May Death Do Us Part

300 Chapter 300 : Love potion?

Maxim hopped off the carraige, feeling tired from the day but still happy that he had spent with Eira. And now that her cousin Damien was no longer on his neck, he was enjoying spending time with her even more.

The young elf would often times almost laugh at himself, whenever he thought of the situation that he was in. Here he was, practically an assassin sent to ruin Eira’s life, and her whole family as well, but now there was no doubt that he had developed feelings for her, and was slowly becoming protective of her.

Of course this meant that Maxim had by default, abandoned his mission, and at this point, she was ready to face any consequences that came with it.

The dark haired elf walked towards the entrance of the castle that he now called home, but stopped mid stride and turned to look back.

“Is there something wrong my lord?” One of Maxim’s guards asked him.

The green eyed elf moved his head from side to side before looking at the man who was standing beside him and responded. “It’s nothing,” and proceeded into the castle.

Maxim could have sworn that he had felt the presence of someone, someone he had met before but not quite, lingering behind him in the shadows. Was he being followed? Was it Damien? or was it someone completely different?

And if it was someone different, who was it and what did they want? He decided he would investigate it later, he didn’t want to raise any suspicion or unnecessary alarm in the castle.

From behind an old tree that stood near the gates of the castle, Jacob watched as the elf disappeared into the doors of his supposed home. He cussed lightly when he realized that Maxim had almost sensed him, it meant that his magic was very powerful, otherwise he would have not been able to sense his presence after the veiling spell Jacob had used to hide himself.

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something was definitely going on with this elven man named Maxim. First he seemed to have shown up out of nowhere, and all of a sudden he was Princess Eira’s best friend? Jacob had to find out more about this young lord, anything at all that would help him get a leg over in the competition.

Jacob would not let anyone take Eira away from him, not while he still lived.

With his veiling spell still active, Jacob slowly pushed open the gates and walked into the castle grounds. A guard who was standing near the gate looked in his direction and pinched his eyebrows together suspiciously. But after seeing that there was no one there, the guard continued his patrolling, concluding that it was the wind that had rattled the gates open and closed.

With a quick stride, Jacob rushed into the castle, through the hallways and began to search for where this Maxim man had gone to.

There was something that this man was up to, and it did not sit well with Jacob that it had something to do with Eira. He remembered how this man had offered to buy him ale, pretending to be consoling him after what had happened between him and Eira. But it was obvious now, that Maxim was only after information about Eira, probably to get closer to her.

if Jacob was going to end up with the princess, he would have to get rid of any threats that stood in his way. And one of those threats was the green eyed elven man named Maxim.

As Jacob was lurking through the hallways, quietly tiptoeing so that he would not be discovered, he heard a familiar voice whispering from the other side of a slightly open door.

He peaked within the room, and saw Maxim speaking to no one in particular. Carefully, Jacob pushed the door open a little more, and peeped at the elf a second time. This time he noticed that Maxim was speaking into a mirror, and within the mirror was a blonde green eyed elven woman speaking back to him.

what kind of sorcery was this? Jacob had never seen magic of that sort before, what was this man up to? And who was the woman he was speaking with in the mirror?

‘If she trusts you so much as to let you train her every day,’ The woman in the mirror spoke to Maxim. She seemed a little agitated, as if the green eyed elven man was refusing to do as she wished. “Then you should’ve already done what I instructed you to do. It shouldn’t be so difficult Maxim, all you need is a drop and the princess will be gone.”

Jacob covered his mouth to hold back a gasp. The princess would be gone? Were the two of them talking about Eira?

“Things have become a little complicated,” Maxim responded to the woman, his face clearly showing that he was not in the least bit interested in doing what she wanted. “You did not tell me the kind of person she was, and her family, they have all been nothing but good to me. It’s not easy to do what you want me to do to her, the situation has become complicated.”

“All I am hearing is that you fallen for that little wench, and your emotions are clouding your focus.” The women growled angrily. “Now you listen to me Maxim, and listen to me good. If you do not use the potion on the princess, I will make sure you and your sister live the rest of your lives miserably! That I swear!”

when Maxim put down the mirror he was holding and turned to look towards the door, Jacob ducked out of sight. Had he just heard right? Was Maxim really trying to use a love potion to get Eira to marry him? That was what that woman had said right? It was the only explanation. And that letter that Jacob had found, it was probably written by Maxim, obviously part of his plan to charm the princess into being his wife.

Jacob peaked into Maxim’s room a third time, and saw him pull out a small vial from his jacket pocket. The elf placed the vial on the table he was sitting on, and then walked to his bed and fell flat on his face.

That must have been the love potion that Maxim was to use on the princess. all of this was probably a scheme for power, if princess Eira fell in love with Maxim, he would definitely become the next ruler of Gavaria.

Suddenly, an idea crossed Jacobs mind. If he could obtain that love potion for himself, and use it on Eira, then she would be in love with him and not Maxim. And unlike the green eyed elf, Jacob had no need for power, all he wanted was his beautiful princess.

Now all he had to do, was to steal the potion, without Maxim noticing. And then, all of Jacob’s wildest dreams of wedding the love of his life would come true.