Edward pov . When she finally confessed her feels for me I was very happy I felt I have achieved something priceless ,I pulled her into my hands for hug ,I was so happy ,I drew her back and held her face . " I love you too val, I love you more than anything else in this world , Infact I can give my life for you if that will make you happy " I was about to place a kiss on her lips , But we got interrupted by a knock on the door of the carriage . " Your majesty it's time for us to go in " I was mad at lady Alice for invading my privacy ,I felt like killing this bitch for trying to spoil this moment I have planned for days now . I came down from the carriage and held lady valerie hand so she wouldn't step on her dress .I could feel lady Alice gaze on her but I wasn't bored at it . We walked into the Mansion and duke Raymond came to welcome us . " Welcome to my mansion your majesty am happy to see that you finally came , Please join us " " After you sir Raymond "
Valerie pov . We quickly left the party and when we arrived at the castle , It was a bit dark so he took me to his room . That was the first time I have entered his room, it was beautiful everything in his room was made of gold I continued admiring his room ,He took my hand I asked me to sit on his couch . " Sit Val " I don't know why but I became nervous ,I try to hide it but I couldn't I guess he noticed it and held my hand . " Don't worry Val.i wouldn't do something you don't like ,I promise to be gentle and take things slowly I wouldn't rush you okay. Just feel free with me we are going to spend a night together today in my room ,But I promise not to cross the line ,. I nodded my head in agreement with his word,He placed a kiss on my cheek and then on my lip , But I really don't want to let him go this time so I took the lead and kissed him back , it all started from there he slide his tongue into my mouth ,I couldn't resist it anymore our lips moved together in
Edward pov . I Was mad and Upset at Lady Alice ,I think I have become too free with the people around me, Immediately the guards ceased her and took her out of the castle ,I turned to valerie . " Let's go " She quickly followed me without saying a word , When we got to my room ,I asked her to lie down and sleep that I had something important to attend to , She laid on the bed but couldn't sleep I was about to leave when I felt someone holding my hand . " Don't go please stay with me for a while " " I wish I could but a letter just came in from the council I really need to look into it but I promise to be back soon Just go to bed okay if you need anything the servants will be at the door waiting for you to call they will answer without hesitation so please go back to bed " I used the mattress to cover her chest and tapped her hair . " I love you valerie and I can't wait to be your wife " " Me too I can't wait to have you as my husband " " Okay so be a good girl a
Edwards pov . " Just kill me Edward ,Safe me from this humiliation I can't take it anymore ,please " " No need of begging me Alice, You will surely meet your doom " " Please Edward, Please forgive me and let me go " " We have talked about this before and I asked you to pick among the list I gave you but you said nothing please don't keep me waiting . "Samuel" " Yes your majesty " " Take her back into the cell ,I guess by Tomorrow morning she's going to decide on how her fate will go" " Yes My Lord " I watched them drag her into the cell she was screaming ontop of her lungs for help I paid no heed to her . " Please Edward don't do this to me please " I quickly left the dungeon and walked back into the castle I was about going into my room when. I heard Randy voice . "Hey grumpy man " " Randy " I was surprised to see Randy I opened my arms wide and he ran into them. " That's my boy , What are you doing here " " I missed you, We came to see
Edward pov Randy and I chatted for a while but he refused to let me go , finally I slept in his room , I woke up by 5am and decided to sneak back to my room to avoid valerie noticing that I wasn't there . When I arrived at my chambers ,I met her sleep ,I quickly sneaked into to the bed ,I took a deep breath and closed my eyes . " You are late " " huh why are you not sleeping " " I have been waiting for you ,what happened " " It's a long story ,I promise to tell you everything later today " " No I want to hear everything ,tell me everything Edward no secrets " " Actually Randy and my sister came back to castle " " Really where is he ,I know he must be looking for me right now " " I think his not in a good mood let's leave it for next time " " Tell me what happened please don't keep anything away from me " " Okay ,it's about my sister lady Tracy " " Oh my God what happened to her ,I hope she's okay please tell me she's alright " " She's okay ,she's ju
Edward pov . " How You dare walk out on me while I was still having a conversation with you, how dare you " " Am sorry your majesty, Please forgive me " " I don't think that word exist in my dictionary ,I can't forgive you , Raymond you have proven yourself to be a monster so I think the best thing is to threat you like one don't you think so " " No your majesty ,I don't know what you are talking about , Please forgive me ,I only wanted my wife and I to settle things in private " " I see you even went ahead to call me a stranger ,tell me do I look like a stranger to you ?" " Am sorry " I called out to samuel . " Samuel " " Yes your majesty " " Be kind enough to drag this man ,closer to me. I think my leg hurts I can't stand up to do it " " Sure your majesty " Samuel held Raymond wounded leg and dragged him to where I was seated ,he continued screaming in pain . " Come on Raymond I thought you are a man , You shouldn't scream like a woman you know and b
