Chapter 29 Pure madness.“ Are you sure?” he asked me for the thousandth time after breaking each kiss. My answer never changed, I knew I wanted him as much he wanted me to. The way he asked for my permission made me want him more, it was a fresh start after being abused by Patrick sexually for years. He took my permission before removing the rest of my see-through underwear. Even as I lay naked under him, he wouldn't touch me without my permission.From his gaze, I could tell how much he was holding back from just ravishing me wildly but he had to ask for my permission now and then. After kissing me to his satisfaction, he kissed every one of my scars without asking any questions. I have a vague idea that he knew about i how got them but chose not to talk. He removed every one of his ceremonial robes revealing that chiseled chest and toned stomach that got me swooning instantly.Is it weird that we were about to make love in broad daylight or it is normal? Well, scratch that! I woul
Chapter 30 Here we go again.I couldn't open my eyes even though the sun was directly on my face. I was too embarrassed to face the man lying on the bed beside me with his hands wrapped around my body like a tentacle. It was the best night of my life, no doubt but I wasn't sure about how the mighty King Treven would react once the haze of lust disappeared.Would he chase me out of his room coldly like the icy prince he is? No. Why? Because I'm now his Queen, not some cheap prostitute. But he can be unpredictable sometimes and the man has mood swings that could rival that of three different women on their monthly flow at the same time.“ Your majesties, Your bath is ready!” A loud voice called from outside the room Suddenly snapping me out of my insecure thoughts successfully. My eyes remain closed though, if Treven was not awake before, he was definitely now.“ I know you are awake, stop pretending” His deep early morning voice muttered beside me. The sound of his voice did what it do
Chapter 31 The plot.“ Finding our True Queens for Nayaki kings is a blessing and also a curse” He sighed letting go of my body. He stepped out of the pool after rinsing his body. He grabbed a towel and patted himself dry.“ I don't understand, how is it a curse?” I asked trailing after him after rinsing my body too.“ Have breakfast with me, I will tell you then” He said in a requesting manner, he wasn't ordering me just a simple request. I nodded at him positively and he got out of the bathroom with me trailing behind him. He wore a pair of new undergarments from the neatly folded pile the servants placed in a corner of the bathroom, I picked an armless, see-through underwear like the one I wore on my wedding day and I wrapped myself in a robe to get myself ready.The maids already arranged our clothes in the room, I had three options to choose from, a royal blue sleeveless blouse paired with a wide flowery skirt which was more like Traditional Nayaki dressing which would expose my
Chapter 32 The curse and his family.“ I lost my mother when I was a kid, and lost my father later because of the sacred bond between kings and their true Queens” He started with a low voice staring at me deeply with his grey eyes, gauging my reaction. My mouth was wide open as I stared at him with a Confused look.“ I don't understand”“ My mother's body has always been weak and she suffered frail health since her childhood. She journeyed from Ruqgu to Nayak just to receive a drop of Natalí's tears after hearing of its healing prowess. She met my father at the northern gate and it was love at first sight, even with her frail health and on the verge of death, she looked normal and didn't look sick at all. He took her to the Queen mother after learning of her condition, and the tears reacted to her touch before the Queen mother could wield them. That was how they knew she was his true Queen. They got married a few years later after his coronation, she used the tears to heal herself bu
Chapter 33 - Infertility cup of tea.Two months later.Meisi stormed into her Chamber, red-faced with anger. She had just come back from the pavilion of women because the Queen called for a meeting with the consorts. She hated the woman with all her might. She had thought Treven would get tired of his queen and come back to her eventually but that did not even happen. Whispers littered every wall of the palace about the king and his Queen's fun moments in all the walls of the palace, they never got tired of each other. The king wouldn't even visit her Chambers, he would only visit the nursery if he needed to see his children. He visits other consorts but not her and that makes her extremely jealous. She went from being his favorite to being a discarded rag in just a few months. He wouldn't forgive her for trying to swap his daughter with a boy of an unknown origin.And that Wicked shrill of a Queen too, She walks around the palace as if she owned the place. Yes, she heals people at t
Chapter 34 - Thirty-six stratagems...“ You didn't eat dinner with me” I pouted sadly as he entered the chamber with a scowl on his face. He always wore the same expression after every court meeting. His ministers always disagreed with him and he always had to refrain from forcing them with threats. They knew what he was capable of doing yet they kept on testing his nerves. He was obviously in a bad mood and I stood up holding my long white nightgown so I wouldn't trip, that was when I saw a black mass of insects following him. I screamed out and he had to gather me in his arms and cover my mouth with his large hands.“ Calm down Lyn. They are my Hornets” He said calmly and my panic increased tenfold. Hornets? Annoying creatures that sting people badly? He noticed the panic in my eyes and used his strength to prevent me from running away.“ They won't hurt you, Lyn. Be calm”“ Okay I'm calm” I tried to say but his insane large hand was muffling my words. “ I will remove my hand now, p
