"Her Highness is awake" Samuel says. "Really?" he paused. "Her maids told me to pass this message to you" he was happy she was awake, finally he thought he was going to lose her. "What's next?" he ask. "Your Majesty, ain't you going to see her?" Samuel says shocked. "We have something important to do, am I right" he turns to him. "Sorry?" Samuel ask, "Her Highness demands your presence Sire" Samuel bows. "Don't make me repeat myself" he says. "Yes sire" he covers his face. "I need to see the Grand Queen" he says. "Yes Sire" He opens the car door for him, it would be quite dangerous to make a move, he had so many project on his hand. He missed her like crazy, either he worked himself to sleep or he drank to sleep, it was a battle every night. _________________________ "Your Highness!" Sania calls holding her hands. "Ah, I feel dizzy" she tries getting up. "Thank God you're awake" Sania says. "What?" she whimpered. "Should I call the doctor?" San
"Your Majesty!" the guards in front of the grand queen's palace bow. "Let's have a little chat in the garden," she says. "Grandma, what's this about?" "So she's finally awake?" "If you have something to say, be quick I have no time," he says folding his two hands at his back. "Liam, you were such a cute little boy when you were young" Liam's eyes follow hers. "What's this about?" "The Queen is not feeling well, she's bringing shame to the royal family," she says. "It won't happen again," he says boiling. "Anyways that's not why I called you" "Have a sit" "Just say what you want to say." "You need concubines to assist you" Liam's father had three concubines and his mother as a Queen. Lisa was a child from his favorite concubine. "I will pretend I didn't hear this" "Why? if you do then I will have the Queen thrown out." "And how do you want to do that?" "Everyone would agree that since she came into the palace it has been chaotic... that would be e
"His Majesty said he wanted to sleep with you tonight," he says without looking. "Hmm?" she says not hearing him well. The door opens, Aurora turns back only to find Liam standing, he looked drunk for a minute. "Who said you could leave?" "What?" Aurora says surprised, she thought he was asleep. "Your Majesty," Samuel says. Liam rushes for her lips out there, he pressed her body tight to his. Samuel and his other guards turn away from them. Liam pulls her in shutting the door, he pushes her against the wall, kissing her hard. "Liam!" she pushes him. "Who said you could leave?" he unzip her dress. "I don't think we should be doing this," she says, she had lost a child and it wasn't even up to a month. "Didn't you miss me?" his hands blocked her from leaving. "Liam you're only drunk" "Really? I guess you didn't miss me" his hands run down her cheeks. Aurora tried to hold herself, whenever he looked at her like that, she couldn't help but lust over him. "
"Your Highness!" Sania bows burying her face on the ground. "It's another day" Aurora gets up from the bed. Aurora's face was pale, so many things had happened in a short period, Liam had taken a concubine to himself and she wasn't even allowed to be close to a man, he hadn't come to see her for a month and three weeks. She felt useless to him and at the same time she couldn't blame him, she missed him instead, she woke up every morning and slept during the day and at night she couldn't sleep. "His Majesty sent a message" "Did he?" she says tiredly. She wasn't able to understand herself anymore, her family was gone her friends and her life was gone, even her husband treated her like was nothing to him. "He has lifted the ban" Aurora gets up from the bed and walks to the table. "Sania?" she calls her. "What's the purpose of living?" tears roll down her eyes. "Your Highness" Sania breaks down. "You shouldn't think like that" "I don't have a right to?" she picks up a
"What do you plan on doing," Sania says Aurora wasn't paying attention to her, she imagined Liam on the bed with lady Gina, she imagined his hands roaming her body. she didn't believe he would actually sleep with her, he was king what did she have to say? It was weird, she wasn't feeling jealous, she only wanted him that bad. "Whitey!" Sania catches the dog from falling into the water, she picked him up and cleaned his leg. "How's prince Edward?" she sighs. "Huh?" Sania was surprised to hear her call his name, ever since the King had banned her from leaving her room she never mentioned him. "He's still on house arrest," Sania says. "Ah, Your King something else" she breathes. "Look who's here," Lady Gina says. Aurora looks up at her, she held a little kitty, she rolled her eyes at her and replied. "What do you want?" she says. "So the new is true?" Gina moved to her front. "What news?" "You're finally free" "What do you want?" Aurora never liked her she look
It had been days, and Aurora spent her morning and night in the king's chamber, it was something nobody could do. She was the first to get there, she hoped she would be the last. Liam had stopped going to see Lady Gina, he spent his nights with Aurora, the topic had gone round the palace. Everyone knew they were sleeping whenever. "Whitey this room is much better than mine, it's so big," she says. "Your Highness, you're really the king's favorite now," Lia says. "I have always been" she rolls her eyes. "Remember when you came to the palace first" Lia laughed. "Don't" she glares at her, she didn't want to remember those days. "Where's Sania?" "She is sick," Lia says. "What's wrong?"Aurora asked. "She had gone to see the doctor so she would be fine" "Really? that's good." she thought about Liam, she missed him, she wasn't doing anything rather than sitting in the palace all day waiting for him. "Your Majesty!" his guards greet him as he walked furiously. "
