The King's Destined Love

The King's Destined Love

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By:  Khanyi Mathayi Ongoing
Language: English
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Azania Kunene and Lincoln Zion are childhood sweethearts, bound at birth. Born on the same day, two years apart, their shared birthday was nothing more than one of the few things that sealed their bond. All that is soon thrown out the window, however, after a deadly accident that saw Lincoln flee th

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00 // SWEET 16

  The party was in full swing as the guests mingled at every corner of the hall. It was such a massive occasion for the kingdom, their prince was celebrating his eighteenth birthday a day earlier before his coming of age ceremony tomorrow.

  But it was more than that. 

 I used to think that sharing a birthday with Lincoln was a blessing, we had celebrated every single birthday together in the last sixteen years. My mother once told me that Queen Gladys grew to hate her the day I was born, on her son’s second birthday. She relived that the queen had said that such precision was a bad omen and went as far as accusing her of witchcraft.

  It was no wonder she hated me, and the hatred did not show any hints of floundering when she realized how inseparable Lincoln and I had grown to be. Lincoln always said that the biggest gift the Zion forefathers had ever granted him was me, and his life was meaningless before I came along. I laughed at him every time he alluded to it, and reminded him that he was only two on the day I was born.

  We never needed gifts for our birthday as long as we had each other. It was our tradition every year to meet on the eve of our birthday. As usual, the weather wasn’t kind on that one evening, it was rainy and stormy.

  I used to think that the weather was coincidental because our birthday unlocked the rainy season on our island, which was spring, but that day I was proven wrong.

  Lincoln thought it was a good idea to leave the estate in such a terrible weather condition. The skies were covered in thick blankets of grey clouds, flashes of white light threatening to tear through them.

  It was a cold night, and I was dressed in a long white halter dress, which I tried to use as an excuse not to step outside the castle doors. Unfortunately, Lincoln kindly offered his overcoat, draping it over my shoulder before dragging me into the rain before anyone could spot us.

  We had done this so many times before, but that night felt different, maybe because we were both entering different phases in our lives, I was finally turning sixteen, my future was undecided. It was different with Lincoln, it always was. His fate was sealed before he was even born, he was the crown prince of Zion, he was turning eighteen tomorrow, he was finally a man as his father would refer to him. 

 Tomorrow marked a new beginning for him, the ceremony they were having for him was to officiate things, he was next in line to be the king of Zion. He would have to spend all his time from now on learning the ropes from his father until the day the king chooses to hand over the crown. That was the heavy price he had to pay for the throne. 

 I could already feel the distance between us growing, he was a man now, he would soon take a wife; I’m sure his parents would prefer that he married a princess.

  We ran past the fountain and hopped into his flashy sports car.

  “You are crazy!” I gasped as he reversed out of the gates.

  His boisterous laughter filled the car, drowning out the rumbling of the skies. “You only live once, my Eva!” He shouted over the noise, his bright smile never leaving his face.

  My heart filled with an intense emotion by just staring at him, and I comforted myself by looking out the window. I didn't understand why this felt like the last adventure we would ever share together.

  We were driving away from the palace, and I knew exactly the place we were going to, one of our favourite spots, if not the most favourite. It was a cliff that overlooked our kingdom, we could see the entirety of Zion from atop. 

 The rocky ground was slippery due to the rain, and I had to hold on to Lincoln for support so that I wouldn’t fall as we paved our way through the thin woods on the steep side. We came to a stop at the flat top, where a huge oak tree stood strongly between the rocks. I was starting to think oak trees were our thing, but then again, they were a thing in Zion.

  “Don’t you know that one shouldn’t stand under trees during a storm,” I countered, holding the coat close around my body even though it did nothing to stop the rain from sipping under my dress.

  “Come on, that’s just a myth,” He said, draping his hand over my shoulder and pulled me closer to him.

  Now I understood why the hairstyle on my head was called cornrows, it literally made way for rain to flow down my face through the open rows.

  The lights brightening up Zion looked blurry because of the rain, it felt like watching cars pass by through the window during a rainy night, but it was beautiful.

  “It is ten minutes to 00:00a.m.,” Lincoln said, the apprehension in his voice unmistakable. “I know this feels like the end, but it is only the beginning, my Eva. It is scary not knowing what the future holds for you, knowing what is waiting for me tomorrow…” He exhaled loudly.

