Gavin wiped Elsa's tears and said, "Silly girl, why would you think I would be happy when you are miserable? Does Caden know that you are carrying his child?"Elsa shook her head and said, "I just found out about it today. I haven't had the opportunity to tell him and he is in his clan which is far from here."Gavin thought for a while and said, "Take my horse and go to Caden. Tell him about this pregnancy and don't worry about things here.You don't need to marry Jesse if you are miserable about it. I will still be happy because your happiness matters a lot to me.""But if I take your horse, how will you get back home?" Elsa asked.Gavin smiled, "I will find my way my dear so don't worry about me."Elsa thanked Gavin Blake and hugged him. She ran into the house and told Becky that she was going to meet Caden before running out again. Gavin helped her get on his horse and watched as she quickly disappeared from his sight.He went to a friend's house and asked him for his help to get t
King Richard paced up and down waiting anxiously for news from the royal messenger. Queen Aurora, his wife who was heavily pregnant and due for delivery in a few days couldn't take it anymore.She slowly stood up and stood in front of her husband. "Calm down your highness, you will gain nothing by pacing up and down like this. I can't bear to see you so anxious, please come sit down."King Richard helped the queen sit down and sat beside her. "How can I not worry my love? We have waited ten years to have a child of our own and now that you are almost due, the shaman says he has news about our unborn child.What if it's something bad? I won't be able to bear any bad news. I really want to hold my child in my hands borne by you, the one I love most in the world."The queen smiled and replied, "have faith my king. I believe in my heart that whatever news the royal messenger brings will be a happy one.""I really hope so" king Richard replied.Just as the king finished speaking, the royal
Meela was the one who had informed the witch a few years ago that the King had put a price on her head in an effort to put an end to her evil practices.She slowly began her journey to the black forest while being careful not to be seen by anyone. She arrived at the black witch's den and told her about the news that had been brought to the king.She reminded the witch that she owed her a favor so she wanted her to make her own daughter enjoy the life that was meant for the unborn Princess.After some incantations, the witch gave her a concoction to drink and instructed her to wait until both her child and the princess had been born. After their birth, she was to take her child to the room where the princess would be kept and lay her on the same bed as the princess. She should leave the both of them there and wait for when the queen would ask her to take her child and leave.At this time, she would pick up the princess and leave with her. The queen would see Meela's child as the prin
Twenty years laterKathy woke up while it was still dark because she needed to get Athena's favorite flowers from the forest.Athena liked to smell them first thing after she woke up and each time Kathy delayed in bringing them, Athena would give her so many slaps across her face.She had noticed that Athena wasn't like that with everyone. She was the only one Athena always treated with so much anger and hatred.She didn't know why Athena hated her. She had once told her mother Meela that princess Athena was extremely mean to her but her mother had slapped her hard across the face and accused her of being jealous of the princess.In her own words, "a lowly and disgusting slave like you should feel lucky that you are at the princess's beck and call.So many people would die for the privilege of beholding the princess's beautiful face everyday but because you were born as an extremely ugly child, you cannot hide your jealousy for our noble princess."Sometimes she wondered if Meela was
Katherine had a feeling that princess Athena wanted her to get devoured by wild animals which was why she kept sending her to get flowers from the forest everyday.Each time she brought the flowers to princess Athena, all she did was smell them and throw them in the trash.Going to the forest and coming back took her approximately five hours but no one cared about her efforts. She had never gotten any form of appreciation from the princess but sometimes ended up being starved throughout the day.Just like other days, she silently prayed to go into the forest and come back unscathed because she took a huge risk each time she went into the forest.After walking for a very long time, Kathy finally arrived at the spot which housed all of the princess's favourite flowers.She plucked as much as she knew the princess always needed for the day but when she was going back home, she heard the voices of different men.She felt so afraid that she ran and hid herself by a tree. She began to sweat
The warrior Mason felt as if a bucket of cold water was splashed on his body and quickly broke away from Katherine. He moved backwards and stared at her in surprise especially since she was the ugliest girl he had ever seen.Kathy was completely flustered, she couldn't understand what had just happened to her and why she had allowed this strange warrior to get so close to her.She knew she was very ugly as everyone always told her that. Even Meela had told her many times that she would never get married and no man would ever desire her because she was the ugliest girl in the world.Mason stared at his friend Jackson without being able to utter a word. He really didn't know what had come over him. He didn't even act this way around beautiful girls so why would he kiss an ugly girl he met for the first time?Seeing the disgusting look Mason gave her suddenly made Kathy afraid. She had seen that look in the eyes of so many people and most times it always led to them spitting on her or ca
Damian stared at the flowers that had been ruined by Mason and asked Kathy, "are these the flowers that the princess likes?" Kathy nodded her head in reply. "Do not worry, I'll go get a new bunch for you, just wait right here," Damian offered. Kathy said "no, please let me come with you" but he said "don't worry, I'll go get it alone so it will be quicker. Didn't you say you don't have enough time?"Turning to Jackson, Damian said, "take good care of her and remember that if anything happens to her, the princess will hold you responsible." "Of course, I will take good care of her" Jackson replied and went to stand beside Kathy. He stared at Mason angrily and warned, "stay away from her because she is the maid of my princess."Mason shook his head and folded his arms as he stared at both Damian and Jackson whom he believed were being foolish.Damian hurried back into the forest to get the flowers and came back in less than ten minutes.He handed the bunch of fresh flowers to Kathy
Mason, Jackson, and Damien arrived at the palace and the first thing that caught their attention was Kathy who was standing under the sun in front of the palace. Jackson who was in front, barely paid Kathy any attention as his eyes caught a whiff of the princess who briefly looked out the window from her room to see the warriors.He hurried into the palace as the servants stood by the wide double doors, waiting for them to approach.Mason walked behind him, his attention was caught by the design of the palace. He smiled as he took in the beautiful surroundings but the smile on his face disappeared when he made eye contact with Kathy.Kathy quickly looked down, afraid that Mason was going to accuse her of being a witch or hurt her once again. He ignored her and followed behind Jackson as he approached the palace doors.Damian on the other hand gazed at Kathy with sympathy. He could see that she was sweating profusely and the look on her face convinced him that she was very uncomfortab