Maria chortled when she saw the look on Leonna’s face, it was surprise mixed with anxiety and fear, she fixed her stare on Maria for a while with her mind bubbling deep with thoughts of what and what Maria might have noticed to have pushed her into dwelling in such thoughts or perhaps pushing forward to inquire from her, she shook her head in fear feeling totally in shock, she didn’t even know what to say or what to respond with apart from the fact that whatever that is going on in her mind is totally wrong, she wondered who else thinks something is going on between them apart from Maria, she forced a smile on her already pale face and sighed out loud repeating what she had said before “nothing is going on.”Maria smiled “I hope so, you know exactly what would become of you and Terry if the queen finds out that something is going on? No one in the palace can date anyone inside this palace, it is a taboo and as such considered an abomination” she said looking straight at her face.Leon

“Wait!” Terry said stopping her.Leonna halted at that moment “I am in bug trouble, what were you thinking Leonna” she thought quietly to herself grabbing tight on the tray in her hands.Terry walked up to her.She could feel him right behind her, his shadow over hers and his gaze fixed on her, she shut her eyes praying in her heart that the gods save her.“Turn around…” Terry said almost as a command.Leonna gulped hard and gently turned around facing the young fine man standing in front of her.“For how long have you been standing here? And… what exactly do you mean by you didn’t see anything?” He arched his brow waiting for her response.Leonna froze for few seconds staring at him, she was totally speechless and couldn’t tell which word was right to begin with and the one to end with, what was she to say? Lie or what? “I… I… just got here.”“Then why did you say you didn’t see anything? Did anyone say you saw something before?” He asked walking closer to her.Leonna took a step bac

Leonna haven’t felt more frightened than she was at that moment, she can’t recall sharing her room with anyone or having anyone stay in her room, she just couldn’t understand what was going on but she just wished she was dreaming especially for the fact that she had said aloud that she loved Terry, in as much as her words were true, she wouldn’t want anyone to know anything about it not even Terry himself now a stranger in the dark have heard her words and her legs her shaking with fear, she gulped hard over and over again grabbing the ends of her dress and twisting them really tight, her eyes had widened and her hands were gradually getting cold, her nerves were really disgracing her at that moment “who is there?” She repeated, her voice unsteady and her lips trembling like one who was suffering from a cold, her eyes were equally growing blood shot gradually and she only wondered how much longer she can stand there without taking to her heels but this was her room after all and she p

It was dead silent in the room, one could hear a pin falling at that moment despite the rain still drizzling outside dropping steadily on the roof and the thunder storm roaring none stop like it was outraged and ready to devour it’s enemy, both Leonna and the queen’s eyes locked for a while, they both pondered over a silent thought, the young girl had drifted far off in her thoughts wondering what type of a desperate and ambitious woman the queen was, how could she even ask her to do something as evil as that to Terry, she shut her eyes and covered her face with her palm sighing out loud, she couldn’t recall Terry ever hurting her, the queen’s words wouldn’t stop ringing in her ears, she possibly can’t say no to her else her life would certainly be over, she felt like crying at that moment, she felt like yelling at the queen, to tell her how heartless and devilish she was but what right does she have to do something like that? The room seemed to have gone so dark even though the lante

“How dare you?” The queen yelled with so much disgust written all over her face, she didn’t expect Leonna to say that, she just wanted a positive response already, for no reason did she expect Leonna to give her a negative response “how dare you try to procrastinate? I am giving you your own life on your hands and what to you want to do? Gamble with it? You think if Terry were in your shoes he would think twice about giving you up? You think he feels the same way you feel about him or what?” She burst into a loud laughter and this confused the young girl the more, queen Emma stood up and walked towards the window, she turned around and took a deep breath looking down at the young girl who have remained on her knees “listen to me Leonna, you would really be a fool to sacrifice your life for someone who feels nothing, I repeat, nothing at all for you” she shrugged while she watched Leonna look away thoughtfully “perhaps he must have told you he loved you or showed you that he does but h