The people of the Berg kingdom erupted in applause as their soldiers trooped back into the kingdom. Their impending war with the Zadok’s had left them worried, especially with their previous history and with Zadok’s military prowess and worse the king had just woken up one morning and decided that that morning was the best time to go to war and he had gone to war. EVeryone had been worried and scared but their worry had all been for nothing.They had drawn the war and that for a spring up attack, that was the best solution they could come up with. They hadn’t lost the war and they didn’t win it as well but the Zadok kingdom was free from their power and oppression and right in front of the them, the spies they had placed in their kingdom were slaughtered in anger and while it made the soldiers blood boil, there was nothing they could do about it. This was the sacrifice their brothers in arms had made for them.Jonathan walked into the chamber with his guards behind him, he dropped his
AMIRA’S POVI laid on the floor unmoving. I was in a terrible state. I didn't even know when I was moved to another cell. My feet hurt and my hands hurt but nothing hurt so badly like my heart did. I was even sure that medically, health wise I was in danger. After that amount of torture, I had fainted and I had mercilessly being thrown into the cell with just a cup of water and a mouldy bread placed carelessly by the edge of the prison. I had to stretch my hand to pick up the water to drink.I had groaned so painfully by just trying to pick up the water but I knew better that I couldn’t drink it, instead I tore off parts of my clothes and made them into stripes, bandaging my bloodied feet and hands after dipping them in water. I had to prevent an infection, even though I did wish to die, I didn’t want to die yet.I had managed to gulp the last grain of water left in the cup after using the water to try and clean up my wounds. I was so unfortunate, and the moon goddess hated me because
“Amira please” Jonathan pleaded again.“I have wronged you and I know that everything you have said, you are right. I’m not so good with words and no matter how hard I try to explain it won’t make sense and it won’t change how you feel or the things you have gone through but I want you to know that I am sorry. I am really sorry to have caused you this much pain and I do really hope that you forgive me. I am sorry Amira, please, come with me” Jonathan pleaded again but I wasn’t having it. I wiped my tears with my hands and sniffed.Staying away and keeping my distance from him was the best course of action for me. I couldn’t go back to it. It was the best way for me to try and live my last days in peace.Jonathan edged closer to me, leaving very tiny space in between us as he grabbed my arm.“Amira please” he said and I turned to look at his eyes. They were red and dull, he was sorry. His eyes, words and every one thing was proving that but how was I supposed to trust him again. How wa
I didn’t think that Masoma would be the one to encourage me to go home. I didn’t think she was going to tell me anything like, your family is waiting for you. Even though I didn’t believe her one bit. She didn’t know that I was guilty of what they had accused me and the only reason why I hadn’t given Triss the journal was because I had found out she married Karl.I didn’t even know whether to say it was a blessing in disguise that I hadn’t given it to her because I didn’t know if I would still be alive. I tried to believe what she had said, that my people were trying to break me out. Depending on the way the war had ended, I knew that the Zadok kingdom although free would not hear the last of it. They would convince together and come up with a better plan to fight the Berg’s again except that I knew the Berg’s as well would be ready for them.“You know medicine to an xtend so I already left all your herbs and everything you’ll need in your medicine room” Masoma informed me and I nodded
Masoma had been right about the drugs she used on my thigh. It had scalded over quickly and the pain wasn’t there anymore. I had spent two more days in Jonathan's room before he allowed me to go back to my room. Those three days were days of him apologizing over and over again and then cuddling me to sleep. As much as I hated it, sleeping in his arms was far more peaceful than I thought it would be and in fact in his arms, I didn’t have even one nightmare. I slept soundly without any sort of dreams or nightmares or visions, anything at all. I only slept and woke up, that was all.We had a few conversations around random things and Jonathan would tell me about random stuff just for the fun of it. I liked it but returning to the room and I was right. Juaillanna and Serena were both happy to see me. They crushed me in a hug but they soon noticed the abnormality with me. Juaillana was the first to rush me questions before Serena stopped her. They both then decided tactfully not to ask any
Serena’s words didn't leave me for a few days but it finally left. Destiny was fickle and so was fate, it could change sides any time, talk about a chameleon. That was what fate was like and before you would be the only one on your side, getting fat on your side was useless so I didn’t bother trying.There was a knock on the door and I raised my head from the book I was wearing, the door knob opened slightly and a guard walked in.“His highness requests your presence” he announced and I stared at him before nodding my head. The guard walked away immediately. I closed the book I was reading and stared at the door the guard had just closed.Jonathan had sent for me? What did he want? Had they found something?I stood up from my seat anyway. I hadn’t seen Jonathan in two weeks. I knew he had gotten busy but I had no idea what he was doing. I knew that there had been some issues in the kingdom but I hadn’t bothered to think about or bother about it, it wasn’t my business so I stayed away
