Valerie pov.... It's been a months since I last heard from Bethel , The castle have been peaceful , Lady hazel have been suffering from mental break down she hardly leaves her room , Even if she does she ends up screaming and destroying things ,I felt so much pity for her . Edward and I decided to have a conversation over dinner . " Edward ,I really feel pity for your mother " " She not my mother " " Why would you say that , Edward " " She's my mother friend ,Who smuggled her way into my father's bed just to get what she wants " " Oh my God Edward are you sure of what you just told me now " " Yes a hundred percent sure , She is one of the reasons my mother went mad , Because she couldn't stand the fact that her friend betrayed her trust " " So why were you calling her mother " ' We were forced too ,call her mother ,Tracy and I ,We had no option but to call her mother .I waited patiently for years to see her face the same fate she made my mother go through "
Valerie pov .... We arrived at the castle later in the evening ,I was tired a exhausted ,I wasn't in the mood to eat, But Edward force me too . When we arrived at the dinning room , Lady Tracy and Randy were already seated and the servants Was busy serving them , Immediately she noticed my presence she called out my name. " Lady Valerie ,I haven't seen you since yesterday , What happened " " Sorry ,I was bit tried so I decided to rest my head for a while" " You face doesn't look too good at all are you such you are okay or should I get the physician " " No it's fine , Am perfectly okay , It's just that I feel tired and weak this past few days " " Don't worry you are going to be fine " " Thank you sister " I noticed that Randy, Wasn't talking to me so I decided to ask him what the problem is" " Randy, Did you miss me " " You left me ,I came to look for you but you left with uncle Edward ,it's not fair you know " " Am sorry ,I promise that from tomorrow we w
Edwards pov ... When I entered the court room , They all stood up to greet me . '"Long live the king " I sat on My throne , And ask them to begin with the meeting. " Your majesty , From the information we gathered , Our spy informed us that some of the council are trying to team up with your brother to dethrone you . My lord " " It's no news ,Council Theo ,I know already but what they don't know is that am always two steps ahead of them " " What are we going to do right now ,Sir Araon have Decided to join them too " " It's simple , Separate the weed from the plant " They started murmuring among themselves . " They have decided to conspire among themselves against there king and this Kingdom ,I believe you know the penalty for that " " You majesty rather than killing them why don't you try to win them over again " " Talk are for the weak , Council Anthony, They should know better than trying to conspire against me ,I don't go well with conspiracy" " I believe
Edward pov ... "Long time, No see owen " " Let me go " " Really ,I don't think you understand the gravity of the offense you just committed by using black magic in my palace " " How did you know ,It was black magic , If you are not practicing one yourself " " What if am practicing it, Who's going to kill me , You tsk...tsk..I don't think so , Tell me what are you doing in my castle by this time of the night " " It's none of your business " " It is my business because you were busy roaming around my palace " " Let me go , Even if you try, You wouldn't get a word out of me ,I besides how did you see me because I made sure ,I used the invisible spell so one would have seen me ,or are you a witch " A bright smile appeared on my lips . " You think too much of yourself owen ,So you believed you can walk in and out if my castle without getting hurt ,tsk..tsk...too bad of you " " Let me go I did nothing wrong " ' You did everything wrong, By trying to kidnap your qu
Edward pov .... " Get the physician immediately" " Yes My lord " He ran out to get the physician ,Just then Samuel walked in . " My lord , everything has been settled " " Good, what about Roosevelt, " " I asked the guards to escort him to the castle " " Good ,Go call lady Tracy tell her it's urgent " " Yes my lord " He bow his head and left the presence .After about thirty minutes ,He came in with Lady Tracy . " Edward are you okay, What happened " " Am fine Tracy , It's Valerie she's not doing too well " " I noticed it this evening at the dinning room , But I thought maybe she was just stressed out , Have you called the physician " " Yes his on his way coming here " " Oh my , She looks so pale what happened " " She has been vomiting ,I don't know what to do now " " Vomiting ,why ,How come , Did she eat anything bad " " Not at all " Suddenly the door was opened and the physician walked in . " Good day my lord " " George please this is not
Valerie pov ... When the physician told me that I was pregnant ,I couldn't believe it .I was unable to sleep all through the night , The thought of me bring another life into this world got a little bit scared . Edward on the other hand could not let me be ,He kept holding my stomach as if the child was going to vanish at anytime . " Edward stop holding me like that ,I want to sleep ,am tired " " You can sleep like this honey ,I just want to have some quite time with my baby " " For goodness sake Edward am running out of breath let me go " " Okay am sorry ,Do you need anything ,like water ,or should I change the pillow " " Ahh Edward am fine ,I just need to sleep and feeling dizzy " " Okay just sleep I promise not to disturb you again " " Better " I closed my eyes slowly ,I almost fell asleep when I heard Edward calling my name . " Val " " Huh " " Are you sleeping " " Yes I am , What's the matter " " I was thinking if we should start arranging a room
Valerie pov ... I couldn't take my eyes off the man standing in front of me ,with his attitude ,I could tell that he wasn't afraid of Edward . I felt a slight pain on my stomach , suddenly Edward rushed up to me . " Are you okay what happened to you , Did you see the person that tried to push you, Talk to me Valerie ' " No Edward am fine ,I didn't see anyone " '" Please Valerie be careful were you walk okay " ' Okay " " I forgot to introduce you to my friend and brother ,Meet Raphael " " Nice to meet you Raphael " " It's an honor to meet you too my lady , Edward have told me so much about you ,I was waiting patiently for the day I will finally meet you ,I guess today is that day , But we met in an awkward situation " " No it's not a problem, Am fine " " Good to know " I quickly grabbed , Edward hand And held him tightly , The sight of this man was scaring me , Just then Edward spoke up . " Don't worry val his not going to harm you " " Who is he
Valerie pov ... Finally the party ended in peace without anymore dramas .While the guest was leaving to their various destination ,I sat beside Edward my mind was far away from this place ,I kept thinking about what lady Josephine said a while ago . I placed my hand on my stomach , feeling scared of losing my child , Just then Edward held my hand . " What are thinking about my love " " Edward it's about what lady Josephine said , Am worried " " You have nothing to be worried about " " Why, what do you mean by that " " Her curse can't have any effect on you , Her daughter is guilty " " What if she's not , what's going to happen" " Let's allow the council to decide that ,They will be here very soon " " You mean they are on their way " " Yes darling ,let just wait for them to come " Suddenly the door was opened and Samuel walked in . " My lord the councils are here to see you " When he made the announcement ,Three men walked into the event hall . " Congr
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 .