The Crown Prince's Love

Anthony cleared his throat behind us. "are you both done now?" he asked. "if you are done, then I believe that it is time to resume this journey because you have limited time here, and even though this place doesn't have the time changing, I am afraid that your time back in the realm is far spent so you both have to hurry."

"right," I agreed and then stood up and stretched forth my hand for Desmond to take, and with that, I pulled him up. "Are you alright and fit to walk?" I asked him, and he nodded. "Anthony," I called out to the man who had saved our lives. "thank you for helping us out. Without your help, we wouldn't have gotten here."

Anthony smiled. "I am glad I could help you both, but you have to know that now is not the time for all that. We have to get to the sword and end Hecate so that the both of you can return to your world," he said.

I looked at the Desmond and held his hand in mine. "we are ready to move now and according to the map," I cleared my throat and placed my hand into my pocket, but the map was gone. "I believe that it must have fallen into the boiling fire."

Anthony facepalmed himself. "how could you be so clumsy," he shouted and heaved a deep sigh. "I believed that I had thought something like this might have happened; it is why I had also prepared my map," he raised it. "Next is there," he pointed forward. "That is the last stop to get to the land of weapons, and it is the most dangerous place."

I raised a brow in confusion. "are we about to face more boiling fire?" I asked him, but he shook his head in response. "then what?"

"your desires will be tested. It is the final stop, and I won't follow you both inside because you both wanted to do this."

I smiled at him. "don't worry, we are not going to fail," I assured him. "Desmond, and I are going to return with the weapon."

"yes," Desmond agreed, and I looked at him as I held his hand tighter. With him, I knew that I could do so much more

~Desmond~

Finally, we were there, and it was the last phase, meaning that we would face Hecate sooner or later once we got what we wanted. That meant it would be the end of her. She wouldn't bother us any longer, and everyone would be freed from her cruel rule. It also meant I could be together with Randy again without worrying about what others think about us.

"Are you ready?" I asked him. "This is the last place, and here, anything might happen. Promise me that you will return to me?" I asked, and he nodded in response, grabbing my shirt collar and pulling me into his arms.

"You also promised me that everything would be fine and you wouldn't die in there?"

I nodded in response, and he leaned in, kissing me quickly.

I kissed him back, cut short by Anthony, who had appeared from nowhere behind us. "I believed that you two are already done with your lovey dovey moments," he laughed, and then his tone suddenly changed. "You also need to know that even though you might have promised yourself to return, you might not return if you give in to your desires. That is the price you will pay if you ever give in to your desires. It will hinder you from returning," he warned, then pointed to both of us. "! believed in both of you, which is why I am going to stay back here and wait for you both to return. I shall pray that both of you may return," he said and gave us thumbs up. "Be right back on time."

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We both bowed to him. "I have to thank you for everything that you have done for us, and I have to say that I am glad that we met you on our journey here. If anything was to happen, which I hope it doesn't, I wish us all the best," I told him and headed towards the entrance of the last cave.

"Wait for us, and we will come out sooner than you expected." I promised him. Then I beckoned Randy to follow me.

"Goodbye for now, Anthony," Randy muttered, waving at him as he ran to join me at the cave entrance. "This is it," he said.

"Yes," I replied. "We are both going to do it, and I can assure you that everything will surely work out for both of us. Let's go," I whispered as we entered the cave.

I had expected that the cave would be dark, but we were met with a bright light that almost blinded us. I covered my eyes from its brightness until finally, the brightness disappeared. I removed my hands from my eyes as I stared at the cave in awe. "Look, that is a mirror, Randy," I muttered, but I didn't get any response, neither did I feel his presence beside me.

"Randy!" I turned to look for him, but he was nowhere to be found. "What is happening? Where the hell is Randy?" I shouted again, my voice echoing throughout the cave.

"Welcome, Desmond," a voice sounded, and my eyes widened in shock when I noticed that it sounded just like mine. "Welcome to the Cave of Reflections!" The voice said.

I looked around me, noticing the mirrors that surrounded me. It explained why it was called the Cave of Reflections. "Who are you?" I curiously asked, wanting to find out the name of the one who had brought me there and separated me from Randy. "Who are you?" I repeated when I didn't get the answer that I wanted to hear the first time.

"I am the master of the cave, but right now, I am you," he replied, mocking me. "Listen, now, you will face your greatest desire, and let's see if you can conquer it."

"Conquer what!" I shouted. The room suddenly became dark, and then a ray of light appeared from the center, revealing a mirror before me. "You are going to face the one thing that you desire most in the world, and now, if you fail my test, you shall become a mirror and add to my many collections."

"You... those are people?" I asked.noveldrama

"Yes. They are the pathetic people who had tried to enter here but failed miserably because of their desires. In here, you only have three minutes to do my biddings, and once the three minutes passed and you failed, then it means that you will become mine!" he muttered, and then a bell rang, and I looked up to see that the time had started. "Let's see if you will meet your lover again, or maybe you will become one of my collections," he laughed.

"Hello!" I shouted. "Where are you?"

I didn't get any response, which only means he was no longer there with me. I was alone now, and I couldn't help but think if Randy was facing the same thing with me. If he was, I hoped he doesn't fail.