Jake’s POV
“Who are you?” I stared at the maid. She looked confused and surprised. A smile tugged at my lips. She looked cute.
“I – there was knock at the door.
“Come in” Jake said. My beta walked in. By the look on his face, I knew he had something to say to me. “Leave “and the maid hurried out of the room.
I turned facing the window. “It better be good news”
My beta went quiet. “It’s not your highness”
“Start talking” I snapped as I swiftly turned to him.
My beta looked around. “Your highness, the elders didn’t do what you asked”
“What?”
He nodded. “They weren’t able to overpower chase”
I gritted my teeth. “What!” slamming the glass to the wall. My nose flared. “Did you kill them?”
“No your highness” I grabbed my beta by his throat.
“I guess you will go before them “he flinched.
“Your highness please have mercy” then I remembered something.
“Does chase know they betrayed him?”
“N… n … no” my beta replied. I released him slowly.
“Now don’t fail me.” he nodded quickly. “Go and tell him, one way or the other”
My beta nodded like a lizard, he immediately ruined my feet.
But even though those elders would be killed, my mood had been ruined for life.
And so I went out to play ball with some of my friends and I had a fracture.
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“Does it hurt your highness?” the nurse says rather too concerned. I deadpan.
“Just take the Damn thing off” I mutter and look away. She goes on to keep fixing my leg with a new cast.
My fear has been confirmed. The doctor came in this morning saying that he had news for me. The Good one and the bad one. He proceeded to tell me that I had suffered a low ankle sprain before my leg was broken. The thing with low ankle sprain was that it took a month plus to heal. And that meant no playing on the team. But the good news was that it was beginning to heal and it was less swollen and the old cast was lose so that was why I needed a new cast. I fought the urge to hiss. What good was a ‘good news if I couldn’t be able to play, in the coming games?
Just then the door swings open, I look up to see a doctor. I have never seen him before.
“Good morning your highness, my name Mr. Jack, I’m the chief orthopedist, I hear you want to get discharged today” he says.
“God morning Doctor. Yes you are correct. I am okay and would like to leave today” I say sitting up a little. The nurse doing my cast, finishes and leaves immediately.
“Alright let me check. Lift your left foot your highness” I move my injured leg up and wince. The doctor smiles at me.
“Doctor I am alright, I just need a few exercises and I’m good as new” he say quickly. The doctor goes on to massage my leg from my knee.
“Your highness I would recommend, you stay in the hospital for a few more days” he says going through a file he had in his hands.
I shut my eyes briefly and open them. I hated feeling weak or incapacitated.
“You don’t understand Doctor, I need to leave” I sit with my legs on the floor rather too quickly and wince again. I can’t endure another day of watching just TV. The doctor raises an eyebrow at me while shaking his head.
“Your highness, you can’t be just leave” he says.
I run my hands through my hair and let out a deep breath. Suddenly the door to my room is yanked open.
“Uncle! Uncle!” a little girl sprints towards me.
And just like that the frown on my face is replaced with a huge grin. It was Ella my goddaughter.
“Sweetheart” I bend and carry her. Then I sit on the bed with her on my lap. Her little hands went around my neck and I inhale the scent of her hair. Her elder sister was grounded fir messing with Dexter.
“Uncle I haven’t eaten ice cream” she says. My homemade ice creams were the only thing Ella ate.
“Soon sweetheart, I’ll make it for you” I say into her hair. At the back of my eyes I see the Doctor give me this disapproving look. He keeps staring from me to Ella and then to my broken legs.
“Your highness you have to -“I didn’t let him finish.
“She’s no rock?” I snap. My voice comes out harsher then I intended. The doctor has a way of making my insides boil. Or maybe it was the idea of being in this damn hospital.
“Okay your highness, just don’t exert pressure on it” and with hat he leaves my room. I stare at the door for a second longer, when I feel a soft and feeble touch on my injured leg. On the cast. I turn my head to find Ella staring at me while her little head touch my broken leg.
“Does it hurt?” her big browns pour into mine and immediately all the anger in me evaporates.
“I kiss her on the check. “Not anymore sweetheart” then she miles. I begin to kiss her all over her face and neck. She falls over laughing as it becomes quiet ticklish.
“Uncle! Stop!” she tries to make me stop but I continue. Her laughter fills up the room and I smile because they are like music to my ears. Like the best sound ever.
Suddenly the door opens again and my old nanny walked in
“Hello Your highness” She said with a glance at my foot.
“No problems Mrs. Lucas, it’s enough that Ella is staying with you.” I look at her face. She doesn’t even hide her dislike for me again. Ella suddenly turns my face away to face her.
“Uncle when are we going home?” she says pouting. Just as I open my mouth to speak, the door opens for the hundredth time.
I raise my eyes to the door to find the doctor and the nurse but I have no freaking idea who the brunette with them was. I frown.
“So your highness, I decided that you would be discharged soon but on the condition that you do physical therapy, starting today” he says pausing to stare at the brunette.
“This is Amanda she would be your therapist.”
I wrinkled my eyebrows. Was this not my new maid? Was she a therapist too?
“I hear she’s also a maid in the palace” the doctor added. I nodded. The, maid looked up shyly at me.
This maid was not ordinary. She must have done a lot to appear in front of me.