Valerie pov . I woke, But couldn't find Edward on the bed so I decided to take a shower and go check on him . When I arrived at the dinning room ,I saw lady Alice laying on the ground ,I sat down and the maid started serving my breakfast . " Edward what's going on " " it's nothing have your breakfast " " Why is lady Alice lying on the floor like a log of wood " " It's nothing valerie ,she drunk poison " " oh my God how ,when ,where " " Too many questions at the same time dear just eat your food I will answer that later " " I picked up my cultery and started eating , Suddenly samuel walked in with a sad face . " Forgive me my lord but we have a problem " I was very hungry so I continued eating my food without looking at them " What could that be samuel " " Lady morgan just arrived " Suddenly the cultery on Edwards hand dropped to the ground making a loud sound that got everyone attention .I kept wondering what made edward to look shocked " " Edward are
Edward pov . I tried to explain things to Valerie but she simply refused to listen to me . " Please you have to listen to me I love you with every breath in me please valerie let me explain " " king Edward Theodore you have nothing to explain to me . You said it clearly in the presences of everyone in the dinning hall that you don't love me , What more do you want to explain ,I told you from the beginning I never wanted any of this why can't you understand , You forced me to leave with you here in the castle you even punished Eric for trying to touch me ,Please let me go " I was short of words ,Every single word she said pierced my heart , Am trying my best to explain things to her but she doesn't want to see reasons with me ,I opened .my mouth to speak by I couldn't find the right words to say to her . " Edward just answer this question am about to ask you ,I need the true and nothing but the truth " " Why did you take my hand but only to let me go why ?" " Listen .
NINE MONTH LATER .. Screaming was heard from the king's chambers Edward and the rest of the family members couldn't stay still . " Edward don't worry everything will be fine " " You have to be strong Edward ,Be a man "said Raphael " Inside the room Valerie was in labor trying her best to bear the pain . " Yes majesty you need to be strong ,the baby will soon be here " " Oh ..my..God I can't bear this pain anymore ...please help me call Edward " " Please your majesty you have to cooperate with us don't worry everything will be fine before you know it please Your majesty " Valerie pov I couldn't bear the pain anymore ,I felt like ripping my self apart and bring out the baby ,the pain was coming too much for me to handle . Lady theresa rushed out of the room and came back with a bucket on warm water ,why Ella was using a towel to clean my face . Suddenly when i felt the pain had subsided ,I was hit by a very strong pain .I screamed out in pain . "
Edward pov ... " She doesn't want to talk to you Raphael " " You can't answer for her , you know I had always loved her , But your mother and father were against our relationship right from the beginning " " Why didn't you fight for your love when you know you loved her so much " ' Oh come on Edward ,you know at that time I wasn't that strong and Besides ,if I had pulled harder , Your father would have discovered that I was a witch , and you know what that means don't you " I rolled my eyes at him and turned to leave but he stepped closer to me trying to touch me ,I quickly dodged his hand. ' What are trying to do " " See your future " " Don't you dare come close to me ,you son of bitch " " Come on brother ,don't be like this ,you shouldn't stay away from your brother please " " Get your hands off me Raphael touch me and die " " Ah ..am okay with that ,after all I can't leave without Lady Tracy " " Yet you ditched her right " " Oh please stop going rou
Valerie pov .. " Maya ..you are alive ' " It's Valerie not maya ..yes am alive ' ' Am happy to see you , You remind me so much of your mother " " Yes that was what my grandma told me ' ' Your grandma " He quickly turned to see the old woman sitting beside me . " Madam Hernandez ..you are here ,I heard you have been sick am so sorry, I would have come to check up on your but I was scared of losing my life just like your husband warned " ' It's okay Collins am happy you are fine and so am happy that your daughter have someone to take good care of her " " Thank you so much ' " There is nothing to thank me for ,I wouldn't have known if the king Haven't invited us over " He turned to to Edward and bow his head . " Thank you so much my lord for reuniting a lost daughter with her father " " It's okay Mr collins ,I can do anything for my family , My wife wanted to have a family of her own so i decided to bring you people closer " " Thank you so much " " M
