~Daciana~ “Randall! Stop!” I yelled as I watched him throw several punches at Jonathan’s face in rage. I had never seen him so angry before. Jonathan’s face could be hardly seen because it was already covered in blood. His head moved seamlessly with every punch like his neck couldn’t hold it still anymore. “How dare you?!” Randall yelled, he lifted his hand to punch him again but I ran towards him and grabbed his hand with my hands, holding it back with all my might. “You’re going to kill him, please stop!” I cried out, and Randall fell to the ground, panting hard. I stared at Jonathan, who laid almost lifeless on the floor in terror, and saw his face was all mashed up. “Let’s go, Randall,” I said, looking at Randall and that was when I saw his bloodshot eyes. I rushed to him to kneel in front of him. “Control yourself, Randall. You can’t let anyone see you like this.” I grabbed his face in my hands and whispered loudly. I felt him clench his jaws under my hands and he shut hi
~Prince Randall~ “Are you sure it was him?” Riley asked, and I scoffed. “Why would I lie about that? If he wasn’t, why would I have to beat him up?” “Take him to the hospital and contact his father. We’ll hear from him when he’s better than this.” My father responded. The guards bowed and carried him out of the palace. I looked at Daciana, and I could see the confused look on her face. Her face kept screaming ‘why’ to me. “Have you put medicine on that?” He further asked, looking at my aching knuckles. “No, I haven’t. But I’m glad you asked. I’ll return to my room now.” I responded and turned to leave. “Prince Randall, please wait.” I heard Riley say behind me, causing me to stop. “I just want to say thank you for bringing my woman back to me. I don’t know what we would do without you. Thank you so much for being a good big brother to her. We don’t take this for granted.” He uttered, and I feigned a smile. “Thank you, Riley. Right now, all I need is a good sle
~King Edwin~“I swear on my life, my son knows nothing about this. I know he’s been acting like an asshole lately, but he will never cross the line.” Trump uttered. “Right. He’ll never. If he didn’t do it, why did Randall almost kill him? This isn’t the first time they’ve exchanged words. Why did it end up with such brutality?” “I have no idea, Your Majesty. They just hate each other. They are men, they must have said unspeakable things to one another, and that caused a fight.” “Right. Unspeakable things. Tell me why after having such a big fight with your son, my son comes home and begins to ask me about things that are supposed to be buried in our past?” He furrowed his eyes and slowly shook his head. “I don’t understand, your Majesty.” “Randall started asking me questions he hadn’t asked in more than ten years. He asked me about Anna‘s death.”“What about Anna’s death?” He asked, confusion evident on his face. “I should ask you that. Why does he think there is more to it afte
~Daciana~ “What’s going on, Daciana? Are you two fighting?” King Edwin asked, and I just shook my head, unable to say a word. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t mean to hurt him. It was from an unconscious mind. “Dad, I’ll talk to her. You should go back to your chamber.” Randall uttered, and King Edwin nodded. “Fine. Breakfast is in less than an hour. I expect you to be there so you can tell us what went down between you two. It better be a resolvable problem.” He answered and turned to leave. With tears in my eyes, I watched him leave. I looked at Randall and he looked at me with soft eyes. “What happened?” He moved closer and I embraced him tightly. “I made a horrible mistake, Randall. I swear I didn’t mean to.” I mumbled against his shoulder, while he caressed my hair. “It’s okay. Let’s talk about it inside. We can’t afford to be seen.” He responded and I nodded, entering my room. I sat on the bed and he sat next to me. “Tell me what happened.” He added, cupping my face in his ha
~Prince Randall~I had two things bothering me and I needed them sorted out as soon as possible. The first was that I had to see Riley as soon as possible. I needed to make sure he wasn’t going to say shit to anyone. Secondly, after going through the medical reports, something just didn’t add up. My mother had no initial record of illness, in fact, she had never complained about her having issues with her heart. No abnormal sign of sicknesses before. How did she just have a heart attack? I refused to believe what I had seen. There was more to what my father was telling me and I hated that he wouldn’t come clean about it. One thing I was sure of was that the medical reports were most possibly forged. They were all taken at the same hospital, The Royal Hospital. Anything fishy could have happened and my father would easily cover it up with his power. ‘I need to talk to Jonathan.’ I thought, heading out of my room. I headed right to my father’s chamber to inquire about the hospi
~Daciana~I lay on my bed, about to take a nap when I heard a knock on my door. I groaned softly as I yanked the duvet off my body. I just needed a minute to think about what King Edwin said during breakfast. Why was he so bothered? “I’m coming,” I mumbled, dragging my feet to the door as the knock came on the door again. I opened the door and saw Prince Randall. Immediately I saw him, a wise smile curved up my lips. “Hey,” I uttered happily, but when I noticed his countenance, the smile slowly disappeared from my face. “Come in.” I opened the door wider and stepped aside so he could come in. As soon as he stepped in, I looked down the hallway, making sure no one saw him entering before I shut the door. “What’s wrong?” I asked as I sat next to him on the bed. “Why is your face like that? Riley didn’t listen to you?” I further asked worriedly. “Riley wasn’t a problem, Daciana. He promised not to say anything. In fact, he’s moving.” He answered, and I furrowed my brows. “He’s m
