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SEASON 2..
Story by:- Racheal Dennis
Episode 15?
Authoress pov ??
Back in Peoria…..
In the king’s mansion…..
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The royal doctors rack through their briefcases, taking out different needles, medicines and bringing their heads together as they murmur amongst themselves.
The queen sits next to the king holding his hand as he coughs uncontrollably…
“Doctors, what are you murmuring about? Can’t you see your king is in pain?!” She scolds them.
They quickly fall on their knees and bow their heads.
The king gently squeezes his queen’s hand.
“I’m…” Coughs. “I..I’m fine” coughs.
“No, you’re not fine and these doctors are not helping matters here” she turns to the doctors. “What is wrong with your king?”
“Your majesty….” She sweeps her head towards the doctor. “His Majesty is po-po-po…”
“Is po-po-po what?” The queen cuts off his stutters.
The doctor wipes the sweat forming on his forehead already, he doesn’t know if he’ll be beheaded if he said the words stuck in his throat.
“His Majesty….he is poisoned” he finally said.
“What?! How did that happen?!”
The king simply smiles weakly as he already knows who’s behind this.
“W-we don’t know, your Majesty”
“What kind of poison is it? Can you cure him?”
The doctors exchange looks among themselves and shakes their heads.
“We don’t know the kind of poison yet….”
The queen stands up.
“You don’t know the kind of poison? And you call yourselves doctors? So you are just gonna watch your king die?”
“Darling..” the king calls her weakly and starts coughing again. She quickly rushed to the king and rubs his chest gently. “Take it easy on them. It’s not their fault, I’ll be fine”
The king continues coughing, and the cough seems to get more serious than before. The queen becomes frightened, a lone tear drop from her eye.
“What can you do to detoxify the poison?” She asked.
“Your majesty, we can’t detoxify it until we know what poison it it and what it’s made of…..but we can give him pills to suppress the effect of the poison” one of the doctors explained.
“Yes, your majesty. Give us a little time to study the poison” another doctor said.
The queen thought about it for some time and nods her head.
“But be fast about it, my husband doesn’t have that much time”
“Yes, your majesty” they chorused.
“Dismissed” she waved them off.
“Yes” then they exits the room.
The king smiles and caresses his queen’s cheek, it pains him that she’s crying.
“Don’t cry, I’ll be fine. I believe I haven’t taken too much of the poison yet”
“But who’s bold enough to poison you, it doesn’t make any sense” the queen laments.
“We both know who”
The queen paused, knots her brows together, then realization dawned on her and she gasped softly.
“Why? Where did we go wrong, Roland? Who did we offend?” She asks.
“It’s not our fault, darling. Don’t t©rture yourself, it’s just the path he choose to follow”
The king ksses her hand and smiles at her.
“Don’t let Harry know about this, I heard he just got back with his wife. Let them enjoy themselves” the king said.
The queen smiled and nod.
“Yes, I’m happy for them” she paused. “But what will I tell the officials, they’re waiting in the palace for a long time now”
The king sighs.
“Tell them I can’t see them today, I’m tired and I needs to rest”
“Ok, I should go tell them now” she leaves.
The king continues his coughing.
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In the imperial palace…….
“Your majesty, where is the king? We have important matters concerning the country to report” an official said.
The queen look around the officials, they’re all complete, none missing from this gathering. It’s almost as if they had something planned for today.
“Officials, your king won’t attend today’s meeting. He’s been working too hard for some time, now he’s feeling tired and needs to rest. All matters should wait untill he’s done with his resting” the queen announces.
The officials starts grumbling among themselves.
“Your majesty, tell us the truth. If his Majesty is sick, he should step down from the throne”
“Yes, after all he is old and has rule enough. We need a new king, a young and vibrant King”
The queen look around in disbelief. These are the people the King has prioritize, he’s just a little sick and they are already requesting for a new king?.
“Unbelievable! What are you talking about?”
“You know what we are talking about, your majesty”
The queen couldn’t speak anymore, since the officials are all speaking on top each other’s voice. She simply walked away angrily.
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Stephano ??
I watch the chaos happening in satisfaction, at last everything is working according to my plan.
All these officials are greedy, all I did was load their accounts with some money and I bought their loyalty. Now they will help me get the throne.
I asked that old hag nicely, but he was too stubborn. Now I’ll have to use all the force I have.
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Prince Harry ???
Peace has fallen asleep, I guess she’s tired from all the playing. I carries her and laid her on her bed. I walk back to my chair and sits down.
Just then the door open and Mark comes in.
“Your highness, bad news”
“Bad news? Elena….is Elena ok? What happened to her?” I asked him in a worried voice.
I just got her back, nothing can happen to her.
“It’s not Princess Elena”
I breathe in relief. Phew!!
“Then what is the bad news?”
“News from our men in Peoria, the king is poisoned”
“Poisoned?!” I exclaimed.
It must be Stephano. That ba$tard! How dare he hurt our father.
“It’s said Prince Stephano is planning on usurping the throne” Mark reports.
I knew it, but what can I do to stop him?
Just then, I hear a knock on the door.
“Come in” I said.
Bill walks in.
“Mr Marcella, we have two men outside. They said they’re old friends” he said.
Old friends? Mark and I exchange looks, I don’t have any friends apart from Mark. Hmm. I really want to know who these friends are.
“Let them in” I told him.
He nods and leaves. Mark holds my hand and turn me to him.
“Harry are you crazy, do you know if they’re assassins?” Mark scolds.
“That’s why I have you, and besides I can fight, it’s not easy to kill me, you know”
“Harry, you…”
“Go and hide yourself, come out when necessary” I told him and pushes him towards the room attached to my office.
It doesn’t take long for the door to open and two bulky men steps in.
They stops in front of me and bowed.
“Good evening, your highness” they said.
Huh, your highness? It means they know me, but I haven’t seen these people before.
“Gentlemen, may I know you please?” I said.
The first one stretched out his hand.
“I’m Tom and this is Harrison”
Tom? Why does this name sounds familiar…
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