  My eyes raked over the homes below, landing on the castle that stood proudly on the other end. “Some years from now you will be ruling over this kingdom, I have no doubt that you will make a great king.”

  The rain pouring filled the silence that followed before he spoke, his voice was firm, and I knew he meant every word. “But what if I would rather not be the next king?” He asked, glancing sideways, his towering figure looking down at me with desperate determination. “I don’t want to be a king. I’d rather go somewhere with you and live happily ever after, that’s what being a blue-blooded means, right? Having the freedom and will to do anything and get away with it.”

  I smiled against my will. “Being a royal doesn’t entail living happily ever after, it means working tirelessly; blood, sweat, tears, and everything in between to serve and bring your kingdom to prosperity. It is a lifetime job.”

  He nudged me playfully, his smile returning at full length. “It wouldn’t be such a bad job if I had such a beautiful, amazing, and wise queen ruling next to me.”

  I chuckled, shaking my head. “Can I tell you a secret?” I asked, and he replied with a nod. “I don’t want to be a queen either.”

  He threw his head back and laughed. “Jeez, no wonder you have no girlfriends in the kingdom, you are not ambitious!”

  “I am ambitious, my ambitions just don’t align with theirs,” I admitted. “They want to find a rich husband and settle down, and somewhere deep in their hearts there’s a tiny voice that’s praying to get hitched to you and become the next queen of Zion.”

  “And yours?”

  I shrugged, a dreamy sigh escaping my lips as I swept over Zion like I had done for all these years. “I don’t want to accept that my life is over when it hasn’t even begun yet. I want to live, I intend to get out of this hellhole, go into the world and find my purpose, I don’t want to be caged just because I am a woman; I wish to be free.”

  “Spoken like the true daughter of Richard Kunene.”

  I was my father’s daughter, even from beyond the grave he still influenced my choices because he taught me to always stand up for what I believe in. One way or another, I would find my way out of Zion and possibly out of Azania.

  “Lincoln, is it me or is the weather starting to change drastically?” 

  The rain was starting to spray due to the wind, and it was not slowing down. At the rate it was pouring the ground was bound to be even more slippery, there was no way we could get down the cliff safely without someone breaking a bone.

  We were officially trapped, and I doubt that fact occurred to Lincoln yet, he had worried lines on his head as he skimmed all around us as if searching for something.

  “This doesn’t feel right,” he finally said, pulling me closer as if expecting something to jump out of the rain. “Come on, let’s stand under the tree until the rain subsides.”

  I pried myself from him. “No, why don’t we sit behind the rock instead?”

  “Azania…”

  I shook my head. “Standing under these branches is already a huge problem for me,” I protested.

  Lincoln growled. “Eva, don’t tell me you are thinking about some stupid old wives’ tale right now. This is not the time to be childish!”

  “Childish? Says the person busy throwing a tantrum!”

  He pursed his lips, clearly not happy with my words. “You know what? Go ahead and stay with your rock, I’ll stand under the tree.” He turned around and marched towards the trunk of the tree, while I huffed and stepped out from under the foliage.

  Guess I wasn’t going to have my kiss-in-the-rain romantic moment tonight. Wouldn’t it have been romantic if we wished each other a birthday with a passionate kiss?

  I’m positive it was already a few minutes past midnight, there was never a definitive moment that said it was our birthday, but that night we knew.

  The heavens rumbled like an angry beast, flashes of lightning painting the skies before tearing out into deadly grunts and blasts. Both Lincoln and I were on alert, and we wanted to get to each other, but it was as if our feet were rooted to the ground.

  I looked at Lincoln, feeling my soul slowly leaving my body, before seeing my life flash right before my eyes in the form of lighting. The last thing I heard was a loud call of my name, drowned out by the explosive thunder that paralysed my body before my soul left my flesh.

  A chest-tearing scream tore from my throat as I bolted up from a deep sleep, my entire body drenched in sweat. I could not stop the sobs that followed as my mother rushed into my room and engulfed me in a hug as I wailed my soul out.

  Why was this happening now? Why was I dreaming about that night after so many years?