"The one over there next to the King is King Darius and that's his daughter, princess Rose" "Okay, that's enough" "I would be by your side if you need me" Aurora walked slowly in a white long gown, which had splitting by the side, she looked at Liam and he was stunned by her beauty. He got up and went closer to her. "Why do you look so pretty?" he says, Aurora blushes, tapping him lightly. "Come on" he places his hands at her back, his hands touched her bareback. "Why is the back open?" he whispers. "I don't know I didn't choose the gown" she smiled. "I didn't ask you to bec..." "You look lovely indeed" Princess Rose walked over to her, interrupting him. "Thank you" she hugs her. "You picked a darling, King Liam!" King Darius says. "It's a pleasure to hear that from you" "Queen Aurora right?" he says "Yes" she replies smiling awkwardly, she wasn't enjoying the situation. "Hi," he brings his hands out for a handshake. "Here" Liam leads her to a
"Finally you're here," Princess Lisa says. "Lisa!" she runs to her. "Hey be careful!" Liam says. "How are you?" Lisa scans her, turning her. "I'm fine, what about you?" "I'm fine, I'm so sorry for your loss" "Thanks," her mood changes. "You can't be running!" "Why?" she stands behind Lisa. Liam stares at her and laughs she was always short no matter what. "Come in when you're done" "Your Majesty!" lady Gina was over to Liam. "Lady Gina, how are you?" he looks back at Aurora. Aurora gives him a blank stare, "He's guilty" Lisa says. Hearing this Aurora laughs, she didn't lie, Liam had a guilty look on his face. "Let's go inside, grandma is waiting" She walks inside and there is a large table outside with chairs, it was her first time seeing an outdoor setting. "Aurora?" Prince Edward calls. "Edward?" she says shocked, her mind goes to Liam, she finds Liam talking to Lady Gina. "How are you doing?" his eyes follow hers. "I'm fine, when did y
"Lisa?" he called, She dropped the knife immediately and looked at him. "Oh, Liam you're back?" She darts at Aurora and back at him. "What are you doing with that?" He asked, coming closer. "Oh, Aurora dropped this, after placing her on the bed, I picked it up" Lisa smiles. "You should be careful with those" Liam giggled. "Yeah, I think she cut herself" She says, Lisa picks the knife from the floor.. "What?" "I am just kidding, but she yelled, cried before going to sleep" Lisa says. "Why?" "She believes Lady Gina's serving girl died because of her" "Thank you, Lisa" Liam glanced around. "You're welcome, well then I think I should excuse you" she breathed. "Lisa?" He called. "Yeah?" She turned around, holding a coat in her hand. "I'm sorry for the death of your grandmother" He says, Lisa looked over to Aurora "Does she know yet?" Lisa cleared her throat, sucking in the flood of tears. "I will let her know" he says, Lisa smiled and nodded. "Goodnigh
"I knew I should have gone to her!" Aurora says. "Stop it, it isn't your fault" "What if that's why she came to my chambers?" she panicked, bitting her nails. "Aurora, listen to me" Liam took her hands off her mouth, "You haven't slept for the past two days... you're pregnant, remember?" He patted her head. "Shouldn't you see, Lady Gina? she has to know" She says, Liam sighed. "Aurora!" he gripped her hands. "Don't tell at me, I am scared" she says. "You have to eat, you're causing danger to yourself" He explained, but Aurora hands kept shaking. "Hey," He held her hands tight. "We would find whosoever that did this okay?" He says.BB "Lady Daniella, How is she?" She bit her lower lips, blinking severally. "Sire?" Edward calls from behind the door, Aurora narrowed her gaze towards the door. "Come in" Liam says "Sire, your presence is needed at court." He bows. "Why don't you get a warm bath and..." He whispered in her ears, "and put on something nice for me?"
Climbing over her, meeting her lips. He pulled away for a second to look into her eyes, "Ready?" He placed her legs over his shoulders, Aurora breath increased and she nodded. Liam pushed into her, holding her head in his arms, Aurora wrapped her legs around his waist. "Liam!" she moaned, kissing his ears, their breathing ragged as they both enjoyed each other. Her moans softly faded away, as hours passed. Few hours later, Aurora was fast asleep when she heard a strange noise, she opened her eyes to the dark room, she touched around and Liam was nowhere to be found. "Liam?" She called, assuming he had gone to shower, Aurora took off the sheets, coming down from the bed when she heard the same noise again, like someone had fallen. "Sania? is that you?" She searched the wall for the switch, "Kara?" she assumed, slowly she walked closer, Aurora trips over. "Oh! Sania? I'm sorry," she says, crawling through the wetness of the ground. Aurora reaches the wall, searching for the
"I am, where did you get this grape from it's really sweet" she commented, Kara and Sania looked at themselves. "Grape?" Sania asked. "Yeah, grapes" Aurora looked at them, smiling. "What's wrong? you didn't get them?" She panicked. "I did... from my parents place" Kara blushed. "Oh, really? when did you leave?" "Ahh, that... my brother brings them twice a week" "You have a brother? does he work in the palace?" She asked, munching on her grape. "No, he's a farmer" Kara says, looking at Sania. "Can you tell him..." Aurora swallowed, "Can you tell him, to bring some more?" She lickef her lips. "It would be an honour!" She bowed, Sania shook her head. "Do you want some Sania? the King must have scared you a lot" Aurora furrowed her brows at her. "No, Your Grace... I wouldn't dare!" She says, Kara chuckled. "It's fine... I wouldn't be mind" Aurora assured her "Your Grace, you need to prepare for the burial" Aurora froze, she has totally forgotten about that.
