Chapter 50: Chapter 50

Faye pov

Every time I see them together, my blood boils and I cannot help but feel angry, Anger I was told was not good for my baby, my future king but I couldn’t help myself.

Not when he doesn’t even notice that I was standing by the door, watching him and Gwenn, not even when Gwenn saw me and she couldn’t hide the laughter in her eyes. I had turned to a laughing stock in the palace.

The one who owns the king’s heart is the winner. I didn’t even have the consolation prize of being the queen, I was nothing but the king’s dirty, unwanted secret.

The thoughts refused to stop passing through my head. I was nothing to the king even with my child the heir, I was still nothing.

I screamed in anger as I use my hand to hit the bed in rage. I cannot lose. I won’t. The anger became pain but I refused to listen. I jumped on my feet and started to pace around. No there has to be something which I can do. There was no way that I would lose everything. I refused to.

When the pain intensify, that was when I looked down and what I saw had me screaming in horror. Blood, all around me. Streaming down from my legs.

“No, no, no.” I chanted over and over again. I cannot lose this child. If I do, it will be my death sentence. “Help please.” I begged as I swalked slowly to the door, crying as the pain increased.

I felt like someone was stabbing my insides with a knife, like someone wanted me to lose my child.

“Please.” I cried and it was like a ray of hope when my door opened. “Please.” I said one more time.

Silana came in with pity on her face. “Are you alright?” She asked.

I just shook my head. “My baby, please, help.” Was all I could mutter. She nodded as she gave me a sad smile.

“Let’s get you to the healers.” Silana offered as she gripped my hand and we proceeded slowly so as not to jostle me too much. It felt like ages before we left the king quarter and that was when the first Nisse saw me, she cried in alarm as she ran away to call others. Within seconds help came as men relieved Silana of her position and they lifted me and hurried as much as they could to the healers quarters.

All the while, all I could do was pray that my baby would be safe.

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Arius pov

When I heard the sound of mourning, I raised my head from Gwenn laps where I didn’t know how I slept off, Gwenn was still sleeping, she was not used to what the sound represented but I was and I have grew to dread it.

“Wake up.” I shook her and when her eyes opened, I added. “Mourning. Let’s find out what is going on?”

“God, I wonder what happened this time?” She groaned as she sat up and with my help she stood. When her stomach rumbled. I remembered that she had not eaten, I have made a big mess of this entire day, I was supposed to make her love me but instead, all what we were was the king and queen and not enough time to be Arius and Gwenn, this was certainly not how romance goes.

“I am sorry about not making you eat today.” I tell Gwenn who frowned like the thought never crossed her mind.

She rolled her eyes when she realized what I was referring to. “Knowing you, I am sure that you planned on us having something to eat in the forest, maybe game we had caught but it is not your fault that someone wants to go against your kingdom. Now something wrong is going on and we should find out.”

I really lucked out when I ended up with her as a wife. The only draw back was the fact that she was just too stubborn and set in her beliefs. Then again, I don’t think that I would have been happy with her if she was less stubborn than she is.

Giving her a nod, I led the way out of my room and she immediately went to my side, matching my strides as we walked towards the sound of the cries. Strange looks were given to me by the Nisses whom we passed, when they caught my eyes or noticed that I was watching them, they would bow and run the other direction like I was some tyrant whose wrath they were scared of provoking. I didn’t understand their reason at all until I got to the Healing Quarters were majority of my family already were.

“Brother.” Silana called out and at once, my sisters surrounded me, comforting me and gently pushing Gwenn away, even Themis and Orel was there and immediately Gwenn was being excluded, Themis rushed to her and took her to where Orel was standing and then Orel braced himself like he was waiting for an attack.

“Enough.” I ordered at my sister who were hugging me and fretting about me like my ego was hurt or that I was in pain when I was not. “Can someone tell me what is going on because I don’t understand any of the actions of yours?” I snapped, my tone was irritated and they really couldn’t blame me.

“You don’t know what is going on then?” Eliana asked as I started dreading the answer. For Eliana to answer, it meant it was bad.

“No but if one of you would enlighten me then I would know.” I said as I looked at Kastav and my brothers who were close to me but were not able to penetrate the shield set around me by our well-meaning sisters.

After a lot of ribbing and shuffling of feet, Kastav was pushed forward. “Fine you little wimps.” He gritted at them.

“This must be serious since nobody wants to tell me.” I said amused as Kastav dark scowl which he directed at our brothers faded away and he looked at me with sadness in his gaze.

“It is my brother.” Kastav answered then he let out breathe… “Faye lost your child.”

My heart let out a resounding bang as I looked at my brother’s face with my humor dying down. “You must be joking.” I said.

Then I forced out. “You must be joking.” I added and when Kastav shook his head, i looked around and my gaze settle on Orel.

“My condolences.” He offered.

I took in a deep breathe as I realized the nightmare I was in, I needed to take charge.

“Are you alright?” Gwenn stepped forward hesitantly like she was unsure of the me she would get and when I took a step back from her, she rocked back on her feet.

“As if anybody would be okay…” Vala started but I glared at her.

“Vala, do not dare it.” I growled as Vala snapped my mouth shut.

“I need some space right now.” I tell Gwenn who nodded.

“Where is Faye?” I asked Kastav who pointed at one of the closed door.

I opened the door and stepped into the room, I looked back to see Gwenn with a thin sheen of tears on her eyes, giving it a look like it was sparkling. She was mourning because that was the kind of heart she had.

I needed to mourn with someone who felt the same pain I was feeling.