It was 8:00 pm, and Jeanne rested on a chair reading a novel, she loves reading fantasy romantic novels, and she made sure she read a chapter every day except occasionally when her hands got filled.
“I left my world, my family, my kind to be with the love of my life, I thought all I needed was love, I never knew love is not enough.
Betrayal is real in the journey of love.
I love dan, I gave him my heart, but he betrayed me, he chose his kind over me, he believed in their words over me.
It hurts, seeing who I abandoned my kind for, couldn’t abandon his for me.
It felt like a dagger was struck into my heart when he looked into my eyes and called me evil, just like her kind.
I have nothing left for me in the human world again, I’m going back to my world.
My love failed,”
Tears pricked up from Jeanne’s eyes as she read the epilogue of the novel in her hands, she just finished reading ”MY LOVE FAIL,” a fantasy novel written by Worthwhile novels.
“I hate you dan for hurting Jessie, she loves you and sacrifices everything for you…men are scum,” Jeanne shouted. It was as if she read a true life story, forgetting it was just a fiction of a writer.
Xena jumped on the bed, and she stood up hurriedly,” What is it?” comes out of Xena’s mouth, she was sleeping already, and she thought Jeanne had left for the king’s chamber.
Seeing the novel in her hand brought out an angry hiss. A hiss broke out of Xena’s mouth, and she looked at Jeanne disdainfully.
“Don’t tell me you are crying and screaming over a fiction written by a novelist?” Xena said in a displeased tone.
“Xena you can’t understand me If you haven’t read the story until you read it… There was a princess from another world who came to the human world, hoping to find love among them, she met a man in the human world called Daniel, and she fell in love with him, but the man…,” Xena interrupted her, making the next word wanting to come out got stuck in her throat.
“I’m not interested in whatever happens in the novels, moreover if the books are good as you always claimed, why are you still single?” Broke out of her lips unexpectedly, her eyes widened, knowing she had spoken what hurt Jeanne.
“I guess I will have to prove to you that this romantic novel can guide you in having a romantic relationship with your spouse, especially how to make your crush fall in love with you,” Jeanne said in a light mood, Xena was expecting her to get angry.
“I heard you our relationship mentor, isn’t late already? I expect you to be in the king’s chamber by now, finding a clue to the assignment I gave to you”
Hearing Xena speaks, Jeanne turned her eyes to the back side, her face on the small clock on the dressing table, and her eyes broaden seeing the time.
In a second, she got to her feet, picked up a scarf, and covered her head with it, without listening to Xena conversing, she dashed out of the room and faced the king’s chamber.
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“Ko, Ko, ko, ko,” The sound of the pestle landing on the herb echoed throughout the whole physician’s room as morena was pounding infertility herbs inside the Mortal.
“Are you certain this is the right thing to do, ma” am?” Aurora asked Morena.
“it Is either I follow the queen’s order or I allow her to litigate me for disobedience to her order,” Morena replied, her concentration on the herb she is pounding.
“I don’t want you to disobey her order, yet I’m afraid of the implication the infertility herbs can cause the wombs of the king’s concubine and the female maids. What if it delays their conception or causes them not to have a child anymore?, ma’am, I think it is more advisable to inform the king before any attempt to do as she orders,” Aurora said.
“I can’t report the queen to the king, it is against the palace rules, although you have nothing to worry about. I will give you a herb you can always use after eating, it will neutralize the effect of the infertility herbs in your body,” Morena said to her thinking Aurora was worried about herself.
“Ma” seems you don’t understand me, I’m not worried because of my safety, I’m worried about all the women in the palace. Is it a bad thing to get married to a king?” Aurora said in an annoying tone, making Morena p what she was doing.
“Yes, it is a bad thing to marry a king who has a queen, did you think the Queen will allow other women to give birth to the kingdom’s heir? No, she won’t, even if she allows it now the children will end up killing each other just become the king,” Morena said angrily, she clenched her fist, her eyes were enraged at the moment.
“What makes you say that? I don’t care if they end up their way, moreover, I don’t believe they will kill each other, they are brothers and would love each other… Every wife deserves to carry a child for her husband,” Aurora lamented.
She was confused because she was against her sister, she should support her husband, but the kindness in her won’t allow her.
Morena let out a grin, “Did you think the king is safe on the throne, having his brother around him? Moreover, the king knows the danger of allowing different women to have a child for him, this is the reason he has refused to touch his women apart from Xena who pleasures him, and I’m sure the king would stop Xena too since he has a queen now,” Morena said.
For a while, Aurora was speechless, she couldn’t let out a word, ‘Is the king safe with his brother around him’ lingered in her mind. She was perplexed, knowing Jericho had been sleeping with Xena.
“Did you think Jericho would want to overthrow the king? She asked out of fear.
” A brother had killed his brother and the wife who just gave birth to a new baby because he wants the throne of his brother,” Morena said with bitterness and hatred expression on her face.
“What,” she gasped.
“Did you know the king? What of the baby, he kills the baby too?” Aurora asked
“I don’t know if he kills the baby, but I’m sure the baby won’t survive his heinousness… Aurora,” Tears gathered under her eyelid as she conversed with Aurora.
A wound in Morena’s heart has refused to heal, although she believes she will avenge their death someday, and it seems the day is nearer than she thought now.
“Did you know the king?” Aurora repeated the question, her eyes penetrating Morena’s teary eyes.
“Are you not going to the king’s chamber again?” Morena asked, wanting to change the topic, she can’t tell anyone about it, it is a secret she has been keeping all her life and is the license to her safety.
She had kept her identity just to survive, if not, she would have been killed.
Aurora wondered who the king was-she wished to go and kill the king. ”Hope you are okay? You seemed affected by the discussion,”
“Don’t worry about me, just make sure you don’t get caught, this is a frightening place, none of the concubines or their maids should catch you… The king won’t save you if the queen demands your head or if Xena demands it ” Morena advised as Aurora wanted to step out of the physician’s room.
Aurora wasn’t concerned about her safety, rather she was worried about Morena and the king’s safety, she wondered why she stayed late and the secret she was hiding.
“Thank you ma,” ma,” she lowered her head and greeted Morena, afterward she walled out of the room.