Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Good, I'm glad you understand; it's too dangerous for you to go, sit down at home, and have a tea party while we're gone," Zavis said, as Niya sighed.

"Enough you two, you'll start pulling each other's hair out soon enough, quiet," the king said, and the queen sighed.

"Did you talk to your father, Adora?" the queen inquired.

"No, but I spoke with the queen, and she will inform him that I called," she replied.

"Oh, nice," the queen said, "are you two getting along now?"

"In a way," Adora replied, and the king smiled.

"Oh Kyris, I talked to your brother last night too," she said and he glanced at her as she braced her head against his shoulder.

"Let me guess, he doesn't like the idea of us going, does he?" he asked.

"You know your brother too well, but you are right, though he understands that we have to," she responded and he sighed.

"Well, I'm glad he understands, and I see you two are actually getting along now, nice, at least you're not out to kill each other and get me caught in the middle anymore, miracles do happen after all," Kyris said, and they all burst out laughing.

"You are the one who caused us to fight so much, Kyris, take responsibility for your actions sometimes as well, maybe I will knock some sense into you," she replied and he grinned.

"All right, let's go have breakfast, I'm hungry," the king said, and they all stood up and went to the dining hall, where the maids had already set the table with food.

"Well, dig in," the queen said as they all sat down to eat.

"Uh... Alix, could you please pass the coffee?" Adora asked.

"Sure," he replied, pouring her a cup of coffee, and she smiled.

"Thank you," she said.

"You're welcome; do you need anything else from my end?" he inquired.

"Milk, please," she replied, and he passed it to her. At the same time, her phone rang, and she sighed before placing the milk on the table and taking the phone out of her pocket and saw it was her father calling.

"You can take it right here, it won't bother anyone," the king said, and Adora smiled then answered it.

"Good morning," she said.

"Good morning, Adora, do you have a minute?" he inquired, and she sighed.

"From your tone, I can tell you're not in a good mood," she responded, "but sure, I have a minute," he scoffed.

"I am your father and king Adora; you do not have to handle the matters that I am supposed to handle." "There's no need for you to dive deeper into this," he said.

"Father, I understand what you are saying, and I know you're worried; you have every right to be, but you can't handle this on your own; you already have a lot on your plate, that much I do know," she responded.

"Look, Adora, I know you and I don't have the best father-daughter relationship right now, but don't go, you don't know if you or your friends will come out of this alive," he said.

"I'm not forcing or even asking them to go, and you're right; I'm not going to say you're wrong when you are right, but father, this situation is out of control, and investigating and so on won't help," she responded.

"Excuse me," she said, getting up and leaving the dining hall for the front lawn, where the dragon was sleeping.

"It's her father, you guys do know we can't turn our backs on this but everyone has a choice right? She kept telling us that and she means it, are you guys sure about this?" Kyris asked.

"I am," Alix confirmed.

"I am as well," the others said all at once, then smiled at each other, and Kyris sighed in relief that it was what they all wanted and that they weren't doing it because they felt they owed the princess.

"Adora I'll send strong people to deal with this; you don't have to, none of this is..." the king said, and Adora looked at her reflection in the water of the waterfall.

"Father, I am your only child, I know you are worried, I know things haven't been easy, I'm not being stubborn, believe me, I'm not, but this is what needs to be done once we figure things out."

"I'm not sure who will survive and who won't, but if we find out it's too late, I'll send for the other teams, we'll fight together, but who wins doesn't depend on us, you'll have to protect the city, we have a duty, whether we like it or not," she replied, and the king gnashed his teeth, knowing she was correct but refusing to admit it.

"They are strong, I know we are not late, but if this is what you have to do Adora, I can't stop you when so many lives are at stake, but I am begging you, do not die on me," he said and she gnashed her teeth while clenching her fists.

"I will try my best, there are many secrets to uncover yet, for now everything is fine, don't worry, go have breakfast," she replied and he smiled.

"This is, in a way, the first good conversation we've had in years, bye," he said then she hung up and found the dragon staring at her while the other ate their breakfast.

"Good morning, your highness," said the dragon.

"Good morning, dear," she replied.

"Are you all right?" she inquired.

"Yeah, Jade, I'm fine, are you?" she asked.

"Perfectly, go ahead and have breakfast," she replied, and Adora sighed before returning to the others, who stared at her as she sat back down near Alix, and he passed her a cup of already made coffee, which she took.

"Tell me if you like it," he said as she sipped her coffee and smiled.

"Just how I like it, thanks," she replied.

"You are welcome," he said as she began eating her breakfast.

"Is everything all right with you and your father Adora?" the king asked.

"Yeah, it's fine, don't worry," she replied with a smile before continuing to eat.