It took one conversation for me and Jonathan to get back on friendly terms with each other. And just like that, we were back to before where we talked like friends and even joked together. My radiance was slowly crawling up my face and it was so funny and interesting to see another side of Jonathan. A side that not a lot of his people had seen or will even see. I know that he cared for me, even though it was just a little bit, it showed in his everyday life and how he treated me and I knew that he wasn’t lying when he said that he hated me.We had gone past that.But I hadn’t. I was yet to go past that. The truth was there and so was the reality. I still remembered what Juniper had told me about his parents, how they had died one after the other and how Jonathan had locked himself up with their corpses for two weeks straight. He was still a very young boy back then and I wondered how the young boy would have felt seeing his parents die and all of his emotions, how it would have been
I walked out of the palace, the sun rays falling on me and making me furrow my eyebrows in displeasure. Masoma apologizing to me wasn’t something I had seen coming, her apology in truth was late but I knew deep down that I needed it. I knew that I needed her to apologize, to tell me that she was wrong in the first place for slapping me, treating me like that and taking the side of everyone else. I wanted her to admit that she was wrong and when she finally did, the only thing it made me feel was relief and nothing else. I wasn’t more happy or excited nor did I want to even rekindle our relationship. I wasn’t interested in making any new friends ro restoring the ones I had lost. I walked straight ahead to the Kitchen.I needed to ask juniper a few things. Like what might have gotten the king sick, Juniper had a flair for gossip and he always knew things that happened. I was already used to that so whenever I had a pressing issue, he was my go-to person.I had tried to check up on Jonat
As I walked back to the palace, I paused and stared at the sky. It was full of stars and the moon was round and full illuminating everywhere. It was a beautiful sight and I shook my head before I slowly made my way back to the palace.Listening to Juniper talk about the fact that the person he was in love with was in love with the king broke my heart and what broke my heart even more was hearing him say that she might be forced onto Jonathan as his Queen, his Luna. My ears had prickled at the thought. My mind went back to the conversation I and Juniper had and I swallowed.“Have you tried speaking to her? Telling her about your feelings?” I asked and Juniper laughed.“That should be so funny to you, Ami. You want me to tell one of the high chief's daughters that I am in love with her” Juniper replied before chuckling, “No. Even a mad person won’t do that. I’m a slave Ami, we are slaves. We don’t get that kind of life well except it’s another slave I’m falling in love with” he added an
‘He’s doing way much better’‘Masoma said he would be fine by tomorrow morning. He’s the King and an Alpha, he has better healing abilities than anyone’That was what Serena had told me but I needed to see him for myself. I needed to make sure that he was alright. So I pretended to sleep first, waiting till Serena and Julianna were fast asleep, their breathing even, before I got up from my bed and sneaked out of the room. I walked silently along the corridors, inwardly praying that I wouldn’t meet a guard on the way and that Jonathan would be alone.Not that I was happy that the Moon goddess heard my prayers but I didn’t meet a single guard on the way and by the time I got to Jonathan’s room, I placed my ear on the door to listen if there was anyone in the room but it was an eerie silence that greeted me. I pushed the door slowly and peeped into the room, Jonathan was laying on his bed fast asleep and there was no one else in the room. I closed the door behind me and I tiptoed towards
My body was still burning when I walked into my room. My body was still on fire, my breasts taunted and my body full of need for someone's touch but unfortunately, nothing was going to satisfy that hunger, nothing at all would help me. I was destined to be disappointed, my body was destined to be disappointed.I didn’t sleep well that night.I crawled into my bed and faced the wall, shutting my eyes as tears rolled down my cheeks. I knew what I had been looking for. I knew what would happen and yet I still took a gamble that things would go differently than I thought and I was wrong. I was wrong in hoping, I was wrong in thinking as well.I knew he was using me and yet at the expense of my people I was allowing myself to be used and he had now slapped that consciousness out of me. I didn’t know what answer I was expecting when I asked him who I was. I was expecting all sorts of things but his silence was way worse for me. I had cried without a sound for hours, why was this happening to
Juilanna had stayed true to her word and had brought me my breakfast and lots of extra fruits. She said she hoped that i would eat a lot of fruits and get better. It made me laugh and while I ate, I knew that she was still feeling guilty. I remembered when I first arrived at the palace and how she treated me. How she thought I deserved everything that came to me and of course, the strong triumphed over the weak but we had spent enough time together for her to realize that I hadn’t done anything to deserve what had happened to me.Her blind worship for Jonathan was starting to make her feel guilty. She trusted and believed in Jonathan. His decisions and his leadership and she had for years, until me and I were sure that she was having a hard time processing the fact that Jonathan had chosen to enslave me. I knew that she was questioning a lot of things and unfortunately I wasn’t going to help her with coming to terms with her feelings. It wasn’t my job, I was leaving soon anyway.By af
