Their giggles could be heard in the chambers. Only their special servants were allowed to stay there. Ezequiel was carrying his bride to his room but his feet were wiggling under him making him to move zig zag.
“Hey. Watch out!” Hazel almost screamed while laughing.
“You have gained weight, honey.” He teased her.
Hazel was horrified, “No, I didn’t.”
“Wanna bet on it?” He chuckled nuzzling his nose in her face.
“Shut up, Zeki.” His eyes went wide with surprise, “Nobody in my life, ever asked me to shut up!”
“Really? Then get used to it.” She stuck out her tongue.
His lips curved down in mocked sadness, “You have changed, Hazel. The future Queen is not behaving like one. Tsk tsk. Hanging out her tongue … like this. You really have changed.”
“Changed! Your ass.” Ezequiel started laughing and kissed her cheek lig
Aurelia gave herself a once over in the huge mirror.I look fine, I guess. She told herself.“Oh, rubbish. You look beautiful.” Her mom who have heard her while entering the room looked at her daughter lovingly. Today it was an official meeting of the crown prince with all the courtiers.And the best part was, she was expected to attend it as his fiancée. Her mom came near her and tried to fix her already made-up hair.“You look ravishing, hun. Do try to get in his bed after the meeting.”“Mama?” Aurelia was too happy today and she did not want her mom to ruin her day.“Aurelia! This will be the first meeting where I won't be able to accompany you. Neither your father. You are on your own.” Aurelia did not reply and kept praising her image in the mirror.“If you want to get to the prince you need to lure him in such a way …” Her mom was not taking the hint.
“Zeki. She seemed hurt.” Hazel was upset.“We both have been thinking about others for so long, Zella. It’s high time that we start thinking about ourselves too.”“Even if it means that we have to be selfish?”“For a little while. Yes.”Taking her in his arms he tightened his grip on her slender figure, “Stop worrying, Mrs. Ezequiel. I will talk to her, I swear. But please also understand that we can’t make everyone happy.”She let out a sigh in his chest, “I don’t want anyone to get hurt.”“Nobody would. Until and unless they want to. Everyone has a fair share of hurdles and pains in life. We had ours too if you remember.” She tilted back her head with a small smile.“I know. But we had each other.” She said softly.“I guess we were lucky, sweetheart.” Putting his chin on her head he closed his eyes, &l
Alda:Today was one of the best days of her life. The shocked look on Hazel’s face! It just made her day. She had sent her daughter to her room for the much needed rest. Aurelia was upset and as a mother, she tried to make her unwind. It will take time but her daughter was hell strong. She would cope with it and would fight back. She was her daughter so she was supposed to be stronger than her.From a very young age, Alda’s mom told her that she would be the queen. There was no training during those days. Her mom just asked her to lure the king and become her bed partner.Alda was very young when she lost her virginity to the king. When she confided it to her mom, her mom celebrated it by cooking her favorite meal.She not only became a bed partner to King Lucas James but kept trying to make him fall in love with her. Almost every night she used to share his bed. He had become habitual of having her around. Confiding in her about politics, kin
After telling him the truth she spent the whole night staying awake. She did not know what the king would do with Maria now. As a king she expected him to put her behind the bars. To bury her in the palace dungeons.The next morning when she met Maria, she was happy and in best of the moods.“You seem happy.” She could not hold back her curiosity.“Yes. My husband is back. Why won’t I be happy?” Maria James looked in her eyes sharply compelling her to move away from her face, avoiding eye contact.Something was weird. Maria did not seem like her old self.“Is something bothering you, Maria? Are you angry at me?”“Shouldn’t I be angry at you, Alda? You told the King the child doesn’t belong to him.”Maria was looking straight into her eyes. Alda swallowed audibly, “I did it for you, Maria. You were upset. If I would not tell him then someone else would. I made your
“You need to take damn control of your life, Aurelia.” Alda was getting agitated now.“Ha-ha mama. To take control of life which is already in YOUR control. Are you jesting with me?”“Listen to me, sweetie. Look here.” She forced her face to turn to her, “Aurelia. Don’t you dare give up. I will take care of that girl. Trust me. You just need to handle the prince.”Aurelia was feeling tired from all this politics.“Mama. I don’t understand anymore, what should I do? Right now I need peace in life. And that seems nearly impossible. Can you leave me alone please?”“Aurelia. Trust me …”“Mama.” There was warning in her voice, “I said I want some alone time. Please?” Alda became quiet and then nodded her head though she did not like the tone. Once Aurelia was alone she started thinking about the things her mom was telling her.
“I don’t know Mrs. Wabin that where your daughter is. I swear we entered the pub together. But I don’t know where she went after that.”Alda did not understand what to do. Her daughter didn’t return when she left last evening. She stayed awake all night waiting for her. She even tried to contact her husband but he was not available. Aurelia’s phone was also not responding.“Lily. How could you leave her like this? She is not used to going out. My daughter is so innocent. Someone might want to kidnap her.” She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs.“Relax Mrs. Wabin. I am her friend. Not her chaperone.” Alda tried to bring her temper down. She did not know if she should scold Lily or kill her, “Mrs. Wabin. I think we should ask her fiancé. She might have planned to spend the night there.”Nobody knew that Aurelia did not have any understanding or attachment with the crown pri
“Sweetheart. You look upset!” Ezequiel gave her a concerned look. She had been sitting idly in bed for quite some time.“Did you say something?” She jolted up a little.“You are not even listening to what I am saying!” He sat beside her shifting her closer to him, making her sit on his lap, “What is it, sweetheart?”“I am just confused.” She looked into his golden eyes. The eyes she always thought could look into her soul. “When I came into the palace as a maid, everybody told me that palace is a strange place. Every time somebody used to tell me that, I used to mock them secretly. But now …”Instead of saying anything further, she kept playing with her fingers intertwining them until his strong hand covered hers, silently asking her to complete it.“Zeki. Life here is so artificial. No one is trustworthy here. Thank God I have got you.”“Thank G
“Hazel. Reach out to me, sweetheart! What’s taking you so long?” Again the same gentle voice in her dreams, the same white light.“How … how can I reach you?”“You need to find a way, Hazel. I know you would.”“What if I can’t find a way?”“I trust you, Hazel. You will. I swear!” there was amusement in her voice. But now Hazel feeling angry. When she woke up, it was still midnight. Ezequiel was sleeping peacefully draping an arm around her. She smiled and tried to bury her face in his chest. She needed her sleep because there were so many things she needed to do the next day.***The middle-aged woman made her sit on a couch. The house seemed beautiful and was decorated with an ancient touch.On the glass top of a rack replicas of ancient Greek Gods were placed. She went near it when her eyes fell on a framed photograph of the family.They seemed to