Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 275

Part II: The End of Lies

Upon learning that his sister could die, despair and fear gripped Barto. Then he remembered that

Queen Abril was very powerful.

“I’ll tell the Queen to cure her, I’m sure she can.”

“No, she already tried. She can’t cure her, only delay the illness. But in the end, she will die, because her life force is escaping from her body. That’s why I’m telling you this even though Maya will want to kill me when she finds out I told you everything. Her only chance of survival is to return to the Fairyland.”

“There has to be another way to cure her.”

“There isn’t. The Fairyland is the only thing that will cure her.”

“Then she should just go and be cured.”

“No, once she returns, she won’t be able to come back to the human world. The Queen won’t allow

it.”

“Is that why Maya doesn’t want to go? She doesn’t want to leave her human lover. She prefers to

die.”

“But you can’t let her do that.”

“You are here to convince her.”

“Yes, but she still won’t listen to me. But if you tell her, maybe she…”

“Take me to my sister.”

“Will you convince her to go back to the Fairyland?”

“Take me to her, now.”

The little pixie led him to the room where Maya was. He threw the door open. He had no time to lose. He needed to see her, to see with his own eyes the state his sister was in, to see if what that fairy had said was true.

Maya was lying in bed looking sickly. He strode over to her.

Cassian was very surprised to see Barto.

“What are you doing here?!”

Barto ignored Cassian. He knelt by the bed and took his sister’s hand. Up close, he saw that her condition was even worse. She looked pale and her hands were very cold, as if she were dying.

He was saddened to see the state his sister was in. His voice trembling and his face clouded, he

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said, “So it’s true. You’re dying.”

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Maya had been so surprised when she saw her brother that she didn’t realize the little pixie was on his shoulder, not until he was right in front of her. When she heard her brother’s words and saw the

expression on his face, she had no doubt he had told him everything.

Cassian, very dismayed and at the same time frightened by what Barto had just said, asked, “What did you say?!”

Barto ignored Cassian’s question and asked Maya, “When were you planning on telling us you were

dying, Maya?”

Cassian pulled Barto away and asked Maya in a very agitated tone, “What do you mean you’re

dying, Maya?”

Maya shot the little fairy a murderous look.

Seeing Cassian so upset, Maya placed her hand on his and said, “Cassian, calm down. I’m not going to die now.”

“You are weak. If you continue like this, you will die,” said the pixie.

Maya tried to get up to grab her and crush her like a grape before she said anything else, but her body wouldn’t respond. She was so weak she could barely move.

Cassian took Maya’s face in his hands. “Maya, tell me what that fairy meant. Tell me what she’s saying is a lie.”

Maya wanted to tell him that it was all a lie, but she couldn’t. She was tired of lying to him.

“Fairies can’t lie, Cassian.”

Cassian knew that, but he needed another answer. He needed her to tell him it was a lie, that she was fine, that she wasn’t going to die.

“No, no,” he said, putting his arms around her and holding her tight.

Barto asked, “When did your illness start?”

“A while ago,” Maya replied.

Cassian said, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I didn’t want to worry you, Cassian. I didn’t want to see you suffer.”

“When you were sick and I didn’t know why, I suffered. The fear of losing you drove me crazy. I’m

your partner, or is it just me who thinks that way?”

“Of course not, Cassian. I…” Maya trailed off.

Cassian said, “You don’t trust me.”

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“That’s not it. I didn’t want you to know that our time together was limited. I didn’t want you to know that you were with a dying woman. I didn’t want it to change the way you see me.”

“I love you, Maya. The way I see you will never change because my feelings for you are real and strong. There is nothing that will change that.”

Barto spoke up. “You must return to Fairyland. It’s the only way you can recover.”

“I won’t do it, Barto. I’m not going back to that place.”

“If you stay here, you will die.”

Cassian didn’t understand why Barto wanted Maya to go back to Fairyland. “She’s not going back

to Fairyland. I’m sure Abril can cure her. We just have to wait for her to recover and…”

“She can’t cure her. Otherwise, she would have done it already, right?” Barto replied, looking sister straight in the eye to make sure she wouldn’t lie to him when she answered.

“That’s right. She can’t cure me.”

Cassian said, “No, I’m sure she can cure you. I’m sure you’ll be fine.”

The little fairy, still on Barto’s shoulder, spoke up. “She can only delay her illness. If she doesn’t return to Fairyland, she will die. If you love her, you must let her go.”

“Shut up!” Maya shouted. She didn’t want the little fairy to say another word. “I already told you, I’m not going back to Fairyland. Now disappear. I don’t want to see you.”

The little fairy disappeared. Barto said, “I’m sorry, brother, but you could leave too.”

“Maya…

“I don’t want to talk about this anymore, Barto, so go away. I need to rest.”

“Alright, I’ll let you rest. But don’t think this conversation is over.”

After Barto left, an uncomfortable silence fell between Maya and Cassian.

When their eyes met, she turned away. “I suppose you don’t want me to stay either, so I’ll be going

too.”

As Cassian began to walk away, Maya grabbed his hand and said, “Don’t go. Stay with me. Don’t

leave me.”