CHAPTER 121 HAZEL'S POV; I was surprised to see him standing there with the flowers in his hands. "For me?" I asked and turned to Theresa. She shrugged at me. "I should leave you two alone," Theresa said and turned to me with a giddy smile. "I had fun today. We are going out again so I get to see Trenton again, okay?" I nodded and smiled at her. "Of course." I didn't miss the look on Earl's face. As soon as he heard Trenton's name, his expression darkened and he stared at Theresa for a long time but she didn't seem to be interested in whatever he had to say. As soon as she left, I took the flowers from Earl's hand and brought it to my nose. It was a bouquet of white carnations. One of my favorites. I looked up at him and caught him frowning and lost in thought. "You good, Earl?" He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at me, a smile filling his face. He nodded. "Of course. I am fine. I just got into my head," "I love the flowers, Earl. I must
CHAPTER 122 ONYX'S POV; Earl had to be doing this on purpose. Or maybe he wasn't. He had gotten her flowers. He had also come to see her this afternoon and after I had told him she wasn't around, he decided to wait. It had taken a lot for me to rein in my anger as I didn't want to appear too hung up on her. I wanted Hazel. I had battled with guilt for several weeks and even during the time she remained in the dungeon, it had been sleepless nights for me and yet, I couldn't bring myself to release her. I still remembered what had triggered me to release her. Earl. He had told me how he was going to take care of her and my baby. Yes, my baby. I knew the baby belonged to me. The truth wasn't out yet but I could feel it in my veins that she was carrying my baby. She was carrying my child, my blood. And Earl had come to my office to tell me point blank to release her so he could take care of her and the baby. That had sparked my up release clause a
CHAPTER 123 ONYX'S POV; There was a thick tenseness her presence brought into the room. Cherry noticed it too but she welcomed her with warmth. I saw the look of surprise on Hazel's face. She wasn't expecting Cherry to speak to her or even spare her a smile. Food hadn't arrived yet and I wondered what kept the maids waiting. We sat in silence but it was obvious that someone wanted to say something. It was me. "Hazel," "Yes," She replied to me swiftly. I cleared my throat. "Uhm, how are you doing?" "I am doing fine. Are you?" I looked at Cherry and she nodded at me. Turning back to Hazel, I scoffed and shook my head. "Not quite," "Well, I am sorry about that," Cherry gave me a stern look. She wanted me to say more and I was going to do that. "It's just been a rough few months for me," "Aren't we all experiencing the same thing? Rough months indeed," I knew where she was driving. She was mocking me. I could read it in her
CHAPTER 124 HAZEL'S POV: I couldn't drive so I had asked one of the guards to do that. He hesitated at first but after exercising my position, he agreed, looking quite nervous. "The King. He is going to punish me for driving you without his consent," "And since when did you begin to report to the king?" I asked. He shook his head. "I have never," "Then why are you bothered?" "After everything that happened, I am sure he wouldn't want you associating with any if the guards," "Why not ask your fellow guard what he did?" I snapped at him. "And what makes you think it is in your place to tell me what is and what isn't?" He flushed in embarrassment and quickly apologized. Huffing, I turned my face towards the window and stared at the streets and at the people. The people who had humiliated me yesterday at the market. These were the people I called mine. The people I led. Well, I couldn't particularly say I led them as Onyx had put me in a place whe
CHAPTER 125 HAZEL'S POV; The priest dished out instructions on how I was going to go about it and I decided I was going to go during the weekend. "Make sure Onyx doesn't know where you're going, okay?" I nodded at him. "I wish you Luna's mercy," Standing to my feet, I smiled at him in appreciation and exited the room. As she had promised, the shaman stood by the door, still waiting and as soon as she saw me, she turned and began to lead the way. I followed after her, going through the corridors before we stopped in front of a door. She stopped and spoke with the guard for a brief moment before turning to me and gesturing for me to go in. The door was pulled open. I walked in and stood by the door, clearing my throat. Arya was seated by the window and knitting a scarf. She turned when she heard me clear my throat and as soon as she saw me, a smile covered her face. She dropped what she was knitting on the table by her side and stood to her feet.
CHAPTER 126 HAZEL'S POV; The next morning, I woke up as early as five and put on a dress and a cloak around my body to conceal me from being seen. I would have told Theresa about my movements but she has done something to really annoy me yesterday. Telling her would have put more risk to this as I didn't trust her so much. Before going to bed last night, I had planned on how my movement was going to be, taking notes of routes to go through and how I was going to return. She walked to the window and looked out. There were guards stationed at different points but she wasn't going to go through the palace gates. She went back to her bed and picked two pillows and arranged it on the bed to look like someone was sleeping on it. Then she raised the duvet and placed it over the pillows. As soon as she was done, she picked the keys to her room. She was going to lock it. The maid would find the door locked and think I am asleep and it would only be a matter of
CHAPTER 127 ONYX'S POV; "Where's my wife?!" I thundered as I walked through the corridor. The maids stood there, watching with fear. I had gone to Hazel's room to check on her but her door was locked. I knocked several times but no answer came. I knew she couldn't ignore me for that long even if she was mad at me or hated me. Something was wrong. I asked one of the guards to climb up her window and look in only for him to find out that she was not in bed but an array of pillows covered with her duvet to make it look like she was asleep. Once it was reported to me that she wasn't in her room, I went into a full blown panic and asked all my guards to search for her. I was so afraid. A lot of things ran through my head. What if she had been kidnapped by Selah a second time? I knew they were capable of doing that. Or maybe she had run away. But with who? Earl? I sent one of my guards to check if she was with Earl but he returned with negative news and
CHAPTER 128 ONYX'S POV; I had no idea where to start from. Today was going to be hectic but I didn't care. I needed to find her and the first place I went to was her home. No one was home. The gates were latched and locked but the fence was short so I jumped over it. There was a possibility that Hazel had locked it to keep anyone off, just like the way she had made a false body in her bed. As I walked towards the porch of the cottage, I felt a wave of nervous feeling wash over me. She better be there or I was going to lose my shit. On getting to the door, I twisted the door knob but it was locked. I tried a few more times before realizing that she was indeed not at him. Maybe she locked herself in? I knew keeping keys outside was one common thing so I lifted the floor mat. There was no key there. I looked around then I find a vase standing at the other side. I walked to it and looked around but there was no key. Parting the leaves of the plant