I ran.I didn’t know why I did it but I ran anyway. Juniper’s frenzied and panicked voice behind him didn’t stop me as I picked up pace and headed back to the palace. Tears welled up in my eyes as I barged into the room and buried my head into my pillow.Juniper had kissed me.It didn’t make any iota of sense, the more I tried to make any sense of it, the more complicated it became. He had literally told me days before that the person he liked was in love with the king and then he kissed me. It felt like a momentary thing and that made it worse.Why did everyone want to use me?I had tried my very best, I had tried very hard to prove to the people around me that I was worthy and I was and yet everyone wanted to use me for their own selfish gain. I couldn't believe that while I had gone to pour my heart out to Juniper, I was heartbroken by what Jonathan had done to me. The fact that he couldn’t answer my questions and inside of all of that, he ignored my emotions, how I was feeling, my
Serena patted me to sleep and by the time I woke up, the night had fallen and both Julianna and Serena were discussing something hushed tones.“What do you think they would do to her?” Serena asked.“I have no idea. I want no harm to come to her nor to my people as well. Can’t he just let her go?” Julianna replied and I furrowed my brows. What were they talking about?“If it were that simple, would she be able to convince them not to attack us?” Serena pressed on.“Well why doesn’t he let her go first and see what happens afterwards. She’s just suffering here, why won’t he let her go?” Julianna’s voice got louder and I slowly sat up on the bed, confusion fully written all over my face.“What are you two arguing about?” I asked and the both of them seemed to freeze for some minutes before Serena sighed softly.“Nothing you should bother yourself about” she replied and I frowned.“Nothing I should concern myself about” I repeated and before Serena could reply to me, Juialnna cut in.“Y
“Greetings your royal highness” the greetings kept repeating themselves as I and Elora walked past. A small smile remained plastered to my face as I kept walking.“I still sometimes find it hard to see everyone greet you like they adore you. The only part is that they truly adore you,” Elora commented and I laughed.It was true, they all did, the rumours and stories hadn’t quenched down even one bit. Even more absurd stories were spreading around and I hadn’t gotten tired trying to quench them down or correct them. More so, my mother said it was fine, as long as my reputation is being restored. It seemed as though everyone had long forgotten that for six months, I had been a slave in a strange land and I had suffered and had my status stripped off.Elora kept the fan blowing slowly as we kept walking. When I came back, Elora had jumped into my arms crying and weeping like a child. She spoke about her days in the palace without me and she had even gotten into a few fights in the last
It was easy for me to find my way to the royal ancestral grave. I walked past the grave of my grandparents and my great grandparents, my breath sucking in as I finally approached a newly made grave. Tears rushed to my eyes but I held it in as I finally came to stand face to face with the grave. My father’s name was written boldly on it with the year of his reign and seeing the quote at the top of his tombstone, I knew that my mother had written it. I bent down and slowly lowered the flowers I had brought to the grave. They were a bundle of fresh lilies I had specially woken up early to pick. My father loved lillies a lot and I knew that he would be happy to see me bring them.“Greetings father, Amira is home” I said slowly and softly but those words carried so much weight, so much weight that I couldn’t explain and my throat was clogged once more, I arranged my clothes and allowed myself to sit beside the grave staring into space.The sight of my father dying right in front of me was
It took less than a day for the news to spread across the kingdoms, across the Zadok kingdom. I wasn’t surprised but it spread faster than I thought, everyone in the kingdom was talking about it. There was a myriad of emotions, shock, surprise, confusion, appellation among many others.The King of the Berg Kingdom who had imprisoned me was asking to marry me.The people couldn’t believe it. He had imprisoned me and yet he fell in love with me and so the story of clearing my father’s name circulated. My people jumped up in joy and in celebration because it meant a lot to us. It did mean a lot to us and that aside, it made a powerful kingdom like the Berg kingdom our allies, our friends and maybe our soon to be in-laws. It felt the kingdom in a state of euphoria.Along with those two news, so many stories and rumours started to spread around the kingdoms. Rumours like I had intentionally gone to the Berg kingdom to find out the truth and I had endured humiliation because I wanted to cle
