The Queen Of Time
Stay Beside Me (Thirty Three)

           Aiden sat pensively on his seat of greatness as he observed Calistha's pale-looking body in the

his bed. Ever since the healer left three hours ago, Calistha has not even opened her eyes. Though the healer said that if the queen would soon wake up in a moment, but it had been three hours that he was waiting for her, the woman had not yet

opened his eyes. While sipping his favorite red wine, Aiden began to think about the various possibilities that would happen to him as well as Calistha. Now his ability to see the future has diminished a little, and that's because he had made love to Calistha a few days ago. They should not be allowed to touch before they are actually married on the night of the full moon. But the desire to have Calistha is really strong, so he does not think too much about the adverse effects that

it will be on him later in the day.

            "Could Calistha be pregnant after this?"

            The question has been going on in Aiden's mind ever since he had his romance with Calistha that night. But at that time he still felt unsure because Calistha might not be pregnant with just one lovemaking. But seeing her strength growing weaker and weaker, she now became convinced that Calistha would definitely be pregnant soon after this. According to the prophecy, his strength will disappear slowly as Calistha's gestational age grows older. And now the prophecy is really evident, day by day its power to see the future is getting weaker. And it is possible that after this he will lose the strength to live again, his life will not be able to return as it once was.

            Aiden then sighed in frustration while sipping his red wine in a huff. If only he could restrain himself then none of this would have happened. It should be at times like this that she can use her powers to protect Calistha, but her powers are getting weaker by the day as Calistha is about to conceive her child. Though there are a lot of bad people out there who will harm Calistha, including Tiffany who has increasingly shown her cunning to him. After this he must take immediate action to punish Tiffany. The woman must be removed first so that she does not further harm Calistha, or even kill him. Soon he had to send someone to watch the snake woman's movements.

            "Eughh." Aiden faintly heard Calistha's shrill voice and the woman's body movements slowly. Aiden swiftly jumped out of his chair to see Calistha's state that had opened his eyes.

            "Do you feel pain?" aiden asked impatiently when he saw Calistha had opened her eyes perfectly and was looking at her bead with her eyes. Calistha shook her head weakly and tried to get up from her sleeping position, but Aiden instantly held back the movement of her body and ordered her to remain lying down.

            "Don't get up, you have to rest a lot." Aiden remembered firmly and immediately obeyed Calistha just like that. He is not in a good state tonight. Instead of spending his energy arguing with Aiden, he better use his time to rest his body

weary. Calistha then tried to recall all the events of today that she had missed. He suddenly remembered that when he entered the palace hall, he felt his legs ache, hurt like something was pierced, but he tried to ignore it because he thought it was just the effect of using high-heeled shoes. But it turned out that the pain continued and the longer he felt less and less strong to endure it and after that he did not remember anything else.

 He was unconscious

            "Did I faint?" calistha asked Aiden. The man nodded his head assentingly and sat down next to Calistha. His dark iris had been watching Calistha's face change as she thought of something. And it turns out to be true, Calistha is trying to remember what happened tonight.

            "You fainted because your leg was hurt. I found three nails in each of your shoes that hurt your feet. Didn't you feel any pain before?" ask Aiden coldly. Right now the man was holding back the emotional turmoil that pierced through his heart cavity. On one hand he felt angry at himself because he could not protect Calistha tonight, and on the other he was very worried about Calistha because she looked so pale. Calistha tonight really looks weak and she's like she's losing her light. He really did not like the pale Calistha!

            "I actually feel pain, but I'm trying to endure it because I think it's just the effect of using high-heeled shoes. Are my legs okay?"

            "Look at it yourself. Look and respond carefully to the state of your feet." replied Aiden flat who seemed rude. Calistha scowled at Aiden's unfriendly reply, but she tried not to think about it and immediately revealed a red blanket covering part of her body.

            "Oh my God!" pekik Calistha was surprised when he saw the condition of his legs which were being wrapped in layers of bandages that were quite thick. The woman was trying to hell-move her legs forward and backward, but she couldn't do it to the fullest and felt pain afterwards.

            "What happened to my leg?" erang Calistha was frustrated with teary eyes. Aiden sighed softly and tried to calm Calistha by holding the woman into his arms. He also felt sad when Calistha was holding back tears like this. If time could be turned, it would

doing various ways to save Calistha from this calamity. Unfortunately he can't do that anymore. If he tries to kill himself now and repeats time, he is not sure he can live again to repeat it all. Perhaps he will die and never live again.

            "Your foot was only lightly injured, and it was the effect of a nail stuck in the sole of your foot. But after a week, everything will be fine."

            "You're sure, that looks pretty bad. Aren't I gonna be able to walk in a week?" isak Calistha was frustrated on his shoulders. Aiden nodded his head slowly and tightened his embrace to give Calistha strength. And sure enough, the woman immediately sobbed loudly while firmly gripping her sturdy arm.

            "Does anyone want to harm me?"

            "I'm looking for who did it, you take it easy. When I find him later, I will definitely behead him mercilessly, since this is one of the attempted assassinations. He must be severely punished." said Aiden fiery. When saying that, in his mind immediately imagined the face of the cunning Tiffany who was devising various kinds of evil plans to kill Calistha. He vowed to quickly find the evidence and punish Tiffany with a very severe punishment. Perhaps before he killed Tiffany with his silver sword, he would first torture Tiffany by skinning her slowly until the woman herself begged for her death.

            "Am I evil?"

