Her eyes gradually dilated knowing fully well that her night mare had just began, she couldn’t comprehend what just happened few minutes ago, was she actually about to die? She thought to her self staring at nothing in particular, she could still feel pains around her neck, their were so painful that she wondered if she would be able to swallow food for the day, she took a glance at the queen who looked totally sorry for what her son had done, her eyes was filled with so much agony that she could tell that she wasn’t pleased with her son at all, well who would be pleased with a man who seemed ready to kill a woman? Thought she knew she wasn’t righteous or innocent, some how she knew she deserved every bit of what Joshua did to her but she just couldn’t help it, she did what she felt had to be done and now she has to spend the rest of her life paying for it, she regretted what she did a bit, the fear of facing Joshua again was gradually eating her up, she could feel her legs and hands

“You almost killed her Joshua, what exactly got into you? What is wrong with you? I have told you that it’s no ones fault neither is it her fault that you couldn’t control what’s between your legs and forced your self on the poor girl, why are you trying to make her feel guilty for your own mistakes? You made the mistake, you got drunk, you forced yourself on her, the earlier you start accepting the fact that this was your mess and no one else’s, the better for you” she yelled pointing her forefinger at him fiercely.“No matter how drunk I am mother, I am not so much of a monster to force myself on a woman who didn’t want to be touched, if I did force myself on her, why didn’t she scream for help? Why didn’t she try to fight her way through? Why did she just let me have my way?” He fired at her.“That’s because you are the king and she fears you, think of it, if she had screamed and perhaps the servants came to her rescue, what do you think they would believe about you? That their kin

Zara woke up that morning feel tired and at the same time worried, her body arched as she had spent half of the night sleeping on a chair, that was actually where she had fallen asleep hoping that Carmella would come home or perhaps the servants at the palace would escort her home since it was raining but when the rain grew heavier she doubted the possibility of that though for a lot of reasons she felt totally uncomfortable and wished Carmella would come home, she stretched her hands raising them above her head while she sat up on the bed, she took a quick glance around the room, her vision seemed blurry, she rubbed on her eyes for few seconds and it finally felt better, old age was really telling on her, she struggled to stand grunting slightly “what a night…” she mumbled walking straight to her bathroom to wash up, she spent few seconds there and finally walked out heading straight to the window, pushed it open and a fresh wind came rushing in, she shut her eyes and smiled brightly

Queen Emma sprang up to her feet at once, she was both startled and upset about the way Zara had yelled at her, of their was one thing she could tolerate at ease it was certainly not someone yelling at her in her own chambers, she have watched Joshua to that countless times and get away with it but definitely not someone else, her eyes were filled with rage ready to devour Zara if she says another word, Zara noticed the look on her face and gradually looked away, perhaps she had actually done too much but how could she have controlled her anger? She was trying to put it under her arms and act like everything was cool but who does that when everyone around have decided to allow the suspense swallow you up, she just couldn’t stand it anymore and wanted answers straight away, this was already getting too much for her to handle alone, she looked up at Emma who’s eyes was fixed on her, she was totally speechless equally and this was actually getting Zara irritated, didn’t she just hear her

Zara found herself huffing and puffing for a while, she just couldn’t believe her ears, digesting the news was becoming terribly impossible for her, she fell on her knees and grunted in anger, she formed a fist and over and over again she hit her hand on the ground gritting her teeth in anger, her emotions had taken the best part of her and despite the fact that she tried to control it, she just couldn’t, for a while she remained on her knees crying helplessly like a child, she couldn’t believe that Carmella would do this to her, just when she had made her believe that she was worthy of trust, just when she had been able to convince her that it’s possible for her to change from the ambitious girl to one who equally loves her sister and wants her back home, she stabs her at the back when she wasn’t looking, she shook her head at Queen Emma’s words ringing in her head telling her that Joshua forced himself on her, she knew it wasn’t true, it was a big lie, their is no other person who