“I thought you had left” it was the fourth time Juniper was saying that he thought I had left since we met. I burst into laughter again.“I told you Juniper, I already promised you that I would tell you goodbyes if I ever want to leave” I repeated and Juniper chuckled, nodding his head at me.It was Serena that had informed that Jupiter had asked for me and after they had caught me sneaking, the security of the palace had increased so to sneak Juniper into the palace to see had proved impossible. So I had to go out and meet him.Juniper had almost burst into tears when he saw me. He pulled me into a hug and hugged me tightly. It was the time we were having such close contact but I didn’t mind. Apparently, the only reason why it took him a while to find me was that he had been ill and had to treat himself ro a while, it had taken him a while for me to realize that i was gone but before he started believing that had gone, Serena and Juaillanna had assured him that I was fine.Seeing th
Nothing happened.Nothing at all.Days rolled into weeks, and weeks into a month and half. A month and half passed after the war with the Zadok Kingdom and nothing had happened afterwards, it was as though the Zadok kingdom had gone radio silence, no one tried to save me although my eyes was wide awake through every night, hoping that someone would tap me on the shoulder and tell me that it was time to leave. I had promised myself never to get attached again to this place because I had to leave soon but yet I still had to live.Me and Jonathan were another matter altogether. I didn’t know why but it just happened like that, I had promised myself never to allow myself to be near him or give in to him or even trust him ever again but I found myself doing exactly that. I could never help it around him, holding myself back was the best I could do.We had settled into a routine that I didn’t know how to explain to anyone. He refused to allow me to do any work, bluntly. I was a slave and ye
Nothing at all could describe the pain and ache in my heart as Juniper spoke. His words were like tiny sharp prickles drilling into my chest and no matter how hard I tried to pretend that I didn’t care that what he was saying didn’t matter, I couldn’t help it. I had confided in him and yet he was using it against me. The thought of everything that had happened rushed to my head and my head started to spin. A part of me was still finding everything that was happening a little too real, unbelievable.How did I not see through at all?“Why are you doing this to me?” I whispered, tears running down my cheeks. He was supposed to be my best friend and yet here he was torturing me.“You know while I baited my time here, nothing seemed to ever faze Jonathan. He was so well protected and there was no leakage, nothing at all. There was no way I could penetrate into his impregnable wall and even the news about the palace was scarce. He had no weak points, only strong points but I knew that the t
AMIRA’S POVI had no idea how long it tk me to open my eyes but the moment I decided to do so, it was a sharp pain and ache from the back of my head had registered in my mind first and it took me several minutes before slowly opened my eyes and tried i adjust my eyes to the environment and know where I was. It took me a few minutes, but I soon realized that I was in a shed. The shed looked old and rusty and it had a faint smell of old books in the library. It definitely wasn’t used so well. That was what I was sure of.I tried to stand up and it was then that I realized that my hands and legs were tightly bound and panic set in as I tried to loosen myself all to no avail. As I tried to free myself, I immediately remembered how I had found myself here in the first place. I remembered Juniper hitting me with a stick, the displeased look on his face as I fell to the floor. I hadn’t been hallucinating.I looked around as I shook my head while trying to loosen myself, “Juni wouldn’t do th
THIRD POVThe shouts of victory filled the whole kingdom and Jonathan had a smile on his face. Their recent wars had been filled with happy screams and shouts as they nabbed victory after victory. SOme of the kingdoms that waged war against them were slowly withdrawing from the crushing defeat some of the other kingdoms had suffered in their hands but he also knew that it didn’t matter, they had to keep up their defenses. They couldn’t afford to back down now, he also knew that the wars had done them a favour, while they didn’t confer to the other kingdoms standards, they could also finally leave the title of being a rogue kingdom behind. They had proved their worth and also proved that they weren’t people that could be messed with or played around with.He walked through the hallways, the guards bowing as he walked past them and then into his room. Kareem immediately reached for his armour and helped him remove it.“Congratulations your highness” both Kareem and Azarah choroushed as
