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( Love On Fire… )
CHAPTER 8&9
By, Naomi Cindy B
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“Why do you have to lose consciousness at a place like that, right now I feel like I’m gonna die” Kimora said, breathing heavily as she walked back to the palace with Tania on her back
“We eat same quantity of food everyday yet you’re heavy like this, what the heck is in your bĀ©dy” she breathed, adjusting Tania on her back
” After today you can’t follow me to the forest to look for herbs anymore, this is the last straw” she said, entering the palace
” What happened to Tania?” Headmaid said, rushing to meet her
“Lady Ambrosia, she fell in the forest and lost consciousness” Kimora replied, not wanting to tell her what really happened and thankfully she has wiped the blood on Tania’s mouth
“Take her in fast” lady Ambrosia said
“I’m about to die, I can’t continue she’s too heavy” Kimora replied
Lady Ambrosia called a servant who carried Tania to her room
“Her temperature is normal” the palace physician said after checking her
“Her pulse is ok?” Kimora asked
“Perfectly ok, nothing is wrong with her” the physician replied and left
“Then why did she lose consciousness?” Lady Ambrosia said
“Maybe… maybe she’s just tired” Kimora replied
” It’s ok, we’re preparing candies for prince Jimin by noon, join me and the other maids in the kitchen an hour from now” lady Ambrosia said
” Yes headmaid” Kimora replied as she left
She sat beside Tania and held her hand
“The palace will be boring till you wake up, plea-se wake up fast” she heaved and stood
She left for her room and sat on the be-d
” What just happened?, The kiwi tree got burnt?, Tania got rolled in the air till she was left unconscious, I heard a voice telling me to quit trying to help prince Jimin, everything is just so complicated, gosh!, Who am I?” She asked herself, standing up and walking to the mirror
She stood in front of the mirror and stared at her reflection
“Who am I?” She asked herself and saw a shocking transformation
Immediately she asked the question, her hair turned pure white and her eyeba-lls turned pink and the her robe changed to sparkling white, her nails grew longer and dangerous, her lashes grew longer too, she looks different!
“What’s this?, What’s happening to me?, This isn’t me” she said, checking herself out
” No…no this can’t be happening no!!!!!” She screamed and as she screamed, the mirror broke and shattered to bits on the floor
She shifted back and fell heavily
Three of the other maids rushed in and were surprised to see the broken mirror
“Kimora what’s wrong?”
“Why are you sitting on the floor and what’s that fearful look on your face?”
” Who broke the mirror?”
Of all the questions, she found it ha-rd to answer even one as she slowly stood
“Am I .. normal right now?, My eyeba-lls are not pink?, My hair is not white?, I don’t look scary?” She asked, still breathing heavily
” What are you talking about?” One of them asked confusedly
Kimora slowly looked at herself and shockingly, her robe is back, the white robe is gone, her nails are back to normal too
She ran out of the room and went to Tania’s room to check out herself in her mirror
Her eyes are back to normal too and her lashes, her hair is back
She breathed heavily and sat on the be-d quietly
“What’s happening to me?, Am I seeing things?, Was I hallucinating back then?, No I saw it right, I definitely saw it right…who am I?” She asked herself
” Time to make prince Jimin’s candies, come to the kitchen!” A maid said by the door
” Oh…ok” she replied, standing to leave the room
****
Queen Rachel stood in front of her mirror and picked a fan
She smiled shortly before fanning her face with it, the air the fan produced hit her face and lioness c@mĀ£ to view in the mirror, it’s the new means of communication they devised last night
“Did you find her?, I mean the girl?” Queen Rachel asked
” I didn’t get to see her face yet, she went in search of something to help Jimin with this morning but I made sure she never got it, I’m yet to un-derstand why there’s always a dark covering around her, a human was with her and even the darkness around the non-human affected the human cos her face wasn’t revealed too” lioness replied
” The King’s festival is coming up just two days from now, the day I’ll get re-lease from this lock-in, Jung Mal made the rule that I won’t get to follow him but I want to, I can’t stand watching Sera with him that day” Rachel said
” You can go, use the face shifting technique” lioness said
” Oh, that’s just great” Rachel replied and s-en-sed someone coming, she moved the fan again and lioness vanished from the mirror
“Mother!” Cal’s voice said from the door
” I’m in!” She replied and he c@mĀ£ in
“Son” she smiled, hvgging him
“I’m sorry you had to get locked up like this cos of those two” Cal said
” It’s ok, at least I have you even if Royalty is not being supportive” Rachel smiled
” Jimin is still battling with the illness, and that’s what I’m gonna use when the time comes” Cal said
” That’s right, Miryang belongs to you, not him” Rachel replied, backing him
” But who’s this creature in the palace?” She wondered loudly”
“What creature?” He asked
” A non-human, you nee-d to start being cautious, lookout for any suspicious person” Rachel said
” A non-human?” Cal said surprisingly.
