EPISODE THIRTY FOUR
TITLE: ONIDA HAD A MISCARRIAGE.
Azazel searched frantically for Onida without taking a rest for the whole evening.
He couldn’t explain the terrible feeling he’s getting. He knew for sure that Onida is in danger, But he couldn’t fathom what exactly was going wrong.
He couldn’t sense her nor guess where she could be. It was frustrating.
“You can’t sense anything?”Adriel asked as they took the fifth trip around the market square and he nodded.
“I couldn’t get where she is, She’s in danger”He muttered holding his breath and Adriel nodded.
“I think you should go back to the castle, We can continue the search”He urged him and Azazel only shook his head.
“We are looking for her together, I can’t give up now, Let’s go back to the place where she got missing”He ordered and turned his horse back to the direction and Adriel followed him, taking careful glances at the surroundings.
*
The old haggard looking woman came out of the smoky building and met the rest of the council there.
She took a deep breath and they all mocked her for the new appearance.
“You can transform back”The old woman who seems to be the leader ordered Rhoda immediately and she transformed to her original body.
“Good job, We will take it from here”The old woman dismissed her immediately and entered with the council.
Inside the smokey mud house, Onida was placed on the cold floor covered roughly with dried leaves. Each step they took closer to her made her fall into a deeper slumber and until they assembled around her, The Old woman didn’t stop mumbling spells.
“What are we to do, Tabitha?”The oldest man in the council asked the old woman and she only grinned.
“We will proceed according to the plan”She suggested and they all nodded in agreement.
They all joined hands together and casted some spells to stop any intruding activities around the building.
After that, They started the main work on Onida.
“She’s a royal Consort, And Azazel will not resist sleeping with her, We are to cast a worm into her body and any man that copulates with her will be infected with it, Through this, Azazel will rot to death”
“He mustn’t detect the worm too”Tabitha butted in to add to the point and they all nodded in agreement.
After two hours of working on the worm, They were finally able to create an invisible one. The youngest woman among them knelt beside Onida and made her swallow it.
After making sure she gulped it down, She moved back away from her and their energy surged in synergies. Through that, They were able to activate it but Tabitha screamed immediately.
“Wait!”She yelled at them and they all stopped immediately.
“It’s working on another body, Not her”She stuttered, turning to them in shock and they all scoffed in disbelief.
“How’s that possible?, She is….”
“The method failed, She’s pregnant, Azazel’s son is in her already”
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Returning back to the unpopular path, One of the high ranking guards rode towards Azazel and he bowed coming down from the horse.
“What?”Azazel asked impatiently.
“We found her, At the same spot”He broke the news and Azazel turned to Adriel in shock and they rode in haste to the path.
Azazel’s hand almost shook around the girdle, He was very anxious to meet her again, And asked where she went and got everyone worried.
Getting there, Onida was in a bad shape, She’s deeply unconscious and there were fresh wounds including the old ones on her body.
Azazel took a deep breath and knelt close to her.
He was glad that he found her but her condition was very bad and almost unbelievable, Why’s she so bruised and she has lost so much weight within the two weeks he was out of the palace.
Margaret will be severely punished for this.
“Onida!”He yelled and shook her but she didn’t wake up.
“Who did this to her?”He asked no one in particular and few of the men arranged the carriage to take her back to the castle.
•
Rita entered the torture room and Margaret was turned upside down, She was stark naked and her eyes dilated, Her strength depreciates ever seconds as she couldn’t keep up with the torture.
“She’s still not saying anything?”She asked anxiously and the guards only shook their heads and tears dripped down her eyes.
“Do you know something about this?, Let me know, I promise to talk to Azazel to let you go!, I swear on it, Onida’s must be found”She shook her and Margaret burst into a dry laugh as if she was possessed.
“You won’t hear a word from me, I don’t care if I lose my life for this, But Onida will not be at peace either”She swore with pure hate and Rita burst into tears.
“I let you use your power on her without questioning you, I didn’t judge you when others did, Margaret, Change your mind and don’t let your desires make you a bad person!”She shook her hand, pleading but Margaret didn’t say anything.
She stared at Rita for a while and slipped into unconsciousness again.
Eleanor rushed in immediately and whispered something into Rita’s ear, Her eyes widened and she turned back to her.
“Are you sure about this?”She asked and Eleanor nodded.
“Thank goodness, Send message to the infirmary and tell them to bring their best herbs and ointments”She instructed before running out of the room.
Rita couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw Onida. Her condition was so bad that she almost couldn’t recognize her.
Blood seeped out of her opening and she feared of sexual harassment but Azazel told her she’s not harassed.
She started tending to her by cleaning all the wounds first.
Yuna didn’t leave her side throughout, She assisted Rita with the treatment and in a few minutes, They were able to clean her but the blood didn’t stop her.
Rita sobbed as she didn’t want to imagine what happened.
“Did she show signs of pregnancy from the past two weeks?”She asked, cleaning her for the second time and Yuna didn’t know what to say.
She couldn’t tell her she showed it or maybe she didn’t.
Even though her health deteriorated badly, she assumed it was due to stress.
The medical men came to tend to her and dismissed Rita in the room.
After a few hours, It was close to dawn and they came out of the room with a sullen look on their face.
•
Azazel couldn’t sleep, He paced to and fro in the room as he waited for Rita to bring him any news about her.
At dawn, she entered his courtyard and he rushed to her curiously.
Her mood showed that something bad happened already but he didn’t want to believe it.
He didn’t want to overreact in front of the guards so he just led her to his room.
“What happened?”He asked hastily and Rita burst into tears immediately.
She sobbed so hard and grabbed his clothes.
“Say something, Rita!”He roared in anger and she managed to stop her tears.
“Onida just had a miscarriage, She lost her baby”