Their little princess was born a little over a month later. A healthy seven-pound baby that came into the world in all of her glory, ready to be the great queen that was her destiny. As Sophie held her baby in her arms for the first time. She couldn’t help the smile that formed on her lips and the happy tears that fell from her eyes when they met with Lance who had tears in his eyes too. The memory would stay with her for a long time. After the birth, she slept for about three hours and when she awoke, her little princess was in the room with her. Sophie got out of her bed and walked to the baby crib. She picked up her little one and exhaled. Her baby was beautiful and so perfect. “Thank you,”She muttered to the pretty child for she was the reason Sophie’s luck changed forever. Both she and Lance already picked a name for her. Aurora. Which means dawn just like how her conception created a new dawn for Sophie. Sophie had a lot to be thankful for and made sure to not forget. “My fam
MATURE CONTENT AHEAD!!!"Sophia, your presence is requested at the king's chamber,"Diva a co palace maid announced as she entered the staff quarter."What? Why? It's way past twelve already,"Sophia complained not wanting to leave her bed, it was still her day off and she is supposed to resume duty by eight in the morning."I don't know but I envy you a lot,"Diva said laying on her bed, she took off her shoes and jacket."Why? I am called to go see the king, at after twelve in the middle of the night and you are envious? what's there to envy?"She asked not understanding her, why will her working extra time be something to envy? She would give anything not to go tend to the king right now, was the king purposely overworking her because she was foreign? That would explain a lot."Whatever just go see the king, you can't keep him waiting, run along,"She replied, Sophia shook her head as she exited the room and walked the distance to the main palace, the palace is a huge mansion with
Sophia stared at the pregnancy test kit in her hand and prayed from the depth of her heart that it showed only one line."Please, please, please," She muttered in fear. But her prayers weren't answered because, like the previous three test kits that she had used, it showed two lines."No, no, no, please no," She pleaded to wish for it to be a dream, but she knew it wasn't, she was pregnant and the baby, the baby belonged to the king, she sat down in the toilet and bowed her head as tears dripped from her eyes.What had she expected when she had slept with the king without protection, it was all her fault.Now, what is the going to do? She didn't have anyone here to talk to, she came here for work and the only people she knew where wee co-palace works, she couldn't talk to them either, because they were all part of the kingdom, she was like the only foreigner working here, once upon a time her life has been in Briscout, she had been a Nurse and even though her life wasn't that great
Sophia sat in the car, with her hands tied, mouth gagged and blindfolded, she couldn't do anything, the drive continue for more than an hour, she wasn't sure where the man was taking her and couldn't even defend herself, she had to wait till they get to were they were going, she didn't even know if she will ever make it back alive, she just said a silent prayer to heaven wishing that they will protect her even if it is just because of her unborn child, she can't die like this, she didn't want to die like this."Okay, we are finally here,"The driver said as the car came to a stop, Sophia heard him open the car and get out and before she knew it, he was at her side, he pulled her out of the car with so much force that she almost hit her head on the car, he pushed her on the ground, before removing her blindfold, her eyes took a while to adjust after the blindfold was removed."Hand it over,"He said stretching out his hands."Hand what over?"Sophia asked, she was shocked by how calm s
"Your majesty,"His special advisor said coming to stand by him, Lance looked at him."What is it?""Sorry to disturb your relaxing time but the soon to be queen wants to speak to you on the phone,"He revealed, Lance was in no mood to speak to the would-be queen, in fact, he wasn't in the mood to speak to anyone, he was waiting for the maiden he sent out to return, he had asked if she had returned a couple of times and it was the same report, she should have been back hours ago, it wasn't that hard of an assignment that he gave her."Tell her to tell you whatever she wants to say and you can relay it to me later, I am not in the mood to speak with anyone right now,"He ordered, walking back into his chamber."But my king,""No, but Patrick, or else you want to spend the rest of your week in prison,""Sorry, my king,"He said and left, Lance checked the time again, it was past twenty o clock already."Why isn't she back?"He asked himself as he stood up and walked out of his chamber,
Sophia was beyond exhausted from walking for hours but still, it felt like there was no hope for her, it was already midnight, everywhere was dark and she was nowhere near finding a house or anyone, this was bad, the more she walked the more it felt like it would be better to just sit in one place and wait for her death because as it stands there was no hope for her, she was exhausted, her legs were shaking, she was cold even though she had on so many layers of clothes, if she doesn't die of exhaustion, hunger will do the work or there maybe wild animals too, either way, she looks at it, she was going to end up dead, she just didn't want to die without fighting, she couldn’t just sit and lose, which was why no matter how tired and hungry she was, she kept walking, it looked like it was going to rain too, she hoped it won’t, that would make it worst for her, she just wished she had super powers this moment that would have helped her through this.No way had she thought her life would t
