The Lost Princess' Second Chance
The Lost Princess’ Second Chance Chapter 51

Diamond’s POV

I am waiting in my bedroom for when everyone is in the dining room. So that King Arthur, my father, and I could flash down into the dining room. I had just finished braiding my hair behind me when I heard someone knocking on my door.

“It’s open.” | called out. The door opened and King Arthur and my dad came inside. “Good morning, father. Good morning, your majesty.” | greeted them as I looked up at them through the mirror. ” Good morning, Mara.” King Arthur said. “Good morning, gemstone.”

Father said.

I gave a small laugh. “I forgot to tell you yesterday, but I am no longer Mara. Lady Iris granted me the name Diamond.” I said with pride. I honestly felt nothing but pride and honor since being with Iris. I feel like my life actually has a true meaning to it now. “

Diamond, huh? I think it suits you perfectly.” King Arthur said with a smile. “It sure does. It even goes with your nickname.” Father said with a soft smile.

returned both of their smiles with a bright one of my own.

Father has always called me gemstone as far as I can remember. I couldn’t be more happier that they approved of my new name.

“Diamond, we need to have a talk before we head down to breakfast.” King Arthur said. His tone no longer happy. He seemed to be pretty worried about something. “Um… sure.” I said, turning to face them directly. “What is wrong?” I asked.

Father sighed and cleared his throat. “Diamond, no matter what I am about to tell you. Please remember that your mother and I love you with everything we are, and this subject is pretty difficult for me to talk about.” Father stated.

I was starting to feel very nervous and uneasy all of a sudden. “

Um… okay.” I replied. Father knelt down before me and took my hands in his. “A few months before I met your mother, my true mate, I was with someone else.” He said. I was shocked. Father has always pampered and coddled mother. I never would have thought he would have had a lover before her.

“It was nothing more than me than finding a companion to ease my loneliness and warm my bed at night. I have never once thought of another female since meeting your mother.” He stated firmly. I nodded in understanding. I knew how that felt. I was still looking for my mate. It is hard not to feel lonely from time to time.

Witches and wizards can live two to three times longer than humans, and we age like shifters. It makes it difficult sometimes to find our mates sometimes. Who knows… my name may not even be born yet, so it could be decades before I find my mate.

“Well I never caught the woman’s name when we first got together. Even though we only met up a few times… Anyway, when I found my mate I ended things. That was when she went crazy and started ranting on and on about her mate and how could I possibly leave her for mine own mate.” Father said.

“Wait she had a mate?” I asked. Father nodded. “And she still slept with you here and there?” I asked next. Father nodded once again. “Apparently her mate would cheat on her with multiple different women, so she decided to do the same to him.” King Arthur explained. I put my hand on my forehead. This was getting weird and the uneasy feeling inside was only growing.

This was sounded a bit familiar. “Don’t tell me that…” I couldn’t even bring myself to finished my question. Father nodded and answered my half asked question. “Yes… my old lover was none other than Queen Morgana.” He said. “How in the world could you not have known you were sleeping with the Queen Witch?!” I asked, my voice raised a bit.

“When King Vlad announced he found his mate, he never introduced her publicly. So no one ever saw what she looked like. It was like she was the queen only in name.” King Arthur explained.

“I didn’t know about her having a mate and after I ended things with her I didn’t see her for almost a year. Until I was doing some recon work when I was helping Arthur take down King Vlad.” Father said. I gulped. The uneasy feeling growing more and more by each word coming out of my father’s mouth.

“Something was drawing me to the dark chambers on the dungeon, so I decided to follow that feeling and see what was going on down there.” He said, pausing to take a deep breath before continuing. “As I got closer… I started to hear a baby’s cries. So l picked up the pace and rushed forward, not at all expecting the sight I saw.” He said, gripping my hands tighter.

