Valerie pov : I couldn't get him off my mind,I rushed into the kitchen to find bethel doing the dirty dishes . " Hello sister " " What !!" Oops she sounded so angry with the way she replied to me , One could tell that she was pissed off . " So tell me why are you angry " " What's the point of explaining Myself to you " " Come on talk to me Am your sister " " That bitch just spoiled everything for me " " Who are you talking about if I may ask " " Lady Theresa of course why can't she Just mind her business ,I was supposed to have met with the king by now, But No she transfered me to the kitchen .The kitchen Val can you imagine that " " Oops tsk ..tsk.. so sorry dear but I think she read your mind even before you carried out your plans hahaha ..." " It's not funny , I was this close to get to the king , This close but she just spoiled everything for me " " Hahaha girl you need to see the Look on yourself it's so horrible, My God don't worry I think someday yo
Edward pov . I couldn't sleep although the night ,I became so restless that I decided to take a walk . I Left my sleeping chambers and came downstairs , Why walking through the hallway I saw a shadow following me ,But pretended not to see anything . I Took another turned and walked towards the other side of the castle , the shadow seems not to stop following me .I stopped and turned towards the direction . " Could you stop following me just come out " Little by Little a small boy came out from his hide out ,I went down on my knees and picked him up . " So tell me what where you doing following me " " Uncle I couldn't sleep " " So you had to follow your uncle ,you shouldn't do that you know ,they are so many danger moving around the castle by this time of the night " " You mean dangerous things " " Yes and trust me you don't want to get hurt child ". " You mean something dangerous like you , Well if it's not as dangerous as you are then I don't think I have to
Valerie pov . When I finally got home my mother and bethel were no back yet , So I quickly went Into the kitchen to prepare dinner for everyone ,but I was lost in deep thoughts ,I Really don't know what happened to Eric .He promised to wait for me but I really don't know why all of a sudden he wanted s*x badly . I kept murmuring words to my self . Just then bethel walked in . " Val what's the matter " I was lost in thought that I didn't hear when she called out to me she tapped my shoulder . " Valerie , Valerie " Immediately I heard her voice I quickly came back from my thoughts . " Oh my God bethel you scared me " " Sorry about that ,But I saw you talking to yourself so I really wanted to know what happened ,Did you see Eric " " Oh yes I did but there was something strange about him " " Strange what could that be " " When I met him at his working place he started demanding for s*x" " What are you serious ,Haha oh my God you should have given it to him anyway
Edward pov . I Woke very early the next morning ,Got dressed and was about to leave my chambers when I heard a knock on the door . " Come in " " Good morning your majesty " " Samuel just the first person I want to see this morning , Tell me is everything Ready " " Yes Your Majesty, Everything is ready ,I came to inform you that your Step brother just arrived " " You mean Alexander " " Yes My Lord and his requesting to see you " I walked close to Samuel with both hands in my trouser pocket . " Samuel I could remember , When I asked you what you told him the least time he came visiting you didn't give me an answer so would you like to explain to me what his doing here today " " Actually Your majesty I told him that your schedule are tight the day, That you won't be receiving any visitors but I was surprised when one of the guards from the entrance came to announce his visitation " " Really " " Yes My Lord " " Tell have the council arrived yet " " Yes Your
Valerie pov. I Really don't know how it happened but why do I always have an encounter with this stranger ,I think I was really getting fed up of everything why is he always following me around . I Quickly finished what I had to do and rushed to the kitchen to meet with Bethel , When I arrived there I met Bethel mixing a cake flour . " Hi sister " " Hi Val ,I am really sick and tired of working here , This is not my dream " " Really sister so tell me what's your dreams " " I want to become the queen of Atlantis girl, The queen but that witch just wouldn't let me be " " It's okay so tell me what can I help you with " " Oh don't worry the king's fiancee asked for a fresh baked cake so that's what am doing right now " " So can I help you with that " " Yes you can " We started talking about order things while mixing the cake , Just then two maids worked into the kitchen . " Oh my God I can't believe what happened today at the court room the king ordered the ex
.Edward pov . He kept pleasing for mercy , But it was already too late. suddenly I heard a loud scream and that was the end of Sir Eliot . I left the court room and walked straight to the visitors room immediately I opened the door, An arrow was shut at me but I was fast enough to hold it with my hand .. " I see you still have a fast reflex brother " " Why are you here " " Oh don't be too hard on yourself brother ,I came to see you " " Alexander the last time you came to visit this palace something terrible happened and today you shot an arrow at me " " I was just tasting my shooting skills to see if am getting better or not " " You know I could have your head right here and now for attempted murder you know " ' Haha stop being ridiculous Edward.." " king Edward I think you should address me formally " " Anyways I came to see how your taking good care of my throne " " Haha your throne, You see Alex maybe , Just maybe I should remind you of something impo
Edward pov . She was surprised by my statement . " Edward what do you mean by that, For Zeus sake am your future wife, Please Edward stop talking nonsense " " How dare you !!" " Am sorry but I ..I ..mean stop trying to make me look like a fool " " Really you know you are a fool , You dare to touch that maid why " " Listen to me Edward that girl is nothing but a servant, And I don't see any reason why this should be an issue " " Really so you mean whipping a harmless maid , Just because she ruin your dress, Was the best option right ?" " How ...I mean who told you that " " The wall has ears " " So you mean you believe them more than I me right " " I never trusted you Benita, But today you have proven to me how stupid you are " " Please Edward let's just forget about what happened " " Indeed I will forget about it but before then I will need to set something straight " " Something like what " " I asked you to pick your punishment, But No you refused so I th
Valerie pov I woke up the next morning with so much pains in my body I could move a muscle ,I was still trying to figure out where I was when someone walked up to me . " Hey you have to relax your body is not strong yet for all of this " " Where is this place " " Oh you are in the castle clinic, And am The physician in charge of your case " " Castle clinic? ,What am I doing here ,How did I get here please can I go home " " No My lady infact I was specifically instructed from the higher authorities not to let you out of here , Because you need to get well soon " " Get well for Zeus sakes am f**king okay can't you see " Immediately I said does words ,I felt a sharp pain Running through my spine . " You are okay ,Then stand up if you can " I tried to stand up but was hit so hard by a strong pain ,I screamed out loud and fell to the ground holding of my body . " You see I told you miss Valerie, You are not okay yet so please don't try to push your lu
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 .