The palace, bell rang over and over around the palace, it was a custom that whenever a royal had passed on, the bells would keep ringing from the moment the news had reached the King till the next day, and Aurora in her chambers late at night, stared through the window. People from all over the citadel, stood with candles in their hands mourning the late Queen mother. Liam was stuck in her chambers till the next morning. "Your Highness, the King had ordered you to sleep" Sania weak voice says. "How can I sleep knowing my husband isn't fine?" she sniffled, turning around, Sania, Kara and Lia were on their knee in a white garment. "For the..." Sania says. "Why are you all kneeling?" She asked, confused and staring at them. "It's the custom?" "To kneel for no good reason?" she chuckled at their stupidity. "Yes, Your Grace" Kara says, wiping her eyes, Aurora took a deep breath "The King?" "Your Grace, he would..." Aurora hissed. "I need to see him, it's midnight and he hasn't st
"Don't!" Sania stopped Lia from opening the door to Aurora's chamber. "Oh, you're here" Lia says, smirking at her. "Yeah, I am..." she rolled her eyes at her. "Why are you guys outside?" "Don't!" Sania yelled. "What?" Lia and Kara, replied gawking at her. "The king is with the Queen" she whispered. "You mean he left here?" Kara asked. "Yeah, he does that a lot..." Lia says, Sania nudged her, sighing. "So, we should probably wait... till he leaves" Sania says. "No, we should go back" "What? are you crazy? what if she needs us?" "After we left, was that when he came?" "Yeah, that time... Her Highness was in the shower" Sania paused, she looked around and gathered them together. "What happened?" Kara asked. "She won't be needing any," Sania mimicked, laughing. "Needing what?" Lia asked, for further understanding. "Her clothes, I assumed" Sania leaned back, shrugging. "Oh my God!" She held her chest, staring at the man at their front. "Sania..." h
Just as the night crept, Aurora returned to her chambers after a long night with the princess, finally she found her way out, and huffed, closing the door of her chamber. "Your bathe is ready" Sania says. "Help me, get this dress off" She says, turning around, in seconds her dress dropped, she quickly grabbed a robe covering her naked body. "His Majesty?" Aurora asked, side glancing Sania and Lia who arranged her bed. Sania and Lia helped prepare a warm bathe for her, she dropped her robe as she stepped into the shower, it was indeed warm, she loved it, it felt so relaxing letting the water roll down her skin. "Thank you Sania" she says, smiling and enjoying the pressure of the water, this was exactly what she need after dealing with the princesses. "Your Highness," she smiled, "Do you need me to prepare your dress?" Sania asked, Aurora felt a figure watching her. "Oh... Liam?" Aurora eyes met his, he started at her with a smile, He had his hair lying on his shoulde
"But I can't touch you without remembering Robert" He sighs. Aurora looked around the chamber, she didn't understand what he meant by that, but that was the most foolish thing Liam had ever said to her, She breathed wondering what he meant. Aurora thought of asking him what he meant but she couldn't bring herself to, Robert? what did he have to do with touching her? nothing he said made sense to her, there was a serious matter around the corner, with his attitude she couldn't bring herself to ask him why he did that. "You can do that later, for now let's shower huh?" She managed a smile, trying her best to bring up any topic that would provoke him knowing how Liam was, he could be so annoying especially when he couldn't or doesn't want to answer or talk about something. "We should?" He smirks, laughing. Aurora furrowed, he looked like a psychopath with his dull eyes and devilish smile, how could one look so scary without effort. "Yeah, why don't you help me undress?" she cares
Aurora lays on his bed, sleeping as Liam steps in, Rialto sat there watching her "How is she?" "She's fine, she just needs rest, she had a hard time staying alone, plus her experience earlier made her shocked. "The baby?" "Fine, but you shouldn't leave her on her own, so it doesn't develop into trauma, it's bad for her health," Rialto says. "Thanks, is that all?" He glanced around. "Yes Sire, I would leave you now" Liam sits beside her watching her sleep. He would have let her stay in his chambers then things would have been different, she wouldn't have to worry about seeing or getting abused. "Sire?" Samuel whispers "Hm?" He turns over, getting out of the bed. "Prince Edward wants to see you" "Outside" Liam mouths, he turns back and Aurora slept soundly. Slowly he shut the door quietly, "What's going on?" "The princesses are asking for the state of the Queen" "She's fine, let them know that... and Edward?" "He says, Robert would like to see you" "Oh, he's ready