*****
“That was one brilliant idea, it made the candies look more tempting” headmaid Ambrosia said, gently arranging the candies in a plate
“Thanks headmaid” she bowed
“You’ll be the one to take the candies to his room”
“What!, Headmaid…” Kimora said
” Are you rejecting my orders? ” Ambrosia said
“No headmaid but….
” No buts … Go, he’s not scary like Princess Suzy” Ambrosia said and Kimora reluctantly took the plate and placed it on a tray with a jug of water
She left the kitchen and started her slow walk to his room
******
Jimin’s room**
“I nee-d to pee, don’t go out of this room till I’ll be back” Cory said to Jimin who’s staring out of the window
“Ok” he replied simply and Cory left
Jimin left the window and sat on the be-d, he eventually sle-pt on it and sleep took over him
DREAMLAND**
Jimin kept running throu-gh the thick woods and forest, he’s tired alre-ady but he kept doing it, hoping he won’t get caught
A lot of sweat is falling from his face and almost entered his eyes but he wiped it with his robe arm and continued running fast
He was disappointed when he got to the edge of a cliff, he can’t go back cos the enemy is chasing him and there’s no way he’d jump the cliff, that’s death, sure one
He stood on the edge of the cliff, trembling and shivering till his chaser arrived, queen Rachel, with an arrow in her hand, re-ady to fire him
“No plea-se… Don’t kill me, don’t re-lease the arrow on me I beg you” he pleaded fast
Rachel smiled devilishly and kept walking towards him
“You’re dead, no escape route” she said and tried to fire him with the arrow but time stĀ©pped immediately and everything c@mĀ£ to a standstill
A girl appeared in their middle, wearing a spĀ©tless white robe, white hair, long lashes, long white nails and pink eyes
“The world is full of evil, the kind gets hurt a lot” she said, looking at the two of them
She took three steps towards Jimin and pu-ll-ed him away from the edge of the cliff
With a wave of her hand, Rachel appeared on the edge of the cliff instead and the arrow is still hanging in the air in front of her
The girl re-leased time and the arrow hit Rachel Immediately
“Aarrgh!!!” She screamed, falling off the cliff immediately
Jimin’s eyes wi-de-ned as he watched the scene
“Don’t feel pity for her, wicked people don’t deserve pity” the girl said beside her, her pink eyes is just so beautiful, her white long hair makes her look more adorable and her long lashes added to her beauty, her beauty doesn’t look ordinary, it looks extraordinary and just too much
“Who are you?” He asked, staring at her
She c@mĀ£ closer and started leaning in
“A…k!ss?” Jimin thought, closing his eyes but he can feel her breath brushing his ear
“Your guardian” she whispered in his ears and before he could open his eyes, she’s gone
END OF DREAM**
Jimin woke up sweating profusely and a great headache is pestering him
He held his head ti-ghtly
“What was that?, Like what…was it?” He asked himself
“Here with your candies your highness!” Kimora’s voice said from the door
” That voice…it resembles the voice of…..” Jimin said and spranged up from the be-d
“Come in” he said quic-kly
Kimora who has a pretty smile on her face with a candy tray on her hands c@mĀ£ in
“Greetings your highness” she bowed
Jimin never replied but just heaved
He sat on the be-d as she placed the plate on the table in the room
“I’ll take my leave your highness” she bowed
“My head!” Jimin said, standing up and holding his head, the headache is splitting
“Your highness are you ok?’ Kimora asked with concern, stĀ©pping to watch him
“Aarrgh!!!” Jimin gro-an ed, falling on the ground
Kimora rushed to him and knelt beside him
“Should I tĀ©uƧh him?, Won’t that mean I’m trespas-sing?” She thought, watching him gro-an ing painfully
“Ooo!, My head!’ he gro-an ed again and right now tears is escaping the corner of his beautiful eyes
