter of the prestigious family while his lover had already given birth to his son.

Knowing it was for the sake of the clan, his lover urged him to get married to another woman who was powerful but it was the gravest mistake of his life. After marriage, when the other woman came to know the existence of the first wife and son of a lowly family getting priority, she was envious and jealousy rose in her mind. Finally one day, under the pretext of being called by her husband, his lover was killed inside the Palace while his only son was kidnapped.

Later Walter was born, the Posei family thought he would have powers like his father but no, he couldn’t control water at all. Meanwhile, inside the woods, a boy was practising well in and out of the water sources and one day, accidentally grandfather Posei identified his long son. When asked, the boy replied that he needed time to think. The other clan elders and members were happy that someone in the next generation had extended the power.

The problem arose when Walter married Grace, she wanted the power and luxuries be given to them instead of sharing it between brothers. She tried her level best to make the elder son’s and wife’s life difficult. After giving birth twice, it was the third one for Grace whereas Juliet’s mom was delivering her first baby but her baby was abducted just after giving birth. This caused her mother mental stress and lately, all medicinal experts had said there were no chances of recovery.

” My son who went inside to save his kid never returned…”

“Afterwards Juliet was thrown into the sea but then her powers surged up, no woman in the hierarchy had been born gifted, so grandfather Posei decided to take special care of her to overcome his guilt feeling towards his son.

However, when Grace knew that Juliet was accepted to their familial clan, she tried difficult ways to stop Juliet from becoming the next heir. But then Juliet was provided with the protection of the Esbertrazian clan suddenly.

But how was it possible?

No one knew…

Even several attempts of Grace to kill Juliet from childhood were taken care off smoothly and finally, she became so frightened that she never dared to strike against Juliet even once.

The only possible reason for sudden protection from the great dark clan pointed towards only one thing that her father must have asked them help before he died.

When grandfather Posei completed his story, all clan members and Mike wanted to kill this vile woman. What kind of name was given to this devil, ‘Grace’.. she was totally a blood-sucking monster, her behaviour was totally opposite to the meaning of her name.

Suddenly the floor started trembling and everything around shook for a while. Mike paid attention to Juliet’s emotional balance and he knew that she was on the last stage of losing her control.

The clan elders as well as members looked at Juliet who was trying to calm out her emotions.

” Julie, my love, please do not stress on this shameless couple. They don’t worth your time, now let us try to find your father. I believe Jordan will help us out this dilemma.”

Juliet looked at Mike and saw how much he was concerned for her, unlike her family members. She raised her head and asked, ” Who was my mother?”

Before grandfather could reply, it was Walter who gave a clear reply, she was from our clan only and her best friend was Lilian Dagardian. She was a woman with self-esteem and never backed down from anything. A totally fun-loving and innocent woman in this entire clan. Only Lilian showed Amity towards her when others were quite hostile due to her outgoing character.

While Walter was describing Juliet’s mother, the inner peace and admiration were clearly seen in his eyes, in contrast, pure hatred flashed in Grace’s eyes.

” Hmm… see, he still thinks about that slut. Even her daughter, just like her, seduced the third prince of the Salian clan.” Grace thought in her mind. She always thought that her daughters were the prettiest and worthy to be the queen. She even forgot the fact that it was the Salian elder who came to ask for Juliet’s hands.

” Mike, let us go from here. From today onwards, if the Posei clan requires my help in an extreme emergency situation, then only I will come back. Thank you for taking care of me till now.”

Juliet turned around and walked away with her heads high along with her better half. This was the last time she entered inside the Ancestral hall with unhappiness in her mind. The next time when she returns back to the Posei family, she will have a wonderful gift for her grandfather.

Grandfather Posei had his eye filled with tears and he glared at the elders who were watching Juliet leave.

” I hope you all wanted this outcome right! Everyone is happy now… and you, Walter, take your wife and get never ever let me see your faces again till the day I die. After my death, only Juliet can take the position of the clan leader.”

“SCRAM NOW…”

The last sentence was echoed inside the whole Posei Palace. Juliet and friends didn’t wait to say goodbye to anyone in the Posei clan. All were with Juliet and Emmy was excited to know that their mothers were best friends.

” Alex, Mike, we have news from the Demar brothers, they found the way to the Dimensional world and ask me, where it is?”

Others curiously asked, ” where is it?”

” Inside the Envoy Salian College- old graveyard!”