Chapter 35 Move aside.The next morning started with a forehead kiss from Treven, then I had a cup of my calming tea before the maids helped me to get dressed. I was dressed in a beige corset gown with elbow sleeves and a wide skirt. My hair was divided into six sections and braided individually with some golden threads by Annalise. I missed Eria a lot, her tender hands were magic to my hair even though Annalise was equally creative, she couldn't match Eria's expertise.After a proper breakfast with Treven, one that doesn't end with us pushing the plates away and fucking on the dining table after a few bites. He left for the morning assembly after kissing me. I felt a little bit nauseous but drank more water to continue eating my food.“ Amaranth?”“ Yes, Your Majesty” The young maid came to the table and poured another cup of my tea. After drinking it, my nausea went down totally. The door opened and Annalise stepped in with Erxi, who was dressed in her all white priestess gown. Her
Chapter 36 Little stars.“ Move aside!” He pushed me roughly even after seeing my face. Who is this disrespectful individual who doesn't know who the queen is?“Hey, who do you think you are? And how dare you touch me with your filthy hands?” I yelled at him wrapping my cloak tighter. He stared in his tracks and turned around. He walked toward me with a bored expression on his face. He looked so familiar. He was dressed in a dark blue attire and his Long hair was tied with a white silk now to the back of his head. He looked like a noble, a foolish one. It's only a foolish nobleman that will dare mess with the Queen.“ Great! Another powdered-up doll of a noble family trying to get my attention? How did the likes of you always know when I'm back in town?” He said staring at me like I'm some flower girl looking for his attention.“ Who do you think you are?” I exclaimed frustrated at his audacious attitude.“ If you don't know who I am, you won't be looking for my attention,” He said a
Epilogue..He hated everything about this little island. The people were nice and their lifestyle was peaceful and colourful. He hated the harsh sun that was always harsher to him because he was always wearing black. He wished to go back to Nayak as soon as possible and have his mother pampered with sweets from Ruqgu. In his entire seventeen years of life, he has never for once stepped out of Nayak but his father had sent him to Holcomb after his elder sister who was getting married to a nobleman from the island.He doesn't get along with Princess Aria, she was always self-centered and a little bit bitchy even though his mother warned him not to address his elder sister like that. He prefers the company of Princess Estella since they were raised together with his immediately younger sister Nabi. The three of them were like triplets. Estella is the brainy one out of them but often ignored by their father the King which makes her lack a little bit of self-esteem, she is also clumsy and
Chapter 53 Baby Nasir.A few months later.Childbirth hurts like a bitch! How I wished someone warned me. Well, they did but I couldn't imagine that it would be this worse.“Push!” The midwife encouraged me but I almost slapped her face in rage. I was doing my best, why wouldn't she see that? Will I have another child after this? Yes! But I don't want to go through this kind of pain in my life ever again. I felt like my insides were being ripped apart.“ Please a bit more Your Majesty, I can see the head of the baby,” The woman said softly, beads of sweat forming on her forehead mirroring the one on mine. I took another breath and I pushed harder with all my strength.After minutes of pushing and praying to Natalí for the thousandth time to ease me of this pain, and hours of Treven running around like a headless chicken while threatening to kill the midwives if anything happens to me. That man and his dramatics, Baby Nasir finally came to this world. Treven almost collapsed from joy
Chapter 52 Scares.“ Your majesty, I'm thinking we should make a camp here. We have been Riding non-stop and we can just continue our journey by dawn” Valtar said with a tired voice after the passed the Lu fortress and the king didn't even stop the horses.“ You all can rest here or go back to Lu Fortress, I need to get back to the capital as soon as possible. My Queen is waiting” His Majesty said grabbing the little tear orb dangling on his neck. While riding the horse forward, he already imagined how he was going to scoop his Queen in his arms and kiss the lips he missed so much.“ You need the rest also, you won't even allow us to pull out the arrows,” Valtar said but Treven continued riding without minding his only friend. He increased the pace and rode away from the whining bodyguard. He doesn't mind the pain anyway, his Queen would heal him with her gentle hands. The pain in his body was nothing compared to the pain of longing that he was feeling. He had fallen for her without