Kimora summoned courage and tĀ©uƧhed his arm, holding it lightly with a lot of concern on her face
“Are you ok?, Your highness” she asked and Jimin stĀ©pped gro-an ing
It’s like her hands took away all the pains, the headache stĀ©pped immediately
“tĀ©uƧh his head” a voice said in kimora’s ears and that instant, she felt the urge to do that
Jimin stared at her as she slowly raised her hand to his head and held it slowly
“Close your eyes” she whispered and Jimin never argued, like it’s a command, he closed his eyes and the remnants of the headache flew off his system, he felt so relaxed, too relaxed so much that he fell into a de-ep sleep Immediately
The door opened and Suzy entered the room
“You dare tĀ©uƧh the head of a prince?, You tĀ©uƧhed my brother’s head?, How dare you!, What did you do to him!” She barked angrily and Kimora quic-kly let go of his head
Jimin fell on the floor, slee-ping soundly
Suzy rushed to him and felt his heartbeat, he’s breathing normally
Cory c@mĀ£ in next and the next thing he felt on his cheeks is a sound sl@p from Suzy
“Your highness” he said shockingly
“Where were you when this witch c@mĀ£ here!”
“I went to pee your highness” he replied
” Carry him and place him on the be-d, cover him well” she ordered and Cory obeyed
” Guards!” She said and more than six guards rushed in
“Take her to the stone prison, she just committed a great offence” she ordered
” No I don’t want to go to prison!, Don’t do this to me your highness!, plea-se!!!” Kimora begged and screamed as she was taken out
Suzy faced Cory and heaved
“You should receive a punishment for letting this happen to him as his personal guard but I’m letting it go” she said coldly
” Thanks your highness” he bowed and the band he held his hair with fell off his hair, his long hair fell and Suzy held her breath
He looks more handsome with his long hair down like this
She stared for long before coming back to her s-en-ses, she quic-kly looked away
“Stay with my brother” she said and left the room
*****
Royalty’s room**
“That’s all for today” br@yden said, rounding off her lectures, he’s her teacher for today
“It was nice lecturing with you as my teacher, thanks for helping today” she smiled
” It’s my plea-sure” he replied
“The story about the flower goddess that you talked about, I want the full story will you tell me the next time you come to lecture me?” Royalty asked
” It’s a big story, we might spend two days and two nights” br@yden replied
” I don’t mind, by the way where’s Janis?” She asked
“He sle-pt here last night but he’s back home this morning, he should be here any moment from now, he loves spending time with Kimora” br@yden replied
” Your highness, it’s me headmaid Ambrosia” Ambrosia said by the door
” Lady Ambrosia?” Royalty replied as Ambrosia c@mĀ£ in with a fearful look on her face
“What’s happening?” She asked
“Kimora…has been arrested and locked in the stone prison” she said
” Kimora?” br@yden said
” What did you just say” Royalty said shockingly
*****
King’s chamber**
“It’s one of the greatest offence one could ever commit on Miryang, how dare she tĀ©uƧh the head of a prince, a maid?” King Jung Mal said
” What if she’s a bad luck, it’ll be bad, she nee-ds to be executed to avert it” minister park said
” That’s true, it has been in the law of Miryang from the start that execution is the price, how dare she tĀ©uƧh his head, it’s not done” minister Joo said
” Father she nee-ds to be punished” Suzy said
Royalty rushed in with br@yden and they both went on their knees
“Your majesty plea-se temper justice with mercy, spare the poor girl I beg you” she said
” Jimin has been slee-ping since she did that an hour ago, who knows what she did to him, it’s surely a sign of bad luck
“Your majesty plea-se spare her this once” br@yden said
“Three hours from now, the maid will be executed” King Jung Mal said
Suzy smiled victoriously
“Father!” Royalty said
“Your majesty” br@yden muttered
