Chapter 52 Scares
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” 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 any brace and he loved the feeling so much, the place that was left empty since his parents died was filled up again by that woman.
The midgate, the one gate that led to the capital opened at the sight of the king, He didn’t even have time to respond to their greetings, he kept riding toward his destination. He decided to take a shortcut and went straight to the palace. He was so filled with excitement that he didn’t even notice how empty and quiet the palace was. He got down from his horse and went straight to the Queen’s chamber.
His face contorted into a rage at what he saw, close to a hundred men were lying on the floor dead obviously from the venom of the hornet. All of her bodyguards and her attendants were also lying in the pool of blood and the door to her Chambers was wide open. He almost punched the wall as fear, an unwanted emotion consumed him. He could still feel their bond so she must still be alive. She has to be alive!
He stormed out of the Chambers furiously, he knew who was behind this but he never thought that she would go so far and attack a pregnant woman. Some of the hornets were flying around and they came to him instantly. They told him what had happened to the Queen and where she was. They couldn’t follow her to the temple since they were busy fending off the dead assassins.
He didn’t wait to hear any other explanation, he mounted his horse and rode out of the palace straight to Natalí’s temple. He heard a scream and his heart nearly jumped out of his chest but that didn’t sound like his Queen at all. He prayed to both Nati and Natalí to keep her safe on his behalf.
There he saw his people fighting to protect their Queen and his Queen holding her ground but he could see how weak and tired she was. The hornets he brought from the battlefield flew ahead of him and he rode faster but he couldn’t stop the evil shrew from kicking his Queen on her tummy when she got distracted after seeing him.
The pain that invaded her soft face made him growl out in rage as he unsheathed his sword, he killed every assassin that got close to him in pure rage until he faced his Aunt directly. The black mist surrounding her formed a shield around her but his sword penetrated the mist. From the diner of his eyes, he saw his Queen being helped up by Annalise and one of his consorts. She placed her hands on the tears and they responded to her immediately.
The hornets flew around the mist for a while but they couldn’t find an opening, He kept swinging his sword at his aunt who was holding off surprisingly. But each strike from him weakened the shield, before he swung another time, he saw a bright light flash beside him towards the woman in front of him, the light became a thick rope and wrapped itself around her limbs in a quite painful manner. Her screams filled the air and the black mist disappeared giving the hornets the opening they needed.
They attacked her cruelly and her painful screams filled the air and the people cheered as she thrashed around trying to get away from the hornets but the tears held her in place. He turned around just in time to see her succumb to her weak body, he left Princess Cixi to the hornets and caught his Queen just in time.
” Not the sweet welcome you were looking forward to huh?” She smiled weakly immediately he wrapped his arms around her.
” I’m sorry” He choked out and she raised her eyebrow at him as if to ask him he was so apologetic all of a sudden.
” I couldn’t even protect you”
” But you defended your people and you came back to protect me just in time,” She said raising her hand to caress his face gently. His beard made him so handsome that she found herself smiling. Princess Cixi stopped screaming and there was a pin-drop silence at the temple, the tears went back to their normal state.
” What if I came a bit later?”
” I had it under control you know?” She smiled more even though her entire body screamed at her. He stood up and carried her in bridal style. Annalise and Eria both gasped at the same, he became worried at the look on their face.
” Blood” Eria choked out pointing at the Queen’s dress which was now spotting a patch of blood. The king lifted his hand and saw it. His Queen gave him a worry but he acted as if there was nothing wrong.
” Get the royal doctor right now” the king commanded and the servants started running around. The people parted as the king carried his Queen out of the temple, his back still decorated with arrows. His bodyguard and some other soldiers who had just gotten to the temple started arresting the remaining assassins who were still alive and everyone who tried to harm the Queen. Princess Cixi’s body was carried away from the temple.
” what is wrong with me?” She asked but he shook his head as he headed straight to the palace. ” You are fine my Queen”
” Will my baby be okay? I heard Eria say something about blood” She looked so heartbroken as she choked the words out.
” Nothing is wrong with little Nasir and you will be fine. I love you”
She nodded at his words and muttered her reply before succumbing to sleep.