The sky was gradually turning blurry, it looked like it was going to rain cats and dogs any moment soon, Joshua couldn’t help gazing at it pointing it out to Terry who nodded in agreement though they weren’t sure about it yet, they didn’t mind if it rained anyways, after all they needed it so that their crops could grow healthy, they loved it when their harvest came out bountiful at the end of the season and they always celebrated it as a village and they were hoping that this same season wouldn’t be different though it hasn’t rained much recently, they still hoped and prayed that their should be a great improvement before the end of the raining season else they might be forced to go into the human world and get food for themselves, a situation like this had occurred years back during the time of Joshua’s father, their crops didn’t do well in a season and he had to send some people into the human world to get food, though they were successfu
Terry’s eyes widened, he couldn’t believe what he just heard, the queen wants him to sit when she is sitting, that didn’t sound good to him “you mean I should sit down?” He asked again as he wanted to be sure and didn’t want to provoke queen Emma unknowingly.She nodded “you heard me, I asked you to sit down” she repeated arching her brow.Terry gulped hard moving backwards to the seat though he was slow, he was scared that the queen might be trying to test his loyalty by asking him to sit down when he shouldn’t sit, after all what right does he have to sit with the queen of the land “my queen it isn’t right that I sit when…”Queen Emma cut in immediately looking a little provoked “I am sure you aren’t deaf Terry, I asked you sit down, I said you should sit down or do you prefer to hang in the air? She raised her brow glaring at his face.He trembled in fear, he hur
Queen Emma did not get her gaze off him, she fixed it steadily making him feel even more uncomfortable than he already was, Terry took a look to the right side of the room, the window was so lightly open as the sun was already shining brightly in the sky, some how the rays found it’s way into the room making the room light up even more, the heat from the sun rested on his laps but he could barely feel it since his mind was already clouded with thoughts, he couldn’t say out his thoughts as the queen was still sitting in front of him waiting for him to say a word, positive or negative and that alone would define the rest of his life, Terry was aware of that but he felt terrible that queen Emma was trying to use him just to get back her son’s attention, he knew if he ever approached Joshua with a topic like this, he would be very angry with him, wouldn’t listen to him and might choose not to have anything to do with him again, he took a deep sigh bowing his head
She sighed walking closer to him “you know Terry, if I had my way, I would have made sure you are no where close to my son but some how you were lucky enough to find yourself right up to his heart but unfortunately that won’t last long cause I won’t sit with my fingers crossed and watch some son of a bitch turn my son against me and against his people” she said with so much rage oozing through her eyes.He gasped “did she just call me a son of a butch?” Terry thought to himself looking shocked and at the same time embarrassed, he felt really pained and totally broken to hear say those words to him especially for the fact that he doesn’t even know who his parents are, that question have never been answered but he was only made to believe that he was a beta whom the royal family had pity on after he lost his family and took him into the palace and raised him with their son, though most times he wished so hard that he met his real family
The room went very quiet like a grave yard afterwards, one could hear a pin if it eventually falls, the queen sighed breaking the silence while she turned to leave “my son must hear nothing of my visit to your room and I want you to have the conversation I asked you to have with him today before the dawn, afterwards… if I don’t see positive results from his reactions you would be so sorry that you were ever born” she threatened heading for the door.Terry jerked up on his feet, he hurried to the door and unlocked it, the queen took one more glance at him and smiled “don’t ever dare to over step your boundaries Terry, don’t you dare” she said with so much anger in her eyes, she left the room at once and slowly Terry locked the door huffing and puffing, his face was beginning to hurt, he could feel a burning sensation on it and that didn’t make him feel okay at all, he went straight to the mirror in his room and gazed at hi
Both Terry and Leonna wished at that point that the ground could open up and swallow them, it was quite an embarrassing situation and neither of them expected anyone to walk into them especially in a scenery like that, Leonna’s head remained bowed, she felt terrible, her hands and legs were already shaking, she watched Terry beneath her gaze and noticed how nervous he was as well “if only I had magic powers, disappearing in a situation like this is the only option” she mumbled to herself looking completely exhausted and ashamed of the situation she have just found herself in, she was really getting uncomfortable and just couldn’t wait for someone to say something so she could leave already cause the feeling of shame was deeply oozing in the air at that moment, unfortunately neither Terry nor Queen Emma who stood with her head held up high said a single word, she kept moving her gaze from Terry to Leonna “why does it have to be the queen?” He thoug
That was it, the tension was getting high, the queen was just raining abuses upon abuses on poor Leonna who barely remembers what her mother looks like, she couldn’t believe the queen was that mean and would say such words to her even calling her mother into the issue, she went on her knees quietly though her heart was broken and she felt humiliated, but what more could she say or do when she still needed the shelter from the palace desperately, when she is scared of going back home and facing those girls who are obviously jealous of her right now because she lives in the palace, seeing her back to her old ugly house would make them mock her even more than they have ever done, after all they always told her that nobody would want to live with someone as ugly and poor as she was, she bit softly on her lips looking up at the queen with her knees kissing the floor closely “I am very sorry my queen, it would never happen again” she said sobbing in silence.&ldqu
Terry found himself rubbing his puce looking cheek over and over again at the thought of what to say to Joshua, he looked up at him and quietly looked away biting softly at his upper lip, he shut his eyes for a moment and turned away hastily, his eyes met with his food which was sitting comfortably on the table, he took a deep sigh at the thought Leonna, how kind she was to bring his food to him despite the fact that he was rude to her earlier only for her to end up humiliated and heartbroken, he wondered how she was faring and couldn’t wait to see her and apologize for what have happened but unfortunately now isn’t a good time, he was sure the queen will be snooping around to know what he is up to especially now that she have given him a task to accomplish, secondly he has Joshua at his neck trying to know what happened to his face, telling Joshua the truth would do nothing aside let hell loose in the palace, he would definitely confront his mother and yell at her, Josh
Joshua stood up at once walking closer to him “you are my best friend, my brother and I won’t sit and watch anyone humiliate you for no just cause, this only means that I was right isn’t it? My mum actually did this to you and possibly she said something very horrible to Leonna and that reduce her into the mood she presently is in right now.”Terry looked away grunting slightly, well he already got the answers to his questions without he even trying to answer him, Joshua is smart after all and he didn’t look pleased with what he had discovered so far, he turned away ready to head off, Terry’s eyes grew wide, he knew exactly what Joshua was about to do, he hurriedly went ahead of him and blocked him “what are you trying to do? Go and confront your mother?”Joshua nodded “I need to know why she had to hit you and equally humiliate that innocent girl that just got here.”“She caught me trying to kiss