“I would go serve Terry his soup now, I am sure he must be super hungry” she said trying to forget what she had just discussed with Maria and focus more on the good news, the exciting part of Terry being out of dungeon when she had already given up.Maria nodded “alright, I would see you later.”Leonna forced a smile on her face nodding her head abruptly, she left the room in a hurry shutting the door behind to avoid further questioning by Maria, she took a deep sigh with both of her hands placed on her chest while she walked down the hall way, she shook her head sadly when she admitted to herself that she wasn’t being honest, she just couldn’t help but lie just to save herself from whatever that might be the result of her dying love for Terry, she sighed out loud wondering when she got to that position, falling in love with Terry was never the plan neither did she dream of something like that, she just wanted to have a roof over her head and since it has become her duty to serve in t
“Wait!” Terry said stopping her.Leonna halted at that moment “I am in bug trouble, what were you thinking Leonna” she thought quietly to herself grabbing tight on the tray in her hands.Terry walked up to her.She could feel him right behind her, his shadow over hers and his gaze fixed on her, she shut her eyes praying in her heart that the gods save her.“Turn around…” Terry said almost as a command.Leonna gulped hard and gently turned around facing the young fine man standing in front of her.“For how long have you been standing here? And… what exactly do you mean by you didn’t see anything?” He arched his brow waiting for her response.Leonna froze for few seconds staring at him, she was totally speechless and couldn’t tell which word was right to begin with and the one to end with, what was she to say? Lie or what? “I… I… just got here.”“Then why did you say you didn’t see anything? Did anyone say you saw something before?” He asked walking closer to her.Leonna took a step bac
“What are you ashamed of Leonna? Me or the fact that you were feeding your eyes with my nakedness?” He asked.Leonna felt like bursting into tears now, isn’t it obvious that she was in trouble now? She shook her head in fear “please, I wasn’t feeding my eyes with anything, I only came here to give you the soup I made just like the king instructed me to.”He raised his brows “really? Is that truly the only reason why you are here?”She fixed her stare on him wondering if he was actually expecting her to answer that question, of course that isn’t the only reason why she have come, she have been longing for his freedom, she have missed seeing him and hearing his voice, making the soup for him was only an added advantage to her, it was only a cover up for her to see him but how was she to tell him that, it equally means she is confessing her feelings to him and what do they say about she-wolves who confess their feelings first to a man? They call them loose and shameless, she shook her he
Leonna haven’t felt more frightened than she was at that moment, she can’t recall sharing her room with anyone or having anyone stay in her room, she just couldn’t understand what was going on but she just wished she was dreaming especially for the fact that she had said aloud that she loved Terry, in as much as her words were true, she wouldn’t want anyone to know anything about it not even Terry himself now a stranger in the dark have heard her words and her legs her shaking with fear, she gulped hard over and over again grabbing the ends of her dress and twisting them really tight, her eyes had widened and her hands were gradually getting cold, her nerves were really disgracing her at that moment “who is there?” She repeated, her voice unsteady and her lips trembling like one who was suffering from a cold, her eyes were equally growing blood shot gradually and she only wondered how much longer she can stand there without taking to her heels but this was her room after all and she p
“My… my queen…” Leonna said with so much humility and fear bowing her head, she just couldn’t think straight at that moment, it was so obvious that the queen overheard her loud thoughts, she wondered what would become of her now that the queen knows her secret, now that she have broken the rules, how was she to make the queen believe at this point that their is actually nothing going on between herself and Terry and what she had said previously was just mere thoughts, she shook her head over and over again cupping her face in her palm while she shut her eyes for a moment wishing that none of these ever happened.“Aren’t you aware of the rules Leonna?” The queen asked clearing her throat, she stood up from the bed she was sitting on and moved to the arm chair in the room, she sat down comfortably crossing her legs while fixing her gaze on poor Leonna who barely knew what to say, she didn’t even know what her response should sound like in other not to provoke the queen even more “I expe
It was dead silent in the room, one could hear a pin falling at that moment despite the rain still drizzling outside dropping steadily on the roof and the thunder storm roaring none stop like it was outraged and ready to devour it’s enemy, both Leonna and the queen’s eyes locked for a while, they both pondered over a silent thought, the young girl had drifted far off in her thoughts wondering what type of a desperate and ambitious woman the queen was, how could she even ask her to do something as evil as that to Terry, she shut her eyes and covered her face with her palm sighing out loud, she couldn’t recall Terry ever hurting her, the queen’s words wouldn’t stop ringing in her ears, she possibly can’t say no to her else her life would certainly be over, she felt like crying at that moment, she felt like yelling at the queen, to tell her how heartless and devilish she was but what right does she have to do something like that? The room seemed to have gone so dark even though the lante
Leonna swallowed hard, her eyes wide open like that of a cat and her heart pounding really hard in her chest “my queen, can’t I do something else for you? What you ask of me is….”“Evil…” the queen said cutting her shorts she arched her brow.“I didn’t mean to say it that way but your highness, Terry have done nothing else other than to be kind to me” she said in defense with so much innocence behind the tone of her voice.The queen chuckled “what about me? How have I treated you, cruel?”Her eyes widened in shock, she didn’t expect the queen to throw such question at her, well she haven’t had much encounter with the queen so she wouldn’t say she have been cruel towards her, even if she have been, she dared not give a positive response to this question of hers, in a case like this, a lie is better off told other than the truth, she secretly gritted her teeth and shook her head over and over again “you have never treated me badly my queen, you have been kind to me aswell, you accepted
“How dare you?” The queen yelled with so much disgust written all over her face, she didn’t expect Leonna to say that, she just wanted a positive response already, for no reason did she expect Leonna to give her a negative response “how dare you try to procrastinate? I am giving you your own life on your hands and what to you want to do? Gamble with it? You think if Terry were in your shoes he would think twice about giving you up? You think he feels the same way you feel about him or what?” She burst into a loud laughter and this confused the young girl the more, queen Emma stood up and walked towards the window, she turned around and took a deep breath looking down at the young girl who have remained on her knees “listen to me Leonna, you would really be a fool to sacrifice your life for someone who feels nothing, I repeat, nothing at all for you” she shrugged while she watched Leonna look away thoughtfully “perhaps he must have told you he loved you or showed you that he does but h