Queen Maurice's Pov;
"Your highness the venom is starting to circulate in her body. Even her bones were starting to go weaker because of it," the royal physician explained as soon as he's done checking my poor daughter.
My feet suddenly felt weak and my tears were unstoppable. I almost fall to the ground, it's a good thing that Kaira is standing behind me and she was able to catch me before I even fall.
"Your highness, the princess will recover. She's a strong girl, I'm pretty sure she will fight for her life," she assured me.
"I agree with Kaira your highness. I have known the princess for years and I already know how brave she is," the royal physician said, trying to lighten up the burden in my heart.
"I hope so, because I no longer know what to do if we lost her," I said in the middle of my tears.
"You will never lose her your highness, I will do my best to save her," he promised me.
"Thank you Oliver, you've been a great help in our empire for years," I told him. Then, he smiled at me.
"It's my duty your highness, there's no need for you to thank me."
I really don't know what to do if I lost my only daughter. She's an answered prayer for me and my husband. We've been praying to the Goddess of childbirth for such a long time and finally she blessed us with a beautiful daughter. It feels like Ana Mae was destined to be left in the woods for me to find her and be the child that I had been wishing for years.
"Your highness, the prince and princess of Valor and Ethmus want to see you," a palace maid suddenly came in. She's panting and I could also tell that she's nervous.
"What's the matter? Why are they wishing to see me?" I asked.
"It's about the crown princess. They brought a man whom they called the snake hunter." I was stunned with what she said. A snake hunter? Maybe this man knows something about the snake that bit my daughter.
I was about to go out when Anatalia, my husband's sister blocked my way.
"Where are you going Maurice?" she asked while raising her left brow. Ever since I married her brother and I ascended to the throne as queen she started to think that I'm stealing everything from her. Anatalia never welcomed me as a part of the royal family. She never pays her respect to me for she always thinks that I'm an orphan who does not deserve the queen's title.
"Anatalia, I have a more important matter to do rather than listening to your nonsense talks," I told her which made her mad.
"Oh really? You're making me laugh Maurice!" she said while laughing. I glared at her and held her left wrist.
"Queen Maurice to you Princess Anatalia! Don't ever forget that I'm the queen!" I reminded her emphasizing the word 'queen'.
"You are the queen because you married my brother. But it doesn't make you even higher than me. I'm a royalty by blood and you're just a royalty because of a stupid marriage!"
"Don't ever call our marriage stupid Anatalia!" I shouted angrily at her. Kaira tried to hold my hand to stop me but I just push her away. I hate it whenever someone would insult my marriage with the king. Because for me our marriage is the best thing that happened to my life after I became an orphan. Our marriage brought me a loving husband and daughter. I was able to build my own family because of it.
"Are you that mad that you just want to rip my shoulders off?" she said while laughing. "Listen carefully Maurice, no matter how much you dress yourself with those precious gowns of yours or cover your head with that emerald crown it will never change the fact that you're just a rag being covered with diamonds. Unlike me, I'm a real gem because the royalty runs in my blood. And you my poor girl, wish that my brother won't get tired of you. Because if he do, you will be thrown in the streets empty handed! Without a title and the family you loved so much will no longer look at you!" she said with a smirk. She removed my hand in her wrist and walk away from me.
"Your highness, don't listen to her. The king will never abandon you. Everybody know how much he loves you," Kaira said to comfort me."Kaira's right your highness," Oliver added. "You're right, Anatalia just don't know how to get rid of her jealousy towards me," I told them before I started walking out of my daughter's room while Kaira and the palace maid followed me. I can't wait to see this snake hunter the palace maid mentioned earlier. He must know something that could help my poor daughter. "Where are they?" I asked the palace maid while we are walking."In the throne room your highness," she answered politely.
When we reach the throne room I found my husband sitting comfortably in his throne.There's a young man and lady standing infront of him. They are probably the prince and princess of Valor and Ethmus. But where is the hunter?
"Attention, her royal highness Queen Maurice!" the palace guard announced my arrival. Our guests turned to face me and bowed their heads as a sign of respect. I went directly to my husband and sat beside him.
"Now that my wife is here, we can now start discussing things," my husband uttered."Of course your Majesty! But first let us introduce ourselves," the young man said politely. "I am Prince Lyndon the crown prince of Valor.""And I am Princess Diane, crown princess of Ethmus," the young lady beside her added."It's an honor to have you in our palace your highnesses," I told them with a smile. They both smiled at me as well. I could tell that they are kind and that they will be one of the righteous rulers of the mortal world once they ascend to their thrones.
"You were supposed to be in the University. What brought you here?" the king asked directly."We came here because we wanted to help you your majesty. We know that it was not our job to investigate the accident that happened to Princess Ana Mae. But we met her in the university and from that day onwards we treated her as our friend. And friends need to help each other in times of need." Me and my husband smiled happily after hearing what the prince told us. My princess found true friends in them.
"Thank you very much for your concern to my daughter," I said to them. "But how did you investigate the matter?"
"Your highness, we secretly sneaked inside her room in the dorm after bringing her to the infirmary," Diane said that melted my heart. They really care for my daughter that much. I don't have a doubt that they will become good friends in the future.
"And what did you find there?" my husband asked curiously.
Diane stepped forward and showed as an amulet."This amulet your majesty. We found it beside her bed."
My husband took it and stared at it for a few seconds. I could see the horror in his face after looking at it."What's in there? Our daughter did not take her amulet with her. In fact I found it inside her jewelry box when I came to check in her room the day after she left to go to the university," I explained.