~Daciana~ “Mother?!” I yelled in terror as Randall and I hastily got off each other. I ran to grab my clothes while he just grabbed the duvet to cover his lower body. “How could you?!” My mother yelled in terror and I saw her eyes water. “Mom, please…” Before I could finish talking, she stormed towards Randall and before I knew it, she threw a slap at his face and my eyes popped wide open. “Mother!” I yelled in shock. “How dare you?! She’s your sister!” She cried, and I clenched my jaws. “Step-sister. We are not related.” Randall mumbled, holding the cheek she’d slapped. “You are f**king related! I’m married to your father!” She poked his chest angrily. “Mom, please! Shouting right now isn’t going to help! Please let’s go to your room.” I muttered, looking at her bump. Her being so stressed can affect her and the baby, and I wouldn’t want that to happen. “I should have known not to trust you two!” She smacked as she stormed out of the room. With my heart racing uncontrollab
~Prince Randall~ I waited impatiently in my room for Daciana to show up and tell me how it went with her mother, but she was nowhere to be found and this got me worried. I began to think that I should have talked to her myself and convinced her not to blow our cover. At least not now. I also knew that standing in front of Agatha right now would only make things worse. So, I just had to wait. I heard footsteps approaching my door and I hastily ran to get it. Opening the door, I saw one of my father’s guards and my heart skipped a beat. “Your Royal Highness, his majesty wants you in his room right now.” “Sh*t.” I cursed under my breath and headed out almost immediately. I began to imagine how Daciana was feeling, standing in front of my father. She would be so terrified. As soon as I got down the stairs, I began to run to his chamber. Getting there, the guards opened the door for me and I walked in to see Daciana on her knees. I clenched my jaws and rushed to her.
~ Daciana~ After a year. We sat in the living room. Randall and I. And in his arms was Darian, who also seemed so interested in what was showing on the television. It was pretty funny that he had a favorite show at age one already and it was Cocomelon. He loved the show so much that if it came on, he’d stop crying and begin to giggle. I looked at Randall and he looked at me with widened eyes. “What?” I asked, and he looked at Darian. “He’s giving those low groans again. I think he’s going to…” All of a sudden, Darian pooped all over his garment and my eyes widened. “Poop.” He completed his statement and we both burst out laughing. Darian looked at us in confusion and suddenly began to laugh too. “I’m so sorry. I should have used his pampers. I had no idea he’d poop again so soon.” I uttered, carefully carrying him away from Randall’s arms. “It’s okay. I’ll just go and wash up.” He responded, holding the helm of his royal garment and lifting it so the poop won’t mess the floor
~Randall~ After eight months. There was a meeting with the Alphas of the kingdom and we all sat in the waiting room when all of a sudden, a maid dashed into the room panting hard. “Your majesty! Your majesty! The Queen… she is… her water broke.” She said, shivering profusely.“What?” I spanked to my feet running out of the meeting room. Getting out, I saw two guards, each on both sides holding her as she walked. “Baby.” I ran towards them, taking her from them. I placed her arm over my shoulder and grabbed her by the waist. “Randall, the baby…” she stuttered and I could feel fear in her.“It’s okay. We will be in the hospital in no time.” I tried to calm her down even though my emotions were all over the place. I was scared too. Getting to the car, the guards helped lift her up. My driver hopped into the driver seat and I sat with her holding her hands and comforting her as she groaned. My driver drove as fast as he could and we got to the hospital in less than 15 minutes. I c
~Carl~ I got an invite to a party at the palace. I was personally invited by Daciana. I wasn’t sure what the party was about, but I was sure she seemed super excited about it. I wouldn’t miss it too because this is the first time she has sounded so happy after Anne’s death. “Baby, are you ready?” Bonnie asked, spraying her body with some cologne. To my greatest surprise, she told me I could bring my plus one, which is now Bonnie. After the proposal dinner, I finally got to talk to Bonnie and we seemed to click instantly. I realized after speaking for a while that we had so many things in common. I asked her out on a date that very day and since then, we’ve been super cool. “Baby!” She yelled from the room again. “What?? I’ve been done for more than twenty minutes. I’m waiting for you to finish.” I responded in a loud voice, looking towards the room. “Why didn’t you answer me then? I thought you’d headed out to the car already.” She replied, walking out of the room. As soon a
