"I have been calling on you two to come join me in the kitchen but you were muttering gibberish.''''Oh oh! We were just trying to memorize a poem we learned a couple of days back.''Alice and Alicia plastered on the smile that seemed to convince the head cook all the time. It didn't fail to convince her this time around cause she nodded in approval and beckoned them to the kitchen. "I'm sorry, the twins can't go with you." A masculine voice rang in their ears. They all turned and looked at the direction the voice came from. It was King Azalea! "Long live the King." They all chorused as they paid obeisance to him. "Alice and Alicia, I'm inviting you two to have breakfast with the royals. You have to come immediately." The king announced and left hurriedly. Inviting the twins for breakfast? Was he planning to accept them as his mate now? The head cook thought as she paced up and down. If King Azalea was going to be mated to the twins, then she had limited time left for her reveng
"So what do we do now?" The twins asked the duo. "I have an idea!," Night screamed. "Okay, what is it?" Alicia and Alice asked, as they sat up and waited for a response. Instead a soft knock came on her door. "Come in." A maid appeared in the doorway. "You two have been summoned for your class with the royal matron." "Royal matron!?" The girls asked in shock. "Yes, the royal matron." Since when did sex slaves began to get lectures from the royal matron? "But why?" Alicia asked. "You'll know when you get there. Let us go this very moment." "Okay. We will be right behind you." Once the maid left, Alice and Alicia picked up two books and pens. "Night, Candy, we have to get going. We'll talk about this after the class. Urghhhh! we don't want to attend those classes." The twins ranted badly. It was nothing new that the royal matron classes were boring and the royals who attended were tired of the class, as it threatened to choke the liveliness out of their bodies. Ho
"Aren't you two going to get into trouble?" Bruno asked, looking concerned. "For sneaking out." "Not really. We'll take care of it". "How did you two sneak out without getting noticed?" Bruno was no doubt in awe of the twins. "We both sneaked into a buggy that was to deliver parcels and we got out just fine." Alicia answered companionably. Bruno caught the look of mischief in her eyes and began to laugh. Alicia and Alice followed suit and joined in the laughter that echoed in the forest. "You haven't told me your names yet, girls." Bruno said as he plodded into the river. "Oh, yeah. My name is Alicia Louis and my twin sister is Alice Louis." "You two must be proud of your names." "Of course we are." Alicia said, trying to sound as modest as she could. The taste of the water was refreshing to their tongue. Perhaps, the feeling of it would do great things to their skin. So Alicia and Alice jumped into the river and the movement caused the water to splash on Bruno. "Yo
Marline watched as Alicia eliminated the beast effortlessly. "No!!!" She paced back and forth as she muttered some dark magic jargons loudly. "I am going to destroy you!!! I will tear you to bits! From limb to limb! Sinew to sinew!! Arghhh!!!" Alicia dusted off the dirt on her dress and looked at Bruno. He was staring at her in wonder. "You mustn't tell anyone what you just saw. Okay?" Bruno nodded his head willingly. "Ok." "Good. If you do, you'll be called a liar and no one in this kingdom will believe you." Alice added. He nodded again. Wanting to gear his mind away from the present subject, Alicia broached a topic from an experience she and Alice had with him a month ago. "What made you steal from the palace?" "Hunger was what spurred me to do that. My Papa had died while cutting wood. The ax head left its place and ended up in my father's leg. He bled to death without getting any help." He paused for a moment. "My mama got worried and some young men volunteered to g
A look of surprise took hold of King Azalea's facial expression but soon disappeared. "Mother, don't you think that's a bit unnecessary? I feel you're being too hard on them." King Azalea said as he looked from the twins to his mother. Alicia and Alice couldn't believe what the Grand Queen, Seria, just said. Anyway, what she said was true. A leopard never loses its spots. They must have been fools to assume that Queen Seria had changed. "My son, I don't think it is. We are trying to be responsible rulers. So checking if the gifts they were given are still intact isn't unnecessary, but very essential. It only means we are looking out for them and have their best interest at heart. Your mate has to be a well-bred one, isn't it?" Queen Seria asked." "Of course, they have to be." King Azalea nodded affirmatively. He turned to the twins and placed his hand over theirs. ''You two would have to go bring those gifts, okay?'' ''Okay, your lordship.'' Alicia and Alice could not believe tha
"The king requests to see you." "Huh? Have I done something wrong?" Bruno's voice quivered with fear. "I am not disposed to share any information with you." the guard replied. "You won't be harmed at all." He added. Bruno gave the guard a thorough look once again, as he shook like a leaf under the pressure of the wind. Alicia and Alice chuckled from where they stood. The twins understood Bruno's fears. Clearly, royalties did not associate with commoners, so it was good enough reason to get scared once one got summoned by the king. "Can…can you give me a second to go inside and get my cloak?" Bruno requested, his voice gathering all the courage he could muster. The guard rose a brow in askance. "After all, I have to look presentable. Right?" The guard nodded yes. A few seconds later, Bruno appeared with his cloak. He moved a few steps forward and once he was certain the guard was not looking his way, he brought out a rod. He let out a brave yell and was about to hit the gu
"So I heard a beast that rampaged your neighborhood was killed by a man that lives amongst you?"Bruno looked clueless, not until he looked at Alicia and she coughed perfunctorily. He got her message and replied to the king promptly."Ermh, yes. Yes, your Highness.""I would love to meet with him but before then what are the needs and challenges of the people?" Bruno did not have to think hard to spot a very significant problem. "During the dry season, farmers find it hard to cultivate crops because there's no rain. There's only a bumper harvest during the rainy season but once the rainy season ends, people suffer from lack of food.""What do you think can be done to help the farmers?"Bruno sat quietly for some minutes before speaking up. "Can I get parchment paper and ink, please?"The King clapped his hands and a guard appeared. "Yes, your Highness.""Get some parchment paper and ink.""As you wish, your Highness." The guard bowed quickly and left.The guard arrived not long aft
The witch hunter sat on a wooden stool sharpening some of his tools that had become blunt and dull. It had been a while since he went to hunt down witches, they seem to be on the low to avoid being his prey and killed by him. The witch hunter was well known amongst witches but it wasn't the same amongst the mortals. Not many people knew the witch hunter because he went into seclusion to live in the forest,to fulfill his biggest dream of being a witch hunter. The few that knew him before he went into seclusion, believed he was mentally derailed. Humans never believed in witches and wizards, vampires and wolves, they said it was just some myth and folklore. Nobody believed in his dreams. He sharpened the tools (knives, swords and a dagger), and kept them each in a pocket of the shirts hanging on the wall. He sat back on the stool to reminisce on what the trio had told him some days ago. 'Marline seems like a very tough witch to deal with.' 'I can't believe I have not b