"This is not our daughter's amulet Maurice." I was stunned with what he said.
I took the amulet from his hands and read the name engraved in it.
"Amira Villashne?" But how? Amira was the one who hurt my daughter?
"Maybe she accidentally drops it there when she visited her cousin. I'm pretty sure Amira has nothing to do with that snake. She's even afraid of it. Where will she get such dangerous animal? And besides she does not have the courage to hurt her cousin," the king exclaimed trying to make himself believe that his niece is innocent.
"We thought about that too your majesty. But we are aware of Amira's attitude and we heard some rumors about her bullying Ana Mae in school. So we started to investigate further. We went to the famous snake hunter in Citrine because we know that he's really an expert in snake hunting. And people always come to his door whenever they needed help on that matter. We managed to make him talk and testify against Princess Amira by paying him twice the amount Amira paid him," Diane explained that made me and my husband shock.
How could Amira be so selfish and cunning? I knew it from the start, she acts just like her mother. They are both greedy!
*Queen Maurice's Pov;* "Where is that snake hunter?" my husband asked while clenching his jaw. As if on cue the palace door opened and a tall man in his mid 50's started walking towards our direction. Judging from the way he walks and how his shoulders tremble, I could hardly tell that he's nervous. "Your majesty-" He wasn't able to continue his words because the king approached him and punched his face. "How dare you trade my daughter's life for money? Don't you know how much this land would suffer if we lost her? This land will no longer see the light of the day!" he shouted angrily. "I'm so sorry your majesty, but please let me explain first," the man begged. I stood up from my seat and went to my husband. "Hon, let him spea
*Princess Anatalia's Pov* My blood boiled after hearing my brother's words. He will demote my daughter and kick her out of Citrine? How could he do this to my Amira! I walked as fast as I could to the carriage that's waiting for me outside the palace. I will never let them succeed on their plans against my daughter. I will make them experience my wrath! "Where are we going your highness?" my lady-in-waiting asked me as soon as I steeped out of the palace gates. "We are going to the secret council Masha," I told her while clenching my jaw. "And inform my daughter about her punishment. Send someone to the university and never let her go back to the palace while we are still fixing things!"
*Third Person's Pov* When the night came, the rebels started to march from the capital to the palace. They brought torches to light their way and everyone is dressed in full battle gear. "Tonight is the night that we are going to change history!" their leader shouted. "Victory is ours!" everyone chanted. When they reach the palace they tried to break the gates by putting fire on it. The palace guards were alarmed. They started to fire arrows to the rebels. Arrows fall like rain from the sky hitting some of them. Blood and fire scattered everywhere. Some of the rebels died in an instant while the others were wounded. But despite of the casualties th
*Prince Zion's Pov* I stared at the white ceiling of my room. Days already passed since that incident, yet here I am still fighting this feeling that's starting to grow inside me. My heart tells me to visit her and see if she's already okay but my mind keeps telling me the other way around. It never stops reminding me that she is the reason why I'm here acting as the Prince of Etheor. My mission is to kill her, but instead I have fallen deeply and madly inlove with her. So deep that I think I'm already drowning with the thought of protecting her and disobey my father. "I know what you're thinking," Stefan suddenly spoke while resting his chin on his hands. I glared at him. "So you're now a wizard that knows how to read minds?"
*Third Person's Pov* Prince Zion and Stefan used teleportation spell to reach the palace. They went straight to the princess's room. "Stefan, use invisibility spell and stay outside. Notify me if somebody is coming," Prince Zion told Stefan. "Yes your highness." He bowed down his head and chanted the invisibility spell. Then he left the room, leaving prince Zion alone with the princess. He walks towards the direction of the princess who's peacefully sleeping on her bed. He stared at her for a second and his tears started swelling in his eyes. He caress his beloved's face. "My beauti
*Amira's Pov* "Your highness the crown princess is already awake. The whole palace is celebrating!" Ashley told me when he entered my room. I'm currently fixing all my things because my 'oh so good' uncle decided to throw me out of the palace. "Stop calling me your highness! I'm already demoted! And as for that Ana Mae and all those annoying people in this palace, they have time to celebrate even if my mom just died yesterday?" I shouted angrily at her. "Your highness, you will forever be a princess in my heart. Wherever you go, just know that I will forever be with you," she assured me. "Thank you for your loyalty Ashley
Princess Ana Mae's POV; I woke up to the sweet scent of fresh jasmines and was greeted by my mom's worried face. She seems exhausted, her eyes are swelling and her lips were not as pinkish as before. My mom looks so pale and it looks like she haven't slept for days. "Sweety you're awake!" she screamed happily. There's a big smile plastered on her face. "Mom, you don't look good," I commented. She sighed and kissed my forehead. "I always look good when you're around my dear daughter," she said. "Mom, how long I've been sleeping?" I asked her. The last thing I remembered was the snake's bite on my skin.
*Third Person's Pov*"Your highness, how will we face your father after failing our mission?" Steffan asked Zion worriedly before they enter the portal that will bring them back to the kingdom of Darkness.The prince expected that question from him. But he's eager to protect the woman he loves and he can't do anything to harm her."Steffan, my father and I are two different persons. I know how to value love, unlike him who only care about power," the prince stated.Steffan's eyes widened. His fears are slowly happening. He feared that the prince would fall inlove and that it would be hard for him to kill the princess. And now it had just happened. They failed on their mission because of love."Your highness, love is a weakness," he tried to explained. But the prince stared at him and smile."But for some people, love is their source of strength. And I'm one of the