“What did you see, father?” I asked in a small voice. Father looked over to King Arthur, who nodded his head, and then he looked back into my eyes. “I saw my old lover sitting in a cell like a crazy person. Rocking her body back and forth. A small naked baby girl in the corner while she had a naked baby boy in her arms. The little girl was crying like it was the end of the world, while the boy was silent as the dead of night.”

Father gulped as he seemed conflicted to continue. “As I got closer, I saw why the boy was so quiet… Queen Morgana was squeezing the life force right out of him and absorbing his magical essence right into her own body.”

I gasped. I felt sick. Our magical essence is as important to us witches and wizards as the wolf counterparts are to a werewolf. To take that would be like taking that person’s very soul. “I broke into that cell as fast as I could. Taking the child from her arms and scooping up the baby girl. I ran out of there as if my a*s was on fire and brought the babies to the clinic.” Father said, his eye filled with tears.

” was too late to save the boy, but the girl was thankfully untouched.” Father added. “Okay… but father, I am not seeing as why I need to know any of this.” I told him honestly. I can understand that it is a frightening experience, but I saw no reason why he thought that he needed to tell me this story.

Father was quiet for a moment, looking down to the floor. “

Diamond, my gemstone… That baby girl, that I had found in the cell with Morgana, was you.” Father said. I felt my heart drop into the pit of my stomach. “W-w-what?” | said, in a confused and scared tone.

“The moment you opened your eyes, I felt a connection with you. So l asked for a DNA test. You are my daughter, but Morgana is your mother.” He said. My heart went from a dead calm beat to beating so hard I thought it would beat out of my chest. “So the boy she killed was my brother? Your son?” I asked.

Father shook his head. “No. Your twin brother was not of my b***d. He was King Vlad’s son. You and your brother had the same mother, but different fathers.” Father explained. I looked up at him in disbelief. “How?” I asked, standing to my feet and looking down at my father. “How can we be twins with different fathers?!” | yelled out.

“It is rare, but there are cases were fraternal twins can have different fathers if the time of conception is pretty close together.”

King Arthur explained. Father just looked down, like he was ashamed of the past. I dropped back down to the chair. A lot of things made so much sense now. I never looked like mother at all and sometimes felt like an outcast with my siblings when we were younger. I was a bastard child outside of the mate bond for my parents.

I was pulled from my thoughts as I felt my father wrap his arms tightly around me. “I am so sorry I never told you, my little gemstone. I never wanted you to doubt how much vour mother and I loved you. When I brought you home and explained everything to your mother, she accepted you and claimed you as her child. Your mother would die for you without a second thought. Never forget that you belong to her as much as me.” Father pleaded.

I felt his emotions and the wetness of his tears on my shoulder.

My father was one that never cries. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him as tight as I could. “I will always be thankful for the love you and mother have given me my whole life… but why tell me all of this now? Why not just keep it a secret?” I asked.

Father pulled back and looked into my eyes again. His eyes and cheeks were stained with tears. “Because Morgana is only helping this female lycan in her search for you. There is nothing more powerful than the pure magical bond between twins. She has been obsessed with finding you and consuming your magical essence.”

Father said.

“But this fact also means that since she took your brother’s magical essence, then you are the only one with the power to end her.” King Arthur added. I looked at him confused. “What do you mean?” I asked. “Diamond, because she absorbed your twin brother’s magical essence… If anyone was to kill her then the twin bond between you and your brother’s magic could either kill you or strip you of your magic altogether.” King Arthur said in a grave tone.

My eyes widened in shock. I looked between King Arthur and my father. Both of them nodded at me. “You either have to absorb Morgana’s magical essence and become whole with your brother’s essence that is within her… or you have to kill her and risk losing your magic as well. Either way, it has to be by your hand that she falls.” King Arthur said before leaving the room.

“I know it is not an easy choice to make. Just take a few moments to think and absorb the information we have given you.

No matter what I will have your back, my little gemstone.” Father said as he got up to his feet. He kissed the top of my head. “No matter what I will always love you.” He added before leaving the room. Leaving me to now think about what I need to do.