Chapter 77

**Acacia Point of View**

If my life is written as a novel, it would get as popular as Harry Potter for sure.

Every twist and turn, I had to twist and turn. I'm getting so exhausted of it that praying for a few normal days is like a boon to me.

Every step, there is a danger lurking around me. Even though I'm supposed to be the most important person for both the kingdoms, I was treated otherwise.

These people just take me where ever and whenever they want without even asking for my consent. Like a doll, I've been pulled and pushed into hands, this makes me exhausted.

All the while, I've been holding back myself because Igses was my anchor. He was the last thread of patience and endurance I have.

For him, I don't want to get myself into anything that might lead to him in danger.

I don't know why these people fail to realize that I'm a human being and have feeling of my own. Is it alright for them to do as they please just because they are stronger?

In the midst of all this, I don't even have a trusted person to lend their shoulder to me to cry out my pain.

As if Jerk was not jerk enough and as if he hadn't made me sad enough, another person added to that list.

The very person standing right in front of me.

Zyl Vizac. Leader and Lord of Shadow spirits.

If Jerk looks royally screwed up nutcase of a male masochist, the person standing before me is like a very definition of psychopath.

The very first glance at him, I felt a shiver run down my spine. He did not just give off a dangerous vibe but the feeling he gave off was purely top grade sinister.

"How was your stay here in the past two days?" He grumbled in a throaty tone bringing out the deeply buried cowardice back to tracks; so I chose to keep silence.

It has been two days I was delivered to the grand castle of Vizac and this is the first meeting between the grand Lord and I.

"You don't have to be scared of me." I nearly scoffed when I heard him say those half hearted words.

"Then should I be happy that I and my child were kidnapped by a stranger?" Although I didn't want to be sarcastic, these people are truly trying out my patience.

The monstrously bulky Lord groaned in disapproval as he looked down at me gravely. I wanted to shrink back at the expression he gave me, I almost did too but when I think about how I and my son are victims here and how this person is not at all guilty or sorry for his actions, I'm pissed off.

"Do not for a moment think that just because you are important to break our curse completely, you can talk and do as you wish. This is not Dr'helellis kingdom to tolerate your tantrums. I am not kind enough" One moment he was few steps away from me and the next his face was just a couple inches away from mine.

The way he threatened me, I - did not feel anything. It was even a surprise to me that I did not feel any kind of dangerous aura from him.

With a frown, he stepped back and looked at me in contemplation and then his eyes strayed towards my son who was sleeping peacefully in my arms. As if he has the answers to his doubts, his frown deepened.

That was when I understood. The protection shield that my Igses put on me when he was only weeks baby was obstructing the monstrous Lord from using his influence and power on me.

While I realized that just like how Jerk's power does not affect me, Zyl Vizac's power too does not. However, in case of the latter, there was still the unknown danger so it must be because he has a chance and a way to hurt me.

This must be why Igses has the shield on me by coincidence.

Of course, there is still one man I can still trust and depend on. Even though I am the mother and I am the adult, it was always this baby that has been protecting me and taking care of me.

Good thing I do not trust Dynoh with him and take him everywhere I go.

"You do not have to pressure yourself. Even though you kneel before the skies and pray for my wellbeing for thousands of years to the heavens, I will still not label you as a kind person. You just don't have the potential in you. However, for someone who needs something in return from me, you astonishingly have great hospitality towards your prospective savior. Was it inherited by birth or did you learn it from somewhere?"

"Such a sharp tongue for a merely woman." He grumbled lously and pretty angrily.

"Such a rascal for a merely cursed and damned." Well take that. I am not going down in this battle.

You dare to threaten me. I'm so done with this.

"You -" He stomped madly towards me but this time, I did not take the help of protecting shield but instead raised my head and glared at him so hard that for a moment there, his steps faltered.

"You better keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself. Just because you kidnapped us and have me and my son under your watch, it does not mean we are under your mercy. Trust me when I say that I have experienced and learnt a lot in these past couple years. You might be powerful and deadly but I am a victim and a mother. If I were you, I would be careful and kind to me." In a low deadly voice, I made sure to give him the message directly.

"One day, I will kill you and your so -" He pointed his finger at me but I him off.

"That day will come when you will be able to break out of the curse. I will not let that happen." Kill me, I'm not worried but how dare you threaten me with my son's life?

"You will do what I say and break the curse." Huh! The nerve of this man!

"You know, I realized something over these past few years of my time here on this land. I may be a mere woman in the eyes of your people but I hold more power than the King himself. Power as in, not the magic; power as in, authority. If you could really force me to do what you want, I would not be sitting here and having this chat with you. Anyways, now that you got me here without my permission and will; this is the last thing you did by force against me. As I see, just like the Jerk of the King, you also do not have manners. Since I'm here now, I will let you know what being humble is." I stood up and looked dead into his eyes.

Well, since you brought it upon yourself, I will make your life different from what you thought. You actually dared to threaten me with my dear son's life.

Alright, let me show you the anger of a mother.

You ungrateful monstrous dirt water of a slum!

He breathed heavily as his tall heavy body looked down at me in rage. A few moments of glaring down at me, he turned around and was about to walk out when I stopped him.

"Wait." And he stopped in his tracks and turned back with the same rage. I walked to him until I was only a feet away from him and then raised my hand and slapped him hard.

I know he will not even feel like a fly sitting on his cheek and instead my hand hurt a little by slapping him but I still did it.

"This is for thinking of hurting my son. If you don't want to be drowned in another curse, stay away from me and my son." I said and waved my hand gesturing him to go away.

Seems like while my words angered him, my slap loosened a screw in his brain. He gaped at me as if I was the new hybrid creature from Amazon forest. Nevertheless, when he realized that he was actually slapped by a mere woman, the rage from before intensified.

I thought he would at least raise his hand on me but he gritted his teeth; ground them to almost powder before stomping out as if his pants are on fire.

I swallowed my own anger and breathed in and out for a few times to compose myself. Reflexively, I tightened my arms around the sleeping figure of my son and placed a kiss on his head.

Thinking back to how that monster did not feel any hitch in threatening my son's life, a tear of sorrow rolled down from my eyes.

I know, with Igses's power, he will be fine even without my protection but the mere thought of some man coming to me and telling me he would kill my son, it made me realize how necessary it is for me to take my son back to my own world.

This world is too treacherous and heartless.

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