Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 294

Part II: A Father’s Embrace

Maya was in the kitchen when Barto appeared.

“What are you planning, Maya?”

“I’m going to prepare something delicious, beef stew, Dad’s favorite.”

The stew Maya made tasted horrible, but her father still ate it and said it was delicious. This led Maya to

torture them with her cooking countless times. Barto took the knife from Maya and said, “The trip must

have been hard on you; you should rest.”

“I’m fine, so let me cook. I want to prepare Dad’s favorite meal. I haven’t given up, but I don’t know if I can

win this fight. If I die, I want Dad’s last memory of me to be a good one.”

“You’re not going to die, so stop thinking about that.”

“Regardless, let me cook. It’s been a while since I last did.”

Barto knew their father would be angry when he saw that he hadn’t stopped Maya, but perhaps this would

be the last time he could eat her cooking, so he decided to let her do as she wished.

That day, they spent time together as a family, laughing and enjoying themselves as they hadn’t in a long time. When the day ended, Maya went to her father’s study, where he usually spent most of his time

reading.

“Dad, may I come in?”

“Of course.”

Maya approached him and sat down beside him. “There’s something I want to tell you.”

Seeing Maya’s serious face, Ryan said, “I knew your visit here wasn’t just because you missed me.”

“I really did miss you, but I have to confess that I didn’t come just for that. I’m here because I want to know

more about the fairies.”

“You spent a lot of time in the land of the fairies; I thought all your questions had been answered.”

“It’s not about the land of the fairies that I want to talk about, but our lineage.”

“What exactly do you want to know?”

“I want to know how our family has been able to survive away from the land of the fairies.”

“That’s because we’re only half–fairy. Fairy blood runs through our veins, but also human blood, which is why we can live among humans and don’t depend on the land of the fairies.”

“Dad, I made the vow to serve the queen and tied my heart to her. I thought everything would end if the queen released me, but I was wrong. The bond that ties me to the fairy realm hasn’t broken.”

“What do you mean, Maya?”

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“My life force is slipping away from my body. If I don’t want to die, I must return to the land of the fairies;

otherwise, I will die.”

Ryan was stunned. It took him a few minutes to process what Maya had said. Then he felt as if he had

been punched in the stomach. Minutes later, he found it hard to breathe and took a few more minutes to

be able to speak.

“That’s not true; you can’t…”

Maya took her father’s trembling hand, squeezed it tightly, and said, “Dad, I’ll be fine.”

Ryan caressed his daughter’s cheek. She had always been his little girl, the light of his eyes. The very idea

of losing her broke his heart.

“Dad, I want to know if there’s any way to save me without having to return to the land of the fairies. That’s why I’m here. I’m not the first fairy to leave the realm; there must be a way to break my connection to the

land of the fairies, to sever the bonds that tie me to it.”

Ryan hugged his daughter tightly, as if he wanted to protect her from everything in the world with his

embrace. For a moment, Maya felt like she was a little girl again.

“If there’s a way to break what ties you to the land of the fairies, that’s something I don’t know, my child.”

“But the fairy queen’s daughter, she left the realm, she…”

“She only lived two years after leaving the land of the fairies. Her life in the human world was very short.”

“What?!”

“Her illness was incurable, and no one knew what it was, or at least that’s what the books said. She weakened until she died. You are half–human, so I thought you would be fine, that leaving the land of the

fairies wouldn’t affect you.”

Ryan pulled back for a moment to look at his daughter’s face. She looked pale, shocked, and

disappointed.

“My child, how long have you known?”

“About a year ago, I started to feel weak and sick. One day, a small fairy appeared to tell me what was wrong, that I needed to return to the land of the fairies to recover, and if I refused, I would die.”

“Then you should go back.”

Maya had refused countless times and deep down still refused to accept having to return to the land of the fairies. But she also didn’t want to die and had promised Cassian that if there was no other option, she

would return to the land of the fairies.

With her head bowed and tears in her eyes, she replied, “I suppose I have no other choice but to return.”

It broke Ryan’s heart to see his daughter crying. He wrapped his arms around her and said, “I’m sorry I couldn’t help you. I understand that you don’t want to return to the land of the fairies. I promise to do

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everything in my power to find a way for you to break your connection to the land of the fairies, even if I have to speak to the fairy queen herself to find out.”

Maya wanted to tell her father that she didn’t have much time left, that her life was slipping away day by day, and that she might die soon. But she couldn’t say it. In the end, she stayed crying like a little girl in her

father’s arms.

Enora had invited Abril and Alessandro to dinner, but neither had anything to say. They simply ate in

silence.

“Did you like my kingdom?” Enora asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

“Yes, it’s beautiful. Now I understand why my mother loved it so much.”

“I’d like to show you Sophia’s favorite place, if you’d like.”

“Of course.”

Silence reigned once more. In the end, they finished dinner in silence.

Enora stood up from the table and said, “I’m retiring; I’ll see you tomorrow.”

After Enora left, Abril and Alessandro soon retired as well. When they arrived at their room, Abril fed her daughter, then laid her in the crib. Alessandro approached from behind, wrapped his arms around her, rested his chin on her shoulder, and asked while watching their little one sleep peacefully in the crib,

“When are we leaving?”

“Do you want to leave already?”

“I’d be lying if I said no. I’m worried about Cassian; he didn’t look well when we left.”

“Then we should leave tomorrow morning.”

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