Valerie pov .. " It's okay grandma , My husband will handle everything from here " " I believe the gods had something better for you my child that was why he took you away from us ,I was shattered when they bought back the dead body of a child that was eaten up by a wild animals in the woods claiming it was your, thank Zeus you are fine and have a wonderful family " " Don't worry grandma ,you will soon have a great grand child " She paused for a moment ,her eyes travelled from me to Edward then back to me again ,then her trembling hands touched my stomach . " You mean you are with child " A bright smile appeared on my face and nodded my head in agreement . " Oh ..my...what a perfect reunion ,I only wished to have my daughter back but now am being blessed with two children " She burst into tears again ,I quickly wrapped my hands around her . " It's okay grandma , everything is fine now am happy that you will get to witness my child's birth ' She held my che
Valerie pov .. Sir Hernandez was ceased and carried out of the room ,I held my grandmother and helped her sit down . " You look so beautiful , How I wish your mother was still alive" " I wish so too , Tell me how was she like " " She beautiful ,smart and intelligent ,she filled with life always happy ,a strong woman must say " " Grandma , Am sorry to say this but what your husband said about my mother was it true " She took a deep breath and cleared her throat . " You see my child it's a long story but I will take my time to explain things to you , When Steve and I got married , We don't marry because of love ,I was already pregnant for Layla at that time , The man responsible for my pregnancy lost his life in the battlefield ,I was so devastated ,I though of so many ways to end my life ,my parents on the other hand found out about my pregnancy and decided to marry me off to the Hernandez family ,it wasn't easy for me ,knowing I was carrying another man's child , But S
Valerie pov ... "My Layla is back,oh I told your father that you were not dead , But they didn't believe me .they even tagged me a mad woman , Look at she's standing in front of me " I was rendered speechless ,I turned to look at Edward , But he wasn't saying anything he just looked at me and nodded his head in agreement . Suddenly the elderly man cleared his throat and spoke up . " Your majesty , Am sorry ever since we lost our daughter my wife have been acting strange , Please don't punish her for her actions " " It's okay sir Hernandez , believe me when I say it's not a misunderstanding " " No it's a misunderstanding your majesty ,Lady Layla Hernandez is dead ,her corpse was brought back home with that of her daughter ,so I don't understand what's going on here ,but if you want to mock us than please don't do that with my dead daughter please Your majesty " " How sure are you that the person you buried was your daughter And grand daughter " " I don't need to
Edward pov .. " It's about Queen Valerie's parents" I quickly grabbed the letter and opened it to see what was written inside of it ,A little smile appeared on my face when I saw the content of the letter . Dear king Edward . I hope this letter finds you in good will, We have done our research and have discovered Queen Valerie parents true identity ,From the information we got the lady in that portrait was Queen Valerie mother's before her sudden death , The family duke and duchess Hernandez have been in search of their grand daughter since then but couldn't find her ,I hope this will help enhance your investigation.. "Yours sincerely Thomas millers " I quickly fold the letter and raised my head to look at hemsworth , " Was this all they could find " " Yes my lord ,I think this is good news " " Indeed ,I have to go inform my wife about it ,Send a letter to the duke and duchess Hernandez tell them that they ar
Edward pov .. I walked into the dungeon , Making a sound on the iron cage , When I arrived in front of Alexander's cell and asked hemsworth to wake him up . Hemsworth fetched a bucket of water and poured it on him ,He quickly opened his eyes . " You shouldn't feel too comfortable here ,Alex this is not your home " " Let me go you bastard" ' Tsk...tsk... you are forgetting that you are at my mercy so I will advise you to watch your tongue " " I will kill you Edward " ' I have heard that a couple of time , But what happened , Please tell him hemsworth " " They ended up dead " The dungeon became silent Alex was speechless by his brothers word . " Let me out of here , And I promise you a merciful death " " You should release yourself , Since you want to kill me " " Let me go Edward " " Not until I show you what I got for you , Care to see brother " Samuel walked in with a tray in his hand ,He placed it in front of me and I opened the cloth to let Alex
Valerie pov ... When I saw Bethel body Lying lifeless on the ground ,I felt so sad the memories of the beautiful times we shared kept flooding through my mind ,I still can't believe that I killed my sister with my own hands . Edward walked up to me and held my hand . " It's all right dear don't think about it you did the right thing by ending her life " " I killed someone Edward " I dropped the sword on the ground and walked out of the court room , Edward ran after me . " Stop feeling guilty for killing her bethel deserved to die ,if she had succeeded in killing you I think she would have been happy " " She was my sister , Even if she was the most wanted criminals on earth ,I still loved her Edward ,I really don't know what happened to her but I loved her " " I understand that feeling don't worry you will get used to killing people very soon " " What !!" Suddenly the tears in my eyes dried up , Edward burst into laughter ,I hit his chest and turned to leave .