Marriage to King Stephen was great in the first three years. Carmen had still not voice out her opinion on the matter that had been bothering her in a long time. She had grown in a royal palace, she was mindful at how her father was Ruling Kineti. She compared Aota and Kineti. She saw that their financial situations was almost similar, as well as their way of doing things, however Aota did not have enough strong warriors. Only Gideon was the strongest among them all, hence he had been giving the position to lead. That proved rather dangerous as their enemies could destroy the country with one war. The Queen was restless over the matter. She finally found the courage to open her thoughts. "My King, I have been meaning to speak with you about a certain matter." She said, in a trembling voice. By paying full attention to his wife, the king was able to recognise the fear in his wife as she spoke. He placed the ink as well as the paper he had been working on and gave Carmen his full atte
Carmen returned back to Aota. King Stephen was waiting patiently for her arrival. "My lady, you finally arrived. I have been worried." Said the King. "But my King, I told you that I will return right away. You worry needlessly." "Did Alex agree?" "He told me he will tell me. I do not know what has happened between Alex and I. We were best friends once. But know he has been treating me like a stranger. We are not as close as we used to be." Said Carmen"When did you realise that he was treating you strange?" "As soon as I married King Darius. Perhaps he does not want to overstep the boundary. I am a Queen afterall." "Alternatively,he could have feelings for you." Carmen laughed. "That is not possible. We have been friends for too long. I could have noticed something by now." She said. "Perhaps he is hiding his feelings from you." "Then he does good by hiding them if indeed he does have them,which I do not believe even for a second." King Stephen did not want to overthink th
Meanwhile in Kineti, Jordan was finally free to open up to the King about what he had been hiding all along. "Old friend it has been a long time." Said King Cyrus as Jordan was making his way into the library,where he was most certain he would find him. "I did not come here to stay long,I only needed to speak and perhaps get a second opinion." "You want advise?" The King asked,with a surprised look. "You can say that. Do you still remember that night when I was in Shiandra's room?" "Old friend, I told you to forget her " "Sigh, I saw who I thought was Alex on my doorstep. I opened up for this person and even gave them my meal.." The King interrupted. "What do you mean when you say, you though the person was Alex?" "The person pretended to be my son. I suddenly fell down after having tasted the wine in my glass which I had left on the table as I was dishing up for this person who looked like my son. I began to tremble,I remember not being able to breath properly and unable to
"You seem troubled." Said Shiloh. "Do I not deserve to be a king?" Nicholas asked. "You do my lord." "Then why do I feel like I am living under my brother's shadow?" "But you are, he lives in the palace, while you live here. You will always be under your brother's shadow unless you do something about it." Said Shiloh, biting Nicholas's ear softly. "But if I live there in the palace, I will never have the freedom of making hot love to you on the dining room table." "I would feel better if we made a three some with one of the warriors, what's his name, Gideon." said Shiloh. Nicholas stood up agrily. "You are a whore indeed. How could you want another man when I am here with you!" he shouted. Shiloh was surprised. "My lord, what is wrong. I was not serious." she said. "But you were. I have seen how you look at him sometimes. You really want him inside you. Don't you?" Shiloh kept silent for a while. "You know what get out of my house, you whore!" Nicholas said, grabbing Shil
The King entered Jordan's house as the door has been wide opened. "Jordan!" He shouted"Jordan where are you?" He asked. Jordan took a sword then rushed to the King. "Have you come to kill me?" "Jordan what has come over you?" "Do you think i am mad?" "You seem mad. have you forgotten that i am your king?" "Do you know that Shiandra visited me again?" "What did she want today?" Jordan chuckled. "You really do not believe me,do you? She is here in the house,listening to us.She can turn into a bat" "Jordan I really think you need help." "But Sigh,why do you not believe me?" The King became still. Jordan stabbed his own stomach. But did not die immediately.. The King screamed for help. Two warriors carried Jordan and placed him on his bed. "Bring Doctor Collins." The King commanded. Fortunately the doctor was in Kineti, he arrived as soon as he was called. "What has happened?" The doctor asked. "I paid Jordan a visit this morning, the door was opened and so I assumed t
Nicholas went to his house, disappointed. He slept alone for that night and the night after that. But on the third day, he was determined to find Shiloh. He was directed to her house,which was five streets, south from the brothel. He did not even need to knock, Sheila was watering her plant's. The house was very small. "Shiloh,my love." Said Nicholas. "Who told you that I live here?" She asked. "My love I came to apologize." "I will never forgive you,a hundred times." "Please Shiloh. May I come in?" "No!" Nicholas jumped the fence as it was short and rushed to Shiloh. He grabbed her hand and began to plead. Shiloh was not willing to forgive him. "I have something for you." Said Nicholas, taking out a golden necklace,with a heart on it. "Is this for me?" Shiloh pretended to be excited. "Yes it is,my love. It is pure gold." Shiloh took the necklace and observed it. "It is beautiful. Can you place it around my neck." She said. Nicholas smiled,he placed the necklace just a
After Nicholas had long left, Shiloh began to sob. "Mother, I cannot sleep." Said Kevin,rubbing his eyes with his tiny hands. "Come here." Said Shiloh, wiping her tears away. "Did that man make you cry?" Shiloh chuckled. "No son. He makes me happy." "Then why are you crying?" "Did you really cry to see me?"No, I only said I miss you." "Is that the real truth or are you telling me lies?" "I swear that is the truth." Shiloh smiled. She gave her son a kiss on the cheeks. Then told him a lovely tale to make him sleep and he did finally sleep. Early in the morning, King Stephen woke up and saw that Carmen was not besides him. He went to the bath thinking he would find her there but still did not find her. He took the bath, slightly disappointed. When he was done, he put on his clean, grey coat and grey trousers,then placed his crown on his head. He went to the kitchen and found no one, but there was a good smell of something baked, perhaps bread or buns. He went to the dining
Later that day, Carmen felt hungry. She had a craving for meat,she went to the kitchen and found a new cook. She was short like Carmen, but a little older, she had brown curley hair to shoulder length as well as brown eyes. "Who are you and how did you pass the guards?" Carmen asked. "Forgive me my Queen, my name is Lilly. I only came here as a favour. You see Mrs Miller asked me to help her with her duties as she is too ill to come. But I can leave right away. Forgive me for not coming to you earlier, she also caught me by surprise."said the young woman."Oh. I will only forgive you because Mrs Miller is a very nice woman. Do you know how to cook?" "Yes my lady. I have cooked for many wealthy families." "Alright then. I need you to prepare turkey for me. when it's done, please tell me. Do not add any spices only put salt." "I will do so my lady. Thank you." Carmen smiled,then went to her bedroom to read a book. But because she was too hungry, she lay with her stomach flat and p