Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 290

Part II: The Power of a Guardian

Alessandro stood gazing at all the portraits. When he came across his mother’s, he stared ar intently. She looked exactly as he remembered, with her long chestnut hair braided to the side and her beautiful emerald green eyes exuding tranquility

“Do you want to talk to Mom?” Max asked as he floated around him.

“Can I talk to her?”

‘You can talk to any deceased guardian who has a portrait in this hallway

“Really!”

‘Yes, Mother wanted to be the one to explain everything to you, but I insisted on being the first to

speak with you.”

‘The voice I heard in my head earlier…?”

“Yes, that was me. It didn’t seem like you wanted to open the door, so encouraged you to do t

“What you said was true, right? Here, I can find answers to all my questions?

‘Of course. This place serves as a connection between the spiritual world and the natural world You can talk to the guardians and consult with them. They are supposed to pass on ther wisdom to other guardians, although, to be honest, not all of them are very wise.”

Alessandro didn’t want to say goodbye to his little Brother Max, but he had many questions and doubted his brother could answer them. So, he said, ‘Max, could you ask Mom to come?”

“Of course. I’m so happy to have seen you Lessan. Say hello to Cassian for me and tell him to

come here so I can see him again.”

“I’ll pass on your message.”

Before Max disappeared, Alessandro said, I was glad to see you too, Max

Max bid farewell with a broad smile. A few minutes later, his mother, Solea appeared When

Alessandro saw her, he couldn’t help but cry. His mother had been the first to leave them, an STE

was the one he missed the most.

“Mom!”

Soleia approached him and wrapped her arms around him. Although she didnt have a physical body, he felt a great warmth, as if a warm wind surpunded him when she hugger m

“My little one, how you’ve grown

“Mom, I’ve missed you so much. The void you left, one cout eser filir.”

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Soleia gave him a warm smile and said, “I’m glad to see you once more, to see that you’ve grown well and become a great king.”

Alessandro lowered his gaze and said, “I’m king because of the sacrifice of Father and my brothers. Sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve the throne.”

“Don’t say that.”

“It’s the truth. If I hadn’t been weak back then, Father and my brothers might still be alive.”

“Sometimes things are inevitable, Lessan. We all have a life line, some longer and some very short.

So don’t blame yourself for the death of your brothers or your father. Focus on what you have achieved and what you have, on your family.”

When Soleia mentioned his family, Alessandro remembered that Abril and his daughter were waiting for him outside. He couldn’t keep getting distracted; he had to return to them. He swallowed his feelings and forced himself to focus and remember why he was there.

“Mother, I have many questions to ask you.”

“I know, that’s why I’m here, to clear all your doubts and answer all your questions.”

“Why did you never tell us who we really were?”

“Guardians hadn’t been needed for centuries. I thought it would be the same for you. I wanted my children to have a normal life, not to live in constant vigilance of an evil that might never awaken. But I was wrong. If I had told you the truth, you wouldn’t have suffered as much.”

“Could you explain to me what it means that we are guardians?”

“I come from a very ancient lineage, the guardians. We were created to close the gates of Hades; that was always our sole purpose. That’s why we once lived in a village where we taught and protected our lineage. But at some point, children stopped being born, and our lineage was in danger. I was the last guardian to be born. My mother died giving birth to me as she had me at an advanced age. My parents, like the rest of the guardians, died, and only I remained. When I was left alone, I left my village and lived in the forest by myself for a long time. But one day, I met your father while he was hunting in the forest. We fell in love, and he took me to Cosset. I thought I could have a new life there and leave my past behind, but you can’t deny your lineage, no matter how much you try to hide it.”

“Did Dad know who you were?”

“Yes, I told him everything before leaving the forest. But you know how your father was; he said he didn’t care about any of that, that he would make me his queen anyway, and so he did.”

“I wish you had told us earlier. When King Venobich started attacking our kingdom, I always wondered what we had done to provoke him, but there was nothing–or so I thought.”

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“At that time, he was possessed by a prince of Hades. That’s why he sought to exterminate our lineage. Because if those gates are ever opened, only a guardian can close them.”

“The gates of Hades, are they not closed?”

“They are, but they are trying to open them, and I believe this time it will be inevitable. That’s why

you have to be prepared for what’s coming, Lessan, just like your brother Cassian, because to close the gate, it takes two guardians.”

“Do you know where the gates of Hades are?”

Soleia shook her head. “Even the dead are forbidden from disclosing the location of the gates of

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