Queen Stella took her seat at the dinner table trying to calm her nerves. A forced smile was plastered across her face.

"You need to try harder love, if you are to convince our guests that you are happy to have them here," King Evelthon hissed in her ear.

"Maybe, just maybe I would be better at this if I had some warning," she snapped at him.

"I said, I will explain later. Now, pretend you are enjoying yourself," he ordered her.

Stella fidgeted nervously with her gloves; her palm rapped around the bumpy surface created by elegantly decoration of pearls and lace. She could not understand what on earth Evelthon was doing. She understood that he wanted to be the sole ruler of the Cloud Kingdom, it was his rightful place since he was the One; as he claimed. However in her vision she had seen IT embracing someone else.

She had played the scene repeatedly in her head trying to figure out who that person was but she couldn't place him. IT has shown her that Evelthon would bring destruction to the Kingdom. She needed to find out what Evelthon was planning and stop it. She would not allow him to destroy their world.

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"Jasmin," she called as she was slowly taking off her gloved and placing them on her dresser.

"Yes, my Queen."

"I need you to do something for me," she said.

"Anything for you."

"Nobody must know about this."

"Don't insult me, my Queen."

"I need to know what the King is planning with his new allies. It was implied that they will be allowed to mine for phyllo," she informed her.

"I'm certain that the King will never do anything that will harm our Kingdom, if this is what you are worried about. Have faith in him. He has been a good King."

Stella walked towards her, "Let me show you then," she whispered as she reached for Jasmin's hands.

Jasmin looked at her dumbstruck. Stella never touched anyone willingly. It drained her energy to bring someone else into her visions and made her physically sick.

"Are you sure about this?" Jasmin asked.

"I am," Stella replied as she took Jasmin's hands into her own.

They were both flown back forcefully when Stella finished with her and they escaped the vision. Jasmin wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand. She quickly got up and went to help Stella on her feet. She carried the Queen to her bed.

"I see. I will learn everything there is to know. You can count on me. One question if I may be allowed?" She said with a determined look on her face.

"Ask away"

"Who was that with IT? Maybe we should find him and contact him?" She suggested.

"That was two questions dearest," she said with a smile, "I can only assume that he is new to our Kingdom and that he possesses great power. Now, about finding him. I don't think it's a good idea for the time being."

"Perhaps not find him physically, I meant maybe you can try and search for him, reach out to him in your visions," Jasmin said.

"The only time I tried that it ended with destruction," she said with tears in her eyes.

"That was a long time ago, you have grown and learned so much since then," Jasmin countered.

"I'll think about it."

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