“Amira, Amira, wake up, wake up” a strong jolting jolted me awake and I jumped on the bed with a fright. I turned to see Serena staring at me with wide eyes.“Are you okay?” She asked and the previous night memories came washing over me in an instant. The secrets I had found made a lump form in my throat. I had stayed in the medicine room, drinking in every detail and what I had found out had terrified me. It was a lie, it was a sham and I had walked into the room late to sleep.“Amira, Amira” Serena called again and I came back to myself while she stared at me with narrowed eyes.“Are you sure you're okay?” she asked and I quickly nodded my head.“Well, the king would soon leave for the war, I thought you might want to see him before he leaves” Serena said as she grabbed my hand, “Amira, talk to me, what’s wrong?” she asked and I turned to stare at Serena wondering whether to tell her what I had learned first but instead I got off the bed and rushed out of the door. I needed to tell J
I laid in my bed for half of the day, wondering and pondering on Juniper’s question. I knew that he was right and he had only been looking out for me and that was why he asked me that question but I didn’t like what he had asked at that point in time. I was merely trying to be happy and at that point, my emotions had plummeted.I knew that like Juniper, anyone who heard about me and Jonathan would have questions, valid questions. Like how did we all in love? Did we really love each other? Would I be able to forgive him? He was someone who had turned my entire life upside down, would I still be able to forgive him? How did I even dare to love such a man? He hadn’t told me to my face that he loved me but I knew and I was also yet to tell him that I loved him. I didn’t have to think so hard because I had gotten my answer a long time ago, fate and destiny had a way of playing games and the games they had played with me and Jonathan were unfair games, games that shouldn’t have been played
AMIRA’S POVNobody knew why the Princesses were sent home. What had happened had been kept tightly on a lease and no matter how hard anyone tried to pry, they couldn’t find out what had happened. When Serena found out what had happened, she had almost beaten me up especially since she had told me not to go and if she hadn’t gone to Kareem in the first place and Kareem going to Jonathan, something terrible would have happened and then nobody would have been able to do anything.By the time Masoma found out, Azrah had already thrown the girls out. He was ruthless with them and didn’t spare any of them. It was worth anyone getting angry over, they had in the name of whatever tried to ruin my face.It was no longer jealousy or envy, it was pure wickedness and evil and I wasn’t exactly surprised that Runa was the one who came up with the whole plan. She was capable of such evil but getting the courage to actually act it out, I hadn’t seen that coming and even though Freya had somehow found
THIRD POVJonathan held his head in his palms, his breathing heavy while Kareem and Azrah stood behind him, quiet. The two guards behind him both had hard looks on their faces. Jonathan wasn’t the only one angry or furious. Kareem had been furious and Azrah had been mad, he had commanded the guards to send the Princesses packing immediately, they all thought it was a joke, they couldn’t believe that Jonathan was chasing them away because of a slave but Azarah’s actions had made them realize that he was serious.Freya had begged and begged, she had pleaded to be spared but Azrah wanted to hear nothing about it. He never understood the female royalty, the incessant jabbering and competitions, he never seemed to understand, there was no reason to be always in competition with each other. They could have chosen to be friends but instead, they hated each other, were jealous of each other and envied each other.Envy was a strong emotion and it was that envy that had pushed the five of them
By instinct, I knew that Runa sending for me was anything but good. And worse, it was to her quarters, I knew that it meant trouble was brewing and like I had told Jonathan and Masoma the day before, I was still enough to handle them. I knew that she wanted to get back at me at what happened before and I knew that she had concocted a plan but for some reason I wanted to teach her a lesson.“You don’t have to go,” Serena said and I chuckled.“I know but I want to” I replied.“You have no idea what they have planned for you there. It could be anything, they could hurt you” Serena warned and I burst into laughter.“I know that they want revenge for what happened yesterday but hurting me is something they wouldn’t try to do, that would really be bad for them” I explained while grabbing Serena’s arm.“The truth is that they want revenge and they are spoiled and they are good at throwing tantrums but they are not stupid either, they know what this means and it’s not a bad idea to deal with
“Oh my” Serena squealed in delight and I had to hold her from falling off her chair in the process. She was to excited for her own good The moment I told her what I had held, Serena had jumped up in excitement and happiness. She was nearly as excited as I was and it made me laugh, made me happy.“I told you!” she yelled.“I told you that I was rooting for you” she said with a bright smile and I nodded, “I know you said that” I replied and Serena shook her head.“But that’s just beautiful, I can’t believe he admitted that to elder Tao and the rest” she squealed and I nodded.“I can’t believe it either, how hard can it be?” I asked, shaking my head and Serena grabbed my hands.“No you know Amira, now you know he feels towards you, he even said if he agrees, he wants to marry you, doesn’t that answer all of your questions. He was scared because of the history between you two but I’m sure he loves you, I mean you have always wanted to hear him say it and now you have so, tell him too oka