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00 // SWEET 16
The party was in full swing as the guests mingled at every corner of the hall. It was such a massive occasion for the kingdom, their prince was celebrating his eighteenth birthday a day earlier before his coming of age ceremony tomorrow. But it was more than that. I used to think that sharing a birthday with Lincoln was a blessing, we had celebrated every single birthday together in the last sixteen years. My mother once told me that Queen Gladys grew to hate her the day I was born, on her son’s second birthday. She relived that the queen had said that such precision was a bad omen and went as far as accusing her of witchcraft. It was no wonder she hated me, and the hatred did not show any hints of floundering when she realized how inseparable Lincoln and I had grown to be. Lincoln always said that the biggest gift the Zion forefathers had ever granted him was me, and his life was meaningless before I came along. I laughed at him every time he alluded to it, and reminded him t
last updateHuling Na-update : 2022-08-03
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01 // UNTIMELY
I've always wondered what it felt like to die. What was it like? Was it like in the movies, where one dies peacefully with a smile on their face?I always wanted to know from the day my father died, had he been in too much pain? He died a painful death, and I still carried most of his pain in my heart, but I wondered how his last seconds were, if it took him all his will to breathe his last breath.Maybe that was what was killing me, the painful remnants he left in me. It was as if there were glass shards constantly piercing at me, as if to remind me that this could be my last day.It was so strange, I was not in pain, but I was hurting. My heart was bleeding over my failed dreams and short life, and yet, I had somehow found a way to make peace with it.My mother did not look bothered either as she moved about the kitchen, singing and moving to her favourite song as she cooked a storm. Occasionally, I think that perhaps we had both come to terms with the situation because bo
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02 // UNFORSEEN
Talk about awkward! The queen stood there for a minute before putting on a smile and a show as she leaped forward and into her son's arms.“My son! Look how grown up you are, you look just like your dad.”Prince Lincoln hugged her and then moved to give Queen Shekinah a bear hug. “Mama, you are even more beautiful than you were the last time I saw you! I missed you.”It was the first time he spoke, and his voice was as delirious as ever. That small gesture saw his mother's face change as Queen Shekinah blushed furiously and slapped his arm. “Ugh, man, Lincoln, don't mess with me!” She laughed. Lincoln laughed and moved on to greet the king. “Baba.” He shook his hand before they hugged each other briefly. I could never understand men or why they hated embracing each other.“Goodness, Lincoln. It feels like I'm staring into a mirror. I can't believe how grown up you are, you are ready to take over the throne now,” the king said in astonishment. “Dad, don't exaggerate
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03 // APPOINTMENTS
One thing I admired the most about my mother, Daisy Kunene, it was the fact that she knew when to put up a good fight. She did not bring up the issue of the heart transplant the next morning, she woke up and prepared breakfast for me. It was nothing fancy, at least not something I would prefer, but as she always said, “Doctor’s orders.” I had to eat ‘healthy,’ the doctor had put me on a strict diet—greens, greens, and greens all the way. But I did not complain, I was used to it by now, and the fun part of it all was that my mother never left me to suffer through this alone. She ate whatever I ate, well, except for the palace food, which by the way I’d forgotten to bring for her last night.I finished breakfast, grabbed my book, and went to sit in our garden.Neither of us could ever say it out loud, but our garden was probably the most priced possession in our yard, not even the house measured up to it.This garden was a memory fountain, it reminded us so much of dad. I remem
last updateHuling Na-update : 2022-08-14
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04 // HIGH RISK
It is my birthday in a few days. You probably think it is a big deal, but not to me. The day which marks my entire existence would be the same day my heart stops beating, the day my body would separate from my soul once more. I was going to die.For most people, birthdays call for celebration, to celebrate life and our loved ones, but for me, it spells death, grief. It was not something that happened every year, just as birthdays had stages, so did my death. It first happened when I turned sixteen.From a young age, there was always a strange occurrence that always happened on the eve of my birthday, a heavy storm. I don’t know why, but Lincoln and I always loved it. We would go and sit at our favourite spot as the clouds gathered, and we would wait until the rain poured over us before rushing back home.However, that night was different, and I will never forget the horrified look on Lincoln’s face when everything unfolded. We never told anyone abo