*****
Miryang town, 2hrs, 30mins later**
Ginelle sat quietly in the liquor shop, sipping liquor slowly while thinking about what she’ll do with herself
She poured another cu-p again and drank that in one gulp then tears escaped her eyes but she refused to let it fall, she quic-kly wiped it
“I’m just one….. shameless girl, what shall I do with my life, just how do I handle what I’ve gotten myself into, I can’t stĀ©p” she thought, drinking another cu-p
” I heard a maid is getting executed in the palace thirty minutes from now” a man said, entering the shop
” She’s a maid, not bad, maybe she did something worth it, King Jung Mal does things with reasons” another man said
” I know right?, But I heard she’s beautiful, the most beautiful in the palace”
” Many enemies huh?” The second one grinned
” The most beautiful?, Most…most beautiful?” Ginelle stuttered
She ran out of the shop immediately
*****
Palace stone prison**
“Did I really make a big mistake by tou-ching his head?, I just did what I heard in my ears, is he ok?, Did he lose consciousness or fell asleep?, What’ll happen to me?, What do I do?” She thought sadly
As a result of how she was dragged there, her knees got bruised and it’s bleeding then her forehead got wounded too as a result of when she was r0Ć»ghly pushed in
“What will be my fate?” She thought as the gate opened and two guards c@mĀ£ in, she was dragged out of the poison and taken out to the judgement ground where everyone is seated alre-ady
A rope has been formed to a noose and tied to the pole, she looked up at it and fear gr!ppĀ£dher
“Am I… getting hanged?” She asked herself as she was threw down in front of the royals except the king and queens
“tou-ching the prince on the head is one of the greatest offence in Miryang and for the fact that you’re a low maid, it costs death, start the execution” Suzy ordered
” No!, No plea-se spare my sis!, I’m sure she’s innocent!, Don’t kill the only one I have I beg you!, Don’t!” Ginelle screamed, rushing into the place
” Get a hold of her and start the execution” Suzy said and Ginelle was f0rƧĀ£fully held despite her screams, she pushed away some of the guards and wanted to go to Kimora again but she was held by stronger guards and no escape
Kimora was dragged to the pole and she fearfully climbe-d the high plank
“This isn’t happening!, Kimora!!” Janis screamed, entering the place too
” If you interfere, you’re interrupting the king’s orders and you know what that means” Suzy said and Janis stĀ©pped on his tracks
” Suzy how far are you going to go,let the poor girl live” he said
” It’s the order of his majesty so shut up” she replied
Kimora’s nĀ£Ā¢k was tied with the noose and what’s left is for the plank to be re-moved from her legs, everyone held their breaths as they watched..
Tania’s tears flowed in full, Ambrosia is crying silently
Royalty and br@yden are crying inside while Janis and Ginelle are staring as if it’s a horror movie
“Move the plank” Suzy ordered the guards, Kimora closed her eyes, giving up alre-ady
“Am I really dying?, I’ll leave Tania and Ginelle, I won’t see Janis or princess Royalty again, I won’t get to see prince Jimin’s beautiful eyes anymore”
The thoughts changed when a sword swung into the place and in another minute, the hand of the guard who wanted to move the plank fell off, the sword actually cut the hand, he screamed loudly and everyone watched in horror
Another sword c@mĀ£ and cut the rope off her nĀ£Ā¢k, Kimora fell on the ground and everyone stared at the one who did that ..
Jimin, he’s just coming into the place with a ha-rd ened expression on his handsome face, Cory is beside him
“Oppa?” Suzy said unbelievably, she thought he’d still be unconscious
He walked straight to where Kimora is lying on the ground and bent beside her
“Gweanchana? (Are you ok?)” He asked gently
Kimora looked up and saw those beautiful eyes again..
“Your highness” she whispered
TBC