Valerie pov ... When I arrived into the dinning room ,I everyone was seated except for Edward ,We had a full castle on like before , Lady Tracy and Randy sat at the opposite side of the dinning table , She focused all her attention on Randy not minding the discussion that lady Josephine ,and lady Grace were having . I sat close to Bethel , She couldn't even wait for me to sit properly before she started asking me questions about Sir owen . " Val who was that man " " His nobody Bethel why are asking " " Nothing much, I was just curious about what he wanted to talk to you about in private " " It's nothing much Bethel and besides that's a past issues " " You should be careful sister , You never can tell how the king will feel if you are accused of cheating " " My husband is not some fool that will believe anything a stranger say to him " ' I Know but you have to be careful sis" " Thanks for the advice Bethel ,I will put it into good use " " You are welcome de
Valerie pov .... Finally the day I have been waiting for had finally had ,it was hours away to My wedding day .I couldn't sleep although last night , Lady Tracy spend sometime with me before going back to her room ,I decided to catch some sleep but it was interrupted again by Bethel . " Bethel what are doing here by this time of the night " " Come on sister ,I haven't seen you for days and besides tomorrow is your wedding so let's just have someone fun " " Bethel am stressed out, But how can i say No to you my sister " " Thank you may I come in " "Sure " I made a way for her to come into my room , When she entered she sat on my bed and tapped the space beside her. " Sit down valerie " " Tell me what's making you so restless " " It's nothing much val,I will miss you dear sister " ". Come on dear there is no need for you to say that okay , You can always come over to see me anytime you like the doors of that castle are always opened to you " " Really what if
Valerie pov ... " Oh my God ,it was a dream " " Valerie we need to get you dressed for your wedding you are going to be late " " Where is Edward " " His getting ready ,just go take a shower we don't have much time left " " I would love to see him please " "Am afraid that cant be possible , Don't worry You will have him all to yourself,by the end of today So get your ass out if the bed " I felt so weak and nervous at the same time , Ella and Mary led me into the bathroom , While lady Tracy was waiting patiently for me to come out . Ella and Mary took their time to bath me ,I felt really uncomfortable ,but I had to stay still . " Must we have to do this " " Yes my lady you need to get cleaned up, Today is your wedding day" " I know but I can bath Myself " " Stay still My lady very soon you are going to become a married woman ,We wouldn't be needed anymore " " Don't say that Ella , You will always be by my side " Mary left the bath pool and later came
Valerie pov ... Finally we arrived at the venue , Bethel helped me get down from the carriage , And we arrived at the entrance of the hall , The population was way too much ,I know I don't do too well with many people around me but I need to try . The priest announce my arrival, everyone stood up for me, But I felt a huge vacuum in my heart ,My father was suppose to be the one walking me down the aisle, But his no more . Just then I someone tapped my dress ,I look down to see who it was ,I was surprised to see Randy standing next to me . He had this smile that could melt a million hearts .I smiled back him , Then he gave me his hand . " I will be the gentleman walking you down the aisle today my lady " " How lovely of you my gentleman " I burst into laughter , The tears that was threatening to fall from my eyes , instantly dried up . He held my hand and we began to walk into the cathedral, Every step I took ,I felt a little bit restless ,I was nervous , suddenly
Warning matured content ,Reading at your own risk..Valerie pov .. When we entered the hall the place was filled with people , Music was playing, Couples dancing on the stage, Edward stretched out his hand to me . " Will you do me that honor ,by dancing with me " "With all pleasure " I accepted his hand and we walked into the crowd and started dancing , Before I entered the castle I was so bad in dancing at ,I gave up on it , But thank to Edward, For the dance lessons I took before my wedding . Finally the dance ended and the crowd roar in applause for the wonderful performance .He led me to sit beside him on his throne , And the ceremony began . " All hail the Queen " Everyone got up with a glass of wine and toast to it . " All hail the Queen" Suddenly Duke cowell walked up to us and bow his head to greet the king. " My king ,My queen congratulations on your wedding , May Artemis bless you with beautiful children " " Thank you Duke cowell " He handed ,
Valerie pov .... I woke up by the sound of the bird chipping ,I tried to sit up but I felt something trapping me from moving . I raised the mattress to see what it was . " Edward you need to get up it's morning " " No don't move, Let's stay like this for while " " I Thought you were sleeping " " I wasn't my love ,I was waiting for you to wake up so we can continue from where we stopped last night . " What Edward ,I can't am tired and hungry " " You can't say that ,You made we wait for long and now you have to bear the consequences " " Edward please I can't, Let leave it for later " " Why " " I feel sore over there " " Okay I will you let be " He got up from the bed but to my greatest surprise, He was stack naked ,I quickly looked away from him . " Why are you looking away ?" " It..it.. nothing please put on your clothes " " You don't have to be shy , You will be seeing more of this everyday so love get use to it " Instantly my cheek became red
Valerie pov ... The dinner ended peaceful ,I decided to have a tea talk with Bethel in the garden , Ella came in with a tray with two tea cups . She placed it on the table and left . " The weather is beautiful isn't it" " Yes sure ,So when are you going back to stay with mama " " Don't tell me you are chasing me away, Just like you did to lady Grace " " Off course not , Am just asking ,I feel mama will be lonely that all " " Don't worry about her , She's going to be fine ,I have an unfinished business here in the castle ' ' Unfinished business , What do you mean by unfinished business " " I told you ,I have someone am in love with " " Yes I remember, You told me about him, is he here in the castle? " " Yes he is " " Really ,Give me his name and I will get you both married right away " " Easy sister, Why are you in a rush to give me out in marriage " " Am just happy for you " She murmured something , That I didn't hear . " Did you just say somethin
Valerie pov ... I Waited for Bethel to return, But she didn't so I decided to go look for her . When I arrived at her chamber ,I met her packing her bags . " Bethel where are you going " " Home sister " " Why? All of a sudden You decided to leave at least , You should have discussed it with me first " " Don't worry sister I just remembered that I had to do something important " " Something like what, Talk to me what's going on why are you leaving " " Sister it's nothing ,okay " "Wait did Edward say anything to you " " No he didn't " " I don't understand what's going on right now ,We were having a conversation and the next thing my husband called you for a private talk only for you to come out and start packing your thing " She stopped packing and burst into tears . " Oh my God what wrong with you Bethel why are you crying " " I don't know why your husband sees me as threat ,I did nothing wrong I know I said harsh words to you but I can never hurt my sister
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 .