“My king, the driver is back but he was rushed to the palace hospital,"The guard relayed."What? What happened?""We don't know the full details yet but he was shoot in the arms and he was rushed to the hospital as soon as he got back,""Okay, what about the maiden? Where is she?"He asked as he wore his robe properly."I don't know my king, she isn't with him, he was alone,"The guard revealed."Are you sure you saw or are you just saying what you heard, make way for me, I will go talk to him at the hospital,""But my king, it's late already, you can do that tomorrow,"His advisor Patrick said as he walked in, Lance eyed him and walked past him, Patrick was doing the most recently and Lance was seriously considering giving him a sack letter.“Late? You better not get in my way, Patrick,”He said moving out of his room, he couldn’t remember the last time he had been to the palace clinic, right from when he was young, he didn’t have a pleasant memory of the clinic so he avoided it as
Sophie woke the next morning in shock, it took her a couple of minutes to remember what happened to her and where she was, she jumped up from the bed looking around, the previous night, she had been too exhausted to even be scared but now that she wasn’t so exhausted, she suddenly was scared of who the woman who had allowed her to stay this night at her place must be, it was all kinds of thoughts that gathered in her head and none of them was any better than the others, she couldn’t come up with a reasonable excuse as to why an older lady was living alone in the middle of nowhere like there were no houses around, or maybe there was and she didn’t see it the night before, she walked out of the room.The house was empty when she got out, she wondered if she had imagined the old woman last night out of exhaustion but soon told herself to wake up because how would she imagine her if she was in her house right now?“You are awake? Good, you should take a bath,”The old woman said coming fr
Their little princess was born a little over a month later. A healthy seven-pound baby that came into the world in all of her glory, ready to be the great queen that was her destiny. As Sophie held her baby in her arms for the first time. She couldn’t help the smile that formed on her lips and the happy tears that fell from her eyes when they met with Lance who had tears in his eyes too. The memory would stay with her for a long time. After the birth, she slept for about three hours and when she awoke, her little princess was in the room with her. Sophie got out of her bed and walked to the baby crib. She picked up her little one and exhaled. Her baby was beautiful and so perfect. “Thank you,”She muttered to the pretty child for she was the reason Sophie’s luck changed forever. Both she and Lance already picked a name for her. Aurora. Which means dawn just like how her conception created a new dawn for Sophie. Sophie had a lot to be thankful for and made sure to not forget. “My fam
The woman who was no longer isolated has become one of the important people to Sophie who saw her as a mother figure and the older woman treated her like a daughter, giving her tips and advice on how to navigate her status as the queen and also how to be a good mom. Sophie had so many good people around her which made everything easy for her and she was thankful to every one of them. Sophie let out a nervous sigh when she arrived at the cathedral. It was finally happening. She was marrying Lance. They announced her entrance and Sophie started walking towards the aisle where her Lancelot stood waiting for her with the most genuine expression. His eyes were filled with love and pride. She could see. Her heart felt full. Sophie felt her eyes water as she got to him. He had a bright smile ready for her and he looked so handsome in his royal regalia. So handsome and so hers. After today, she would finally be able to call him her husband. She still couldn’t believe it was really happening
The next month pretty much went faster than Sophie could have imagined. There was so much to prepare for their wedding and everyone was busy. She didn’t have to worry about any of the preparations but she did do a lot of public appearances, some with Lance, others alone. Even though she had a lot going on with her and a lot of things to learn. She still felt so happy. The people of Otano not only accepted her as their queen but they also made sure she knew that she was loved by them. All the backslash that she had feared for didn’t come. Of course, she knew not everyone would support her but a great number did and that made her so happy. Nothing good comes easy so it was no surprise that she had a pretty hard time getting used to her new status. Lance did his best to make everything very easy for her. He was a darling man and she felt so lucky to have him in her life. He listened to her and was always considerate of her wants and needs. Sophie stared at herself in the mirror as the s