Lily~ Leaving the palace, I headed for Brandon’s house. I had Kendall in the car with me because I knew he was going to help me get back to him if it got too difficult. “Mummy, when are we going to see Uncle Brandon again? I miss him.” Kendall uttered, and I raised my head to look at him through the rear mirror. “I know you miss him, baby. I miss him too. But, guess what?” I asked with a wide smile, facing the road again. “What? Are we getting Ice cream?” “What? Why would you even guess that?” I chuckled, looking at him through the rare mirror again. “Because you buy me ice cream every time I talk about Uncle Brandon.” He responded, and my eyes widened in shock. “I don’t do that all the time.” I tried to defend myself even though I knew he was telling the truth. “Yes, you do. But it’s okay, I love ice cream.” He replied, reaching for his phone. “Trust me, Kendall. It’s not the case anymore. I promise you, you’ll get ice cream and you’ll also get to see Uncle Brandon.” “Real
~Daciana~ It was a week after Anne's funeral and I was yet to tell anyone, even Randall that I was pregnant. I don’t know, but the vibe was off, most especially because of how Anne’s funeral went down. Somehow, we regretted that we didn’t get to tell her how much we loved her in her last moments. We sat in the dining room, ready to eat, and when I lifted the spoon to my mouth to eat, it suddenly smelt awful and I had this sudden urge to puke. I sprang to my feet, holding my mouth as I ran down the hallway. It was my very first time acting like that in front of Randall. I had tried to keep my pregnancy cravings and signs away from him because I didn’t want him to suspect. I was looking for the perfect time to spill the beans. I held onto the toilet and puked whatever was left in my belly. “Are you alright?” “Ahhh!” I jolted, looking back and saw Randall, behind me, looking worried. “Did I startle you?” He asked, lowering himself too and I nodded. “Yes, your Majesty. You startl
~King Randall~We, the family, stood in front of the catafalque. There were flowers, candles and pictures of Anne displayed on it. We all had straight faces as we all waited in silence in respect to the dead. This wasn’t how I pictured things to end for my mother. Hiding in the palace and not being able to invite people to my mother’s funeral was unbelievable. “Your Majesty. Do you have anything else to say?” The monk asked, moving away from the catafalque, and I nodded, standing up. In my hand was the note my mother wrote before she killed herself. With clenched jaws, I stood in front of everyone and opened the note. “Since my mother decided that killing herself was the best decision she could make, I had refused to read whatever she had written in this paper. “But, I think it’s the right time to read this, and at the same time, read it out to everyone here,” I uttered and slowly unfolded the note. “Dear son, by the time you see this, I’d have probably been dead. But I want to
~Lily~ After the note was found, we were told to go to the living room by Trump. I guess it was our cue to leave.“We should leave now,” I said to Brandon and he nodded in agreement. “I will tell Randall we are leaving.”As he left, Daciana approached me “How are you feeling?”“I should be the one asking you that. We are leaving already”“I’m sorry about what happened today. I’m glad Kendall is safe.”“Thank you” I smiled faintly and continued “You should go to Randall, he needs you right now.”“Right, take care.” She said as she turned to leave. Just then Brandon returned with our stuff. “Let’s go,” he said as we headed out. Getting to the car, I put Kendall in the back seat and sat in front with Brandon. My head was on the window as we drove out of the Palace.I recalled how scared I was when Kendall was missing. It made me realize he meant more to me than I ever imagined and that I should give him my undivided attention and love.‘I would never let what happened today happen aga
~Daciana~ I let out a soft moan as my eyes slowly opened. “She is awake, she’s awake.” I heard their voices faintly.“Queen Daciana, can you hear me?” His voice sounded louder than before and I nodded.I looked to my right and I saw a man dressed in a corporate outfit with a stethoscope around his neck. He was a Doctor. “Yes, I can,” I responded, trying to sit up.Just then I remembered what had happened before I lost consciousness, there was no Kendall or Trisha in sight. “Where is Kendall? Where are they?” I asked with agitation and Carl hurriedly moved closer to me.“Please take it easy Daciana. Randall has gone to fetch them. You should be more concerned about your health.”“Are they fine?” I asked, still very worried.“We got a call from Lily telling us that they have been found,” Trump said.“They are fine. You should talk to the Doctor, he has refused to say anything to us unless you are awake.” My mother replied, and I looked at the Doctor“What is wrong with me Doctor?”“C
~King Randall~ “Why can’t we leave for the hospital right now?” I asked in frustration as I rushed Daciana into the house. “You just got coronated. You can’t be seen in the hospital right now. There are eyes all over you.” Trump answered as we followed me alongside the others. “Who cares?? My Queen just fainted and I should care about what people will think?” “The doctor is on his way already.” Carl butted in as I laid her on the couch. “We… we can’t just sit back and do nothing! My son is missing! We should be out there looking for him!” Lily cried in agony. “I sent the guards out already. They’ll find him. They have to! Do you think I want to be here right now too??” I asked, sitting next to Daciana and holding her hand, hoping she would wake up. “I knew something like this was going to end up happening. We invited an enemy to live with us!” Agatha uttered, and we all looked at her. “What are you talking about?” Trump shook his head in confusion. “Anne, of course! After all