The encounter with the Princesses wasn’t exactly pleasant for me even though Masoma had defended me, it reminded me of a life I once had, a life I might never have again and it wasn’t going to be anybody’s fault but mine. I didn’t know if I missed being a princess, missed being compared daily to Triss, being nagged against and everything else but I knew that I missed my family, I knew that i missed my mother and my people and everything else I would do back at home and somehow Runa and the rest had managed to bring to my remembrance something I was so confident that I had forgotten about, apparently I hadn’t and in all honesty, there was no way I could forget about it but I could only pretend not to.I rolled my elbows as I carried a tray of cookies and tea that the kitchen had asked me to serve Jonathan. I couldn’t wait to tell him about the encounter with the Princesses, I wanted to see his reaction, maybe he would laugh it off or get angry or just be straight neutral about it, some
“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
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
I gathered my clothes upwards to make walking easier for me. It had been a month since I had arrived in the Elavan Kingdom, and I still had not gotten used to the rough pathways that served as hallways in the palace. It had been one month since I realized that I was going to fail and I hated it. It made me itch and it made me want to scratch my bones.The reason why I was the Elavan Kingdom in the first place drifted into my mind and I swallowed. My job was simple: make the Crown Prince, Karl Collins Edwards, marry me. A simple job that I had failed to do for the past month. As I increased my pace, I remembered standing in front of my father, my head held high, promising him the marriage scroll in two weeks.I also clearly remembered that the ministers in the throne room had clamored that my younger sister be sent instead. She was more beautiful and enchanting than I was. She would get the job easier than she would have but I was adamant on going; my mother’s pleas and reasoning had f
By the time I regained consciousness, I was in a dark room with the only light coming from a tightly closed, broken window. “Where am I ?” I asked none in particular as I staggered to my feet. The last thing I remembered was someone knocking me out. I quickly looked around the room, but it did not help; I tripped over something unknown and fell face down on the floor.“Oh my god,” I whispered as I pushed myself to my feet once more.I had been kidnapped. By who?I tried to find my way around the room again and found the door. I didn’t waste any more time and started banging the door heavily.“Let me out!” I yelled. I continued banging the door heavily, “Let me go!” I continued yelling and I hadn’t gotten the chance to continue banging when I heard the door opening from outside. I quickly shuffled some steps backwards and the door opened. The sudden burst-out light made me raise my hand to cover my face.“Why were you yelling? Do you want to break our eardrums?” The person who had ope
I didn’t know how long I had been in that room for. I had stopped counting and I had grown numb to everything that was happening. The room was immersed in less darkness because the broken window had gotten even broken and more cracks had appeared in it, letting in more streaks of light.I stared at the untouched plate of food a few meters away from me and hugged my legs tighter. Tears streamed down my cheeks at my situation once more. My father had died and I had killed him.I had killed him by being a useless daughter. I was so useless that I couldn’t even get him a marriage scroll that would solidify his position in the Council of Kings. I spent over one month trying to convince a bastard to marry me. I had long known that there was nothing like marrying for love as a princess, so I was barely bothered about the fact that there was no love between me and Karl. I just wanted to marry him for the benefits that it would serve my kingdom.It was the least I could have done for him but y
By the time I opened my eyes, there was a slight ache on my side and I found myself on the floor of a room I didn’t recognize. My memories came washing over me in seconds and I sat up immediately, pushing myself towards the wall. I just couldn’t fathom the fact that Jonathan had actually jumped after me and saved me.I had thought I was going to die; I did want to die. I had thrown all my hopes and dreams to the wind the moment I realized the amount of torture that was awaiting me if I tried to survive in the Berg Kingdom; it was even impossible to try to survive. I had already imagined the humiliation and the suffering awaiting me and besides, I was yet to forgive myself for allowing my father to be killed right in front of me and I couldn’t do anything. The only way to redeem myself was to die and who would have thought that Jonathan wasn’t having it? His words before I passed out rang in my ears and I shivered unconsciously. “Even if you want to die that badly, you cannot die with
My right hand held my left hand as Aurora led me through long hallways, and I was sure that if I tried to find my way myself, I was most certainly going to get lost. My left hand had been scarred, and my new bracelet made it hard to carry. My face was still tear stained as I walked behind her.The fresh scent of her shampoo waffled quietly into my nose, and jealousy seeped into my veins as I tried to keep up with her pace. I hadn’t even taken a proper bath in almost a week, and whoever had given a bath, or, in proper words, a scrub, had done a terrible job. I didn’t dare say a word. The iron sponge used to scrub my body was making my body ache terribly, but I didn’t dare voice out a word.As I walked behind Aurora, I began to think. I had learnt her name after Jonathan had said something to her. She was the head slave, and for one, I already knew that she disliked her. That was already very clear.As we kept walking, I could easily see the kind of looks other people gave me: hostile,
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
The encounter with the Princesses wasn’t exactly pleasant for me even though Masoma had defended me, it reminded me of a life I once had, a life I might never have again and it wasn’t going to be anybody’s fault but mine. I didn’t know if I missed being a princess, missed being compared daily to Triss, being nagged against and everything else but I knew that I missed my family, I knew that i missed my mother and my people and everything else I would do back at home and somehow Runa and the rest had managed to bring to my remembrance something I was so confident that I had forgotten about, apparently I hadn’t and in all honesty, there was no way I could forget about it but I could only pretend not to.I rolled my elbows as I carried a tray of cookies and tea that the kitchen had asked me to serve Jonathan. I couldn’t wait to tell him about the encounter with the Princesses, I wanted to see his reaction, maybe he would laugh it off or get angry or just be straight neutral about it, some
That day, something shifted for me and Jonathan. It was shocking that he didn’t directly kiss me, I was surprised and I'm sure that he was too. I wouldn’t have resisted, there was no way I would have too, I wouldn't even want to resist either. The time we spent together was less because of the wars but Jonathan found a way to see me everyday and it was starting to become true that he liked me. There is no reason to do everything that he did for me. Absolutely no reason at all but he did it anyways and it always made me happy, to see him, to see his efforts and every other thing always put a smile on my lips.“So when is it going to be ready?” Masoma asked and shrugged.“I have no idea yet” I replied and she nodded as we both leaned on the wall staring at each other. Masoma had come to check up on me in the palace and we had discussed the herbs I was working on and random things. Masoma was fast becoming one of the people I enjoyed spending time with. “You know you look so much better
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
“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
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
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
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