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
Chapter 37 His fear.Meisi hummed a folk countryside song as she worked on her embroidery piece. Aside from being a delusional wannabe Queen, she was a talented embroiderer. Her pieces were always beautiful and aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. She was dressed in a sky blue blue sleeveless blouse and a matching skirt. One of her embroidery patterns stood elegantly on the band of her skirt.She often embroiders the king's pillow case as his handkerchiefs, but ever since he found the Queen, He stopped caring about the little things she does for him. He eats Linda's dishes as usual, he still has Konan's paintings in his room but stops asking her for her handkerchiefs. She believed he was still punishing her for that incident with his child. And when he finally got tired of the Queen, he would come back to her again.“ Your worship!” One of her maids screamed as she entered Meisi's chamber. The Young maid held her breath as Meisi fixed the slave a piercing glare.“ The Queen..” The gir
Chapter 38. Cries, smiles and surprises.“ Out!” The king commanded as he entered the large room in the infirmary. The smell of herbs was everywhere, Marilyn lay on the large soft bed still unconscious. She looked a little bit paler than he left her in the morning. His heart broke at the sight as his mind wondered what could have been wrong with her.“ But your majesty... ” The old woman in a physician uniform said with a frown. She had just read the Queen's pulse but the King didn't want to listen to a word from her. He silenced her with a glance, one of the most vulnerable ones he ever showed anyone. The old lady swallowed her words, bowed, and left the room. It was strange, the hornets could have reported the situation to him instead of the maid but he hadn't seen any one of them. Even the ones that normally follow her were out of sight.“ Marilyn... I ... Please wake up” He swallowed hard as he sat beside her bed, he held her pale slender fingers in his large ones. Her breathing
Chapter 39 Bright and colourful.The next day...Western Nayak-Cave of wondersCandlelight illuminated the dark cave as masked men dressed in black assembled in front of a woman dressed in all-black Nayaki clothing. She wore a veil connected to the large cape draped over her body. Her hair was rolled into a high bun with a golden hairpin holding the hair tower in place. Only her catlike eyes drowned with eyeliner were visible but the colors were lost to the partial darkness in the room. She was the second in command to the leader of the nameless, a group of rebels working against the throne. They seek to remove the Niamh ancestry from the throne and they have been working on it for the past three years. The identity of the woman is unknown just like the identity of every other member of the group.They all share two things in common, hunger for power and hatred for the blessings of the Niamh ancestry. They want a new family to rule Nayak and maybe they can rid themselves of the prom
Chapter 40 The heat.“ Fuck! This is how I got pregnant in the first place,” She said with a mischievous grin as she pulled the straps gently.“ Such a foul word coming from your sweet little mouth” He mumbled as he placed a dominating kiss on her mouth again. Her soaked core responded to him by getting wetter at his touches. Instead of covering her body with beating scars, he covered them with love bites. He loves seeing the pink little marks littered around her body. He sucked on the latest one as his hands went under her blouse to her breast. He squeezed them softly and she responded with a melodic moan. She arched her back towards him as her pregnancy hormones drove her insane.He pushed the table away from them and undressed her gently, her big breasts had gotten slightly bigger and that turned him on more. And that began another night of symphony under the bright moonlight and by the quiet pond.....Annalise opened the door to her Chambers at the pavilion of women with a frown
Chapter 41 His judgement.“ Lyn?” Treven called but I replied with a lazy grunt as I turned to the other side. I was feeling so tired even though it was morning already and I was yet to leave the bed.“Lyn!” He called again, this time with a strict voice. “ What? Let me sleep” I covered my ears with my hands and I tried to block his voice out. It was partially his fault that I was tired, if he had not ravaged me like that yesterday I would probably have had more energy but not that I was complaining though.“ You need to wake up so you can have your breakfast,” He said with a soft tone but all I did was groan at him. I just wanted to sleep more, what exactly was his problem?“ Give me my calming tea” I mumbled not bothering to turn around and face him even though I was fully awake. I was tired still, I should have my calming tea at least.“ No! You won't be drinking that again” He snapped and my eyes flew open immediately. I sat up and I stared at him in shock, he looked a little bit
Chapter 42 - little Birdy.“ What the hell is he doing here?” I mumbled under my breath loud enough for Treven to hear beside me. My heartbeat increased in pace as Patrick's footsteps became louder and closer to us.“ Do you know him?” Treven asked in a whisper and I almost snapped at him. “That is my ex-husband”“ No! He is now a total stranger to you. From now on, you don't know him” Treven muttered to me in an authoritative tone and I nodded my head in reply but what was up to? And why did Patrick suddenly show up in Nayak? He left a week after my wedding, he only paid a courtesy visit to the king in my absence but why would he show up all of a sudden?“ How may I help you? Lord Patrick?” The king's voice boomed immediately after Patrick's polite bow. He raised his head and glared at me intensely before giving me his wicked smile. Memories of that smile flooded my head and I found myself breathing hard as tears threatened to spill from my eyes. I thought I was over everything but
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