Everyone in the room listened to her. Lance saw the look of admiration and respect that the elders had regarded her with after she finished talking to them and his heart had swelled with love and pride. Not only was his queen bold and beautiful. She was also brilliant and well-spoken. Lance was sure now that she had successfully won the elders over and that they wholeheartedly supported her being queen. “I knew you would get along. She is a great woman. She isn’t much of a proper princess but she definitely knows a lot about royalty, when she asked me, I didn’t think twice before saying yes. I already know you both will do great things together. I know you already have plans for the women of Otano,”He said. he liked how the majority of what she had said to the elders was about giving the women more representation. Lance has done his best since he became king to let the women of Otano shine just as much as their male counterparts but there is only so much a man can do. With Sophie an
“Why am I stuck here with you when I could be with my woman in bed already, it is way past nine pm,”Lance complained, throwing the files he had on the table, they were still in his office even though it was so late already. As it was approaching the end of the year, he had a lot of things to go through which was driving him crazy. He couldn’t postpone anything like he had done last year because he knew when the new year runs in, he would be married and also with a newborn. He wanted to spend enough time with his family without worrying about the load of work waiting for him. “You are not the only one stuck here, I would rather listen to my woman go off about her adventures than be here with you but we don’t always get what we want,”Patrick replied. Lance still couldn’t believe they were together, yeah, they looked good together and he might have had an idea that they would end up together but he didn’t think it would happen so soon. Partly because they hated each other before and m
The best part of everything was that they listened to her with interest, which made it easy for her to speak with more confidence, she didn’t even think about looking Lance’s way as the conversations went on and when she finally looked at him, he had a proud smile on his face. Sophie had seen Lance smile a lot over the past months that they had been together but this smile carried so much more power, she wanted to do more to see him smile like that. After Sophie was done talking, everyone applauded her, even Patrick was clapping when she looked his way. not just clapping, he was smiling too. After they had that talk where he apologized, they have been cool with each other and now even talk to each other even when Lance isn’t present. Getting to know Patrick, Sophie realized he was a good man, just too strict sometimes. She enjoys it when he tells Lance off or nags him because of something he wants him to do. It was always fun to watch them go off. “You did well today, I am so proud
Sophie opened her eyes and smiled brightly when she felt the weight of her favorite person on her, even though she was so big with their daughter now, he still managed to fit his arms around her, with his hand settling protectively over her baby bump. She felt safe and loved even though she was slightly uncomfortable because she had been sleeping on that side for too long. She struggled to turn to the other side so that she could face the man of her dreams. As she turned, she felt a slight weight on her finger that wasn’t there before, her mouth flew open when she saw it. “Oh my God,”Sophie whispered, staring at the beautiful ring on her finger. The dim light in the room didn’t do anything to stop it from looking so pretty. “When did he do it?”Sophie asked herself as she finally turned to face her sleeping sweetheart. The crazy man had a way of making her fall in love with him even more than she already had. She fell asleep immediately after they finished making love. He must have
Having Sophie back in his arms and his life where she belonged gave Lancelot so much peace but he knew that peace would not be complete until he did the needful which was to make her his queen; she was already his queen but he wanted to make it official, introduce her to his people who will become her people too. He wanted them to be married before the princess's due date so he set to work. He sent a message to all the elders, requesting for them to meet up with him. He already had the discussion with them before but he wanted them to officially meet his wife and also be aware of the royal wedding that was about to take place. Of course, he gave his woman time to heal from what she had experienced which was why he scheduled the meet up for three weeks after they returned. He told her about it a week ago and she had been skeptical about meeting them but he reminded her that it was inevitable, the queen had to meet her people. He was able to talk her into agreeing. The meeting was fina
“From everything that we checked, the baby is okay even though she was a little in distress earlier, we will prescribe a new medication and advise you to rest as much as possible and also report to the hospital if you feel any kind of discomfort,”The doctor informed both of them. Sophie was glad to know the baby was okay, she had been so scared after the sharp pain she felt when she had been trying to run away from Damon, thankfully, no harms were done to her or the baby and now she was back safe to her home; yes, Otano was her home now, the only place she ever want to call home, the only thing that would take her back to Briscout now is when she goes to pay visit to her family’s graves.“Thank you so much doc,”Lance said to the doctor, his words brought Sophie out of her thoughts, she realized she didn’t hear the last part of what the doctor had said but she didn’t worry because she knew Lance heard and he would remind her if it was very important, she turned her eyes to him. “We