The trip to the Zadok kingdom was slower mainly because of how huge the entourage was, we couldn’t rush through the trip. Serena and I kept our conversations through the trip, making each other laugh and talking about so many random things. We ate the cookies and the drinks packed for us in the carriage and my heart beat faster with every landmark we passed that signified that we were getting close to the Zadok kingdom. My anxiety clogged at my throat and I was trying my very best to remain focused despite all of the mental stress I was going through.my anxiety didn’t escape Serena’s eyes as she kept assuring me over and over again that it was going to be fine and then we go to the Zadok kingdom, I held my knuckles till the turned whites as we rode through the kingdom, I didn’t have to look outside to know that people were already coming out of their homes and they were staring. I didn’t dare to look outside because I didn’t know they would look at me, what they would think of me. The
Leaving The Berg Kingdom had invoked emotions in me that I couldn’t describe. It was unbelievable that I was finally leaving. As I climbed into the carriage with Serena behind me, tears welled in my eyes asI stared at the horde of people who had come to wish me goodbye. I couldn’t believe it. Serena got into the carriage with me and the door was closed.“Are you okay?” she asked, seeing my expression and I nodded.“I just can’t believe that I’m leaving, I’m going home” I whispered in reply and her hand immediately stretched out and covered mine.The night before, the people had hosted a campfire dinner for me showing me all the beauty of their culture. Their dances, their traditions, their usual practices, I had a good time laughing and watching in curiosity and amazement and even a a point while they danced, Masoma had pulled me to my feet and taken me to the center to dance with them, it was easy to learn some of the steps and soon I was in tune with them and the excited howls and wh
He loved me. He loves me.That was what Jonathan felt for me and I knew that he did in every way. Helping him get rid of his guilt and self beating up was one step fr him to admit that he loved me and that after everything that had happened, we both deserve a chance, a chance to be together, a chance to make everything right and we both agreed. We sat down in his room and talked about a lot of things and despite all of that, Jonathan still wanted me to go home, he wanted me to visit my father’s grave and pay my respects. He also wanted to apologize to my mother and my family for the chaos he had caused.Baring our hearts to each other made us way closer. We laughed at some of our thoughts,laughed at some of our memories and cleared up the misunderstandings we had built about each other during our stay with each other. It was a discussion that we honestly should have had long ago.And Serena hadn't lied at all. The people of the Berg Kingdom were so sorry. So sorry that it brought tear
My head spun.Princess? Princess? High Princess?The title of High Princess was only given to Princesses who were sent to other kingdoms as peacemakers, sometimes it was usually a marriage alliance or to act as an ambassador in the said kingdom. Serena was a Princess. I stared at him in shock, my lips parting but no one came out of my mouth.“You are a princess” I whispered and Serena chuckled.“I’m sorry I kept it from you” she replied softly and I blinked my eyes hard at her. I had heard too many things in a short while to even be fazed and bothered that she had hidden such a thing from me. “So why were you pretending to be a slave?” I asked curiously and Serena laughed.“I never said I was a slave” she replied and I froze on the bed, blinking as I searched my memories of when I first arrived at the palace. She had indeed told me that Jonathan had saved Julianna but she didn’t exactly say anything about herself, it was something I had missed and she as well had allowed me to conven
I slowly fluttered my eyes open and the movements made my head feel light. I closed my eyes and opened them a few times before I finally managed to open my eyes. The familiarity of the room was immediately registered in my head as soon as I opened my eyes. I was in Jonathan’s room.I was alive? I had survived?I turned slowly to see Jonathan’s head on the bed and he had slept off. He had most likely slept off while watching me. Instinctively my hand reached out to him and my fingers delved into his hair, rubbing his head softly.I was so grateful that I had gotten to tell that I love him. And then thankfully, I could tell him again. My hand went to my stomach and I could easily feel the bandages wrapped around my waist. My little movements woke Jonathan up and I watched with a small smile as he raised his head from the bed and stared at me with red eyes.“You are awake” he whispered, his voice hoarse and he quickly reached over me and pressed a kiss to my temple.“Thank you Princess, f
I had no idea how much longer I was out for but by the time I opened my eyes, I was laying on the grass and as I sat up, I immediately recognized the grass to be the grass at the far end of the royal garden, it was somewhere I used to come to to get away from the prying eyes of people and I would lay there drifting in and out of my thoughts and some other times, i would sleep out totally. My hands immediately went to my stomach to see where Juniper had stabbed me and there was nothing.I was clad in my royal outfit and unlike before, I knew the clear line between reality and my dreams so I knew I was dreaming. I quickly stood up to my feet and dusted my clothes while hurrying out of the garden. I knew I was dreaming but I also knew that it was another chance for me to see my family, to see my father. I always saw him in my dreams.I was unsure of the severity of the knife stab of Juniper’s but considering how much blood had been on my hands, I knew that the chance of me surviving was