Chapter 51 His primary assignment.He took a deep breath as he stared ahead, his entire armor was covered with the blood of his enemies. Bodies were splattered around him in the most goriest way ever. Both the human bodies and the wolves, he kept Killing to return the favor of them slaughtering his soldiers. He wasn't tired even after fighting for many hours straight. The back of his armor was stabbed with many arrows, some of which penetrated his body but he barely felt any pain as he continued cutting any threatening flesh as if he was slicing butter.The warriors of Nati fought under his command, they were like demons from hell. They cannot be killed and each time the enemies used the magic of Hwaja, the warriors were not affected, they only kept on fighting under his command. Their wolves already got trapped in the ditch he had his men dug the other day, he only ever wanted to end everything and go back to his Queen. He hasn't heard anything from the hornets and it bothers him a
Chapter 50 The Other Side of Natalí.“ What do you mean you couldn't kill the Queen?!” Princess Cixi barked at the assassins in front of her. They were ten in total they bowed their head in shame. Their faces were swollen beyond recognition and part of their body was too.“ We already got rid of her bodyguards and before we knew it, some bug swarms came out of nowhere and attacked us. There were too many, we couldn't enter the chamber. By the time they were gone, the king was gone too” one of the assassins said while wincing in pain. One of them fell dead immediately followed by another until all of them died before her eyes. She couldn't believe the scene in front of her, whatever killed them was waiting for them to deliver the message to her.Her eyes became pitch black as she roared in anger. Her black veins became visible and covered one side of her face. The black mist surrounding her went crazy.“ Your Highness! The Queen is heading to the temple” Her second in command, the lady
Chapter 49 His Spirit warriors.“ Lyn was poisoned?” He banged his hands on the table at the news from the Hornet. His eyes flashed red but went back to normal immediately the Hornet flew in a circle with a loud buzz. They had made a camp at a place very close to the Silk Valley. The sun was setting already and he was getting ready to attack the Aransas fortress at dawn before the hornet flew in.“ She didn't eat the poison?” He asked and the Hornet stayed still for a while before buzzing around again. “ You stung her maid? That was reassuring at least.” He took a deep breath but his mind was already in shambles at the thought of someone attempting to kill his Queen in his absence. He knows the person, it was the same person that tried to poison him at the inn the first time he met his Queen. It was the same person that was giving the Barbarians a failed hope.The Hornet flew around for a while again with a loud buzz and Treven almost broke the table angrily. How dare that lowly piec
Chapter 48 The Lady in black.I was thoroughly angry as I made my way to the ice palace, Annalise, Eria, and other maids hot on my heels. I understand that Meisi missed her child but she was under punishment for her mistake and the ice palace is no place to raise a baby. I wore a fur jacket on my dress because the ice palace is extremely cold as I heard.The old building lived up to its name, it was really cold indeed and looked unhabitable. Only royal prisoners are kept there without warm clothes and enough meals to keep them alive. It was looking so miserable and lonely and I almost pitied Meisi.“ My beautiful baby” I heard a soft coo as we neared Meisi's room. Annalise opened the door and I stepped in immediately. Meisi was seated in an old wooden chair dressed in nothing but a cotton plain Nayak dress. The top was armless and the skirt barely reached her knees. I could only imagine how cold she must be. The baby was wrapped in a silk blanket thoroughly though so that gave me a l
Chapter 47 Missing Princess.“ Valtar” His deep voice resonates as he stares ahead of the plains surrounding Nayak's southern borders. His heavy armor glinted under the bright sunlight clearly inviting the blood of his enemies. He has grown a stubble due to days of riding forward nonstop without the normal palace grooming. Under his heavy armor was a green pendant held by a golden necklace. It represents his Queen's blessings, he misses her a lot but he is on a mission to fulfill Nati's assignment. At the thought of her, his right hand went to the necklace and he clutched the pendant for a while. It responded to him and lightened up, it didn't stir awake like it would have done under her touch but it still responded to him.“ Your majesty, The troops from Minister Li, Lord Ay, Lord Du, and General Koyam never arrived at the Lu fortress. It seems they have deserted us. We are short of close to three thousand men” Valtar reported immediately. He was also clad in heavy armor similar to
Chapter 46 Belladonna.-Cave of wondersA week later.The woman in black sat on her makeshift thrones as four masked men entered the candle-lit cave. They were part of the king's court and were supposed to meet him at the southern borders with their troops but they deserted their king under her orders.“ Greetings to my Lady. The King has almost crossed the Fleur River”. The old man among them said, raising their heads from their bow.“ He is so far away from his Queen” The woman chuckled, adjusting her hood. Her eyes and nose were covered but her mouth was exposed, and her exposed red-painted lips curled up into a smirk.“ We have withdrawn our soldiers so he is short of at least three thousand men. If the Barbarians were as strong as they claimed, they would crush the king with ease” The second minister reported, that he sounded much younger than the first man. The news pleased the lady as she kept on smiling. Her plans were going accordingly.“ But after all this, who are we goin