last updateHuling Na-update : 2022-08-15
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05 // FATE & FOES
The initial plan after leaving the graveyard was to go straight home and lock myself in my room for the rest of the day. But as I paved my way through the forests, buried memories of the past flooded my mind like a waterfall on a rainy summer day.This forest was like a history book, filled with chapter after chapter of an endless streak of memories, good and bad, but mostly beautiful ones. Life. Such a strange phenomenon. I still remember how about a few years ago, I was walking down this same route, skimming through the thick woods of Zion; smiling and laughing as if nothing else mattered in the world. I was happy, free – in love. Yet here I was years later, counting every breath I take. It just felt surreal, like a dream; one minute it was there, and the next, everything just went up in smokes of nothingness. Every time I come here, I wonder if he ever dreams of coming here; if he ever thinks of me. If he still loves me, or perhaps hates me. Funny how I wonder what he
last updateHuling Na-update : 2022-08-16
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06 // UNINVITED
Lizzy could not keep her mouth shut when she arrived at the palace, she blabbed away to her colleagues about how she would be joining Azania and her mother for dinner with Azania's doctor boyfriend. Come noon, not only had the news reached Queen Shekinah, but Prince Lincoln as well, and before she knew it, Lizzy was barred from leaving the palace that evening.I know that I'm usually petty, but that was not by any means the reason I missed all of Lizzy's phone calls until it was far too long. I had not touched my phone since my mother saw it fit to invite Alex over for dinner, and I didn't care to find out where she had put it afterwards.As soon as Lizzy left, my mother started preparing the menu, while I only joined her later to help with the cooking. It felt like being back at the palace, where I prepared everything the doctor had ordered me never to eat again. My mother went all out for Alex, and she was willing to forget about “our” diet for the day, claim
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07 // SOMETHING ABOUT THE EARTH
The nightmares resurfaced, again. I can’t remember the last I felt my heart beating so slow, it felt as though any second now it would stop. We did not sleep at all, my mother’s face had gained a few wrinkles, I could tell that she was worried about me and was dying to ask me what was wrong.I think she blamed herself, she kept apologizing all night and saying that none of this would have happened had she not insisted on the dinner. I had to escape from home because she would not let me out of her sight.After promising to accompany Lizzy to the farm and that I would be there on time, there was no way I could disappoint her now, although I was strolling from the moment I left home. My mother had been too distracted with having a bath, she would be frantic when she finished and found me gone.I needed a distraction, I needed to keep my mind busy so that I didn’t think about all those events. I could not believe Alex let my secret slip, w
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08 // FIRM GROUND
You’d swear the ice queen always knows when her daughter is with me. Not long after we arrived at the cemetery, Gladys called Samu and ordered her to come home immediately. We walked back to the farm in complete silence, as if we had not been chatting freely a second ago. The farmers were still busy and Lizzy seemed to have found her footing since she did not notice when I returned. Sam was standing next to the car, judging by the stoic look on his face, Gladys had given him an earful for allowing her precious daughter to leave with me unguarded. “My Princess.” He bowed and opened the door for her. I walked around the car and climbed into the front passenger seat. “Are you coming too?” Samu asked. I glanced at her through the rearview mirror. “Yeah, I have a meeting with Queen Shekinah.” Sam hopped in and started the car. “Azania, I thought you were
last updateHuling Na-update : 2022-08-19
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09 // FIX YOUR CROWN
“To go to work or not to go to work. To go to work or not to go to work,” I sang, bouncing the tennis ball against the wall.I was preparing myself to catch the ball when a hand swept in front of me and caught the ball.“That's enough, now.” My mother stuffed the ball in her apron before turning her eyes on me with her arms folded. “What's the matter with you? You've been acting strange since you returned from the farm.”“It's nothing,” I lied. “I just have a headache.”She scoffed. “Really? And does that headache have a name?”“No!”She raised a knowing eyebrow. “Is it Alex?”If my eyes could get any bigger, they were sure to tear out. “No! Wait… what? Alex? Why would you even think of him? I haven't spoken to him since the dinner.”“When's your next appointment?” She asked.I relaxed, kind of grateful for the change of subject. “In two weeks. Why?”“Nothing. Anyway, take c
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