            "Hmm?"

            "Am I evil, so the man wants to harm me and kill me?"

            "Evil? Each person's definition of evil is different, Cals. Like you who always thought me evil, but my people do not think me so, they just submit and obey me. As with you, maybe that person is just jealous of you so he wants to harm you and kill you. Believe me, there is no truly evil person on this earth, for the real evil is only

possessed by a demon." Aiden explained wisely. Calistha was stunned for a long time in Aiden's arms, trying to digest all of Aiden's perfectly reasonable-sounding words. That man is right, no one is really evil

on this earth, he used to think of Aiden as evil because he did not know the reason behind all of Aiden's cruel behavior, but after he found out, he did, the thought of Aiden being an evil man is slowly disappearing,

replaced with the thought that Aiden is a very responsible and tough man. It's just that all this time he could not understand the man, so he immediately considered Aiden as a bad person. Then who would want to harm him? Did he misunderstand her and want to kill her? But who? Everyone in this palace always looked friendly and loved him very much. And he always builds a good relationship with them all.

            "Calistha, not everyone you think is good is a good person. Do you remember Gazelle? You desperately defended her and protected her from me because you thought she was a good woman, but the truth is she's gonna kill you. Be careful about judging people, because you are not a good person to judge others" Aiden said firmly. Calistha instantly let go of Aiden's embrace just like that while bending her face pouting. Apparently he was upset with Aiden because the man again cornered him and indirectly Aiden considered him stupid because he was unable to distinguish the nature of people who are really good and bad. But how else, they all really looked good in front of him and did not look evil at all. Many of them became close friends. How did he find the bad guy. It will be very difficult to find bad people among good people because they can pretend to be good like everyone else.

            "Oh, I'm tired. Can you leave me now?" drive Calistha with a sharp tone. Aiden raised both eyebrows inexhaustibly at Calistha's volatile demeanor like a chameleon. Sometimes the woman is sweet and submissive, but sometimes the woman looks back rude and angry like a starving lioness. Honestly, he found it difficult to position himself if he was around the woman.

            "You kicked me out of my own room? Goody. Keep your manners Calistha." said Aiden Sakarstik. Calistha looked surprised and immediately scanned the entire room closely. And now he was completely aware that the room was not his room, but rather Aiden's contest room which was dominated by a dark, gripping atmosphere.

            "Why am I not aware of it at all?"

            "Are you satisfied observing my entire room?"

            "Why can I be here. I'm going back to my room."

            Calistha was already preparing to bend from her sleeping position and was about to walk down from the big bed, but Aiden instantly restrained his arm and pulled him firmly to draw closer towards her who had been laying down beside Calistha earlier.

            "From now on you will sleep here with me."

            "What's? You're nuts! We're not officially married yet." Calistha shouted loudly and completely disagreed. But Aiden casually immediately replied to the woman with vulgar words that were able to make Calistha's two cheeks meet red with embarrassment.

            "We're not officially married yet, but we've had sex before, so what's the difference between being married or not being married, we've already spent the night together."

            "Ta but. tttbut it's different. We should get married before we decide to stay in the same room. What about the views of people out there about us. They'll definitely think nothing of you and me."

            "Are they brave enough to do that? Tossing the king was the same as death for them." Aiden replied casually and looked unconcerned. Calistha shook her head thoughtlessly at Aiden and directly landed a hard punch on the man's arm.

            "Oh my God, you're starting again. You're back to your arbitrary nature. They have the right to comment on you if you're being unnatural" Calistha said. Sometimes he was caught off guard by Aiden's attitude which seemed so easy to lose a life without thinking first. Does he think God created lives just to waste them? A truly arrogant king.

            "They do have the right to comment on my attitude, but I never make rules

about that. So, like it or not, they must always obey my decisions and they are forbidden to use me, because I don't like."

               "Hey, you.."

                "I am the king, they must submit and obey me." cut Aiden absolutely. Calistha seemed to be at a loss for words as she rolled her eyes riled. Again the man used his status to intimidate others, even he had been treated like that, until in the end they had a big fight and ended with a shocking event today. Does being the king of men always have to clarify his status like that? Really sucks!

            "Whatever you say, I'm lazy to argue with you" Calistha finally said with an angry expression and immediately turned back to Aiden. The man chuckled softly at Calistha's attitude which he thought was so adorable. He enjoyed moments like this, moments of his friendship with Calistha that he will never forget. May all these trials come to an end so that he may live his life in peace with Calistha, and also his children.

            "That's..!"

            Aiden groaned softly as he felt his head pounding again. After the last few days

he did not see a glimpse of future events, he finally returned

got it again today. Calistha heard Aiden's voice

behind him who was groaning in pain immediately turned to look

aiden's current condition.

            "Aiden, what's going on? Are you all right?" ask Calistha to worry. Aiden agreed to one hand to give the code if he was okay. He only needed to be patient for a few minutes until the bang disappeared and the flashes of future events faded away.

            "Aarghh. I'm fine. I'm just getting a vision in the future" Aiden said stammering while enduring the pain that was stabbing his head. Calistha then held Aiden tightly and whispered words of encouragement to the man so that the man was strong to face any pain that was whipping his head.

            On the other hand, Aiden was currently holding back the anger inside him as he had just seen Gazelle and Tiffany inside his head. The two scheming women are currently devising a plan in the dungeon to re-harm Calistha after today's incident.

            "Fuck, they really should be punished with a lot of weight."